Directed by Susan Seidelman • 1987 • United States
Starring John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly

Susan Seidelman’s follow-up to DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN is a witty sci-fi screwball, with John Malkovich in a memorably offbeat dual role as the ambitious scientist Jeff Peters and his remark...

Directed by Jackie Chan • 1989 • Hong Kong
Starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Gua Ah-leh

Jackie Chan pays homage to classic Hollywood spectacle in this 1930s-set gangster-musical romp. An inspired reworking of a Damon Runyon story (previously filmed twice by Frank Capra as LADY FOR A DAY and POCKE...

Directed by Susan Seidelman • 1989 • United States
Starring Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned in this marvelously wicked black comedy. In her no-holds-barred first foray into comedy, Meryl Streep plays a glamorous romance novelist who, when she lur...

Directed by Peter Wang • 1986 • United States, China
Starring Peter Wang, Kelvin Han Yee, Sharon Iwai

This delightful comedy was the first American feature shot in the People’s Republic of China. When San Francisco computer programmer Leo Fang (cowriter and director Peter Wang) is passed over fo...

Directed by Andrew Bujalski • 2013 • United States
Starring Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, James Curry

Set over the course of a weekend tournament for chess-software programmers forty-some years ago, COMPUTER CHESS transports viewers to a nostalgic moment when the contest between technology and t...

Directed by Elliott Hong • 1982 • United States
Starring Johnny Yune, John Louie, Bill Capizzi

This unabashedly goofball martial-arts spoof gave an Asian American comedian a rare chance in the spotlight. Stand-up comic Johnny Yune stars as a Korean immigrant living in California whom everyone ca...

Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari • 2010 • Greece
Starring Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelina Randou

Part of the new wave of Greek cinema, ATTENBERG is an offbeat coming-of-age film. Twenty-three-year-old Marina is living in a small factory town by the sea where her once-visionary arc...

Directed by Todd Rohal • 2014 • United States
Starring Eddie Rouse, Steve Little, Margie Beegle

A Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator, hired to visit with a loyal Rat Pack fan, finds himself delivering last rites at the boy’s bedside.

Directed by David Rathod • 1987 • United States
Starring Ashutosh Gowariker, Heidi Carpenter, Pearl Padamsee

Handsome and broke, Vikram (played by Ashutosh Gowariker, future director of the Oscar-nominated LAGAAN: ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA) arrives from Bombay to find his college plans have fall...

Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1922 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend

This early feature-length silent comedy pushed the form forward by balancing slapstick hilarity with more serious character development. Using the extended running time to further develop his pop...

Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1921 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young

Though originally intended as a two-reel short, A SAILOR-MADE MAN wound up becoming Harold Lloyd’s first feature—simply because there were too many good gags to cut! Here, our bespectacled hero play...

Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

A salesman makes trouble at his sweetheart’s department store—but winds up an unexpected hero.

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

A flirty photographer incurs the wrath of a jealous husband—and tries to pass the blame to an unsuspecting stooge.

Directed by Harry Kerwin • 1963 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd

In 1966, Harold Lloyd created a theatrical program entitled HAROLD LLOYD’S FUNNY SIDE OF LIFE. The program presented THE FRESHMAN together with a brief on-camera introduction by Lloyd and a clip reel from his body of work, bot...

Directed by J. Farrell MacDonald and Harold Lloyd • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard

Harold Lloyd’s “Glasses Character” makes his debut in a tale of baseball hijinks.

Directed by Gilbert Pratt • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

A newlywed husband, en route to his honeymoon, scrambles to find the train tickets he lost.

Please be advised: this film contains scenes involving blackface.

Directed by Hal Roach • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard

A bicycle messenger wreaks havoc in a girls’ seminary.

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels

It’s trouble on the water when a man tries to woo his sweetheart by pretending to be a lifeguard.

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

A man pretends to have a wife and family in order to claim an inheritance.

Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Fred McPherson

A new automobile owner’s car troubles may doom his chance at romance.

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, ’Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels

Marital mayhem ensues when a poor boy attempts to woo the daughter of a wealthy man.

Directed by Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding • 1920 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wallace Howe

A hapless young man is roped into an arranged marriage to help a girl claim her inheritance: a haunted house!

Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

A beautiful spring day tempts a bookkeeper to play hooky from the office.

Directed by Gilbert Pratt and Hal Mohr • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

An employee at a struggling antiques store gets creative in order to save the business.