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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 709 films · Page 9.
Satire On Media, comedy drama, romantic comedy film, science fiction film
Viktor Taransky, a disillusioned director who has fallen out of favor in Hollywood, struggles to complete his new film when Nicola Anders, the lead actress, refuses to finish the film. His ex-wife, Elaine, who is also an executive producer…
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Film Noir, Social Drama, drama film, film noir
Up-and-coming Manhattan press agent Sidney Falco scans the New York Globe for the column of J.J. Hunsecker, a media kingpin whose journalism and radio show dominate the entertainment world. For the fifth day, J.J.
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Blaxploitation, Western, Western film, blaxploitation film
Upon finding a wagon under attack by bandits, two Black bounty hunters, Boss and Amos intervene and save Clara Mae, a Black woman. Upon inspecting the bodies, the bounty hunters find several have rewards to their name and one holds a lette…
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Komödie, biographical film, buddy film, comedy film, teen film
Betsy Jobs and Arlene Lorenzo are two sweet-natured, ditzy teenagers living in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Betsy comes from a wealthy Georgetown family, while Arlene lives with her widowed mother in an apartment in the Watergate building. O…
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Documentation, Komödie, Satire On Media, documentary film, independent film
Thierry Guetta is a French immigrant living in Los Angeles, who runs a successful upscale vintage clothing shop and obsessively films his life. While visiting France in 1999, Guetta discovers his cousin is famed street artist Invader. Fasc…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Political Drama, Social Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
The pupils return after the summer for a new Michaelmas term at a traditional British public school for boys in the late 1960s. Mick Travis arrives hiding his moustache, which he quickly shaves off. He, Wallace, and Knightly are three non-…
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Komödie, Musical, comedy film, musical film
An eastern cult (a parody of the Thuggee cult) is about to sacrifice a woman to their goddess, Kaili. They notice that she is not wearing the sacrificial ring. Instead, Ringo Starr, drummer of the Beatles, has the ring, sent to him by the …
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Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, romantic comedy
After a weekend of emotional honesty at an Esalen-style retreat, Los Angeles sophisticates Bob and Carol Sanders return home determined to embrace complete openness. They share their enthusiasm and excitement over their new-found philosoph…
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Horror, Parodie, comedy film, comedy horror film, horror film, musical film, natural horror film, parody film, satirical film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
The film opens with a scroll stating that when Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds (1963) was released, audiences laughed at the notion of birds revolting against humanity. However, when an attack perpetrated by birds occurred in 1975, no on…
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Anarchic Comedy Film, Satire On Media, Sex Film, erotic film, parody film, superhero film
Mormon missionary Joseph Young, assigned with his mission partner to Los Angeles, finds the city to be a hostile and unenthusiastic place for their work. The problems worsen when they knock on the door of sleazy porn director Maxxx Orbison…
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Political Satire, Satire On War, drama film, war film
A group of cultured expatriate English women – the Scorpioni – meet for tea every afternoon in Florence, Italy in 1935. Luca is the young, out-of-wedlock son of an Italian businessman whose father has little interest in his upbringing. The…
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Drama, Komödie, Sci-Fi, anti-war film, comedy film, drama film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, war film
In Ilium, New York, the middle-aged Billy Pilgrim writes a letter to the editor claiming to have become "unstuck in time"; he finds himself as a young man behind enemy lines in Belgium during World War II, where he and some other American …
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Bangsian fantasy, Fantasy, Komödie, fantasy comedy, fantasy film, romantic comedy
Los Angeles advertising executive Daniel Miller dies in a car accident on his 39th birthday, mainly due to his distractedness, and is sent to Judgment City, a kind of temporary paradise for the recently deceased. The city is a waiting area…
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Romantic Comedy, Satire, black comedy film, drama film, romantic comedy film
Jay Bulworth, a Democratic U.S. Senator from California, faces a primary challenge from a fiery young populist. Once politically liberal, Bulworth has over time conceded to more conservative politics and to accepting donations from large c…
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Komödie, comedy film, teen film
Bill Gluckman is a wealthy Jewish senator from Malibu, California who is running for the office of the governor of California. His son Brad is a wannabe "Eminem", preferring to go by the nickname "B-Rad" despite leading a rich, sheltered l…
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B movie, Horror comedy, Sci-Fi, comedy horror, horror film, parody film, science fiction film
Several quarry workers in Georgia discover a white cream-like substance bubbling out of the ground. Said to be addictive and sweet, the substance, marketed as "The Stuff", is sold to the general public in containers much like ice cream or …
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Detective Film, Film Noir, Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, fantasy film, neo-noir, superhero film
Denny Colt, also known as "the Spirit", learns about a major case from Detective Sussman involving his nemesis, "the Octopus". The Spirit dons his costume and travels across rooftops, saving a woman before connecting with Officer Liebowitz…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Horror, Parodie, Satire, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film, zombie film
The Earth is passing through the tail of a comet, an event which has not occurred in 65 million years and coincided with the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. On the night of the comet's passage, eleven days before Christmas, …
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Komödie, comedy film
Rudy Russo is a young and cunning car salesman in Mesa, Arizona, with aspirations of running for the state senate. He works at the struggling New Deal used car lot owned by the elderly Luke Fuchs, who agrees to invest $10,000 in Rudy's cam…
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Satire, Sitcom, children's film, comedy drama, romantic comedy film
Bill Dancer and his young companion 7-year-old Curly Sue, an orphaned girl who Bill took in as a baby, are homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit but at getting enough to eat. One night, while the…
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Satire On Media, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film
Television network True TV is commencing interviews for a planned reality show that shows a normal person's life 24/7, created by TV producer Cynthia. They interview Ed Pekurny and his brother, Ray. When the producers see the interview, Cy…
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Drama, comedy film, drama film
Bruno Stroszek is a West Berlin street performer. Released from prison and warned to stop drinking, he immediately goes to a familiar bar where he meets Eva, a prostitute down on her luck, and lets her stay with him at the apartment his la…
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Satire, Splatstick, action film, comedy film, spy film
Secret agent WD-40 Dick Steele embarks on a mission, along with the mysterious and lovely Veronique Ukrinsky, Agent 3.14, to rescue the kidnapped Barbara Dahl and stop the evil genius, General Rancor, from seizing control of the planet. Ra…
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Fantasy, Komödie, comedy drama
The film opens with the usual MGM logo, but with a voice-over by René Auberjonois saying "I forgot the opening line" instead of the lion's roar. As the opening credits roll, wealthy Houstonian Daphne Heap begins to sing "The Star-Spangled …
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