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Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama
Nanna Maria, the matriarch of a Fijian extended family living in a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, feels that the heart and passion has gone out of her clan. One morning, she demands that her grown grandchildren put on a big family feast at which she will name her successor. The grandchildren—Soul, Charlene, Hibiscus, Erasmus, and her favorite, Tyson—reluctantly turn up, Tyson with his new Danish girlfriend, Maria.
Comedy horror, monster film, Science fiction, Vampire
Anna Quarrels works in the Rare Books Room of a library. A man approaches her, introducing himself as Mr. Jamison from the University of Chicago.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama
A quirky, out-of-place worker at a crucifix factory invents a device he claims can show pictures of Heaven. Discouraged and confused by the inability of those around him to see anything but a screenful of static, he charismatically hijacks a bus of friendly elderly people in order to get media attention for his invention.
Comedy
The mysterious Michael Rimmer appears at a small and ailing British advertising agency, where the employees assume he is working on a time and motion study. However, he quickly begins to assert a de facto authority over the firm's mostly ineffectual staff and soon acquires control of the business from the incompetent boss Ferret. Rimmer then succeeds in establishing the newly invigorated firm as the country's leading polling agency, and begins to make regular TV appearances as a polling expert.
Comedy, romantic comedy
Zoe is an almost 30-year-old woman who owns an unsuccessful waxing business on the same street as Paul's adult video store. She lives in a tiny home on her landlord's land, but is unable to pay her rent in a timely manner. She takes a Polaroid of every person that she has sex with.
comedy of remarriage, romantic comedy
Vicky Lowndes loses her first husband, Bill Cardew, when he is lost at sea, presumed drowned, and declared legally dead. The lonely widow is comforted by Bill's best friend and publishing business partner, Henry Lowndes. Six months later, she marries Henry.
Comedy
In turn-of-the-20th-century Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, young Wilbur Fielding, the son of the Rev. Dr. Fielding, has been appointed vicar of a small Rhode Island parish.
romantic comedy
The film revolves around two stories; the upcoming wedding of Lizzie and Guy, and a second story in flashback of Guy's previous relationship with Jenny. Guy and Lizzie meet when Guy delivers a pregnant stray cat to Lizzie's house, as he believes her to be the owner. They begin a whirlwind romance and plan to get married within six months of meeting each other.
Biography, Comedy, musical film
In the late 1800s, young Paul Dresser runs away from his parents' home in Indiana to become a musician against the wishes of his strict father, who wants Paul to become a minister instead. In his first foray as an entertainer, Paul is unknowingly used by a con man as a front to sell fake jewelry. After the con man disappears with the townspeople's money, an angry mob covers Paul in tar and feathers and runs him out of town.
romantic comedy
Melville Goodwin (Kirk Douglas), a decorated U.S. Army general, is appointed chairman of the Joint Atomic International Commission by the President. But headstrong Dottie Peale (Susan Hayward), a high-powered media mogul, wants a close friend of her father's to get the position.
Crime Comedy, mystery film
The film is set in Manhattan, New York City. The plot concerns the efforts of a woman (Fawcett) and her lover (Bridges) to find the murderer of her husband before they are accused of it themselves. The story's climax takes place in the toy department and Santa's house of Macy's famous department store.
Comedy drama
Continuing from Ah Boys to Men, Ken's father (Richard Low) has become partially paralyzed because of his stroke but is determined to make a recovery. Regretting his selfish actions, Ken becomes a more responsible recruit, impressing the officers and sergeants, drawing bemusement from his mates and unwittingly causing “Wayang King” Aloysius to feel challenged by Ken. After a physical exercise one day, Aloysius butts in when Platoon Sergeant Ong asks Ken to explain his improvements and ends up costing his fellow recruits their smoking breaks, causing them to outcast and bully him.
Comedy
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy find themselves pursued by a tenacious police officer, initially misidentified as vagrants loitering in a park. A comical altercation ensues when Stan inadvertently provokes the officer by addressing him as "ma'am," further escalating the situation. Seeking refuge from their pursuer, the duo takes shelter in the basement of a mansion belonging to the eccentric English adventurer Colonel Wilburforce Buckshot, currently vacant due to Buckshot's African hunting expedition.
Comedy drama, Drama
The Witting farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder what will happen to the family if they have to leave the farm. Sarah decides to take the children Anna and Caleb to her hometown in Maine while Jacob stays at the farm to make sure it is safe and sound.
Crime, mystery film, romance film
Set in a present that feels more like the past, awkward Harry Dobbs is an inept private detective surrounded by mysterious and dangerous dames. Among them is his angry girlfriend, Doris, and the suspicious women he encounters on his latest case. In a nightclub, the sultry Miss Dolan hires the private eye to follow her lover, Rick, who might be trying to kill her.
Comedy horror
Buck-toothed Melody, bespectacled Marci, and chubby Mickey are socially awkward sorority sisters. Desperate for some fun, they invite a trio of equally nerdy fraternity pledges over for a party. The party fizzles and the guys are on the verge of leaving when the girls try to liven things up by holding a séance.
Comedy, Drama
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Erotic Thriller, sexploitation film
The film begins with a monotone narration about the developing evil of marijuana in modern society and the need for vigilance in stopping the actions of the "pushers" and the "smugglers". Harry, a small town border sheriff, lives at the site of a defunct silver mine with his girlfriend Cherry, an Englishwoman who works as a nurse. The blonde Raquel is a writer and works to sexually pleasure the local men for the enjoyment of it.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Science fiction
Lucille, a crippled man who is in a wheelchair from injuries sustained in the Gulf War, searches New Orleans for his friend Melvin so a documentary crew can follow Melvin. They find him passed out on the street. Melvin, an alcoholic and drug abuser, is in a downward spiral and spends most of his time partying with his friends.
Comedy, Psychodrama, romance film
A young man who has schizophrenia embarks on a journey across Australia to find Lucy, the woman of his dreams, whom he met in Perth - or did he?
Comedy, Drama, fantasy film, flashback film
Lawrence and Sylvia Stevens are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. In a flashback to the 1890s, Lawrence Stevens is an obituary writer unhappy with his job. He is given tomorrow's evening newspaper by an elderly newspaper man named Pop Benson, though he does not bother to read it.
Comedy
The second Atom is introduced into the Justice League as the Joker poisons Metropolis with his Joker gas and remodels the Daily Planet. Flash arrives late after stopping for food and catching Captain Cold and Captain Boomerang. The Justice League is upset with his impulsive decisions when a yellow, vibrating speedster taunts Flash for his inferior speed.
pink film, pornographic film
Complications are brought to a middle-class family when older brother Kōichi brings home his new sexually voracious bride Yuriko. Younger brother Kazuo looks to the new arrival as a source of sexual release while sister Akiko surreptitiously works in a soapland and Father lusts after a bar proprietess.
Comedy horror
Inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, the film stars Cody Renee Cameron as Barbie, a woman who finds herself facing an outbreak of zombies infected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).