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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 21,458 films · Page 409.

Mumbai Matinee (2003)

romantic comedy

Debu is a 32-year-old advertising agent but has a serious problem in that he is still a virgin. He meets Baba Hindustani in a hotel who promises to cure him of the teasing he gets from being a virgin. He later meets Nitin Kapoor, a filmmaker who later films him as he works out in the gym and other physical activities.

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No Surrender (1985)

black comedy film

On New Year's Eve in Liverpool, Michael becomes the new manager of the Charleston Club, a run-down function hall on an industrial waste ground which, he later discovers, is owned by an organised crime syndicate. He also discovers that the previous manager, MacArthur, in an attempt to spite the hall's owners, has hired it out to two groups of senior citizens for New Year's Eve; one group are hardline Catholics and the other are hardline Protestants, and the entertainment consists of a magician with stage fright, a gay comedian and his boyfriend, a talentless punk band, and a fancy dress competition with a non-existent prize. The two…

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The Outing (1987)

Comedy horror, fantasy film, Horror, Slasher, teen film

In 1893, a young Arab girl arrives in Galveston, Texas as a stowaway on a ship with her mother. Her mother dons a magical bracelet, and lies helplessly on the boat as a malevolent jinn murders everyone on board. The girl manages to flee the scene, taking with her a brass lamp and the bracelet.

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Abra-Catastrophe! (2003)

comedy television program

All the fairies in Fairy World celebrate Timmy Turner's "Fairy-versary", a celebration of a godchild keeping his/her fairy godparents a secret for an entire year. Fairy godparent academy instructor Jorgen Von Strangle gives Timmy a magical muffin that allows anyone who eats it to have a "rule-free" wish. After the party, Timmy then asks how Cosmo and Wanda became his godparents.

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The Last Right (2019)

Tragicomedy

On a journey from his home in New York to his mother's funeral in Clonakilty, County Cork, Daniel Murphy meets an elderly fellow passenger who records him as his next of kin on his landing pass, and soon after dies. Daniel's autistic brother (later to be revealed as his son who had been raised by Daniel's mother) persuades him to facilitate the stranger's body brought to Rathlin Island to be buried with his brother. This becomes possible when they do a favour for a local woman, and the three have a road-trip adventure while Cork police try to stop them, believing if Daniel is not true next of kin he should not have charge of the body.

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The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1997)

mystery film

Set in 18th century London, the story focuses on Sweeney Todd (Ben Kingsley), a murderous barber whose business provides him with two profitable sidelines: the sale of his victims' jewelry and the disposal of their bodies to his mistress Mrs. Lovett (Joanna Lumley), who uses them to prepare meat pies for her unsuspecting clientele. Ben Carlyle (Campbell Scott), a representative of an American jeweler, arrives in the city to track down wealthy diamond merchant Alfred Mannheim and $50,000 worth of diamonds he had sold to Carlyle's employers but failed to deliver on time.

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Eternally Yours (1939)

Comedy, Drama, Melodrama, Tragicomedy

Anita Halstead (Loretta Young) goes to see a magic act performed by Tony (David Niven), the "Great Arturo", after her bridal shower for her wedding to Don Burns (Broderick Crawford). Anita and Tony are immediately attracted to each other and get married. She becomes his assistant in the act.

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New Waterford Girl (1999)

boxing film, Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, teen film

Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie is a 15-year-old girl and black sheep of her family who is sick of her life in the isolated coastal community of New Waterford. She is considered an exceptional student by her depressive, semi-alcoholic English teacher, Cecil Sweeney, who also nurtures an inappropriate crush towards Mooney that is not reciprocated. Based on her talent, Cecil suggests she should attend an arts school in New York City.

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Super Sweet 16 - The Movie (2007)

comedy television program, Teen Comedy Film

The film centers on best friends Sara (Amanda Michalka) and Jacquie (Regine Nehy). They share everything, including the same birthday, which they always celebrate together. Sara and Jacquie start making plans for a huge "Sweet 16" party for the both of them, all with proceeds going to a charity called "Hollywood Heart".

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Wonder Bar (1934)

Crime, Drama, musical film, romance film

The film is set in a Paris nightclub, with the stars playing the 'regulars' at the club. The movie revolves around two main story points, a romance and a more serious conflict with death, and several minor plots. All of the stories are enlivened from time to time by extravagant musical numbers.

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Mega Shark vs. Kolossus (2015)

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Comedy horror, disaster film, Horror, independent film, monster film, mystery film, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film

After the events of the previous film, another shark is awakened by Russian miners drilling underwater for red mercury. Two ships intercept the MegaShark, which survives the attack. Benedict leads a team of prospectors into a mine in Russia and discover a secret stock of red mercury.

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Tone-Deaf (2019)

Comedy horror

As a little girl, Olive Smith performs a piano recital. Olive's parents miss the performance when her depressed father Michael hangs himself following an argument with Olive's mother Crystal. As an adult, Olive breaks up with her difficult boyfriend York.

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Wish 143 (2009)

Coming-of-age, Drama, Tragicomedy

David, a 15-year-old living in the Cancer ward of a children's hospital, is asked by Dreamscape Charity representative for his biggest dream. David states that he would like to lose his virginity before he dies. The shocked representative attempts to talk David into meeting a celebrity, but David insists that losing his virginity is all he wants.

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The Traveling Executioner (1970)

Comedy drama, prison film

Jonas Candide, a former carnival showman, travels around the South, in 1918, with his own portable electric chair, going from prison to prison with his young assistant, Jimmy, charging one hundred dollars per execution. Two of Jonas' potential victims are siblings Willy and Gundred Herzallerliebst. While Jonas successfully executes Willy, he falls for Gundred, hoping to fake her execution.

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Fireball 500 (1966)

Action, Comedy, musical film

Stock car racer "Fireball" Dave Owens from California goes to race in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he intends on competing against local champ Sonny Leander Fox. Dave beats Leander in a race, impressing the latter's girlfriend, Jane, and the wealthy Martha Brian. Martha persuades Dave to drive in a cross country night race, not telling him he is actually smuggling moonshine.

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Sister of the Groom (2020)

Comedy

Audrey (Alicia Silverstone) rides to the Hamptons with her husband Ethan for her brother Liam's wedding with Clemence, a young French woman (Mathilde Ollivier), rescheduled to take place on the same weekend she turns 40. Minutes before they arrive, Ethan spills Audrey's coffee over her, and she is not given the chance to change for the casual chic opening Shabbat dinner. Audrey is introduced to the French family at a Shabbat dinner, where she is upset to discover Liam is going to rebuild their family's cherished holiday home and plans to employ an architect other than herself, her former fiance Isaac.

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Girls Will Be Girls (2003)

LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy

Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick) is a washed-up, alcoholic, aging C-List actress (star of kinetoscope, stage, television, and film in such works as the TV special Christmas Evie, vaudeville-era appearances promoting Dr. Vim's Miracle Elixir, Court TV: Celebrities Who Kill, Tabitha, and the sad 1970s disaster epic Asteroid [tagline: "Earth Might Get Crushed!"]). She lives in a tackily out-of-style bungalow with Coco (Clinton Leupp), a homely, lonely, doormat of a spinster who carries a torch for the handsome young doctor who performed her abortion years ago.

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April Love (1957)

Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy

Nick Conover (Pat Boone), a Chicago youth, arrives at his aunt Henrietta (Jeanette Nolan) and uncle Jed Bruce's (Arthur O'Connell) Kentucky horse farm. Neither has seen Nick since he was a child. The move is part of Nick's parole condition after being convicted for joyriding in a stolen vehicle with his friends.

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The Last Drop (2005)

Comedy, Crime, Military Film, war film

The film is set during World War II, amidst Operation Market Garden. Captain Edward Banks (Andrew Howard) and Corporal Powell (Neil Newbon), both SOE undercover British Intelligence officers, are given command of a small unit dubbed "Matchbox". The objective of Matchbox is to retrieve Dutch gold and art treasures plundered by the Nazis, concealed within an underground bunker rigged with traps.

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