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American cinema: Comedy
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Alfred J. Goulding
Down to their last six dollars, Stan and Ollie are reduced to posing as a husband and wife to secure the post of butler and housemaid to the wealthy Vandeveers...
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Alfred J. Goulding
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
George Stevens
Everyone at Tottleigh Castle knows that Lady Alyce Marshmorton is about to get married, but no one knows for certain who the lucky man will be...
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George Stevens
A Day at the Races (1937)
Sam Wood
Judy Standish is the unhappy owner of a sanatorium which faces closure unless she can raise the money to pay the mortgage...
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Sam Wood
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Charles Crichton
London gangster George Thomason has masterminded the perfect jewel robbery, which he is about to put into action with his henchman Ken Pile, an animal-lover with a crippling stutter, and a pair of Americans - Wanda Gerschwitz and Otto West...
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Charles Crichton
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Sam Wood
By donating money to Otis B. Driftwood, an opera promoter of dubious repute, wealthy widow Mrs Claypool hopes to buy her way into high society...
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Sam Wood
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Charles Barton
Chick Young and Wilbur Grey are baggage clerks who, one day, are asked to deliver two crates to a waxworks museum. According to the crates' owner, these contain the last remains of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster... [More...]
Charles Barton
Chick Young and Wilbur Grey are baggage clerks who, one day, are asked to deliver two crates to a waxworks museum. According to the crates' owner, these contain the last remains of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster... [More...]
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Robert Fuest
England, 1925. When several eminent doctors die in mysterious and horrific circumstances it soon becomes clear that the murders are linked... [More...]
Robert Fuest
England, 1925. When several eminent doctors die in mysterious and horrific circumstances it soon becomes clear that the murders are linked... [More...]
Adam's Rib (1949)
George Cukor
District Attorney Adam Bonner is far from pleased when he is called upon to prosecute Doris Attinger, a young woman who shot and wounded her husband when she found him in the arms of his mistress... [More...]
George Cukor
District Attorney Adam Bonner is far from pleased when he is called upon to prosecute Doris Attinger, a young woman who shot and wounded her husband when she found him in the arms of his mistress... [More...]
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
John Landis
David Kessler and Jack Goodman are two American college backpackers who decide to make a tour of Europe. Where better to begin than the bleak, soggy Yorkshire moors... [More...]
John Landis
David Kessler and Jack Goodman are two American college backpackers who decide to make a tour of Europe. Where better to begin than the bleak, soggy Yorkshire moors... [More...]
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
George Sidney
Returning home to a hero's welcome after WWII, navy personnel Clarence Doolittle and Joe Brady can hardly wait to get ashore and extract every last morsel of pleasure from their leave... [More...]
George Sidney
Returning home to a hero's welcome after WWII, navy personnel Clarence Doolittle and Joe Brady can hardly wait to get ashore and extract every last morsel of pleasure from their leave... [More...]
And Then There Were None (1945)
René Clair
Eight men and women, all unknown to each other, accept a mysterious invitation to an island estate. They are welcomed by two domestic servants, Mr and Mrs Rogers, who appear to be as ignorant of the reason for the meeting as the guests are... [More...]
René Clair
Eight men and women, all unknown to each other, accept a mysterious invitation to an island estate. They are welcomed by two domestic servants, Mr and Mrs Rogers, who appear to be as ignorant of the reason for the meeting as the guests are... [More...]
Animal Crackers (1930)
Victor Heerman
Society dowager Mrs Rittenhouse is hosting an extravagant party at her Long Island mansion. The purpose of the party is to welcome back the famous explorer, Captain Spaulding, after his expedition to Africa, but the hostess cannot resist using the occasion to show off a priceless Beaugard painting, which has been given to her by her most fervent admirer, Roscoe W... [More...]
Victor Heerman
Society dowager Mrs Rittenhouse is hosting an extravagant party at her Long Island mansion. The purpose of the party is to welcome back the famous explorer, Captain Spaulding, after his expedition to Africa, but the hostess cannot resist using the occasion to show off a priceless Beaugard painting, which has been given to her by her most fervent admirer, Roscoe W... [More...]
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Frank Capra
Mortimer Brewster returns to Brooklyn to visit his elderly aunts Abby and Martha with the news that he has just got married... [More...]
Frank Capra
Mortimer Brewster returns to Brooklyn to visit his elderly aunts Abby and Martha with the news that he has just got married... [More...]
The Artist (2011)
Michel Hazanavicius
Hollywood, 1927. George Valentin is a star of silent cinema on whom the sun has never ceased to shine. But the arrival of sound looks set to send him into obscurity... [More...]
Michel Hazanavicius
Hollywood, 1927. George Valentin is a star of silent cinema on whom the sun has never ceased to shine. But the arrival of sound looks set to send him into obscurity... [More...]
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Jay Roach
In 1967, Britain's top secret agent and number one hipster, Austin Powers, is on the trail of his deadly archenemy Dr Evil, the world's greatest criminal mastermind... [More...]
Jay Roach
In 1967, Britain's top secret agent and number one hipster, Austin Powers, is on the trail of his deadly archenemy Dr Evil, the world's greatest criminal mastermind... [More...]
The Awful Truth (1937)
Leo McCarey
Jerry Warriner returns home after his holiday to find that his wife Lucy has apparently got herself romantically involved with her music teacher, Armand Duvalle... [More...]
Leo McCarey
Jerry Warriner returns home after his holiday to find that his wife Lucy has apparently got herself romantically involved with her music teacher, Armand Duvalle... [More...]
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Gus Meins
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are a pair of happy-go-lucky apprentice toy-makers in Toyland. They live in a giant shoe with kind Mother Peep and her daughter Bo, who is forever mislaying her sheep... [More...]
Gus Meins
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are a pair of happy-go-lucky apprentice toy-makers in Toyland. They live in a giant shoe with kind Mother Peep and her daughter Bo, who is forever mislaying her sheep... [More...]
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Garson Kanin
Polly Parrish works as a shop assistant in a New York department store. On the day she learns she is to be dismissed she manages to get herself mistaken for the mother of a baby that has been abandoned on the steps of an orphanage... [More...]
Garson Kanin
Polly Parrish works as a shop assistant in a New York department store. On the day she learns she is to be dismissed she manages to get herself mistaken for the mother of a baby that has been abandoned on the steps of an orphanage... [More...]
Battling Butler (1926)
Buster Keaton
Alfred Butler is an effeminate aristocrat who, at his father's prompting, goes off on a hunting trip in the mountains, in the hope that this will make a man of him... [More...]
Buster Keaton
Alfred Butler is an effeminate aristocrat who, at his father's prompting, goes off on a hunting trip in the mountains, in the hope that this will make a man of him... [More...]
Beat the Devil (1953)
John Huston
Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work... [More...]
John Huston
Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work... [More...]
Beetlejuice (1988)
Tim Burton
Barbara and Adam Maitland are the owners of a large country house in New England, which they plan to decorate during their summer holidays... [More...]
Tim Burton
Barbara and Adam Maitland are the owners of a large country house in New England, which they plan to decorate during their summer holidays... [More...]
Bell Book and Candle (1958)
Richard Quine
One Christmas Eve in New York, Gillian Holroyd suddenly discovers that she is attracted to her neighbour, Shepherd Henderson... [More...]
Richard Quine
One Christmas Eve in New York, Gillian Holroyd suddenly discovers that she is attracted to her neighbour, Shepherd Henderson... [More...]
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Mel Brooks
In 1874, construction work on a new U.S. railroad is halted when it runs into an area of quicksand. The State Attorney General, Hedley Lamarr, persuades Governor LePetomane to authorise a change of route that will see the railroad redirected through the town of Ridge Rock... [More...]
Mel Brooks
In 1874, construction work on a new U.S. railroad is halted when it runs into an area of quicksand. The State Attorney General, Hedley Lamarr, persuades Governor LePetomane to authorise a change of route that will see the railroad redirected through the town of Ridge Rock... [More...]
Block-Heads (1938)
John G. Blystone
During WWI, Stan and Ollie bid a fond farewell just before Ollie goes over the top, leaving his friend to guard the trench... [More...]
John G. Blystone
During WWI, Stan and Ollie bid a fond farewell just before Ollie goes over the top, leaving his friend to guard the trench... [More...]
Blotto (1930)
James Parrott
Stan and Ollie are planning to enjoy an evening of heavy drinking at a posh night club. This being prohibition era, they have to supply their own alcoholic refreshment, but luckily Stan's wife has a bottle hidden away... [More...]
James Parrott
Stan and Ollie are planning to enjoy an evening of heavy drinking at a posh night club. This being prohibition era, they have to supply their own alcoholic refreshment, but luckily Stan's wife has a bottle hidden away... [More...]
Born Yesterday (1950)
George Cukor
Not content with having made a fortune through his scrap metal business, Harry Brock arrives in Washington DC intending to expand his empire with the help of one or two corruptible congressmen... [More...]
George Cukor
Not content with having made a fortune through his scrap metal business, Harry Brock arrives in Washington DC intending to expand his empire with the help of one or two corruptible congressmen... [More...]
Brazil (1985)
Terry Gilliam
Somewhere in the 20th century, Sam Lowry dutifully carries out his duties as a low-ranking government employee in the Department of Records at the Ministry of Information... [More...]
Terry Gilliam
Somewhere in the 20th century, Sam Lowry dutifully carries out his duties as a low-ranking government employee in the Department of Records at the Ministry of Information... [More...]
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Howard Hawks
To secure a million dollar donation for his natural history museum, palaeontologist David Huxley finds he has to play a round of golf with his donor's agent, Mr Peabody... [More...]
Howard Hawks
To secure a million dollar donation for his natural history museum, palaeontologist David Huxley finds he has to play a round of golf with his donor's agent, Mr Peabody... [More...]
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Woody Allen
Gathered around a table at the Carnegie Deli in New York are a group of comedians who delight in recounting their favourite anecdotes about Danny Rose, a spectacularly unsuccessful talent agent... [More...]
Woody Allen
Gathered around a table at the Carnegie Deli in New York are a group of comedians who delight in recounting their favourite anecdotes about Danny Rose, a spectacularly unsuccessful talent agent... [More...]
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Woody Allen
New York City, 1928. David Shayne is an aspiring young playwright who is determined to make a name for himself on Broadway without compromising his principles... [More...]
Woody Allen
New York City, 1928. David Shayne is an aspiring young playwright who is determined to make a name for himself on Broadway without compromising his principles... [More...]