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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 21,074 films · Page 380.

The Penthouse (2010)

Comedy

The winner of a reality television show invites his two best friends to share the Los Angeles penthouse he won for coming in first place, and quickly finds out why living with your pals is not always the best idea. Realising that a bachelor pad is no fun when you are flying solo, Tyler (Large) invites Kieran (Strong) and another friend to come partake in the debauchery. A struggling writer who is reluctant to commit to his longtime girlfriend, Kieran quickly takes Tyler up on the offer, and before long life is one non-stop party.

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Going Ape! (1981)

Comedy, romance film

Struggling slacker Foster Sabatini is the only member of his circus family who left the life, greatly disappointing his wealthy father Max. When Max dies, Foster and his sisters (who all hate Foster) are shocked to hear that Max left his entire estate to Foster, but only on the condition that Foster must care for his father's beloved trio of orangutans. Along with the orangutans, Foster also inherits the services of Lazlo, Max's manservant & protégé.

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Bixler High Private Eye (2019)

Comedy

Xander DeWitt (Jace Norman) is an inquisitive teenager with a knack for solving mysteries. His sleuthing skills get put to the test when his dad Russell (Rick Peters) leaves for work one day and vanishes without a trace. Frustrated by his attempts to find his dad – with the latest one getting him in trouble with the police – Xander's mom Ellen (Terryn Westbrook) sends him to go live with his grandfather Charlie (Ed Begley Jr.), a retired private investigator in his dad's hometown, Bixler Valley.

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Zapped Again! (1990)

Comedy, Parody, Science fiction, science fiction comedy

Kevin Matthews becomes a new pupil at Ralph Waldo Emerson High School. Rejected by the trendy Key Club, he instead joins the Science Club. There, he accidentally discovers a number of vials that were made by former student Barney Springboro (from the original film) behind a hidden panel in the lab.

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Mulligans (2008)

Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film

Tyler Davidson invites his college buddy Chase home for summer break on Prospect Lake. The Davidson family appears practically perfect in every way to Chase, in contrast to his own dysfunctional family with whom he is not close. After continued attempts by Tyler to set up Chase with local girls, Chase comes out to Tyler and tells him he is gay.

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The Jackpot (1950)

Comedy

Indiana family man Bill Lawrence awakens from a fantastic dream to face the reality of his humdrum life as an employee at a struggling department store. He receives a random phone call from a representative of the Name the Mystery Husband radio quiz program inquiring about his availability and willingness to participate as a contestant later that evening. Bill is incredulous that the call is legitimate but his wife convinces him that it may be real, and soon their many friends become excited about the prospect.

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The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010)

romantic comedy

One year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige Morgan of Denmark received an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged marriage to the brooding and sinister Kah and is secretly in love with a young elephant handler named Alu. When the secret romance between Myra and Alu is revealed, Alu is thrown into jail, and the sacred wedding elephant goes missing in the jungle.

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The Revengers Comedies (1998)

Comedy, Crime, Dark Comedy

Conservative Henry Bell has been eased out of his job by condescending Bruce Tick, while wealthy and wildly eccentric Karen Knightly has been abandoned by her lover Anthony Staxton-Billing, who opted to return to his wife Imogen. Both are intent on committing suicide by leaping from the Tower Bridge in London. When neither succeeds, they strike a bargain whereby each agrees to exact revenge on behalf of the other, although Henry is less enthusiastic about the plan.

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Kevin of the North (2001)

children's film, Comedy

Kevin Manley (Skeet Ulrich), a Los Angeles travel agent, receives the message that his grandpa has passed and left everything to him. However, he must go to Alaska in order to collect his inheritance. He leaves Canoga Park (Los Angeles), quits his job, despite his boss warning him that he will give up and decide to come back begging for his job back, and heads to Anchorage, Alaska.

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His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914)

fantasy film, silent film

King Krewl (Raymond Russell) is a cruel dictator in the Emerald City in the Land of Oz. He wishes to marry off his niece, Princess Gloria (Vivian Reed), to an old courtier named Googly-goo (Arthur Smollett), but she is in love with Pon, a Gardener's boy (Todd Wright). Krewl employs the Wicked Witch named Old Mombi (Mai Wells), to freeze the heart of Gloria so she will not love Pon any longer.

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Metroland (1997)

Comedy drama, Tragicomedy

In 1977, Chris (Christian Bale) and Marion (Emily Watson) are leading a peaceful married life with their child in Eastwood in the London suburbs known as Metro-land, the staid commuter region at the end of the London Underground's Metropolitan line. Their stagnant life is disrupted by an early morning phone call from Chris's childhood friend Toni (Lee Ross), who's returned to England after several years travelling through Africa, Europe and the United States as a bohemian poet. Years before, the two shared a dream of escaping boring suburban existence to live in avant-garde splendour in Paris.

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Two Weeks with Love (1950)

musical film, romantic comedy

The Robinson family is lodging at the Stanley House Hotel in a Catskills resort town for their annual two-week vacation. The resort owner's son Billy is enamored with 17-year-old Patti Robinson, who declines all of his invitations, considering him too young. Younger sister Melba is interested in Billy, but he is determined to pursue Patti.

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Willie & Phil (1980)

Comedy drama, romantic comedy

The film is set in late 1970s New York City, amidst the counterculture chic of that era. Willie, a high school English teacher who plays jazz piano, and Phil, a fashion photographer, meet as they exit the Bleecker Street Cinema, where Jules et Jim has just been shown, and become friends. They both fall in love with Jeannette, a girl from Kentucky.

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Yogi's Ark Lark (1972)

comedy television program, crossover fiction

Concerned about the terrible state of the environment, the entire animal kingdom from Hanna-Barbera gather for a meeting in Jellystone Park, chaired by Yogi Bear. They decide to leave their homes and search for "the perfect place" — a legendary and trouble-free place free of pollution, deforestation, and other forms of mankind's despoilment and has a few simple problems. Though Boo-Boo Bear states to Yogi that Ranger Smith will not like it.

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Look (2007)

Comedy, Crime, Drama, thriller film

The film follows several intertwining narratives as the security cameras watch over the characters in several different areas over the course of one week. Tony, a manager at a housewares store, sexually harasses, and occasionally has sex with, his female employees. Office worker Marty is a socially awkward geek who seems to be born of bad luck.

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The Night Sitter (2018)

Comedy horror

A scheming con artist poses as innocent babysitter “Amber” to steal from Ted Hooper, a wealthy occult enthusiast with a reclusive son named Kevin. Her crew arrives to clean out the house just as Kevin stumbles upon one of his father’s most prized artifacts and unwittingly summons a trio of witches known as The Three Mothers. As the playful, sadistic witches start picking people off, Amber and Kevin form an unlikely bond and try to survive the night together.

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Major Barbara (1941)

Comedy

In this social satire, Barbara Undershaft (Hiller), an idealistic major in the Salvation Army, is deeply troubled by the fact that her father, Andrew Undershaft (Robert Morley), is a wealthy weapons manufacturer. Meanwhile, Andrew is looking for an heir for his industrial empire, in particular a foundling like himself.

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When Friendship Kills (1996)

Drama

Lexi Archer is a teenager who, after the divorce of her parents, moves with her mother Kathryn and younger sister Jill from Chicago to Seattle. At her new school, she befriends Jennifer Harnsberger, a popular straight-A student whom she meets during volleyball tryouts. After her volleyball coach suggests that Lexi should lose a few pounds in order to enhance her athletic performance, she starts to look for ways to diet.

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Boardinghouse (1982)

Comedy horror, Horror, Slasher, Splatter Film

On September 18, 1972, Dr. Hoffman and his wife, both of whom specialized in the study of telekinesis and the occult, are found dead in their Mulholland Drive ranch home on the night of their anniversary party. Their deaths, ruled a double suicide, were witnessed by the couple's thirteen-year-old daughter, Debbie, who was institutionalized due to a subsequent nervous breakdown.

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The Knowledge (1979)

Comedy, Drama

Four out of work Londoners apply to do "the Knowledge" to become London taxi drivers. They have to contend with learning approximately 15,842 streets and 468 set routes as well as Mr Burgess, a notoriously sadistic examiner from the Public Carriage Office.

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