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Comedy
Bubba Newman, a minor league baseball player, quits the sport to do something else with his life because he feels "down and out." He renews his outlook on life when he becomes a coach for a group of underprivileged kids and finds romance. He later plots to make a baseball comeback using funds from his coaching job. He tries pro ball again, but realizes he can no longer fit in.
This camp screwball comedy of errors, that includes many over-the-top stereotypes, is set at Halloween against the backdrop of West Hollywood, California. Five friends, interior designer Evan (played by London); interior designer Harvey (played by Cheng); stockbroker Dave (played by Meadows); spinning instructor Fredrico (played by Sabàto); and Emme (played by Ubach), a sassy young woman obsessed with style and classic movies, have all been anticipating the West Hollywood Halloween Parade on Santa Monica Boulevard, which is the biggest and brashest block party of the year. Their annual tradition of joining the festivities in outrageous…
Comedy, Dark Comedy, Parody, Political Satire, Splatstick
Mr. Freedom is a Washington D.C. police officer who drinks Colt 45 on duty and moonlights as a government-sanctioned, vigilante superhero.
Comedy, Comedy horror, Crime, fantasy film, spy film
A brilliant but peculiar professor of Ancient Eastern languages, Jonathan Jones, finds that an amulet sent to his niece Cynthia by a boyfriend from an archeological dig has magical powers. Whoever has the amulet in their possession can 1) cause great pain by pointing at another living creature, 2) cause time to go into slow motion (but only for the target(s)) by saying the word "Zotz!", or 3) cause instant death by simultaneously pointing and saying "Zotz!". Both government and Communist agents immediately develop an interest in the amulet's possible military use.
children's film, Comedy, teen film
David "Dave" Stewie is a middle school PE teacher who sees a forthcoming award as a way to redeem himself of his greatest regret, a failure to make the 1988 US Olympic Team. Meanwhile, Roland Waffle is a new transfer student who is completely non-athletic and wears a helmet at all times due to his mother worrying he will get hurt. Abigail "Abby" Hoffman is the principal who carries "a Filipino fighting stick" to assault night prowlers lurking after school, and Morgan, Champ and Derrick, who are students of the school.
Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Drama
A group of overseas high school kids of Korean decent from North America and Europe land in Seoul in 1986. They arrive for a government-sponsored cultural immersion summer camp, where they will be taught about Korea, and its language, history, customs and culture. Many of them have never visited South Korea before or even speak their parents’ native language (Korean).
children's film, Family Comedy, Family Drama
Claudia is the middle child of a busy family. She is smart and responsible, often required to help her mother around the house. However, weary of the life in suburban Connecticut, she decides to find something grander.
romantic comedy, Vampire
Dwight Putnum (Roger Rose) has just asked Kendall Gordon (Kimberly Foster) for the 10th time to marry him, but Kendall is still unwilling to commit. She has this idea that the perfect man for her is still out there. Vampire Zachary Simms (Adam Ant) has just awakened in his coffin from a 100-year sleep in the crypt under Kendall's house and comes out through the secret door in her fireplace to face the brave, new world.
Christmas film, Comedy
Melody Parris is a 35-year-old skilled perfume girl who is living a somewhat flavorless life in Seattle, with a pompous, pushy boyfriend named George and an overbearing mother who lives right next door to her, who is obsessed with her getting married. It starts with another unsatisfactory day at work for Melody, but on the bus, her best friend Naomi tells her to make a Christmas list for selfish fun. She starts to but then receives a call from George, who is on a flight home from a business trip.
Comedy, fantasy film, romantic comedy, slapstick
The film is set in New York City, where three friends, Igor (Volodymyr Zelensky), Artem (Aleksey Chadov), and the "almost Russian" Finn Oleg (Ville Haapasalo), live indulgent lives while working in America. Igor works as a dentist, Oleg, nicknamed "Sauna," is a fitness instructor for a women’s club, and Artem, who is married but frequently unfaithful, is a tour guide for Russian tourists. Their carefree existence is disrupted at a party when a mysterious man offers a toast to love, adding the cryptic line, "May what you drank for be impossible without what I drank for".
Comedy horror, LGBTQ-related film, Slasher
Every year, Stella Fawnskin selects seven members of Sigma Phi Pi, a sorority with chapters all over the United States, to compete for the Fawnskin Grant. On her way to Stella's ranch, which is in the isolated resort town of Grizzly Cove, grant contender Holly Fanning is killed at a deserted rest area. The next day, Detective William Watts is informed by Holly's father, Captain Dan Fanning, that he is being suspended from the LAPD due to his repeated use of excessive force.
Comedy drama
A young woman works part time at a prison while also caring for her mother. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hellraising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But things soon spiral out of control, sending the pair on a surprisingly touching road trip.
Drama, war film
On 3 September 1939, at the start of World War II, several East End Londoners join the London County Council Auxiliary Fire Service. Tommy Turk is a light-hearted gambler who avoids work, living with his mother who runs a local fish and chip shop. Tommy has bought a greyhound pup he names "Short Head" and hopes to race.
black comedy film, Crime Comedy
The members of a gang, especially Sid, grow impatient as their incompetent leader, Fingers, botches the robbery of a fur store, the latest in a series of disasters. Fingers then comes up with the idea of robbing businessman William Gordon. Gordon bluffs them into believing the police are on their way.
Horror, teen film, Zombie
Serial killer and serial rapist Abbott Hayes disappears from the morgue and becomes the leader of several waves of zombies that attack his home town. Fourteen years after the last zombie attack, a businessman relocates bodies from a local cemetery to pave the way for progress, but sets in motion Abbott's next undead assault.
Comedy
A series of comic vignettes that take place primarily in a nightclub women's and men's room.
Comedy, Science fiction, science fiction comedy
Allan Topher, an inventor at the advanced technology company Kinetech Labs, develops a highly sophisticated robot intended for search and rescue missions. However, upon discovering that his creation is to be repurposed for military use, Allan reprograms the robot to escape the facility. During its escape, the robot is damaged and later found by 12-year-old Henry Keller, who repairs it and names it Cody.
Biography, Drama, musical film, romance film
In 1904, Uncle Latsie comes to New York from Hungary with two little nieces, Jenny and Rosie who immediately take to cafe dancing. In 1912, they're still at it, but to pay Uncle's card debts they decide to go into vaudeville. They meet another up-and-coming act, singer Harry Fox.
Comedy
Harvey Miller, whose father was a famous golf pro, is expected to follow in his footsteps, but Harvey is afraid of crowds. Instead, at the advice of his fiancée Lisa, Harvey becomes a golf instructor. Lisa's brother Joe becomes Harvey's first client and becomes good enough to start playing in tournaments, with Harvey tagging along as his caddie.
Comedy drama, Coming-of-age
Three teen guys decide to lose their virginity. Some really want to and some are peer pressured into it. They're sent on a wild goose chase.
Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror
Three friends, Brody, Craig, and Doug, get a new house from Winnie, an Asian woman, so they can hook up with women. They encounter a mysterious Mexican man who warns them of the devil, but they think he is a squatter who is talking about hot sauce so they ignore him. At the house they meet three attractive women, Lucy, Jezebel, and Delilah.
Comedy horror, Zombie, zombie comedy
Trevor is between jobs, and spends his days in the company of equally unemployable friend Graham painting figurines and war gaming fantasy worlds in his allotment shed. After he accidentally kills one of his neighbours, when they try to have him evicted from his plot, the dead begin to rise forcing Trevor to make a life changing decision. Whether to rescue his wife, as the adopted alter ego of his fantasies, Casimir, or leave her to an uncertain fate.
Comedy
Los Angeles bank executive Zach Shepard takes a new job at a sperm bank in Oregon. After some initial confusion, Zach and the sperm bank's doctor, Grace Murdock, deal with a shortage of donations by holding a contest with a $100,000 prize. Men abstain from sex to save themselves for donations while a local brothel protests the sperm bank for having ruined its business.
Comedy horror, Dark Comedy
Leslie Shaber is an average suburban housewife who is ignored and taken for granted by her husband Howard. On an outing to the pet store, Leslie meets Harry Thropen, the store's mysterious and handsome owner. Leslie is taken aback by his interest in her, but invites him to lunch after Harry stops a purse snatcher who had targeted her.