The King of Comedy
Dec 18, 1982 | IMDB 7.8
109 min Watch NowDrama, Comedy
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Drama, Comedy
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
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IMDB 5.6 | Sep , 2014
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IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 2014
Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear but now he wants to be taken seriously. His passion project about the Haitian Revolution, a movie called Uprize, was panned by the NY Times film critic. A couple days before the wedding to his reality star fiancée, he's forced to spend the day with Chelsea Brown, a profile writer for the New York Times. Unexpectedly, he opens up to her, and as they wind their way across New York, he tries to get back in touch with his comedic roots.I Confess
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IMDB 5.3 | Dec , 1998
A deranged prison warden with a nasty habit of killing escapees forces the boyfriends of his teenage twin daughters into a shotgun wedding, after they claim to be pregnant. All hope seems lost, until the husbands hatch a madcap plan to rob a money train to freedom.I'll Be Seeing You
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 1944
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IMDB 5.2 | Oct , 2017
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IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 1971
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IMDB 5.4 | Sep , 2014
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IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 2023
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IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 2015
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IMDB 5.7 | Mar , 1999
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IMDB 6.1 | Feb , 1989
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IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 1982
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