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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 709 films · Page 27.
Komödie, Western, comedy film
Mike Frye and Deborah Patterson, owners of an advertising firm, find success when they recycle some old Western films starring Smoky Callaway for a new television audience. Tom Lorrison, the show's sponsor, is eager to produce more films, …
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Drama, Satire, Satire On Media, comedy film
In a case of mistaken identity, a naive young columnist for The Daily Beast is sent to cover a war in Ishmaelia. A confused editor, Mr. Salter (Denholm Elliott), acting on the orders of his much feared 'boss', Lord Copper (Donald Pleasence…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Political Satire, adventure film, historical film
In Polish Russia, Stoloff, a Cossack in exile has gained control over a Jewish village. The villagers live by horse-thievery and under the leadership of Kifke. Stoloff's regime is tolerated until he commandeers the village's horses for the…
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Drama, Komödie, Satire, drama film
Crime, Satire, comedy drama
In a cell under the Old Bailey, two men meet. One is Wilfred Morgenhall, a single barrister who never gets any cases and is overjoyed to have won this dock brief, the defence of an accused individual with no lawyer (at public expense). The…
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comedy drama, romantic comedy
Members of an elite New York social register, all parents of debutante daughters, discuss a forthcoming house party planned at the prestigious Kingsford College. Wealthy debutante Ann van Reichton receives a bit to attend a Kingsford Party…
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Drama, Psychodrama, Thriller, drama film
Following a relationship breakup, David Kappel, a twentysomething school teacher, visits what turns out to be a training camp for a religious cult. At the camp, everything is done in groups, including chanting and singing. There is also a …
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Komödie, comedy film
Ezekiel Cobb, a naïve young man raised by missionaries in China, is sent to the United States to seek a wife. He is promptly enlisted by the corrupt political machine of the fictional city of Stockport, led by the corrupt boss Jake Mayo to…
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Dark Comedy, Satire On Media, prison film
Chuck Toedan is a TV producer who hosts a game show named Live or Die, where condemned prisoners participate for the chance to earn their freedom. If they fail, they are executed on live TV. The show is successful, however there are those …
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spy film
The film begins with a pre-credit sequence in which a group of unnamed terrorists have parked a vehicle containing a guided missile pointed straight at the Palace of Westminster whilst politicians are heard on the film's soundtrack. They a…
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Drama, Komödie, Satire
independent film
The film is about a team, known as "Our Friends", searching for the "Old Man", who is dying. Their trip across the U.S. takes many twists and turns along the way, as is depicted through the eyes of the main character, Rex/Harrold, who ulti…
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Political Satire
The film stars Patrick Huard as Steve Guibord, an independent, moderate Member of Parliament for the northern Quebec electoral district of Prescott–Makadewa–Rapides-aux-Outardes, who unexpectedly finds himself in the position of becoming t…
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Melodrama, Romance Film, Satire, drama film, independent film, romantic comedy film
Lost in Translation is the widely successful debut film of Sofia Coppola. Set in Tokyo under the bustling city life and lights, the two main characters from different generations build a surprising friendship on their common bond of insomn…
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Political Satire, Utopia & Dystopia, dystopian film
A young man inadvertently witnesses a killing by his uncle, the corrupt mayor of Terminal City, who retaliates by dubbing him the "Rock and Roll Terrorist" and builds an anti-crime campaign around him.
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comedy film
24-7 Radio finds itself at the top of the charts, yet all is not well in radio paradise as a series of quirky and mentally challenged DJ's jockey for ratings and professional success. Station Manager Wes Thomas (John Witherspoon), is tryin…
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Komödie, Satire On War, War Film
Héléna Bourdelle, a.k.a. "La Bourdelle", is a world-renowned opera singer and the wife of maestro André Bourdelle. They live in a luxurious hôtel particulier in Paris, with their three grown-up children—Bernadette, Colette and Guy-Hubert—a…
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comedy film, drama film, romantic comedy, satire
The film tells the story of an aspiring beauty queen who rises to stardom but pays the price of losing her peace and joy by denouncing her fiancé, who is her manager. She was on the verge of being enslaved by her Godfather when he was conf…
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Komödie
The tailor's handyman burns a count's trousers while ironing them and is fired. His superior discovers a note explaining the count can't attend a party, and dresses up like one to take his place. Chaplin also goes to the residence hosting …
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Action, Komödie, Sci-Fi, alien invasion, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Tony Mareda, Jr., a former Olympic athlete and world-renowned private detective, is driving across the country when he is attacked by mobsters. Chased to the sleepy backwater town of Beamsville, Tony ducks into the local drive-in theater, …
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mockumentary
At the very beginning of the film, Bill Gates (played by Gates double Steve Sires) walks onto the stage of the pavilion in MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, California on Thursday, December 2, 1999, to give a check for one million dollars to "L…
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political film
The granddaughter of a President of the United States, Lucy Chase Wayne discreetly campaigns to gain the presidential nomination for her beloved husband, Secretary of State Stephen Wayne. She tries to gain the support of rising Senator Gor…
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Historical drama, Satire, drama film, historical drama, satirical film
In the Danish West Indies in 1848, Anna Elizabeth Heegaard, a wealthy "free colored" woman, maintains a close friendship with Petrine, her housekeeper who is enslaved. Meanwhile, rumors of a slave rebellion begin to circulate.
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Animation, Satire
After a brief history of the pollution imperative from before the Industrial Revolution to the present, the film follows a nuclear family polluting its way through an average day. The narrator explains that pollution is a critical part of …
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