Please Laugh
An aspiring comedian kidnaps his friends to prove to them that he is objectively funny.
The theatrical directorial debut of D.J. Caruso
An aspiring comedian kidnaps his friends to prove to them that he is objectively funny.
3 Friends create 6 comedy sketches to “save the world” with comedy
After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.
Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.
Why do dogs bark at such innocent creatures as pigeons and squirrels... what are they afraid of? This film answers that eternal question. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
In a small Spanish town, during the Christmas holidays, a group of rich old ladies organize a peculiar event that consists of inviting a homeless person to sit down to dinner at their wealthy table. Plácido, a humble worker, is hired by the organizers to participate in a parade with his three-wheeled vehicle, a seemingly simple mission that will not be easy for him to accomplish.
Felix Lobrecht aims his dark humor at overly polite culture, weird laughter, the sheer awkwardness of a walking baby and more in this stand-up special.
A young woman accidentally kills her boyfriend during foreplay.
When an aging Punxsutawney Phil discovers that he's going to be replaced as the weather-predicting groundhog of tradition, he must strive to find meaning in his otherwise measly existence.
When a friend group is torn apart by betrayal, they decide to settle their differences in the most old school of ways. Leaving their modern home of Los Angeles, they embark on a bizarre adventure that seemingly takes them back in time across an underground cave river. Cocaine. Existentialism. A four hundred and fifty pound pig. True love. Cosmic jokes. Mexico?
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...
Johnny agrees to watch Mia's cat while she's away on a camping trip. Unfortunately, the cat ends up tragically dying under his watch. Completely friendless, Johnny is forced to turn to people from his troubled past for advice.
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
New year's eve at "The Islands" condos. An aging countess's party is crashed by the soccer team from her gigolo's town. While dressing for a dinner party, the wealthy Guilia discovers her husband's affair with her best friend and vows revenge. Next door, a family prepares their vintage Dodge for a drive through the streets. A call girl ties up a lawyer while, unbeknownst to him, three men await the right moment to break into his office. Across the hall, a woman downs pills in a lonely suicide attempt. Two young men hide out in a bedroom smoking dope; one of them has some dynamite. As midnight approaches, each group draws closer to grotesque tragedy.
An idealistic, want-to-be fashionista lands the dream job with her favorite designer in New York City. Swept away by the glamorous facade of the fashion world, Grindy gets sewn within the seams of the garb underworld while climbing to success. Shot on 35mm.
An exhausted doctor with years of experiences in abortion surgery are caught in a quirky conversation with his patient, a struggling feminist novelist. From the conversation both manages to discovered something about each other and themselves.
Fresh from a breakup and looking for a bit of fun Mike takes a chance on a Grindr match named Jesse. Little does he know the unexpected twists that await him.
A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.
A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.