Best comedy movies of Jack Black

1. Nacho Libre (2006)

Nacho Libre (2006)

Ignacio, a monastery cook, decides to fulfil his dream of becoming a luchador to make more money. In order to do so, he seeks help from Steven, a local thief.

Is Nacho Libre a true story?
The film, which was written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and Mike White and directed by Jared Hess, was loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta, a Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador and competed in order to support the orphanage he ran.

What are Mexican wrestlers called?
Lucha libre (meaning “freestyle wrestling” or literally translated as “free fight”) is the term used in Mexico for professional wrestling. Lucha libre wrestlers are known as luchadores (singular luchador, meaning “wrestler”).

2. Gulliver’s Travels (2010)

Gulliver’s Travels (2010)

Lemuel is hurtled to an undiscovered land, where he reinvents himself as the hero of Lilliputians by impressing them with his size. Unprepared for leading them, his ineptitude puts him in danger.

3. Envy (2004)

Envy (2004)

Tim and Nick are best friends, neighbours and co-workers. When one of Nick’s seemingly crazy inventions succeeds, Tim finds himself engulfed in flames of jealousy as Nick’s fortunes grow outrageously.

4. Year One (2009)

Year One (2009)

After Neanderthal hunter Zed (Jack Black) is exiled for eating forbidden fruit, he and his sardonic buddy Oh (Michael Cera) leave their village and begin an epic journey through history. The pals encounter biblical characters such as Cain (David Cross) and Abel, Abraham (Hank Azaria), and others, and wind up in Sodom. Along the way, Zed debunks commonly held beliefs and replaces them with his own delusions of grandeur.

5. Shallow Hal (2001)

Shallow Hal (2001)

Hal, a shallow man who only dates attractive women, falls in love with Rosemary, after being hypnotized to see the inner beauty of women, not knowing that she is obese.

The best romantic movies you should watch atleast once in your life

1. Far from the madding crowd

Far from the madding crowd

Bathsheba must deal with the trials and tribulations of life while dealing with the attention of three men, a sheep farmer, a reckless sergeant and a well-to-do, mature bachelor.

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language chiefly made by men to express theirs. ~Bathsheba Everdene

2. Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

In order to reunite with the love of his life during the American Civil War, W P Inman, a wounded soldier, goes on a difficult journey to reach the Cold Mountain.

What we have lost will never be returned to us. The land will not heal – too much blood. All we can do is learn from the past and make peace with it. ~ Ada

3. Serena

Serena

George, a successful timber baron, marries Serena, a smart and beautiful girl. However, when Serena, starts manipulating George’s business decisions, his life turns upside down.

4. The Holiday

The Holiday

Two girls from different countries swap homes for the holidays to get away from their relationship issues. However, their lives change unexpectedly when they meet and fall in love with two local guys.

I have found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said, “Journeys end in lovers meeting.” What an extraordinary thought. ~Iris

5. Music and lyrics

Music and Lyrics

An old-time ’80s pop artist asks the lady who waters his plants to help him write lyrics for a duet with a teen pop icon that will help him with his comeback in the music industry.

6. Me before You

Me before You

After becoming unemployed, Louisa Clark is forced to accept one which requires her to take care of Will Traynor, a paralysed man. The two of them soon bond with each other.

7. Ali and Nino

Ali and Nino


Ali is an upper class Muslim man, whose family holds a great deal of power in Baku, Azerbaijan. At that time, before World War One, Azerbaijan was part of the Russian Empire. Nino, Ali’s lover, is from neighboring Georgia and is Christian, but the two are deeply in love and elope to the countryside. The story follows the two, who get married, through World War One, which only sees some of Ali’s friends sent off to war. After the Russians surrender, however, conflict comes to Baku. Ali fights the Bolsheviks with the Azerbaijani militia and Nino helps nurse wounded soldiers during the March Days massacre in Baku.

8. The Notebook

The Notebook

In 1940s South Carolina, mill worker Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) and rich girl Allie (Rachel McAdams) are desperately in love. But her parents don’t approve. When Noah goes off to serve in World War II, it seems to mark the end of their love affair. In the interim, Allie becomes involved with another man (James Marsden). But when Noah returns to their small town years later, on the cusp of Allie’s marriage, it soon becomes clear that their romance is anything but over.

The Age of Adaline

The Age of Adaline is a 2015 American romantic fantasy film directed by Lee Toland Krieger and written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz. The film stars Blake Lively in the title role, with Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew, Harrison Ford, and Ellen Burstyn in supporting roles. Narrated by Hugh Ross, the story follows Adaline Bowman, a young woman who stops aging after being brought back to life from death following an accident at the age of 29.

Is Age of Adaline a true story?
The movie is a true story, and it is the life story of a 107-year-old woman. The main character of the film Adaline Bowman is a woman who is diagnosed with a unique disorder (whatever you may call it a curse or a blessing). She faced a car accident at the age of 29, including cold water and thunder.

What happens at the end of Age of Adaline?
She suffers a car accident, she dies in frigid waters and brought back to life by a lightning strike, the combination that causes her to remain 29 years old forever. As her daughter Flemming grows older, it becomes apparent that Adaline is not aging.

What does Adeline name mean?
noble
Adeline is a feminine given name meaning ‘noble’ or ‘nobility’. It is of French origins and is a diminutive of Adèle. Its variants include Adelina, Adalyn, Adalynn, Adelyn, Adalene, Adeleine, Aada, Ada, Alina, Aline, Adelita and Alita.

It was a modest box-office success, grossing $65.7 million worldwide on a $25 million budget. The film received two nominations at the 42nd Saturn Awards, one for Best Fantasy Film and one for Lively for Best Actress.

Story: One afternoon in San Francisco, Adaline Bowman purchases fake IDs at an apartment before returning home to feed her dog. She then goes to work and opens a box of film reels, which highlight historical events and times. A voiceover ties together the film reels explaining the story of Adaline’s life so far. She was the first baby born in San Francisco on New Year’s Day of 1908, then later married and gave birth to a daughter, only to become a widow after her husband died in a tragic accident during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. Ten months later, Adaline crashed her car when she swerved into a ravine during a snowstorm and died in the freezing lake nearby, but a lightning strike suddenly revived her. From that moment on, Adaline has stayed physically 29 years old.

One night, two suspicious FBI agents attempt to force her onto an airplane for study, but she escapes captivity and realizes that she will have to spend the rest of her life on the run. Ever since, she has changed her identification and address according to the era, while her daughter Flemming ages normally.

On New Year’s Eve in the present year, she attends a party where she meets Ellis Jones, introducing herself as her current alias, Jennifer. He asks to see her again but she refuses, knowing she can never fall in love. The next day at work, Ellis arrives and again asks Adaline to go on a date with him. Finally she accepts.

In a flashback, Adaline is shown pulling up in a cab to a park where a man is waiting, holding an engagement ring. Scared, she asks the cab driver to keep going. Back in the present day, Adaline’s dog falls ill and she begins to ignore Ellis’ calls. He shows up at her apartment but she pushes him away, only to have a change of heart while looking through old photographs.

They later resolve their argument and Ellis asks Adaline to attend a party at his parents’ house celebrating his parents’ fortieth anniversary. Upon their arrival, Ellis introduces her to his father, William, who recognizes her instantly and calls her Adaline. She appears to recognize him, too, but lies, telling him that Adaline was her mother, who has since died. A flashback shows how they met and came to be in love, soon revealing that he was the man with the engagement ring she stood up that afternoon. During the flashback, Ellis tells Adaline he is falling in love with her but she is hesitant.

The following day, William is shaken when he notices a scar on Adaline’s left hand. Another flashback reveals that Adaline cut her hand while she and William were hiking together decades ago and he had stitched it up himself. He realizes that she is truly Adaline and confronts her. She becomes upset, saying she used to be “normal” and doesn’t know what changed her. He begs her not to run for Ellis’ sake, but she says she doesn’t know how to stay. She flees and returns to the house. While Ellis showers, she writes a note to him, packs her things, and leaves. Ellis finds the letter and confronts his father, who refuses to explain.

While driving home, Adaline thinks of all the times she has run and suddenly has a change of heart about the way she lives her life. She stops and calls her daughter to tell her she is going to stop running. As she turns the car around, a tow truck plows into her car, causing it to crash in a ravine. Adeline is ejected from the car and dies again due to hypothermia. An ambulance arrives and she is revived by a defibrillator. She wakes up in the hospital with Ellis At her bedside, and the two profess their love for one another. Adaline then tells him of her 107 years of life, running and always afraid of her identity being discovered.

One year later, Ellis and Adaline are going to a New Year’s Eve party. As she is leaving, she notices something strange in the hallway mirror: her first grey hair, proving she has begun to age naturally again. When Ellis asks if she is okay, she responds: “Yes… Perfect.”