Irreverence
"irreverence" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Young Frankenstein
Synopsis:
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
Starring:
Richard Haydn,
Teri Garr,
Cloris Leachman
Plot:
spoof,
hunchback,
reanimation,
laboratory,
sexual joke,
experiment,
castle,
electricity,
corpse,
rain
...
#2
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Synopsis:
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
Starring:
Bob Hoskins,
Christopher Lloyd,
Charles Fleischer
#3
Trading Places
Synopsis:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Starring:
Eddie Murphy,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Dan Aykroyd
#4
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Synopsis:
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Geoffrey Lewis,
Jeff Bridges
#5
The Stepford Wives
Synopsis:
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
Starring:
Glenn Close,
Jon Lovitz,
Nicole Kidman
#6
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Synopsis:
When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Starring:
Leslie Nielsen,
Ricardo Montalban,
George Kennedy
#7
The Fortune Cookie
Synopsis:
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
Starring:
Walter Matthau,
Jack Lemmon,
Lurene Tuttle
#8
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Synopsis:
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Starring:
Ronald Lacey,
Roman Polanski,
Jack MacGowran
Plot:
vampire,
vampire hunter,
vampire slayer,
castle,
transylvania,
bat,
gothic horror,
cult film,
undead,
lechery
...
#9
Sunset Boulevard
Synopsis:
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Starring:
Franklyn Farnum,
Fred Clark,
William Holden
#10
Some Like It Hot
Synopsis:
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
Starring:
Nehemiah Persoff,
Marilyn Monroe,
Pat O’Brien
Plot:
sex comedy,
comedy of errors,
disguise,
all girl band,
cross dressing,
friendship,
gang,
buddy comedy,
buddy movie,
musician
...
#11
Small Soldiers
Synopsis:
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
Starring:
Denis Leary,
David Cross,
Kirsten Dunst
#12
Sleeper
Synopsis:
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
Starring:
Diane Keaton,
John McLiam,
Brian Avery
#13
Scrooged
Synopsis:
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing staff member Eliot Loudermilk on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Starring:
Carol Kane,
Alfre Woodard,
Bill Murray
Plot:
ghost,
christmas,
compassion,
greed,
redemption,
tv show,
unemployment,
christmas show,
hallucination,
based on novel
...
#14
Rushmore
Synopsis:
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war …
Starring:
Luke Wilson,
Jason Schwartzman,
Bill Murray
Plot:
love triangle,
coming of age,
montage,
dream,
bully,
father son relationship,
single father,
loss of loved one,
teacher,
student
...
#15
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Synopsis:
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
Starring:
Christopher Lloyd,
Danny DeVito,
Jack Nicholson
#16
National Lampoon's Vacation
Synopsis:
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Starring:
Anthony Michael Hall,
Randy Quaid,
Chevy Chase
#17
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Synopsis:
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Starring:
Juliette Lewis,
Johnny Galecki,
Randy Quaid
Plot:
christmas,
sequel,
holiday,
christmas gathering,
sexy woman,
squirrel,
pantyhose,
christmas tree,
christmas movie,
cat
...
#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
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Synopsis:
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is…
Starring:
John Cleese,
Eric Idle,
Michael Palin
#20
M*A*S*H
Synopsis:
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Starring:
Donald Sutherland,
Tom Skerritt,
Elliott Gould