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American Movie (1999) Douban NeoDB WikiData IMDb TMDB
American Movie
director: Chris Smith actor: Mark Borchardt / Mike Schank …
other title: 아메리칸 무비 / 导演狂想曲 …
American Movie documents the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.
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The Full Monty (1997) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
The Full Monty
director: Peter Cattaneo actor: Robert Carlyle / Mark Addy …
other title: Full Monty - Squattrinati organizzati / Det' bare mænd …
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
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Thank God It's Friday (1978) IMDb TMDB WikiData
Thank God It's Friday
director: Robert Klane actor: Jeff Goldblum / Raymond Vitte …
other title: Grazie a Dio è Venerdì / Graças a Deus É Sexta-Feira …
It's Friday and everyone is going to the hottest new disco in Los Angeles. The Commodores are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other characters are there to win the dance contest, or to put a little excitement into a fifth anniversary.
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Billy Elliot (2000) NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Billy Elliot
8.4 (7 ratings) director: Stephen Daldry actor: Jamie Bell / Gary Lewis …
other title: Billy Elliot - I Will Dance / Billy Elliot (Quiero bailar) …
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
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Buddy Buddy (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Buddy Buddy
director: Billy Wilder actor: Jack Lemmon / Walter Matthau …
other title: Amigos, Amigos, Negócios a Parte / Victor la gaffe …
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
March 30, 2026 watched
Despite reuniting the classic comedy team of Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon & Walther Matthau, this US remake of a French hitman farce is a swing and a miss.

Watched in #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
BillyWilder PaulaPrentiss 1980s USA Comedy
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Avanti! (1972) Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Avanti!
director: Billy Wilder actor: Jack Lemmon / Juliet Mills …
other title: Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? / Avanti - kom ind! …
A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.
March 23, 2026 watched
Romcom spiced up with a little middle-aged nudity but still pretty mild and rather long.

Watched in #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
JulietMills BillyWilder USA Comedy JackLemmon
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The Blues Brothers (1980) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb KevGa-NeoDB WikiData
The Blues Brothers
8.7 (6 ratings) director: John Landis actor: Dan Aykroyd / John Belushi …
other title: The Blues Brothers - I fratelli Blues / Blues Brothers …
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
March 1, 2026 watched
One of my all time faves!

Seen multiple times over the decades. This latest watch (28 February 2026) was of the extended version (2hrs 28mins), which I missed in the #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
Musical Comedon USA 1980s Soul
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The Sure Thing (1985) IMDb WikiData
The Sure Thing
director: Rob Reiner actor: John Cusack / Daphne Zuniga …
other title: Sacco a pelo a tre piazze / Garota Sinal Verde …
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
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Four Rooms (1995) Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
Four Rooms
director: Allison Anders / Alexandre Rockwell … actor: Tim Roth / Jennifer Beals …
other title: 4 Quartos / Groom Service
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
director: Jeremiah S. Chechik actor: Chevy Chase / Beverly D'Angelo …
other title: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Un Natale esplosivo! / Fars fede juleferie …
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
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Tremors (1990) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Tremors
7.3 (9 ratings) director: Ron Underwood actor: Kevin Bacon / Fred Ward …
other title: Ormen / Palpitações …
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
Oct. 27, 2025 watched
One of those movies I'll watch every time it's on, and one of my all time faves!

Rewatched in #SundayFunnies #WatchParty on Mastodon
MyFaves Comedy KevinBacon FredWard Horror
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Big (1988) IMDb NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData
Big
7.2 (5 ratings) director: Penny Marshall actor: Tom Hanks / Elizabeth Perkins …
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
7.8 (6 ratings) director: Peter Segal actor: Leslie Nielsen / Priscilla Presley …
other title: Una pallottola spuntata 33⅓ - L'insulto finale / Høj pistolføring 33⅓: Den ultimative fornærmelse …
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.