The Matador (2005)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
When a traveling salesman, Danny Wright, accidentally meets up with Julian Noble, a hit man, at a Mexico City bar, their subsequent evening together intertwines their lives in an unexpected, but lasting bond.
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis
Director: Richard Shepard
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
"Mere Brother Ki Dulhan" is a quirky romantic comedy set in the world of the upper middle class in Northern India. Kush Agnihotri (Imran Khan) is looking for the ideal Indian bride for his brother Luv Agnihotri (Ali Zafar) who stays in London. In his quest, Kush goes through an array of wacky encounters with several families until he finally finds that perfect girl in Dimple Dixit (Katrina Kaif), the craziest / wackiest girl he has ever known. Both the families meet. Formalities completed. Preparations proceed in full swing. And just then, our hero Kush falls in love with Dimple… his brother's dulhan. What follows is a comical and unpredictable series of events in this unusual topsy-turvy tale of love.
Starring: Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ali Zafar, Tara D'Souza
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
To Die For (1995)
Comedy | Crime
Suzanne Stone wants to be on television and she is willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she refuses to let anything or anyone stand in her way.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, Illeana Douglas, Dan Hedaya
Director: Gus Van Sant
Treasure Buddies (2010)
Comedy | Family
The Buddies are off on an all new adventure, and this time their journey takes them all the way to the ruins of ancient Egypt where, with the help of some new friends, including Digger the Archeologist dog, Cammy, a baby camel, and a mischievous monkey named Babi, they抣l explore mysterious tombs, dodge treacherous booby traps, and race against a devious cat in search of the greatest treasure known to animalkind, the lost collar of Cleocatra.
Starring: Richard Riehle, Edward Herrmann, Mason Cook, Adam Alexi-Malle, Mo Gallini, Christopher Maleki
Director: Robert Vince
Baarìa (2009)
Comedy | Drama
Peppino, the nickname of the boy at the story's heart, is a tough little kid in the 1930s, used to the rough-and-tumble world of Baaria (local slang for Tornatore's native Bagheria), a hot and dusty Sicilian village with one main street. His adventures are many and his memories singular: men gambling in the local square, goats eating his schoolbooks, and the enchantment of silent film screenings. All of this plays out against the darker canvas of black-shirted fascists strutting in the streets, the declaration of war and the ecstatic moment of liberation when the Allies land on the island.
Starring: Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Raoul Bova
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
She's All That (1999)
Comedy | Romance
Zack is the reigning stud of Harrison High School, and everyone thinks his match with princess Taylor will last forever. When Taylor dumps him for an obnoxious star of "The Real World", Zack is devastated. But he rebounds, betting his friend Dean that he can turn any girl into a prom queen. Dean chooses Laney, a geeky outcast who worries about Bosnia and spends her days painting in her basement. Laney has no time for Zack, but he persists and as time goes by, the two find themselves friends. Rather than raising her to his social level, Zack finds himself falling hard for non-conformist Laney.
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Usher Raymond, Kimberly Jones, Anna Paquin
Director: Robert Iscove
50/50 (2011)
Comedy | Drama
Adam Lerner, an ordinary 25-year-old who loves his girlfriend and enjoys his job, is diagnosed with cancer. He hears it from the doctor. He tells his family. He goes through chemo. Coping with his mortality, Adam decides to use humor in his struggle to cure cancer and keep his sanity intact. And where his family and friends struggle to fully understand his situation, Adam's psychologist and fellow…
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston
Director: Jonathan Levine
Shallow Hal (2001)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Following the advice of his dying father, Hal dates only women who are physically beautiful. One day, however, he runs into self-help guru Tony Robbins, who hypnotizes him into recognizing only the inner beauty of women. Hal thereafter meets Rosemary, a grossly obese woman whom only he can see as a vision of loveliness. But will their relationship survive when Hal's equally shallow friend undoes the hypnosis?
Starring: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Kokowääh (2011)
Comedy | Romance
An author of fiction (Til Schweiger) must deal with the emergence of his 8-year-old natural daughter (Emma Tiger Schweiger), the previously unknown product of a one-night indiscretion in Stockholm. Henry is an unsuccessful screenwriter, and just as unhappy going from one casual relationship to another. Out of the blue he gets a fantastic job offer to co-write the screenplay of a bestselling novel together with Katharina. She is not only the author of the novel, but Henry's ex-girlfriend and the love of his life. He now has a second chance and things couldn't get better when an 8-year-old girl, Magdalena, shows up at Henry's door and turns his life upside down. She's his daughter from a long-forgotten one night stand eight years ago and her mother Charlotte, who's attending a court hearing in the US, insists Henry takes care of Magdalena until she returns. Henry is shocked, and so is Tristan, who thought for eight years that he was Magdalena's biological father. Life will never be the same for any of them.
Starring: Til Schweiger, Emma Schweiger, Jasmin Gerat, Samuel Finzi
Director: Til Schweiger
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara / Z.N.M.D. (2011)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Mumbai-based Kabir Dhiman, who comes from a wealthy building construction family, proposes to his long-time girlfriend, Natasha, much to the delight of both their respective families. He then gets together with one of two of his close friends, Imran Habib, a writer by profession, and they contact their London-based financial broker friend, Arjun, to remind him of a pact of traveling to Spain. The trio commence their long overdue trip not fully realizing that Arjun has still not forgiven Imran for his break-up with Sunani, while he himself regrets being dumped by Rohini, and must also compete with Imran for the affections of gorgeous Deep Sea Diving Instructor, Laila; Kabir struggles to accept life as Natasha's husband; and Imran must ready himself to meet his biological father, Salman, who had abandoned him at birth.
Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin, Ariadna Cabrol, Naseeruddin Shah
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Suburban Girl (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Brett Eisenberg is an ambitious young book editor living in the literary hotbed of Manhattan's upper east side. While attempting to navigate the political regime change at her office, she faces the pressure of leaving her safe, but often boring, college boyfriend for the charms of a notorious, and much older, publishing playboy named Archie Knox. Based on stories from the bestselling book The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing.
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alec Baldwin, James Naughton, Maggie Grace, Chris Carmack
Director: Marc Klein
An Idiot Abroad (TV Series 2010- )
Comedy
An Idiot Abroad is a 2010 light entertainment travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky 1, and a spin-off book published by Canongate Books, featuring Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The central premise of both the television series and the book is that Pilkington has no interest in global travel and so Merchant and Gervais make him travel, for education and comedy purposes respectively, while themselves staying in London and monitoring his progress. The series has 7 episodes covering China, India, Jordan, Mexico, Egypt, Brazil and Peru.
Starring: Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Creator: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
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An Idiot Abroad (TV Series 2010- )
Comedy
An Idiot Abroad is a 2010 light entertainment travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky 1, and a spin-off book published by Canongate Books, featuring Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The central premise of both the television series and the book is that Pilkington has no interest in global travel and so Merchant and Gervais make him travel, for education and comedy purposes respectively, while themselves staying in London and monitoring his progress. The series has 7 episodes covering China, India, Jordan, Mexico, Egypt, Brazil and Peru.
Starring: Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Creator: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
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What's Your Number? (2011)
Comedy | Romance
A woman, having hit her sexual limit at 20 men, decides to track down the other 19 guys in hopes that she's overlooked one who could be "the one."
Starring: Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor
Director: Mark Mylod
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Action | Comedy | Crime
Detective David Starsky is the most dedicated undercover cop working the mean streets of Bay City, California. Maniacally devoted to his job, when he's on duty no crime goes unpunished – and he's always on duty. And that's a good thing, because he has big shoes to fill: his mother was one of the best cops in the history of Bay City. But while his mom stuck with the same partner throughout her entire career, due to his extremely zealous brand of police work, Starksy burns through partners faster than his beloved Gran Torino goes through spark plugs. Detective Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson is having career issues of his own – he's a good cop, but his laidback personality and desire for a quick buck don't always get the job done. He has excellent instincts; he just needs a little bit of focus to keep him on the admittedly less profitable side of the law. Exasperated Bay City Police Caption Dobey has found the perfect solution for two of his biggest problems: pair up Starsky and Hutch and put them out on the streets.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Fred Williamson, Vince Vaughn
Director: Todd Phillips
School of life (2005)
Comedy | Drama | Family
A new teacher squares off against his crusty competitor for a teacher of the year award.
Starring: David Paymer, Ryan Reynolds, John Astin, Andrew Robb, Kate Vernon
Director: William Dear
The Frighteners (1996)
Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
Frank Bannister is a psychic swindler with the perfect business partners. They work cheap… they're dedicated… and they're dead. Possessed with a genuine ability to communicate with the dearly departed, Bannister earns a stiff living by setting up "spirit clearance" scams with his trio of ghostly cronies. But Frank may not be the only one in the small town of Fairwater working the paranormal side of the street. A series of inexplicable deaths and bizarre occurrences suggests the presence of a malevolent poltergeist. With the suspicious finger of a zealous FBI agent pointing directly at him, and the woman he cares for in danger, Bannister attempts to unravel the supernatural crime spree by venturing into a realm where all fears are realized… and true evil does not die.
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, Chi McBride
Director: Peter Jackson
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Enlightened (TV Series 2011- )
Comedy | Drama
Enlightened follows the story of Amy, a self-destructive executive, who, after a very public breakdown and a subsequent philosophical awakening in rehabilitation, tries to get her life back together.
Starring: Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Sarah Burns, Luke Wilson, Timm Sharp, Mike White, Jon Shere, Brent Bradshaw, Bayne Gibby, Michaela Watkins, Jason Mantzoukas
Creator: Laura Dern, Mike White
The Holiday (2006)
Comedy | Romance
In Nancy Meyers – The Holiday, two women trade homes only to find that a change of address can change their lives. Iris is in love with a man who is about to marry another woman. Across the globe, Amanda, realizes the man she lives with has been unfaithful. Two women who have never met and live 6000 miles apart, find themselves in the exact same place. They meet online at a home exchange website and impulsively switch homes for the holiday. Iris moves into Amanda's L.A. house in sunny California as Amanda arrives in the snow covered English countryside. Shortly after arriving at their destinations, both women find the last thing either wants or expects: a new romance. Amanda is charmed by Iris – handsome brother Graham and Iris, with inspiration provided by legendary screenwriter Arthur, mends her heart when she meets film composer Miles.
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach
Director: Nancy Meyers
The Full Monty (1997)
Comedy | Drama | Music
Set in the British steel town of Sheffield, a group of out-of-work steel workers are organized by fun loving, slightly irresponsible Gaz into a Chippendale-style dance troupe. The group is made up of Dave, Gaz's overweight best friend who has recently been struck with impotency; Gerald, an ex-forman and amateur ballroom dancer; Horse, an old guy with dance moves that slightly resemble the funky chicken, the bus stop, and the bump; and Guy, who, despite his love of classic Hollywood musicals, is hopelessly cursed with no sense of rhythm. Despite these handicaps, they are soon dancing to the sounds of Donna Summer, Hot Chocolate, Gary Glitter, Sister Sledge, and Tom Jones.
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Paul Barber, Hugo Speer
Director: Peter Cattaneo
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