Movies and TvShows featuring "tumbling-down-a-staircase" theme.

A young hero teams up with his brother's ex-girlfriend to take down a crime lord in an urban setting, using kung-fu and hilariously over-the-top antics.

A woman named Martha Ivers has built a successful life for herself, but the weight of her dark past and the secrets she holds threaten to unravel everything. As a child, Martha witnessed a murder and her involvement in the crime has haunted her ever since. When her husband, Walter, discovers the truth, Martha will go to great lengths to keep her secrets buried, even if it means destroying those she loves.

A single mother and her daughter move into a haunted house in Detroit. They experience paranormal phenomena and encounter apparitions. As the haunting intensifies, the mother seeks the help of a medium to uncover the secrets hidden within the walls of their new home.

The Eternal is a supernatural horror movie set in Ireland. It follows the story of an orphan girl who is adopted by her uncle and experiences strange occurrences in their mansion. The plot involves druids, mummies, supernatural powers, and soul transmigration. The movie explores themes of family relationships, doppelgangers, and the dark secrets of the past. As the story unfolds, the protagonist discovers the truth about her origins and the curse that has plagued her family for generations.

A group of stranded travelers seek shelter in a remote castle on a stormy night, only to discover that the castle is inhabited by Count Dracula. As they try to survive, they are subjected to torture and violence, while some of the travelers become entangled in a web of lesbian vampires. Will they be able to escape before becoming victims of Count Dracula's great love?

When two vagabonds find themselves in a pinch, they impersonate identical twin sisters in order to hide from the police. Chaos ensues as they navigate the confusion of their assumed identities and encounter a comedic series of misunderstandings and slapstick situations. Another Fine Mess is a classic comedy that will have you laughing from start to finish.

Thunderbolt is a pre-code crime drama set in New York City during the jazz age. The film follows a gang leader caught between reformation and retaliation as he navigates the corrupt underworld of the prohibition-era. Thunderbolt features gunfights, bootlegging, and a gripping storyline of redemption and violence.

Our Wife (1931) is a comedy short film that follows the chaotic events of an overweight woman's wedding day. From getting stuck in a window to falling down a staircase, the bride-to-be faces numerous comical mishaps. With a disapproving father, a clumsy butler, and a mischievous housefly, the film is filled with hilarious moments that will keep you entertained from start to finish.

A 13-year-old girl is more than her widowed father can handle at times, even with help from her aunt, until a tragic accident changes her outlook on life.

Fatty is a farm hand at Mabel's father's place. He and Mabel love each other, but dad wants to marry Mabel off to the landowner's son in exchange for tearing up the mortgage. When Mabel and Fatty find out dad's plan, they elope, pursued by dad, the hopeful suitor, and the local constables.

A writer of tawdry fiction falls asleep at his desk and dreams of a romantic rivalry-- One likely as familiar to film fans then as it is now-- But things take a turn for the bizarre when our hero is shot in the head. An ambitious and hilarious parody of melodramatic tropes from pioneer Blackton.

Scram! is a comedy short film from 1932. It follows a series of comical events involving a drunk policeman, mistaken identities, a flirtatious wife, and a compromising situation.

Down-and-out artist Joe Manning (John Bromfield) wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he's being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.

Buster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer.

A Nazi spy ring is after a chemical formula that increases the power of ordinary gasoline for U.S. Army aviation use. Two U.S. chemical companies are developing the formula, with each working on half for security purposes. The spies get half the formula and know that either of two chemists, Robert Norton or Tom Fielding, knows the rest. They capture Fielding, through a ruse by gang member Linda Pavlo, and threaten the life of his sister Nancy and his mother if he does not give them the formula. To protect his friend Fielding, who does know the formula and is engaged to Nancy, Tom pretends to know the secret and boards the Dawn Express plane with the spy leader and his gang.

Hard Luck is a silent film comedy released in 1921. It follows a man who experiences a series of misfortunes and bad luck. From attempting suicide to getting involved in a car accident and falling into a swimming pool, the protagonist's life seems to be filled with one unfortunate event after another.

The boyfriends rush into action when the girlfriends think there's a burglar in the house.

A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.

Harry finds out he is the missing heir to an estate, and is summoned to an old, spooky mansion to collect his inheritance.