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Explore comic situations, funny characters and humorous storytelling.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 24,290 films · Page 583.

Tricky Dicks (1953)

Comedy

The Stooges, assuming the roles of detectives immersed in a game of gin rummy, contend with constant interruptions, particularly from a persistently ringing telephone. Their focus is momentarily diverted when Shemp introduces the pickpocket Slick Chick, who adeptly eludes the confines of the police station through persuasive rhetoric. Subsequently, Shemp joins the ongoing gin rummy match, adding another layer of complexity to their activities as they grapple with the challenges posed by an obstinate filing cabinet.

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It's a Pleasure (1945)

musical film, musical comedy

Don Martin's career in ice hockey screeches to a halt when he punches a referee. Banned from the sport for life, he is consoled by Chris Linden, a lovely skater who performs for the crowd during the hockey games' intermissions. Chris has a crush on Don and introduces him to Buzz Fletcher, who runs an ice-skating revue.

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Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30 (1973)

Comedy drama

Brooklyn man George Trapani begins to suffer a severe identity crisis as he is about to turn 30. As his birthday approaches, he is forced to come to terms with his lack of success — in business, in love and in general. Desperate to make his life a success, he tries to commit himself to a serious relationship and do the things 30-year-olds are supposed to do based on the standards of society.

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Spice It Up (2018)

Comedy drama

Rene is a Ryerson University film student struggling to complete her thesis project. Alone and longing for a little connection, she finds comfort in her work: a feature film, also called Spice It Up, about seven 17-year-old girls who fail their final year of high school and decide to join the Canadian Armed Forces. The film intercuts scenes from Rene's thesis film with her efforts to lock picture.

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The Good Bad Guy (1997)

Comedy

Joe Fortunato is an Italian petty thief who flees to New York to escape the criminal underworld. While on the run, he accidentally steals a hitman's car, resulting in a case of mistaken identity that leads to a multi-million dollar offer for a hit. In his attempt to pull off the job, however, he unwittingly becomes a hero and even finds love.

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Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)

musical film

During World War I, two American Doughboys, Tommy Turner and Gilbert Simpson, are more interested in picking up girls than in military duty. In Paris, they go AWOL in order to follow their libertine pursuits. They alternate between impersonating officers in order to impress the ladies, and avoiding being found out by the military police.

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Wild and Woolly (1917)

Comedy, Western

thumb|349x349px|Wild and Woolly ad in Motion Picture News, 1917 As described in a film magazine review, Jeff Hillington, son of railroad magnate Collis J. Hillington, tires of the East and longs for the wild and woolly West. He has his apartment and office fixed up in his understanding of the accepted Western style, which he has gleaned from dime novels.

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The Night is Young (1935)

musical film, romantic comedy

Upon learning that the Venetian archduke, Paul Gustave will attend her next performance, ballerina Fanni immediately plans to court the wealthy bachelor Willy Fitch, her sweetheart. Fanni assures her friend and fellow dancer Lisl Gluck that her pursuit will be conducted in the name of "patriotism." Lisl advises her to stick with Willy, a carriage driver. However, Paul becomes interested in Lisl instead.

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Go for Broke (2002)

Comedy, LGBTQ-related film

Two guys have the winning ticket in a lottery, but the ticket is taken by a woman robbing the restaurant they're in, who swallows the ticket before getting arrested. The guys come up with a scheme to recover the ticket by committing a felony while impersonating women so as to be sent to the same women's penitentiary as the robber.

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In the Money (1958)

Comedy

Sach is hired to escort Gloria, a poodle, on a trip to London, England. Unbeknownst to Sach, the people who hired him are international smugglers, who have hidden some diamonds under some false fur on Gloria. The rest of The Bowery Boys, suspicious of Sach's good fortune, think that "Gloria" must be a dangerous female.

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Dancing in the Dark (1949)

musical film, romantic comedy

This musical comedy stars William Powell as Emery Slade, an unlikeable actor who was once a major film star, but who has not worked in ten years. Slade tries to convince studio chief Melville Crossman (Adolphe Menjou) to give the female lead in the film version of a Broadway musical to an unknown, rather than the actress he was sent to New York to sign.

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Fugitive Lovers (1934)

Crime Comedy, Drama

Letty Morris is a New York dancer who is shunning the advances of smalltime gangster "Legs" Caffey. When he insists on taking her to Atlantic City despite her repeated rejection, she decides to sneak off on a bus to Hollywood; Legs intercepts her and boards the bus, as well, determined to win her over. The bus is filled with colorful characters, including a singing trio the Three Julians and exuberant tippler Hector Withington, Jr.

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Kid Boots (1926)

romantic comedy, silent film

Kid Boots is a put-upon clerk in a men's tailor shop. When Big Boyle storms in to buy a new suit, the service he receives is so inept that he destroys the shop trying to throttle Boots. Boots flees for his life, stopping only to make Clara McCoy's acquaintance.

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Opa! (2005)

Comedy, romance film

Eric travels from Chicago aiming to continue his late father's quest for St. John the Evangelist's mythical cup. The only hindrance is that it is located under a profitable tavern of Katarina- who wins his heart.

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Danger – Love at Work (1937)

romantic comedy

Henry MacMorrow, a junior partner in the law firm of Parsons, Hilton, Trent and MacMorrow, is assigned the task of obtaining the signatures of various members of the Pemberton family so that a piece of property they own can be sold. While en route by train to the Pemberton home in Aiken, South Carolina, he meets Junior Pemberton, an obnoxious ten-year-old prodigy whose behavior prompts Henry to kick him in the pants when they arrive at the station, much to the dismay of the boy's sister Toni. Henry arrives at the Pemberton home before Toni and Junior, and the rest of the family mistakes him for her fiancé Howard Rogers.

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Darling, How Could You! (1951)

Comedy

In late 1906, brother and sister Cosmo and Amy Grey have not seen their parents for many years. Their father is a doctor who has been in Panama during the construction of the Panama Canal. Their housekeeper sends them to see the play Peter Pan, they mistakenly see a rather sophisticated family melodrama instead.

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