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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 709 films · Page 10.
Adventure, Tragic Comedy Film, drama film, romantic comedy
John L. Sullivan is a popular young Hollywood director of profitable but shallow comedies. Dissatisfied with making such films as Ants in Your Plants of 1939, he tells his studio boss, Mr.
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Satire On Media, parody film
American episodic film from 1972 by Woody Allen based on the 1969 sex education book of the same name by David Reuben. Allen takes up the individual chapters of the book and contrasts the conservative portrayal in the book with a satirical…
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Fantasy, Romantic Comedy, fantasy film, romantic comedy
In 1935, during the Great Depression, New Jersey waitress Cecilia endures a wearying job and an abusive marriage to her unfaithful husband, Monk, feeling trapped with nowhere to turn. After losing her job, she distracts herself by going to…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, comedy film, dystopian film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Miles Monroe is a jazz musician and owner of the Happy Carrot health-food store in New York City's Greenwich Village. He walks into the hospital in 1973 for a routine ulcer operation that goes wrong, leaving him relegated to 200 years of a…
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Romantic Comedy, Sitcom, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, parody film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, a widowed brain surgeon, is renowned for inventing a method of "cranial screw-top" brain surgery. He saves the life of Dolores Benedict, a gold-digging femme fatale who is accidentally run over by Michael when fleei…
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Anti-War Film, Dark Comedy, Historie, Justice Drama, Parodie, Satire On War, comedy drama, war film
In 1939, the well-known stars of a Warsaw theater company, including "ham" Joseph Tura and wife Maria, are rehearsing Gestapo, a play satirizing the Nazi regime. During the company's production of Hamlet that night, with Joseph in the titl…
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Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, romantic comedy
Stacy Holt is an associate producer on a talk show hosted by the domineering Kippie Kann. Stacy believes that "luck is when preparation meets opportunity". Her boyfriend Derek appears to be the fulfillment of all of her wishes, despite his…
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film
Hollywood A-list actress Honey Whitlock publicly presents herself as a sweet and considerate woman, but is actually a profane, unreasonable, and demanding diva. While in Baltimore to attend a premiere for her latest film, Honey is kidnappe…
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Action Comedy, Satire, Sci-Fi, alternate history film, comedy film, parody film, science fiction film
The year is 2047, 29 years after the nuclear war immediately following the battle between the Earth and Moon Nazis rendered the planet inhospitable. The last survivors have rallied together on "Neomenia", the former Moon Nazi base on the f…
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Raunchy comedy, Satire On Media, Sci-Fi, parody film, retrofuturism, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Fictional television station WIDB-TV (Channel 8) experiences problems with its late-night airing of science-fiction classic Amazon Women on the Moon, a 1950s B movie in which Queen Lara and Captain Nelson battle exploding volcanoes and man…
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Satire, comedy film
Aren, a young biracial African-American man, displays his yarn sculpture at an art gallery, facing rejection; no one buys his work. Advised by the white gallery owner to approach a specific patron, Aren is mistaken for a waiter and handed …
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Historie, Western, action film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 1853, soldier-of-fortune William Walker flees Mexico, after a failed attempt to incite an armed insurrection. He is placed on trial by US official for breaking the Neutrality Act, but wins an acquittal after giving a rousing speech to t…
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Satire On War, action film, buddy film, comedy film
In late 1969, helicopter pilot Billy Covington has his pilot's license suspended for breaking safety regulations. His skills, bravery and disregard for the law are noticed by a government agent, who offers him a job in Laos working for the…
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Dark Comedy, black comedy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy film
Lance Clayton is a single father and high school English teacher who dreams of becoming a famous writer, but his previous novels have all been rejected by publishers. His 15-year-old son Kyle is a sex-obsessed, underachieving misanthrope w…
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Komödie, Musical, Satire, comedy film, musical film
The film is presented as a series of vignettes centered around Byrne as an unnamed, cowboy-hat-wearing stranger who visits the fictional Texas town of Virgil, where he observes the citizens as they prepare for the "Celebration of Specialne…
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LGBTQ-related film, Satire, comedy drama, comedy film
Models, designers, industry hot shots and journalists gather for Paris Fashion Week, to work, bicker and try to seduce each other. Early on, Fashion Council head Olivier de la Fontaine chokes to death on a sandwich, leaving behind a wife, …
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Political Satire, Satire On Media, drama film
Aspiring artist and recent Yale graduate Tod Hackett arrives in 1930s Hollywood to work as an art department production illustrator at a major film studio. He rents an apartment in the San Bernardino Arms, a rundown bungalow court occupied…
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Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
Alex Gardner is a psychic who has been using his talents for personal gain, which mainly consists of gambling and womanizing. When he was 19, he had been the subject of a scientific research project documenting his psychic ability but, in …
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Criminal Comedy Film, Satire, crime film, parody film
Clark Kellogg leaves his mother Liz and environmental activist stepfather Dwight in Vermont to go to New York University (NYU) to study film. After arriving at Grand Central Terminal, a man named Victor Ray offers to drive Clark and his lu…
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Fake Documentary, Political Satire, comedy film, drama film
Bob Roberts takes place in Pennsylvania in 1990. It depicts a fictitious senatorial race between a conservative Republican folk singer, Bob Roberts, and the incumbent Democrat, Brickley Paiste. The film is shot through the perspective of T…
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Parodie, comedy film, parody film, satirical film, silent film
Mel Funn, a once-great Hollywood film director, is now recovering from a drinking problem and down on his luck. He and his sidekicks, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell, want to make the first silent movie in 40 years and Funn pitches the idea to the…
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Fake Documentary, Satire, association football film
With the film narrated by Martin Bashir in a documentary form, we are told that Norwich City manager Mike Bassett (Ricky Tomlinson) is victorious in the Mr Clutch Cup final at Wembley Stadium. The Canaries later take part in an open-top bu…
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Drama, Satire On Media, comedy film, drama film
Frankie is a young filmmaker living in West Hollywood. Having dropped out of school to pursue her dreams of making art, she is working a thankless job bartending with her friend Jake and has no clear vision of her goals other than creating…
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Treasure Hunting, action film, comedy film, fantasy film, treasure hunt film
Jesse Huston hires Allan Quatermain to find her father Professor Jediah Huston, believed lost on an expedition to find the fabled King Solomon's Mines. Quartermain and his companion, the mysterious Umbopo, penetrate unknown country, follow…
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