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Comedy
On the eve of elections in the newly democratic South Africa, the whole country is restless. In the poor white neighbourhood of Triomf, built on the ruins of the legendary Sophiatown, the Benade family is part of that white marginalized class, rarely shown in South African cinema. Father, mother, the son with learning disabilities and uncle Treppie share a decaying house surrounded by promiscuity.
Comedy drama
Lola is a fiery Spanish wife and mother living in small-town sixties Australia. When her husband leaves her for a young blonde, taking their life savings with him, and her teenage daughter begins to rebel against her strict rules, Lola comes into her own.
anthology film
In "The Red Peppers", a husband and wife song and dance team bicker with each other, another performer, and the theatre manager. In "Fumed Oak", a middle-aged man finally has enough of his wife, daughter, and mother-in-law. Having saved enough money secretly, he announces to his stunned family that he is leaving, never to see them again.
Comedy
Comedy, silent film
thumb|thumbtime=36|The Man and the Moment (1929; International Sound Version) When Joan crash-lands her plane in the middle of Michel Towne's weekend yachting party, she finds herself rescued by the charming host. Her sudden arrival draws the ire of Viola Hatfield, Michel's possessive former lover, whose pending divorce has kept her from securing him for herself. Back home, Joan receives a cold welcome from her stern guardian, who insists she pack up and return to the isolation of the Nebraska ranch where she has been largely hidden away from society.
propaganda film
Old Bill, an old First World War soldier, argues with his son Young Bill about the latter not holding down a job. Soon afterwards the Second World War breaks out and Young Bill and the family lodger Sally both join up. Envious of them and despite his wife Maggie's entreaties not to, Old Bill attempts to join up but is turned down at the recruiting office and by his old commanding officer, who Old Bill had hoped would pull strings for him.
black comedy film
A group of crime scene videographers go after a serial killer.
Comedy
Arriving in Australia after the Battle of Guadalcanal, two American Marines compete with each other by stealing the other's Australian girlfriend. Their intense rivalry leads to their arrest and escape from confinement dressed as women.
Comedy
Dagwood accidentally invents a non flammable paint. Con men visit Blondie and, while her back is turned, switch cans of it for ordinary paint, hoping to have the special paint formula analyzed. Dagwood unwittingly paints his boss Mr.
Comedy
The Tunkleys move from a caravan park into a suburban home goes wrong.
Comedy
Advertising agent Bert Lane plans to market his brother-in-law Peter's new miracle cleaning machine. However, Bert's boss Mr. Bouncenboy wants him to advertise Mrs Anstey's famous crumpets, but Bert's cheesecake advertising slogans incur the wrath of Mrs Anstey and her Purity League, as well as that of his boss.
Comedy
thumb|thumbtime=0|An Eastern Westerner (1920) The Boy is the hedonistic son of wealthy eastern parents. One night when he returns home at 2 a.m. from a night of carousing at a dance hall, The Boy's strait-laced father sends him packing to his uncle's ranch in a small western community called Piute Pass.
Comedy
Steve Williams (Craig Robert Young) was once part of boy band "Busboyz", but after surviving a horrific accident which killed the other members of the band, he now finds himself struggling for work, seeking credibility as an actor and the focus of a documentary. After being dropped by his manager for Paul—who was in a boy band rivalling "Busboyz"—Steve tries to make his own way through ever more demeaning auditions until he hears of a casting call for a Monkees-like TV show where he could showcase his acting, dancing and singing talents. However, Steve then learns that Paul has been passing off as his own a dance contest victory which…
Comedy drama, independent film, romance film
Bill Morgan (Jace McLean) is a small town sheriff whose self-imposed rules have kept him in Washington, New Hampshire, for his entire life. A stickler for perfection and abiding by the rules, Bill's singular ambition is to keep order for himself and those around him. Everything changes when It-Girl movie starlet, Nikki Gold (Mircea Monroe), who has escaped the bright lights and paparazzi of New York City, if only for a brief while, is found passed out in her rental car by none other than Bill Morgan—who has absolutely no idea who she is.
Comedy
Cross-eyed Count Drewa Blanc arrives at the busy Keystone Hotel to judge a fashion show. In the hotel lobby, the chief of police, the mayor, and a gangster try to sway the Count's decision. Upstairs, the house detective investigates some marital shenanigans, some involving a vibrating exercise machine.
black comedy film, Crime, mystery film, thriller film
Taxi Driver is a film centred on working in Lagos at night, as a taxi driver. It narrates the story of Adigun (Femi Jacobs), a 31-year-old naive village mechanic who comes to Lagos for the first time after the sudden death of his estranged father, who was a taxi driver. Taiwo (Odunlade Adekola), his father’s fellow taxi driver, helps Adigun to navigate Lagos and get accustomed to the streets.
Comedy drama
romantic comedy
At Christmas-time, a generally disliked out-of-work actor finds himself in debt for $900 to a local bookie, who threatens to start breaking bones if he doesn't pay. Knowing he won't get much sympathy, he tells his girlfriend that he needs money for an emergency abortion for his sister. Soon a bartender and a friendly bar customer starts hitting everyone up for the cash.
Comedy, mystery film
Two professional private detectives (Rod Cameron and Broderick Crawford) leave their agency to be independently hired by a wealthy man who desperately wants to find his eloping daughter (Ella Raines).
Comedy
A man tries to burgle his own safe on the same night that a professional criminal attempts it.
Comedy horror, mystery film, silent film
At a quiet rural crossroads in Ohio, Louise and her brother Chester—both unmarried and well into middle age—live a modest, uneventful life running the small country store left to them by their father. Their existence is calm, monotonous, and comfortably provincial, shaped by routine and simplicity. Chester, however, harbors eccentric interests, particularly a belief in spiritualism, often interpreting coincidences as messages from unseen forces.
Comedy
Dagwood prepares for a long-delayed vacation with the family. His boss Mr. Radcliffe has promised the Bumsteads that there'll be no more postponements for their holiday.
Comedy drama, romantic comedy
Comedy