Genre: Comedy
The Straight Story
Directed by David Lynch
“Walt Disney presents...a film by David Lynch.” Stranger words have perhaps never opened an American film, but the belief in …
Camera Shy
Directed by Mark Sawers
Larry (Nicolas Wright) is an unprincipled city councilman who doesn’t mind a little fraud and infidelity if it advances his …
It’s a Gift
Directed by Norman McLeod
By 1934, W.C. Fields was at the top of his game, enormously popular in the US after a long string …
Junk
Directed by Kevin Hamedani
Kaveh and Raul are two B-movie co-writers who have suffered a bitter falling out. Kaveh has lost his girlfriend and …
La traversée de Paris
Directed by Claude Autant-Lara
One of the first films to criticize, albeit humorously, the less than patriotic behavior of some French citizens during World …
The Golden Coach
Directed by Jean Renoir
Renoir's 18th-century comic fantasy is a valentine to the theater and the music of Vivaldi, starring the larger-than-life Anna Magnani. …
Afterlife
Directed by Virág Zomborácz
Mózes, a rather neurotic young man in his twenties, is unable to meet his domineering father’s expectations. So when his …
Daisies
Directed by Vera Chytilova
One of the most anarchic films of all time, Vera Chytilová’s absurdist farce follows the misadventures of two bored but …
Living is Easy With Eyes Closed
Directed by David Trueba
Beatles fans will recognize the title from the lyrics in “Strawberry Fields Forever,” which John Lennon wrote while in southern …
Singin’ in the Rain
Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
The greatest musical ever made? Many would vote for this exuberant valentine to the days when movies learned to talk. …
Mr. Kaplan
Directed by Alvaro Brechner
Jacob Kaplan lives an ordinary life in Uruguay. Like many of his other Jewish friends, Jacob fled Europe for South …
Bugsy Malone
Directed by Alan Parker
Alan Parker's laugh-filled debut film is a nostalgic, prohibition-set gangster musical cast entirely with children. Exploiting every crime cliché imaginable …