Category Archives: Comedy

Sleuth

IMDB Rating: 6.90
627 votes

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Based on a play, Sleuth confronts two extremely clever British men in a game of trickery and deceit. Andrew Wyke (Michael Cain), an aging famous author who lives alone in a high-tech mansion, after his wife Maggie has left him for a younger man; and Milo Tindle (Jude Law),an aspiring actor, equipped with charm and wit, who demonstrates both qualities once again). When Wyke invite Tindle to his mansion, Tindle seeks to convince the former into letting his wife go by signing the divorce paper. However, Wyke seems far more interested in playing mind games with his wife's new lover, and lures him into a series of actions he thoroughly planned in seeking revenge on his unfaithful spouse.
Actors
Andrew WykeMichael Caine
Milo TindleJude Law
Man on T.V.Harold Pinter
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Apartment

IMDB Rating: 8.30
20678 votes

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On 1st November 1959, in New York, C.C. "Bud" Baxter is a popular clerk of "Consolidate Life", an insurance company with 31,259 employees. The secret of his success is a well located apartment where he lives that he sublets for his superiors, making him climb to the executive position of 2nd Administrative Assistant very early. He likes the elevator girl Fran Kubelik, a reserved woman considered a "jackpot" among the executives. Fran is the secret lover of the director Jeff D. Sheldrake, a married man that seduced her convincing that he will divorce his wife to stay with her. When Fran tries to commit suicide in Baxter's apartment after a meeting with Jeff, she stays with Baxter while recovering, and he falls in love for her. Later he has to come up to a decision between his excellent position in the company and his love.
Actors
C.C. 'Bud' BaxterJack Lemmon
Fran KubelikShirley MacLaine
Jeff D. SheldrakeFred MacMurray
Also posted in 1960, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (1)

Shanghai Kiss

IMDB Rating: 7.20
1233 votes

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A struggling Chinese-American actor, who unwittingly finds himself involved with a high school girl, learns he has inherited his grandmother's home in Shanghai. The American-raised character moves to China in an attempt to connect with his ancestry, leaving behind quite possibly the only girl who has ever loved him.
Actors
Liam LiuKen Leung
Adelaide BourbonHayden Panettiere
Micki YangKelly Hu
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Run, Fat Boy, Run

IMDB Rating: 7.30
1658 votes

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A chunky, clueless guy leaves his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day only to discover — 5 years later — that she is his one true love. But in order to win back her heart, he looks to finish his first marathon while making her realize her new man is the wrong guy for her.
Actors
DennisSimon Pegg
LibbyThandie Newton
WhitHank Azaria
Also posted in 2007, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Heathers

IMDB Rating: 7.30
17437 votes

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Dear Diary: Veronica Sawyer is sick of being part of the Heathers, the most powerful clic of Westerberg High; making fun of Martha Dunnstock ("Dumptruck"), the fat girl, or doing some stupid polls is something she'll never get used to. Meanwhile she meets JD, a cool rebel guy who wouldn't mind shooting a gun at school just to make his point. Remington University's party is where Veronica has to go as a Heather, and there's where she gets her ultimatum as a Heather from Heather Chandler, the head of the Heathers. So Veronica and her lover JD "accidentally" kill Heather Chandler and manage to cover it up by making a suicide note. Will this be just the beginning of the assasination-turned-suicide serie of Westerberg High which nor the FBI, the CIA or the PTA would be able to stop? Or will Veronica be able to pull herself together and stop her psychotic lover from killing absolutely EVERYONE at school?
Actors
Veronica SawyerWinona Ryder
Jason 'J.D.' DeanChristian Slater
HeatherShannen Doherty
Also posted in 1989, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Romance | Comments (0)

The Darjeeling Limited

IMDB Rating: 8.10
6058 votes

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Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other — to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins.
Actors
FrancisOwen Wilson
PeterAdrien Brody
JackJason Schwartzman
Also posted in 2007, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

IMDB Rating: 4.20
9785 votes

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After an accident with dolphins and elders on a beach, the clumsy fish tank cleaner and former gigolo Deuce Bigalow (RobSchneider) is invited by his pimp friend T.J. Hicks (Edie Griffin) to travel to Amsterdam where he is presently living. Once there, T.J. Hicks is wrongly taken as a whore-men serial killer. Bigalow joins the gigolo's association trying to find the true identity of the murderer and clean TJ Hicks. Meanwhile, he meets the gorgeous Eva (Hanna Verboom), and while dating her, he suspects that she may be the wanted killer.
Actors
Deuce BigalowRob Schneider
T.J. HicksEddie Griffin
Gaspar VoorsbochJeroen Krabbé
Also posted in 2005 | Comments (0)

Buster

IMDB Rating: 5.50
820 votes

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Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.
Actors
Buster EdwardsPhil Collins
June EdwardsJulie Walters
Bruce ReynoldsLarry Lamb
Also posted in 1988, Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance | Comments (0)

Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s

IMDB Rating: 6.40
236 votes

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The headmistress of St Trinian's is jailed, and to try and keep order, the army and the police are called in, they don't stand a chance. This time the hellcats of St. Trinian's want to get to Italy where a rich playboy wants to select one of them as his wife (little does he know what he's letting himself in for). To get to Italy in term time they have to win an essay writing competition, it's easy when you know how. In Europe they run amok and become involved in jewel theft and their normal brand of chaos.
Actors
Captain Romney Carlton-RickettsTerry-Thomas
'Flash' HarryGeorge Cole
Sergeant Ruby GatesJoyce Grenfell
Also posted in 1957, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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