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The Parole Officer (2001)

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A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Duigan
CAST:  Steve Coogan  •  Lena Headey  •  Ben Miller  •  Om Puri

A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Duigan
CAST:  Steve Coogan  •  Lena Headey  •  Ben Miller  •  Om Puri

The Mummy (1999)

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Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Sommers
CAST:  Brendan Fraser  •  Rachel Weisz  •  John Hannah  •  Arnold Vosloo

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Sommers
CAST:  Brendan Fraser  •  Rachel Weisz  •  John Hannah  •  Arnold Vosloo

The Golden Fortress (1974)

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A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satyajit Ray
CAST:  Soumitra Chatterjee  •  Santosh Dutta  •  Siddhartha Chatterjee  •  Kushal Chakraborty

A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satyajit Ray
CAST:  Soumitra Chatterjee  •  Santosh Dutta  •  Siddhartha Chatterjee  •  Kushal Chakraborty

Super Troopers (2001)

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Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Chandrasekhar
CAST:  Jay Chandrasekhar  •  Steve Lemme  •  Kevin Heffernan  •  Paul Soter

Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Chandrasekhar
CAST:  Jay Chandrasekhar  •  Steve Lemme  •  Kevin Heffernan  •  Paul Soter

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

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In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Yates
CAST:  Eddie Redmayne  •  Ezra Miller  •  Katherine Waterston  •  Alison Sudol

In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Yates
CAST:  Eddie Redmayne  •  Ezra Miller  •  Katherine Waterston  •  Alison Sudol

Murder by Death (1976)

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Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Moore
CAST:  Eileen Brennan  •  Truman Capote  •  James Coco  •  Peter Falk

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Moore
CAST:  Eileen Brennan  •  Truman Capote  •  James Coco  •  Peter Falk

Scandal Makers (2008)

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Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. One day a young woman named Jeong-nam shows up and claims to be his own daughter. She also has a son whom she claims to be Hyeon-soo's grandson. Their relation is proven via DNA tests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kang Hyung-chul
CAST:  Park Bo-young  •  Cha Tae-hyun  •  Park Young-seo  •  Im Ji-gyu

Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. One day a young woman named Jeong-nam shows up and claims to be his own daughter. She also has a son whom she claims to be Hyeon-soo's grandson. Their relation is proven via DNA tests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kang Hyung-chul
CAST:  Park Bo-young  •  Cha Tae-hyun  •  Park Young-seo  •  Im Ji-gyu

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

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Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Castle
CAST:  Jay Underwood  •  Fred Savage  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Colleen Dewhurst

Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Castle
CAST:  Jay Underwood  •  Fred Savage  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Colleen Dewhurst

We're the Millers (2013)

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A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rawson Marshall Thurber
CAST:  Jennifer Aniston  •  Jason Sudeikis  •  Emma Roberts  •  Ed Helms

A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rawson Marshall Thurber
CAST:  Jennifer Aniston  •  Jason Sudeikis  •  Emma Roberts  •  Ed Helms

Hoodwinked! (2005)

FunnyGoofySimpleAdventurous

Little Red Riding Hood: A classic story, but there's more to every tale than meets the eye. Before you judge a book by its cover, you've got to flip through the pages. In the re-telling of this classic fable, the story begins at the end of the tale and winds its ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cory Edwards  •  Tony Leech  •  Todd Edwards
CAST:  Anne Hathaway  •  Glenn Close  •  Jim Belushi  •  Patrick Warburton

Little Red Riding Hood: A classic story, but there's more to every tale than meets the eye. Before you judge a book by its cover, you've got to flip through the pages. In the re-telling of this classic fable, the story begins at the end of the tale and winds its ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cory Edwards  •  Tony Leech  •  Todd Edwards
CAST:  Anne Hathaway  •  Glenn Close  •  Jim Belushi  •  Patrick Warburton

The Decline of the American Empire (1986)

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Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual), Pierre (involved with a girlfriend) and Alain (a bachelor) discuss sex, the female body and their affairs with them. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys Arcand
CAST:  Dominique Michel  •  Dorothée Berryman  •  Louise Portal  •  Pierre Curzi

Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual), Pierre (involved with a girlfriend) and Alain (a bachelor) discuss sex, the female body and their affairs with them. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys Arcand
CAST:  Dominique Michel  •  Dorothée Berryman  •  Louise Portal  •  Pierre Curzi

OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)

SmartFunnyGoofyAdventurous

French top secret agent, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, is sent to Rio to buy microfilms from a running nazi. To do so, he has to team up with Mossad secret services.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Hazanavicius
CAST:  Jean Dujardin  •  Louise Monot  •  Pierre Bellemare  •  Reem Kherici

French top secret agent, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, is sent to Rio to buy microfilms from a running nazi. To do so, he has to team up with Mossad secret services.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Hazanavicius
CAST:  Jean Dujardin  •  Louise Monot  •  Pierre Bellemare  •  Reem Kherici

The Procedure (2007)

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Christopher is under a lot of stress at work and decides to undergo a surgical procedure that makes you listen to your favorite song all the time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam McKay
CAST:  Will Ferrell  •  Willem Dafoe  •  Andy Richter  •  Ana Gasteyer

Christopher is under a lot of stress at work and decides to undergo a surgical procedure that makes you listen to your favorite song all the time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam McKay
CAST:  Will Ferrell  •  Willem Dafoe  •  Andy Richter  •  Ana Gasteyer

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

Nacho Libre (2006)

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Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jared Hess
CAST:  Jack Black  •  Ana de la Reguera  •  Héctor Jiménez  •  Darius Rose

Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jared Hess
CAST:  Jack Black  •  Ana de la Reguera  •  Héctor Jiménez  •  Darius Rose

Real Life (1979)

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A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Brooks
CAST:  Albert Brooks  •  Joseph Schaffler  •  Phyllis Quinn  •  Lisa Urette

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Brooks
CAST:  Albert Brooks  •  Joseph Schaffler  •  Phyllis Quinn  •  Lisa Urette

The Barbarian Invasions (2003)

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In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys Arcand
CAST:  Rémy Girard  •  Stéphane Rousseau  •  Dorothée Berryman  •  Marie-Josée Croze

In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys Arcand
CAST:  Rémy Girard  •  Stéphane Rousseau  •  Dorothée Berryman  •  Marie-Josée Croze

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

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A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Coraci
CAST:  Jackie Chan  •  Cécile de France  •  Robert Fyfe  •  Jim Broadbent

A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Coraci
CAST:  Jackie Chan  •  Cécile de France  •  Robert Fyfe  •  Jim Broadbent

The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

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A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Landis
CAST:  Marilyn Joi  •  Evan C. Kim  •  Saul Kahan  •  Bong Soo Han

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Landis
CAST:  Marilyn Joi  •  Evan C. Kim  •  Saul Kahan  •  Bong Soo Han

Hook (1991)

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The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Robin Williams  •  Dustin Hoffman  •  Julia Roberts  •  Bob Hoskins

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Robin Williams  •  Dustin Hoffman  •  Julia Roberts  •  Bob Hoskins
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