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The Big Empty (2003), Raising Arizona (1987), Palookaville (1995), The Cuckoo (2002), Bagdad Cafe (1987), Take the Money and Run (1969), In the Soup (1992) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

The Big Empty (2003)

The Big Empty (2003)

7.1/10 Comedy

A struggling actor (Jon Favreau) meets eccentric characters while traveling through the desert to deliver a mysterious suitcase.

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Raising Arizona (1987)

Raising Arizona (1987)

7.3/10 Comedy, Crime

When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.

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Palookaville (1995)

Palookaville (1995)

6.5/10 Comedy

Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plottin...Read all

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The Cuckoo (2002)

The Cuckoo (2002)

8.7/10 Drama, War, Comedy

At the close of Axis-aligned Finland's involvement in World War II, pacifist Finnish soldier Veikko (Ville Haapasalo) is trussed to a wilderness rock formation as punishment for desertion. Nearby, Soviet Capt. Ivan (Viktor Bychkov), en route to his trial for treason, survives the bombing of his transport. Anni (Anni-Kristiina Juuso), a local Sami woman, comes to the aid of both men, and an unlikely relationship is forged as three lonely souls attempt to survive the long winter.

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Bagdad Cafe (1987)

Bagdad Cafe (1987)

7.4/10 Comedy, Drama

A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.

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Take the Money and Run (1969)

Take the Money and Run (1969)

7.3/10 Comedy, Crime

The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.

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In the Soup (1992)

In the Soup (1992)

7.1/10 Comedy

New Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown grothole he calls home.

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The Medicine Show (2001)

The Medicine Show (2001)

6.4/10 Comedy, Drama

A cynical young man, diagnosed with cancer, meets a brash young leukemia patient in the hospital who more than matches his distaste for IV drips and weepy sentimentality.

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Sword of Trust (2019)

Sword of Trust (2019)

6.3/10 Comedy

Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, but the only item she receives is an antique sword that was believed by her grandfather to be proof that the South won the Civil War.

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A Bad Idea Gone Wrong (2017)

A Bad Idea Gone Wrong (2017)

5.9/10 Comedy

Two would-be thieves forge a surprising relationship with an unexpected house-sitter when they accidentally trap themselves in a house they just broke into.

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Double Whammy (2001)

Double Whammy (2001)

5.7/10 Comedy

A world-weary police detective who fails to stop a fast-food restaurant massacre struggles to regain his departmental reputation, public image and self-worth.

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Cold Dog Soup (1990)

Cold Dog Soup (1990)

5.6/10 Comedy

Randy Quaid as the taxi driver drives Zen parables (Is time money - Is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger/protegee in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of their city's ethnic coteries. All the boy wants is to dispose of his date's dead dog Jasper and get back to the babe who's so hot she mutters darkly about being a Pressure Cooker: his conventional efforts...Read all

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The Dogwalker (2000)

The Dogwalker (2000)

5.0/10 Drama, Comedy

Jerry (Will Stewart) has no job or home, and his unscrupulous nature has left him with few prospects for future success, but things change for him after he meets elderly Alma (Carol Gustafson) while she's taking a stroll with her dog. Alma falls and breaks her hip, and Jerry helps get her to the hospital. Alma's daughter, Helene (Stepfanie Kramer), then rewards Jerry by giving him a job as her mother's live-in assistant. But the rude Alma and her cranky pals soon make Jerry's life a living hell.

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The Squeeze (1987)

The Squeeze (1987)

4.8/10 Comedy

A mysterious black box spells danger to a con man and female detective.

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Adam's Apples (2005)

Adam's Apples (2005)

7.8/10 Comedy, Drama, Crime

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

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Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

7.5/10 Comedy, Drama

A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.

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Lucky (2017)

Lucky (2017)

7.3/10 Comedy, Western, Drama

The spiritual journey of a ninety-year-old atheist.

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The Other Side of Hope (2017)

The Other Side of Hope (2017)

7.2/10 Drama, Comedy

A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.

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