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Mysterie, Teen Horror Film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film
Two Windsor College seniors, Maureen Evans and Phil Stevens, attend a sneak preview of Stab, a film based on the events of the Woodsboro massacre. Briefly exiting the theater to use the restroom, Phil is killed by an individual donning a G…
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Crime Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, Dark Comedy, Komödie, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, spy comedy film, spy film, thriller film
Faced with a demotion due to a drinking problem, Osborne Cox angrily quits his job as a CIA analyst and decides to write a memoir. When he tells his wife Katie, she secretly files for divorce and continues an ongoing affair with Harry Pfar…
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Action, Action Comedy, Buddy Cop, Komödie, Police Film, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, parody film
Nicholas Angel, a recently promoted Metropolitan Police Sergeant, is reassigned to the rural town of Sandford, Gloucestershire for being too exceptional, despite his desire to continue in London. On his first night in town, Angel arrests D…
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Action, Parodie, Political Satire, Political Thriller, Romantic Comedy, action film, comedy film, romantic comedy film, spy film, thriller film
Harry Tasker, to the knowledge of his wife Helen and his daughter Dana, is a mild-mannered computer hardware salesman often away on business trips. In reality he works for Omega Sector, a top-secret U.S. counterterrorism agency.
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Classical Western, Criminal Comedy Film, Parodie, Sitcom, Western film, comedy film, parody film, postmodernist film, satire
On the American frontier of 1874, a new railroad under construction will have to be rerouted through the town of Rock Ridge to avoid quicksand. Realizing this will make Rock Ridge worth millions, territorial attorney general Hedley Lamarr …
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LGBTQ-related film, Parodie, Romantic Comedy, Sitcom, comedy film, musical film
Armand Goldman is the openly gay owner of a drag club in South Beach called The Birdcage; his effete and flamboyant partner Albert is the star attraction of the club under the name Starina. They live together in an apartment above The Bird…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Satire, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film
Bartleby and Loki are fallen angels, eternally banished from Heaven to Wisconsin for insubordination, after an inebriated Loki resigned as the Angel of Death at Bartleby's suggestion. In a newspaper article that arrives anonymously, the an…
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Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, period film, romantic comedy
In 1996, womanizer Jamie Randall is fired from a Pittsburgh electronics store for having sex with his manager's girlfriend. His wealthy brother Josh refers him for a job as a pharmaceutical sales representative. After attending a Pfizer tr…
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Ghost-Movie, Parodie, Sci-Fi, Silly Movie, parody film
Shaquille O'Neal and Dr. Phil wake up to find themselves chained to pipes in a bathroom. Their host, Billy the Puppet, reveals that the room is slowly filling with nerve gas, with the only way out being to make a basket and get the saws, w…
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Dark Comedy, Horror comedy, Parodie, Romantic Comedy, Zombiefilm, buddy film, comedy film, horror film, parody film, romantic comedy, zombie comedy, zombie film
In the Crouch End area of London, 29-year-old sales advisor Shaun is disrespected by his colleagues, does not get along with his stepfather Philip, and is dumped by his girlfriend Liz after he promises to improve himself but is unsuccessfu…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Dark Comedy, Fairy-Tale Film, Parodie, Romantic Comedy, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy film, family film, fantasy comedy, fantasy film
Newlyweds Shrek and Princess Fiona return from their honeymoon to find they have been invited by Fiona's parents to a royal ball to celebrate their marriage. Though Shrek is mortified about visiting the kingdom as an ogre, and resents Fion…
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Horror comedy, Slasher Horror, Teen Horror Film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film
Cotton Weary, now a successful talk show host, is contacted by Ghostface, who demands to know the whereabouts of Sidney Prescott. When Cotton refuses to cooperate, Ghostface murders him and his girlfriend Christine. Detective Mark Kincaid …
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Parodie, Super Hero
John Hancock is an alcoholic, reckless superhuman imbued with flight, invulnerability, and super-strength. Acting as a haphazard and unrefined superhero in Los Angeles, he is shunned, ridiculed, and hated by the public for his drunken and …
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Animation, Cartoon, Family Drama, Family Saga, Komödie, action film, adventure film, comedy film
After finishing a concert at Lake Springfield, Green Day tries to engage the audience in a discussion about the environment, but they refuse to listen and throw garbage at the band. The pollution in the lake erodes the band's barge, causin…
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Dark Comedy, Satire, Sci-Fi, comedy film, parody film, retrofuturism, science fiction film
On the planet Mars, a Martian spaceship gathers hundreds of other ships and travels to Earth. U.S. President James Dale, along with his aides, addresses the United States concerning this historic event.
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Parodie, parody film, spy comedy film
Legendary British spy Sir James Bond 007, who has been retired for 20 years, is visited by M, the head of British MI6; CIA representative Ransome; KGB representative Smernov; and Deuxième Bureau representative Le Grand. They implore Bond t…
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Dark Comedy, Horror comedy, Obsession, Splatter Film, Teen Horror Film, Zombiefilm, comedy horror, parody film, splatter film, zombie film
Michigan State University students Ash Williams and his girlfriend, Linda, take a romantic getaway to a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods. While in it, Ash plays a tape of archaeologist Raymond Knowby, the cabin's previous inhabitant,…
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Satire, Silly Movie, comedy film
In New York City, award-winning male model Derek Zoolander is at a low point; he is ousted as the top male fashion model by rising star Hansel McDonald, and his roommates and colleagues Brint, Rufus, and Meekus are killed in a "freak gasol…
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Dark Comedy, Parodie, Silly Movie, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, knight film, parody film, period drama film
thumb|King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and Patsy (Terry Gilliam) In AD 932, King Arthur and his squire Patsy, who bangs coconut shells together as Arthur mimes riding a horse, travel Britain searching for men to join the Knights of the Round T…
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Drama, Satire On Media, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, romantic comedy film, satirical film
In September 1975, Howard Beale, the longtime anchor for the evening news program on the Union Broadcasting System (UBS), learns from friend and news division president Max Schumacher that he has just two more weeks on the air due to decli…
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Fake Documentary, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, comedy film
Five dogs and their owners, trainers, and handlers travel to Philadelphia to compete in the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. Gerry and Cookie Fleck are a middle-class couple from Florida who arrive at the Taft Hotel with their Norwich Terri…
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Action, Buddy Cop, Komödie, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film
After mistakenly shooting Derek Jeter at the World Series, hot-tempered NYPD detective Terry Hoitz is partnered with mild-mannered forensic accountant Allen Gamble. Both are ridiculed by their peers, who idolize detectives Chris Danson and…
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LGBTQ-related film, Musical, Satire, Sitcom, comedy film, musical film
Max Bialystock is an aging Broadway producer whose career has veered from great success to the depths of near failure. He now ekes out a hand-to-mouth existence while romancing lascivious, wealthy elderly women in exchange for money for a …
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Anarchic Comedy Film, Comedy Of Mistaken Identity, Dark Comedy, Parodie, Satire, comedy film, parody film, religious satire
Brian Cohen is born in a stable next door to Jesus, which initially confuses the three wise men who come to praise the future King of the Jews. He grows up into an idealistic young man who resents the continuing Roman occupation of Judea. …
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