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The Stingiest Man in Town

The Stingiest Man in Town

The Stingiest Man in Town
IMDb: 6.5
50

This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass–the team that brought you just about every other Christmas special you…

Casey’s Shadow

Casey’s Shadow

Casey’s Shadow
IMDb: 6.1
117

Young Casey comes from a family of racehorse trainers, and his best friend, a foal called Casey’s Shadow, may just be a champion.

Genre: Drama, Family
House Calls

House Calls

House Calls
IMDb: 6.6
98

Charley is a surgeon who’s recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman,…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
First Monday in October

First Monday in October

First Monday in October
IMDb: 6.4
98

For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
A Guide for the Married Man

A Guide for the Married Man

A Guide for the Married Man
IMDb: 6.7
89

A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one’s wife without being caught.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Buddy Buddy

Buddy Buddy

Buddy Buddy
IMDb: 6.5
96

During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital…

Genre: Comedy
Ride a Crooked Trail

Ride a Crooked Trail

Ride a Crooked Trail
IMDb: 6.7
87

After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy…

Genre: Western
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
IMDb: 6.5
120

In the second dramatic case for lawyer Harmon Cobb, he defends an incarcerated woman who is refused release from a mental institution.

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Mirage

Mirage

Mirage
IMDb: 7.3
108

New York City. David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and why is he…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Hello, Dolly!

Hello, Dolly!

Hello, Dolly!
IMDb: 7.1
146

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly “well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece,…

Who’s Got the Action?

Who’s Got the Action?

Who’s Got the Action?
IMDb: 5.8
93

A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.

Genre: Comedy
California Suite

California Suite

California Suite
IMDb: 6.2
103

The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp
IMDb: 7.7
107

Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
The Incident

The Incident

The Incident
IMDb: 7
100

Small town lawyer, Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges. Set during World War II, Cobb has to contend with the difficulties of defending the devil…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Out to Sea

Out to Sea

Out to Sea
IMDb: 6.1
106

Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
I’m Not Rappaport

I’m Not Rappaport

I’m Not Rappaport
IMDb: 6.5
135

Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment…

Genre: Comedy
Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace
IMDb: 5.6
94

Mr. Wilson’s ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he’ll need Dennis’s tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when…

Genre: Comedy, Family
The Bad News Bears

The Bad News Bears

The Bad News Bears
IMDb: 7.3
102

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

Genre: Comedy, Family
Hopscotch

Hopscotch

Hopscotch
IMDb: 7.2
104

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling…

The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys
IMDb: 7.1
111

Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn’t stand each other and haven’t spoken in over 20 years of retirement….

Genre: Comedy
The Front Page

The Front Page

The Front Page
IMDb: 7.3
105

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick
IMDb: 7.5
111

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
A New Leaf

A New Leaf

A New Leaf
IMDb: 7.4
102

Henry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to avoid climbing…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Cactus Flower

Cactus Flower

Cactus Flower
IMDb: 7.2
103

Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston reconsiders marrying Toni, but he worries…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple
IMDb: 7.7
106

In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him,…

Genre: Comedy
The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie
IMDb: 7.3
125

A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother in law as the king of the ambulance chasing lawyers starts a suit while he’s still knocked out. The…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Fail Safe

Fail Safe

Fail Safe
IMDb: 8
112

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe…

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Charade

Charade

Charade
IMDb: 7.9
113

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered….

King Creole

King Creole

King Creole
IMDb: 7
116

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is…

A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd
IMDb: 8.2
125

The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah…

Genre: Drama
The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter
IMDb: 6.4
88

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief’s daughter

The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian
IMDb: 6.3
104

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

Genre: Western
Grumpier Old Men

Grumpier Old Men

Grumpier Old Men
IMDb: 6.7
101

A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Ensign Pulver

Ensign Pulver

Ensign Pulver
IMDb: 5.9
104

1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become commander, so he demands the maximum quality of work from his crew, without…

Genre: Comedy, War
Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite
IMDb: 6.5
114

Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York’s Plaza Hotel with Walter Matthau in a triple role. In…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Strangers When We Meet

Strangers When We Meet

Strangers When We Meet
IMDb: 7.1
117

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.

Genre: Romance
I Ought to Be in Pictures

I Ought to Be in Pictures

I Ought to Be in Pictures
IMDb: 6.2
108

Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Hanging Up

Hanging Up

Hanging Up
IMDb: 4.9
94

A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Pirates

Pirates

Pirates
IMDb: 6.1
124

Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. One day Capt. Red is captured and taken aboard a Spanish galleon,…

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
IMDb: 7.7
104

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it’s paid, how could they get away?