On the Bench

Jungle Pals

August 1923 •English

The human pals of three apes become so attached to them that they take them to their home in the city where the apes prove too destructive to be really appreciative.

Tanguy

November 2001 •French

Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan.

Monks a la Mode

December 1923 •English

Dress shop owner Madame Maxine employs two chimps to serve in her establishment. It goes about as well as you would expect!

Obsession

August 1965 •Russian

Student Shurik has just two hours before the beginning of the exam and he has no lectures notes.

The Extraordinary Tale of the Times Table

July 2014 •Spanish

Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl suffers an obsessive compulsive disorder, boy and girl live happily ever after.

Sissy Frenchfry

July 2006 •English

The annual Student Body President election at wildly eclectic and diverse West Beach High pits the quirky, much-beloved incumbent Sissy Frenchfry against handsome, charismatic -- and socially intolerant -- transfer student Bodey McDodey, who enacts a devious plan to restore the "status quo."

The Rink

December 1916 •English

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

The Pawnshop

October 1916 •English

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

The Count

September 1916 •English

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein

July 2019 •English

When actor David Harbour finds lost footage of his father's disastrous televised stage play of a literary classic, he uncovers shocking family secrets.

Out of Order

June 2022 •English

On his way to a big date, an affable 30-year-old man's digestive system turns on him as he races to find an ever-elusive bathroom on the streets of New York City.

The Purge: The Morning After

September 2013 •English

In comedian Johnny Ray Gill's parody of the Universal horror flick, actor Daniel Rubiano has to face the music when he reports to work the next morning.

Big

June 1988 •English

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

Hundtricket

January 2000 •Swedish

This is the short film that "Hundtricket - The Movie (2002)" is based on and follows the same premise about a shy man walking a dog in order to meet women.

The Fascist

November 2014 •Finnish

A traffic warden runs into a surprising argument with a persisting customer.

When Spirits Move

January 1920 •English

Silent Hank Mann comedy set in a haunted house.

L for Loser

October 2021 •English

A lowly young trophy shop employee who has never won anything other than a participation ribbon, is in love with his manager and stages a robbery to try to prove to her that he is in fact "a winner."

The Pity Card

January 2006 •English

Is The Best Place For A First Date Really The Holocaust Museum

Welkom

September 2013 •French

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

January 2025 •English

With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.