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Action, Caper-Movie, Comedy, comedy thriller, Heist
Taking advantage of West German bank privacy laws, several criminals use safe deposit boxes in a Hamburg bank to store large amounts of illicit cash. These include Las Vegas mobster and attorney Mr. North, a ruthless drug smuggler known as the Candy Man, and a crooked overbearing U.S.
Comedy, Comedy drama
Manhattanite Julie Messinger, a complacent housewife and mother of two raucous young sons Matthew and Nicky, is married to Richard, a chauvinistic and self-centered magazine art director and author of a best-selling children's book. When he falls into a coma during minor surgery to remove a nonmalignant mole on his neck, Julie learns from his doctor, Dr. Timmy Spector, that another surgeon nicked his artery, necessitating a blood transfusion to which he had a rare allergic reaction.
Comedy drama
The film explores what might have happened when the boys have been assigned to Singapore's Naval Diving Unit (NDU). The movie offers a peek into the intensive training regime of the NDU, which had never been revealed so far. Together, the boys must survive 40 weeks of intensive training to become Frogmen, one of Singapore's most elite military units.
Comedy
Chris Long is an ex-NCAA basketball player turned trainer who finds a new purpose when his gym's new owner, Jack, unleashes a lucrative plan to turn the neglected business into a reality show. When Chris' co-workers resist this new direction, he and Jack form an unlikely alliance that allows them to face the demons of their pasts and ultimately, save the gym's future.
Comedy, Drama
Where Do We Go Now? tells the story of a remote, isolated, unnamed Lebanese village inhabited by both Muslims and Christians. The village is surrounded by landmines and only accessible by a small bridge.
Comedy
At Stateline, Nevada, Villa D'Oro casino gambling manager Steve McCluskey and its club singer Chris Lockwood find their hands full when they agree to take in a troublesome young girl named Penny Piper, left behind in the casino by her gambling father. The little girl hinders the manager's plans to keep his gaming license. Penny thinks that Steve needs to get married and settle down, so she starts trying to bring him and Chris together.
Comedy
Comedy
Cleavon, Zenobia, Victoria, and Phil are all friends over the age of 35 and struggling to build the families they've always dreamed of. While Cleavon is still looking for the woman of his dreams, Victoria is married to a man who doesn't want children, Zenobia meanwhile, is too geeky to get a man, and Phil is already married with children, but his wife is not very interested in being a mother. All four of them try to rectify their romantic lives and futures while their biological clocks tick away.
Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror
In 1983 Minnesota, serial killer Phil targets Carrie outside a motel. Carrie surprises Phil by suddenly stabbing him to death once he locks her inside his car. Joel, a film critic for the horror magazine Vicious Fanatics, interviews B-movie director Jack Portwood.
Adventure, Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film
Pauline Stanton, a mother, travels to Hollywood to find her daughter, Lori, working in the porn industry.
musical film, romantic comedy
Winthrop Putnam is the officious assistant secretary to the assistant to the Under Secretary of State, a D.C. diplomat arranging an international arts exposition in Paris. In a case of mistaken identity, the State Department invitation intended for Ethel Barrymore is delivered to Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson, a Broadway chorus girl.
Comedy, romantic comedy
Danny, a wealthy, recently divorced man, walks into the Power 4 Life gym in Austin on a whim and consults with Trevor, the owner, about a fitness regime. Trevor reluctantly assigns Kat, one of his personal trainers, to work with Danny. Kat is liked by her clients but can be temperamental; her relationship with Trevor is complicated by their sexual history.
Comedy, romantic comedy
The famous actress Eve Wilde is getting married for the fourth time, this time to the writer Harold. Her first husband, the actor Laurence Darling, and their children and grandchildren attend the wedding. Harold is joined by his two daughters and one of their longtime friends.
Comedy
To escape his employers' daughter, who has amorous designs on him, Dr Simon Sparrow signs on as medical officer on a cargo ship, the SS Lotus. The ship is commanded by the hot-tempered and authoritarian Captain Wentworth Hogg. Sparrow overcomes initial seasickness and settles into life on board.
Comedy, Drama, female buddy film, romantic comedy
Two 29-year-old women, Abigail Scanlon and Parker Wald, best friends since childhood, return to their small hometown of Lambert, Louisiana from New York City for a visit. During a party to celebrate Parker's parents' wedding anniversary, they run into old friends. They learn that their close friend, Rachel, has lost the love of her life, Tony, to their ex-friend, Caitlyn, a conniving gold-digger who pretends to be pregnant to trick Tony into marrying her so that she can use his money to keep her family's estate.
Comedy
Troy "Slam" Slamsky is a viral video guru who is a huge hit on Mespacetube.com. His nagging girlfriend Miranda wants him to take his skills and growing fan base into the real world and get a job in advertising. She is tired of living in their less than modest apartment, and sees Slam's talent as the ticket out.
Comedy
Adventure, Comedy, romantic comedy, silent film
thumb|220px|left|Mary Astor and Louis Wolheim in Two Arabian Knights During the First World War, two American soldiers become trapped in no man's land. Expecting to die, W. Dangerfield Phelps III decides to fulfill his fondest desire: to beat up his sergeant since training camp, Peter O'Gaffney.
Comedy
Stand-up comedian, Terry Lumbar, is a local funny man who is in a lot of trouble. He can't pay his $67 phone bill. He drives a car that has only one gear, reverse.
Adventure, exploitation film, Raunchy comedy, sexploitation film
Three high school girls work as volunteer candy stripe nurses at Oakwood Hospital. Free-loving Sandy (Candice Rialson) meets a famous rock star, Owen Boles (Kendrew Lascelles), and tries to cure him of his sexual problems. Uptight Dianne (Robin Mattson), who wants to be a doctor, has an affair with Cliff (Rod Haase), a star college basketball player who is being given speed by one of the hospital's doctors, and tries to expose the malpractice.
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Melodrama
Jamie, a self-absorbed young American traveling in Chile, is eager to explore the mysteries of the San Pedro cactus, a local hallucinogen. However, in a moment of indiscretion, he invites the eccentric "Crystal Fairy", another young American, to join him and his three Chilean companions, who are also seeking the magical herb to varying degrees. Much to everyone's dismay, the New Age-obsessed Crystal Fairy, now dubbed "Crystal Hairy", joins them on their road trip, and her presence soon tests everyone's patience.
animated film, Cartoon, Comedy
At the statue of Benjamin Franklin, a tour group leader is discussing to a group of children Franklin's lasting impact in American history. At the same time on the Franklin statue's head, the leader of a tour group of young mice reveals the contributions of a mouse named Amos (also immortalized as a statue on Franklin's hat) to Franklin's career, reading from Amos' diary, entitled Ben and Me. After describing the exploits of some of his ancestors, which includes one sailing on the Mayflower to arrive in America, Amos tells his own story.
Comedy, sport film
Noir, Parody, romantic comedy
The story is told in flashback from Death Row as Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) relates to a group of reporters the events that led to his murder conviction. In San Francisco, Ronnie works as a child photographer who dreams of being a private detective like his office neighbor Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd). One day, he is mistaken for McCloud by mysterious woman in distress, Carlotta Montay (Dorothy Lamour), who claims that her wheelchair-using husband was kidnapped.