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Criminal Comedy Film, comedy film, heist film
As a child, Virgil Starkwell is a frequent target of bullies, who take his glasses and stamp on them on the floor. In school, he scores well on an IQ test. When he steals a fountain pen, his teacher instructs the class to close their eyes …
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Horror comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Parodie, Vampirfilm, action film, black comedy film, comedy horror, vampire film
Jimmy and Fletch are two friends living in London. Jimmy is dumped by his unscrupulous girlfriend, while Fletch is fired from his job as a clown for punching a child. They decide to escape their woes and hike to a remote village in Norfolk…
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Dark Comedy, Political Satire, Satire On Media, comedy film
Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson, voiced by Robert Downey Sr.), the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm, is inadvertently put in charge after the sudden death of the chairman of the board. Prevented by the company by-l…
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Action, Adventure, Komödie, Sci-Fi, adventure film, pirate film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In a distant galaxy, water is so scarce and rationed that it is considered an immensely valuable substance, both as a commodity and as a currency in ice cubes. The Templars of Mithra control the water and they destroy worlds that have natu…
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Komödie, biographical film, parody film
Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to finance his expedition. But the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who makes a great deal of money throug…
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Komödie, comedy film
46-year-old former high school dropout and self-described "junkie whore" Jerri Blank is released from prison and returns to her childhood home. She discovers her mother has died, her father, Guy, has remarried to the hateful Sara Blank, an…
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Musical, Sci-Fi, musical film, science fiction film
In a cut two-song prologue of the film named "Paradise Day," Mr. Topps (Joss Ackland) creates heaven and carves the first human, Alphie, out of a rock, sending Alphie to Earth to meet Bibi. The two take part in the 1994 Worldvision Song Fe…
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comedy film, fantasy film, pornographic film, pornographic parody film
Super Hornio Brothers Programmer brothers Squeegie (Ron Jeremy) and Ornio Hornio (T.T. Boy), are teleported into Squeegie's in-development PC game after a freak power overload. After regaining their bearings, Squeegie figures out and expla…
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Super Hero, comedy film, parody film, superhero film
The Specials are the world's seventh-most popular superhero team. They have never achieved great popularity or prestige, because they are neither corporation-friendly nor stable enough to secure a merchandising deal. Without the corporate …
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High School Comedy Film, Teen Comedy Film, teen film
Richard Clark is an unsatisfied prep school teacher at the fictional Wellington Academy, who accepts a job at inner city Marion Barry High School, much to the chagrin of his boss and father, Wellington headmaster Thaddeus Clark. Richard ar…
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Komödie, Romance Film, comedy film
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the Ten Commandments: 1 "Thou Shalt Worship No God Before Me" A man (Adam Brody) becomes a celebrity after falling out of a plane and becoming permanently embedded in the ground, thanks to a superstar a…
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Komödie, comedy film
Dr. Jeff Weitzman is a psychiatrist working in a sanitarium in New Jersey. His primary patients are Billy, Henry, Jack and Albert.
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Parodie, Secret Agent, spy film
According to the opening sequence of the film, the title refers to the idea that this film is actually the sixth installment of a series of films featuring the adventures of Leonard with parts one through five concealed in the interest of …
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Komödie, Raunchy comedy, parody film
Andy Spitzer is a 41-year-old virgin who lives with his "high school age" friends Seth, Sanjay, Jonah and Michael. He works part-time at a club as a failed standup comedian with his friend Blaqguy, who suffers from Benjamin Button's Diseas…
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Satire On Media, Sitcom, comedy film, drama film
Ricky Hayman and Kate Newell work at the Good Buy Shopping Network, a home shopping channel run by John McBainbridge. Sales have been down over the last two years under Ricky's management, and Kate was brought in to come up with new ideas.…
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American football film, Komödie, parody film
Coach Lambeau Fields (David Koechner) has the distinction of being the worst coach in the history of sports that anyone can recall. The incompetent and seemingly hopeless coach has a job that he is finally proud of producing the DNA buildi…
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Anarchic Comedy Film, Dark Comedy, Gross Out Film, Japanese Animation Film, LGBTQ-related film, Reality Soap, Satire, comedy film, musical film
Foxxy Love discovers she can swear without being censored, and calls the network to find out why the TV show Drawn Together has been canceled due to The Suck My Taint Show (a parody of South Park). The Network Head, who has long harbored a…
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Family Comedy, Family Drama, comedy film
In the late 1940s, Jim Blandings, a successful account executive in the advertising business, lives with his wife Muriel and two daughters, Betsy and Joan, in a cramped New York apartment. Muriel secretly plans to knock out a wall and remo…
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Komödie, comedy drama
In 1970, Insurance salesman Jeff Gerber lives in an all-white suburban neighborhood with his liberal-minded housewife Althea, who tolerates her husband's character flaws out of love. Every morning when Jeff wakes up, he spends some time un…
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comedy film, parody film
Taylor Pherry is a man who finds himself on a divine mission from God himself. Taylor is tasked with writing a movie inspired by his own crazy and dysfunctional family, in an effort to inspire people in his community. Meanwhile, the Devil …
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Parodie, Political Satire, Satire, Satire On War
Ali Hassan works for Danka TV in Karachi, Pakistan, and dreams of migrating to the United States, but his visa applications are rejected for seven years straight in the aftermath of September 11 attacks. While covering a local event for hi…
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Action, Crime, Crime Comedy, Western film, buddy film, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film, mystery film
In Hollywood in the late 1920s, during the waning days of the industry's transition to sound film, producer and studio head Alfie Alperin wants to produce an epic Western film about Wyatt Earp. Tom Mix is cast as the great United States Ma…
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Silly Movie, comedy film, comedy horror, detective film, horror film, parody film, slapstick
In the Edwardian era, in Hocombe Woods, Doris Mann and Albert Potter are courting. When Albert searches the woods for a peeping Tom, Doris is abducted by a monster named Oddbod, who leaves a finger behind. Albert finds the finger and rushe…
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Horror comedy, Sci-Fi, comedy horror, parody film, science fiction film
Ten years after the events of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (referred to as the "Great Tomato War"), tomatoes have been outlawed, although authorities still deal with "tomato smugglers". Wilbur Finletter has been praised as a hero of the G…
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