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Sideways

Sideways is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written by Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne and directed by Payne. Adapted from Rex Pickett's 2004 novel, Sideways follows two forty-something men, portrayed by Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church, who take a week-long road trip to the wine country of...
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Comedy

Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδία, komodia) as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the...
x Films of this genre:
Wet Hot American Summer,
Mean Girls,
Tom and Huck,
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Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek: δράμα, dráma), which is derived from "to do" (Classical Greek: δράω, dráō). The enactment of drama in theatre,...
x Films of this genre:
Pi,
Detective Story,
Airport 1975,
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Indie

In the United States, an independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced mostly outside of a major film studio. The term is also refers to art films which differ markedly from most mass marketed films. In addition to being produced by...
x Films of this genre:
The Birth of a Nation,
Blue Velvet,
Dressed to Kill,
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Buddy film

A buddy film, according to The Complete Film Dictionary, is "a film that features the friendship of two males as the major relationship". Ira Konigsberg, author of the dictionary, further defines the genre: "Such films extol the virtues of male...
x Films of this genre:
Kangaroo Jack,
Friday,
Toy Story,
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