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Plot Summary:
The film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation gurbetci/guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkey's west border - and extensively from thereon to his village close to Ankara - capital of Turkey. He begins his journey purchasing a second hand yellow Mercedes - possibly his first car - using his meager savings working as a laborer. Offering deep insight into the mind of a manual laborer Bayram (Ilyas Salman) making his first trip back home, resorting to flashbacks in highlighting Bayram's motivation and experiences from his childhood right up to the events leading to his first departure from Turkey to Germany.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Screwed in Tallinn (1999)
Plot Summary:
Percy Nilegaard collects Swedish single men and embarks on a bus trip to Tallinn with a so-called "highly-experienced driver".
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: philosophical, political, mockumentary, black comedy, dark comedy, fake documentary, cult film
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The Wedding Party (2005)
Plot Summary:
In rural Westphalia, Franz Berger struggles to keep his inn open. On this day, a bluff, overbearing bully, Hermann Walzer, has booked the dining room for a wedding banquet for his son Mark. There's bad blood between Berger and Walzer, so when the first course, shrimp cocktail, is off, Hermann storms out with the wedding party vowing not to pay. Franz locks the loo door, taking prisoners of the bride and Hermann's wife while he also locks the estate's outer gates, leaving Hermann and the rest outside. Walzer, a pheasant hunter, lays siege; shotguns, rifles, grenades, a shovel, and other weapons leave no one safe. Will it take death to bring these men to their senses?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, dark comedy, biting, suspense
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300 Worte Deutsch (2013)
Plot Summary:
Culture-Clash-Comedy about Turkish brides importet into Germany.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 860
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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National Mechanics (1972)
Plot Summary:
A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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All Fired Up (1982)
Plot Summary:
Victor Valance a quitté Paris depuis plusieurs années, laissant derrière lui sa mère et ses trois filles, pour réaliser de sombres opérations de casinos aux Bahamas et au Canada. Sa fille ainée, Pauline, est polytechnicienne, attachée au ministre des finances, et s'occupe de toute la petite famille.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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I, Distressing God (1969)
Plot Summary:
Adolf (Miloš Kopecký), the irresistible seducer of women, is fond of Janicka (Hana Lelitová), a novice opera singer. The girl, however, prefers famous men and Adolf thus does not have a single chance with her. One day in a hospital, he meets a Greek partisan named Apostolek (Pavel Landovský) who impresses him with his spontaneity and ease in solving all problems, especially those with women. Adolf has an idea for a revenge. He makes Apostolek familiar with social manners, dresses him after the latest fashion and introduces him to Janicka as a Greek conductor. Janicka instantly falls in love with the made-up composer and Apostolek does no better.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Rebel (2012)
Plot Summary:
Rebel is a romantic action revenge drama, which revolves around the story of a happy-go-lucky guy. The hero (Prabhas) is the son of a good-natured mafia don (Krishnam Raju). The hero becomes Rebel after his father is killed. How he takes revenge upon the people, who killed his father, will form the second half of the movie. Apart from directing, Raghava Lawrence also handles the choreography, screenplay and music direction for the film. The film is being produced by J. Bhaghawan and J. Pulla Rao under Sri Balaji Cine Media banner.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags:
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Brothers in Trouble (1995)
Plot Summary:
Amir is an illegal Pakistani immigrant smuggled into England in the 1960's to work, to send money to his family and perhaps even bring them over with him. A skilled laborer, he is forced to do unskilled work like shoveling sheep dung and processing wool. He lives in a boarding house with nearly a dozen other men, under the supervision of Hussein Shah. He befriends a young student, Sakib, who dreams of being a writer. Their existence is punctuated by secret movies, a visiting prostitute, fear of detection and deportation, and the gangster-like smuggler who comes by for his take every week. The household is shaken up by the arrival of a white girl, Shah's girlfriend, and the sense of femininity and family she brings.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, dark comedy
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Dialogues of the Exiled (1975)
Plot Summary:
Chilean exiles in Paris discuss the problems facing them. They kidnap and attempt to re-educate a touring singer from their fatherland.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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O'Horten (2007)
Plot Summary:
Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of his retirement dinner, Odd has a series of dislocating experiences: a boy insists that Odd sit by his bedside while he falls asleep; misadventure causes Odd to miss his last run; he witnesses an arrest; he assists an old man and makes a friend; he takes a trip with a blindfolded driver; he adopts a dog; he takes stock late one night at the roundhouse; he revisits his mother's disappointment in him. How should he live the rest of his life?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, France, Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, surreal, contemplative, semi serious, sad, experimental, offbeat, gloomy
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Under Construction (2003)
Plot Summary:
Insaat, 2003 directed by Ömer Vargi to undertake the construction of film.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Night Shapes (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Pope is in town and the night of his stay is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin′s inhabitants. Rich and poor, down-and-outs and policemen, street kids and taxi drivers - in their search for a little bit of happiness, they all end up on an amusing and at times harrowing odyssey through the labyrinth of the big city.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Home for Christmas (2010)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamers Home for Christmas weaves together the lives of people struggling to find their way home on a Christmas Eve, beneath the colors of the Northern Lights. The plot unfolds during a few afternoon hours on Christmas Eve. The individual stories, which at times intertwine, are set in the small town Skogli. The characters in the stories cover a great range in age and life situations, representing both reconciliation with their own lives and strong frustration. Some show the will to understand and do something about their lives, while others have given up. Deeply tragic and melancholy aspects are mixed with humour and rather frivolous solutions.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, emotional, semi serious, non-linear, realistic, gloomy
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Pardon (2005)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, police mistakes him with a terrorist and takes him and his friend Muzo into custody. Fooled by the police during the interrogation they name another friend, Aydin, in hope of saving themselves. As they all end up in prison, they remember the families and lovers they left behind.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, cynical, dark comedy, comedy drama, realistic, semi serious, biting, black comedy
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I Feel Good (2018)
Plot Summary:
He’s lived for too long off his parents. It’s time for 40-year-old slacker Jacques to get by on his own. One-time gigolo and a borderline bum, he knows what he wants – to become rich and famous. He even has a business plan: tourism combined with cheap plastic surgery. Jacques moves in with his older sister, Monique, who manages an Emmaus village in the south west of France. And before long, the smooth-talking chancer has convinced a group of workers to pool their meagre funds and set out on a trip to a clinic in Bulgaria, where all their dreams of a brighter and more beautiful future will all come true. If only….
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, captivating, black comedy
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Bronson Lee, Champion (1975)
Plot Summary:
This is the third and final film of the ZA KARATE trilogy. Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion. Local Japanese karate schools are not happy that a Chinese master will take over the Japanese karate organization and will do everything they can to prevent it.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Lingaa (2014)
Plot Summary:
After being turned down by the ruling Britons, the rightful heir to a famous dynasty inspires local villagers to build a dam themselves. A small-time thief reforms after learning about the role played by his grandfather in building a dam.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
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Magnificent Butcher (1979)
Plot Summary:
A plump butcher student of 'Wong Fei Hung', Lam Sai-Wing (Sammo) gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as 'Five Dragons'. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the Head of Five Dragons, wants revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, black comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick, dark comedy
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Kill! (1968)
Plot Summary:
In this pitch-black action comedy by Kihachi Okamoto, a pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin. Based on the same source novel as Akira Kurosawa’s Sanjuro, Kill! playfully tweaks samurai film convention, borrowing elements from established chanbara classics and seasoning them with a little Italian western.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, serious, realistic, jidai geki, spoof, black comedy, parody
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Good Day, Ramon (2013)
Plot Summary:
After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely survives living on the street until he meets Ruth, an old retired nurse who doesn’t speak Spanish. Beyond language barriers and prejudices, they discover that solidarity and humanity make life bearable.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, emotional, captivating, motivational, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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I Saw the Sun (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the southeast region of Turkey, the Altun family lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war, making their daily life a hellish struggle. As the war continues to intensify, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul. While Haydar and Isa Altun decide to stay in Turkey with their young children, Davut Altun and his family migrate north to Norway, enlisting the help of smugglers. They eventually reach their destination and find work in a supermarket, but life as refugees proves relentless. Back in Istanbul, Haydar watches over the family as his wife undergoes an operation due to pregnancy complications. Their son makes friends with a group of transvestites, helping him to understand why he has felt different all of his life. While liberating, his newfound identity is seen as a disgrace to the rest of his family, leading him to flee from the abuse it produces.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, clever, touching, serious, gloomy, crying
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Solino (2002)
Plot Summary:
The movie portrays the story of an Italian family emigrated in Germany in the 1970s. Romano (Gigi Savoia), the father, decides to open a pizzeria which, by mutual decision with the wife Rosa (Antonella Attili), will call Solino, leaving his sons Gigi and Giancarlo to work there. A hostile relationship comes to life between the father and his sons, which will end up in the escape of the boys from family.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, independent film, offbeat
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Flowers from Another World (1999)
Plot Summary:
Patricia, a woman from Dominican Republic, needs a home and an economic security that her illegal status in Madrid does not provide her. Milady, twenty, born in Havana and dying to travel the world. Marirosi has a job, a home, and the most complete solitude... just like Alfonso, Damián and Carmelo, men from the St. Eulalia, a village lacking both marrying women and future. A bachelors' party forces the encounter between them and the beginning of this bittersweet story of sharing a living.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: intercultural, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Bus (1975)
Plot Summary:
A group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Turkey
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sad, art house, comedy drama, black comedy, dark comedy
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Gallants (2010)
Plot Summary:
Master Law awakes from a 30-year coma without memories, but his martial arts skills are intact. His renowned kung fu academy is now a teahouse, and greedy developers are trying to steamroll it to make way for condos.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, light, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Bharat (2019)
Plot Summary:
At the cusp of India's birth as an Independent nation, a family makes an arduous journey to freedom at a cost. A young boy Bharat, makes a promise to his Father that he will keep his family together no matter what.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, captivating, disturbing, fast
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Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Plot Summary:
Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie, his pal Eddie, and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous Florida suburb.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, road movie, black and white, art house, contemplative, atmospheric, stylized, cult classic, indie film, aesthetic
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Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)
Plot Summary:
After living 45 years in Germany, the Turkish Hüseyin Yilmaz, seventy, announces to his family that he has bought a house in Turkey and they should return to make the necessary reforms. The idea is unwelcome and causes very heated discussions. In addition, Canan, a granddaughter of Hüseyin, announces she is pregnant and the father is her English boyfriend, and no one knew anything. To comfort his cousin Cenk, a child of six years, who was humiliated at school and labeled as "foreign", Canan tells a fantastic story about how they left Turkey and went to Germany.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, sincere, intercultural, sentimental, semi serious
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Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
Plot Summary:
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his youngest son and his girlfriend. It is a film about big lies, abandonment and the eternal longing for companionship and confirmation.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, black comedy, philosophical, art house, disturbing, talky, depressing, melancholic, meditative
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The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
Plot Summary:
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, sweet, culinary, humorous, serious, realistic, semi serious