After Hours 1985  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, John Heard, Dick Miller, Linda Fiorentino, Verna Bloom, Catherine O'Hara, Will Patton, Bronson Pinchot, Rocco Sisto, Larry Block
Martin Scorsese directed this dark comedy about an upwardly mobile man who meets an engaging girl in a coffee shop in Manhattan, and unusual adventures follow. Scorsese won a Best Director award at the Cannes film festival for this different film.
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Away We Go 2009  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Catherine O'Hara, Samantha Pryor, Paul Schneider, Jim Gaffigan, Carmen Ejogo, Chris Messina, Josh Hamilton, Melanie Lynskey, Conor Carroll, Bailey Harkins
An unmarried couple, Burt and Verona (John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph), are expecting their first baby, and they travel through the United States and Montreal looking for the perfect place to settle down. Along the way, they experience many misadventures when they visit friends and family hoping to find people like themselves with whom they can enjoy raising their child.
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Bartok the Magnificent 1999 G, 71 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Cast: Hank Azaria, Kelsey Grammer, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Tim Curry, Jennifer Tilly, Phillip Van Dyke, Diedrich Bader, Glenn Shadix, French Stewart, Danny Mann, Zachary Charles
This animated family film relates adventures of Bartok the Albino Bat (Hank Azaria) and Zozi the Bear (Kelsey Grammer) as they rescue the kidnapped Prince Ivan (Phillip Van Dyke).
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 Beetle Juice 1988 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
aka: Beetlejuice
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, Jeffrey Jones, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Goulet, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger, Rachel Mittelman, Patrice Martinez, Cindy Daly
This is Tim Burton's wacky film about a dead couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) haunting their own house and trying to rid it of the new owners and their tasteless post-modern renovations. After their own attempts fail, they hire Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), a deranged lunatic of a ghost with an overactive libido. Lots of good special effects and some hilarious scenes.
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 Best in Show 2000 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Christopher Guest, Parker Posey, Michael Hitchcock, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, John Michael Higgins, Michael McKean, Patrick Cranshaw, Jennifer Coolidge, Bob Balaban, Jay Brazeau, Colin Cunningham, Will Sasso, Stephen E. Miller, Dany Canino
This mockumentary, set at Philadelphia's annual Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show, centers on anxious owners and their coddled pets. The actors were handed a script but encouraged to improvise as the film was shot, and the fun begins as TV cameras bring Weimaraner "Beatrice," Shih Tzu "Miss Agnes," Poodle "Rhapsody in White," and Bloodhound "Hubert"–and their owners–into the homes of millions. The result is a very funny movie.
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Betsy's Wedding 1990 R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Alda
Cast: Alan Alda, Madeline Kahn, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Joey Bishop, Anthony LaPaglia, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Julie Bovasso
Eddie Hopper (Alan Alda) has problems with his contracting business and to add to his predicament, his daughter Betsy (Molly Ringwald) has just announced her engagement. One way out is to let the mob finance his failing housing development and to find "discounts" in wedding supplies. Of course, everything goes awry, but in the meantime it makes for a very funny story.
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 Chicken Little 2005 G, 77 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Mark Dindal
Cast: Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Don Knotts, Patrick Stewart, Amy Sedaris, Steve Zahn, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Patrick Warburton
One year ago, Chicken Little (voice of Zach Braff) caused panic in his Oakey Oaks community when he told everyone that a piece of the sky landed on his head. Matters have quieted down, but now Chicken Little gets hit on the head again–this time by a piece of a spaceship–and he is afraid to tell even his own dad, Buck Cluck (voice of Garry Marshall). But, it isn't long before Chicken Little and his friends are involved in an intergalactic war to save the world.
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For Your Consideration 2006 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Jennifer Coolidge, Parker Posey, Bob Balaban, Michael McKean, Fred Willard, Ed Begley Jr., Jane Lynch, Jim Piddock, Rachael Harris
In this satire on movie hype, cameraman Simon Whitset (Jim Piddock) spots an online item that suggests actress Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara) may win an Academy Award nomination for the movie he is filming. In a matter of days, rumors fly on the Internet that the movie Simon and Marilyn are working on is a masterpiece, and it doesn't take long before actors, crewmembers, executives, and media figures get caught up in the frenzy.
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Game 6 2006  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Griffin Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth, Catherine O'Hara, Ari Graynor, Shalom Harlow, Roger Rees, Tom Aldredge, Harris Yulin, Nadia Dajani, Lillias White
Successful playwright Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is not having a good day: his wife, Lillian (Catherine O'Hara), is considering divorce; his aging father (Tom Aldredge) is in poor health; and Nicky is convinced that his autobiographical play, scheduled to open on Broadway that evening, is going to be panned by drama critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.). But, even more important is the fact that his beloved Boston Red Sox are playing the Mets in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series and, despite Nicky's doubts, just might win their first World Series. After getting involved in a series of traffic jams and conversations with foreign cabbies, Nicky misses the opening of his play and sits in a bar watching his baseball team on TV and fearing the worst in all of his worlds.
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Heartburn 1986 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Maureen Stapleton, Jeff Daniels, Kevin Spacey, Richard Masur, Catherine O'Hara, Steven Hill, Milos Forman, Mamie Gummer, Anna Maria Horsford, Kenneth Welsh, Mercedes Ruehl, Joanna Gleason
This film is based on Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel about her marriage and divorce from Washington Post columnist Carl Bernstein. Rachel (Meryl Streep) is a New York food editor, and Mark (Jack Nicholson) is a Washington, D.C. political columnist who she meets at a wedding. They marry, and Rachel quits her job in New York to move to Washington. Soon, they have a baby, and then another is on the way. Life is good–until pregnant Rachel learns that Mark is having an affair, and the marriage ends in divorce.
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 Home Alone 1990 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, Roberts Blossom, John Candy, Angela Goethals, Devin Ratray, Gerry Bamman, Hillary Wolf, Larry Hankin, Michael C. Maronna, Daiana Campeanu, Kristin Minter
In the excitement and confusion of preparing for a family Christmas vacation in Paris, young Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) is inadvertently left at home by himself. He becomes remarkably adept at providing his own entertainment and hunger needs as well as warding off two bungling burglars (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern).
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Adventure
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, Devin Ratray, Tim Curry, Gerry Bamman, Brenda Fricker, Dana Ivey, Hillary Wolf, Maureen Elisabeth Shay, Michael C. Maronna, Terrie Snell, Jedidah Cohen
This sequel of "Home Alone" again features Macaulay Culkin as Kevin who does not do well in arriving at the right place on family vacations. This time, Kevin boards the wrong plane and arrives in New York City while the rest of his family flies to Florida for Christmas vacation. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are back in their roles as bungling burglars.
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Home Fries 1998 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dean Parisot
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson, Catherine O'Hara, Jake Busey, Shelley Duvall, Kim Robillard, Daryl Mitchell, Lanny Flaherty, Chris Ellis, Robin Williams
When Dorian (Luke Wilson) and Angus (Jake Busey) run their stepfather off the road to kill him, Sally (Drew Barrymore) hears their radio dispatches through her headset at the Burgo-Matic drive-in. This puts her in jeopardy as Dorian and Angus must find out how much Sally knows.
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 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2004 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Brad Silberling
Cast: Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Jude Law, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken, Kara & Shelby Hoffman, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Catherine O'Hara, Luis Guzman, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Adams
After their wealthy parents were killed in a fire, three siblings–Violet (Emily Browning), Klaus (Liam Aiken), and Sunny (Kara and Shelby Hoffman)–go to live with a distant relative, Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), who has evil plans for getting his hands on the family money. Olaf's plans do not include being kind to his orphaned relatives. The film won an Academy Award for Best Makeup and was nominated for three others.
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The Life Before This 1999 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Cast: Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pantoliano, Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Leslie Hope, David Hewlett, Joel S. Keller, Jacob Tierney, Fab Filippo, Alberta Watson
"The Life Before This" begins when two robbers, with the police in hot pursuit, dart into a coffee shop and kill some of the patrons. Then the story switches to flashbacks revealing stories of how the victims ended up being in that wrong place at the wrong time.
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A Mighty Wind 2003 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Bob Balaban, John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Ed Begley Jr.
In this amusing mockumentary, 1960s' folksingers–represented by master improvisers–reunite for a memorial concert that is scheduled for public broadcasting.
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 Monster House 2006 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Gil Kenan
Cast: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Steve Buscemi, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Jason Lee, Kevin James, Jon Heder, Nick Cannon, Ryan Newman, Kathleen Turner
DJ (voice of Mitchel Musso), Chowder (voice of Sam Lerner), and Jenny (voice of Spencer Locke) discover a house that is alive and swallowing people who come near. Halloween is coming. Will they be able to convince those in authority of the danger present in the neighborhood before the the house eats Trick-or-Treaters who enter the property? The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.
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 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993  PG, 75 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
aka: Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page, Edward Ivory, Susan McBride, Debi Durst, Greg Proops, Kerry Katz, Randy Crenshaw, Sherwood Ball, Carmen Twillie
This is a delightful Tim Burton film that uses stop-action and replacement animation. Halloweentown's hero, Jack Skellington (voice of Chris Sarandon, singing voice of Danny Elfman), takes a walk in the woods and enters a tree that is the doorway to Christmastown. Jack is overwhelmed with the good will he finds and now wants to take over Christmas by kidnapping Santa (voice of Edward Ivory) and do Christmas as only Halloweentown can. They capture Santa, but boogeyman Oogie Boogie (voice of Ken Page) re-captures Santa along with Jack's girlfriend Sally (voice of Catherine O'Hara), which leads to an inevitable confrontation. By story's end, Jack is riding in the sky in a coffin-like sled pulled by skeletal reindeer ready to deliver presents to the world's children.
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Orange County 2002 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Catherine O'Hara, John Lithgow, Lily Tomlin, Harold Ramis, Chevy Chase, Kevin Kline, R.J. Knoll
Shaun's (Colin Hanks–son of Tom Hanks) transcripts get fouled up by his guidance counselor (Lily Tomlin), and the result is that he fails to get accepted into Stanford. Undaunted, girlfriend Ashley (Schuyler Fisk–daughter of Sissy Spacek) and his brother, Lance (Jack Black), join Shaun on an ill-fated trek to Palo Alto where he hopes to talk his way into the university.
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 Over the Hedge 2006  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick
Cast: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, William Shatner, Allison Janney, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Omid Djalili, Shane Baumel
Raccoon RJ (voice of Bruce Willis) makes the mistake of pilfering food from a hibernating bear that wakes up. RJ will be spared IF he replaces all that he had stolen. He heads out to find a human settlement and, as he approaches a new subdivision, he comes across a group of assorted animals (with familiar voices). To help him in getting food, he tells them that if they go "over the hedge" and into the humans' town, there will be unlimited food. But there are some humans (also with familiar voices) who want no part of the four-legged critters. Fun for all. 1 User Review
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The Paper 1994 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Jason Alexander, Spalding Gray, Catherine O'Hara, Clint Howard
An inside look at life in production of news is seen when Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) attempts to confront managing editor, Alicia Clark (Glenn Close), as she tries to interfere in his investigation. Big city newspaper stories and how they get published provide the focus for this drama, co-written by "New York Times" senior editor Stephen Koep.
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Penelope 2007 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Mark Palansky
Cast: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant, Simon Woods, Ronni Ancona, Jason Thornton, Michael Feast, Paul Herbert, Nick Frost, Lenny Henry
Penelope was born into a wealthy family with one problem: a family curse was thrown by a witch years ago that caused Penelope to be born with a nose that resembles that of a pig. The only way to break the curse is for Penelope to find true love with "one of her own kind." Every prospective suitor heads for the door after seeing Penelope's nose, but gambler Max (James McAvoy) is an exception. Max is paid by reporter Lemon (Peter Dinklage) and would-be-bridegroom Edward Vanderman, Jr. (Simon Woods) to woo Penelope and take a picture of her. Now, will Max turn out to be Penelope's Prince Charming, and will they live happily ever after?
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Pippi Longstocking 1997 G, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical
Director: Michael Schaack, Clive A. Smith, Bill Giggie
Cast: Melissa Altro, Catherine O'Hara, Carole Pope, Dave Thomas, Gordon Pinsent, Wayne Robson, Olivia Garrett, Noah Reid, Richard Binsley, Rick Jones, Peter Karlsson, Gunilla Roor
Based on Astrid Lindgren's children's stories, this a a good animated adaptation that follows the upbeat, smart, and mischievous nine-year-old Pippi Longstocking. When Pippi's father, a sea captain, washes overboard during a storm, he tells her to go to their country home and await his return. There she finds new friends (and enemies) and moves from one adventure to another.
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A Simple Twist of Fate 1994 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Baldwin, Kristoffer Tabori, Michael Des Barres, Ed Grady, Byron Jennings, David Dwyer, Tim Ware
Michael McCann (Steve Martin) lives alone but he learns that love for others is more important than all the gold in the world when he takes in an orphaned young girl.
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Surviving Christmas 2004  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Mitchell
Cast: Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, Catherine O'Hara, Josh Zuckerman, Bill Macy, Jennifer Morrison, Udo Kier, David Selby, Stephanie Faracy, Stephen Root, Sy Richardson
Chicago millionaire Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) solves his problem of having no family for Christmas: he rents the Valco family (James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, Catherine O'Hara, and Josh Zuckerman) and moves in with them for the holidays.
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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill 1995 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Oliver Platt, Roger Aaron Brown, Nick Stahl, Catherine O'Hara, Scott Glenn, Stephen Lang, Jared Harris, Joe Grifasi, John P. Ryan
When young Daniel Hackett calls on Pecos Bill to help save his farm, he gets aid from many mythical legends including: Pecos Bill (Patrick Swayze), Paul Bunyan (Oliver Platt), John Henry (Roger Aaron Brown), and Calamity Jane (Catherine O'Hara).
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 Waiting for Guffman 1997 R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Bob Balaban, Larry Miller, Deborah Theaker, Michael Hitchcock, Scott Williamson, Don Lake, David Cross, Paul Dooley, Linda Kash, Lewis Arquette
Christopher Guest co-wrote, directed, and stars in this very entertaining mock-documentary about the efforts of local residents of Blaine, Missouri, who struggle to put on a musical to celebrate the town's sesquicentennial anniversary. Corky St. Clair (Guest) leads the town's Blaine Community Players and is in charge of putting on a musical about the city's history. The problem is the lack of talent, and they want to impress Broadway producer Mort Guffman who has been invited to the show. The dream continues as they try to make the most out of what they have. The closing credits are a highlight of this film.
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Where the Wild Things Are 2009 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Catherine O'Hara, Lauren Ambrose, Pepita Emmerichs, Mark Ruffalo, Forest Whitaker, Chris Cooper, Steve Mouzakis, Michael Berry Jr.
When Max (Max Records) is sent to his room as punishment after arguing with his Mom (Catherine Keener), his imagination provides his escape. Max puts on a wolf suit and sails off to an island where he discovers mysterious Wild Things. It just happens that the Wild Things are having trouble getting along with each other and need a leader. They crown Max as their king; however, Max soon learns that ruling others is not easy, and more than a few complications ensue–especially with the aggressive beast Carol (James Gandolfini).
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The Wool Cap 2004 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Schachter
Cast: William H. Macy, Keke Palmer, Don Rickles, Ned Beatty, Catherine O'Hara, Cherice Boothe, Marcia Bennett, Mark Camacho, Tyrone Benskin, Tony Calabretta, Edward Yankie, Hugh Dillon
In this made-for-TV film, apartment superintendent Charles Gigot (William H. Macy) is a mute who befriends Black orphan, Lou (Keke Palmer). Although Charles cannot talk and Lou cannot read, the unlikely duo form a lasting bond.
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| 1. After Hours (1985)
2. Away We Go (2009)
3. Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
4. Beetle Juice (1988)
aka: Beetlejuice
5. Best in Show (2000)
6. Betsy's Wedding (1990)
7. Chicken Little (2005)
8. For Your Consideration (2006)
9. Game 6 (2006)
10. Heartburn (1986)
11. Home Alone (1990)
12. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
13. Home Fries (1998)
14. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
15. The Life Before This (1999)
16. A Mighty Wind (2003)
17. Monster House (2006)
18. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
aka: Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
19. Nothing Personal (1980)
20. Orange County (2002)
21. Over the Hedge (2006)
22. The Paper (1994)
23. Penelope (2007)
24. Pippi Longstocking (1997)
25. A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
26. Surviving Christmas (2004)
27. Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill (1995)
28. Waiting for Guffman (1997)
29. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
30. The Wool Cap (2004)
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