The Ref (1994)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
Starring: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Glynis Johns, Raymond J. Barry, Richard Bright
Director: Ted Demme
Heart Condition (1990)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Fantasy
A racist cop receives a heart transplant from a black lawyer he hates, who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him.
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington, Chloe Webb, Roger E. Mosley, Alan Rachins, Ja'net DuBois
Director: James D. Parriott
Gay Purr-ee (1962)
Animation | Comedy | Family | Musical
Mouser Jaune-Tom & housecat Mewsette are living in the French countryside, but Mewsette wants to experience the refinement & excitement of Paris living. But upon arrival, she falls into the clutches of Meowrice. Jaune-Tom & his friend Robespierre set off to Paris to find her.
Starring: Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Red Buttons, Paul Frees, Thurl Ravenscroft, Hermione Gingold
Director: Abe Levitow
Castle (TV Series 2009-2016)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance
Rick Castle is one of the world's most successful crime authors. But when his rock star lifestyle isn't enough, this bad boy goes looking for new trouble and finds it working with smart, beautiful Detective Kate Beckett. Inspired by her professional record and intrigued by her buttoned-up personality, Castle's found the model for his bold new character whether she likes it or not. Now with the mayor's permission, Castle is on her case and in her way. Kate's initial disdain for Castle turns to grudging respect as he quickly proves that a background in plotting murders can be a valuable asset in catching killers. As they solve a new crime together each week, their partnership grows as does their love-hate relationship. These two may not always see eye to eye, but together they might just write a whole new chapter in crime-solving.
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas, Molly C. Quinn, Seamus Dever, Tamala Jones, Penny Johnson
Creator: Andrew W. Marlowe
12 Golden Ducks / 12 Jin ya (2015)
Comedy
Ever since he was young, Future has always had a way with women. With his great talent, Future became one of the best gigolos in town. However, his career is destroyed when he falls for a handicapped woman who ended up scamming away his life savings. After finding out that Future is out of shape and struggling to make ends meet in Thailand, his teacher goes to Bangkok and convinces Future to make a comeback. With the help of three amateur gigolos, Future decides to take back the Hong Kong gigolo world by storm!
Starring: Sandra Ng, Wei Zhao, Fiona Sit, Isabella Leong, Carman Lee, Joey Yung, Michelle Chen, Louis Koo, Eason Chan, Nicholas Tse, Simon Yam, Anthony Wong, Wyman Wong, Pak-ho Chau, Han Lu, Hoi-Pang Lo, Shiu Hung Hui, Ivana Wong, Dada Chan, Michelle Wai, Chrissie Chow
Director: Matt Chow
Time Is Money / Shi wan huo ji (2015)
Comedy
"Time Is Money" is the first movie directed by Kang Kang. It revolves around the story of Chen Mo (played by Kang Kang) who is one of the second generation of rich family. Due to his addiction in gambling, he lost everything in which his dad has passed over and this infuriates his old man. His dad left him a painting by painter Chu Zhong Tian (played by Mark Lee) and it is only worth $100,000 Taiwan currency which is not enough to pay off his debt. After he and his underground boss saw the news in television about a painter and how to boost up the painting's value, the underground boss forced him to fly to Singapore to kill Chu Zhong Tian. Zhu Yue Po (played by Ng Man Tat) hates Chu Zhong Tian because it's Chu Zhong Tian's fault that he was being placed inside a jail. Because Chu Zhong Tian was surrounded by enemies, he accept the gallery broker recommendation to seek for Malaysian beautiful gallery broker, Hu Jing ( played by Wang Yu Rou)'s help to sell his painting while fleeing from danger. Finally, 3 of them meet in Malaysia and start their evil scheme against each other. What will happen in between three of them? Who will win in the end?
Starring: Chin-Jung Kang, Mark Lee, Man Tat Ng, Lotus Wang, Sarah Wang, Jacky Wu, Eddie Ou
Director: Chin-Jung Kang
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing. Based on the graphic novel by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons.
Starring: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, Mark Hamill
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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SLC Punk! (1998)
Comedy | Drama | Music
Two punks live in Salt Lake City. The film covers their all-day routine. The realism of the character-narrated movie may be discussed. One of the punks gets ill, stays in hospital for three weeks, comes out again. Three parties are covered and one concert including a fight between punks, rednecks and others.
Starring: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien, Christopher McDonald, Devon Sawa
Director: James Merendino
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Comedy | Drama
Newman plays Sully, a likable working stiff who's made a lifetime of bad decisions. But he unexpectedly has a chance to make right on some of them when his estranged son – and grandson – drop into his life.
Starring: Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Director: Robert Benton
The Magic Touch / Gameboy / Shen suan (1992)
Comedy | Crime
A fortune teller (Michael Hui), who gives pretentious forecasts, was investigated by a revenue agent (Leon Lai) for failing to pay his taxes. However, the teller's lucky break came when he received a blow to the head during a robbery attempt, resulting him in receiving psychic powers. Thus, hoping this would get the agent off his back, he uses his new-found powers to try to help the agent solve a drug smuggling case that has been plaguing the revenue service.
Starring: Michael Hui, Leon Lai, Ricky Hui, Philip Chan, Teddy Chan, Carrie Ng
Director: Michael Hui
On a Clear Day (2005)
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
After 40 years of working as a shipbuilder, the somewhat taciturn Frank has been "made redundant" and let go from his job. He finds himself utterly unmoored without the routine and trappings that have defined his existence for so long, and suffers a loss of self-respect that he is unable to talk about with his loving wife, Joan, and son, Rob. Floundering, Frank becomes obsessed with the idea of swimming the Channel, and undertakes the project with the help of Chan, the owner of the local fish-and-chips shop, who becomes Frank's personal trainer.
Starring: Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn, Sean McGinley, Jamie Sives, Billy Boyd, Ron Cook, Jodhi May, Benedict Wong
Director: Gaby Dellal
Main Hoon Na (2004)
Action | Comedy | Romance
When India and Pakistan decide to end their hostilities, there is one army person in India who is unhappy, because of his son's death in the Indo-Pak war. He decides to launch terror attacks and bring an end to peace, and for this purpose he shoots and gravelly injures an Indian army officer. After the death of this officer, Raghavan then decides to do away with the army officer's daughter, Sanjana, who is studying in hostel. Raghavan and his men descend on the hostel and hold over 100 students hostage. There is only one student who can save them, and his name is Ram, he claims he is a student, but is here on a mission – a mission that when told will reveal his real identity and two plans which he must carry out simultaneously.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Sunil Shetty, Zayed Khan, Amrita Rao, Kabir Bedi, Naseeruddin Shah
Director: Farah Khan
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
Comedy | Drama
In India gangsters are called Bhai (brothers). One such Bhai is Munna, who is feared by everyone in Mumbai, a big city in India. He cons his village-based parents into believing that he is a doctor. He gets a shock when he finds out that they are coming to verify for themselves. So he transforms a rooming shanty house into a makeshift hospital, populated by patients, people he beats up. His parents arrive, are pleased, and happy that their son is well settled. They would like him to get married to a doctor's daughter. The marriage is arranged, but before the engagement, the bride's father finds out the truth about Munna, and cancels the marriage. Munna's humiliated parents see the truth for themselves, and hurt, they return home, leaving Munna with a strong desire to hurt the doctor – and force him to let his daughter get married to him – even if it means getting admitted in the medical college – with forged documents!!!
Starring: Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Gracy Singh, Boman Irani
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Crazy People (1990)
Comedy
When a stressed-out ad exec (Moore) proposes a "truth in advertising" scheme, he is promptly shipped off to a mental institution.
Starring: Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, Paul Reiser, J.T. Walsh, Bill Smitrovich, Alan North
Director: Tony Bill, Barry L. Young
The Wizard (1989)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross country with the help of a girl they meet to compete in the ultimate video game championship.
Starring: Fred Savage, Beau Bridges, Christian Slater, Luke Edwards, Wendy Phillips, Sam McMurray
Director: Todd Holland
The Whoopee Boys (1986)
Comedy | Romance
Two dim-witted street peddlers, Jack and Barney, arrive in Palm Beach, Florida, looking for a better, wealthier lifestyle. In Palm Beach, Jack falls for Olivia, a young heiress running an orphaned children's shelter being threatened with foreclosure. Jack, at Barney's insistence, enrolls them both at a finishing school so they can learn the etiquette of the upper class in order to fit in with the hope that Olivia's uncle will approve of Jack wanting to marry her and help her obtain an inheritance to save the orphanage.
Starring: Michael O'Keefe, Paul Rodriguez, Denholm Elliott, Carole Shelley, Andy Bumatai, Eddie Deezen, Marsha Warfield
Director: John Byrum
Sexmission / Seksmisja (1984)
Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi
Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, the World War III breaks out and life have been wiped out of the surface of the Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women. Max used to be woman-chaser so he finds himself in heaven. Albert, on the other hand, forgot all about love and sex as a serious scientist, but is willing to learn. So are the Amazons, who after a kiss turn into pliant kittens. The Council of Women is going to decide their fate, so they are trying to win more time. Eventually they make it to the surface, helped by beautiful Lamia. On the surface it turns out that there is life there and somebody has been living a decent life…
Starring: Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jerzy Stuhr, Bozena Stryjkówna, Boguslawa Pawelec, Wieslaw Michnikowski
Director: Juliusz Machulski
Front Page / Sun boon gan bat leung (1990)
Comedy
Hui (Michael Hui), an owner of a Hong Kong tabloid magazine company, hires martial artist Bill Lee (Sam Hui) to help him get a good headliner for a magazine story to, hopefully, save his failing business. In the process, Bill meets San-San (Catherine Hung Yan), the fiancée of a wealthy jewelry business owner, and pursues her in order to get the scoop about her life. After thinking that San-San would make a great headliner, Bill feels sorry for her because of her troubled life: her mother has cancer, her brother is mentally disabled and her fiancé puts work before her. Thus, Bill is reluctant to publish San-San's story, putting the tabloid company's fate in his hands.
Starring: Michael Hui, Samuel Hui, Ricky Hui, Siu-Ming Lau, Wing-Cho Yip, Teresa Mo
Director: Philip Chan
Love Me (2014)
Comedy | Documentary | Drama | Romance
Love Me is a character-drive narrative that follows desperate men on their quest for love through the modern 'mail-order bride' industry in Ukraine. The film highlights the complete process of finding a partner in a foreign land, showing the Western male and Ukrainian female perspectives.
Director: Jonathon Narducci
Martian Child (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Family
A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Starring: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt
Director: Menno Meyjes
