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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 20,773 films · Page 351.

Some Voices (2000)

Comedy drama, Drama

The story begins with the film's central character, Ray (Daniel Craig), being picked up from a psychiatric hospital where he was receiving treatment for schizophrenia by devoted brother Pete (David Morrissey), with whom Ray will be living in his West London flat. Pete works long hours as a chef in a café (a traditional "greasy spoon" during the day and a trendy eatery in the evening) he inherited from his father, and now has the challenge of not only managing the cafe, but looking out for Ray and monitoring his medication. Despite his condition Ray is an intelligent, out-going young man.

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What Goes Up (2009)

Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Drama

Upon arriving in Concord, New Hampshire in January 1986 to cover the hometown hooplah for the looming Space Shuttle Challenger launch, with local teacher Christa McAuliffe on the mission's crew, reporter Campbell Babbitt decides to call an old college friend, only to discover an apparent suicide. Babbitt, who has his own ethical baggage, gravitates toward his friend's high-school students in hopes of finding an unsung hero story about a teacher who made a permanent impact on the social misfits of the school. Instead, he discovers a group of dysfunctional students, outcasts led by narcissistic seductress Lucy, repressed voyeur Jim, and…

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Truman (2015)

Tragicomedy

Julián, living in Madrid, receives an unexpected visit from his friend, Tomás, a professor living in Canada. Julián is an actor and has had cancer for a year, and his only companion now is Truman, his loyal dog. The friends and Truman share four days together.

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Imaginary Heroes (2004)

Drama, LGBTQ-related film

Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results. His mother Sandy tries to keep the lines of communication open with younger son Tim while easing her emotional pain with marijuana.

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Memories of Me (1988)

Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama, Family Drama, Tragicomedy

Abbie Polin, a New York heart surgeon, has a heart attack in the middle of surgery. An expert, he is able to instruct his colleagues on exactly what to give him and do to minimize the damage. Abbie is later placed in a room and put on monitors.

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Up the Chastity Belt (1971)

Comedy, historical film

Eleanor of Aquitaine gives birth to twin sons, Lurkalot first and then Richard. But the nobles, led by Sir Braggart de Bombast, abduct baby Lurkalot and abandon him in a forest to die. He is raised by a family of pigs who belong to Sir Coward de Custard who takes him in as a serf.

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Queen Kong (1976)

Adventure, Comedy, fantasy film, monster film, Parody

This film switches the traditional roles of females and males and reverses the sexes of the original cast of King Kong. The main character Ray Fay plays the damsel in distress, which tends to usually be played by women. He is kidnapped by film director Luce Habit to star in her new African jungle movie.

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Three in the Attic (1968)

Comedy drama

Paxton Quigley (Christopher Jones), a renowned womanizer, is a student at the fictional Willard College for Men, located a mile away from the fictional Fulton College for Women. The schools are located in small college communities in the middle of Vermont. After meeting at a Zeta Chi (ZX) fraternity party, Paxton and a Fulton undergrad, Tobey Clinton (Yvette Mimieux), begin dating.

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Office Killer (1997)

Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror

A magazine editor named Dorine, due to budget cuts, is forced to work from home, living with her eccentric and infirm mother. One night, Dorine is called to help fix the computer of a co-worker, Gary Michaels, who is electrocuted while trying to fix the wires. Dorine dials 911, but hangs up when the call is answered.

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The Night That Panicked America (1975)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, fantasy film, Horror, Science fiction, speculative fiction, thriller film

The Night That Panicked America tells the story of the 1938 The War of the Worlds broadcast from the point of view of Orson Welles and his associates as they create the broadcast live, as well as from the points of view of a number of different fictional American families, in a variety of locations and from a variety of social classes, who listened to the broadcast and believed the imaginary Martian invasion was actually occurring. In Grover's Mill, New Jersey, father and son farmers Jess and Walter Wingate argue over Walter's desire to join the Canadian army to fight Adolf Hitler's forces, Jess feeling it is not America's problem. When…

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Wrong (2012)

Comedy, Mysterie

Dolph wakes up early in the morning in his suburban home to find that his dog is missing. Later on, in denial after losing his job, he recurrently returns to his place of employment and pretends to work while experiencing surrealistic changes and events in his life. In hopes of returning his life back to normal, he begins a search for his lost dog.

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Golden Years (2016)

Comedy, thriller film

Law-abiding retired couple, Arthur (Hill) and Martha Goode (McKenna) live a quiet life in suburbia, tending their garden and socialising with friends. The pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age force Arthur and Martha into a life of crime. Refusing to take the loss of their pensions lying down and to fade away into their declining years, they decide to fight back and take back what was theirs in the first place.

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Amour apocalypse (2025)

romantic comedy

Adam is a kennel owner from Montreal who has depression and eco-anxiety. After buying a light therapy box to counter his symptoms, he falls in love with Tina, the customer service representative who helps him set up the device over the phone, and sets off to Sudbury to find her.

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Alfie Darling (1975)

Comedy drama, romantic comedy

After experiencing a failure in the ending of the earlier film, Alfie – now working as a London to France HGV driver alongside Bakey – decides to get back to his old self. And his new occupation provides new opportunities to do so. The film starts as Bakey drives the truck through customs in France, while Alfie has sex with an English hitchhiker (listed in the cast as 'Bird') in the back of the vehicle until a customs' officer catches her topless.

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Moron 5 and the Crying Lady (2012)

Comedy, Coming-of-age

Friends Albert (Luis Manzano), Isaac (Billy Crawford), Mozart "Mo" (DJ Durano), Michaelangelo "Mike" (Martin Escudero) and Aristotle "Aris" (Marvin Agustin) were used to living normal lives until careerwoman Beckie Pamintuan (John Lapus) accused them of killing her father and ruin everything for them after the 5 of them spills the truth about her husband on their wedding making him realized that Becky was gay causing him to die from faint. The Moron 5 are more than sure of their innocence but they can't find any argument on how to prove it. Spending three years in prison trying different attempts to get out, they finally escaped.

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Platinum Blonde (1931)

romantic comedy

Stewart "Stew" Smith, ace reporter for the Post, is assigned to get the story about the latest escapade of playboy Michael Schuyler, a breach of promise suit by chorus girl Gloria Golden, who has been paid to drop it. Unlike rival Daily Tribune reporter Bingy Baker, he turns down a $50 bribe from Dexter Grayson, the Schuylers' lawyer, to not write anything. He does pretend to be swayed by the pleas of Anne, Michael's sister, but then brazenly calls his editor with the scoop, appalling the Schuylers.

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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)

Comedy

Lynn Belvedere, though the successful author of a scandalous, best-selling book titled Hummingbird Hill (as described in Sitting Pretty), has not benefited financially, as he has had to fight many libel suits as a result. He has been awarded a literary prize from a foundation. One requirement for the $10,000 prize is that he be a college graduate.

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Africa Screams (1949)

Comedy

thumb|right|thumbtime=25|Africa Screams (1949) Diana Emerson visits the book section of Klopper's department store seeking a copy of Dark Safari by the famed explorer Cuddleford. She tells the clerk, Buzz Johnson, that she will pay $2,500 for a map that is inside the book. Buzz's friend and coworker Stanley Livington, an armchair explorer, has read the book and says that he is familiar with a map within it.

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