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American cinema: Comedy
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Frank Oz
Mr Mushnik is the owner of a far from thriving florist shop in Skid Row, a less than salubrious district of New York. He tyrannises his two employees, Seymour Krelborn and Audrey Fulquard, but knows he is heading for ruin...
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Frank Oz
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Roger Corman
Gravis Mushnick is the mean-spirited owner of a cheap florist's shop in Skid Row, New York. He has two assistants, the simple-minded Audrey and the inept Seymour, but even with their combined efforts he has difficulty attracting customers...
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Roger Corman
Love and Death (1975)
Woody Allen
A condemned man, about to be executed for a crime he did not commit, Boris Grushenko looks back on his short life, conscious that Death is even now beating a path in his direction...
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Woody Allen
Lover Come Back (1961)
Delbert Mann
Carol Templeton works for a New York advertising agency and prides herself on the honesty and professionalism with which she conducts her business...
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Delbert Mann
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
Leigh Jason
Early one morning, Manhattan debutante Melsa Manton is out walking her dogs when she sees a playboy acquaintance, Ronnie Belden, run out of a house belonging to the wealthy financier George Lane...
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Leigh Jason
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
William Keighley
A critic, public speaker and bon vivant, Sheridan Whiteside is one of America's top radio personalities. During a busy lecture tour, he allows himself to be talked into having dinner at the house of a prominent Ohio family, the Stanleys... [More...]
William Keighley
A critic, public speaker and bon vivant, Sheridan Whiteside is one of America's top radio personalities. During a busy lecture tour, he allows himself to be talked into having dinner at the house of a prominent Ohio family, the Stanleys... [More...]
Max in a Taxi (1917)
Max Linder
When he returns home drunk, Max is thrown onto the street by his outraged father. Homeless and hungry, Max decides to kill himself by lying on a railway track and waiting for a train to run him over... [More...]
Max Linder
When he returns home drunk, Max is thrown onto the street by his outraged father. Homeless and hungry, Max decides to kill himself by lying on a railway track and waiting for a train to run him over... [More...]
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Vincente Minnelli
In 1903, St Louis is home to the Smith family, a typical middle-class American household which comprises successful business man Alonzo Smith, his wife Anna, their grown-up son Lon and four daughters, Rose, Esther, Agnes and Tootie... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
In 1903, St Louis is home to the Smith family, a typical middle-class American household which comprises successful business man Alonzo Smith, his wife Anna, their grown-up son Lon and four daughters, Rose, Esther, Agnes and Tootie... [More...]
The Merry Widow (1934)
Ernst Lubitsch
Madame Sonia is not only the wealthiest person in the remote East European country of Marshovia, she is also the most beautiful... [More...]
Ernst Lubitsch
Madame Sonia is not only the wealthiest person in the remote East European country of Marshovia, she is also the most beautiful... [More...]
Midnight Run (1988)
Martin Brest
One-time cop Jack Walsh has turned bounty hunter after a run-in with Los Angeles mobster Jimmy Serrano, which robbed him of his career and his family... [More...]
Martin Brest
One-time cop Jack Walsh has turned bounty hunter after a run-in with Los Angeles mobster Jimmy Serrano, which robbed him of his career and his family... [More...]
The Milky Way (1936)
Leo McCarey
Burleigh Sullivan is a timid, inoffensive milkman who wouldn't harm a fly, yet one evening he somehow manages to knock out a man who had been antagonising his sister... [More...]
Leo McCarey
Burleigh Sullivan is a timid, inoffensive milkman who wouldn't harm a fly, yet one evening he somehow manages to knock out a man who had been antagonising his sister... [More...]
Monkey Business (1931)
Norman Z. McLeod
Four brothers, Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo, stowaway on a ship bound for New York. As they try to elude the ship's First Mate, the brothers find themselves embroiled in the machinations of two rival gangs... [More...]
Norman Z. McLeod
Four brothers, Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo, stowaway on a ship bound for New York. As they try to elude the ship's First Mate, the brothers find themselves embroiled in the machinations of two rival gangs... [More...]
Monkey Business (1952)
Howard Hawks
Dr Barnaby Fulton is a brilliant research chemist who, to his wife's dismay, has become obsessed with developing a drug that will throw the ageing process back into reverse... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Dr Barnaby Fulton is a brilliant research chemist who, to his wife's dismay, has become obsessed with developing a drug that will throw the ageing process back into reverse... [More...]
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Charles Chaplin
For thirty years, Frenchman Henri Verdoux has endured the monotonous life of a bank clerk so that he can provide for the wife and child he adores... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
For thirty years, Frenchman Henri Verdoux has endured the monotonous life of a bank clerk so that he can provide for the wife and child he adores... [More...]
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
H.C. Potter
Tired of living in his cramped Manhattan apartment with his wife and two teenage daughters, advertising executive Jim Blandings is smitten by the dream of owning a house in the country... [More...]
H.C. Potter
Tired of living in his cramped Manhattan apartment with his wife and two teenage daughters, advertising executive Jim Blandings is smitten by the dream of owning a house in the country... [More...]
Mr. Lucky (1943)
H.C. Potter
Small-time swindler Joe Adams avoids being called up to join the army in WWII by taking the identity of one of his henchmen, Joe Bascopolous, who is unfit for active service... [More...]
H.C. Potter
Small-time swindler Joe Adams avoids being called up to join the army in WWII by taking the identity of one of his henchmen, Joe Bascopolous, who is unfit for active service... [More...]
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Kenneth Branagh
In Sicily, the nobleman Don Pedro receives a hero's welcome from Leonardo, the Governor of Messina, having thwarted an uprising led by Don John, his bastard half-brother... [More...]
Kenneth Branagh
In Sicily, the nobleman Don Pedro receives a hero's welcome from Leonardo, the Governor of Messina, having thwarted an uprising led by Don John, his bastard half-brother... [More...]
The Music Box (1932)
James Parrott
With their combined savings of three dollars and eighty cents Stan and Ollie set themselves up in business as removal men... [More...]
James Parrott
With their combined savings of three dollars and eighty cents Stan and Ollie set themselves up in business as removal men... [More...]
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Garson Kanin
Ellen Arden returns to her family home to find that her husband Nick has just married another woman, Bianca. Nick is under the misapprehension that Ellen is dead, having drowned seven years ago during a nature expedition... [More...]
Garson Kanin
Ellen Arden returns to her family home to find that her husband Nick has just married another woman, Bianca. Nick is under the misapprehension that Ellen is dead, having drowned seven years ago during a nature expedition... [More...]
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
John Landis
Faber College, 1962. Two freshman, Larry Kroger and Kent Dorfman, roam their campus in search of a fraternity that will accept them... [More...]
John Landis
Faber College, 1962. Two freshman, Larry Kroger and Kent Dorfman, roam their campus in search of a fraternity that will accept them... [More...]
Ninotchka (1939)
Ernst Lubitsch
The Soviet Union is in desperate need of hard cash to buy tractors and other farm equipment from the West. For that reason, three loyal communists, Iranoff, Buljanoff and Kopalski, are sent to Paris to sell a collection of jewels that were seized during the Russian Revolution... [More...]
Ernst Lubitsch
The Soviet Union is in desperate need of hard cash to buy tractors and other farm equipment from the West. For that reason, three loyal communists, Iranoff, Buljanoff and Kopalski, are sent to Paris to sell a collection of jewels that were seized during the Russian Revolution... [More...]
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Jerry Lewis
Professor Julius Kelp is an accident-prone and socially inept chemistry professor at an American university. When he is picked upon by one of his more muscular students, Kelp makes up his mind to build himself up, but his visits to the gym prove disastrous... [More...]
Jerry Lewis
Professor Julius Kelp is an accident-prone and socially inept chemistry professor at an American university. When he is picked upon by one of his more muscular students, Kelp makes up his mind to build himself up, but his visits to the gym prove disastrous... [More...]
Oklahoma! (1955)
Fred Zinnemann
Oklahoma, in the early 1900s. Curly, a cowboy who lives with his aunt Eller, is in love with Laurey, and has offered to take her to the Skidmore dance... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
Oklahoma, in the early 1900s. Curly, a cowboy who lives with his aunt Eller, is in love with Laurey, and has offered to take her to the Skidmore dance... [More...]
The Old Dark House (1932)
James Whale
Philip and Margaret Waverton are on their way to Shrewsbury by car with war veteran Roger Penderel when they are caught in a violent rainstorm... [More...]
James Whale
Philip and Margaret Waverton are on their way to Shrewsbury by car with war veteran Roger Penderel when they are caught in a violent rainstorm... [More...]
On the Town (1949)
Stanley Donen
Once their ship has docked in New York Harbour, three sailors - Gabey, Chip and Ozzie - head straight for the thundering heart of the city, determined not to waste one second of their 24 hours' shore leave... [More...]
Stanley Donen
Once their ship has docked in New York Harbour, three sailors - Gabey, Chip and Ozzie - head straight for the thundering heart of the city, determined not to waste one second of their 24 hours' shore leave... [More...]
One Good Turn (1931)
James W. Horne
During the Great Depression, Stan and Ollie's worldly possessions amount to no more than a clapped out old car, a tent and the clothes they stand up in... [More...]
James W. Horne
During the Great Depression, Stan and Ollie's worldly possessions amount to no more than a clapped out old car, a tent and the clothes they stand up in... [More...]
One, Two, Three (1961)
Billy Wilder
C.P. MacNamara is the head of Coca-Cola's operation in West Berlin and has a reputation for ruthless efficiency. His well-ordered world begins to crumble when his boss lands his 17-year old daughter, Scarlett, on him during her visit to Germany... [More...]
Billy Wilder
C.P. MacNamara is the head of Coca-Cola's operation in West Berlin and has a reputation for ruthless efficiency. His well-ordered world begins to crumble when his boss lands his 17-year old daughter, Scarlett, on him during her visit to Germany... [More...]
Our Hospitality (1923)
John G. Blystone
The McKays and Canfields are two families in a southern US state who have been at war for so long that they cannot recall how their feud started... [More...]
John G. Blystone
The McKays and Canfields are two families in a southern US state who have been at war for so long that they cannot recall how their feud started... [More...]
Our Relations (1936)
Harry Lachman
Stan and Ollie are two happily married men who, one day, are reminded of their twin brothers, Alf and Bert. These two were the black sheep of their respective families, ruffians who ran away to sea and were then hanged for mutiny... [More...]
Harry Lachman
Stan and Ollie are two happily married men who, one day, are reminded of their twin brothers, Alf and Bert. These two were the black sheep of their respective families, ruffians who ran away to sea and were then hanged for mutiny... [More...]
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
George Marshall
When America enters WWI in 1917, Stan and Ollie try to avoid being drawn into the fray by pretending to be crippled war veterans... [More...]
George Marshall
When America enters WWI in 1917, Stan and Ollie try to avoid being drawn into the fray by pretending to be crippled war veterans... [More...]