California Split (1974)
Comedy | Drama
California Split details the haphazard lives of two compulsive gamblers searching for that ever-elusive big score.
Starring: Elliott Gould, Michael Murphy, Gwen Welles, Edward Walsh, Bert Remsen, Jeff Goldblum
Director: Robert Altman
Danny Collins (2015)
Comedy | Drama | Music
Aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.
Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Plummer, Melissa Benoist
Director: Dan Fogelman
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Tony Tango (2015)
Comedy
Tony, a Latin dance instructor with high cholesterol and an even higher belief in his own sex appeal, is a big fish in the small pond of his elderly dancing students. But when his family's dance studio is in danger of falling into the hands of his arch enemy, the cocky religious zealot Diego, he's got to compete against the big boys in high-stakes competition. To do that, he'll need the help of his coach Sam, a disgraced former dancing legend, and his partner, the sweet but high strung Helena, who's bitter at Tony for his tragic dance lesson with her grandma.
Starring: Maxx Maulion, Andres De Oliveira, Antoni Corone, Jerry Perez, Sergia Louise Anderson, Elena Maria Garcia, Sarahi Diaz
Director: Manolo Celi
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Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance
A widowed Coast Guard Admiral and a widow handbag designer fall in love and marry, much to the dismay of her 10 and his 8 children.
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Sean Faris, Katija Pevec, Dean Collins, Tyler Patrick Jones
Director: Raja Gosnell
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
Comedy | Family
A widower with 10 children marries a widow with 8 and tries to cope with trying to ever come together as one big happy family.
Starring: Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson, Tom Bosley, Walter Brooke, Tim Matheson
Director: Melville Shavelson
Son in Law (1993)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Shore stars as Crawl, L.A.'s funkiest college student, who's hilariously out of his element when he spends Thanksgiving at the family farm of a straitlaced college co-ed (Carla Gugino).
Starring: Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, Lane Smith, Cindy Pickett, Mason Adams, Patrick Renna
Director: Steve Rash
Kicking & Screaming (2005)
Comedy | Family | Romance | Sport
Phil Weston (Will Ferrell) has been unathletic his entire life. In college he failed at every sport that he tried out for. It looks like his 10-year old son, Sam (Dylan McLaughlin), is following in his footsteps. Sam is riding the bench on the best soccer team in the league, which just happens to be coached by Phil's father, Buck (Robert Duvall). Buck has been competitive his whole life and winning is everything to him. Buck trades Sam to the last place Tigers team. The coach of the Tigers quits, and Phil becomes the new coach, even though he has never coached in his life. Phil gets a neighbor, Mike Ditka of the Chicago Bears, to help him coach. Mike recruits two Italian soccer kids to the Tigers. The Tigers start winning, and they get to play in the championship game against Buck's team.
Starring: Laura Kightlinger, Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Kate Walsh, Musetta Vander, Dylan McLaughlin
Director: Jesse Dylan
Get Hard (2015)
Comedy
A wealthy investment bank manager is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and prepares for prison with help from the guy who washes his car.
Starring: Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie, T.I., Matt Walsh, Gary Owen
Director: Etan Cohen
College Road Trip / National Lampoon's College Road Trip (2008)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family
Melanie is eagerly looking forward to taking her first big step towards independence when she plans a "girls only" road trip to check out prospective universities. However, when her imposing police-chief dad insists on escorting her instead, she soon finds her dream trip turning into a nightmare full of misfortune and turmoil. Dad wants to assure total security and safety for his precious daughter, while Melanie has a 17-year-old's need to become a grown woman and have her own sense of independence. Now, even as dad and daughter bicker, banter and careen from one disaster to the next on their journey, they are about to discover that, sometimes, going that extra mile to be together can forge a family bond so strong it can withstand anything-even wild curves ahead.
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symoné, Donny Osmond, Will Sasso, Eshaya Draper, Molly Ephraim
Director: Roger Kumble
Husband Factor / Kocan Kadar Konus (2015)
Comedy | Romance
The Husband Factor is the story of Efsun (30) who seeks true love and a romantic relationship rather than a husband. She is the black sheep of her peers and the women of her family who are programmed for marriage. She is seeking love yet she does not know what most girls know; how to strike an attitude, or how to manipulate a man. Hence, she has not had a single steady relationship to date. The good news is that her family is dedicated to initiating Efsun into the intricacies of womanhood and ensuring that she gets hitched into the happily ever after. Efsun surrenders herself into the capable hands of these women. As they are getting ready to re-launch her, Efsun runs into her high school friend and former flame Sinan. He is the one, the boyfriend she was never able to get over or replace.
Starring: Ebru Cündübeyoglu, Eda Ece, Gülenay Kalkan, Ezgi Mola, Nevra Serezli, Murat Yildirim
Director: Kivanc Baruonu
I'll Do Anything (1994)
Comedy | Drama
A talented, unemployed actor unexpectedly gains custody of his six year old daughter.
Starring: Nick Nolte, Whittni Wright, Albert Brooks, Julie Kavner, Joely Richardson, Tracey Ullman
Director: James L. Brooks
Hot to Trot (1988)
Comedy | Fantasy
Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.
Starring: Bobcat Goldthwait, Dabney Coleman, John Candy, Virginia Madsen, Cindy Pickett, Jim Metzler
Director: Michael Dinner
Home Fries (1998)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Dorian Lever wants to romance unwed mother-to-be Sally Jackson. His brother Angus wants to kill her. Wearing her Burger-Matic headset like a Cinderella crown, Drew Barrymore is sunny, levelheaded Sally, the local drive-thru order-taker who's caught up in the darkly funny family brouhaha that, unknown to Sally, is largely orchestrated by the Levers' manipulative, saccharine-smiling mom.
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson, Catherine O'Hara, Jake Busey, Shelley Duvall, Kim Robillard
Director: Dean Parisot
Flashback (1990)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama
Kiefer Sutherland is uptight, 26-year-old FBI agent John Buckner, who's been assigned to escort an aging counterculture radical named Huey Walker to Oregon for trial on a charge that's decades old. Buckner finds Huey's lifestyle and beliefs irresponsible. Once the two are bound for their Pacific Northwest destination, Huey begins to play psychological mind games with the straight-arrow Buckner, convincing him that he's tripping on hallucinogenic drugs, getting him drunk, and setting him up with a hooker named Sparkle. Huey trades places with his captor and soon a game of cat-and-mouse is afoot as the agent pursues the one-time radical, with surprising revelations abounding regarding Buckner's childhood and Huey's motivations for allowing himself to be captured.
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane, Paul Dooley, Cliff De Young, Richard Masur
Director: Franco Amurri
Downtown (1990)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama
Police Officer Alex Kearney works in a rich, plush suburb of Philadelphia. When he stops an important businessman and his story of the incident is not believed, he is sent to work Downtown, the most dangerous, crime-filled precinct in the city.
Starring: Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano, David Clennon, Art Evans
Director: Richard Benjamin
Dead Heat (2002)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama
Heart problems force Boston cop Pally LaMarr to retire; he's in a funk and his wife Charlotte sends him packing. At Charlotte's insistence, Pally's half-brother Ray pays Pally a visit and suggests he buy a race horse to cheer up. Ray's always playing the angles, and he's got his eye on a horse that's cheap because it's been misdiagnosed. Ray knows the horse is a champion. Before they can win some money, a local mob boss, Frank Finnigan, sees the horse and steals it as payment for the gambling debt of Tony, a local jockey and single parent. Can Pally and Ray get the horse back, get Tony out of hock, and win some moola? What about Charlotte: can Pally let his heart take the lead?
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Anthony LaPaglia, Radha Mitchell, Lothaire Bluteau, Daniel Benzali, Kay Panabaker
Director: Mark Malone
The Good Night (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Music | Romance
Penelope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Danny DeVito co-star in this dark comedy about an obsessed man who will do anything to make his passion-filled dream life a reality.
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Danny DeVito, Martin Freeman, Simon Pegg, Keith Allen
Director: Jake Paltrow
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But once she's under, her doctor finds out that she can regress into past lives and different personalities, and he finds himself falling in love with one of them.
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Larry Blyden, Simon Oakland, Jack Nicholson
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Like Mike (2002)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sport
At a scrawny, unpolished 14 years old, Calvin Cambridge dreams of becoming a professional basketball player, but that seems like a far-off fantasy when you compare him to those athletically gifted NBA giants! However, when he laces up a mysterious pair of old sneakers inscribed with the faded initials "MJ," Calvin leaps from playground hijinks to NBA superstardom, teaching his teammates a few off-the-court lessons as well.
Starring: Shad Moss, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Brenda Song, Jesse Plemons, Crispin Glover
Director: John Schultz
Goin' South (1978)
Comedy | Western
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him. Julia Tate needs a man to help her work her mine and marries him. The sheriff makes it very clear to Moon what the consequences of his leaving Julia will be. The two begin to try to form a relationship based on necessity in which they have nothing in common.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Bradford
Director: Jack Nicholson
