High Concept Comedy
"high concept comedy" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Bewitched
Synopsis:
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
Starring:
Agnes Moorehead,
Dick Sargent,
David White
#2
Candy Cane Lane
Synopsis:
A man, determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, makes a pact with an elf to help him win. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, bringing chaos to the small, unsuspecting town.
Starring:
Jillian Bell,
Nick Offerman,
Eddie Murphy
#3
Amigos
Synopsis:
Siddharth, a youngman who runs a family business is astonished to find his doppelgängers Manjunath and Michael on getdopple.com. After meeting up in Goa, they come down to Hyderabad to help Siddarth win over Ishika, a girl looking for superman to be her husband. But things take a drastic turn when NIA swings into action to nab Michael, aka Bipin Roy.
Starring:
Kalyan Ram,
Ashika Ranganath,
Brahmaji
#4
Moving On
Synopsis:
Two old friends reconnect at their friend's funeral, and decide to exact revenge on the widower who wronged all three of them decades earlier.
Starring:
Malcolm McDowell,
Richard Roundtree,
Eddie Martinez
#5
iZombie
Synopsis:
A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.
Starring:
Aly Michalka,
Rose McIver,
Malcolm Goodwin
#6
Jane the Virgin
Synopsis:
A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial insemination as she struggles to inform her devoutly religious family and make the right choices concerning the child. Based on the telenovela "Juana la virgen."
Starring:
Yael Grobglas,
Gina Rodriguez,
Jaime Camil
#7
I'm a Virgo
Synopsis:
A coming-of-age joyride about Cootie, a 13ft tall young Black man in Oakland, CA. Having grown up hidden away, Cootie soon experiences the beauty and contradictions of the world for the first time. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, a real life superhero named The Hero.
Starring:
Carmen Ejogo,
Walton Goggins,
Kara Young
#8
What Women Want
Synopsis:
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.
Starring:
Judy Greer,
Mel Gibson,
Helen Hunt
#9
True Lies
Synopsis:
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
Starring:
Bill Paxton,
Tia Carrere,
Charlton Heston
Plot:
secret agent,
spy,
secret mission,
remake,
tango,
spy film,
espionage,
murderous fantasy,
violence,
remake of french film
...
#10
Tootsie
Synopsis:
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Starring:
Teri Garr,
Geena Davis,
Jessica Lange
#11
The Great Dictator
Synopsis:
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Starring:
Billy Gilbert,
Charlie Chaplin,
Paulette Goddard
#12
The Animal
Synopsis:
When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a deranged scientist as half man and half animal. His newfound powers are awesome -- but their adverse side effects could take over his life. Now, Marvin must fight to control his crazy primal urges around his new squeeze, Rianna, and his rival, Sgt. Sisk, who both think he's one cool cat.
Starring:
Rob Schneider,
Ed Asner,
John C. McGinley
#13
Sister Act
Synopsis:
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
Starring:
Whoopi Goldberg,
Kathy Najimy,
Maggie Smith
#14
Shallow Hal
Synopsis:
A shallow man falls in love with a 300 pound woman because of her "inner beauty".
Starring:
Jason Alexander,
Bruce McGill,
Jack Black
#15
School of Rock
Synopsis:
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
Starring:
Joan Cusack,
Miranda Cosgrove,
Jack Black
#16
Rat Race
Synopsis:
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favo…
Starring:
John Cleese,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Plot:
casino,
mother daughter reunion,
on the road,
squirrel,
nazi,
cow,
helicopter,
museum,
contest,
rock concert
...
#17
Practical Magic
Synopsis:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end t…
Starring:
Nicole Kidman,
Sandra Bullock,
Dianne Wiest
Plot:
loss of loved one,
persecution,
curse,
love,
magic,
witch,
small town,
tragic event,
widow,
exorcism
...
#18
Mrs. Doubtfire
Synopsis:
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.
Starring:
Robin Williams,
Pierce Brosnan,
Sally Field
Plot:
transvestism,
crossdressing,
cross dressing,
divorce,
impersonator,
profanity,
birthday,
cake,
gift,
wild party
...
#19
Mr. Deeds
Synopsis:
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.
Starring:
Jared Harris,
Steve Buscemi,
Adam Sandler
#20
Liar Liar
Synopsis:
Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest liability.
Starring:
Jim Carrey,
Cary Elwes,
Jennifer Tilly