Heroes (1977)
Comedy | Drama
Henry Winkler, Sally Field and Harrison Ford star in this heartwarming drama about a former soldier who finds hope for the future when he meets a young woman during a cross-country bus ride.
Starring: Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Val Avery, Olivia Cole, Dennis Burkley
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Charley and the Angel (1973)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Fred MacMurray stars as Charley Appleby, the owner of a small hardware store during the Great Depression who's so busy with his business, that he's neglected his family. When an angel appears and informs him that "his number's up." Charley realizes what's truly important and asks for more time to be with his wife and kids. Soon, he discovers that his sons are unknowingly working for bootleggers, his daughter's eloping and all his wife wants is to go to the Chicago World's Fair. After his family's kidnapped by gangsters, Charley heroically saves the day but tragically gets shot. Is this the end or will the angel give him another chance?
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Harry Morgan, Kurt Russell, Kathleen Cody, Vincent Van Patten
Director: Vincent McEveety
Popi (1969)
Comedy | Drama
Abraham is a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys. He is becoming very worried about them living in their run down neighborhood when one day he notices that Cubans who escape are lionized and given exceptional benefits. He thinks up a plot to have his sons washed ashore as cuban immigrants who will be adopted by rich anglos.
Starring: Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno, Reuben Figueroa, Miguel Alejandro, Arny Freeman
Director: Arthur Hiller
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
Comedy | Musical | Romance
Mike and Danny fly a crop duster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff seizes it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle. While Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike takes care of a small girl, Sue-Lin, whose Uncle Walter has disappeared. Being a ladies' man, he also finds the time to court a young nurse, Diane.
Starring: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Yvonne Craig, H.M. Wynant, Kam Tong
Director: Norman Taurog
Ana Maria in Novela Land (2015)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Ana Maria is having a bad day until she magically switches places with the main character of her favorite telenovela. As she struggles to escape from Novela Land, Ana Maria finally understands why her real life was such a mess.
Starring: Edy Ganem, Michael Steger, Juan Pablo Gamboa, Sosie Bacon, Kit Williamson, Carla Morrison
Director: Georgina Garcia Riedel
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Just Before I Go / Hello I Must Be Going (2014)
Comedy | Drama
Ted decides to end his mediocre life, but before doing so, he returns to his home- town to revisit the demons of his past: the cruel school teacher; the relentless bully; the girl who got away. While staying with his brother and his dysfunctional family, he makes an unexpected connection with a girl who decides to document his last few days. A motley cast of characters helps Ted realize that life is complicated for everyone and the memories of the past can be reinterpreted.
Starring: Seann William Scott, Olivia Thirlby, Garret Dillahunt, Elisha Cuthbert, Kate Walsh, Rob Riggle
Director: Courteney Cox
Uncertain Terms (2014)
Comedy | Drama
Fleeing the city, Robbie takes refuge at his aunt's country house, which happens to be a makeshift home for pregnant teenagers.
Starring: David Dahlbom, Adinah Dancyger, Casey Drogin, Hannah Gross, Tallie Medel, Caitlin Mehner
Director: Nathan Silver
Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014)
Comedy
When Stuart learns that his British ex girlfriend is planning to visit Los Angeles with her husband, he sets out to impress them with his glamorous lifestyle, enlisting a Russian model he has just met to play the role of his beautiful girlfriend. What could go wrong?
Starring: Stephen Merchant, Christine Woods, Nate Torrence, Kevin Weisman, Kyle Mooney
Director: Stephen Merchant
Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion (2009)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Ed Gruberman may just be an average guy, but he imagines himself to be a crime-fighting superhero, and that desire lands him in trouble with the law. Forced to enlist in a group of sub-par superheroes, Ed finally gets the chance to join the battle in good versus evil, but it's not everything he had imagined.
Starring: Justin Whalin, Ray Griggs, Danielle Harris, Sam Lloyd, Danielle Harris, Ray Griggs
Director: Ray Griggs
If Lucy Fell (1996)
Comedy | Romance
Lucy, a 29-year-old, New York therapist whose latest romantic meltdown inspires her to reconsider a rash college pact. Along with her roommate, Joe, she swears to jump from the Brooklyn Bridge if she doesn't find love by age 30.
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Elle Macpherson, Ben Stiller, Eric Schaeffer, James Rebhorn, Robert John Burke
Director: Eric Schaeffer
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Adventure | Comedy | Music | Musical
A pair of slacker musicians decide that to achieve superstardom, they must find a fabled guitar pick with supernatural powers.
Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Ronnie James Dio, Dave Grohl, Ben Stiller, Paul F. Tompkins
Director: Liam Lynch
Fast Food Nation (2006)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
When a marketing executive for the Mickey's burger chain is told there's a nasty secret ingredient in his latest culinary creation – "The Big One" – he heads for the ranches and slaughterhouses of Colorado to investigate.
Starring: Wilmer Valderrama, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ana Claudia Talancón, Greg Kinnear, Luis Guzmán, Bobby Cannavale
Director: Richard Linklater
House of D (2004)
Comedy | Drama
By working through problems stemming from his past, Tom Warshaw, an American artist living in Paris, begins to discover who he really is, and returns to his home to reconcile with his family and friends.
Starring: David Duchovny, Anton Yelchin, Téa Leoni, Robin Williams, Frank Langella, Erykah Badu
Director: David Duchovny
The Master of Disguise (2002)
Comedy | Family
An Italian waiter fights off a criminal mastermind with his inherited powers of disguise.
Starring: Dana Carvey, Brent Spiner, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould, James Brolin, Erick Avari
Director: Perry Andelin Blake
Celtic Pride (1996)
Comedy | Sport
Lewis Scott is a stuck-up superstar who's about to lead his team to the NBA Championship. Jimmy and his buddy Mike are a pair of die-hard basketball fans who'd do anything to help their team win … even if it means kidnapping Scott before the final game.
Starring: Damon Wayans, Daniel Stern, Dan Aykroyd, Gail O'Grady, Christopher McDonald, Paul Guilfoyle
Director: Tom DeCerchio
Made in America (1993)
Comedy
A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Will Smith, Nia Long, Paul Rodríguez, Jennifer Tilly
Director: Richard Benjamin
Shakes the Clown (1991)
Comedy | Drama
Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control. When someone murders Shakes' boss and makes it look like Shakes did it, he goes undercover, posing as a hated mime, and tries to find information that will clear his name.
Starring: Bobcat Goldthwait, Julie Brown, Blake Clark, Paul Dooley, Kathy Griffin, Tom Kenny
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted Go to Hell / Bill & Ted 2 (1991)
Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Music | Sci-Fi
A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.
Starring: Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, William Sadler, Joss Ackland, George Carlin, Pam Grier
Director: Peter Hewitt
Are We There Yet? (2005)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a particularly harrowing New Year's Eve. When Suzanne's work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her kids to the city from Portland, Oregon. The kids, who have never liked any of the men their mom has dated, are determined to turn the trip into a nightmare for Nick.
Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden, Jay Mohr, M.C. Gainey
Director: Brian Levant
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Comedy | Crime
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal. Amos is to pretend to take Andrew prisoner and hold him for ransom but let him go and escape. Amos and Andrew suddenly realize that the Chief's problems are all gone if the two of them both die in a gun battle. The worst partnership in film history then tries to get away from the local police.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Dabney Coleman, Brad Dourif, Michael Lerner, Margaret Colin
Director: E. Max Frye
