Manic Pixie Dream Girl
"manic pixie dream girl" Movies and TV Shows
#1
What's Up, Doc?
Synopsis:
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Starring:
Austin Pendleton,
Kenneth Mars,
Michael Murphy
#2
The Apartment
Synopsis:
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Starring:
David Lewis,
Fred MacMurray,
Jack Kruschen
#3
Sweet November
Synopsis:
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.
Starring:
Jason Isaacs,
Robert Joy,
Charlize Theron
#4
Jerry Maguire
Synopsis:
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.
Starring:
Jerry O'Connell,
Renée Zellweger,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
#5
Harold and Maude
Synopsis:
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
Starring:
Ruth Gordon,
Cyril Cusack,
Judy Engles
#6
Garden State
Synopsis:
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
Starring:
Ian Holm,
Natalie Portman,
Peter Sarsgaard
Plot:
funeral,
cat,
home,
actor,
pills,
implied sex,
sex scene,
voyeur,
sitting in a bathtub,
wet clothes
...
#7
Chungking Express
Synopsis:
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Starring:
Tony Leung Chiu-wai,
Takeshi Kaneshiro,
Brigitte Lin
#8
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Synopsis:
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Starring:
Alan Reed,
Martin Balsam,
Audrey Hepburn
#9
Annie Hall
Synopsis:
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Starring:
Carol Kane,
Christopher Walken,
Diane Keaton
#10
Amélie
Synopsis:
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
Starring:
Audrey Tautou,
Clotilde Mollet,
Dominique Pinon
#11
Along Came Polly
Synopsis:
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
Hank Azaria,
Jsu Garcia
#12
Almost Famous
Synopsis:
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
Starring:
Zooey Deschanel,
Billy Crudup,
Jason Lee
#13
Yes Man
Synopsis:
Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything.
Starring:
Rhys Darby,
Zooey Deschanel,
Jim Carrey
#14
The Girl Next Door
Synopsis:
Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls in love with his gorgeous 19-year-old neighbor, Danielle. But Matthew's bright future is jeopardized when he finds Danielle was once a porn star. As Danielle's past catches up with her, Matthew's love for her forces him to re-evaluate his goals.
Starring:
Paul Dano,
James Remar,
Emile Hirsch
#15
The Fifth Element
Synopsis:
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Starring:
Gary Oldman,
Bruce Willis,
Ian Holm
Plot:
alien,
futuristic city,
race against time,
future,
taxi driver,
love,
weapon,
humanity in peril,
alien starship,
humanoid alien
...
#16
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Synopsis:
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
Starring:
Mary Elizabeth Winstead,
Anna Kendrick,
Aubrey Plaza
Plot:
dream girl,
cult film,
canadian,
rock band,
kiss,
lesbianism,
teenage girl,
film within a film,
pink hair,
fight
...
#17
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Synopsis:
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
Robin Williams,
Owen Wilson
#18
Free Guy
Synopsis:
A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late.
Starring:
Ryan Reynolds,
Lil Rel Howery,
Jodie Comer
#19
Fight Club
Synopsis:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
Starring:
Brad Pitt,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Holt McCallany
#20
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Synopsis:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo,
Elijah Wood,
Jim Carrey
Plot:
memory,
loneliness,
flashback,
nonlinear timeline,
beach,
erased memory,
surrealism,
playing against type,
suffocation,
deja vu
...