Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
Comedy
Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course. In order to make the money back, they then attempt to revitalize a failing shopping mall.
Starring: Eric Wareheim, Tim Heidecker
Director: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim
Neon Flesh / Carne de neón (2010)
Comedy
Hoping to earn his mother's respect, a young hustler-turned-businessman tries to open a brothel with his two useless buddies.
Starring: Mario Casas, Vicente Romero, Luciano Cáceres, Ángela Molina, Macarena Gómez, Blanca Suárez
Director: Paco Cabezas
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7 Days to Leave My Wife / Yang ngai gaw rak (2007)
Comedy | Romance
Directed by Torpong Tunkamhang, the uproarious 2007 Thai comedy 7 Days to Leave My Wife follows a cheating husband with the seven-year itch, and his hilarious efforts to untie the knot. Salesman Yong (Samapon Piyapongsiri) is a typical aging salaryman with a boring job and even more boring wife. Life is a daily drag until he somehow attracts the attentions of sexy colleague Pim (Benjawan Artner)! Next thing Yong knows, he's in a hot affair with Pim. But then Pim slaps down the ultimatum: leave his wife in a week or she'll leave him. Yong starts cooking up different schemes to end his marriage, leading to a barrel of laughs and mishaps, and even some romantic rivalry.
Starring: Samapon Piyapongsiri, Suwatjanee Chaimusik, Benjawan Artner, Prinya Rhunprapan
Director: Torpong Tunkamhang
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The Conmen in Vegas / Du xia da zhan Lasi Weijiasi (1999)
Comedy
Wong Jing continues the story of his gambling action comedy The Conman (1998) in the sequel The Conmen in Vegas (1999). This time, master gambler King (Andy Lau) and his sidekick Dragon (Nick Cheung) have got a new partner in the latter's swindler cousin Nat (Nat Chan). Together, the trio successfully cons a huge fortune from the underground casino owned by Brother Man. The vicious gang boss sends his henchmen after them, and Dragon gets taken. Meanwhile, King and Nat are commissioned by Beijing to go on a mission to Las Vegas to bring back corrupt tycoon Peter Chu (Alex Man), who has stolen four billion dollars from the state. But it won't be easy, as Chu has the backing of US politicians and the gangs…
Starring: Pak-cheung Chan, Nick Cheung, Andy Lau, Kelly Lin, Alex Man, Yin Nam, Jing Wong, Fang Yu, Jewel Lee
Director: Jing Wong
Project X (1987)
Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious "Project X". Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Comedy | Drama
An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is hired by her son. She refuses to allow him to drive her anywhere at first, but Hoke slowly wins her over with his native good graces. The movie is directly taken from a stage play and does show it. It covers over twenty years of the pair's life together as they slowly build a relationship that transcends their differences.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Bruce Beresford
Rock 'N' Roll High School (1979)
Comedy | Music
Vince Lombardi High School has quite a reputation: it's the wildest, most rockin' high school around! That is, until a thug of a principal, Miss Togar, comes along and tries to make the school a totalitarian state. With the help of the Ramones, the students of Vince Lombardi battle Miss Togar's iron-fisted rule and take their battle to a truly rockin' conclusion!
Starring: P.J. Soles, Clint Howard, Dey Young, Mary Woronov, Vincent Van Patten
Director: Allan Arkush
Emma (1996)
Comedy | Romance
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi
Director: Douglas McGrath
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
Comedy | Music
The sisters come back to Delores's show to get her back as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of students in their parochial school which is doomed for closure. One of the girls, who is the most talented of the bunch, is forbidden to sing by her mother, although the choir has made it to the state championship. A group of stereotypical incompetent monks tries to stop them.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Maggie Smith
Director: Bill Duke
Sister Act (1992)
Comedy | Crime | Music
Whoopi Goldberg stars as a Reno lounge singer who has been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent and has to pretend to be a nun when a mob boss puts her on his hit list. Also in the cast are Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, and Harvey Keitel. The film is #83 on Bravo's The 100 Funniest Movies list.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy
Director: Emile Ardolino
Hysteria (2011)
Comedy | Romance
A romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator.
Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett
Director: Tanya Wexler
Talk to Her / Hable con ella (2002)
Comedy | Drama
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for their girlfriends who are both in deep comas.
Starring: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin, Chus Lampreave, Paz Vega
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Project A II / 'A' ji hua xu ji (1987)
Action | Comedy | Crime
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, Carina Lau, David Lam, Bill Tung, Regina Kent, Kenny Ho
Director: Jackie Chan
Project A / 'A' gai wak (1983)
Action | Comedy | Crime
In late 19th Century Hong Kong the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Reluctantly, the Coast Guard is given money to fight these pirates, but the pirates themselves have many contacts (that is, bribed officials) in the government, and seek to thwart the Coast Guard's efforts to eliminate them. One Coast Guard officer is Dragon Ma, who is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made fools of.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen, Dick Wei, Mars, Isabella Wong, Po Tai, Wu Long Cheung
Director: Jackie Chan
Wheels on Meals / Kuai can che (1984)
Action | Comedy
Two martial arts buddies, who earn their living selling fast food on the streets of Barcelona, join forces with a private detective to rescue an heiress held captive by her wicked uncle.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
Director: Sammo Hung
The Killer Who Never Kills / Sha Shou Ouyang Penzai (2011)
Action | Comedy | Romance
The title speaks for itself. Hsiao plays Ouyang Penzai, which translates into “potted plant,” the understudy of a retired contract killer, who has taken over his master’s work for the mafia. In a reference to the film “Léon,” the well-trained underling has a hobby of cultivating potted plants, but experiences some difficulties in taking a life.
Starring: Jam Hsiao, Chen-Xi Lin, Chrissie Chow, Eric Tsang, Nien-Hsien Ma, Janel Tsai, David Zhao
Director: Fengbo Li
Chop (2011)
Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Lance Reed is forced by a psychotic stranger to confront his duplicitous past. Seeking retribution for a crime, the man forces Lance to reveal his inner most secrets by systematically removing his limbs.
Starring: Timothy Muskatell, Will Keenan, Max Haaga
Director: Trent Haaga
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Action | Comedy | Crime
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Ronny Cox
Director: Martin Brest
Joyful Noise (2012)
Comedy | Music
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old. Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.'s rebellious grandson, Randy. Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose's beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia, and the sparks between the two teenagers are causing even more friction between G.G. and Vi Rose.
Starring: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan
Director: Todd Graff
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Comedy | Fantasy
In David Lean's adaptation of Noel Coward's three-act farce, an English mystery novelist invites a medium over for dinner in the hopes of gathering enough material for his latest book, as well as exposing her as a charlatan. However, a series of incidents occur during the course of the evening, which result in a chain of supernatural events being set in motion which wreak havoc on his present marriage, while bringing to light serious flaws in his previous one.
Starring: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford
Director: David Lean
