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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 22,607 films · Page 456.

Bcuz of U (2004)

romantic comedy

A runaway bride returns, a woman falls for her worst nightmare and two opposites come together in this trio of romantic tales. In the first story, Ria (Kristine Hermosa) tries to win back the man (Diether Ocampo) she left at the altar. In tale two, solitary Cara (Heart Evangelista) meets Mr.

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The Mikado (1939)

Comedy, musical film, romance film

At the court of the Mikado, the emperor orders his son, Nanki-Poo, to marry Katisha, an elderly courtier, or perish on the scaffold. Nanki-Poo flees and disguises himself as a poor minstrel. Later, in the town of Titipu, he inquires about his beloved, a schoolgirl called Yum-Yum, who is a ward of Ko-Ko (formerly a cheap tailor).

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Generation (1969)

Comedy

Nine months pregnant and due any day, Doris Bolton finally marries Walter Owen, a photographer who wants nothing to do with conformity or The Establishment. They want a natural childbirth, at home, with no doctors or drugs. Her father, ad man Jim Bolton, flies to New York to be by her side.

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Twice Round the Daffodils (1962)

Comedy, Comedy drama

A new group of patients arrives at a hospital to be treated for tuberculosis; more than one takes a fancy to one or other of the attractive nurses. The patients include John, a Welsh coal miner in a state of denial about his disease; Ian, a woman-chasing RAF officer; Bob, a man losing his girlfriend due to his lengthy stay in hospital; Henry, a supercilious bachelor with a devoted, letter-writing sister; George, a West Country farmer with hidden intelligence; and the young Chris, a timid and sensitive trainee chef who writes poetry and is bullied by John about his masculinity.

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She Shoulda Said No! (1949)

Crime, Drama, exploitation film

thumb|left|thumbtime=58|She Shoulda Said No! (1949) Leeds' character is "Anne Lester", a young orphan trying to pay for her brother's college education. After meeting Markey, a drug dealer, Anne begins to believe that she must smoke marijuana to fit in with her friends.

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The Crazysitter (1995)

Comedy, Family Comedy

The film follows Edie (Beverly D'Angelo), an alcoholic ex-convict struggling to adjust after being released from her cozy den in jail. Seeking ways to get money fast, she gets hired as a nanny to babysit the Van Arsdale family's unruly children. While watching television one day, Edie comes across a tabloid talk show hosted by Adrian Wexler-Jones (Lisa Kudrow) where the panelists discuss child selling, which gives her the idea to sell the Van Arsdale kids for a quick profit.

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Hell High (1987)

Horror, Slasher, teen film, thriller film

As a child, Brooke Storm goes to play with her dolls in a shack along a biking path in the marsh near her home. A man and his girlfriend arrive by motorcycle, and Brooke hides behind the shack while the man violently attempts to force his girlfriend to have sex with him. When she refuses, the two depart on his motorcycle.

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Listen, Darling (1938)

Comedy, Drama, musical film, romantic comedy

Pinky Wingate (Judy Garland) is worried about her widowed mother, Dottie (Mary Astor), who is pursuing a loveless relationship with the town's banker, knowing he can help her fund her children's lives. To help her realize this, Pinky and her friend Buzz (Freddie Bartholomew) "kidnap" Dottie and her younger brother Billie (Scotty Beckett), taking them on a road trip to get away from the banker. While they do this, they meet two men, Richard Thurlow (Walter Pidgeon) and J.J Slattery (Alan Hale), who they think would be nice husbands for her mother.

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Jake Speed (1986)

Action, Action Comedy, Adventure

In Paris, a girl named Maureen Winston (Becca C. Ashley) is abducted by two evil-looking men. While her family prays for her safe return, Maureen's father heaps guilt on her sister Margaret (Karen Kopins), since she convinced her to go see the world.

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Carnal Madness (1975)

exploitation film

Stucker, Minor and Pataki are cast as a gay fashion designer, a horny soul brother (catchphrase - "This is the best-lookin' piece I've seen in a long time!") and an incompetent impressionist, respectively. The three escape their mental asylum and sexually assault their way into a girls' school. Their broad, knockabout performances attempt to keep the film's content amusing rather than disturbing.

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Getting It Right (1989)

Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Tragicomedy

The film concerns the late coming of age of protagonist Gavin Lamb (Birdsall), a painfully shy 31-year-old virgin still living at home with his parents and who works as a hairdresser in a West End salon. The socially awkward Gavin forges sudden romantic connections with three very different women: a sultry millionairess (Redgrave), an idiosyncratic recluse (Bonham Carter), and a single mother (Horrocks) who is a junior hairdresser at his salon.

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Maybe This Time (2014)

romantic comedy

Steph Asuncion (Sarah Geronimo) and Tonio Bugayong (Coco Martin) were once in love. Back then, she was a young girl who wanted a simple life and he was older, more ambitious than she was. Tonio was a small town guy who wants to board a ship to provide for his family’s furniture business.

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Highland Park (2013)

Comedy drama

Set in the economically depressed Detroit suburb of Highland Park, Michigan, the city’s infrastructure is crumbling and the mayor is destructive rather than constructive. Six downtrodden friends connected through the local school (teachers, admin and maintenance) play the lottery with the same numbers every week for ten years, hoping to win big and change their lives. They also hope to use some of the prize money to stop their community’s backslide into poverty.

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Zenobia (1939)

Comedy

In 1870, Dr. Henry Tibbett, a Mississippi country doctor is called on by a travelling circus trainer to cure his sick elephant. After the doctor heals the grateful beast, the elephant becomes so attached to him that it starts to follow him everywhere.

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Trouble in Store (1953)

Comedy

Norman, a lowly stock clerk at Burridge's department store, is in love with fellow employee Sally Wilson, though he has been unable to muster the courage to let her know how he feels. After he antagonizes Augustus Freeman, the new head of the store, he is promptly fired. On his way out, Norman helps Miss Bacon carry her bulging suitcases, unaware that she is an audacious shoplifter.

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