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Spotlight on... Screwball Comedies

November gloom got you down in the dumps? Dig yourself out of the doldrums with a screwball comedy. Characterized by snappy dialogue, wacky characters, and fast-paced plots, screwballs are one of the most popular comedy genres.

Try a classic or a contemporary from our collection!

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Moving McAllister (2007)
A Miami law intern agrees to move his boss’s possessions, niece, and pet pig to L.A.

      
Mr. Bean’s holiday (2007)
Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a boy from his father.

      
My blueberry nights (2007)
A young woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love.

      
National Lampoon’s vacation (1983)
The Griswold family’s cross-country drive to Wally World predictably becomes a disaster.

      
No sleep till Madison (2002)
30-year-old Owen can’t understand why his friends are bailing out on him on their annual pilgrimage to the Wisconsin State High School Hockey Tournament.

      
North by northwest (1959)
An ad exec mistaken for a secret agent is pursued cross-country by spies and the government.

      
O brother, where art thou? (2000)
Three convicts who have escaped from a Mississippi chain gang journey home to try to recover buried loot from a bank heist.

      
Paper moon (1973)
A con artist and a 9-year-old orphan travel the Depression-era Midwest selling Bibles to widows.

      
Pee-Wee’s big adventure (1985)
Eccentric man-child Pee-Wee Herman sets out across America to recover his stolen bicycle.

      
Pierrot le fou (1965)
Pierrot travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with his child’s babysitter, who is being chased by hit-men from Algeria.

      
Planes, trains, and automobiles (1987)
A man struggles to get home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious salesman in tow.

      
Rain man (1988)
A selfish hustler kidnaps his mentally challenged brother from a residential home, and they set out on a cross-county journey.

      
Rat Race (2001)
A casino tycoon gives six money-crazed contestants the chance to win $2 million in a race from Las Vegas to New Mexico.

      
RV (2006)
A dysfunctional family in an RV travels to Colorado, where they meet bizarre campers.

      
Scarecrow (1973)
Two down-and-out men meet while hitch-hiking and strike up a friendship.

      
Sideways (2004)
Two depressed middle-aged men take a week-long road trip through California’s wine country.

      
Smoke signals (1998)
Thomas and Victor leave their Native American reservation in Idaho to retrieve Victor’s father’s ashes in Arizona.

      
Stagecoach (1939)
A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by run-ins with bandits and Indians.

      
Sullivan’s travels (1941)
A Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up.

      
The adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert (1994 )
Three Australian drag queens head to a job in the desert in a lavender bus dubbed Priscilla.



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