Zelig

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Zelig (1983)

Comedy

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1940 โ˜… 8.3

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

The Addams Family

The Addams Family

1991 โ˜… 7.1

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 of the details of Fester's life.

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971 โ˜… 6.4

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.

Dave

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1993 โ˜… 6.7

A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.

Real Life

Real Life

1979 โ˜… 6.5

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".

Black Sheep

Black Sheep

1996 โ˜… 6.1

When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime when he tries to take Mike out of town during the election.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982 โ˜… 6.7

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.

Silent Movie

Silent Movie

1976 โ˜… 6.5

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.

My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1936 โ˜… 7.6

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.

What About Bob?

What About Bob?

1991 โ˜… 6.9

Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin tries to get him to leave; the trouble is, everyone loves Bob. As his oblivious patient makes himself at home, Dr. Marvin loses his professional composure and, before long, may be ready for the loony bin himself.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1997 โ˜… 6.6

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

2001 โ˜… 6.8

Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But he dumps her before heading to Harvard Law School. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. While there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just good looks.

Scooby Goes Hollywood

Scooby Goes Hollywood

1979 โ˜… 7.6

Shaggy and Scooby-Doo quit their Saturday morning TV series in pursuit of Hollywood stardom.

The Hustle

The Hustle

2019 โ˜… 6.2

Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naรฏve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."

Leo

Leo

2023 โ˜… 7.4

Jaded 74-year-old lizard Leo has been stuck in the same Florida classroom for decades with his terrarium-mate turtle. When he learns he only has one year left to live, he plans to escape to experience life on the outside but instead gets caught up in the problems of his anxious students โ€” including an impossibly mean substitute teacher.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004 โ˜… 6.7

It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

1974 โ˜… 7.9

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

1978 โ˜… 6.8

The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988 โ˜… 7.5

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

How to Irritate People

How to Irritate People

1969 โ˜… 6.6

A pre-Monty Python mockumentary, written by and presented by John Cleese, that provides tips on learning how to irritate people.

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