Tragi-comedy
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest picture
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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    Mental patients follow Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), the social-misfit hero of Ken Kesey's...

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    Man on the Moon (1999)

    Milos Forman's film spotlights Andy Kaufman's (Jim Carrey) unusual performance style, his becoming...

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    Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

    A mentally unstable IRS auditor (Will Ferrell) hears an author's voice in his head and discovers...

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    The Weather Man (2005)

    A Chicago weather forecaster (Nicolas Cage) tries to mend relations with his father (Michael Caine),...

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    Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

    A young man (Cillian Murphy) who dresses in women's clothes turns to prostitution and joins the act...

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    Catch and Release (2007)

    A woman (Jennifer Garner) struggles to rebuild her life in the wake of her fiance's untimely death...

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    American Beauty (1999)

    A man (Kevin Spacey) in midlife crisis and at odds with his wife (Annette Bening) begins working out...

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    O'Horten (2009)

    A drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten's existence: the...

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    Volver (2006)

    A woman's ghost (Carmen Maura) returns to her hometown to settle matters that were unresolved when...

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    Melinda and Melinda (2005)

    Diners debate life's inherent comedy and tragedy via parallel stories about a woman's (Radha...

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    One Last Thing (2006)

    A terminally ill 16-year-old (Michael Angarano) spends time with a beautiful but obnoxious...

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    Hawks (1989)

    Two terminally ill cancer patients escape from their hospital to experience one last fling.

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    Patch Adams (1998)

    A doctor (Robin Williams), once a psychiatric patient, uses humor and unconventional methods in his...

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    Margot at the Wedding (2007)

    Conflict between two sisters arises when one (Nicole Kidman) expresses her disapproval of the...

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    About Schmidt (2002)

    A 66-year-old (Jack Nicholson) retires, deals with his wife's sudden death and tries to stop his...

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    Life Is Beautiful (1998)

    With a game, an Italian Jew (Roberto Benigni) shields his son (Giorgio Cantarini) from Nazi horrors...

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    Inside Moves (1980)

    A man (John Savage) paralyzed by a suicide attempt meets an injured basketball player (David Morse)...

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    Factotum (2006)

    A writer (Matt Dillon) drifts through a series of dead-end jobs in an attempt to fuel his passions...

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    The Hunting Party (2007)

    A reporter (Terrence Howard), his former colleague (Richard Gere) and a rookie (Jesse Eisenberg)...

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    Nights of Cabiria (1998)

    An aging Roman streetwalker (Giulietta Masina) meets a movie star (Amedeo Nazzari) and a man...

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    S.O.B. (1981)

    A struggling director decides to reshoot a family movie with his wholesome leading lady, and include...

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    Life (1999)

    Wrongly convicted of murder, two men (Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence) become close friends during...

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    A Wedding (1978)

    Friends and family of the bride (Amy Stryker) and groom (Desi Arnaz Jr.) carry on at a mansion...

  • The World According to Garp picture
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    The World According to Garp (1982)

    John Irving's novel about the son of an unmarried nurse whose career is overshadowed by his mother's...

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    Running with Scissors (2006)

    A man looks back on his unusual childhood, his mentally ill mother (Annette Bening) and her...

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    Country Dance (1970)

    A Scottish woman (Susannah York) finds incest and madness when she leaves her husband (Michael...

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    The Living End (1992)

    After a chance meeting, two aimless young men, both HIV-positive, embark on a casual affair, then go...

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    People

    Dirth Adams

    Dirth Adams was an Editor for the TV show Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV...

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    People

    Wilma Moore

    Wilma Moore appeared in the TV show Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV Positive...

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    People

    Skeets Moore

    Skeets Moore appeared in the TV show Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV Positive...

  • Dan Gilham picture
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    Dan Gilham

    Dan Gilham was a Technician for movies such as Striking Distance and The Venice Project and TV shows...

  • Suju Vijiyan picture
    People

    Suju Vijiyan

    Suju Vijiyan was an Editor for the TV show Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV...

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    Matthew Eyraud

    Matthew Eyraud worked in Production on movies such as The Usual Suspects and Threesome and the TV...

  • Bob Read picture
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    Bob Read

    Bob Read produced TV shows such as Inside Edition and Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The...

  • Richard D Bluhm picture
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    Richard D Bluhm

    Richard D Bluhm was a Consultant for TV shows such as Lamb Chop's Play-Along, Drop Dead Gorgeous (A...

  • Ben Plotken picture
    People

    Ben Plotken

    Ben Plotken was a Technician for the TV show Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV...

  • Garbo Talks picture
    Movies

    Garbo Talks (1984)

    A New Yorker's (Anne Bancroft) son (Ron Silver) tries to grant her last wish: to meet elusive movie...

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    Hoffman

    A lonely Englishman (Peter Sellers) blackmails a young secretary (Sinead Cusack) into moving into...

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    The Front (1976)

    A man acts as a front for renowned television writers politically blacklisted during the McCarthy...

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    Some Kind of Hero (1982)

    A Vietnam P.O.W. returns home to a hero's welcome, but quickly forgotton making him realize how hard...

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    Movies

    Men Cry Bullets (1999)

    A young man witnessnes his mother's death at the hands of his father, and becomes a female...

  • Adam & Paul picture
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    Adam & Paul

    Two addicts (Mark O'Halloran, Tom Murphy) encounter lowlifes while trying to find drugs in Dublin,...

  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz picture
    Movies

    The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

    Mordecai Richler's Jewish hero (Richard Dreyfuss) tries to get rich quick in 1940s Montreal.

  • Breakfast of Champions picture
    Movies

    Breakfast of Champions (1999)

    An unhappy car dealer (Bruce Willis) believes that a dime-store author/philosopher (Albert Finney)...

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    Movies

    Jakob the Liar (1999)

    A Jew (Robin Williams) gives hope to others in a Polish ghetto by saying he has a radio which gives...

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    Movies

    Elementarteilchen

    Follows two half-brothers, Michael and Bruno, through the second half of the 20th century. Michael,...

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    Wise Blood (1979)

    Flannery O'Connor's Hazel Motes (Brad Dourif) becomes the Deep South evangelist of a church without...

  • We Think the World of You picture
    Movies

    We Think the World of You (1988)

    A middle-aged homosexual (Alan Bates) in postwar Britain forms a bond with his ex-lover's (Gary...

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    Movies

    Pasqualino Settebellezze (1976)

    A gangster's will to survive battles with his conscience.

  • Nina's Tragedies picture
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    Nina's Tragedies (2005)

    The taboo relationship between young Nadav and his Aunt Nina transcends definition on its way to odd...