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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 18.
Animation, adventure film, buddy film, comedy film, family film, live-action/animated film, musical film
After the events of the first film, Erik, the son of Mumble and Gloria, cannot dance like the other penguins of Emperor-Land. He and his friends Bo and Atticus follow one of Mumble's friends, Ramón, the leader of the Amigos, to Adélie-Land…
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Martial-Arts, Musical, Tragic Comedy Film, action film, drama film, martial arts film
In New York City, martial arts student Leroy Green (also known as "Bruce Leeroy") dreams of becoming a great martial artist like his idol Bruce Lee. His master explains that he has almost reached the final level of martial arts accomplishm…
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Computeranimation, Musical, Tragic Comedy Film, adventure film, comedy film, family film, musical film
In Havana, Cuba, Andrés Hernández and his kinkajou Vivo play music together in the plaza. One day after their show, Andrés receives a letter from his old friend, Marta Sandoval, informing him that she is retiring from her music career. The…
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Christmas film, Family Comedy, Modern-Day Fantasy, Musical, children's film, comedy film, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, musical film
Two years after taking in the Chipmunks, Dave Seville is injured when a cardboard cutout of Alvin sends him flying across the stage during a charity benefit concert in Paris, France. While he recovers in a French hospital, Dave asks his au…
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Drama, Erotic Film, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Musical, Thriller, drama film, horror film, musical film, sexploitation film, teen film
Three young women—Kelly MacNamara, Casey Anderson, and Petronella "Pet" Danforth—perform in a rock band, the Kelly Affair, managed by Harris Allsworth, Kelly's boyfriend. The four travel to Los Angeles to find Kelly's estranged aunt, Susan…
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Christmas film, Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
thumb|Mercer House. The alleged murder of Billy Hanson occurred in Williams's study – the bottom left room in this photograph. The house is now known as the Mercer Williams House Museum thumb|The Mercer House study, where the shooting of B…
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Drama, Musical, Romance Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film
In 1985, 15-year-old Conor Lalor lives in inner-city South Dublin with his parents, Robert and Penny, and two older siblings, Brendan and Ann. Since his parents constantly argue, Conor writes music as a way to cope with his troubled home l…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film
In 1983, 19-year-old Whitney Houston is coached by her demanding professional singer mother Cissy for a church choir. Her close friendship with Robyn Crawford turns romantic, leading to cohabitation and upsetting Cissy. At the Sweetwaters …
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Adventure, Romantic Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy
In 1850 Oregon Territory, backwoodsman Adam Pontipee goes to town for supplies and to find a bride. He meets Milly, the pretty young cook at the town bar. Seeing her strength, hardworking attitude, and culinary skills, he proposes.
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Drama, drama film
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko (Baryshnikov) is a Russian ballet dancer who had previously defected from the Soviet Union. When the plane carrying him to his next performance in Tokyo has electrical problems and crash lands in Siberia, he is in…
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Drama, Musical, musical film, romance film
Yussel Rabinovitch is a young, fifth-generation Jewish cantor performing at the synagogue of his imperious father. Yussel is married to his childhood friend Rivka, and settled down to a life of religious devotion to the teaching of his fai…
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Dance Film, Musical, musical film, teen film
Mitchie Torres and her mother, Connie, return to Camp Rock for another summer. They see a new camp, Camp Star, has opened across from them and Mitchie and her friends notice there are fewer campers at Camp Rock. After Opening Jam, the camp…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
At the Clinton Correctional Facility in 1995, a documentary filmmaker arrives to interview Tupac Shakur. In a flashback to 1971, Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, and other Black Panther Party members are released from prison following acquitt…
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Action, Adventure, Komödie, Musical, Silly Movie, action film, blaxploitation film, hood film
Pootie Tang sits down for a TV interview, at which the interviewer (Bob Costas) asks about Pootie's upcoming movie. At this point, a movie clip is played. Although initially unclear, the events described below all appear to be part of the …
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Cartoon, High Fantasy, children's film, fantasy film, musical film, sword and sorcery film
A hobbit named Bilbo Baggins lives in his hobbit-hole in The Shire. The wizard Gandalf suddenly arrives and informs him he is looking for someone to share an adventure, and introduces thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield. They invite…
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biographical film, drama film
Michelle McNally, a 42-year-old, Anglo-Indian woman living in Shimla, is "special" in more ways than one for being deafblind and mute. She inhabits a suffocating world of infinite Black -- where she is isolated in the darkness of her own e…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Drama, drama film, musical film, romance film
In Austin, Texas, Faye feels disconnected from the world. She regularly interacts with others, hoping to feel more deeply. A guitarist, as she is looking for success as a musician, she starts an affair with record producer Cook believing i…
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Coming Of Age, Musical, Road Movie, buddy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film, mystery film
17-year-old Eugene Martone has a fascination for blues music while studying classical guitar at the Juilliard School in New York City. Researching blues and guitar music brings famed Robert Johnson's mythically creative acclaim to his atte…
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Adventure, fantasy film, musical film, teen film
Mal struggles with her new celebrity life as the girlfriend of King Ben, putting a spell on her hair making it blonde, and having to maintain an uncomfortable princess-like personality everywhere she goes. She confides her issues in her fr…
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Destiny, Drama, Melodrama, drama film, musical film
Basil is an unadventurous middle-class Greek-British writer raised in the United Kingdom. While at the Athens port of Piraeus waiting to travel to Crete, he meets a peasant and musician named Zorba. Basil explains that he is travelling to …
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Cartoon, Fantasy, animated film, children's film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
The camera fades to a windmill, then it turns to a town called Paris, where a romantic and wisecracking swallow named Jacquimo flies through the town and into a library where he tells the story of a tiny girl who was smaller than a thumb. …
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Komödie, Musical, musical film, romantic comedy film
In July, 1912, con man Professor Harold Hill arrives in fictional River City, Iowa, to swindle the citizens. A few traveling salesmen in the area have heard about Hill, who is known for a ploy in which he gets townspeople to pay to create …
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Fantasy, Musical, musical film, teen film
McKenzie, "Mack," and her boyfriend, Brady, surf near her grandfather's beach hut in Waikiki. Shortly thereafter, Mack walks in on her grandfather and Brady watching their favorite film, a 1960s musical titled Wet Side Story, in which surf…
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Adventure, Buddy Film, Cartoon, Komödie, buddy film, comedy film, musical film
In a home theater (a parody of Mystery Science Theater 3000) Timon and Pumbaa watch the opening act of the first film until Timon fast forwards to the Hakuna Matata scene where they appear. However, Pumbaa rewinds the film to the beginning…
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