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Adventure, Komödie, Parodie, parody film
Spoofing the classic Beau Geste and a number of other desert motion pictures, the film's plotline revolves around the heroic Beau Geste (York) and his "identical twin brother" Digby's (Feldman) misadventures in the French Foreign Legion ou…
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parody film
Fairy-Tale Film, Komödie, Musical, comedy film, fantasy film, musical film
Mr. Dinkle and Jack Strong are assigned by an employment agency to babysit an obnoxious boy named Donald. When they try to read the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" to the boy, Jack stumbles over the longer words and Donald reads the st…
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Political Satire, comedy film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
Richard "Dicky" Pilager, the dim-witted scion of a powerful political dynasty, is running for Governor of Colorado. One day, while filming a campaign ad that shows him fishing at Arapahoe Lake, Pilager hooks a corpse on location. Chuck Rav…
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Komödie, comedy film, science fiction film
Financial disaster looms for Grand Fenwick when the current vintage of its only export, wine, starts exploding in would-be consumers' faces. Prime Minister Mountjoy decides to ask the United States for a loan, ostensibly to fund its entry …
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Action, Parodie, action comedy film, comedy film
The story is a satire of the outlaw biker film genre. It follows two biker gangs, one male and one female. The male biker gang are the "Born Losers".
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Fantasy, Komödie, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film
After his inauguration, U.S. President Judson "Judd" Hammond, an amiable party-line politician, tells his new secretary Harley "Beek" Beekman that two people may be admitted to his presence at any time: his young nephew Jimmy, and Pendola …
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Z movie, comedy film, parody film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
The three finalists for Plaything Magazine's "Centerfold of the Year" - Inga, Betty and Angel Grace - are at a photoshoot. Betty makes disparaging remarks about Angel's appearance. After the shoot, Angel goes to Dr.
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Komödie, comedy film, parody film, romantic comedy
Various events involve a dating agency run by Sid Bliss and his longtime girlfriend Sophie Plummett. Their "Wedded Bliss" agency purports to bring together lonely hearts using computer-matching technology, but couples are actually paired u…
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Komödie, Thriller, parody film
Retired detective Charlie Chan is asked for his help by the San Francisco police to solve a new series of murders. This time his usual sidekick, "Number One Son" Lee Chan, has been replaced by Lee's own son, Lee Chan, Jr. The prime suspect…
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Satire On War, Stop Motion, comedy film
In 1940, Nazi Germany invades Great Britain by drilling under the English Channel and up through the cobblestones on Whitehall, London. From his bunker under Downing Street, away, Prime Minister Winston Churchill issues a call to arms for …
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Komödie, Western, Western film, comedy film
The concept of the film is explained in a voiceover wondering what it would be like if one of the old Rex O'Herlihan films were to be made today. At that point, the scene shifts from black and white to color and the soundtrack changes from…
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Horror, Motor-Bike Film, comedy horror
A motorbike gang kills an occultist with a crossbow during a satanic ritual. One of the motorcycles is damaged during the ritual, and an evil spirit inhabits it. Noddy is then seen purchasing the bike from a dealer, but lies to his girlfri…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, science fiction comedy
Guided by a holographic mentor, three aliens take the form of beautiful American women in order to stop an intergalactic terrorist (Joanie Laurer), from destroying Earth.
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biographical film, comedy film, parody film
Criminal Comedy Film, Heist, comedy film, heist film
The story begins in a small town in western Montana where New Jersey–based bank robber Frank Salazar has been hiding out from the law after a series of bank robberies in Newark. Upon realizing that the local bank contains a large amount of…
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Horror comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Splatter Film, comedy horror, slasher film
The private detective Jack Chandler tries to track down Samantha, a teenage runaway. He runs into a cult of Egyptian chainsaw-worshipping prostitutes led by "The Stranger".
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Drama, Thriller, film noir, spy film
Ireland, 1937. Young Bridie Quilty has grown up listening to her father's heroic tales of the Irish Revolution. As a result, she develops a hatred for everything and everyone British, especially "the wicked murdering blackguard" Oliver Cro…
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Horror comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Parodie, Sex Film, pornographic film
A caller, Willene Cassidy (Maggie Pyle), visits Mrs. Gert Hammond (Marion Eaton) at her estate, the Prairie Blossom. Mrs.
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Komödie, comedy film
A suburban police station is understaffed due to a flu epidemic, and Sergeant Wilkins, under pressure to maintain staffing levels, is pleased to hear that three new recruits, fresh out of training school, are due shortly. On their way into…
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Action, Adventure, parody film
The film opens at a jewelry shop in Chinatown, which contains a statue with one glowing red eye. Three masked figures kill the store's owner, then try to pry the eye free. The police arrive, and after a bloody fight, all of the intruders a…
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comedy horror, parody film
Trapped in hell, murderous prom queen Mary Lou Maloney, who burned to death in 1957, manages to escape her chains by severing them with a nail file. Returning to her place of death, Hamilton High School, Mary Lou kills the school janitor a…
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Dark Comedy, science fiction film, spy film
Psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Schaefer is chosen by the U.S. government to serve as the president's top-secret personal psychoanalyst.
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Drama, Groteske, Komödie, Romance Film, comedy film
From his prison cell, Alan Musgrave dictates his experiences of the previous year, which he dedicated to fulfilling the unending wishes and ambitions of high school senior Barbara Ann Greene. The daughter of Marie, a cocktail waitress sink…
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