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Explore comic situations, funny characters and humorous storytelling.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 24,285 films · Page 541.

A Gem of a Jam (1943)

Comedy

The Stooges are janitors employed at a medical facility during the nocturnal hours. The narrative unfolds through a series of comedic mishaps, commencing with Moe's inadvertent electric shock incident, resulting in an impromptu performance resembling a Cossack dance. Subsequently, Curly becomes ensnared with his head trapped inside a fishbowl, prompting a sequence wherein Moe and Larry endeavor to dislodge the vessel, eventually succeeding but inadvertently evoking sensations of internal tickling within Curly instigated by an ingested goldfish.

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I Want to Go Home (1989)

Comedy

Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France with his partner Lena to attend an exhibition in Paris about the comic strip (bande dessinée) which features his work. He also hopes to be reconciled with his daughter Elsie who has been a student in Paris for two years, in flight from the American culture of which she sees her father as a typical example. Elsie is naively infatuated with French literature, and is trying to secure an introduction to the brilliant university professor Christian Gauthier, an expert on Flaubert but also an enthusiast for comic books.

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Uncle John (2015)

Drama, romantic comedy

John, a respected and well-liked carpenter in his small Wisconsin town, murders local town bully Dutch Miller. While disposing of the body in a bonfire, John accepts help from a friend, who becomes concerned when he notices traces of blood on John's clothes. John explains that he must have scratched himself while gathering wood.

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Celia (1949)

Comedy, thriller film

Celia, an unemployed actress, is reluctantly persuaded by private detective Larry Peters to once again help him with a case. She has a flair for undertaking character rôles but mainly agrees so she can buy a fashionable hat with the fee Larry offers to pay her. Celia poses as a cockney maid for a week in a large house where Lester Martin is suspected of marrying Aunt Nora, a much older woman, for her money and plans to kill her with poison.

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Mr. Music (1950)

Comedy

New York theater producer Alex Conway travels with composer Paul Merrick to Lawford College, Paul’s alma mater, where students are reviving one of his musicals. The current campus hero is Jefferson Blake, a handsome athlete, so Katherine Holbrook—the class valedictorian and chair of the alumni welcoming committee—convinces Paul to mention Jeff in one of his songs. Paul sings "And You'll Be Home" in the show.

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Psychos in Love (1987)

Comedy horror

Joe, a bartender and strip club proprietor, and Kate, a manicurist, meet after trying to find a significant other for a long time. They are both murderers, a fact the two bond over after revealing their crimes to each other. They also bond over their mutual hatred of grapes.

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Mortuary Academy (1988)

Comedy, Dark Comedy

Sam (Christopher Atkins) and Max Grimm (Perry Lang) inherit the Grimm Mortuary and Academy from their uncle, but in order to obtain it, they must graduate from the mortician's course. The current owner is Dr. Paul Truscott (Paul Bartel), who tells the Grimm brothers that if they fail to graduate, the ownership of the business will stay with him.

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Rikky and Pete (1988)

Comedy

Rikky Menzies is an out-of-work geologist and aspiring singer. Her brother Pete Menzies is a misfit inventor. To find peace of mind and escape the ire of Police Sergeant Whitstead, they travel the outback of Australia until they reach the desert mining town of Mount Isa and its own zany individualists.

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If You Knew Susie (1948)

Comedy

Sam and Susie Parker, a husband and wife team of vaudeville performers retire and return to Sam's ancestral historic New England home to be with their children. The pair turn their 17th century home into a hotel with entertainment that turns the community against them. Sam and Susie's son Junior faces bullying and ridicule because his ancestor was "America's First Draft Dodger" in the American War of Independence.

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A Man Called Dagger (1967)

spy film

Secret agents Dick Dagger and Harper Davis are on the trail of former SS Colonel Rudolph Koffman, who is using a meat-packing plant as his secret lair. Ingrid is Koffman's mistress and runs a beauty spa. A massage therapist there, Joy, reveals to Dagger that another employee, Erica, is being held captive in Koffman's secret lair.

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Danger One (2018)

Action Comedy, Comedy horror

In Los Angeles, paramedics Dean and Eric pick up a dying man from a car wreck and find a million dollars hidden in his clothes. Dean and firefighter Max convince the hesitant Eric to keep the money, seeing it as a chance to escape their struggles. Meanwhile, immigration agent Beckwith is investigating the money smuggling operation connected to the wreck, and a ruthless enforcer, Craddock, is also on Dean and Eric’s trail.

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Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)

Comedy, independent film, Sex Film, sexploitation film

Hans, a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au pair girls but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta. He interviews four individuals who all paint distinctly different pictures of the missing girl – each revealing a different aspect. These reminiscences constitute the film's 3-D sequences.

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Goyband (2008)

romantic comedy

Fading from the spotlight of his late 1990s mega-fame, boy-band icon Bobby Starr (Adam Pascal) is clinging to days gone by and begging his agent Murray to land him a decent gig. What Murray does land for Bobby is a full week headlining the grand opening of the world's first glatt kosher hotel-casino, Mazel Hotel. As it turns out, the real force behind Bobby Starr's curious invitation to this "Orthodox otherworld" is the hotel owner's persuasive daughter Rebekka Hershenfeld (Amy Davidson), who has harbored a huge crush on Bobby since childhood.

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30 Days in Atlanta (2014)

Comedy, Drama, romantic comedy

Akpos wins a month-long trip to Atlanta, Georgia and invites his cousin Richard to come along. Upon arrival, they run into their old friend Okiemute, who takes them out to dinner. Akpos meets the beautiful Kimberly and wishes to ask her out, but Okiemute warns him that Kimberly's father is very controlling.

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Interface (1984)

Comedy horror, Science fiction

The film takes place on a fictional college campus. Davies, starring as a professor, discovers a secret society of masked hackers on campus; they seemingly kill his star pupil. Hobson attempts to uncover and neutralize the society, even as he himself becomes a suspect in his student's death.

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Carnapping (1980)

Criminal Comedy Film, Gangster Film

On returning from an extended vacation, designer Robert Mehring learns to his complete surprise that the company he used to work for does not exist anymore. The owner of the business, Benninger, has secretly liquidated it and fled abroad with Mehrings drafts. Mehring locates Benninger on the Côte d'Azur and confronts him – without any success.

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