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Bad Santa (2003) IMDb WikiData
Bad Santa
director: Terry Zwigoff actor: Billy Bob Thornton / Tony Cox …
other title: Babbo bastardo / Bad Santa - O Anti-Pai Natal
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
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Four Lions (2010) Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
Four Lions
director: Chris Morris actor: Riz Ahmed / Nigel Lindsay …
other title: Quatro leões / We Are Four Lions
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.
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The Producers (1968) TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
The Producers
director: Mel Brooks actor: Zero Mostel / Gene Wilder …
other title: Per favore, non toccate le vecchiette! / Forår for Hitler …
Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times over the actual cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
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Firewalker (1986) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Firewalker
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Chuck Norris / Louis Gossett Jr. …
other title: Il tempio di fuoco / Caminho de Fogo …
A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984) IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData
This Is Spinal Tap
director: Rob Reiner actor: Christopher Guest / Michael McKean …
other title: On the Rocks / Spinal Tap …
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
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Life of Brian (1979) Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb
Life of Brian
7.8 (9 ratings) director: Terry Jones actor: Graham Chapman / John Cleese …
other title: Brian di Nazareth / Monty Python's life of Brian - et herrens liv …
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
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Dark Star (1974) TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Dark Star
director: John Carpenter actor: Brian Narelle / Cal Kuniholm …
other title: Estrela Negra / Dark Star - Finsterer Stern …
A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
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Sullivan's Travels (1941) Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sullivan's Travels
director: Preston Sturges actor: Joel McCrea / Veronica Lake …
other title: I dimenticati / Contrastes Humanos …
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
6.2 (5 ratings) director: Shane Black actor: Robert Downey Jr. / Val Kilmer …
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
director: John Hughes actor: Steve Martin / John Candy …
other title: Un biglietto in due / Røvtur på 1. klasse …
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
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¡Three Amigos! (1986) TMDB IMDb WikiData
¡Three Amigos!
director: John Landis actor: Chevy Chase / Steve Martin …
other title: I tre amigos! / De kom, de så, de løb! …
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.
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Stripes (1981) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Stripes
director: Ivan Reitman actor: Bill Murray / Harold Ramis …
other title: Stripes - Un plotone di svitati / Røven af 4. division …
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey. After his barely satisfactory performance in basic training, the irreverent Winger emerges as the figurehead for a ragtag band of misfits. However, his hijinks threaten to cause an international scandal when he inadvertently commandeers a military assault vehicle behind enemy lines.