Movies and TvShows featuring "knock-knock-joke" theme.

In 1981, in San Francisco, the smart salesman and family man Chris Gardner invests the family savings in Osteo National bone-density scanners, an apparatus twice as expensive as an x-ray machine but with a slightly clearer image. This white elephant financially breaks the family, bringing troubles to his relationship with his wife Linda, who leaves him and moves to New York where she has taken a job in a pizza parlor. Their son Christopher stays with Chris because he and his wife both know that he will be able to take better care of him. Without any money or a wife, but committed to his son, Chris sees a chance to fight for a stockbroker internship position at Dean Witter, offering a more promising career at the end of a six-month unpaid training period. During that period, Chris goes through a lot of hardship personally and professionally. When he thinks he is stable, he finds that he has lost $600 when the government takes the last bit of money in his bank account for taxes. He is rendered homeless because he can't pay his rent. He is forced at one point to stay in a bathroom at a train station, and must scramble from work every day to the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which offers shelter to the homeless. He must leave work early every day so that he is there by 5:00 in the evening along with his son so that he may be assured of a place to sleep. He is seen carrying his suitcase to work because he doesn't have a home. At work, there are nineteen other candidates for the one position. One day, he is called into an office and in it were the heads of Dean Witter. Chris thinks that he is about to be told the job will not be his as he says that he wore a shirt and tie for his final day. Then they tell him that he has been an excellent trainee and that tomorrow he will have to wear his shirt and tie again as it will be his first day as a broker. Chris struggles to hold back tears. Outside he begins to cry as the busy people of San Francisco walk past him. He rushes to his son's daycare, hugging him and knowing that after everything him and his son had been through things would be all right. The final scene shows Chris walking with his son down a street. His son is telling him a joke, when a wealthy business man in a suit walks past. Chris looks back as the man continues on. The man in the suit is none other than the real Chris Gardner.

When Scooby-Doo and his friends visit Courage's hometown, they must solve a mysterious case involving a cicada monster and a bank robbery. With their unique skills and teamwork, they uncover the truth and save the day.

Little Voice is a heartwarming movie about a shy and introverted woman named Little Voice who lives with her overbearing and alcoholic mother in Yorkshire, England. She finds solace in her room where she listens to and mimics famous singers, but she is too afraid to share her talent with the world. One day, a talent agent named Ray discovers her and convinces her to perform at a local nightclub. Little Voice's incredible singing talent becomes a sensation, but she must overcome her fears and face the challenges that come with being in the spotlight. With the help of her friends and family, she finds the strength to embrace her true self and pursue her dreams.

In Thunder Force, Emily and Lydia, two childhood friends, reunite after many years. When Lydia accidentally gives herself superpowers, they decide to become superheroes and protect their city from dangerous villains. However, they soon realize that being a superhero is not as easy as it seems, and they must learn to work together and overcome their differences to save the day.

Trailer Park Boys is a mockumentary TV series set in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. The show follows the lives of a group of trailer park residents including Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles, as they engage in various illegal activities, particularly involving marijuana. The series is known for its dark humor and black-and-white cinematography.

The Dynamiter is a heartwarming drama that follows a young boy named Robbie, who is trying to navigate his way through the challenges of growing up in a small town. With his mother absent and his older brother making trouble, Robbie finds solace in his friendship with a girl named Nina. Together, they face the ups and downs of adolescence, including the struggle to find work, the desire for independence, and the complexities of young love.

A takeoff on The Exorcist. This time around, Linda Blair's daughter is possessed not by demons but by the spaced-out comic spirits of Joan Rivers, Pee-wee Herman and Rodney Dangerfield.