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Comedy movies
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In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps. Explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but nice) Amber Atkins won't be stopped. There could well be more death and disappointment to come. |
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Kathleen Kelly, owner of a little and famous bookstore for children's books, has an affair. Being together with Frank Navasky, a well-known journalist, she betrays him by e-mailing secretly and anonymously with a (also betraying) man whom she met in a chat room. Suddenly, her business gets endangered by the opening of Fox Books discount store just "around the corner". She meets Joe Fox, son of the owner, and soon gets annoyed by his arrogant way of managing business matters. Although getting advice by her anonymous mail-pal, she has to close down her store. But Joe Fox's life suddenly gets out of control when he learns that his anonymous mail-pal is nobody other than Kathleen Kelly. |
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After the untimely death of their granddad (Donald Sutherland), German-American brothers Jan (Paul Soter) and Todd Wolfhouse (Erik Stolhanske) travel to the Old Country to spread his ashes. On arrival in Munich they discover that it’s Oktoberfest, an autumn festival that is famous for the consumption of beer. The brothers, who remember their roots and, like all Germans, are big beer drinkers, are eager to compete in Beerfest, the so-called Beer Olympic Games which take place during several days. Although their German cousins shoot their desire down in flames, Tod and Jan are not in the least embarrassed to enter the contest but are soon beaten. Determined to get their revenge, the guys return home and assemble a team of inveterate beer guzzlers to train strenuously for next year’s competition. All they need to receive the Beerfest honors is healthy liver and strong will to win.
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A hit man has second thoughts about his career and seeks refuge from his boss by finding work as a baker in a rural Welsh village. |
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When the summer came, Wabasha county fishermen were almost ready to use their fishing rods when the serious trouble appeared in their small town. Trouble's name was Maria and she was going to turn the local shop where they used to buy rods and baits into a fashionable restaurant. Max Goldman (Walter Matthau) finds Maria very attractive (Sophia Loren herself!), but he and his friend John Gustavson (Jack Lemmon) stand against her and her business weaving the different plots to stop her. Old grumblers should solve problems of their children at the same time. |
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When the four greatest arch super-criminals ever to plague Gotham City join forces, their only objective can only be the entire world! Armed with Penguin-personalized a pre-atomic submarine, an army of ruthless pirates, exploding sharks and octopi, and an arsenal of polaris missiles, the Penguin, the Joker, the Riddler and Catwoman have set their sights on the United World Security Council! Can the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin, stop the United Underworld before its too late? Will they save the Security Council from almost certain dehydration? Can they possibly save the free world from the four most powerful villains it has ever seen? One hint: The worst is yet to come...! |
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After their first year at college, the guys reunite for another summer of fun. Jim continues his quest for sexual independence by seeking the help of his old prom date, Michele, after an unexpected call from Nadia who plans to visit Jim. Meanwhile, Kev and Vicky find themselves in an awkward situation after having broken up for a year. Oz must deal with a long distance relationship when Heather heads off to France to study abroad. Old feuds die hard as the ever-so-horny Stifler harbors his hatred toward Finch, who is practicing the Hindu practice of Tantra. |
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The outrageous hilarious comedy chronicles the everyday wild pranks of four childhood friends who enjoy risking their lives for the sake of fun. Jarno "Mastermind", Jarppi "Daredevil", Jukka "Showman", Jarno "Mastermind", HP "Bonebreaker" are totally anarchistic guys who know neither bounds nor rules. From dawn to dusk the fearless Dudesons, along with their 500-lb pet pig named Britney, live their lives to the fullest by making indoor bonfires and performing dangerous motorcycle jumps. |
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Hollywood send-up. No-name actors are making a low-budget period drama called "Home for Purim," when an anonymous post on the Internet suggests that one performance is Oscar-worthy. Then, two more cast members get Oscar-related press: buzz in "Variety" and appearances on TV prompt the studio executives to insist on changes in the script in anticipation of a blockbuster. Jump ahead a few months to the days before Oscar nominees are announced: just the possibility of a nomination has changed the actors' lives. Agents, publicists, make-up artists, local celebrity reporters, and other bit players round out the backstage ensemble. Hooray for Hollywood! |
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Chris (Ryan Reynolds) and Jamie (Amy Smart) were the best friends at the high school: he was the clumsy source of mockery for cruel classmates, she was a popular and beautiful cheerleader. Surely, he harbored a secret that he is hopelessly in love with Jamie. One day Chris finally works up his courage and makes his feelings known for her. Surprised, Jamie proceeds with "let us stay just friends" talk, that fateful moment Chris decides to change himself. Decade after, we can see reinvented Chris as a smooth talking womanizer, living large in Los Angeles. He was given a challenging job assignment from his boss, KC, concerning the turning spoiled socialite, diva and magazine pin-up girl Samantha James into a pop-star. The snag is in the fact that Chris and Sam used to date, and that she still carries a torch for him, which makes it all the more hellish. On their way to Paris, they make an unexpected stop in New Jersey – for Chris it's the first time back in 10 years. Chris isn't going to stay there for a long, but he runs into Jamie working at the local bar... You should see yourself what will come further in this slapstick comedy! |
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Professional quarterback Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler), a former NFL player, and former college champion and coach Nate Scarborough (Burt Reynolds) are doing time in the same prison. Tough warden Hazen (James Cromwell) decides to organize a soccer match between the guards and the inmates and forces Paul to assemble his team. Yet, he tries to persuade Crewe to lose the game in exchange of his early release. The convicts willingly unite when they discover that the guards will be their rivals. They see the forthcoming game as a golden opportunity to exact some revenge on the sadistic warders. |
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President James Dale of the United States and his right-hand man, Jerry Ross discover that an army of Martian UFOs are hovering around the Earth, and everyone has a different response. Some, like Texan alcohol dealer Art Land and slimy nesman Jason Black, just want to make a profit out of it. Others, such as TV hostess Nathalie Lake, Land's spiritualist wife Barbara, and the Southern-like Norris family, are excited, and some, like Dale's wife, Marsha, and daughter, Taffy, don't care. Richie Norris is extremely intelligent but is only respected by his insane grandmother, while his older brother Billy is favored for joining the army. General Decker doesn't trust the Martians and insist they fight, but General Casey is more optimistic. The Martians appear to come in peace but suddenly begin to use their super-powerful and technologically advanced weapons to wipe out the population and great structures. Soon, they attack Las Vegas, where the Norrises are living, where former heavyweight champion Byron Williams is visiting, where an obnoxious lawyer is gambling, and where Tom Jones is performing in concerts. |
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Victor Taransky (Al Pacino) has hard times: an actress, who played the key role in his new film (Winona Ryder), had quitted the shooting area prejudicing the destiny of the film in production. Victor needs a substitute, right now! He solves the problem having involved Simona (Rachel Roberts), who is a talented, beautiful actress; she is almost perfect in spite of the one little detail: she is not real but looks like a living woman. But the whole world already is at her charming but artificial feet and it's too late to change anything. Victor shall keep it secret - that he created his star of the highest magnitude by his own hands using his own computer... But will he succeed with keeping the secret? |
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The outrageous hilarious comedy chronicles the everyday wild pranks of four childhood friends who enjoy risking their lives for the sake of fun. Jarno "Mastermind", Jarppi "Daredevil", Jukka "Showman", Jarno "Mastermind", HP "Bonebreaker" are totally anarchistic guys who know neither bounds nor rules. From dawn to dusk the fearless Dudesons, along with their 500-lb pet pig named Britney, live their lives to the fullest by making indoor bonfires and performing dangerous motorcycle jumps. |
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Will you kill for a good story? If you are James Cooper, a 28 year old copy editor with dreams of literary stardom, you will. After all, your girlfriend was just crowned the "voice of a new America" by the New York literati, and you waste your days editing third-rate textbooks in a dreary Chicago basement. Your first book got panned. Your agent just dumped you. You have no future. But when your girlfriend's corpse ends up sprawled beneath your bedroom window, you finally know what to write about. Crime Fiction is the story of murder, betrayal and outrageous artistic fortune. |
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Derek Zoolander has been the dominant male model in the industry for three years thanks to his patented "look," Blue Steel. On the night of the VH1 Fashion Awards, what should be his fourth trophy goes to an upstart model named Hansel. Adding to the insult, a story in Time magazine brands him an idiot. Derek decides to retire and seek out his roots. Meanwhile, the new prime minister of Malaysia has upset a secret coalition of fashion designers by promising to raise the minimum wage, effectively ending their supply of cheap labour in sweatshops. Sensing disaster, the covert group charges Mugatu, the current king of haute couture, to find a mindless male model to brainwash into assassinating the new world leader. Derek, rejected by his family, stumbles predictably into Mugatu's hands and the only ones who can save him are the reporter who took away his good name, his rival Hansel, and a mysterious model from the past who sheds light on the whole conspiracy. They have to work against time and Derek's ineptitude to stop him from killing on the night Mugatu reveals his newest clothing line with the Malaysian minister as his "honoured guest." |
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In this study of Generation X manners, Lelaina, the valedictorian of her college class, camcords her friends in a mock documentary of posteducation life. Troy is her best friend, a perpetually unemployed musical slacker. Vickie is a manager at the Gap who worries about the results of an AIDS test, while Sammy has problems grappling with his sexuality. When Lelaina meets Michael, an earnest video executive who takes her homemade video to his MTV-like station, she must decide what she values--the materialism of yuppie Michael or the philosophical musings of Troy. |
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Lila Jute (Patricia Arquette) is a young woman who has a birth defect - excessive body hair. It’s so excessive that even in the medical encyclopaedia the description of the phenomenon is illustrated with her photo. Trying to find herself, Lila goes to live in the forest and writes several books about nature, but at the age of 30 she returns to society to find a significant other. She starts dating Dr. Nathan Bronfman (Tim Robbins), a 35-year-old pedantic bore who teaches table manners to lab mice. One day on a hiking trip, they come upon a feral man (Rhys Ifans) raised as an ape in the wilds. Nathan takes an opportunity to illustrate his theory of animal learning and tries to civilize Puff. |
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When fresh college graduate Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson) started working as a nanny for a wealthy and snobbish family, she saw it as a temporary job – and couldn't imagine that the position would get her into serious trouble. The capricious, pampered Mrs. X turns (Laura Linney), the overbusy, neglectful Mr. X. (Paul Giamatti), and their extremely spoiled, fidgety four-year-old child, Grayer (Nicholas Art), made Annie's life a hell by bullying and mercilessly exploiting her. The situation became even more aggravated when she found herself caught in the middle of the couple's conflicts and fallen in love with the Xes' neighbor, Harvard Hottie (Chris Evans). |
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A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island. |
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