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Amanda (2009)

romantic comedy

Joe Bender (Randy Ryan) is a successful 40-year-old man. Joe meets his dream girl, Amanda (Ariana Dubynin), and he marries her. But when his new wife reveals a very deep, dark secret (she's a trans woman), Joe begins questioning the true meaning of love.

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Beyond the Law (1968)

Crime, Dark Comedy, Drama

The film begins with two detectives, Rocco and Mickey, meeting two young women, Judy Grundy and Marcia Stillwell at a restaurant for a date. The detectives begin to tell Judy and Marcia about their work. They begin by describing a police lineup, and the scene cuts to the police station where several officers are shown generally mistreating their suspects.

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The Bachelor Father (1931)

Drama, Tragicomedy

Sir Basil Algernon Winterton is an elderly, never-married baronet who decides to bring together his three illegitimate children, scattered around the world, on a whim. He assigns his young friend John Ashley the task. Antoinette "Tony" Flagg is an American showgirl whose mother died when she was young.

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Give Us the Moon (1944)

Comedy

Made in 1943–44, the film is set in a future peacetime Britain, after the end of World War II. Peter Pyke, the son of a millionaire hotel owner, had been an RAF pilot during the war but, much to the frustration of his hard-working father, he does not want to work for a living, and idles his time away while living in his father's hotel (named "Eisenhower Hotel"). So when Peter stumbles across a group of people, mainly White Russian émigrés who call themselves “White Elephants” and refuse to work or be of any use to society, he eagerly accepts their invitation to join them.

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Road to the Lemon Grove (2018)

Comedy drama

The film stars Charly Chiarelli in a dual role as Antonio Contatini, an elderly man who has died but is stuck in limbo as his earthly mission is not yet completed, and Calogero Contatini, Antonio's son who is part of the family feud that is preventing Antonio's admission to heaven. Calogero is undertaking a road trip to scatter Antonio's ashes at the family-owned lemon grove in Racalmuto; however, his brother Vincenzo (Burt Young) wants to sell the grove to the developers of an amusement park, and dispatches Guido (Nick Mancuso) to try to stop Calogero. The film's cast also includes Loreena McKennitt as the voice of God.

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Half a Hero (1953)

Comedy

Freelance writer Ben Dobson (Skelton) lands his first full-time writing job at a national magazine, tasked with rewriting other authors' work. His wife Martha (Hagen) uses this as the perfect time to start their family, and four years later pressures Ben into moving from New York City to the suburbs, where he's swiftly living beyond his means. His boss then wants him to write a story on those suburbs, titled "slums of tomorrow." Martha happily embraces her new environment and friendly neighbors, but Ben is cynical about their life there and decides they should return to the city.

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Mabel's Blunder (1914)

Comedy

thumb|thumbtime=0|Mabel's Blunder (1914) Mabel's Blunder tells the tale of a young woman who is secretly engaged to the boss's son. The young man's sister comes to visit at their office, and a jealous Mabel, not knowing who the visiting woman is, dresses up as a (male) chauffeur to spy on them.

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His Double Life (1933)

Comedy drama

Priam Farrel is England's most renowned painter. A recluse who hates fame, he has been away from England; his longtime agent has never even met him. When Lady Helen mistakenly believes he has proposed to her, he hastily returns to London with his valet Henry Leek.

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The Trouble with Women (1947)

Comedy

A college professor writes a controversial book claiming that woman have a secret desire to be subjugated. A female journalist sets out to try and dig up information on him by enrolling in one of his classes. When her newspaper prints an article claiming that his theories suggest that women want to be "socked", he sues for $300,000.

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The Man from Left Field (1993)

Comedy drama

A team of local boys are let down by every man they know they can't find a coach for their baseball team. When they find a drifter in left field who refuses to speak, they claim him as their coach and dub him "Jack Robinson" after baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Seeing how poorly the boys play, "Jack" gives them some tips out of frustration.

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