431. Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles Reisner
Actors: Tom McGuire, Buster Keaton, Tom Lewis, Marion Byron, Ernest Torrence
Plot: A sailor meets his son for the first time... and he turns out to be a huge disappointment.
432. Meet John Doe
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Gene Lockhart, Edward Arnold, Irving Bacon
Plot: A fired reporter thinks she has gained revenge by posting a letter from
"John Doe" who threatens suicide due to the many social ills. But the
story proves popular and the paper, seeing opportunity, hires her back, as
well as creating their own "Doe" to play the part - but when the man
sparks a movement, no one will remain unaffected.
433. Secondhand Lions
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tim McCanlies
Actors: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt, Josh Lucas
Plot: A young boy is sent to spend the summer with his wealthy Texan uncles.
434. Mother
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Albert Brooks
Actors: Paul Collins, Laura Weekes, Albert Brooks, John C. McGinley, Debbie Reynolds, Lisa Kudrow
Plot: A science fiction author who has survived two failed marriages decides that the only way to improve the chance to have a successful relationship is to reconcile with his mother. So he moves in with her.
435. Mallrats
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Jeremy London, Jason Lee, Shannon Doherty, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Renée Humphrey
Plot: Two friends are dumped by their girlfriends on the same day. After spending the day touring the local mall they come up with an audacious plan to get them back.
436. Pretty Woman
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Garry Marshall
Actors: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Jason Alexander, Alex Hyde-White, Hector Elizondo
Plot: A rich lawyer type falls in love with a prostitute as he takes her to his social events and uses her for sex until they both realize there is something more.
437. The Awful Truth
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Molly Lamont, Cecil Cunningham
Plot: A couple begin divorce proceedings, but even before things are finalized, they begin seeing other people. Yet at every turn they attempt to undermine each others relationships.
438. Election
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexander Payne
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan
Plot: Tracy Flick is the most ambitious girl in school and is running unopposed for class president until civics teacher Jim McAllister convinces star football player Paul Metzler to run against her as he holds a personal grudge with her.
439. The War of the Roses
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny DeVito
Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Sean Astin, Marianne Sägebrecht, Heather Fairfield
Plot: A couple's marriage falls apart as their story is told through the eyes of their lawyer.
440. Clerks II
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jason Mewes, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith
Plot: Ten years after the events in Clerks, Dante and Randal's beloved Quick
Stop burns down and they find themselves at Mooby's, a fast food
restaurant. With Dante about to leave New Jersey for a sweet married life
in Florida, Randal prepares the ultimate going-away party.
