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The Ghost Breakers (1940)

FunnyCharmingFun

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Richard Carlson  •  Paul Lukas

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Richard Carlson  •  Paul Lukas

Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

FunnyCharmingClassicMusical

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Betty Hutton  •  Howard Keel  •  Louis Calhern  •  J. Carrol Naish

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Betty Hutton  •  Howard Keel  •  Louis Calhern  •  J. Carrol Naish

Shall We Dance (1937)

CharmingClassicFunMusical

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Edward Everett Horton  •  Eric Blore

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Edward Everett Horton  •  Eric Blore

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

FunnyChristmasCharmingClassic

When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it is a frustrating struggle. When an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Melendez
CAST:  Ann Altieri  •  Chris Doran  •  Sally Dryer  •  Bill Melendez

When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it is a frustrating struggle. When an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Melendez
CAST:  Ann Altieri  •  Chris Doran  •  Sally Dryer  •  Bill Melendez

Robin Hood (1973)

CharmingFunMusicalAdventurous

With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Reitherman
CAST:  Brian Bedford  •  Phil Harris  •  Peter Ustinov  •  Pat Buttram

With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Reitherman
CAST:  Brian Bedford  •  Phil Harris  •  Peter Ustinov  •  Pat Buttram

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

ClassicFunMusicalLighthearted

A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Janet Leigh  •  Dick Van Dyke  •  Ann-Margret  •  Maureen Stapleton

A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Janet Leigh  •  Dick Van Dyke  •  Ann-Margret  •  Maureen Stapleton

Sons of the Desert (1933)

EpicFunnyCharmingClassic

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Charley Chase  •  Mae Busch

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Charley Chase  •  Mae Busch

Clue (1985)

CharmingClassicFunLighthearted

Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Lynn
CAST:  Lesley Ann Warren  •  Christopher Lloyd  •  Eileen Brennan  •  Tim Curry

Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Lynn
CAST:  Lesley Ann Warren  •  Christopher Lloyd  •  Eileen Brennan  •  Tim Curry

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

ClassicCuteFunMusical

Fred and Lilli are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. A fight on the opening night threatens ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Kathryn Grayson  •  Howard Keel  •  Ann Miller  •  Keenan Wynn

Fred and Lilli are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. A fight on the opening night threatens ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Kathryn Grayson  •  Howard Keel  •  Ann Miller  •  Keenan Wynn

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

FunnyCharmingMusicalLighthearted

Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Roy Hill
CAST:  Julie Andrews  •  Mary Tyler Moore  •  Carol Channing  •  James Fox

Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Roy Hill
CAST:  Julie Andrews  •  Mary Tyler Moore  •  Carol Channing  •  James Fox

Avanti! (1972)

FunnyCharmingClassicCute

A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  Juliet Mills  •  Clive Revill  •  Edward Andrews

A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  Juliet Mills  •  Clive Revill  •  Edward Andrews

Sleeper (1973)

FunnyClassicFunFuturistic

Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Diane Keaton  •  John Beck  •  Mary Gregory

Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Diane Keaton  •  John Beck  •  Mary Gregory

Midnight (1939)

SmartFunnyCharmingClassic

An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Don Ameche  •  John Barrymore  •  Francis Lederer

An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Don Ameche  •  John Barrymore  •  Francis Lederer

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

FunnyCharmingEnjoyableFun

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Donner
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Julia Roberts  •  Patrick Stewart  •  Cylk Cozart

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Donner
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Julia Roberts  •  Patrick Stewart  •  Cylk Cozart

Welcome to the Sticks (2008)

UpliftingFunnyCharmingFun

Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dany Boon
CAST:  Kad Merad  •  Dany Boon  •  Zoé Félix  •  Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret

Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dany Boon
CAST:  Kad Merad  •  Dany Boon  •  Zoé Félix  •  Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret

Indiscreet (1958)

CharmingClassicFunSimple

Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream, while talking about this subject with her sister, when in walks Philip Adams. She loses her concentration for a moment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Donen
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Cecil Parker  •  Phyllis Calvert

Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream, while talking about this subject with her sister, when in walks Philip Adams. She loses her concentration for a moment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Donen
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Cecil Parker  •  Phyllis Calvert

Carousel (1956)

CharmingClassicEnjoyableMusical

Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with his wife Julie Bigelow, née Jordan, and his child he hasn't met. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Gordon MacRae  •  Shirley Jones  •  Barbara Ruick  •  Cameron Mitchell

Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with his wife Julie Bigelow, née Jordan, and his child he hasn't met. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Gordon MacRae  •  Shirley Jones  •  Barbara Ruick  •  Cameron Mitchell

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

FunnyCharmingEnjoyableMusical

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Marilyn Monroe  •  Jane Russell  •  Elliott Reid  •  Charles Coburn

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Marilyn Monroe  •  Jane Russell  •  Elliott Reid  •  Charles Coburn

Life with Father (1947)

CharmingClassicFunSimple

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  William Powell  •  Irene Dunne  •  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Edmund Gwenn

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  William Powell  •  Irene Dunne  •  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Edmund Gwenn

Valley Girl (1983)

FunnyRomanticCharmingFun

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Coolidge
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Elizabeth Daily  •  Deborah Foreman  •  Michael Bowen

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Coolidge
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Elizabeth Daily  •  Deborah Foreman  •  Michael Bowen
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