Film Index
American cinema: Comedy
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Blake Edwards
The seemingly respectable businessman Philippe Douvier is in fact the head of a crime syndicate known as the French Connection...
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Blake Edwards
Road to Rio (1947)
Norman Z. McLeod
In their attempt to find work and avoid girl trouble, musicians Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton end up rambling all over the United States, before they finally hit lucky and secure gainful employment with a circus in Louisiana...
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Norman Z. McLeod
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Gordon Douglas
Having put Chicago mob boss Big Jim Stevens out of the way, Guy Gisborne elects himself his replacement and attempts a merger with all the other gangs in the city...
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Gordon Douglas
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Mel Brooks
Robin of Loxley discovers that the Crusades aren't quite what they are cracked up to be when he ends up chained to a prison wall in a less salubrious quarter of downtown Jerusalem...
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Mel Brooks
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Jim Sharman
One wet November evening, Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down...
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Jim Sharman
Room Service (1938)
William A. Seiter
Gordon Miller is a theatrical producer who has ratcheted up an enormous bill at the hotel where he is staying with his cast and crew... [More...]
William A. Seiter
Gordon Miller is a theatrical producer who has ratcheted up an enormous bill at the hotel where he is staying with his cast and crew... [More...]
Safety Last! (1923)
Fred C. Newmeyer
A young man named Harold sets out to make his fortune in the city but ends up as a low paid shop assistant in a large department store... [More...]
Fred C. Newmeyer
A young man named Harold sets out to make his fortune in the city but ends up as a low paid shop assistant in a large department store... [More...]
Saps at Sea (1940)
Gordon Douglas
Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory, but the relentless honking of horns soon drives the sensitive Ollie to a nervous breakdown... [More...]
Gordon Douglas
Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory, but the relentless honking of horns soon drives the sensitive Ollie to a nervous breakdown... [More...]
Scared to Death (1947)
Christy Cabanne
As she lies dead and about to be subjected to an autopsy to establish the cause of her death, Laura Van Ee recalls the series of events that led to her tragic demise... [More...]
Christy Cabanne
As she lies dead and about to be subjected to an autopsy to establish the cause of her death, Laura Van Ee recalls the series of events that led to her tragic demise... [More...]
Second Chorus (1940)
H.C. Potter
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpet players with a university jazz band, which they manage to stay in by repeatedly failing their exams... [More...]
H.C. Potter
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpet players with a university jazz band, which they manage to stay in by repeatedly failing their exams... [More...]
The Secret of My Success (1987)
Herbert Ross
After graduating from university in his home state of Kansas, Brantley Foster has set his sights on becoming a high-flyer in New York City... [More...]
Herbert Ross
After graduating from university in his home state of Kansas, Brantley Foster has set his sights on becoming a high-flyer in New York City... [More...]
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Norman Jewison
George has everything a man could want. A nice house, a good job and an adoring wife, Judy. Yet every minute of his life is riddled with anxiety about his health... [More...]
Norman Jewison
George has everything a man could want. A nice house, a good job and an adoring wife, Judy. Yet every minute of his life is riddled with anxiety about his health... [More...]
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Stanley Donen
Adam Pontipee is a woodsman who lives a rough life in the Oregon hills with his six equally rough brothers: Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank and Gideon... [More...]
Stanley Donen
Adam Pontipee is a woodsman who lives a rough life in the Oregon hills with his six equally rough brothers: Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank and Gideon... [More...]
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Billy Wilder
Richard Sherman is a paperback publisher living in the Manhattan district of New York. During the hot summer months, he stays alone at home whilst his wife and young son take a holiday in Maine... [More...]
Billy Wilder
Richard Sherman is a paperback publisher living in the Manhattan district of New York. During the hot summer months, he stays alone at home whilst his wife and young son take a holiday in Maine... [More...]
Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)
Max Linder
With his wedding day just around the corner, Max is determined to make the most of his last few hours of bachelor freedom... [More...]
Max Linder
With his wedding day just around the corner, Max is determined to make the most of his last few hours of bachelor freedom... [More...]
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Woody Allen
In the 1920s, a town swathed in fog is terrorised by a mysterious serial killer who roams the streets, strangling men and women unlucky enough to cross his path... [More...]
Woody Allen
In the 1920s, a town swathed in fog is terrorised by a mysterious serial killer who roams the streets, strangling men and women unlucky enough to cross his path... [More...]
Shall We Dance (1937)
Mark Sandrich
Pete Peters is a renowned ballet star, better known by his soubriquet Petrov. Whilst performing in Paris, he hears about the popular American dancer Linda Keene and resolves to see her... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
Pete Peters is a renowned ballet star, better known by his soubriquet Petrov. Whilst performing in Paris, he hears about the popular American dancer Linda Keene and resolves to see her... [More...]
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
Lloyd Bacon
Corby Lane returns to her small home town in Arkansas with a clear objective in mind: to reward the residents who clubbed together to pay for a life-saving operation when she was a child... [More...]
Lloyd Bacon
Corby Lane returns to her small home town in Arkansas with a clear objective in mind: to reward the residents who clubbed together to pay for a life-saving operation when she was a child... [More...]
Silent Movie (1976)
Mel Brooks
Mel Funn was once a great filmmaker, before changing audience tastes and galloping alcoholism took their toll. Determined to make a big comeback in the 1970s, Funn persuades the chief of Big Picture Studios to allow him to make a silent film... [More...]
Mel Brooks
Mel Funn was once a great filmmaker, before changing audience tastes and galloping alcoholism took their toll. Determined to make a big comeback in the 1970s, Funn persuades the chief of Big Picture Studios to allow him to make a silent film... [More...]
Sing and Like It (1934)
William A. Seiter
T. Fenny Sylvester is a gangster boss who is not known for letting his heart rule his head, at least not until the day when, in the course of a bank robbery, he overhears Annie Snodgrass singing a song that takes him back to his happy infanthood... [More...]
William A. Seiter
T. Fenny Sylvester is a gangster boss who is not known for letting his heart rule his head, at least not until the day when, in the course of a bank robbery, he overhears Annie Snodgrass singing a song that takes him back to his happy infanthood... [More...]
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Stanley Donen
In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the toast of Hollywood. Their numerous films together have made them a national phenomenon and rumour has it that they are engaged to be married... [More...]
Stanley Donen
In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the toast of Hollywood. Their numerous films together have made them a national phenomenon and rumour has it that they are engaged to be married... [More...]
Sleeper (1973)
Woody Allen
In 1973, Miles Monroe, a jazz musician and proprietor of the Happy Carrot health food store, goes into hospital for routine treatment on an ulcer... [More...]
Woody Allen
In 1973, Miles Monroe, a jazz musician and proprietor of the Happy Carrot health food store, goes into hospital for routine treatment on an ulcer... [More...]
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Woody Allen
Ray is an ex-convict who has put his criminal past behind him and now earns a meagre crust as a dishwasher. When he sees a pizza restaurant up for sale next to a bank he sees an easy way to get rich quick, but can he persuade his wife Frenchy to stump up their life savings to buy the restaurant... [More...]
Woody Allen
Ray is an ex-convict who has put his criminal past behind him and now earns a meagre crust as a dishwasher. When he sees a pizza restaurant up for sale next to a bank he sees an easy way to get rich quick, but can he persuade his wife Frenchy to stump up their life savings to buy the restaurant... [More...]
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Billy Wilder
Chicago, 1929. Joe and Jerry are two unemployed musicians who are looking for work when they witness a gangland massacre... [More...]
Billy Wilder
Chicago, 1929. Joe and Jerry are two unemployed musicians who are looking for work when they witness a gangland massacre... [More...]
Something to Sing About (1937)
Victor Schertzinger
Terry Rooney is the lead singer and dancer with a New York band. When he is invited to make a film in Hollywood, he must leave behind his adoring fiancée Rita Wyatt... [More...]
Victor Schertzinger
Terry Rooney is the lead singer and dancer with a New York band. When he is invited to make a film in Hollywood, he must leave behind his adoring fiancée Rita Wyatt... [More...]
The Son of Kong (1933)
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Carl Denham, the adventurer who brought King Kong to New York, faces ruin and imprisonment as a result of the damage caused by the giant ape when it ran amok... [More...]
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Carl Denham, the adventurer who brought King Kong to New York, faces ruin and imprisonment as a result of the damage caused by the giant ape when it ran amok... [More...]
Sons of the Desert (1933)
William A. Seiter
At a meeting of the Sons of the Desert, an all-male fraternal lodge, Stan and Oliver take a sacred oath to attend the forthcoming conference in Chicago... [More...]
William A. Seiter
At a meeting of the Sons of the Desert, an all-male fraternal lodge, Stan and Oliver take a sacred oath to attend the forthcoming conference in Chicago... [More...]
Spaceballs (1987)
Mel Brooks
Long ago, in a galaxy far away, the inhabitants of the planet Spaceball have poisoned their atmosphere and plan to steal all of the air from the nearby world of Druidia... [More...]
Mel Brooks
Long ago, in a galaxy far away, the inhabitants of the planet Spaceball have poisoned their atmosphere and plan to steal all of the air from the nearby world of Druidia... [More...]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Leonard Nimoy
In the 23rd century, Earth is threatened by a mysterious space probe which has begun to ionise the atmosphere, causing devastating storms whilst disabling all power and communications systems... [More...]
Leonard Nimoy
In the 23rd century, Earth is threatened by a mysterious space probe which has begun to ionise the atmosphere, causing devastating storms whilst disabling all power and communications systems... [More...]
Step Lively (1944)
Tim Whelan
Gordon Miller is producing a Broadway revue show which he knows will be a hit. Unfortunately, his optimism is not shared by his brother-in-law, whose hotel he and his troupe of dancers and singers are slowly bankrupting... [More...]
Tim Whelan
Gordon Miller is producing a Broadway revue show which he knows will be a hit. Unfortunately, his optimism is not shared by his brother-in-law, whose hotel he and his troupe of dancers and singers are slowly bankrupting... [More...]