Movies tagged as "screwball"

50 First Dates [2004, USA ] starting from $1.99

Imagine having to win over the girl of your dreams... every friggin' day.

Genres: Comedy, Romance Actors: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Dan Aykroyd, Amy Hill, Allen Covert, Blake Clark, Maya Rudolph, Pomaika'i Brown, Joe Nakashima, Peter Dante, Dom Magwili, Jonathan Loughran Directors: Peter Segal, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Henry Roth (Sandler) is a veterinarian living in Hawaii who enjoys the company of vacationing women. He leaves the playboy life behind after he falls for Lucy (Barrymore), who suffers from short-term memory loss. Since she can never remember meeting him, Henry has to romance Lucy every single day and hope that she falls for him.

All Together, The [2007, UK ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance Actors: Martin Freeman, Corey Johnson, Velibor Topic, Danny Dyer, Richard Harrington, Amanda Abbington, Jamie Kenna, Charles Edwards, Jonathan Ryland, Ian Thompson, Nicholas Hutchison, David Bamber, Alexandra Gilbreath, Marcia Warren, Wendy Mae Brown, Directors: Gavin Claxton Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Martin Freeman plays Chris, a frustrated TV producer who is forced to leave his unreliable flatmate Bob played by Velibor Topic in charge of showing a series of real estate agents around the house he is trying to sell. Worried by Bob's habit of spending all day working in the basement playing loud music, Chris asks his friend to listen out for the door bell and show anyone who comes calling inside. Bob promises to do exactly that and for once, not to let him down. Over the course of the day, whilst Chris struggles to cope with his insane TV presenter colleague Jerry, played by Richard Harrington - back at the house it is soon clear that bonkers Bob is taking his promise to Chris rather too literally. Bob has indeed, allowed anyone inside, including a couple of gun-toting gangsters - an incompetent young Brit played by Danny Dyer and an incontinent American played by Corey Johnson. That evening, Chris is surprised to return home and find his flatmate, four estate agents, two Jehovah's Witnesses, a corpse and a terrified children's entertainer in what remains of his flooded kitchen. Of course, a roomful of water and broken furniture doesn't mean the end of the world - but the half-crazed American sitting outside the toilet with a gun, just might.

Along Came Polly [2004, USA ] starting from $1.99

For the most cautious man on Earth, life is about to get interesting.

Genres: Comedy, Romance Actors: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Bryan Brown, Jsu Garcia, Michele Lee, Bob Dishy, Missi Pyle, Judah Friedlander, Kevin Hart, Masi Oka, Kym Whitley Directors: John Hamburg, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Can a risk-averse insurance salesman on the rebound from his bride's infidelity (during their honeymoon) find happiness with a waitress he knew in junior high who's averse to commitment? Reuben is a sweet klutz who's ready to settle down but sees in her a chance to recover from disappointment and have some fun; Polly is a sweet itinerant, not ready to settle down but sees a chance to spend time with a nice guy who likes her. What will he do when his bride comes crawling back? What will Polly do, when he runs the numbers and thinks she's a good risk? Sub-plots involve his self-centered pal, who's a has-been actor, and an assignment to assess the insurability of a balls-out Aussie.

Beetle Juice [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

Say it once... Say it twice... But we dare you to say it THREE TIMES

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror Actors: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger, Michael Keaton, Rachel Mittelman, Catherine O'Hara, J. Jay Saunders, Mark Ettlinger, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Glenn Shadix, Patrice Martinez, Cindy Daly, Directors: Tim Burton Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The Deetz's gothic daughter discovers the Maitands in the attic and befriends them. She finds their after life handbook which is eventually confiscated by the family's interior decorator who is fascinated by the paranormal, and during a seance,conjures up the Maitlands. Most of the trouble starts as the free lance bio-excorist, Beetlejuice gets involved.

Big Lebowski, The [1998, USA, UK ] starting from $1.99

They figured he was a lazy time wasting slacker. They were right.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery Actors: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, Philip Moon, Mark Pellegrino, Peter Stormare, Flea, Torsten Voges, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jack Kehler, John Turturro Directors: Joel Coen, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.

Clue [1985, USA ] starting from $1.99

It's Not Just A Game Anymore.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller Actors: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, Colleen Camp, Lee Ving, Bill Henderson, Jane Wiedlin, Jeffrey Kramer, Kellye Nakahara, Will Nye, Rick Goldman, Directors: Jonathan Lynn Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Here is the murderously funny movie based on the world-famous Clue board game. Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play. You'll love their dastardly doings as the bodies and the laughs pile up before your eyes. Features three surprise endings!!

Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The [2001, Germany, USA ] starting from $1.99

Love stings

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery Actors: John Tormey, John Schuck, Woody Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Kaili Vernoff, Brian Markinson, Maurice Sonnenberg, John Doumanian, Peter Gerety, Helen Hunt, Kevin Cahoon, Philip Levy, Wallace Shawn, Dan Aykroyd, Vince Giordano Directors: Woody Allen, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them, in order to use them for his dirty schemes. The next evening already, Briggs makes his first robbery, and when he wakes up in the morning he has no memory of it. Things get really complicated when he starts investigating the case. Will he be able to uncover... himself?

Fish Called Wanda, A [1988, USA, UK ] starting from $1.99

A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood.

Genres: Comedy, Crime Actors: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson, Patricia Hayes, Geoffrey Palmer, Cynthia Cleese, Mark Elwes, Neville Phillips, Peter Jonfield, Ken Campbell, Al Ashton, Roger Hume Directors: Charles Crichton, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Sexy American diamonds lover Wanda and her boyfriend Otto are in England to plot alongside George and Ken the robbery of a diamond collection. Wanda and Otto want the stolen diamonds for themselves, and inform the police about George not knowing that he has already moved the diamonds to another secret place. Wanda thinks the best way to find out is by getting close to George's lawyer - Archie Leach.

Flirting with Disaster [1996, USA ] starting from $1.99

Have you flirted yet?

Genres: Comedy Actors: Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Lily Tomlin, Josh Brolin, Richard Jenkins, Celia Weston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Beth Ostrosky, Cynthia Lamontagne, David Patrick Kelly, John Ford Noonan, Directors: David O. Russell Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Five months after the birth of his son, Mel Coplin remains unable to name the child until he has met his own biological parents and discovered who he "really is." He, his wife Nancy, and his social-worker-in-training Tina Kalb jet off to California to meet his birth mother—who turns out not to be his mother, due to an error with the agency's adoption records. The quartet sets out in search of Mel's real parents, with tensions growing because of the sexual chemistry lacking between Mel and Nancy and growing between Mel and Tina.

Four Rooms [1995, USA ] starting from $1.99

Twelve outrageous guests. Four scandalous requests. And one lone bellhop, in his first day on the job, who's in for the wildest New year's Eve of his life.

Genres: Comedy, Drama Actors: Paul Calderon, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Sammi Davis, Amanda De Cadenet, Valeria Golino, Madonna, Ione Skye, Lili Taylor, Alicia Witt, Jennifer Beals, David Proval, Antonio Banderas, Lana McKissack, Patricia Vonne, Tamlyn Tomita, Danny Verduzco, Salma Hayek Directors: Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Quentin Tarantino, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   This movie features the collaborative directorial efforts of four new filmmakers, each of whom directs a segment of this comedy. It's New Year's Eve at the Mon Signor Hotel, a former grand old Hollywood hotel, now fallen upon hard times. Often using physical comedy and sight gags, this movie chronicles the slapstick misadventures of Ted, the Bellhop. He's on his first night on the job, when he's asked to help out a coven of witches in the Honeymoon Suite. Things only get worse when he delivers ice to the wrong room and ends up in a domestic argument at a really bad time. Next, he foolishly agrees to watch a gangster's kids for him while he's away. Finally, he finishes off the night refereeing a ghastly wager.

Four Weddings and a Funeral [1994, UK ] starting from $1.99

He's quite engaging. She's otherwise engaged.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance Actors: Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Bower, Charlotte Coleman, Andie MacDowell, Timothy Walker, Sara Crowe, Ronald Herdman, Elspet Gray, Philip Voss, Rupert Vansittart, Nicola Walker Directors: Mike Newell, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The film follows the fortunes of Charles and his friends as they wonder if they will every find true love and marry. Charles thinks he's found "Miss Right" in Carrie, an American. This British subtle comedy revolves around Charlie, his friends and the four weddings and one funeral which they attend.

Freaky Friday [2003, USA ] starting from $1.99

Get Your Freak On August 1st

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky, Christina Vidal, Ryan Malgarini, Haley Hudson, Rosalind Chao, Lucille Soong, Willie Garson, Dina Spybey, Julie Gonzalo, Christina Marie Walter Directors: Mark S. Waters, Mark Waters, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The wide generation gap between Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her teenage daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan) is more than evident. They simply cannot understand each other's preferences. On a Thursday night they have a big argument in a Chinese restaurant. Both receive a fortune cookie each from the restaurant owner's mother which causes them to switch bodies next day. As they adjust with their new personalities, they begin to understand each other more and eventually it's the mutual self-respect that sorts the things out.

Freshman, The [1990, USA ] starting from $1.99

An innocent kid. An experienced mobster. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship.

Genres: Comedy, Crime Actors: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller, Frank Whaley, Jon Polito, Paul Benedict, Richard Gant, Kenneth Welsh, Pamela Payton-Wright, B.D. Wong, Maximilian Schell, Bert Parks, Tex Konig, Leonardo Cimino, Directors: Andrew Bergman Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine "Jimmy the Toucan" Sabatini, an "importer" bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. When Sabatini makes Clark an offer he can't refuse, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

Hands Across the Table [1935, USA ] starting from $1.99

She gave the air to a millionaire . . . and her heart to a guy with a million-dollar personality ! It's gay , grand , glorious fun !

Genres: Comedy, Romance Actors: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Astrid Allwyn, Marie Prevost, Ruth Donnelly, Joseph R. Tozer, William Demarest, Edward Gargan, Ferdinand Munier, Harold Minjir, Marcelle Corday, Albert Conti, Herman Bing, Peter Allen, Directors: Mitchell Leisen Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Hotel manicurist Regi Allen is a cynical golddigger who meets her match in Theodore 'Ted' Drew III. After a date with Ted, she lets him sleep on her couch when he's too drunk to go further; but what is she to think when he wants to extend the arrangement?

Hold That Ghost [1941, USA ] starting from $1.99

9 ALL-TIME SONG HITS (re-release print ad - all caps)

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis, Mischa Auer, Evelyn Ankers, Marc Lawrence, Shemp Howard, Russell Hicks, William B. Davidson, Ted Lewis, Ted Lewis' Orchestra, Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Directors: Arthur Lubin Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.