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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 24,289 films · Page 564.

Second Honeymoon (1937)

romantic comedy

The newly remarried Vicky (Loretta Young) is on vacation in Palm Beach with her second husband Bob Benton (Lyle Talbot) a Yale-man. One night Vicky finds her first husband Raoul McLiesh (Tyrone Power) on the terrace of the ballroom, and they skip between kissing as if they never divorced and the distant way of two not married people. As he is introduced to her second husband Bob, they have a certain complicity against Vicky, and McLiesh not only finds himself with a valet - Leo MacTavish (Stuart Erwin) - but also with a raccoon, sent him from Bob.

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Aurora (2019)

romance film, Tragicomedy

Aurora flees the morning after a one-night stand and returns to the home of her alcoholic father Reijo. A repossessor arrives to take pictures of the place, stating they were informed about the eviction months ago. Her father is in denial; Aurora wants to take flowers to her mother's grave for her birthday.

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Hitler – Dead or Alive (1942)

Comedy drama, Drama, propaganda film, war film

In 1939, during the early days of World War II, Samuel Thornton, a prominent American businessman, offers a reward of one million dollars to bring Adolf Hitler to justice, dead or alive. He hires three gangster ex-convicts released from Alcatraz prison, Steve Maschick, Hans "Dutch" Havermann and Joe "The Book" Conway. The three join the Royal Canadian Air Force and hijack an aircraft flown by Johnny Stevens (Bruce Edwards) to enter German airspace.

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Perfect Understanding (1933)

Comedy, romantic comedy

Judy and Nicholas Randall are a newly married couple who agree to a marriage based on "perfect understanding." This agreement is meant to rule out any form of jealousy. During their honeymoon they are called away to Cannes to spend time with their friends. Judy chooses to go back to London to decorate their home but insists that Nicholas spend time with their friends.

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A Merry Mix Up (1957)

Comedy

The Stooges play three sets of identical triplets, each born with a one-year interval between them. Following World War II, these nine brothers lose contact with one another, unaware of their shared proximity within the same city. Distinguishing characteristics set them apart: one set (comprising Moe, Larry, and Joe) remains single, another (Max, Louie, and Jack) is wedded, while the third (Morris, Luke, and Jeff) is engaged.

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Five of a Kind (1938)

Comedy

Reporters for rival newspapers, Christine Nelson and Duke Lester, meet on the trail of a run-away heiress and engage in a series of tricks to get the scoop. After being fired due to deliberate misinformation, Nelson gets a job as a radio interviewer setting her sights on the Dionne quintuplets. Lester gets wind of the interview, arrives first, and reignites the "war".

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Flying Elephants (1928)

Comedy

The narrative unfolds within a Stone Age setting, where the ruler of the cave-dwelling populace mandates that all males aged 13 to 99 must secure a female partner or risk exile. Hardy embarks on a quest to find a spouse, enduring repeated blows from irate "husbands" in his pursuit. Eventually, he encounters a potential mate but remains unaware that Laurel, his companion, also seeks her hand in marriage.

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The Anthropologist (2015)

Adventure, Comedy, documentary film, Drama

The Anthropologist tells the parallel stories of Margaret Mead, who in the twentieth century popularized cultural anthropology around the world, and Susie Crate, an environmental anthropologist currently studying the impact of climate change. Mead and Crate’s daughters are the film’s storytellers. Mead’s daughter is Mary Catherine Bateson, a 76-year-old cultural anthropologist.

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The Inside Story (1948)

Comedy

The story is laid in a Vermont town in 1933 in which six residents find themselves in some kind of a predicament because the government had declared a Bank Holiday to avoid run-on-the-bank situations happening across the country. By a curious turn-of-events ten $100 bills are put in an inn's safe. Innkeeper Horace Taylor finds them and concludes they are payments from his debtors.

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Americanese (2006)

romance film

Raymond Ding, a middle-aged Chinese American college professor, and Aurora Crane, his younger Hapa (half East Asian) girlfriend, have just split, but continue to drift in and out of each other's lives. Unable to fully let go, Raymond visits the apartment they once shared, during the day while Aurora is away. Aurora is haunted by flash-backs of moments from their relationship.

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From Jennifer (2017)

Comedy horror

Jennifer Peterson (Danielle Taddei) is having a very rough week. She's been fired from a movie shoot, her manager just dropped her, and her boyfriend (Aaron Abrams) dumped her, but not before releasing a sex tape of them together. But Jennifer has decided to turn things around: she hatches a plot she calls 'Revenge Porn Revenge,' in which she plans to settle the score by filming a devastatingly elaborate video and posting it online, making herself famous in the process.

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Penny Points to Paradise (1951)

Comedy

Harry Flakers has had a big win on the football pools. He and his friend Spike Donnelly decide to go to the same shabby seaside boarding house that they have always patronised for their summer holiday, but this year all the other guests, including two young women out to marry money, a dodgy investment advisor and a master forger and assistant, are intent on taking the fortune off them in one way or another. Ultimately the forgers manage to substitute fake five-pound notes for the real ones that Flakers keeps in his suitcase, but before they can abscond with the money one of the girls is given cash by Flakers to buy some cigarettes, and…

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The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)

Comedy

Con artist and racetrack tout Wally Brooks hands a lemon drop to a man in a wheelchair, promising that it will cure whatever ails him, and then persuades the man, a millionaire named Griggsby, to bet $100 on a horse. Wally knows that the horse cannot win and intends to pocket the stake. However, when the horse does win, Wally and his partner Dunhill, known as "The Professor", flee before Griggsby can find them and collect his winnings.

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Wet and Wild Summer (1992)

Raunchy comedy, thriller film

A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and finds himself sympathising with the locals.

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My Learned Friend (1943)

Crime

William Fitch is a seedy lawyer who finds himself marked for assassination by a forger whom he previously defended unsuccessfully. He teams up with an incompetent solicitor to try to prevent the deaths of others involved. The film climaxes with a sequence where Fitch hangs from the hands of the clock face of Big Ben in an attempt to prevent a time bomb being detonated.

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Our Wife (1931)

Comedy

Oliver's plans to marry his sweetheart, Dulcy, with Stan as his best man, face a series of obstacles. Dulcy's father opposes the union upon seeing a photograph of Ollie, leading to the cancellation of the wedding arrangements. Additionally, Stan accidentally ruins the wedding cake by spraying it with fly spray.

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