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Comedy, Crime, Noir
U.S. Army lieutenant Duke Halliday (Robert Mitchum) is robbed of a $300,000 payroll by Jim Fiske (Patric Knowles). When Halliday's superior, Captain Vincent Blake (William Bendix), suspects him of having taken part in the theft, Halliday pursues Fiske into Mexico.
Parody
François Merlin (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a Jean Bruce type writer of pulp espionage novels (he has written 42 so far) and about half of the film plays in his imagination, where he is the world-renowned superspy Bob Sinclar. (The name of the character is never seen written in the film. While some people write his name "Saint-Clair", the way it is pronounced in French sounds like Sinclar; in the English dubbed soundtrack the surname is "St.
Comedy, Comedy horror
Idealistic teenager Libby McClean arrives at trendy clothing store Canadian Cotton Clothiers for her first day of work. In addition to store manager Craig, Libby meets self-absorbed and disgruntled employees including Shruti, Hunter, Jemma, and Lord. Company founder Harold Landsgrove briefly visits to give a spirited speech to employees preparing for the highly anticipated launch of Super Shapers, designer jeans capable of conforming to any body type.
Adventure, children's film, Comedy, Drama
Set in the pre-Civil War American South, the story follows Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a young boy living in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, along the Mississippi River. Huck has been taken in by the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson, who aim to "sivilize" him by teaching him manners, religion, and education.
Comedy, Stop motion
When the Farmer and Bitzer take a cake to a contest at a festival, Shaun tries to steal it but ends up hiding in the Farmer's jacket. At the festival, he encounters three llamas named Hector, Raul and Fernando, who are hypnotized by a flutist. The flute player stumbles and awakens the llamas, who create chaos in the cake contest.
alien invasion, Comedy horror, Horror, Science fiction
A flying saucer lands in the woods. A teenage couple, Johnny Carter and Joan Hayden, while driving to their local lover's lane without the headlights on, accidentally run down one of the little green men from the saucer. Joe Gruen, a drunken con man, stumbles across the alien's corpse after the teenagers have left to report the incident.
Comedy drama, Drama
Sara Rogers is a well-loved African-American philosophy professor who teaches courses on logic. She is married to Victor, a successful African-American painter. To celebrate the sale of one of his paintings to a museum, Victor decides to rent a house for the summer where he can focus on his art.
Biography, Comedy drama, Tragicomedy
The film's timeline stretches from 1964 to 1980 and opens with Douglas Kenney and his friend Henry Beard celebrating the release of their book, Bored of the Rings, with The Harvard Lampoon staff. Graduating from Harvard, Doug convinces Henry not to go to law school but instead publish a monthly magazine: the National Lampoon. Though Doug is the magazine's main creative voice, he realizes that there would be no magazine without the guidance of Henry.
buddy film, Comedy
During their sojourn in Paris, Ollie and Stan, temporarily distanced from their usual fish market work in Des Moines, Iowa, find themselves entangled in a romantic imbroglio. Ollie becomes enamored with Georgette, the daughter of an innkeeper, yet remains oblivious to her matrimonial ties to Francois, a Foreign Legion officer. Rejected by Georgette due to her existing marital commitment, Ollie experiences despondency, contemplating drastic measures until he is dissuaded by Stan's musings on reincarnation.
Action, Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Claire (Kyra Sedgwick) is a professional hit woman who has been targeted by her own organization. Her boss (Robbie Coltrane) gives her a low level task of retrieving his runaway girlfriend Kitty (Robin Tunney). Once Claire tracks down Kitty, she is unable to stop her from killing the boss' incompetent son (Ethan Embry).
Christmas film, Comedy, comedy television program
Young Justin Carver is having Thanksgiving dinner with his family, only for it to end with the news that his best friend Bobby's bickering parents are finally deciding to divorce. When he overhears his own parents, Stephanie and David Carver having a heated argument, Justin retreats to his bedroom. A few minutes later, Justin peeks downstairs, only to see his mother Stephanie locked in a warm, romantic embrace with none other than Santa Claus (his father in a Santa suit).
musical film, romance film
Irene Foster tries to convince her high school sweetheart, Broadway producer Robert Gordon, to give her a chance to star in his new musical, but he is too busy with the rich widow backing his show. Irene tries to show Gordon that she has the talent to succeed, but he will not hire her. Things become complicated when she begins impersonating a French dancer, who was actually the invention of a gossip columnist.
Action, Crime Comedy, Dark Comedy, Heist, romantic comedy
Thomas Kresk isn't good at his job, has lost somewhere to live, and his wife dumps him for their marriage counselor. Kresk is depressed and contemplating suicide. Meanwhile, a criminal named Avnet has stolen three priceless coins and decided to blackmail Bollingsworth, his billionaire partner in crime.
Comedy
Ari Rose, an unsuccessful actor, becomes infatuated with a beautiful woman named Helen-Catherine. Around the same time as this obsession takes hold, Ari learns that his regular therapist, Dr. Dark, has been replaced by his eccentric son (also named Dr.
film score
David Kolowitz works as a delivery boy and assistant for a machine shop in New York City in 1938, and is fascinated with the movies. Despite the misgivings of his girlfriend Wanda, his parents Morris and Emma, and his employer Mr. Foreman, David follows the suggestion of his friend Marvin and becomes involved with an Off-Broadway theater company run by Harrison B.
Action, comedy thriller
After retrieving a mysterious parcel for his ex-wife, eccentric down-on-his-luck artist Harry Berg enlists the help of private eye Rachel Dobs when he suddenly becomes embroiled with thugs and a murder investigation. The combination of Harry's many comic eccentricities and Rachel's straight-and-narrow, naive personality ends up working in their favor to help solve the crime.
Comedy
Gaetano Mendolìa, nicknamed Tanino, is a native of the fictional Castelluzzo del Golfo, a small seaside resort in the province of Trapani, Sicily. He studies cinematography in Rome and dreams of becoming a movie director. He meets Sally, an American girl vacationing in Italy, with whom he has a brief romance.
Comedy, Crime, musical film, mystery film, romance film
A significant portion of the film is taken up with onstage performances, including comic bits and toned-down striptease acts. There is also a lot of backstage action not directly related to the evolving murder mystery but highlighting the characters and lifestyles of the performers and crew. At a New York City burlesque theatre, performer Dixie Daisy (the stage name of Deborah Hoople) is becoming an audience favorite with her singing and striptease act.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama
Comedy, romantic comedy, Western
In the late 19th century American West, a gang of bank robbers, including Graham Dorsey (Charles Bronson), is off to rob a small-town bank, but Graham is having second thoughts: he's had a nightmare in which the gang was wiped out during the robbery attempt. Worse, Graham's horse broke a leg and the gang members have to get another. They try to steal a horse at the ranch of the widow Amanda Starbuck (Jill Ireland).
Comedy, romantic comedy
Foreign correspondent Carey Jackson returns to New York City when his newspaper's Vienna office is closed and is offered a job on a women's magazine called Home Life. He accepts the position only because it will put him in daily contact with editor Linda Gilman, whom he once loved. Linda is averse to the idea because of his leaving her three years earlier, but agrees to hire him if he will keep their relationship on a strictly professional level.
Comedy drama, Drama
Min Divot runs a dockside inn. She has been raising Nancy Smith as her own since her prostitute mother, Bella, left her at the inn as an infant. Min frequently argues with fisherman Bill.
Comedy
The death of the previous Pope is followed by a conclave deadlocked for 25 days, until the Mafia's tame Cardinal Rocco persuades the College of Cardinals to elect in absentia the Mafia's favoured candidate, Albini (Janez Vajevec), whose absence Rocco passes off as him working tirelessly for environmental concerns. Fr. Rookie is hard of hearing and records the pope-elect as "Cardinal Albinizi".
Comedy