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Comedy drama, Crime, romance film, teen film, thriller film, Tragicomedy
Andrew Morenski and two others, all stockbrokers, have passed bogus bonds for a mobster awaiting trial. After an evening out at a bar, one of them is killed in his home. The next morning, the FBI take the other two into protective custody.
Destiny, Drama, Family Drama, Historie, Melodrama, romance film
left|thumb|Screenshot of Charles Boyer and Bette Davis from the film's original trailer Mademoiselle Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, a French woman, starts teaching at an American girls school. She is confronted by the tales and gossip about her that circulate among her pupils and, thus provoked, she decides to tell them her life story. Deluzy-Desportes is governess to the four children of the Duc and Duchesse de Praslin in Paris during the last years of the Orleans monarchy.
Drama, Historie, romantic comedy
It is a largely-faithful adaptation of Shaw's play, with no significant cuts or alterations to the original text. In 48 BC, Julius Caesar (Claude Rains) arrives in Egypt and, while wandering the desert at night, discovers the teenage Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) hiding between the paws of a Sphinx. Unaware of his identity, Cleopatra treats him as a kindly old man and confesses her terror of the invading Romans.
Drama, romance film
The film is set in Ghent, in the Flemish Region of Belgium, and chronicles the lives of Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) and Elise (Veerle Baetens) over seven years as they fall in love through their passion for bluegrass music. Didier meets Elise in her tattoo parlour and invites her to the performance of his bluegrass band. They soon fall in love.
Drama
Loosely based on the family of the real-life actor-manager Geoffrey Kendal and his travelling "Shakespeareana Company"–which earned him the Indian sobriquet "Shakespearewallah"–the film follows the story of a group of nomadic British actors as they perform Shakespeare plays in towns in post-colonial India, overseen by Tony Buckingham (Geoffrey Kendal) and his wife Carla (Laura Liddell). On their travels their daughter Lizzie Buckingham (Felicity Kendal) falls in love with rich playboy Sanju (Shashi Kapoor), who is also romancing Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey), a very popular Bollywood film star.
Adventure, Comedy, romantic comedy, Romantic drama
Danny is a young Polish-American living in New York City, who is asked by his briefly jailed brother, Darren, to deliver a briefcase. He is not told about the briefcase’s contents and the abruptly terminated jailhouse call leaves him with vague instructions for its delivery. Ellie is being paid by Darren's employer to be Danny's driver.
Drama, romance film
Biography, Drama, Historie, LGBTQ-related film, romance film
Queen Christina of Sweden is devoted to her country and the welfare of her people. As queen, she favors peace for Sweden and argues convincingly for an end to the Thirty Years' War, saying: Spoils, glory, flags and trumpets! What is behind these high-sounding words?
Drama
The film begins with pictures and video of the actual victims of Trujillo. During the montage, a title card appears that says: From 1930 to 1961, General Rafael Leónidas Trujillo held absolute control of the Dominican Republic. His secret alliance with the church, aristocrats, intellectuals and the press were the foundation of his dictatorship.
Biography, Comedy drama, Drama, romantic comedy, Tragicomedy
Fannie Belle Fleming moves from rural West Virginia to Washington, D.C. in the hopes of becoming a singer. Promoter Red Snyder convinces her to strip during a performance.
Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy, Science fiction, science fiction comedy
ValCom 17485 (Kaufman), a robot designed to be a valet with a specialty in lumber commodities, meets AquaCom 89045 (Peters), a hostess companion robot whose primary function is to assist at poolside parties. At a factory awaiting repairs, they fall in love and decide to escape, stealing a van from the company to do so. They are joined by Catskil, a standup comic robot (which is seen, only sitting, in the entire film).
Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy
When chorus girl Janet Jones is late for rehearsal in Edinburgh, Bates, the chauffeur for B. G. Bruno, gives her a ride in Bruno's limousine, starting rumours that she is engaged to the wealthiest man in Scotland.
Comedy, romantic comedy
In the principal's office of Hemlock Prep Academy, Lona Skinner internally monologues about her hate towards Bennet Russell, her fellow and only other debate club member. They compete to be president of their two-person debate club as it would look good on their college applications; Lona - Harvard and Bennet - Yale. Ultimately, the principal declares them co-presidents, despite their protests.
romantic comedy
A writer falls in love with a woman, but discovers that she's already engaged.
Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller
Fourteen-year-old Lisa Holland lives with her mother Katherine, a successful florist. Lisa is beginning to show a keen interest in boys but is not allowed to date due to her mother's strict rule about not dating until she is 16. Lisa's desire to have a boyfriend is furthered by her best friend Wendy Marks, whose less-strict mother and father have allowed her to start dating.
Adventure, Crime, Drama, romance film
Jane Hoyt arrives in Hong Kong, looking for her husband, reckless photojournalist Louis. He entered Communist China without a visa and was imprisoned as a suspected spy. She sees Hong Kong Marine Police Inspector Merryweather, who found Hoyt's cameras on the junk that took him into China.
Comedy, Drama, female buddy film, romance film
Rebecca Lott is a thirtysomething poetry teacher who is widowed when her husband is killed while jogging. Helping her cope with her grief is a support system consisting of her sister Lucy Trager, a chain-smoker still trying to deal with their mother's death from cancer 14 years earlier; her best friend Sylvie Morrow, who is trapped in an unhappy marriage; and her former stepmother Alberta Russell, a high-powered Wall Street executive so caught up in the financial world she has difficulty relating to anyone not involved with it. Romance finds its way back into Rebecca's life when a flirtatious, handsome younger man hired to paint the house…
Comedy, Coming-of-age, Drama, romance film, romantic comedy
Charles is a confident and intelligent nineteen-year-old, about to attend Oxford University. Charles is a computer nerd and has developed a methodical approach to seduction, and compiles detailed computer files and elaborate plans to seduce the girls he is interested in. His latest target is a beautiful American girl, Rachel.
Drama, musical film, romance film
right|thumb|275px|The Honda 305 Superhawk motorcycle used in the film Singer Charlie Rogers is enjoying his life and delivering successful performances at a busy restaurant in California. But when a group of female students in the audience become very happy cheering the singer, their male companions turn jealous and angry. After the show, several angry students set up an attack on Charlie in the parking lot.
Action, black comedy film, Comedy, Crime, crime drama film, crime thriller film, Drama, mystery film, Political Thriller, romance film, spy film, suspense film, thriller film
On 10 May 1916, during World War I, British Captain and novelist Edgar Brodie returns home on leave, to discover his obituary in the newspaper. He is brought to a man identifying himself only as "R", who asks him to undertake a secret mission: to identify and eliminate a German agent on his way to Arabia to stir up trouble in the Middle East. Upon agreeing, Brodie is given a new identity—Richard Ashenden—a fake death, and the assistance of a killer known variously as "the Hairless Mexican" and "the General", though he is neither bald, Mexican, nor a general.
Drama, romance film
Joseph Megessey (known to most as "Megs") is a Vietnam War veteran who has post-traumatic stress syndrome, and who is having trouble integrating with society. He finds Dave, a fellow veteran who has become an alcoholic, and attempts to bring him out of his depression by encouraging him to enjoy life again, as well as urging him to face some of his darker memories. Megs is attracted to Dave's sister Martha, who lives with Dave and looks after him.
musical film, romantic comedy
Nightclub singer Rusty Wells (Presley) and his band have just closed their engagement at the Chicago club where they work and are about ready to leave for their annual spring break trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida—that is, until the club's owner, Big Frank (Harold Stone), extends their stay at his club, foiling the band's plans for some sun and fun in Florida. At the same time, Big Frank's daughter, college student Valerie (Shelley Fabares) also takes her spring break in Lauderdale with her friends, which worries her father to no end. So at the suggestion of Rusty (who sees this situation as an opportunity for him and the guys to make…
Comedy, romantic comedy
Middle-class family man Stanley Banks learns that his recently married daughter Kay and her husband Buckley Dunstan are expecting a baby. Stanley's wife Ellie and Buckley's parents Doris and Herbert are delighted, but Stanley broods that he is too young and vibrant to be a grandfather. Ellie throws Kay a baby shower, although Stanley balks at the cost.
Action, Adventure, Romantic drama
Years after the "known" events of the Robin Hood legend, Robin's daughter, Gwyn (Keira Knightley), has grown up to be a strong-willed young woman, with a talent for archery, much like her father. As Maid Marian has died and Robin Hood (Stuart Wilson) is perpetually away battling in the Crusades, Gwyn has lived much of her life alone. Her only friend is the sweet but plain Froderick (Del Synnott), who clearly is in love with her.