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Comedy, Superhero
Ray lives in Dunmanor, a retirement home for the International Superhero Federation in Ireland. He is embittered by the fact that the public has largely forgotten him, and even his own grandchildren are rather fond of a new superhero, Celestro. During a birthday party for one of the residents, Hurricane Jane, another resident, Jerry, gets out of control.
Science fiction, Superhero
Batwoman enjoys the services of several young female agents known as Batgirls in her pursuit of justice. Her archenemy is a masked villain named Rat Fink. Added to the mix is the president and vice president of the Ayjax Development Corporation.
Comedy horror, Horror, thriller film
Christmas film, Comedy, Family Comedy
Joey Dredge is struggling with the recent accidental death of his father. After being expelled from school for attempting to fly off a roof, his mother, Hilary, decides to take him to her parents’ suburban home for the Christmas holidays. She brings along her new boyfriend, Bruno, and his son, Angus, both of whom Joey resents.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama, romance film, romantic comedy
When American serviceman and writer Jim Scott returns from Paris after World War II, he is flabbergasted to discover that his well-meaning but unrealistic wife Connie has invested his wages in a dilapidated apartment building in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan. Despite Connie's hope that being a landlord will give Jim the freedom to write a novel, he spends most of his time with building maintenance. Smooth-talking Charley Patterson, a confidence man who romances and swindles wealthy widows, leases a vacant apartment and targets gentle but poor widow Eadie Gaynor.
Comedy, sexploitation film
The film, supposedly inspired by the writings of Tom Lehrer and Stan Freberg, follows estranged couple Bill and Carol, who are in a palimony suit against each other. The zany Judge Gabriel (played by Professor Irwin Corey) is handling their suit. As Bill and Carol relate their problems to Gabriel, he demonstrates how all lovers from the beginning of time, including Adam and Eve, Queen Isabella, Christopher Columbus, and King Arthur and Lady Guinevere have all faced their exact same troubles.
Comedy
In the film, Eddie returns to his home town on the south coast of New South Wales. Having left for the city without explanation three years ago, he tries to pick up the pieces of his life and fit back into the lives of those he left, including his ex-girlfriend Tully and brother Pete. The title of the film comes from Eddie's nickname and from his attempts to make a living poaching mullet.
Biography, comedy television program, Satire
At a meeting in the offices of their film distributor, the members of Monty Python discuss allowing the film Life of Brian to be released in America first because of America's first amendment. John Cleese voices his support for the idea, and says that he loves Americans. We then see American reporters at a screening of the movie where a near riot is taking place, with the protesters condemning the film as "blasphemous".
Comedy
Ethan Inglebrink (Ronnie Gene Blevens) is an agoraphobic heroin addict who lives in a homogeneous California town where nothing ever happens. A misfit, clad in a powder blue tux, he has convinced his poker buddies, and surrogate moms, Roe (Diane Ladd), Sandy (Cloris Leachman), and Lou Anne (Lin Shaye), that he is diabetic and his needles are for insulin, not heroin. His next-door neighbor is his landlord and former high school football coach Trevor O'Hart (Rip Torn), who wants nothing more than to kick Ethan out on the street.
Comedy
LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy
Gay party planner Shel (Stamos) is organizing the wedding of his straight brother Ben (Dane) to Maggie (Somerville). But when Maggie's father and Ben's boss, Maine's Governor Welling (Brolin), makes a speech against gay marriage, Shel goes on strike for equal rights. His cause picks up steam and eventually spreads nationwide in a "no gays for a day" movement.
Comedy
In the aftermath of a big battle during World War II, Americans Brigadier General Charles Lane, Master Sergeant Murphy "Murph" Savage, and Corporal Chan Derby are cut off behind enemy lines. The general takes over a farmhouse belonging to annoyed Frenchwoman Simone. Lane determines that there is a gap in the American lines and decides to organize a defense from whatever stragglers he can gather together.
musical film
The gang is putting on another big show in Spanky's cellar, complete with an orchestra led by Buckwheat (Billie Thomas), and performances by Darla (Darla Hood) and many of the other neighborhood kids. However, "King of Crooners" Alfalfa (Carl Switzer), the star of the show, crashes the swing music based show with his off-key rendition of "The Barber of Seville", having secretly decided he is going to sing opera from now on. Spanky closes the curtain on Alfalfa and sends out another act to replace him, causing Alfalfa to walk out and take his voice "where it'll be appreciated!" With Porky (Eugene Lee) accompanying him, Alfalfa turns up at…
Comedy
Captain Vinka Kovalenko (Katharine Hepburn) lands a Soviet Air Force jet in West German territory, to the surprise of the United States Armed Forces, who take her prisoner. However, she tells them she is neither on a mission nor defecting, just upset about a personal matter back home. Capt.
Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy
Sergio is a pastry shop assistant who is smitten with Hattie, a mousy girl who works in her father Perry's diner and refuses to consider a relationship with him until he begins to earn a decent living. An opportunity presents itself when Linzer, Sergio's employer, offers him $20,000 to torch the store so he can collect the insurance money and use it to give his wife the lifestyle he feels she deserves. Sergio declines the offer, but one night the bakery is burnt to the ground anyway.
Comedy
Barry Munday, a lonely womanizer, wakes up after being attacked to realize that he's missing his "family jewels". To make matters worse, he learns he's facing a paternity lawsuit filed by a woman, Ginger, he can't remember having sex with. Though unintentional, the two discover that their meeting and subsequent "accidents" opened up new opportunities for personal growth and relationships.
Comedy
At the Virginia Military Institute, roommates Billy Randolph (Wayne Morris), Dan Crawford (Ronald Reagan) and Bing Edwards (Eddie Albert) are three good-natured troublemakers who are trying to clean up their act in the weeks leading up to graduation. Still, try as they might, they cannot seem to stop breaking the rules, which include sneaking girlfriends on campus, and pawning the college's valuable sword to get money to bet on a baseball game. When the secretly married Edwards learns his wife (Jane Bryan) is pregnant, his preoccupation leads to events that really send everything out of order.
Comedy, Tragicomedy
Arthur Wilkins (Stanley Tucci) becomes an unwitting hostage when Bill Jameson (Ron Eldard), frustrated by a failing sex life and suspicious that his girlfriend Jessica (Kari Wuhrer) has been unfaithful, confronts her boss in their apartment. After catching them together, Bill ties up the boss and demands hush money — only to discover that sharing the bedroom drama with a captive audience rekindles his own virility. What begins as a bizarre extortion escalates into increasingly perverse voyeuristic role-play, blending black comedy with unsettling intimacy, until the situation spirals into chaos and emotional reckoning.
romantic comedy
Several stories of older people in a bereavement group finding new love. Some are funny and some are poignant.
Cartoon
The film tells the story of three kittens, one black, one orange and one grey, and their adventures in a house. It begins with the kittens left out in the snow. They then notice the house nearby and enter it for shelter.
Dark Comedy, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy
On a Tuesday, Milton awakens in an off-season hunting lodge, goes to the bathroom, and throws up. He finds in the bathtub a note taped to a computer tablet; it says "Play Me Now." It's a video he's already made to advise himself to make an important decision. His video-self chops off two of his fingers with a meat cleaver to establish his earnestness, then explains that they are in a bizarre situation because Milton wanted to impress a woman.
Comedy, Drama
The Chocolate City dancers go to Las Vegas in hopes of winning $500 000 dollars during a prestigious competition. This money would be used to save the nightclub 'Chocolate City' from foreclosure.
Comedy drama, romantic comedy
Emily Price is a single mother: she got pregnant in high school and was abandoned by the father before her son, Tim, was born. She and Tim live with her mother, who is both protective and disparaging, and tends to overlook her daughter in favor of her grandson. She is trying to become a court reporter, but freezes up every time she takes the test.
Comedy horror, Horror, satanic film
The cheerleading team of Benedict High School are a rowdy group of girls who are more than happy to partake in partying and have dalliances with the football team. They're also an object of lust for the school's janitor, who is secretly a member of a Satanic cult. On the evening of the first big football game of the season, Billy uses his powers to strand the cheerleaders and their coach, Ms.