Ben Stiller
1) Duplex
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English
Description
Young and vibrant New Yorkers Alex and Nancy have just found the perfect place to settle down, but their new home comes with a permanent fixture they didn't expect: an obnoxious elderly tenant who won't move out and refuses to die! Pushed to the edge of insanity, it's only a matter of time until they begin to entertain some truly sinister solutions to their problem in this darkly hilarious comedy!
2) Envy
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English
Description
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
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English
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In a quest to find his biological parents, Mel - joined by his wife and a sexy adoption counselor - embarks on a cross-country search for his "roots." As he careens from one outrageous situation to another, he finds himself tempted by the counselor - as his wife starts a flirtation of her own! By the time they meet his birth parents, the whole situation is spinning hysterically out of control!
4) Harmontown
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English
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Harmontown is a documentary film starring TV writer and producer Dan Harmon (NBC's "Community," Adult Swim's Rick and Morty) as he takes his popular podcast of the same name on a calamitous cross-country tour.
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"February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president...
7) Madagascar
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A lion and zebra and two other of their pampered friends, from New York's Central Park Zoo, accidentally find themselves on a ship heading for Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, they become shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar where they discover it really is a jungle out there!
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Larry Daley is a divorced father who can't seem to keep a job for more than a week. As a last resort, Larry applies for a job as a night shift security guard at the American Museum of Natural History. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be an adventure when he finds that an ancient curse causes the "inhabitants" of the museum to come to life at night.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Watch the classic story by James Thurber, about a daydreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance, and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.
12) Reality bites
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Tenth anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
The irreverent portrayal of the harsh realities of life after college captures the misadventures of Lelaina, an ambitious TV production assistant, and her relationships with her sarcastic roommate, Vickie, friends Sammy and Troy, and an ambitious video executive, Michael.
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Refusing to name his new son until he meets his birth parents, Mel Coplin (Stiller) sets out on a cross-country journey, quickly encountering a hilarious series of clerical errors, mistaken identities, misplaced friends, and super-charged libidos in this outrageous dark comedy.
14) Duplex
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Young and vibrant New Yorkers Alex (Ben Stiller) and Nancy (Drew Barrymore) have just found the perfect place to settle down and share a bright future. But their new home comes with a permanent fixture they didn't expect. Pushed to the edge of insanity as their dream home turns into a nightmare, it's only a matter of time before Alex and Nancy begin to entertain some truly sinister solutions to the problem.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
Your favorite characters are back in their most hilarious adventure yet! Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are on the run through Europe in this wildly-entertaining and outrageous comedy critic's call 'charming and very funny'! With the fame-loving King Julian and take-charge Penguins, the whole crew joins the circus to escape Captain Dubois of Animal Control.
18) Little Fockers
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Greg Focker has finally begun to earn the respect of his ex-CIA father-in-law, Jack Byrnes but one important test still lies ahead: will Greg prove that he has what it takes to be the family's next 'Godfocker', or will the circle of trust be broken for good?
19) Meet the parents
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English
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Description
A screwball comedy about a young man meeting his fiancee's parents for the first time, promptly embarrassing himself, offending them, and eventually causing mass destruction.
20) Tower heist
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Queens native Josh Kovacs has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh's building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage.
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