A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
Casts Charlie Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston, Dawn Addams, Sid James, Joan Ingram, Michael Chaplin, John McLaren, Phil Brown
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
One, Two, Three
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Ed Wood
Sherlock Jr.
Adam's Apples
Eight Miles High
The Gazebo
Dogma
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Basil King Presents: Wrong Guy
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Election
Modern Living & You!
For 20
Fido
The Man
Ali G Indahouse
Playing at Politics
Oldtimer
Brazil
SIMILAR MOVIES
One, Two, Three
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 1961
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
IMDB 6.8 | Nov , 2006
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.Ed Wood
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 1994
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.Sherlock Jr.
IMDB 8.1 | Apr , 1924
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.Adam's Apples
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 2005
A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.Eight Miles High
IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 2007
Achim Bornhak's movie focuses on the restless life of Uschi Obermaier, the icon of the 1968 movement in Germany and groupie. At the age of 16, Uschi is bored by her job in a photo lab, but soon becomes the "it girl" of Munich's club scene. When she gets to know Rainer Langhans, they move to Berlin and live in "Kommune 1", the first politically-motivated commune in Germany. While the other occupants claim she isn't political enough, Uschi just wants to have fun, works as fashion model and leads international music stars in temptation.The Gazebo
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 1960
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.Dogma
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 1999
An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and reenter Heaven.Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
IMDB 2.5 | Jan , 1909
Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance League. But Oh! the ordeal, for such it was, was telling on him, and his pent-up spirits were threatening ebullition, when at last the chance comes. The league arranges to attend a three-days' convention out of town, and when Mrs. Jones departs, Jones sends a note to Smith, telling him to bring the gang, and they would have a "Prayer Meeting," enjoining him not to forget the "fixings." Well, the gang are not long in putting in an appearance, for they feel that every minute's delay is a chunk lost from a golden opportunity for fun.Basil King Presents: Wrong Guy
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2024
Based in the Basil King universe, "Wrong Guy" revolves around a horrible misunderstanding which leads Bobby to kidnap a local restaurant owner, leaving loose ends to end to.Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
IMDB 6.6 | May , 1982
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.Election
IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 1999
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well.Modern Living & You!
IMDB 10 | Jul , 2021
A promotional short for the feature film "Roach Motel". The short film "Modern Living and You!" satirizes "Red Scare" era instructional shorts, while the time period itself is up in the air and left ambiguous. The short follows "Your Neighbor Margie" at the hands of a ruthless, demanding, and godlike narrator, as he puts her on display and on the spot, asking her questions, that he himself may not even know the answers to.For 20
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2024
DURING THE FINAL YEARS OF CANNABIS PROHIBITION: Troubled college student Chance returns home to his affluent hometown in suburban Connecticut & conceives of a plan to take over the local marijuana trade.. He enlists the help of several friends and acquaintances and forms a business known as the Sleight of Hand. This plan, however, extends well beyond his control and begins to unravel as he continues to disregard the advice of his psychiatrist, descending further into depression. He must now shuffle his mother, doctor and cover job, as well as keep his illegal business one step ahead of the local authority. Chance's substance abuse and mental instability collide as he falls deeper into a world of vice and psychosis.Fido
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2006
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "Fido" will rip your heart out.The Man
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2005
A case of mistaken identity forces a Federal agent and a dental supply salesman to team up as they speed through the streets of Detroit to pull off a sting operation and solve the murder of the agent's former partner.Ali G Indahouse
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 2002
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.Playing at Politics
IMDB 7 | May , 1931
Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.Oldtimer
IMDB 0 | Mar , 1989
The aged rocker Igor works as a journalist and DJ at the "Radio Student" in Ljubljana. He notices that the janitor Miha works for the police, tapping the walls and observing the journalists who are critical of the regime. After a clash with his editor, Igor decides to leave for Greece by his old bike DKW from 1938, via Bosnia and Serbia. Young Rahela joins him on the trip. Traveling through Yugoslavia, Igor becomes involved in unexpected turmoil: Milosevic's "antibureaucratic revolution" starts in Serbia and Vojvodina.Brazil
IMDB 7.7 | Feb , 1985
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.