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Komödie, black comedy film
Sir Guy Grand, an eccentric billionaire, together with his newly adopted heir (a homeless man sleeping in the park), Youngman Grand, start playing elaborate practical jokes on people. A big spender, Grand does not mind handing out large su…
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Adventure, Romantic Comedy, action film, adventure film, crime film, parody film, satanic film
Billy Dannreuther is a formerly wealthy American who has fallen on hard times. He is reluctantly working with four crooks: Peterson, Julius O'Hara, Major Jack Ross and Ravello, who are trying to swindle their way to uranium-rich land in Br…
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Coming Of Age, LGBTQ-related film, Parodie, coming-of-age film, parody film, romantic comedy film
Four gay friends have recently graduated from San Torum High School. Andy is an awkward, sex-crazed character who frequently masturbates with his drag queen mother's fruits and vegetables. Jarod is a handsome and fit jock who is quite inse…
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parody film
Bobby finds a winning lottery ticket but Mike insists that it be returned to the rightful owner. Mike then invites people to the house to prove they are the owner but none are able to answer correctly what the original owner wrote on the b…
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Komödie, screwball comedy film
The film opens with Howard Cosell's coverage of the assassination of the president of the fictional "banana republic" of San Marcos and a coup d'état that brings Gen. Emilio Molina Vargas to power. Fielding Mellish is a neurotic blue-colla…
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Komödie, Musical, musical film, parody film
In the city of Rome during the reign of Emperor Nero, Pseudolus is "the lyingest, cheatingest, sloppiest slave in all of Rome", whose only wish is to buy his freedom from his master's parents, the henpecked Senex and his overbearing wife, …
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Action Comedy, Parodie, Super Hero, buddy film, parody film, romantic comedy, superhero film
As kids, Darryl and Kevin Walker grew up as fans of the television series Batman. Now grown, Darryl is a clumsy, nerdy repairman, while his brother Kevin is a tabloid news cameraman. They both live with their grandmother, who is an avid su…
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Criminal Comedy Film
Henry "Dutch" Holland lives the life of luxury in Rio de Janeiro, and spends an evening dining out with a British visitor. During their meal, he narrates a story concerning how he changed his life by instigating an intricate gold bullion r…
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Komödie, Secret Agent, parody film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Spy extraordinaire Derek Flint is an ex-agent of Z.O.W.I.E. (Zonal Organization World Intelligence Espionage) who is brought out of retirement to deal with the threat of Galaxy, a worldwide organization led by a trio of mad scientists: Doc…
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Parodie, Silly Movie, comedy film, parody film
World-famous violinist Ryan Harrison is seen giving a concert. Afterwards, he goes to a party where he meets Hibbing Goodhue, a millionaire who sponsors Harrison's performances, as well as Goodhue's seductive wife Lauren and his possible m…
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Raunchy comedy, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy
It is 1906 in upstate New York. Distinguished philosopher Leopold Sturges and his much younger fiancée, Ariel Weymouth, are going to spend a weekend in the country with Leopold's cousin Adrian, and her crackpot inventor husband Andrew. Als…
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Drama, Fantasy, Komödie, Musical, arthouse science fiction film, comedy drama, fantasy film
The film is prefaced by a short story that begins "Once Upon a Time", a silent, black-and-white film that depicts an unnamed country filled with peasant labourers. They pick coffee beans while armed foremen push rudely between them. One wo…
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Splatstick, comedy film, crime film
Princess Yasmin of Lugash is abducted in French territorial waters off the coast of Nice by terrorists led by mercenary Hans in order to force her father King Haroak to abdicate and allow her disgraced stepmother's lover Jaffar, a military…
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MILF pornography, pornographic film, pornographic parody film
The film opens in Serra Paylin's living room, when two Russian soldiers knock on the door seeking a tow-truck to lend assistance with their smoldering tank. After some small talk, flirting, and a knock-knock joke, a threesome ensues. The s…
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Animated Film, Fantasy, Ghost-House-Movies, Ghost-Movie, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Nudie Film, Raunchy comedy, comedy horror, erotic film, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, sexploitation film
In the early 1930s, a man by the name of Gideon Fisk hangs himself in the basement of his suburban mansion home, seemingly to spite a possessed book made of human skin. In the present day, a quartet of beautiful female college students are…
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Komödie, Parodie, comedy film, parody film
Four friends head out for a bachelor party for their friend Doug, who is marrying a man named Tracey. They plan a quiet, subdued night at a small hotel in Laughlin, Nevada. They put their friend Zach in a straitjacket and cone to ensure he…
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Dark Comedy, Thriller, black comedy, comedy drama, crime film
Jude, Pete, Paulie, Marc and Luke are graduate school students living together in a house in Iowa. Marc is an aspiring painter, Pete is a law student from a wealthy family, Paulie is studying social work, Jude is studying psychology and Lu…
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Drama, Fantasy, Komödie, Musical, Parodie
Act I Harry Potter rejoices that he is entering his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with his best friend Ron Weasley and nerd Hermione Granger ("Goin' Back to Hogwarts"). Headmaster of Hogwarts Albus Dumbledore we…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Mafia Film, comedy film, crime film
Like the 1974 film The Godfather Part II, the narrative of Mafia! consists of a series of flashbacks interwoven with the main plot. Tony is the son of a prominent Mafia don, Vincenzo Armani Windbreaker Cortino.
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, adventure film, parody film, science fiction film
Marshal Richard "Dick" Dix, a special agent, saves a fast food chain restaurant from a terrorist hostage situation, much to the displeasure of Chief Halverson. He drives away and back to the police station, where he meets his boss Secretar…
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Komödie, Romantic Comedy, fantasy film, romantic comedy
Jack Gable is the lead writer and producer of the soap opera Beyond Our Dreams. Consumed by work, he harbors an unspoken attraction to Laura Claybourne, the selfish actress playing the lead character Rachel Hedison. Jack crosses paths with…
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Dark Comedy, Satire, Social Drama, comedy drama, comedy film, romance film
Three characters are recounting events from their intertwined lives; Puff, a man who was raised as a chimpanzee in the wilderness, makes a testimony in front of Congress; writer Lila Jute is giving a statement to the police after her arres…
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Komödie, comedy film
The film follows the rehearsal and performance of a farce called Nothing On, a hit British stage play that is preparing for its American debut in Des Moines, Iowa, with a second-rate, Broadway-bound theatrical troupe under the direction of…
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Dark Comedy, Horror comedy, comedy horror, parody film, slasher film
Lizzie Borden High's class of 1972 is getting ready to go through the motions at their 10-year reunion when a deranged alumnus named Walter Baylor, who was driven insane by a horrible, sadistic, senior-year prank, escapes from the mental i…
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