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    Mother Father Sister Brother Frank 2024 POSTER

    Mother Father Sister Brother Frank

    2024

    English

    5.8

    7

    absurd

    comedy

    Comedy

    farce

    hilarious

    Horror

    horror comedy

    screwball comedy

    Thriller

    Caden Douglas Caden Douglas Director Chad Connell Chad Connell as Carl Enrico Colantoni Enrico Colantoni as Jerry Melanie Leishman Melanie Leishman as Jolene Mindy Cohn Mindy Cohn as Joy
    The Jennings family couldn't be more suburban but when Uncle Frank crashes their weekly Sunday dinner, murder turns up on the menu.
    Phffft 1954 POSTER

    Phffft

    1954

    English

    6.6

    7

    Action

    Comedy

    comedy of remarriage

    divorce

    romance

    Romance

    romantic comedy

    romcom

    screwball comedy

    Mark Robson Mark Robson Director Jack Carson Jack Carson as Charlie Nelson Arny Freeman Arny Freeman as Language Teacher Merry Anders Merry Anders as Marsha Joyce Jameson Joyce Jameson as Secretary
    Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to get back out on the dating scene have a funny way of bringing them together.
    Shanghai Blues 1984 POSTER

    Shanghai Blues

    1984

    Cn

    7.0

    5

    64%

    64%

    1940s

    Comedy

    Romance

    screwball comedy

    shanghai, china

    Hark Tsui Hark Tsui Director Ken Boyle Ken Boyle as Rude Caucasian Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang as Shu-Shu Sally Yeh Sally Yeh as Stool Kenny Bee Kenny Bee as Tung Kwok-Man
    In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. They vow to meet after the war ends, but they don't know each other's name or face. Ten years later, the young woman, a nightclub singer, takes in a naive girl fresh from the country. The country girl falls in love with the would-be song-writer upstairs who, unbeknownst to the singer, is none other than the soldier from the bridge.
    Bell Book and Candle 1958 POSTER

    Bell Book and Candle

    1958

    English

    6.8

    17

    Action

    beatnik

    cat

    Comedy

    Fantasy

    love of one's life

    Romance

    screwball comedy

    witch

    witchcraft

    Richard Quine Richard Quine Director Jack Lemmon Jack Lemmon as Nicky Holroyd Elsa Lanchester Elsa Lanchester as Queenie Holroyd James Stewart James Stewart as Shepherd Henderson Ernie Kovacs Ernie Kovacs as Sidney Redlitch
    A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.
    Midnight 1939 POSTER

    Midnight

    1939

    English

    7.8

    7

    94%

    88%

    Action

    Comedy

    jealousy

    judge

    Romance

    ruse

    screwball comedy

    taxi

    taxi driver

    Mitchell Leisen Mitchell Leisen Director William Hopper William Hopper as Flammarions' Party Guest Francis Lederer Francis Lederer as Jacques Picot Armand Kaliz Armand Kaliz as Lebon Nestor Paiva Nestor Paiva as Woman's Escort
    An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.
    High Society 1956 POSTER

    High Society

    1956

    English

    6.9

    15

    87%

    82%

    Action

    Comedy

    divorcee

    jazz singer or musician

    musical

    Musical

    rhode island

    Romance

    screwball comedy

    socialite

    Charles Walters Charles Walters Director Celeste Holm Celeste Holm as Liz Imbrie Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong Ruth Lee Ruth Lee as Ruth - Jazz Festival Organizer Sidney Blackmer Sidney Blackmer as Seth Lord
    With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
    Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 POSTER

    Here Comes Mr. Jordan

    1941

    English

    7.5

    5

    100%

    82%

    airplane accident

    angel

    boxer

    Comedy

    Fantasy

    reincarnation

    Romance

    saxophone

    screwball comedy

    Alexander Hall Alexander Hall Director Evelyn Keyes Evelyn Keyes as Bette Logan Ken Christy Ken Christy as Chuck - Plainclothesman Robert Montgomery Robert Montgomery as Joe Pendleton Donald MacBride Donald MacBride as Police Inspector Williams
    Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
    She's Funny That Way 2014 POSTER

    She's Funny That Way

    2014

    English

    6.2

    33

    46%

    35%

    Action

    aspiring actor

    Comedy

    Drama

    escort

    infidelity

    new york city

    screwball comedy

    sex worker

    Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich Director Owen Wilson Owen Wilson as Arnold Albertson Imogen Poots Imogen Poots as Isabella Patterson Austin Pendleton Austin Pendleton as Judge Pendergast Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino as Quentin Tarantino
    On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
    The Boogie Man Will Get You 1942 POSTER

    The Boogie Man Will Get You

    1942

    English

    5.8

    4

    58%

    58%

    Action

    cellar

    Comedy

    divorcee

    Horror

    hotel

    murder

    screwball comedy

    Lew Landers Lew Landers Director Peter Lorre Peter Lorre as Dr. Arthur Lorencz Don Beddoe Don Beddoe as J. Gilbert Brampton Maxie Rosenbloom Maxie Rosenbloom as Maxie - the Powder Puff Salesman Frank Sully Frank Sully as Police Officer Joe Starrett
    A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.
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