Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), Buck Privates (1941), Road to Singapore (1940), Raising a Riot (1957), Eyyvah Eyvah 2 (2011), L'arnacoeur (2010), Walking on Air (1936), Blended (2014) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Light Entertainment movies.
Storyline: Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts. Dodie next meets Pete, who she thinks is rich, but she soon finds out that he is just a boat mechanic. They have fun on their date and Pete proposes and Dodie accepts. Then Dodie meets Neil Patterson who is rich. They go to Mexico on his yacht and have fun on their date. Neil proposes and Dodie accepts. Now she has to choose.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, youth, school, dance, beauty pageant ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts paying attention to beautiful chorus girl Pat Lambert. Pat's boyfriend Bill Smith isn't impressed with Tommy even though Tommy gets him a boxing part in the show. When Tommy finds out that Pat and Bill were secretly together the night before the show opens, he angrily plans to turn the boxing scene with Bill into a real bout.—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, broadway, dance, performing arts, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While other kids buy into countless hours of studying just so they can get a mark in some teacher's report book, Handsome Davis sees it as nothing more than a system of control over your mind. That's why Handsome and his three best friends Sammy, Victor and the cribsheet genius Applebee have banded together and found ways to cheat on their tests all through their school years. Everything had been going along smoothly until the gang entered their final year of high school and the stakes were upped by the school's principal, Mrs. Stark. If they get caught cheating again Stark will make a note in their permanent records and possibly kill their chances of getting into college. But can Handsome convince his pals to pull off one last, great cheat with him and outsmarting Stark and the system, even if it means possibly destroying their friendships?—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: teen, comedy, school, friendship, coming of age, american film, prank ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ewart Gray (Donald Sinden) is the new Resident-in-Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, psalm-singing" brother and sister missionary team of Martha Jones (Glynis Johns) and Reverend Owen Jones (Paul Rogers), and Edward "Honorable Ted" Wilson (Robert Newton) - a hard-drinking, womanizing social outcast whose English family pays him to stay away. Martha and Ted become an unlikely team when cholera threatens the islands and they must do their best to stop its spread.—A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>
Plot Keywords: adventure, comedy, romance, island, british film, adaptation, novel adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Stacy, a type-A planner with a penchant for schedules, takes a spontaneous trip to the charming land of Belgravia at the suggestion of her sous chef and best friend, Kevin. While preparing for the Royal Christmas Baking Contest, Stacy faces an identical stranger and a strange request. Free-spirited but royally obligated,all Duchess Margaret Delacourt really wants is one last chance to experience life as a "normal person" before she dutifully marries the Crown Prince of Belgravia. Stacy can give her that wish.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, christmas, love, royalty, lighthearted, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Photographer Greg Nolan meets Bernice, and loses both his job and his apartment. However, Bernice manages to get him a new apartment, but it is so expensive that he has to get two full-time jobs. Nolan has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, elvis presley, american film, 1960s, romantic comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Song-and-dance men Steve Carroll and Danny Foster walk to a Texas dude ranch after their car runs out of gas. The team's friend, singer Maggie Reed, gets the boys a job. With their auto stolen, the two settle into ranch life. While Danny consults with Dr. Straeger to conquer his fear of animals, Steve courts ranch owner Joan Winston. When their stolen car is used in a robbery, the duo must then find the real culprits.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, western, musical film, lighthearted, country music, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A man claiming to be Carol Brady's long-lost first husband, Roy Martin, shows up at the suburban Brady residence one evening. An impostor, the man is actually determined to steal the Bradys' familiar horse statue, a $20-million ancient Asian artifact.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, parody, nostalgia, remake, tv adaptation, 1970s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: As a ploy to gain publicity, a motion picture director wants his star actress to take a baby with her on a train trip. The director's secretary asks the train's engineer, an old boyfriend, for help. As the engineer ponders what to do, a stranger in the train station tells him that he has a baby that could be used. On board the train, the actress meets a young doctor whom she knew in school, and whom she is still in love with. The presence of the baby causes a series of misunderstandings between them, but the real problems begin when the engineer begins to suspect that the baby may have been kidnapped.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, hollywood, 1940s, black and white, romantic comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lance Valenteen (David Boreanaz) makes a living as "Mr. Fix It," a man who gets hired by men that have just recently been dumped by their girlfriend. Lance dates the guys' ex-girlfriend and becomes the worst date possible, sending the girl back into her ex-boyfriends arms. But when Lance gets hired by Bill Smith (Pat Healy) to get Sophia Fiori (Alana De La Garza) back, Lance, for the first time, starts falling for one of his marks.—KS
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, family, american film, romantic comedy, light comedy, modern romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Jack and Jerry are not playing professional baseball with the Blue Sox, they are packing them in on the Vaudeville circuit. Jack is engaged to Mary, but a gold digger named Daisy has worked her way into his confidence. When Mary sees Jack and Daisy together, she leaves Jack and Jack marries Daisy the next day. When Daisy decides that she wants into the Vaudeville act, she has Jack dump both Jerry and his baseball contract. But Jack soon finds that - no act - means no money - means no Daisy.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, black and white, 1930s, song and dance, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Conceited film star Emery Slade was on top in 1932; in 1949, he's broke and still insufferable. Fox producer Crossman enlists Slade's aid to persuade broadway star Rosalie Brooks to star in the film "Bandwagon." But when Slade meets Julie Clarke, his assistant's onetime girlfriend, he decides she, not Rosalie, should get the part. No one can fathom his motives for this apparently selfless act, but there are a few tricks in the old fox yet...and he'll need them all.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, golden age hollywood, black and white, dance, love story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two sisters find that they have to make their own way in the world after their father is jailed. Elinor is a cleaner in a spa. Marianne works for a marketing company but she also makes scented lotions, which turn out to be a real winner.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, modern adaptation, jane austen, sisterhood, fashion, los angeles ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While they're on vacation in the Southwest, Rae finds out her man Michael spent their house money on a classic car, so she dumps him, hitching a ride to Vegas for a flight home. A kid promptly steals Michael's car, leaving him at the Zip & Sip, a convenience store. Three bumbling robbers promptly stage a hold up. Two take off with the cash stranding the third, with a mysterious crate, just as the cops arrive. The robber takes the store hostage. As incompetent cops bring in a SWAT team and try a by-the-book rescue, Michael has to keep the robber calm, find out what's in the crate, aid the negotiations, and get back to Rae. The Stockholm Syndrome asserts its effect.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, crime, hostage, misunderstanding, small town, police ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Navy frogman, Ted Jackson (Elvis Presley), balances his time between twin careers as a deep sea diver and nightclub singer. During a dive, Ted spots sunken treasure and returns with hope to retrieve it.
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, adventure, song and dance, lighthearted, 1960s ...
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