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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 23,798 films · Page 465.

Closer to the Moon (2013)

Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama

Post-war Communist Romania: In 1959 Bucharest, members of Romania's high society Max Rosenthal, Alice Bercovici, Dumi Dorneanu, Răzvan Orodel and Iorgu Ristea, known collectively as Ioanid Gang, announce to a crowd that they are shooting a film. A young café worker, Virgil, is among the witnesses. Under the guise of making this film, the Ioanid Gang perform a heist of the National Bank of Romania.

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Freak Talks About Sex (1999)

Comedy

Dave Keenan (Josh Hamilton) left Syracuse for a new life in Arizona. When that did not work out, he moved back to Syracuse. He works a dead-end job at a department store in a mall, his car has broken down (and the mechanic is taking forever to fix it) and his ex-girlfriend (Arabella Field) wants him to join her in New York City.

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Pocket Listing (2015)

black comedy film, Dark Comedy

Set around the issue of the U.S. real-estate market and its various casualties, Frank Hunter and his sultry wife, Lana, hire disgraced Los Angeles property broker, Jack Woodman, to discreetly market and sell their Malibu villa. Fired from a top broker firm by real-estate mogul Ron Glass, and framed by his menacing, drug-addled son, Aaron, Woodman soon finds himself in a world of double crosses, mistaken identity and crooked deals, the type that are literally life or death.

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Take Care (2014)

Comedy drama, Tragicomedy

A woman who, after getting hit by a car, realizes who her true friends are when they don't want to care for her as she heals. She is then forced to enlist the help of her ex-boyfriend, whom she believes owes her since she had taken care of him when he was fighting cancer during their relationship.

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Burn Burn Burn (2015)

Comedy

The plot follows the story of two women, Seph (Laura Carmichael) and Alex (Chloe Pirrie), taking a road trip to follow the instructions of their close friend Dan, who has died and given them instructions where to scatter his ashes. The ashes (stored in tupperware in the glove compartment) keep diminishing in quantity as the trip progresses.

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The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)

Comedy horror

Faced with mortgage debts, Professor Nathaniel Billings sells his 18th-century tavern to Winnie Layden, who plans to turn it into a hotel. Billings stipulates as a condition of sale that he is able to continue working in a laboratory in the basement. His housekeeper Amelia Jones and hired hand Ebenezer also continue to work in the inn.

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Casanova's Big Night (1954)

Comedy, Parody

Pippo, a tailor, impersonates Casanova to woo the girls, particularly the widow Bruni. Casanova has left town, pursued by creditors who persuade Pippo to impersonate Casanova at the behest of a Genoan family that will pay "Casanova" to test the fidelity of the son's betrothed. Pippo, the widow Bruni and Casanova's valet Lucio travel to Venice.

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Modern Love (1990)

Comedy, romantic comedy

Tenderhearted and neurotic Greg is "in love with love", but finds his affections largely unrequited by those around him. At his job at Hoskins Public Relations Firm, he is frequently the butt of his coworkers jokes. He is given the task of managing Dirk Martin, an obnoxious, over-the-hill surfer who is slated to appear in his own television series.

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You're Only Young Once (1937)

romantic comedy

The Hardy family goes to Catalina for a two-week vacation, where Judge Hardy tries to catch a swordfish, Marian falls in love with a married lawyer/lifeguard, and Andy goes around with a "sophisticated" girl. They return home to Carvel to find that by having endorsed a note for Frank Redmond, Judge Hardy might lose all their property to Hoyt Wells. Luckily, through an old law that Judge Hardy learned about while fishing with Capt.

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To Dust (2018)

Comedy drama, Tragicomedy

American Hasidic Jew, Shmuel, loses his beloved wife, Rivka, to cancer. Now he lives with his mother, two sons, and a terrible longing. While his mother advises Shmuel to "move on" and marry again, the children think that a dibbuk, the spirit of Rivka, has moved into their father.

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And the Angels Sing (1944)

musical film

The four Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie and Patty, live in the town of Glenby Falls with their father and they all wish to pursue various careers. Pop Angel wants his daughters to save money so he can buy a farm, so Bobby gets them a job singing at a roadhouse for $10. The girls's quartet proves to be quite popular.

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Brats (1930)

Comedy

left|thumb|The short. Stan Laurel and Ollie Hardy are spending a night in with their two kids Stanley and Oliver Junior. The fathers are playing checkers and pool, but are constantly distracted by their own incompetence and by their children, who are constantly bullying each other and trying to stay up late.

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A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun (2001)

Comedy, Drama, romantic comedy

Frank (Brent Florence) is a Northern California 20-year-old who has just been dumped by his girlfriend. He and his slacker buddies Joey (Kenny Luper) and Neil (Christian Leffler) want to escape their small town but lack the funds. To finance their escape, they rob the local bingo tournament, and although their haul is small, the three decide to go to the big city anyway.

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Best Foot Forward (1943)

Comedy, musical film, musical comedy

Lucille Ball is at a military academy full of frisky boys. Ball is the reluctant guest of a diminutive cadet, Bud Hooper, who wrote her a "mash note" and invitation to be his date at a school prom. Ball's publicity man, Jack O'Riley, seizes upon the situation as a perfect PR stunt, and convinces her to travel 3,000 miles to join Hooper at Winsocki Military Institute's dance.

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And Then Came Love (2000)

romantic comedy

Julie (Vanessa Williams), a successful Manhattan reporter-turned-columnist in her mid-40s believes she has it all - a great job, a rent-controlled apartment, a boyfriend (Michael Boatman), and best of all, an adorable six-year-old son named Jake, whom she conceived via an anonymous sperm donor. Her perfect world, however, is rocked when she’s called in for an emergency parent-teacher conference and learns that her son has been acting up, needs to be ‘tested,’ and is on the brink of expulsion. Overwhelmed, Julie instinctively blames herself easily since her mother (Eartha Kitt) has made her feel inadequate for not being a stay-at-home mom.

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Idle Roomers (1944)

Comedy

As bellhops at the esteemed Hotel Snazzy Plaza, the Stooges find themselves entangled in a series of misadventures. Their initial aspiration to court an attractive woman on the premises is thwarted by the presence of her formidable and ill-tempered husband, proficient in the art of knife throwing. Complicating matters further is the clandestine importation of Lupe the Wolf Man, a creature prone to uncontrollable fits of rage upon hearing music.

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Camp Daze (2005)

Comedy horror, fantasy film, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Science fiction, Slasher, teen film

During a sing-along at Camp Hiawatha in 1981, two revelers sneak away to have sex and are killed by an unseen assailant. Twenty-four years later, four friends (Angela, Jen, Mario, and Vade) are driving through the area on their way to Boston. The quartet becomes lost (passing the same sign several times) and their SUV breaks down after night comes unusually early.

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The Devil's Brother (1933)

buddy film, Comedy, musical film, Splatstick

In the early 18th century, the notorious bandit Fra Diavolo regales his compatriots at their encampment in Northern Italy with an account of his recent encounter with the aristocratic couple Lord Rocburg and Lady Pamela. Assuming the guise of the Marquis de San Marco, Diavolo ingratiates himself with the duo during a carriage ride, coaxing Lady Pamela to divulge the whereabouts of her coveted jewels. Subsequently, he dispatches his cohorts to pillage Rocburg's estate and abscond with Pamela's treasures.

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