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Comedy drama, Drama, Road Movie, Tragicomedy
Laura Jaconi's therapist works her through trust and abandonment issues, stemming from her father Jack's lifetime of treatment. His lack of respect for her boundaries is problematic, causing her to cope strangely by adopting abandoned pets. At home there is a motley collection of nine dogs and cats with various maladies.
Comedy
A news broadcast reports on the apparent sighting of a "mysterious creature" on the UCLA campus. Among those interviewed are underachieving student Alex Kominski and his girlfriend Cathy Adams. Although neither claim to believe in the creature's existence, a hunchbacked figure is shown looking down from the bell tower, spying on Cathy through a telescope.
independent film
Father Jonathan Keene goes to a small fishing village a week before Christmas to shut down a dying parish. When he gets there, he finds that the congregation has dropped from 150 to 20 under Simeon's leadership. While Simeon takes Father Keene around the parish, Keene sees a young woman he had seen at the bus station when he first arrived in the village.
black comedy film
When Tammy, a self-destructive woman who has a dysfunctional relationship with her daughter Catherine, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Catherine invites a television producer to document her process of caring for her mother in an attempt to profit from their misfortune. However, she finds her plans complicated by Tammy's persistent refusal to actually die.
Parody, Retro Science Fiction, Science fiction, science fiction comedy
In 1961, scientist Dr. Paul Armstrong and his wife Betty drive into the mountains. Dr.
romantic comedy
The plot begins as a zany heiress uses and then takes pity on a man whom she believes to be homeless. She insists the man come home with her and gives him a job as the eccentric family's butler—much to the chagrin of her father, especially when it becomes clear the lady is falling head over heels in love with the fellow. The family's new butler, however, harbors a secret: he is actually as wealthy as and, in fact, more well-born than they are.
Dark Comedy, mockumentary
The film is shot in the style of a reality TV series and is set in an alternate future where a civil war in the 1990s resulted in the United States becoming a dictatorship. Five new contestants are selected in a random lottery and, along with the winner of the previous series, comprise the six Contenders. The film purposely leaves many key details unexplained, as the viewer is supposed to be watching only what the creators actually aired in the fictional TV show.
Comedy, Comedy drama
Harold and Albert leave the divorce court, and while on the road home they discuss Harold's failed marriage, beginning the flashback to about four years ago. During a stag do at a local football club, Harold meets one of the acts, a stripper called Zita. After a whirlwind romance, the couple are married, although the actual wedding ceremony is delayed when Albert, acting as best man, loses the ring somewhere in the yard.
black comedy film, Crime, Dark Comedy, Drama
Graham Young has been obsessed with death and the macabre since childhood. He is highly intelligent, with an aptitude for chemistry. He also dreams of poisoning as many people as he can.
Comedy, Drama
Elizabeth, bored wife of successful English pulp writer Lewis Fielding, leaves husband and child and runs away to the German spa town of Baden-Baden. There she meets a man named Thomas, who claims to be a poet but whom viewers know to be a petty thief, conman, drug courier, and gigolo. Though the two are briefly attracted to each other, she returns home.
stand-up comedy
Comedy
Montague L. Brewster, a newly discharged American soldier back from fighting in Europe during World War II, rushes home in New York City to marry his sweetheart, Peggy Gray. However, he has to postpone the wedding after he learns of a strange windfall.
Comedy, romantic comedy
The film follows the life of Pippa McGee (Heather Graham) as she takes a giant step between the ages of 29 and 30, which involves growing up, becoming responsible, and discovering true love. Pippa is a freelance travel writer who, after enjoying holidays in a Mexicanized Pamplona (Spain), comes home for a friend's wedding. She then finds herself running her father's wedding magazine while he recovers from a heart attack.
Comedy
Lori and Doug decide to end their long relationship. However, life gives them a second chance when they are invited to Lori's younger sibling's wedding ceremony as a couple. Will they be able to save their relationship or end it forever?
Comedy drama, Drama, Fake Documentary, mockumentary, Satire On Media
Television executive Katy Courbet develops what she hopes will become the most watched television show of all time, the ultimate game show called Live!, in which six contestants play Russian roulette with a revolver with six chambers loaded with one live cartridge and five dummy cartridges. During the show, after the cylinder is randomly turned, the six will fire the gun one by one pointed at their head, without intermediate extra turning of the cylinder, until one is killed. At first the idea is to give each of the six contestants $1,000,000, but while there are more applicants at the auditions than expected, they are suicidal people.
Comedy
In trendy Marin County, California, during the late 1970s, uptight Harvey Holroyd is quickly losing his patience. He is also enduring something of a mid-life crisis. On one hand, his wife Kate and her friends are thoroughly caught up in the sexual revolution and new age consciousness-raising and psychobabble.
American football film, Comedy
Aging NFL quarterback Dan Anderson and his stay-at-home wife Sara are experiencing marital fallout. According to their preteen children, Clark and Annette, they both underestimate each other's role in the family. When Dan's new position with the Saints takes the family to New Orleans, they purchase a dilapidated mansion.
Comedy, war film
Animation, Comedy, Erotic Film
The year is 196303 BC. A group of cavemen rises from the mud, and the first thing on their minds is finding something to eat. After two unsuccessful attempts, the group decides to eat one of their own.
LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy, science fiction comedy
After Luke (Taylor Handley) loses his virginity to a random stranger he meets on a camping trip (Kelly LeBrock), he soon finds parts of his body intermittently transforming into those of a female's body and back. Upon returning from his trip, Luke takes his car for repairs and meets the shop's owner Max (Kyle Schmid), whom Luke envies for exhibiting the kind of suave, confident masculinity that he himself cannot, and Max's sister Michelle (Rebecca Mozo), a recent transfer student at Luke's school whom Luke had been fostering a crush on. Luke asks Michelle out and the two hit it off, with Luke interested in Michelle's down-to-earth…
Comedy
An eclectic group of bachelors share a house in Washington, D.C., and find that life past the Generation-X years doesn't get any easier. Gary is the den mother, who presides over director Mike, Sean the druggie and doctor Barrie. Together with Glynna they take on everyone from utility companies to drug dealers.
Comedy, independent film
A Chinese immigrant widow faces the New Year with apprehension after it was foretold that it would be the year she would die. All of the things she wants to do before she dies come into focus, including seeing her daughter married and visiting China one last time to pay her respects.
Action, Blaxploitation
After coming off a successful comedy tour, Dolemite throws a get-together at his mansion. The party is crashed by racist police officers and they find out that the sheriff's wife is offering Dolemite money for sexual services. When the sheriff catches them red-handed, he orders his deputy to shoot them both.
On Halloween day, Winnie the Pooh and his friends are eager to go trick-or-treating. Piglet has never gone trick-or-treating, having always been too afraid of the frightening atmosphere of Halloween. After building an imposing mannequin in an attempt to face his fears, he joins his friends in preparation for trick-or-treating.