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A Day at the Races (1937)

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Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Allan Jones

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Allan Jones

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

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Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Henson
CAST:  Jim Henson  •  Frank Oz  •  Dave Goelz  •  Jerry Nelson

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Henson
CAST:  Jim Henson  •  Frank Oz  •  Dave Goelz  •  Jerry Nelson

The Immigrant (1917)

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An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Edna Purviance  •  Eric Campbell  •  Albert Austin

An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Edna Purviance  •  Eric Campbell  •  Albert Austin

City Lights (1931)

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In this sound-era silent film, a tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower seller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Virginia Cherrill  •  Harry Myers  •  Al Ernest Garcia

In this sound-era silent film, a tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower seller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Virginia Cherrill  •  Harry Myers  •  Al Ernest Garcia

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

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Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Anderson
CAST:  Bill Murray  •  Anjelica Huston  •  Cate Blanchett  •  Willem Dafoe

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Anderson
CAST:  Bill Murray  •  Anjelica Huston  •  Cate Blanchett  •  Willem Dafoe

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

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Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Danny Kaye  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Boris Karloff  •  Fay Bainter

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Danny Kaye  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Boris Karloff  •  Fay Bainter

The Myth of the American Sleepover (2011)

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Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Robert Mitchell
CAST:  Claire Sloma  •  Marlon Morton  •  Amanda Bauer  •  Brett Jacobsen

Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Robert Mitchell
CAST:  Claire Sloma  •  Marlon Morton  •  Amanda Bauer  •  Brett Jacobsen

The Thin Man (1934)

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A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Nat Pendleton

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Nat Pendleton

Brubaker (1980)

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The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  Jane Alexander  •  Morgan Freeman

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  Jane Alexander  •  Morgan Freeman

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

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When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Ethan Hawke  •  Albert Finney  •  Marisa Tomei

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Ethan Hawke  •  Albert Finney  •  Marisa Tomei

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

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An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Todd Solondz
CAST:  Heather Matarazzo  •  Victoria Davis  •  Angela Pietropinto  •  Christina Brucato

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Todd Solondz
CAST:  Heather Matarazzo  •  Victoria Davis  •  Angela Pietropinto  •  Christina Brucato

The Kid (1921)

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A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Jackie Coogan  •  Edna Purviance  •  Albert Austin

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Jackie Coogan  •  Edna Purviance  •  Albert Austin

Dysphoria

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A young couple spend their last weekend with their 3-year-old daughter in their isolated country house before they are to sell it, when they are attacked by a random psychotic woman and they have to fight for their survival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Imanol Ortiz López
CAST:  Najwa Nimri  •  Alba García

A young couple spend their last weekend with their 3-year-old daughter in their isolated country house before they are to sell it, when they are attacked by a random psychotic woman and they have to fight for their survival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Imanol Ortiz López
CAST:  Najwa Nimri  •  Alba García

Love and Death (1975)

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In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Diane Keaton  •  Georges Adet  •  Frank Adu

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Diane Keaton  •  Georges Adet  •  Frank Adu

MacGruber (2010)

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Ex-special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, DC.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorma Taccone
CAST:  Will Forte  •  Kristen Wiig  •  Val Kilmer  •  Ryan Phillippe

Ex-special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, DC.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorma Taccone
CAST:  Will Forte  •  Kristen Wiig  •  Val Kilmer  •  Ryan Phillippe

Jacob the Liar (1975)

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A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Beyer
CAST:  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Henry Hübchen  •  Blanche Kommerell

A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Beyer
CAST:  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Henry Hübchen  •  Blanche Kommerell

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

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"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Reiner
CAST:  Christopher Guest  •  Michael McKean  •  Harry Shearer  •  R.J. Parnell

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Reiner
CAST:  Christopher Guest  •  Michael McKean  •  Harry Shearer  •  R.J. Parnell

The Addams Family (1991)

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When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Sonnenfeld
CAST:  Anjelica Huston  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Christopher Lloyd  •  Christina Ricci

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Sonnenfeld
CAST:  Anjelica Huston  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Christopher Lloyd  •  Christina Ricci

Adaptation. (2002)

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Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spike Jonze
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Meryl Streep  •  Chris Cooper  •  Tilda Swinton

Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spike Jonze
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Meryl Streep  •  Chris Cooper  •  Tilda Swinton

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999)

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Mock documentary about Seinfeld writer Larry David featuring contributions from his friends and colleagues. Larry makes a return to stand-up comedy and prepares to film a television special for HBO. This is the original special that gave birth to the long-running ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Weide
CAST:  Larry David  •  Jason Alexander  •  Larry Charles  •  Carol Leifer

Mock documentary about Seinfeld writer Larry David featuring contributions from his friends and colleagues. Larry makes a return to stand-up comedy and prepares to film a television special for HBO. This is the original special that gave birth to the long-running ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Weide
CAST:  Larry David  •  Jason Alexander  •  Larry Charles  •  Carol Leifer
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