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Comedy horror, teen film, Werewolf
A teenager goes on a trip to Transylvania with his father and gets bitten by a werewolf. Made ageless, he attempts to put his life back together a couple of decades later by enrolling in high school. He initially tries to keep his secret from the school and the three women who show interest in him — a sexually active high school student, his own former girlfriend (now a married mother of one), and one of his teachers.
Comedy
Colm O'Neill takes a job as a barber in a Belfast psychiatric hospital. He meets the staff and is warned against talking about poetry with George, a fellow barber. When he brings it up, George subjects him to his own poor work but the pair chat anyway.
LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy
David is too afraid to commit to his girlfriend Sarah, who is pressuring him to get married. While she goes away to New York for work for two months, David's friends persuade him to experience the dating scene one more time. Meanwhile, David's womanizing friend Mike gets drunk one night and mistakenly believes he has had sex with a man, and afterwards makes several awkward attempts to come out of the closet, even though he is not really gay.
Comedy drama, Drama, Erotic Film, Sex Film
17-year-old Justine (Laura Fraser) bemoans being a virgin so, after being stood-up on a date, goes to a virtual reality exhibition with her geeky friend Chas (Luke DeLacey). There she encounters a virtual makeover machine which she uses to create a 3-D image of her perfect man. After a freak power-cut Justine finds herself inside that male body, becoming her own ideal mate (Rupert Penry-Jones).
Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime, crime drama film, crime thriller film, Drama, Mysterie, thriller film
thumb|left|One of the tiled mosaics celebrating local boy Alfred Hitchcock in the subway at Leytonstone tube station. Along a coastline in rural England, police Detective Barton arrives at a house, Number 17, marked for sale or rent. The door is unlocked, and he wanders in.
musical film, romantic comedy
Susie Higgins arrives in Madrid and moves in with her friend Maggie Williams and Maggie's roommate Fran Hobson. Still a virgin, Susie is surprised to find both of the other girls have active dating lives. Secretary Maggie has recently ended an affair and is now seeing her married boss Paul Barton, much to the dismay of Paul's jealous wife Jane.
Drama, independent film, Tragicomedy
Edith Moore (Edie) is a bitter, gruff woman in her eighties. In the months following her husband George's death, Edie's strained relationship with her daughter Nancy begins to worsen. The question over Edie's future looms large; while Edie tries hard to convince Nancy she can manage fine by herself, Nancy is making plans for her mother to move to a retirement home.
Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy
On Thanksgiving 1973, five-year-old Danny Kowalski accompanies his doctor father Hank to visit family friend Grace Swan. While they are there, Grace unexpectedly goes into labor with her fourth baby. Because Hank had been enjoying Thanksgiving wine all day, he asks his son to help assist him with the birth.
Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror, Obsession
In 1897, a demon fell in love with a woman and conjured up a bed on which to make love to her. The woman died during the act, and, in his grief, the demon wept tears of blood which fell on the bed and brought it to life. When the demon is awake, the bed's evil runs rampant as it physically eats human beings.
Christmas film, Comedy, family film
comedy thriller, Family Drama, Science fiction, science fiction comedy
In 1957, ten-year-old Timmie Merrinoe is a bit dull and only wants a playmate. His frustrated father takes him to the research lab where he works and has him evaluated by a supercomputer. The computer hypnotizes Timmie and enhances his intelligence.
romantic comedy
Set in middle class England, with female lovers Olivia and Alex. 39-year-old career lawyer Olivia feels ready to start a family but Alex, a much younger artist, remains unsure. When Olivia reveals that she has already begun fertility treatment and insemination, the couple have an argument.
romance film, romantic comedy
Blake is a student journalist who writes a column about her love life, The Hopeless Romantic, for her school paper. After her latest column her editor, River, cancels her column for being too dull, but offers to re-instate it if she came come up with more interesting material. On a night out with her roommate and best friend Nikki, Blake mistakenly has her ID swapped with the ID of another student.
thriller film
Three new teachers at Valley High School clash with Principal Peters, the administration, and parents over their teaching methods. Rachel Burton teaches a girls' sex education class. Dissatisfied with a curriculum limited to disease prevention and abstinence, she adds material on contraception and sexual health, holds after-school sessions, and has students make an educational film on subjects including pornography and gender dynamics.
Comedy, Italo-Western, Silly Movie, Western
The plot line is derivative of The Dirty Dozen, but set during the American Civil War. In 1862, disgraced former US colonel Pembroke (James Coburn) wants to recapture Fort Holman, which he had previously surrendered to the Confederate army years earlier without a shot having been fired. He has a scheme that might enable him to accomplish it with a small force.
Comedy
Mel owns and runs a pawn shop in Birmingham, Alabama, with the help of Nathaniel. However, Nathaniel isn't very helpful as he spends most of his time watching YouTube conspiracy videos on his laptop. Mary and Cynthia go to Cynthia's deceased grandfather's house in order to sort out his estate.
Comedy, musical film, Parody
Film directors Raoul Walsh, King Vidor, Michael Curtiz, and David Butler all refuse to helm producer Arthur Trent's new Warner Bros. film Mademoiselle Fifi, starring Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson, because of Carson's huge ego. Frustrated, Trent assigns Carson to direct the film himself.
Action, Action Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime, Crime Comedy
Tracy "Tre" Stokes (Nick Cannon) is a 23-year-old bike cop working for the Los Angeles Police Department. Tre dreams of being a police detective, like his late father, but his mentor Captain Delgado (Cheech Marin) believes he is not ready based on his reckless behavior. While playing basketball, Delgado is approached by a representative of the Mayor's office looking to place an undercover detective into the prestigious Westbury School after a student was killed at a party.
Comedy horror
The film is presented as an anthology of short horror films, built into a frame narrative which acts as its own horror film. The frame narrative focuses on Chad Buckley, a horror aficionado who runs a struggling video store. He takes on a new hire, much to the chagrin of an obnoxious regular customer named Sam who has been trying to persuade Chad to hire him for years.
Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy
American fund manager Millie Cantwell, whose life-long dream is to become an opera singer, quits her lucrative job in London just after being offered a promotion. Deciding to take a year to make it, she moves away from her boyfriend Charlie and travels to the Scottish Highlands for intense vocal training from former opera diva Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop. Patricia Hartley from the London conservatory suggests Millie contact the retired diva to train for the annual competition Singer of Renown in hopes of winning a spot in an opera company.
Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Satire
A cocky director named Ritchie Deaden is casting the lead actress for his first feature film. He discusses the process with his off-screen wife, becoming increasingly angry as he speaks. The director has selected Sandy, a young actress who is under the bed for some reason and will finalise the deal in an upcoming meeting.
Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror, Vampire, Zombie
The film focuses on Second Lieutenant Bart Gregory (David Anders) who has been killed under mysterious circumstances in Iraq. After his friends and girlfriend Janet (Louise Griffiths) attend his funeral, Bart awakens in his grave. Enlisting the help of his best friend, Joey Leubner (Chris Wylde), Bart begins to understand and learn how to deal with his new undead state; mainly, the fact that Bart needs blood to hold back decomposition and that he returns to a state of in-animation during daylight hours.
Comedy horror, Drama, mystery film
A mysterious criminal by the name of "The Bat" eludes police and then finally announces his retirement to the country. In the countryside near the town of Oakdale, news of a bank robbery in Oakdale has put Mrs. Van Gordner's maid, Lizzie, on edge.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama, teen film
Inspired by real events, Kids In America is a comedy about a diverse group of high school students who band together to peacefully stand for their personal rights and dignity. Holden Donovan and his love interest, libertarian Charlotte Pratt, are fed up with Principal Donna Weller, who goes to great lengths to stop the students from enjoying their right to free expression, such as suspending Monica Rose for wearing condoms on her outfit to promote safe sex during Spirit Week and suspending Lawrence Reitzer for kissing another boy in the hallway. Meanwhile, Weller is running for State School Superintendent, which, if elected, will afford…