Hot Shots! (1991)
Action | Comedy | War
Parody of "Top Gun" in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Kevin Dunn, Jon Cryer
Director: Jim Abrahams
The Guilt Trip (2012)
Comedy
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.
Starring: Seth Rogen, Barbra Streisand, Yvonne Strahovski, Colin Hanks, Brett Cullen, Adam Scott
Director: Anne Fletcher
2 Days in New York (2012)
Comedy
Marion has broken up with Jack and now lives in New York with their child. A visit from her family, the different cultural background of her new boyfriend, her sister's ex-boyfriend, and her upcoming photo exhibition make for an explosive mix.
Starring: Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, Kate Burton, Dylan Baker, Daniel Brühl
Director: Julie Delpy
Sleeper (1973)
Comedy | Sci-Fi
After awaking from cryogenic suspension, a '70s man gets mixed up with a future revolution.
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, Don Keefer
Director: Woody Allen
Bob Saget: That's What I'm Talking About (2013)
Comedy
Bob Saget takes to the stage with a song in his heart. A filthy, filthy song to be exact. In his latest stand up special, Saget lets loose and embraces the dark side as he tells his favorite dirty jokes and stories about his dad – the guy who made him like this.
Starring: Bob Saget
Hot Shots! Part Deux / Hot Shots! 2 (1993)
Action | Comedy | War
"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer
Director: Jim Abrahams
Amélie / Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amelie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people's lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie's most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photobooths.
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Yolande Moreau, Artus de Penguern, Urbain Cancelier
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Garbage (2013)
Comedy | Drama
Two garbage truck drivers in Hollywood become celebrities overnight after they find Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Jerry Maguire" and suddenly their lives go topsy-turvy.
Starring: Michael Madsen, Alanna Ubach, Daryl Hannah, William Baldwin, Steven Bauer, Jed Rees, John Huck
Director: Phil Volken
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Barney's Version (2010)
Comedy | Drama
Barney Panofsky is a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. Spanning three decades and two continents, Barney takes us through the different "acts" of his unusual history. There is his first wife, Clara, a flame-haired, flagrantly unfaithful free sprit with whom Barney briefly lives "la vie de Boheme" in Rome. The "Second Mrs. P.," is a wealthy Jewish Princess who shops and talks incessantly, barely noticing that Barney is not listening. And it is at their lavish wedding that Barney meets, and starts pursuing, his third wife, the mother of his two children, and his true love.
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Scott Speedman, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Serial Mom (1994)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A sweet mother takes a little too much at heart for the defence of her family.
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Justin Whalin, Traci Lords
Director: John Waters
The In-Laws (2003)
Action | Comedy | Thriller
When prospective fathers-in-law Steve Tobias and Jerry Peyser meet for the first time to celebrate their children's upcoming marriage, the cake hits the fan. Dr. Jerome Peyser is a mild-mannered podiatrist with a well-organized daily routine designed to eliminate all possible sources of stress. Meanwhile, daredevil CIA operative Steve Tobias moves through life like a heat-seeking missile. His average day consists of dodging bullets, stealing private jets and negotiating with international arms smugglers. Now he's giving potential father-of-the-bride Jerry a serious case of pre-nuptial jitters. Steve's dramatic entrances and exits, his cryptic references to a Russian runaway named Olga and his fight with a gunman in a restaurant washroom causes Jerry to see a vision of his daughter's perfectly planned wedding blowing up in his face. As far as Jerry's concerned, letting Steve into his family takes til death do us part way too literally. Before he can say the wedding is off, Jerry suddenly finds himself embroiled in the chaos that follows in Steve's wake as he is dragged kicking and screaming into a series of perilous adventures that take the mismatched in-laws-to-be halfway around the world.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Lindsay Sloane, Robin Tunney, Maria Ricossa, Ryan Reynolds
Director: Andrew Fleming
CQ (2001)
Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi
Paris, 1969. The filming of a sci-fi movie set in the distant year 2000 is in trouble. The director's obsession with the actress who plays the sexy secret agent Dragonfly has clouded his judgment and the film has no ending. A young American, in Paris to document his life on film with total honesty, is brought in to finish the movie with a bang. This proves to be difficult when the line between his fantasy life and reality becomes blurred, and he finds himself seduced by the charms of Dragonfly.
Starring: Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Élodie Bouchez, Gérard Depardieu, Giancarlo Giannini
Director: Roman Coppola
Birthday Girl (2001)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Internet love connections and mail-order brides rarely ever work out, and John should have known. Having never been lucky in the game of love and tired of waiting for the perfect woman to come along, John decides to take his chances and orders a mail-order bride from Russia online. At first, things seem perfect: his new bride Nadia is a gorgeous woman, and although she may not speak much English, her skills in the bedroom more than make up for any communication problems. When Nadia's 'cousins' unexpectedly arrive to celebrate her birthday, John is drawn into their web of corruption and crime.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Kate Lynn Evans
Director: Jez Butterworth
Do Dooni Chaar (2010)
Comedy | Drama
Delhi-based math teacher Santosh Duggal drives a scooter and lives in a small apartment along with his wife, Kusum; a collegian daughter, Payal; and a school-going son, Sandeep. He also moonlights with a tutoring center called Chatwal Coaching Class in order to make ends meet. Hoping to pacify his family with his income-tax refund, he will instead be compelled to give up its entire amount after his Meerut-based sister Urmi invites them over to a wedding. He borrows a car from a neighbor, Farooqui, and, after a rather dramatic trip, is forced to compensate him as the car gets damaged. Unable to bear taunts that he cannot afford a car, he decides to buy one. It is this decision that will force Payal to seek employment in a call center. Sandeep will confess that he has been gambling, which leaves Santosh with no alternative but to consider accepting bribes from students and risk being exposed on live TV.
Starring: Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Aditi Vasudev, Archit Krishna, Akhilendra Mishra, Natasha Rastogi
Director: Habib Faisal
Divorce Invitation (2012)
Comedy | Romance
'Divorce Invitation' centers on Mike Christian, a happily married man who runs into his high school sweetheart Alex, and after all these years, sparks still fly. When Mike is determined Alex is his true soul mate, he realizes he has a huge problem-he signed an iron-clad pre-nuptial agreement and his wife will not let him out of the marriage.
Starring: Jonathan Bennett, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Elliott Gould, Lainie Kazan, Nadia Bjorlin, Andrea Bowen, Keith Robinson, Ian Alda, Paul Sorvino, Richard Kind
Director: S.V. Krishna Reddy
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Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons / Xi you: Xiang mo pian (2013)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance
Tang Sanzang, an aspiring Buddhist hero tries to protect a village from three demons. He develops complex feelings for Miss Duan, the demon hunter who repeatedly helps him, and finally quests to meet the legendary Monkey King.
Starring: Qi Shu, Zhang Wen, Bo Huang, Show Luo, Shing-Cheung Lee, Bingqiang Chen
Director: Stephen Chow, Chi-kin Kwok
Latter Days (2003)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Aaron Davis and Christian Markelli are the two most opposite people in the world. Aaron is a young Elder (or a Mormon missionary) who wants to do his family proud and is quite passionate about his religion and film. Christian is a shallow WeHo waiter/party boy who only looks forward to bedding a new guy every night. After Aaron and three other missionaries move into the apartment across from Christian, his friends bet him $50 that he can't get one of them to jump into the sack, so he instantly latches onto Aaron. There are two problems, though – Christian is falling in love with Aaron and the Mormons are not the biggest fans of the homosexual community.
Starring: Steve Sandvoss, Wes Ramsey, Mary Kay Place, Jacqueline Bisset, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rebekah Johnson
Director: C. Jay Cox
Yamikin Ushijima-kun / Ushijima the Loan Shark (2012)
Comedy
Ushijima (Takayuki Yamada) runs Kaukau Fiance, a black market lending agency which scourges its clients with interest rates as high as 50% for 10 days. Ushijima chases down his debtors, who normally come from the bottom of society, with ruthless efficacy.
Starring: Takayuki Yamada, Nana Katase, Kyôsuke Yabe, Hiromi Sakimoto, Kento Hayashi
Director: Masatoshi Yamaguchi
Bill Bellamy: Crazy Sexy Dirty (2012)
Comedy
The popular comedian, actor and television host takes to the stage for this hilariously raunchy, wild standup special that lives up to its title with observations and humor that are definitely not for the entire family.
Starring: Bill Bellamy, Ali Siddiq, Tommy Davidson, Deon Cole
Director: Scott L. Montoya
Missed Connections (2012)
Comedy | Romance
Love is not luck…it’s strategy. In a city of 19 million people, love at first sight happens every second, doesn’t it? When IT guy Josh finds out that his secret office crush has posted a “missed connections” ad to find the ideal man she bumped into for a minute, he decides to post his own ad to woo her. When that idea goes all wrong, Josh’s mistake unexpectedly brings him closer to his beloved than he ever dreamed. Jon Abrahams (Hitchcock), Mickey Sumner (Frances Ha, CBGB), and Julia Jones (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) star in this vibrant romantic comedy about the lengths New Yorkers go to find love. The film also stars Malcolm Barrett and Waris Aluwahlia. A FilmBuff Presentation.
Starring: Jon Abrahams, Mickey Sumner, Malcolm Barrett, Waris Ahluwalia, Julia Jones, Jamie Belman, Anastasia Ganias
Director: Martin Snyder
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