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American cinema: Romance/Comedy
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Woody Allen
New Jersey, at the height of the Great Depression. Cecilia's life is one of unending misery. Abused by her thug of a husband, barely scraping by on what she earns as a waitress, her only refuge is the movies...
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Woody Allen
Quentin Durward (1955)
Richard Thorpe
In 1465, the impecunious Scottish knight Quentin Durward travels to France to determine whether the Countess Isabelle of Marcroy will make a suitable bride for his aged uncle...
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Richard Thorpe
Safety Last! (1923)
Fred C. Newmeyer
A young man named Harold sets out to make his fortune in the city but ends up as a low paid shop assistant in a large department store...
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Fred C. Newmeyer
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Norman Jewison
George has everything a man could want. A nice house, a good job and an adoring wife, Judy. Yet every minute of his life is riddled with anxiety about his health...
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Norman Jewison
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Stanley Donen
Adam Pontipee is a woodsman who lives a rough life in the Oregon hills with his six equally rough brothers: Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank and Gideon...
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Stanley Donen
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Billy Wilder
Richard Sherman is a paperback publisher living in the Manhattan district of New York. During the hot summer months, he stays alone at home whilst his wife and young son take a holiday in Maine... [More...]
Billy Wilder
Richard Sherman is a paperback publisher living in the Manhattan district of New York. During the hot summer months, he stays alone at home whilst his wife and young son take a holiday in Maine... [More...]
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Stanley Donen
In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the toast of Hollywood. Their numerous films together have made them a national phenomenon and rumour has it that they are engaged to be married... [More...]
Stanley Donen
In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the toast of Hollywood. Their numerous films together have made them a national phenomenon and rumour has it that they are engaged to be married... [More...]
Sleeper (1973)
Woody Allen
In 1973, Miles Monroe, a jazz musician and proprietor of the Happy Carrot health food store, goes into hospital for routine treatment on an ulcer... [More...]
Woody Allen
In 1973, Miles Monroe, a jazz musician and proprietor of the Happy Carrot health food store, goes into hospital for routine treatment on an ulcer... [More...]
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Billy Wilder
Chicago, 1929. Joe and Jerry are two unemployed musicians who are looking for work when they witness a gangland massacre... [More...]
Billy Wilder
Chicago, 1929. Joe and Jerry are two unemployed musicians who are looking for work when they witness a gangland massacre... [More...]
Stormy Weather (1943)
Andrew L. Stone
On his return to America after serving in the First World War, Bill Williamson sets his sights on becoming a dancer but has difficulty finding work of any kind... [More...]
Andrew L. Stone
On his return to America after serving in the First World War, Bill Williamson sets his sights on becoming a dancer but has difficulty finding work of any kind... [More...]
Sunrise (1927)
F.W. Murnau
A young woman from the city finds refuge in an isolated rural community, where she immediately starts to have an affair with a married farmer... [More...]
F.W. Murnau
A young woman from the city finds refuge in an isolated rural community, where she immediately starts to have an affair with a married farmer... [More...]
Superman II (1980)
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison... [More...]
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison... [More...]
Swing Time (1936)
George Stevens
When his friends play a practical joke on him, dancer John Garnett arrives too late for his wedding. His prospective father-in-law is unimpressed by this turn of events and tells Garnett that he will only consent to the marriage once he has earned $25,000... [More...]
George Stevens
When his friends play a practical joke on him, dancer John Garnett arrives too late for his wedding. His prospective father-in-law is unimpressed by this turn of events and tells Garnett that he will only consent to the marriage once he has earned $25,000... [More...]
Top Hat (1935)
Mark Sandrich
American song-and-dance man Jerry Travers arrives in London to perform in a show produced by his friend Horace Hardwick. Whilst practicing his tap dance routine in his hotel room one evening, Jerry disturbs Dale Tremont, a young woman in the room below his... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
American song-and-dance man Jerry Travers arrives in London to perform in a show produced by his friend Horace Hardwick. Whilst practicing his tap dance routine in his hotel room one evening, Jerry disturbs Dale Tremont, a young woman in the room below his... [More...]
Vivacious Lady (1938)
George Stevens
At the request of his overbearing father, Peter Morgan, a university professor, is sent to Manhattan to bring back his playboy cousin Keith... [More...]
George Stevens
At the request of his overbearing father, Peter Morgan, a university professor, is sent to Manhattan to bring back his playboy cousin Keith... [More...]
White Christmas (1954)
Michael Curtiz
Christmas Eve, 1944 - somewhere in Europe. After staging a show in honour of their departing commanding officer, Major General Waverly, a platoon of U.S... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
Christmas Eve, 1944 - somewhere in Europe. After staging a show in honour of their departing commanding officer, Major General Waverly, a platoon of U.S... [More...]
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Frank Capra
Anthony Kirby is the president of a major US bank. The embodiment of soulless capitalism, he has resolved to buy up a block of houses to make way for a munitions factory that will make him even wealthier... [More...]
Frank Capra
Anthony Kirby is the president of a major US bank. The embodiment of soulless capitalism, he has resolved to buy up a block of houses to make way for a munitions factory that will make him even wealthier... [More...]
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
William A. Seiter
Robert Davis, an American dancer stranded in Buenos Aires without a peso to his name, is desperate to find work. His friend, bandleader Xavier Cugat, suggests that he should try to impress hotel owner Eduardo Acuña by performing at his eldest daughter's wedding... [More...]
William A. Seiter
Robert Davis, an American dancer stranded in Buenos Aires without a peso to his name, is desperate to find work. His friend, bandleader Xavier Cugat, suggests that he should try to impress hotel owner Eduardo Acuña by performing at his eldest daughter's wedding... [More...]