The Darwin Awards

Jun 25, 2007

1h 34m

★ 5.5

A comedy... to die for.

Overview

After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becomes an investigator for an insurance company and joins forces with a cynical field agent to probe suspicious and unusual deaths.

Genres

Adventure

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

3 Ring Circus Films

Blumhouse Productions

Icon Productions

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Cast

Michael Burrows

Joseph Fiennes

Siri Taylor

Winona Ryder

Harvey

David Arquette

Joleen

Juliette Lewis

Emile

Ty Burrell

Paramedic

Josh Charles

Insurance Exec

Kevin Dunn

Mrs. Pearlman

Nora Dunn

Simon

Judah Friedlander

Farley

Lukas Haas

Henry

Tom Hollander

Stan

Brad Hunt

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5.6

Home Movies

May 16, 1980

A cult guru urges a shy disciple to make life a movie and be its star.

7.2

Smoke

Jun 9, 1995

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

6.9

Barfly

Sep 2, 1987

Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.

6.2

2 Days in Paris

Feb 9, 2007

Marion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents — and several of her ex-boyfriends.

6.6

The Lovers

Nov 5, 1958

A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions, leading her further towards Paris and the country wilderness.

7.3

Deconstructing Harry

Dec 12, 1997

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

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4.8

Supermarket Sweep

Jan 1, 1991

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0.0

A Star for Two

Aug 10, 1991

Love between a man and a woman that endures the ravages of time.

4.5

A Night In Heaven

Nov 18, 1983

Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girls-night out, where she discovers that one of the dancers is her failing student Rick Monroe, a.k.a. "Ricky the Rocket". A heated affair between teacher & student ensues, as Faye struggles to reconcile her emotions and make consequential life choices: Continue her lustful sessions with the studly-but-shallow teen stripper? Or break it off with Ricky & work to salvage her marriage to the loving-but-distant husband?

2.8

Man of the Year

Sep 15, 1995

First-time director Dirk Shafer also penned this raucous "mockumentary," a blend of fact and fiction that re-creates his 1992 reign as Playgirl magazine's Centerfold of the Year. When Shafer chooses to keep the fact that he's gay a secret from the magazine's editors, he finds himself living the ultimate lie -- and incapable of giving female readers what they really want. Will he succumb to his lover's pressures to come out of the closet?

5.2

Hannah Takes the Stairs

Aug 22, 2007

Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a relationship with one of them disrupt the delicate balance of their friendship?

3.6

The Last Run

Jan 1, 2004

When a young accountant is devastated after discovering his inspiringly beautiful girlfriend is cheating on him, his best friend, who's engaged to a girl he doesn't love, convinces him to go on a "run" and sleep with as many women as he can to get over his heart break.

5.9

Nothing

Sep 9, 2003

The film tells the story of two good friends who live together, Andrew, an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave, a loser who works in an office where he is treated with contempt. Just when it seems things can't get any worse for the two, the entire world outside of their house disappears and is replaced with an endless white void.

0.0

Tiger

Jan 1, 1997

When the neighborhood bullies kidnap Tiger, a dog who can telepathically talk to his owner Josh, everything changes. What happens next will delight the whole family. What started out as a boy's dream of having his own pet, becomes the adventure of a lifetime.

5.2

Man About Town

Jun 8, 2006

A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down.

6.8

Sweet and Lowdown

Dec 3, 1999

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

5.4

Straight to Hell

Jun 26, 1987

A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee.

5.8

Pumpkin

Jun 28, 2002

Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when the queen of formals finds herself mentoring Pumpkin, a disabled athlete, their two worlds collide.