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Cast

Michael Dorman

Terry O'Quinn

Kurtwood Smith

Michael Chernus

Patriot (2015) TV Show

7.6 189 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous "non-official cover" -- that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm.

Style: melancholy, philosophical, suspenseful, romantic, whimsical

Plot: undercover, dark comedy, curious, dramedy, thoughtful, somber, spy thriller, reflective, ...

Cast

Susan Sarandon

Geena Davis

Harvey Keitel

Michael Madsen

Thelma & Louise (1991)

7.6 3.9K votes

Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: R

Story: Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

Style: philosophical, intimate, provocative

Plot: robbery, waitress, southern usa, self-defense, highway, housewife, female friendship, arkansas, ...

Cast

Rafe Spall

Esther Smith

Trying (2020) TV Show

7.6 131 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 40

Audience: TV-14

Story: All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?

Style: cynical

Plot: adoption, parenthood, aggressive, arrogant, authoritarian, cheerful, comforting, harsh, ...

Cast

Richie Havens

Joan Baez

Roger Daltrey

John Entwistle

Woodstock (1970)

7.5 298 votes

Genre: Documentary, History, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 184 min.

Audience: R

Story: An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

Style: romantic

Plot: hippie, free love, music festival, marijuana, rock music, drugs, archive footage, music history, ...

Cast

Amy Poehler

Maya Hawke

Kensington Tallman

Liza Lapira

Inside Out 2 (2024)

7.5 6.8K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.

Style: witty

Plot: sadness, disgust, sequel, computer animation, teenage girl, fear, anger, envy, ...

Cast

Julie Andrews

Dick Van Dyke

David Tomlinson

Glynis Johns

Mary Poppins (1964)

7.5 5.0K votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 139 min.

Audience: G

Story: In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

Style: lighthearted

Plot: banker, london, england, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, magic, nanny, ...

Time: 1910s

Cast

Stephen Chow

Yuen Qiu

Yuen Wah

Lam Tze-Chung

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

7.5 3.3K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Country: China, Hong Kong

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: R

Story: It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

Style: absurd

Plot: martial arts, magic, gangster, mafia, defense, policeman, wuxia, anarchic comedy, ...

Time: 1940s

Place: china

Cast

Shah Rukh Khan

Kajol

Rani Mukerji

Sana Saeed

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)

7.5 440 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 185 min.

Story: Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.

Plot: soulmates, friendship bracelet, love, falling in love, unhappiness, childhood friends, joyful

Cast

Claudia Pandolfi

Luigi Lo Cascio

The Bad Guy (2022) TV Show

7.5 70 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: Italy

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 12

Story: The story of Nino Scotellaro, a Sicilian public prosecutor who devoted his entire life to fighting against the mafia and is suddenly accused of being one of the very men he has always fought against. After being condemned, and with nothing left to lose, Nino decides to pull off a Machiavellian revenge plan.

Plot: dark comedy, amused, audacious, cheerful, defiant, joyful

Cast

Joe Pesci

Marisa Tomei

Ralph Macchio

Mitchell Whitfield

My Cousin Vinny (1992)

7.5 1.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

Style: nostalgic, absurd

Plot: prison, small town, court case, court, southern usa, alabama, suspicion, cousin, ...

Cast

Warren Beatty

Faye Dunaway

Michael J. Pollard

Gene Hackman

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

7.5 1.8K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the 1930s, bored European-American waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with a European-American ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.

Style: witty

Plot: sheriff, waitress, ambush, submachine gun, bank robber, oklahoma, impotence, missouri, ...

Time: prohibition era

Place: texas

Cast

Ryan Reynolds

Josh Brolin

Morena Baccarin

Julian Dennison

Deadpool 2 (2018)

7.5 19.4K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.

Plot: hero, superhero, mutant, mercenary, based on comic, sequel, breaking the fourth wall, aftercreditsstinger, ...

Cast

Tina Fey

Alec Baldwin

Tracy Morgan

Jane Krakowski

30 Rock (2006) TV Show

7.5 822 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 138

Audience: TV-14

Story: Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

Style: lighthearted

Plot: new york city, writing, parody, female protagonist, writer, sketch comedy, employer employee relationship, sitcom, ...

Cast

Macaulay Culkin

Joe Pesci

Daniel Stern

John Heard

Home Alone (1990)

7.5 12.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.

Style: lighthearted

Plot: burglar, holiday, home, alone, family relationships, slapstick comedy, little boy, home invasion, ...

Cast

Tim Curry

Susan Sarandon

Barry Bostwick

Richard O'Brien

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

7.4 3.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.

Style: psychotronic, shocking, provocative

Plot: sexual identity, rock 'n' roll, transvestism, time warp, transylvania, transvestite, group sex, halloween, ...

Cast

Nicolas Cage

Emma Stone

Ryan Reynolds

Catherine Keener

The Croods: A New Age (2020)

7.4 4.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.

Plot: sequel, prehistory, aftercreditsstinger, duringcreditsstinger, candid, playful, 3d animation, joyous, ...

Cast

Ben Schwartz

James Marsden

Tika Sumpter

Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

7.4 5.9K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: Japan, United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.

Plot: mad scientist, sequel, revenge, based on video game, duringcreditsstinger, hedgehog, live action and animation, relaxed, ...

WondLa (2024) TV Show

7.4 100 votes

Genre: Animation, Family, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 20

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Forced to flee her underground sanctuary for Earth’s surface, Eva discovers a world unlike anything she expected. As she journeys across perilous terrain and unknown civilizations, Eva searches to answer the ultimate question: Is she the last human?

Plot: based on novel or book, civilization, alien, coming of age, robot, 3d animation, joyous

Cast

Rowan Blanchard

Auliu02bbi Cravalho

Isabella Ferreira

Tyler Alvarez

Crush (2022)

7.4 495 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Story: When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.

Style: lighthearted, intimate, witty, whimsical

Plot: high school, love triangle, comedian, coming of age, art, high school friends, lgbt athlete, lgbt, ...

Cast

Tim Allen

Patricia Richardson

Earl Hindman

Richard Karn

Home Improvement (1991) TV Show

7.4 727 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 8

Episodes: 203

Audience: TV-PG

Story: The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.

Style: lighthearted

Plot: family, blue collar worker, sitcom, handyman, joyful

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