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Plot Summary:
Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, black comedy, stylized, controversial, cult classic, light, dark comedy, satirical, disturbing
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Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)
Plot Summary:
Believe it or not even in Smalltown USA there are still people who are unfulfilled and unrelieved in the midst of plenty. Levonna & Lamar could have the perfect relationship if it were not Lamar's obsession with rear entry. After submitting to the one last time Levonna comes up with a plan. While Lamar is trying find other tail to try his technique on, Levonna becomes Lola with aid of a wig and a Mexican accent. A Mexican cocktail later Lola finally has Lamar straight, but he wasn't awake for it. The gay marriage counselor, attracted to Lamar's problem, couldn't help them and Lemar must finally seek redemption at the church of Rio Dio Radio and the laying on of hands by Sister Eufaula Roo.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, surreal, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, black comedy, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Plot Summary:
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychedelic, surreal, controversial, cult classic, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty
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Mondo Trasho (1969)
Plot Summary:
A day in the lives of a hit-and-run driver and her victim, and the bizarre things that happen to them before and after they collide (sexual assault by a crazed foot-fetishist, visions of the Virgin Mary, strange chicken-foot grafting operations).
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, perverse, cult classic, mondo, independent film, black comedy, bizarre, cult film
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The People I've Slept With (2012)
Plot Summary:
The People I've Slept With - a promiscuous woman who finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy and needs to figure out who the baby daddy is...NOW. Angela Yang loves sex. She loves it so much she needs to make baseball cards of her lovers to help her remember where she's been. She doesn't think twice about her lifestyle until she finds out that she's pregnant. Her gay best friend, Gabriel Lugo tells her to "take care of it," but her conservative sister, Juliet persuades Angela to get married to the baby's father and lead a "normal" life like her. Angela listens to her sister, chooses to keep the baby, and goes on a quest to find the identity of the father by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, realistic, not serious, sexual, sex comedy, hispanic, sexy
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Polyester (1981)
Plot Summary:
A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, independent film, black comedy, humorous, witty, biting, surreal
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Outing Riley (2004)
Plot Summary:
Bobby is a gay man in the closet in 2003, afraid to come out to his three older brothers, even though he's at least 30 and is being pressed by his sister, his boyfriend, and his lesbian beard to tell the lads. The death of his father and a fishing trip with his brothers provide occasions when he could tell them, but he fails. When he screws his courage to the sticking point, how will they react, and how will he deal with their reactions? He imagines a movie of his rather boring life - surrounded by possibilities - but can anything overcome the insular narrow-mindedness of a big Irish Catholic family in Chicago?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, captivating, funny, light, entertaining, crying, freeze frame
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Desperate Living (1977)
Plot Summary:
A rich housewife enlists her maid's help to murder her husband; they go on the lam and end up in Mortville, a homeless community built into a garbage dump.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, erotic, controversial, cult classic, humorous, surreal, witty, allegory, biting
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Strangers with Candy (2005)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, satirical, stylized, semi serious, absurd, dark comedy, black comedy, sexy, independent film
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Orgazmo (1997)
Plot Summary:
Joe Young is a devout Mormon living in L.A. trying to raise enough money to go back to Utah and marry his girlfriend, Lisa. Joe is spreading the word about the church of Latter Day Saints one day when he's confronted by two burly bodyguards. A scuffle breaks out, and Joe's martial arts skills impress Maxxx Orbison, who directs pornographic movies.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, funny, parody, absurd, light, talky, sexy, spoof, not serious
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Group Sex (2010)
Plot Summary:
Herman has a weakness for strip clubs. Donny has a thing for condiments and Tiffany is a newly celibate martial artist. These are Andy's new friends after he unsuspectingly follows his dream girl into a sexual addiction recovery group. At first this seems like the best possible news! However, Andy's professional and personal life begins to unravel as he deepens his ties to this lovable, but damaged group.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, humorous, semi serious, witty, parody, funny, realistic, independent film, crying
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Live Nude Girls (1995)
Plot Summary:
A group of old friends at a Hens Night discuss their issues, uncertainties, fears and fantasies.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, talky, sexual, sentimental, sincere, clever, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious
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Milf (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of nerdy college guys who can't seem to connect with girls their own age discover the excitement of hooking up with sexy older women.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sexy, sex comedy, not serious, humorous, scenic, mockbuster, teen, realistic, independent film
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Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
Plot Summary:
An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage film makers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: cynical, satirical, absurd, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic, independent film, humorous, underground film
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Serial Mom (1994)
Plot Summary:
A picture perfect middle class family is shocked when they find out that one of their neighbors is receiving obscene phone calls. The mom takes slights against her family very personally, and it turns out she is indeed the one harassing the neighbor. As other slights befall her beloved family, the body count begins to increase.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, parody, black comedy, disturbing, cult classic, talky, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Plot Summary:
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, anthology, surreal, parody, funny, absurd, hilarious, humorous, witty, sexual
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Pink Flamingos (1972)
Plot Summary:
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, disturbing, controversial, underground film, black comedy, grindhouse, dark comedy, surreal, erotic, disgusting
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Female Trouble (1974)
Plot Summary:
The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother, criminal and glamorous model before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, disturbing, sexy, independent film, erotic, controversial, cult classic, humorous, surreal
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Breakfast of Champions (1999)
Plot Summary:
A portrait of a fictional town in the mid west that is home to a group of idiosyncratic and slightly neurotic characters. Dwayne Hoover is a wealthy car dealer-ship owner that's on the brink of suicide and is losing touch with reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: surreal, talky, black comedy, dark comedy, tragicomedy, humorous, witty, cult classic, intense, independent film
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Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
Plot Summary:
You slipped into my life as easily as vermouth into a glass of gin, purrs reclusive singing star Angela Arden. Arden is not only haunted by a secret, she's treated like dirt by her louse of a husband, her snoopy maid, and her petulant daughter. Only her mentally defective son and a well-endowed gigolo treat her with love and affection. Is it any wonder she takes drastic action to improve her life?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, melancholic, satirical, light, parody, funny, captivating, spoof, slasher
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Pecker (1998)
Plot Summary:
A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world. The young man is called "Pecker" because he pecks at his food like a bird.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: absurd, humorous, witty, not serious, dark comedy, cult classic, independent film, art house, erotic, controversial
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Cry-Baby (1990)
Plot Summary:
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her mother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, light, parody, teen, feel good, surreal, cult classic, dark comedy, retro
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18-Year-Old Virgin (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a series of sexual mishaps, a high school senior tries to lose her virginity on the last night before graduation.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, erotic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, mockbuster, sexy, parody, offbeat
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Extreme Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, sketch comedy, sexy, spoof, absurd, light, feel good, captivating
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American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006)
Plot Summary:
The movie will shift its focus on Erik Stifler, the cousin of Matt and Steve, a youngster who is nothing like his wild relations. Peer pressure starts to turn him to live up to the legacy of the other Stiflers when he attends the Naked Mile, a naked run across the college campus. Things get worse when he finds that his cousin Dwight is the life of the party down at the campus.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, funny, humorous, sexy, sex comedy, teen, sexual, entertaining, feel good, parody
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Private Lessons (1981)
Plot Summary:
Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business" trip. But Mr. Filmore's unscrupulous chauffeur, Lester Lewis, takes advantage of Phillip's crush on Nicole to hire her to seduce the youth, then draws her into a plot to fake her own death in a blackmail scheme aimed to drain Phillip's trust fund.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, teen sex comedy, humorous, sexual, semi serious, sex comedy, controversial, sensual, realistic
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American Wedding (2003)
Plot Summary:
With high school a distant memory, Jim and Michelle are getting married -- and in a hurry, since Jim's grandmother is sick and wants to see him walk down the aisle -- prompting Stifler to throw the ultimate bachelor party. And Jim's dad is reliable as ever, doling out advice no one wants to hear.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 215000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, funny, teen sex comedy, sexy, humorous, hilarious, not serious, realistic, teen, feel good
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American Pie 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
The whole gang are back and as close as ever. They decide to get even closer by spending the summer together at a beach house. They decide to hold the biggest party ever to be seen, even if the preparation doesn't always go to plan. Especially when Stifler, Finch and Jim become more close to each other than they ever want to be and when Jim mistakes super glue for lubricant.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 267000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, humorous, sexy, hilarious, funny, teen, suspense, realistic, not serious
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Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
Plot Summary:
On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movie genre.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, teen sex comedy, sex comedy, feel good, humorous, slapstick, teen, sexy, funny
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American Reunion (2012)
Plot Summary:
The characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship. It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said goodbye. Oz and Heather grew apart, but Finch still longs for Stifler’s mom. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults to reminisce about – and get inspired by – the hormonal teens who launched a comedy legend.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 222000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, not serious, hilarious, teen sex comedy, sexual, sexy, feel good, teen, absurd
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American Pie (1999)
Plot Summary:
At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score." by their senior prom.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 427000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, funny, sex comedy, humorous, sexy, sexual, buddy comedy, teen, feel good, cult classic