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Directed by Peter SegalOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilitiesActors Adam Sandler,
Drew Barrymore,
Rob Schneider,
Sean Astin,
Lusia Strus,
Blake ClarkRating68%
Henry Roth is a veterinarian at Sea Life Park on the island of Oahu who has a reputation of womanizing female tourists. He shows no interest in committing to a serious relationship and his closest friends are Ula, a marijuana-smoking Islander; his assistant Alexa, whose sexuality and gender is unclear; Willy, his pet African penguin and Jocko, a walrus., 1h39
Directed by Bobcat GoldthwaitOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about suicideActors Robin Williams,
Daryl Sabara,
Pierce Brosnan,
Alexie Gilmore,
Harvey Fierstein,
Lorraine NicholsonRating68%
Lance Clayton (Williams) is a single father and high school English teacher. He dreams of becoming a famous writer, but his previous novels have all been rejected by publishers. His 15-year-old son, Kyle (Sabara), is a pornography-obsessed underachiever who despises everyone, especially his father. Kyle is a student at the school where Lance teaches an unpopular poetry class. His only friend is Andrew, a fellow student who spends his evenings at the Claytons' house trying to avoid his alcoholic mother. Kyle's consistently poor academic performance and vile behavior gain the attention of the school principal (Geoff Pierson), who advises Lance that Kyle should transfer to a special-needs school (it is loosely implied that Kyle may be on the autism spectrum.) Lance is in a non-committal relationship with a younger teacher named Claire (Gilmore), who is spending time with a fellow teacher named Mike (Henry Simmons), whose writing class is more successful than Lance's. On nights when Claire cancels their dates and he is alone, Lance bonds with his elderly neighbor Bonnie (Mitzi McCall)., 1h32
Directed by Bobcat GoldthwaitGenres Comedy,
DocumentaryActors Bobcat Goldthwait,
Lisa Arch,
Dane Cook,
Kitana Baker,
Jimmy Kimmel,
Adam CarollaRating73%
The movie is a practical joke played on an aspiring actor named Perry Caravello. Caravello believes he has been given a chance to make a movie called Windy City Heat, a crime drama about a "sports private eye" named Stone Fury. However, there is no such film. It is all an elaborate prank played on him by his co-star friends, with the help of producers Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, director Bobcat Goldthwait, and real celebrity cameos including Carson Daly, Dane Cook, Tammy Faye Bakker, and famous Chicago athletes Ernie Banks and William "The Refrigerator" Perry., 1h56
Directed by Sean Anders,
Dennis DuganOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about alcoholism,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
La sexualité des mineurs,
Films about pedophiliaActors Adam Sandler,
Ian Ziering,
Leighton Meester,
Susan Sarandon,
Todd Bridges,
Andy SambergRating55%
In 1984, Donny Berger's teacher, a hebephile named Mary McGarricle (Eva Amurri Martino), begins a sexual relationship with him. When she is discovered inciting him to sexual activity on a piano during an assembly, she is sentenced to a lengthy prison term where it is revealed she is pregnant. The court gives custody of the unborn child to Donny's abusive father until Donny himself is at the legal age to assume custody., 1h30
Directed by Ken LoachOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
CrimeThemes Films about alcoholism,
Films about families,
La précaritéActors Bruce Jones,
Julie Brown,
Ricky Tomlinson,
Tom Hickey,
Karen Henthorn,
William AshRating72%
Bob, le personnage principal, vit avec sa femme Anne et sa fille Coleen dans une banlieue misérable de Manchester. Lui et son ami Tommy se débrouillent du mieux qu'ils peuvent pour vivre dans la Grande-Bretagne des années Thatcher. Le film dépeint la précarité de la société anglaise à l'époque, en montrant tous les emplois que Bob est forcé d'exercer, allant de la revente de viande au marché noir jusqu'à être vigile dans une discothèque. En dépit de sa situation pour le moins précaire, Bob tient par-dessus tout à acheter une robe de communion neuve pour sa fille, afin de ne pas perdre la face devant le voisinage. Dans ce combat pour la dignité de sa famille, il va prendre de terribles risques, se heurter à la cupidité et à la violence mais aussi redécouvrir la fraternité et la solidarité., 1h33
Directed by John DahlOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about alcoholism,
Mafia films,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Gangster filmsActors Ben Kingsley,
Téa Leoni,
Bill Pullman,
Luke Wilson,
Dennis Farina,
Philip Baker HallRating63%
Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) is a hit man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. He has a drinking problem, and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle Roman Krzeminski (Philip Baker Hall), head of the family, sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. He is forced to accept a job at a mortuary, and go to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, where he confesses his job, explaining that he wants to be free of his drinking problem because it's affecting his ability to kill effectively. He falls in love with Laurel Pearson (Téa Leoni), a quirky client he meets at the funeral home. Meanwhile, an upstart Irish mob threatens the family snow-plowing business. When violence erupts, Frank returns home to face the old rivals on new terms. With assistance from Laurel, he manages to suppress his family's adversaries, killing the mob's leader and disbanding the Irish posse., 2h17
Directed by Terry GilliamOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
FantasyThemes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes,
Films about magic and magicians,
Medical-themed films,
Psychologie,
Radio,
Films about psychiatryActors Robin Williams,
Jeff Bridges,
Mercedes Ruehl,
Amanda Plummer,
Michael Jeter,
Tom WaitsRating74%
Jack Lucas (Bridges), a selfish, misanthropic shock jock, becomes suicidally despondent after his insensitive on-air comments inadvertently prompt an unstable caller to commit a mass murder-suicide at a popular Manhattan restaurant. Three years later, Jack is working with his girlfriend Anne (Ruehl) in a video store in a mostly drunken, depressed state. One night while on a bender, he attempts suicide. Before he can do so, he is mistaken for a homeless person and is attacked and nearly set on fire by thugs. He is rescued by Parry (Williams), a deluded homeless man who is on a mission to find the Holy Grail, and tries to convince Jack to help him. Jack is initially reluctant, but comes to feel responsible for Parry when he learns that the man's condition is a result of witnessing his wife's horrific murder at the hands of Jack's psychotic caller. Parry is also continually haunted by a hallucinatory red knight, who terrifies him., 2h12
Directed by Chris ColumbusOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Cooking films,
Films about slavery,
Medical-themed films,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
Robot filmsActors Robin Williams,
Sam Neill,
Embeth Davidtz,
Oliver Platt,
Wendy Crewson,
Hallie EisenbergRating69%
The NDR series robot "Andrew" (Robin Williams) is introduced in 2005 into the Martin family home to perform housekeeping and maintenance duties. The family's reactions range from acceptance and curiosity, to outright rejection, and deliberate vandalism by their surly older daughter, Grace (Lindze Letherman), which leads to the discovery that Andrew can both identify emotions and reciprocate in kind. When Andrew accidentally breaks a figurine belonging to "Little Miss" Amanda (Hallie Kate Eisenberg), he carves a replacement out of wood. The family is astonished by this creativity and “Sir” Richard Martin (Sam Neill) takes Andrew to his manufacturer, to inquire if all the robots are like him. The CEO of the company sees this development as a problem and wishes to scrap Andrew. Angered, Martin takes Andrew home and allows him to pursue his own development, encouraging Andrew to educate himself in the humanities., 1h23
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantasy,
Action,
Horror,
AnimationThemes Films about children,
Films about magic and magicians,
Medical-themed films,
Batman films,
Dracula films,
Superhero films,
Vampires in film,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Super-héros inspiré de comics,
Disaster filmsActors Rino Romano,
Peter Stormare,
Jeff Bennett,
Tara Strong,
Tom Kenny,
Kevin Michael RichardsonRating66%
The Joker and the Penguin break out of Arkham Asylum and race each other to find a stash of stolen money hidden within a crypt in Gotham Cemetery after an inmate, who had hidden it, told them about it. The Joker is quickly intercepted by the Batman and is electrocuted when he falls into a river by his super-charged joy buzzers while the Penguin takes the opportunity to enter the cemetery himself. While searching through a crypt, the Penguin accidentally cuts his hand while using his umbrella-sword to open a coffin he hopes contains the money, finding a body instead. Blood from his hand drips on the corpse's heart, which brings it to life; it is none other than the vampire lord Count Dracula, his body having been moved from Transylvania to Gotham City after his "death." After attacking and turning a watchman at the cemetery into a vampire, Dracula hypnotizes the Penguin into becoming his non-vampiric servant so that he may lead him through Gotham to feed and guard his coffin during the day while he regains his strength., 1h55
Directed by Paul MazurskyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about alcoholism,
Circus films,
Films about immigration,
Films about music and musicians,
Politique,
La précarité,
Jazz films,
Political filmsActors Robin Williams,
María Conchita Alonso,
Cleavant Derricks,
Elya Baskin,
Alejandro Rey,
Paul MazurskyRating64%
Set against the backdrop of the Cold War and Soviet political repression of the early 1980s prior to perestroika, Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams), a saxophonist with the Moscow circus, lives in a crowded apartment with his extended family. He stands in lines for hours to buy toilet paper and shoes. When the apparatchik assigned to the circus (Kramarov as Boris) criticizes Vladimir for being late to rehearsal and suggests Vladimir may miss the approaching trip to New York, Vladimir gives Boris a pair of shoes from the queue that made Vladimir late.