Deck the Halls (2011)

Actors: Hiro Kanagawa (actor), Kathy Najimy (actress), Mark Dumas (miscellaneous crew), David Selby (actor), Connie Rusgen (miscellaneous crew), Christina Ollson (miscellaneous crew), Frank von Zerneck (producer), Jim Byrnes (actor), Jane Alexander (actress), Larry Miller (actor), Patrick Gilmore (actor), Eric Johnson (actor), Claude Foisy (composer), Don Brochu (editor), Robert Moloney (actor),

Plot: Detective Regan Reilly and cleaning-woman-turned-private-eye Alvirah Meehan, investigate the kidnapping of Regan's father and a young female driver just before the holidays. The race is on to rescue the pair and get them home in time for Christmas.

Keywords: based-on-book, christmas
Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery,

I'm on Fire (2009)

Actors: Alex Cassun (producer), Alex Cassun (editor), Alex Cassun (director), Alex Cassun (writer), Brandon Bales (actor), Jill Evyn (actress), Jill Evyn (writer), Case Norton (actor), Case Norton (producer), Marina Tait (editor), Margaret Lily Andres (editor), Aleksei Archer (actress), Vanessa Long (actress), Vanessa Long (writer), Nathan Ballard (actor),

Plot: Following the death of her estranged mother, Emma, a young drifter, returns to her childhood home in Palm Springs for the first time in a decade, and spends the following days cleaning house while reconnecting with her cousin, his fiancé, and old friends.

Keywords: car, construction-site, desert, destroyed-home, diy, drinking, family-relationships, fire, funeral, girl-kissing-girl
Genres: Drama,

Duck, Duck, Goose! (2005)

Actors: D.C. Douglas (producer), D.C. Douglas (editor), D.C. Douglas (director), D.C. Douglas (actor), D.C. Douglas (writer), Dan Butler (actor), Lisa Long (actress), Christopher Carroll (actor), Diane Mizota (actress), Courtenay Taylor (actress), Michael Cade (actor), Bess Meyer (actress), Bryan Cuprill (actor), Gina Marie Gian (actress), Robin Daléa (actress),

Plot: 'Duck, Duck, GOOSE!" has no explosions or boobies. Well, wait a minute... It does feature one boob named Jacob who longs to keep his ex-wife close-by for masochistic pleasure. There's also C.B., a nervous romantic with a hapless crush on an exotic burping beauty named Lizzie, who only wants to find a man with a mind like a woman, fall in love, and fly away to Paris. It's an intoxicating blend of early sixties European romp and post-modern cynicism in glorious technicolor!

Keywords: animal-in-title, dark-comedy
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short,
Taglines: Pray you're not it.

Quotes:

Jacob: Martini. Dry and dirty, like my mother.

La Penis Woman: How come I never get to talk to the camera?::Jacob: Because you scare people.

Jacob: Did you know that Jesus was a black man?::La Religious Girl: Excuse me?::Jacob: Oh, yeah. Hair like wool, skin like bronze. It's in your Bible. Jesus probably looked more like Ike Turner, but without that "I'm gonna beat ya, woman" look in his eyes.

Lizzie: I fantasize about finding a man who doesn't blame my moods on my cycle!::Le Creepy Guy: I fantasize about the Olsen Twins goin' down on me.

Jacob: So you're charming and kind?::C.B.: And you're startling and male.::Jacob: There it is.

Down with Love (2003)

Actors: Jude Ciccolella (actor), Renée Zellweger (actress), Chris Parnell (actor), Tony Randall (actor), Ivana Milicevic (actress), Laura Kightlinger (actress), Rachel Dratch (actress), David Hyde Pierce (actor), Michael Ensign (actor), Jack Plotnick (actor), Ewan McGregor (actor), Marc Shaiman (actor), Basil Hoffman (actor), Marc Shaiman (composer), Arnon Milchan (producer),

Plot: An homage to the early 1960s sex comedies that starred Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The story follows a best-selling female advice author who has all the answers until a sly journalist playboy starts asking the questions.

Keywords: 1960s, airplane-stewardess, animated-credits, apartment, author, bachelor-pad, ban-the-bomb, barber-shop, bare-chested-male, barefoot
Genres: Comedy, Romance,
Taglines: The ultimate catch has met his match.

Quotes:

Catcher Block: Earth still is my favourite planet.

Barbara Novak: We're acting just like two people... in love.

Catcher Block: [as Zip Martin] Can you keep a secret?::Barbara Novak: Yes.::Catcher Block: [as Zip Martin] Me too.

Vickie Hiller: Barbara?::Peter MacMannus: Vickie!::Catcher Block: Nancy!::Peter MacMannus: Who are you calling Nancy?

Peter MacMannus: I think Vickie was only talking about marriage so I'd wanna have sex with her. And then I did, and now she never talks to me, except to come back for more. And I always give in. I feel so used.

Barbara Novak: [looking through a telescope] I've never seen anything so beautiful.::Catcher Block: [looking at Barbara] Neither have I.::Barbara Novak: But you're not even looking through the telescope.::Catcher Block: I know.

Catcher Block: I'm so sorry, Miss Novak, the darndest thing. I got waylaid by the sweetest Swedish Lapphund who kept me up half the night, and I'm afraid I'm still in bed.::Barbara Novak: My, you do get way laid.

[trying to follow Vicky out of a Japanese restaurant]::Peter MacMannus: Where's my geisha? I need my shoes.

Catcher Block: But this "Down with love"-chick is too busy? Doing what? Eating chocolate?

Vickie Hiller: So you're a homosexual hopelessly in love with Catcher Block, that's no reason the two of us can't be married.

Exploding Angel (1995)

Actors: Gunnar Hansen (actor), Amy Lindsay (actress), John Swasey (actor), Scott Shaw (actor), Hugh Gallagher (director), Hugh Gallagher (producer), Andrew Aguilar (actor), Richard Alvarez (actor), Jan Fawcett (actress), Paul Locklear (actor), David Mumford (producer), Bryan Dean (actor), Bob Dean (actor), Eric Baker (actor), Matt Carter (actor),

Genres: ,

The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)

Actors: June Lockhart (actress), Jackie Cooper (director), Billy Curtis (actor), Robert Halmi Jr. (producer), Mason Adams (actor), Charles Gross (composer), Robert Halmi Sr. (producer), Jaclyn Smith (actress), Art Carney (actor), Paul Williams (actor), R.J. Williams (actor), Anne Haney (actress), Jack Haley Jr. (producer), Paul Le Mat (actor), Albert Hall (actor),

Plot: An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that any blasting at the second site will destroy his home. He enlists the aid of a woman and her children to convince her husband (who works for the company) that the first site is where the oil they want is. Along the way, Santa explains all his secrets in delivering presents all around the world.

Keywords: arctic, christmas, christmas-in-danger, five-word-title, holiday-in-title, oil, santa-claus, saving-christmas, sent-to-one's-room
Genres: Drama, Family,
Taglines: You're going to believe in Santa all over again!

Quotes:

[everyone is seeing North Pole City]::Claudia: If this is a practical joke, we're in big trouble.::David: I know mom, I know.

[everyone is riding in the reindeer zephyr]::C.B.: Wow this is really great!::Marianne: [terrified] Mom, I'm scared!

Marianne: [to Michael and Claudia] C.B.'s done it again he gave Kurt Larson the biggest black eye you ever saw.::C.B.: He started it, he called me a liar!

David: [about going to meet Santa Claus] We'll all meet a big white rabbit and go to the mad hatter tea party.

[C.B. lashes out at Claudia about telling him there's no Santa Claus]::C.B.: You just ruined everything! I hate you mom I wish you were dead!::Michael: Don't you dare talk to your mother that way! Now, go to your room!::C.B.: That's all you ever say to me "go to your room!" I hate you too dad! I really hate you!

David: Stop being indulgent, ride with dad.::C.B.: Would you please talk English?

Santa Claus: [to the elves] I'm going to tell you one more time. Sing anything you want. White Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. But no more Jingle Bells!

C.B.: Dad please listen to me! I promise to never to ask you for anything ever again! I promise, I promise! Please listen to me!::Michael: I guess I haven't listened to much, haven't I?::C.B.: No dad!::Michael: Alright, I'm listening.::C.B.: If you would believe in Santa Claus, you'd be right too. In rescuing Mom, David, and Marianne. What if there in North Pole city when you dynamite Site B?::Michael: O.K. I'll cancel the dynamite until we take another look up there.

Ed: They're dynamiting again! They're dynamiting again!

C.B.: [about Michael] You're going to ruin Christmas forever.

Hardly Working (1980)

Actors: Steve Franken (actor), Jerry Lewis (actor), Jerry Lewis (writer), Cynthia Streit (miscellaneous crew), Jerry Lewis (director), Billy Barty (actor), Morton Stevens (composer), Michael Luciano (editor), Igo Kantor (producer), Harold J. Stone (actor), Deanna Lund (actress), Leonard Stone (actor), Britt Leach (actor), Susan Oliver (actress), Christine Page (actress),

Plot: In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results.

Keywords: caucasian-actor-playing-asian-character, clown, gag-humor, negative-asian-stereotype, physical-comedy, product-placement, slapstick, written-and-directed-by-cast-member
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: The world's funniest funny man is back!

The Candy Apple News Company (1979)

Actors: Matt Robinson (actor), Mary Margaret Myers (actress),

Genres: Family,

Passing Through (1977)

Actors: Ted Lange (writer), Clarence Muse (actor), Marla Gibbs (actress), Stan Haze (actor), Henry Harris (actor), Cora Lee Day (actress), Pamela Jones (actress), Pamela Jones (miscellaneous crew), Della Thomas (actress), Larry Clark (writer), Larry Clark (director), Larry Clark (editor), George Kramer (actor), Nathaniel Taylor (actor), Horace Tapscott (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Hat Check Honey (1944)

Actors: Ronald R. Rondell (actor), Jack Rice (actor), Lee Bennett (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Eddie Bruce (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Neely Edwards (actor), Leon Errol (actor), Russell Hicks (actor), Donald Kerr (actor), Alphonse Martell (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Charles Sherlock (actor),

Plot: When a hat-check girl writes a story based on the life of a famous comedian, she helps to reunite a father and son who haven't spoken to each other for years.

Genres: Comedy, Musical,
Taglines: EVERYONE'S KIND OF MUSIC! (original ad - all caps) 3 Grand Bands! 11 Song-sations! Gorgeous Girls!