Kathleen Freeman
Biography: Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1919 – August 23, 2001) was an American film, television, voice actress, and stage actress. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, she portrayed acerbic maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors and relatives, almost invariably to comic effect.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 17, 1919
Deathday: August 23, 2001
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Singin' in the Rain
1952-04-09
Singin' in the Rain
Overview: In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-09
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990-06-15
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Overview: Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!
Genres: Comedy Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-15
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The Blues Brothers
1980-06-16
The Blues Brothers
Overview: Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Genres: Music Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-16
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Confidentially Connie
1953-03-12
Confidentially Connie
Overview: Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching career and come back to Texas and take over the ranch. When Opie finds out that Connie, who is expecting a baby, can not afford the steaks she yearns for on Joe's salary, Opie, who believes that pregnant women gotta have meat, arranges for the local butcher, Spangenberg to cut his prices in half (with Opie paying the difference) so that Connie can have the meat she desires.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-12
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Houseboat
1958-11-19
Houseboat
Overview: An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-19
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Hercules
1997-06-13
Hercules
Overview: Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-13
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Shrek
2001-05-18
Shrek
Overview: It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
Genres: Animation Comedy Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-18
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Hocus Pocus
1993-07-16
Hocus Pocus
Overview: After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-16
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The Buccaneer
1958-12-11
The Buccaneer
Overview: During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
Genres: Adventure Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-11
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The Malibu Bikini Shop
1986-11-01
The Malibu Bikini Shop
Overview: After inheriting a failing bikini shop, two recent grads decide to make a go of it. One, in the hopes of building it into a successful business, the other, in the hopes of getting to look at lots of women in (and out) of swimsuits. As they try more and more outrageous ways of drumming up business, their antics begin attracting some unwanted attention.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-01
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Behind Locked Doors
1948-09-13
Behind Locked Doors
Overview: Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart has himself committed to the asylum as a patient. Meanwhile, reporter Kathy Lawrence, posing as Stewart's wife, acts as his liaison to the outside world.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-13
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House by the River
1950-03-25
House by the River
Overview: Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by Stephen's arrogant dementia is his long-suffering wife Marjorie.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-25
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Ready to Rumble
2000-04-07
Ready to Rumble
Overview: Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-07
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The Best of Times
1986-01-31
The Best of Times
Overview: A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-31
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North to Alaska
1960-11-07
North to Alaska
Overview: After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.
Genres: Western Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-07
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970-03-18
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Overview: Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.
Genres: Comedy Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-18
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The Fly
1958-07-16
The Fly
Overview: Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene Delambre, who tells him that she has just killed her husband, André. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that André invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber during the matter transference.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-16
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The Rounders
1965-01-08
The Rounders
Overview: Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), who always gets the better of them, talks them into taking a nondescript horse in lieu of some of their wages. Ben finds that the horse is un-rideable, he comes up with the idea of taking it to a rodeo and betting other cowhands they cannot ride it.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-08
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Dutch
1991-07-19
Dutch
Overview: To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-19
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Dream Wife
1953-06-19
Dream Wife
Overview: Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much business and not enough pleasure on the part of Effie. When Clemson meets Tarji, a princess trained in all the arts of pleasing men, he decides he wants an old fashioned girl. Princess Tarji's father is king of oil-rich Bukistan. Because of the oil situation and to maintain good political relations during the courtship between Clemson & Tarji, the State Department assigns a diplomat to maintain protocol until the wedding - Effie!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-19
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992-04-10
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Overview: When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home: the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to defend FernGully from lumberjacks — and the vengeful spirit they accidentally unleash after chopping down a magic tree.
Genres: Family Fantasy Animation Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-10
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Point Blank
1967-08-30
Point Blank
Overview: After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-30
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The Glass Wall
1953-03-19
The Glass Wall
Overview: Peter Kuban, a Hungarian refugee, is about to be deported after jumping ship in New York harbor. He needs to find an ex-G.I. named Tom whom he helped during the war, as Tom can prove Peter's right to legal entry into the United States. If he can't find Tom within 24 hours and prove his case, he will be branded a fugitive and will be permanently disqualified for U.S. citizenship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-19
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The Ladies Man
1961-06-21
The Ladies Man
Overview: After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-21
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The Disorderly Orderly
1964-12-16
The Disorderly Orderly
Overview: Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he settles for the job of orderly at the Whitestone Sanitarium, a career move that's guaranteed to keep the patients – and viewers – in stitches!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-16
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Psycho Sisters
1974-12-25
Psycho Sisters
Overview: After her husband dies, a woman begins to have a nervous breakdown and is consoled by her younger sister. Soon, however, other members of the family begin to suspect the younger woman's motives.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-25
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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994-03-18
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Overview: Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-18
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Love Is Better Than Ever
1952-02-23
Love Is Better Than Ever
Overview: The dancing teacher Anastasia falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud. He likes her, too, but does not want to give up his solo life at all. Thus she plans a trap for him...
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-23
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The Reformer and the Redhead
1950-05-05
The Reformer and the Redhead
Overview: A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-05
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Reckless Kelly
1993-04-08
Reckless Kelly
Overview: A satirical take on a modern day Ned Kelly who is forced to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks for his own benefit (all money goes to the poor). Ned is forced to find another way to come up with the $1 million required to save his family island.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-08
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The Norseman
1978-10-05
The Norseman
Overview: An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-05
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The Far Country
1954-02-12
The Far Country
Overview: During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Candian town.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-12
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Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971-05-26
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Overview: A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-26
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The Nutty Professor
1963-06-04
The Nutty Professor
Overview: A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-04
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Two Guys Talkin' About Girls
1995-01-01
Two Guys Talkin' About Girls
Overview: When longtime friends Joey Fortone and Lenny Kaminski get together, the race is on to get one up on the other. Their fantasies abound and their results lag far behind.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Kid Monk Baroni
1952-05-01
Kid Monk Baroni
Overview: Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969-10-10
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Overview: An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a younger, but vicious gang leader.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-10
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Once a Thief
1950-07-07
Once a Thief
Overview: A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as a waitress. Her troubles start again, however, when she falls madly in love, blind to the fact that her boyfriend is a four-flushing, small-time con man.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-07
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Madison Avenue
1961-04-13
Madison Avenue
Overview: An adman and an adwoman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-13
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No Man of Her Own
1950-02-21
No Man of Her Own
Overview: A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-21
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The Midnight Story
1957-06-04
The Midnight Story
Overview: Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-04
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Death of a Gunfighter
1969-05-08
Death of a Gunfighter
Overview: In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's resignation, but he refuses on the basis that the town on hiring him had promised him the job for as long as he wanted it. Afraid for the town's future and even more afraid of the fact that Marshal Patch knows all the town's dark secrets, the city fathers decide that old-style violence is the only way to rid themselves of the unwanted lawman.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-08
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The Helicopter Spies
1968-05-23
The Helicopter Spies
Overview: The men from U.N.C.L.E must stop a band of would-be sorcerers from using a deadly weapon.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-23
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Houseboat
1958-11-19
Houseboat
Overview: An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-19
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Carpool
1996-08-23
Carpool
Overview: A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get donuts for the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery. However, the situation only gets worse as a desperate man who had been contemplating a bank robbery robs the robbers and takes the man and the kids hostage in their van as his truck is blocked by an armored car. The thing then proceeds into a comedic chase movie. The father finds his kids don't really respect him and they react better to the robber. The end result is everyone gets a lifestyle change, including the original store owner.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-23
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Lonely Heart Bandits
1950-08-29
Lonely Heart Bandits
Overview: Two con artists join forces and pose as brother and sister. He then meets rich widows through the "personals" sections of newspapers, marries them, and both kill the widows for their money.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-29
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Your Three Minutes Are Up
1973-08-01
Your Three Minutes Are Up
Overview: Charlie is a sad sack of a man, working at a depressingly dull office job and stuck in a passionless engagement to a neurotic woman. One of the few bright spots in his life is his friend Mike, who seems to be living a life of carefree bohemianism.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-01
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Mail Order Bride
1964-03-10
Mail Order Bride
Overview: Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-10
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The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953-08-14
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Overview: Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her affection for Dobie. An English essay which almost revolutionizes English instruction, and Dobie's role in a chemistry lab explosion convinces Mr. Hammer he is right. Pansy is sent off broken-hearted to an Eastern school, but with the help of Happy Stella Kolawski's all-girl band, several hundred students and an enraged police force, Dobie secures Pansy's return to Grainbelt.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-14
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Monkey Business
1952-09-03
Monkey Business
Overview: Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-03
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The Unholy Rollers
1972-11-10
The Unholy Rollers
Overview: Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current number one star of the team. Karen proves herself a feisty competitor but refuses to be a team player. As she skates her way to roller stardom, she incurs the wrath of jealous team members and the owner of the team.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-10
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Inside Out
1987-08-21
Inside Out
Overview: An agoraphobic must give up his sheltered life and venture outside after a series of personal and financial problems.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-21
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Hitched
1971-03-31
Hitched
Overview: The adventures of a newly married teenage couple in the Old West.
Genres: Comedy Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-31
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Strictly Dishonorable
1951-07-03
Strictly Dishonorable
Overview: A womanizing opera star is smitten by a young music student.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-03
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The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
1975-01-28
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
Overview: A crusty old rancher hires three young women to pose as his daughters. However, the real father of one of the daughters finds out about it, and kidnaps her to hold her for ransom--which the rancher can't pay.
Genres: Comedy Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-28
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Pericles on 31st Street
1962-04-12
Pericles on 31st Street
Overview: Racial tensions break out on 31st Street, a multi-ethnic community. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Harry Mark Petrakis novel for NBC, and the project became an hour-long presentation for NBC's The Dick Powell Theatre, premiering on Apr. 12, 1962.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-12
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The Missouri Traveler
1958-01-21
The Missouri Traveler
Overview: Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobias Brown.
Genres: Drama Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-21
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Cry Danger
1951-02-23
Cry Danger
Overview: After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-23
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Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951-07-13
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
Overview: A young boy finds himself in a home for retired minstrel acts. He's anxious to find out as much as he can about them, and flashbacks show what it was like back in the days of the minstrel shows.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-13
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The Willies
1990-12-27
The Willies
Overview: Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. They start with urban legends, but then there are two main narrations: one involves strange happenings at an elementary school; the other, a teenage boy with a peculiar interest.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-27
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She's Back on Broadway
1953-03-14
She's Back on Broadway
Overview: When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs...Broadway! She takes the lead in a play which is being directed by Gordon Evans, the man who was both her Svengali and her lover. Evans is still bitter that she walked out on him to become the toast of Hollywood years earlier. Can Terris and Evans put aside their mutual animosity long enough to make a go of this production. The way things start off, it doesn't seem likely.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-14
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The Second Face
1950-12-01
The Second Face
Overview: A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has transformed her into a world-class beauty. When she finds out that a mysterious "benefactor" has paid for her surgery, she sets out to find out who he is and why he did it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-01
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Marriage on the Rocks
1965-09-24
Marriage on the Rocks
Overview: Ad-agency president Dan Edwards goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary and winds up getting divorced by mistake, whereupon his wife Valerie marries his best friend Ernie Brewer by mistake.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-09-24
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Three on a Couch
1966-03-01
Three on a Couch
Overview: An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patients who don't like men. So, he guises himself as three different men to gauge their trust and hopefully cure them so that his fiancee can go with him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-01
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The Bad and the Beautiful
1952-12-25
The Bad and the Beautiful
Overview: Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-25
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Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000-07-27
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Overview: The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula that reverses aging. But Sherman's thin and obnoxious alter ego, Buddy Love, wants out...and a big piece of the action. And when Buddy gets loose, things get seriously nutty.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-27
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Innerspace
1987-07-01
Innerspace
Overview: Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-01
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Cry Danger
1951-02-23
Cry Danger
Overview: After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-23
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Glitz
1988-09-28
Glitz
Overview: Vincent Marra is a Miami cop on medical leave in Puerto Rico, where he's being stalked by a sex offender he testified against.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-28
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Which Way to the Front?
1970-09-03
Which Way to the Front?
Overview: Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in its war against Hitler. Byers does not take "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-03
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The Naked City
1948-03-04
The Naked City
Overview: After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-04
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Myra Breckinridge
1970-06-24
Myra Breckinridge
Overview: Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-24
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Artists and Models
1955-11-07
Artists and Models
Overview: A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-07
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I'll Be Home for Christmas
1998-11-13
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Overview: Estranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When the bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa suit, Jake is left without identification or money to help him make the journey. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Allie, does not know where he is, and accepts a cross-country ride from Jake's rival, Eddie.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-13
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Battle of Rogue River
1954-06-15
Battle of Rogue River
Overview: In 1850 Oregon is trying to gain statehood, but a truce is needed with the Indians before it can be accomplished. A new Army commander, Major Archer, is dispatched to bring order and peace to the territory.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-15
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O. Henry's Full House
1952-08-07
O. Henry's Full House
Overview: Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-07
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Heartbeeps
1981-12-18
Heartbeeps
Overview: Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.
Genres: Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-18
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Dragnet
1987-06-23
Dragnet
Overview: LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-23
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The Sting
1973-12-25
The Sting
Overview: A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-25
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Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969-03-26
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Overview: In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-26
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The Seven Year Itch
1955-06-03
The Seven Year Itch
Overview: With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-03
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The Errand Boy
1961-11-28
The Errand Boy
Overview: Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-28
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The Greatest Show on Earth
1952-02-16
The Greatest Show on Earth
Overview: To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-16
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Let's Make It Legal
1951-10-31
Let's Make It Legal
Overview: A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-31
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3 Ring Circus
1954-12-22
3 Ring Circus
Overview: Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money and are looking for a job. They finally find employment working in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-22
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Wild Harvest
1962-01-01
Wild Harvest
Overview: Melodrama about the inhuman treatment of migratory workers in California vineyards by the boss, and the formers' rebellion against him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Hook, Line and Sinker
1969-06-06
Hook, Line and Sinker
Overview: Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-06
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That Funny Feeling
1965-08-14
That Funny Feeling
Overview: Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, meets and begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford. Embarrassed about bringing him back to her tiny apartment that she shares with her roommate Audrey, Joan brings Tom over to a fancy apartment that she cleans on a daily basis not knowing that it's his place. Tom plays along with the charade despite not knowing who Joan really is, while she tries to tidy up Tom's place not knowing who he really is. Written by Matthew Patay
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-14
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Hollywood Chaos
1989-01-01
Hollywood Chaos
Overview: A farm girl from Iowa moves to Hollywood to pursue her dreams in show business. She joins a major production chorus line, but chaos ensues when all the major actors drop out and are replaced by look-alikes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Man and Cat
2001-11-08
Man and Cat
Overview: Man lives with his best friend, Cat, to defend others from big bad.
Genres: Animation Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-08
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In the Mood
1987-09-16
In the Mood
Overview: When 15-year-old Sonny Wisecarver has an affair with his older neighbor Francine and then runs off to marry her, a stern judge has the union annulled. Then, when Sonny finds himself before the same judge after getting involved with another woman in her 20s, the publicity from this case makes him the object of affection for millions of young women
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-16
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Teen Wolf Too
1987-11-20
Teen Wolf Too
Overview: Although awkward college student Todd Howard is particularly adept at science, he's paying for school with an athletic scholarship that he will lose should he not fare well in an upcoming boxing tournament. Luckily for Todd, he has inherited the same family curse that once turned his cousin into a werewolf. As he transforms into the hairy, fanged, howling monster, he finds both his physical agility and his popularity skyrocketing -- but at what cost?
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-20
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The Company She Keeps
1951-01-27
The Company She Keeps
Overview: A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-27
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The Magnetic Monster
1953-02-18
The Magnetic Monster
Overview: The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-18
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Pawnee
1957-09-07
Pawnee
Overview: Pale Arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the Pawnee Chief. With wagon trains now encroaching on Pawnee land, the Chief sends Pale Arrow to be with the white people. Now known as Paul Fletcher, he takes the job of wagon train scout. The Chief wants peace but when he dies, Crazy Fox takes over and now leads the Pawnees in an attack against that wagon trai
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-07
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Kiss Them for Me
1957-12-10
Kiss Them for Me
Overview: Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer, the trio throw a wild party with plenty of pretty girls.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-10
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What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002-09-24
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Overview: Movie and stage icon Debbie Reynolds hosts the making of "Singin' in the Rain". The short documentary includes Donald O'Connor, who played the comical "Cosmo Brown", Stanley Donen, one half of the directors next to Gene Kelly, and Kathleen Freeman, who played Phoebe Dinsmore, Lina Lamont's (Jean Hagen) voice coach.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-24
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The Strongest Man in the World
1975-02-06
The Strongest Man in the World
Overview: Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter's cereal box, giving him superhuman strength. The powerful formula comes to the attention of the college dean and two rival cereal companies, touching off a hilarious chain of events.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-06
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Stand Up and Be Counted
1972-05-01
Stand Up and Be Counted
Overview: Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-01
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Who's Minding the Store?
1963-11-28
Who's Minding the Store?
Overview: Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara's mother, is determined to split the two lovers, and hires Norman in an attempt to humiliate him enough that Barbara leaves him. Will she ruin their love, or will he ruin her store?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-28
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A Perilous Journey
1953-04-05
A Perilous Journey
Overview: A ship of women embarks on a voyage to California. Director R. G. Springsteen's 1953 adventure drama stars Vera Ralston, David Brian, Virginia Grey, Charles Winninger, Veda Ann Borg and Hope Emerson.
Genres: Romance Adventure Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-05
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Annie Was a Wonder
1949-01-29
Annie Was a Wonder
Overview: In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Scandinavian immigrant Annie Swenson, who worked as cook and housekeeper in his family's home while he was growing up.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-29
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Appointment with Danger
1950-03-31
Appointment with Danger
Overview: Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-31
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Athena
1954-11-04
Athena
Overview: A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-04
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A Place in the Sun
1951-06-12
A Place in the Sun
Overview: A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-12
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A Life of Her Own
1950-09-01
A Life of Her Own
Overview: A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-01
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The Canterville Ghost
1988-09-26
The Canterville Ghost
Overview: The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young girl in the family can release him - if she dares.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-26
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Chances Are
1989-03-10
Chances Are
Overview: Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-10
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Cause for Alarm!
1951-03-30
Cause for Alarm!
Overview: A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-30
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Seven Girlfriends
2000-04-21
Seven Girlfriends
Overview: Jesse is charming, romantic, and he knows how to pop the question; he just can't face marriage. So, when he and Hannah split up during the same week that a former fiancée dies, he decides to figure things out. He visits each woman about whom he's been serious to ask what went wrong. His teen flame, an independent woman who sometimes sleeps with him, and a group of lesbians give him advice, as does Anabeth, dead but lively in his dreams. One ex remains furious, but with the help of her inventive colleague, the level-headed insomniac Laura, Jesse even gets to talk to her. It's on to Anabeth's funeral, where he'll see Hannah, and maybe grasp what has been eluding him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-21
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Talk About a Stranger
1952-04-18
Talk About a Stranger
Overview: Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-18
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The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998-09-08
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Overview: The Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers is an hour- long documentary featuring every participant from the film. Star and co-writer Dan Aykroyd explains how a joke that he and best friend John Belushi shared with friends evolved from a Saturday Night Live skit to a best-selling album and then to a film. Director John Landis covers the difficult production, from the outrageous stunts to Belushi's disappearances from the set.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-08
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Behave Yourself!
1951-09-22
Behave Yourself!
Overview: A young man takes in a dog that turns out to be wanted by mobsters.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-22
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Too Much, Too Soon
1958-04-17
Too Much, Too Soon
Overview: The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore is reunited with her father after a ten year estrangement and engages in his self-destructive lifestyle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-17
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Where Does It Hurt?
1972-07-24
Where Does It Hurt?
Overview: In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked hospital administrator who has perfected the art of bill padding, unnecessary surgery and kickbacks. Mistrusted by patients, and resented by other staffers, his assistant Alice can no longer endure his scams and plots to have him sent to prison - but not for long enough. Sellers again steals the show with an absurd and hilarious character study.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-24
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Call Her Mom
1972-02-15
Call Her Mom
Overview: A sexy waitress becomes a house mother in a fraternity house and involves the college in a nationwide women's lib controversy.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-15
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Soup and Me
1978-02-04
Soup and Me
Overview: On the day of the Halloween party, Soup and Rob are finding plenty of ways to get into trouble: swimming in a local pond (though their mothers prohibit swimming so late in the year), pitching apples over a barn, and borrowing a cart which had drifted away from its owner. The grandest mischief of all, however, comes from their attempt to win the prize at the Halloween party, given to the entrant with the largest pumpkin.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-04
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Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
1998-10-21
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
Overview: After getting blamed for spoiling Christmas, the richest kid in the world wishes he'd never been born. Unfortunately, a wishing machine, invented by professor Keenbean, picked up the wish and made it come true. Now Richie finds himself in a parallel world where his only hope is to find professor Keenbean and the wishing machine so he can wish things back to normal.
Genres: Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-21
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Joe Dirt
2001-04-10
Joe Dirt
Overview: Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligerent, trailer park-raised eight-year-old. Now, blasting Van Halen in his jacked-up economy car, the irrepressibly optimistic Joe hits the road alone in search of his folks.
Genres: Mystery Adventure Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-10
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But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970-10-06
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Overview: An accountant is widowed after 18 years of marriage. He is dumbfounded to have a herd of marriage-minded women descend upon him.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-06
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989-07-15
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Overview: A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-07-15
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The Wrong Guys
1988-05-13
The Wrong Guys
Overview: Five former cub scouts have a reunion and go camping on the mountain they never conquered. High jinks ensue due to their childhood enemies and a group of escaped convicts who mistake them for an FBI unit.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-13
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Nickel & Dime
1992-01-01
Nickel & Dime
Overview: A P.I. hasn't paid taxes in ages. When the IRS sends an accountant to investigate him, his only way out is to solve his latest case of a missing heiress. However, someone wants to prevent this.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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