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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 709 films · Page 12.
Fantasy, Parodie, fantasy film, parody film
Struggling Seattle plumbing salesman, former fencing athlete and couch potato Roy Knable lives with his neglected wife Helen. After a fight which involves Helen smashing the family's television with one of Roy's fencing trophies as a wake-…
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Horror comedy, Zombiefilm, comedy film, comedy horror, science fiction film, zombie comedy
Set some time after the events at the UNEEDA Warehouse in Louisville, KY, a U.S. military truck is transporting barrels of Trioxin, when one breaks loose and falls into a river without the driver noticing. The next morning, pre-teen bullie…
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Drama, drama film, romance film
thumb|left|upright=1.2|Barbara Stanwyck Baby Face publicity still Lily Powers, a young woman, works for her father, Nick, in a speakeasy in Erie, Pennsylvania, during Prohibition. Nick has been prostituting her to his customers since she w…
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Romantic Drama, Thriller, comedy thriller, drama film, romantic comedy, thriller film
Tom Dobbs is host of a satirical news program, tapping into public frustrations with divisive, special interest-driven politics. Dobbs laughs off an audience member's suggestion that he run for president but following online support, he an…
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Horror, black comedy film, comedy horror, horror film
A news report shows a victim being pulled away on a stretcher. It is revealed that a serial killer, having murdered over thirty people, is on the loose in a Los Angeles suburb. Horace Pinker, a television repairman, is the culprit.
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Sitcom, comedy film
CBS cameraman Harold "Harry" Hinkle is injured when (fictional) football player Luther "Boom Boom" Jackson of the Cleveland Browns collides with him during a home game at Municipal Stadium. Though Harry's injuries are minor, his conniving …
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Komödie, comedy film, comedy of manners, drama film, satirical film
Deposed by revolution in his home country of Estrovia, King Igor Shahdov comes to New York City almost broke, his securities having been stolen by his own prime minister. He tries to contact the Atomic Energy Commission with his ideas for …
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Late Western, Western film, action film, adventure film, female buddy film
Cody, Anita, Eileen and Lily work together in a brothel. When Anita is abused by a customer, Cody kills the man after he opens fire on her. Narrowly escaping from a lynch mob, they are pursued by Pinkerton detectives hired by the widow of …
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Raunchy comedy, Satire, Sci-Fi, adventure film, erotic film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film, sexploitation film
Distinguished Professor Gordon explains that Earth is being tormented by periodic "sex rays", which send people into a sexual frenzy. When one of the rays hits the passenger aircraft carrying Flesh Gordon and Dale Ardor, the pilots abandon…
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Komödie, comedy film
Florida con man Thomas Jefferson Johnson crosses paths with Congressman Jefferson Davis "Jeff" Johnson at a party and becomes intrigued after overhearing just how wealthy members of Congress can become through corruption. After Congressman…
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Satire, comedy drama, comedy film
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg opened a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, where he practiced his unusual methods for maintaining health, including colonic irrigation, electrical stimulus and sexual abstinence, vegetarianism and physical exerc…
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Christmas film, Komödie, comedy film, fantasy film, parody film
Left-wing activist and filmmaker Michael Malone campaigns to end the celebration of the Fourth of July holiday. Malone holds pronounced anti-American views and truculently argues that America's past and present are both offensive and there…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, crime film, drama film
In the small Kansas town of Fair Oaks, diner waitress Betty Sizemore is a fan of the soap opera A Reason to Love. She has no idea that her husband Del, a car salesman, is having a sexual affair with another woman, his secretary. She also d…
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Komödie, parody film
Bobby Taylor is a young black man aspiring to become an actor. His younger brother Stevie watches him prepare to audition for a part in Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge, a movie about street gangs which is so full of stereotypes that the light-ski…
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Historie, Knights Tale, Komödie, Musical, musical film
King Roderick the Tyrant, having sent Lord Ravenhurst to slaughter the Royal Family of England, usurps the throne. The Black Fox and his band of rebels rescue the true king, an infant with the royal "purple pimpernel" birthmark on his back…
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Komödie, comedy film
The satirical plot follows film industry denizens and Hollywood society, all preoccupied with making a movie. After an elaborate song-and-dance sequence set to "Polly Wolly Doodle", it's revealed successful film producer Felix Farmer has j…
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Romance Film, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, drama film, romance film, romantic comedy
The film follows two couples: Jack and Sally, and Gabe and Judy. It starts with Jack and Sally visiting Gabe and Judy's apartment to announce their separation. Gabe is shocked, but Judy takes it personally and is deeply hurt.
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Historie, Parodie, Political Satire, comedy film
C.R. "Mac" MacNamara is a high-ranking executive in the Coca-Cola Company, assigned to West Berlin after a business fiasco a few years earlier in the Middle East (about which he is still bitter). While based in West Germany for now, Mac is…
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Satire, Silly Movie, comedy film
Komödie, Romance Film, comedy drama, romantic comedy
thumb|left|upright|William Holden and Judy Holliday in a promotional still for Born Yesterday Bullying, uncouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock checks into a hotel suite in Washington, D.C., with his brassy girlfriend, former showgirl Emma "Bi…
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Komödie, Political Satire, Satire, comedy film
In Johnson County, Iowa, Destiny is a 10-year-old African American foster child being raised by a white couple, Ethan and Jill Emmet. While visiting the Iowa State Fair by herself, she wanders into the exhibit of the winning butter sculptu…
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Komödie, comedy film
thumb|Charles (Terry-Thomas) testifying on the stand during the trial Stanley Ford is a successful newspaper cartoonist who enjoys his bachelorhood in his luxury Manhattan townhouse, with his loyal and attentive English valet, Charles. Sta…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, drama film, jazz, parody film
Sandy Bates is a director of comedy films. His latest film ends with a surreal sequence in which a character (played by Sandy) is trapped on a train carriage surrounded by grotesque and unhappy figures. The character looks out the carriage…
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Cannibal-Movie, Horror, Splatter Film, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film
Farmer Vincent Smith and his younger sister, Ida, live on a farm with an attached motel, named "Motel Hello". Vincent's renowned smoked meat is actually human flesh. He sets traps on nearby roads to catch victims.
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