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Christmas film, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, romantic comedy
In 1977, Harry Burns and Sally Albright graduate from the University of Chicago. Harry is dating Sally's friend Amanda Reese, leading to Harry and Sally ride-sharing to New York City. Sally is attending journalism school there and Harry ha…
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Action Comedy, Fantasy, Komödie, Pirate Film, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film
In the early 18th century, Governor Weatherby Swann and his daughter, Elizabeth, sail aboard HMS Dauntless, which is captained by Lieutenant Norrington. They encounter a shipwreck and rescue a boy named Will Turner. Elizabeth notices a gol…
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Dark Comedy, Ghost-House-Movies, Gothic film, comedy horror, dark fantasy, fantasy film, ghost film
In Winter River, Connecticut, Adam and Barbara Maitland are spending their vacation decorating their large country home that local real estate agent Jane Butterfield constantly pesters them to sell. As a hobby, Adam is building a scale mod…
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Biographical picture, Family Drama, Historie, Musical, Romantic Drama, biographical film, drama film, flashback film, musical film, period drama film
In 1823, aged composer Antonio Salieri attempts suicide and is committed to a psychiatric hospital. He claims that he murdered Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Father Vogler, a young Catholic priest, encourages Salieri to confess his sins before G…
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Musical, Romantic Comedy, musical comedy, musical film, romantic comedy
On the fictional Greek island of Kalokairi (), bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan reveals to her bridesmaids that she has secretly invited three men to her wedding without telling her mother, Donna: Irish-American architect Sam Carmichael, Swedis…
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Action Comedy, Satire On Media, action film, comedy film, parody film
Tropic Thunder, the memoir of handless Vietnam veteran John "Four Leaf" Tayback, is being made into a film on location in Vietnam. Except for supporting actor Kevin Sandusky, the cast — faded action hero star Tugg Speedman, overbearing fiv…
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Political Drama, Political Thriller, Thriller, biographical film, drama film, historical film, political thriller film, thriller film
On November 4, 1979, Iranian Islamists storm the United States Embassy in Tehran in retaliation for the right of asylum granted by President Jimmy Carter to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whose Western-supported monarchy was overthrown by the…
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Computeranimation, comedy drama, coming-of-age film
Two years after her move to San Francisco, 13-year-old Riley Andersen is entering high school. Her personified emotions—Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger—now oversee a newly formed element of Riley's mind called her "Sense of Self", w…
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Komödie, Sport, comedy film, sport film
After winning his first Tour Championship in 1996, Happy Gilmore has a successful golf career, winning five more championships. He also has five children with his wife, Virginia, who is also the professional golf tour's public relations di…
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Fake Documentary, Komödie, Musical, comedy film, mockumentary
Around forty years after the first film, director Marty DiBergi creates a documentary of the reunion/final show of legendary rock band Spın̈al Tap, including original members Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls. He visits Hop…
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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, comedy film, crime film, science fiction film, superhero film
In 1988, following his mother's death, the child Peter Quill is abducted from Earth by the Ravagers, a group of alien thieves and smugglers led by Yondu Udonta. In 2014, on the abandoned planet Morag, Quill steals a mysterious Orb but is a…
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Tragic Comedy Film, anthology film, black comedy film, comedy drama
Structured as a "triptych fable", Kinds of Kindness consists of three distinct but loosely connected stories: "The Death of R.M.F." Robert Fletcher follows every order from his domineering boss and lover, Raymond. Raymond controls every as…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Komödie, buddy film, comedy film, fantasy film, flashback film
Woody and Buzz Lightyear have become co-leaders of Andy's toys. Andy plans to take Woody to Cowboy Camp, but accidentally rips his arm during a brief playtime. Andy's mother places Woody on a shelf, causing Woody to begin fearing that Andy…
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Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy film
Bea, a law student, meets bank employee Ben at a coffee shop. The two have an instant connection and spend the day together, ultimately falling asleep together on Ben's couch. Bea leaves without waking him in the morning but quickly recons…
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Daffy Comedy, Modern-Day Fantasy, Romantic Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sitcom, action film, adventure film, buddy film, comedy film, comedy horror, fantasy film, ghost film, monster film, science fiction film
After Columbia University parapsychology professors Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler experience their first encounter with a ghost at the New York Public Library, the university dean dismisses the credibility of their paranorma…
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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, animated film, comedy film, family film, live-action/animated film, science fiction film
In 1974, a meteorite containing the alien hedgehog Shadow crash-lands in Oklahoma and is seized by the U.S. military. Shadow's power is experimented on by Professor Gerald Robotnik at a Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.) research facility …
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Drama, Police Film, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, hood film, neo-noir, thriller film
Jake Hoyt, a young, ambitious LAPD officer, is assigned to work with Detective Alonzo Harris, a highly decorated narcotics officer for a one-day evaluation to determine if Jake will be invited to join his narcotics squad. Alonzo immediatel…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, adventure film, comedy film, crime film, science fiction film
In the San Francisco Bay Area, Corvette, Mariah, and Sade—known collectively as the "Velvet Gang"—routinely shoplift from the Metro Designers fashion chain run by designer Christie Smith. They sell the clothes they steal at a discount to m…
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comedy film
Craig Waterman, a marketing executive in the city of Clovis, New Mexico, is preparing to sell his family home alongside his wife, Tami. Recently recovered from cancer, Tami is frustrated with Craig's emotional unavailability and his lack o…
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Komödie, comedy film
Luna and Auguste are Walton University dorm roommates. Starting as friends, their later disagreements escalate into a feud. They meet with Dean of Student Life Robyn Schilling.
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Coming Of Age, Dark Comedy, Social Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, buddy film, crime film, drama film, independent film, magic realist film
Mark Renton, a 26-year-old unemployed heroin addict living with his parents in Leith, regularly takes drugs with his friends: treacherous, womanising James Bond fanatic Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson, and docile and bumbling Daniel "Spud" Mur…
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Heist, LGBTQ-related film, Psychological Thriller, action film, biographical film, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, docudrama, drama film, gangster film, heist film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film
On August 22, 1972, first-time crook Sonny Wortzik and his friends Salvatore "Sal" Naturile and Stevie attempt to rob the First Brooklyn Savings Bank. The plan immediately goes awry when Stevie loses his nerve and flees. Sonny discovers th…
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Coming Of Age, Martial-Arts, action film, comedy film, drama film, family film, martial arts film
In the summer of 1985, Mr. Miyagi tells then-adolescent Daniel LaRusso about the origins of Miyagi family karate and the relationship between the Miyagi and Han families. Mr.
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Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy film
One night while leaving a business party in the Hollywood Hills, corporate raider Edward Lewis takes his lawyer Philip's Lotus Esprit and finds himself in the red-light district on Hollywood Boulevard, where he meets street walker Vivian W…
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