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When Harry Met SallyWhen Harry Met Sally (1990) Recommended
Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal
Thirtysomething favourite that amicably flirts with the subject of platonic relationships between men and women. Meg Ryan's priceless 'fake orgasm'…
ScroogedScrooged (1988)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Alfre Woodard
Bill Murray is hilariously mean–spirited as a yuppie incarnation of Charles Dicken’s ‘Scrooge’ who eventually gets a change of attitude…
Planes, Trains and AutomobilesPlanes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) Recommended
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Steve Martin, John Candy
Well–matched comic coupling Steve Martin and John Candy go astray in the Midwest transport system. Reliably funny "mature" comedy is a pleasant…
SpaceballsSpaceballs (1987)
Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, John Candy
A rollicking and fairly successful Mel Brooks take–off of STAR WARS and the space–opera genre, with Rick Moranis irresistibly hilarious…
Bad News BearsBad News Bears (1976) Recommended
Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow
Delightfully cynical baseball comedy starring Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex–baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team…
Little MurdersLittle Murders (1971)
Dir. Alan Arkin
Feat. Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd
Actor Alan Arkin directs this black comedy about a girl who brings her boyfriend home to meet her severely dysfunctional family amidst a series of…
Graduate, TheGraduate, The (1967) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross
An endearing Dustin Hoffman in his first leading role, is seduced by a middle–aged woman and then falls in love with her daughter. A brilliant…
Quiet Man, TheQuiet Man, The (1952)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
Ex–boxer John Wayne retires to his Irish homeland in search of tranquillity and maybe the hand of Maureen O'Hara. This romantic comedy was a…
Steamboat Bill JrSteamboat Bill Jr (1928) Aro Favourite
Dir. Charles Riesner
Feat. Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Tom McGuire
One of Buster Keaton's best films begins as sly farce, with his wimpish city–slicker meekly tussling with a thuggish steamboat–captain…

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