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American cinema: Comedy
Stormy Weather (1943)
Andrew L. Stone
On his return to America after serving in the First World War, Bill Williamson sets his sights on becoming a dancer but has difficulty finding work of any kind...
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Andrew L. Stone
Sunrise (1927)
F.W. Murnau
A young woman from the city finds refuge in an isolated rural community, where she immediately starts to have an affair with a married farmer...
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F.W. Murnau
Superman II (1980)
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison...
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Richard Lester
Swing Time (1936)
George Stevens
When his friends play a practical joke on him, dancer John Garnett arrives too late for his wedding. His prospective father-in-law is unimpressed by this turn of events and tells Garnett that he will only consent to the marriage once he has earned $25,000...
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George Stevens
The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922)
Max Linder
France, 1625. Dart-In-Again is a young man with high hopes of becoming a musketeer in the service of King Louis XIII, but the king already has three perfectly able musketeers - Walrus, Octopus and Porpoise - and one more might be considered de trop...
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Max Linder
The Thrill of It All (1963)
Norman Jewison
The Fraleighs are so ecstatic when they learn they are going to have a baby that they invite their doctor, New York's leading gynaecologist Gerald Boyer, to dinner... [More...]
Norman Jewison
The Fraleighs are so ecstatic when they learn they are going to have a baby that they invite their doctor, New York's leading gynaecologist Gerald Boyer, to dinner... [More...]
Top Hat (1935)
Mark Sandrich
American song-and-dance man Jerry Travers arrives in London to perform in a show produced by his friend Horace Hardwick. Whilst practicing his tap dance routine in his hotel room one evening, Jerry disturbs Dale Tremont, a young woman in the room below his... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
American song-and-dance man Jerry Travers arrives in London to perform in a show produced by his friend Horace Hardwick. Whilst practicing his tap dance routine in his hotel room one evening, Jerry disturbs Dale Tremont, a young woman in the room below his... [More...]
Topkapi (1964)
Jules Dassin
Elizabeth Lipp and her lover Walter Harper plan to steal a priceless emerald-encrusted dagger from the Topkapi museum in Istabul... [More...]
Jules Dassin
Elizabeth Lipp and her lover Walter Harper plan to steal a priceless emerald-encrusted dagger from the Topkapi museum in Istabul... [More...]
Towed in a Hole (1932)
George Marshall
For once, Stan and Ollie appear to be on the up, earning a steady income as fish peddlers. Then Stan has a bright idea that could make them even more money... [More...]
George Marshall
For once, Stan and Ollie appear to be on the up, earning a steady income as fish peddlers. Then Stan has a bright idea that could make them even more money... [More...]
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
On a hill just outside a small Vermont village, retired sea captain Albert Wiles is out rabbit hunting when he comes across the body of a dead man... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
On a hill just outside a small Vermont village, retired sea captain Albert Wiles is out rabbit hunting when he comes across the body of a dead man... [More...]
Vivacious Lady (1938)
George Stevens
At the request of his overbearing father, Peter Morgan, a university professor, is sent to Manhattan to bring back his playboy cousin Keith... [More...]
George Stevens
At the request of his overbearing father, Peter Morgan, a university professor, is sent to Manhattan to bring back his playboy cousin Keith... [More...]
Way Out West (1937)
James W. Horne
Accompanied by their ever-faithful mule, Stan and Ollie undertake the long road journey to Brushwood Gulch so that they can deliver the deed of a gold mine to Mary Roberts, the daughter of recently deceased prospector... [More...]
James W. Horne
Accompanied by their ever-faithful mule, Stan and Ollie undertake the long road journey to Brushwood Gulch so that they can deliver the deed of a gold mine to Mary Roberts, the daughter of recently deceased prospector... [More...]
White Christmas (1954)
Michael Curtiz
Christmas Eve, 1944 - somewhere in Europe. After staging a show in honour of their departing commanding officer, Major General Waverly, a platoon of U.S... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
Christmas Eve, 1944 - somewhere in Europe. After staging a show in honour of their departing commanding officer, Major General Waverly, a platoon of U.S... [More...]
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
John Ford
Arthur Ferguson Jones is a mild-mannered office clerk whose closest companions are his cat and his canary. For months, he has had a secret crush on one of his colleagues, Miss Clark, but he is too shy to speak to her... [More...]
John Ford
Arthur Ferguson Jones is a mild-mannered office clerk whose closest companions are his cat and his canary. For months, he has had a secret crush on one of his colleagues, Miss Clark, but he is too shy to speak to her... [More...]
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Mel Stuart
Willy Wonka, the most famous confectionary maker in the world, creates worldwide pandemonium when he announces that he will admit five lucky people to his ultra-secret chocolate factory... [More...]
Mel Stuart
Willy Wonka, the most famous confectionary maker in the world, creates worldwide pandemonium when he announces that he will admit five lucky people to his ultra-secret chocolate factory... [More...]
Wonder Man (1945)
H. Bruce Humberstone
Buster Dingle is a popular performer at a swanky New York nightclub, the Pelican Club. The sole witness to a gangland killing, his life is threatened when mobster boss Ten Grand Jackson escapes from police custody... [More...]
H. Bruce Humberstone
Buster Dingle is a popular performer at a swanky New York nightclub, the Pelican Club. The sole witness to a gangland killing, his life is threatened when mobster boss Ten Grand Jackson escapes from police custody... [More...]
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Frank Capra
Anthony Kirby is the president of a major US bank. The embodiment of soulless capitalism, he has resolved to buy up a block of houses to make way for a munitions factory that will make him even wealthier... [More...]
Frank Capra
Anthony Kirby is the president of a major US bank. The embodiment of soulless capitalism, he has resolved to buy up a block of houses to make way for a munitions factory that will make him even wealthier... [More...]
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
William A. Seiter
Robert Davis, an American dancer stranded in Buenos Aires without a peso to his name, is desperate to find work. His friend, bandleader Xavier Cugat, suggests that he should try to impress hotel owner Eduardo Acuña by performing at his eldest daughter's wedding... [More...]
William A. Seiter
Robert Davis, an American dancer stranded in Buenos Aires without a peso to his name, is desperate to find work. His friend, bandleader Xavier Cugat, suggests that he should try to impress hotel owner Eduardo Acuña by performing at his eldest daughter's wedding... [More...]
You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
Edgar Kennedy
Stan and Ollie are two musicians who play not by ear or by note but by brute force. When they bring a public recital to a disastrous climax, they are dismissed by an irate orchestra leader... [More...]
Edgar Kennedy
Stan and Ollie are two musicians who play not by ear or by note but by brute force. When they bring a public recital to a disastrous climax, they are dismissed by an irate orchestra leader... [More...]
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Mel Brooks
Dr Frederick Frankenstein is a medical school lecturer who just happens to be the grandson of the mad scientist Baron von Frankenstein, whose monster-making exploits have been widely reported in books, films and comic books by irresponsible sensationalists... [More...]
Mel Brooks
Dr Frederick Frankenstein is a medical school lecturer who just happens to be the grandson of the mad scientist Baron von Frankenstein, whose monster-making exploits have been widely reported in books, films and comic books by irresponsible sensationalists... [More...]
Zelig (1983)
Woody Allen
How strange that history has all but forgotten Leonard Zelig. The man who was a cultural phenomenon in his time seems to have disappeared without trace... [More...]
Woody Allen
How strange that history has all but forgotten Leonard Zelig. The man who was a cultural phenomenon in his time seems to have disappeared without trace... [More...]