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Plot Summary:
Gustave Klopp suffers from narcolepsy, he can fall asleep everwhere at anytime whithout warning. Living a simple life with his wife Pam and his best friend Lenny Bar, Gus decides to undergo therapy sessions and finds out that he can make incredible comics from his dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, tense, offbeat
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Keep an Eye Out (2018)
Plot Summary:
Police officer's at a station must solve a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, absurd, light, captivating, surprise ending
Similar in 78%
Dzhentlmeny, Udachi! (2012)
Plot Summary:
The remake of famous Russian comedy "Dzhentlmeny udachi" (1971).
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, witty, semi serious, tense, light, feel good, humorous, absurd, exciting
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Heavy Duty (2019)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a guy who goes too fast and a big guy who is too slow. Foster meets Taupin. All this would be trivial if one of them had a scary scenario, the scenario of their lives and their deaths. Just open the pages and shake.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, surprise ending, humorous, captivating, crying
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At Home with the Rozes (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two ex-convicts, MG and Gilbert find refuge in a charming middle-class house whose couple is about to celebrate its 20-year old marriage. Our duo has no other solution than to take this entire brood in hostage. But, contrary to all expectations, they are warmly greeted by the occupants who don't think twice before helping them, they are even ready to put their guests off, even to kill them if necessary.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, hilarious, realistic, dark comedy
Similar in 77%
Simply Actors (2007)
Plot Summary:
When undercover cops start losing their lives to drug lords who blame their demise on "poor acting", the Police Force counters by sending Hong Kong's Finest to acting school.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, realistic
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Most Promising Young Actress (2000)
Plot Summary:
Yvon Rance, a born hairdresser and an elegant middle-aged man with a perfect toupee, reigns in his native Brittany over a clientèle of little old ladies. But his main reason for living, his masterpiece, is Laetitia, his only daughter, whom he has single-handedly brought up for eighteen years and whom he fondly pictures as heading a cutting-edge hairdressing salon. But she has secretly auditioned for the movies and has been cast in the leading role... her life is about to change! For her father, this is a real catastrophe.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Dirty Work (1998)
Plot Summary:
Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant. The dirty duo brings down a movie theater manager and hires hookers to pose as dead bodies during a live TV ad. When a wealthy developer hires the guys to trash a building (so that he can have it condemned), problems arise and a feud ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, melancholic, talky, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, witty, black comedy, slapstick comedy
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Not Dead (2012)
Plot Summary:
An ageing punk-with-a-dog and his brother the conformist decide to get their revenge on a shopping mall. Directing duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern, longstanding comic crusaders against capitalism, again set out to surprise and shock the bourgeois audience.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, captivating, black comedy, realistic, tragic
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Hallelujah! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Following his release from a seven-year stretch in prison, Mario Diccara discovers that his affairs with the underworld aren't completely settled. His brother Patrick, a priest, suggests that he stays with elderly Father Etienne in a small village in Ardeche until the conflict blows over. But their plan takes an unexpected turn when Father Etienne dies.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
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Happy Easter (1984)
Plot Summary:
Chronic serial womanizer Stephane Margelle (Jean-Paul Belmondo) drops his wife Sophie (Marie Laforet) off at the airport so she can go away for Easter weekend. He immediately picks up beautiful young Julie (Sophie Marceau), who has just had a fight with her married boyfriend. He gets her back to his apartment and is preparing for a sexy weekend, when his wife suddenly returns home. He makes up a bizarre, on-the-spot, spur-of-the-moment story that the gorgeous girl is actually his long-lost daughter. Julie plays along, but this leads to a whole series of increasingly ridiculous lies and comical situations (such as when her real mother shows up).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, sex comedy, light, erotic, surprise ending
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Comic Book Villains (2002)
Plot Summary:
When word hits the street that a nearby elderly gentleman has a cache of old, rare, and very valuable mint condition comic books, rival comic book shop owners Raymond McGillicuddy (Donal Logue) and Norman Link (Michael Rapaport) both set out to be the first to buy them. But when the old man declines to sell, the former friends turn into enemies, and a friendly rivalry becomes tainted with greed and turns to murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, dark comedy, cynical, clever, entertaining, black comedy, anime, offbeat, realistic
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Stars 80 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Die-hard fans of the 1980s, Vincent and Antoine run a company that supplies doubles of faded stars throughout the whole of France. What starts out as a promising business venture ends up as a calamity when Vincent and Antoine have over forty engagements booked but no one to attend them. They then have a brainwave. Why not get in touch with the real stars of the 1980s and persuade them to make a comeback? Why make do with an imitation when you can have the real McCoy?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 815
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Turf (2013)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). They meet up regularly at a Parisian bookmakers’, their favourite haunt. Tired of frittering away the little spare cash they have, they agree to give up gambling. But no sooner have they taken this pledge than Fate intervenes, in the guise of the turf king, Monsieur Paul. The latter persuades the four friends to buy a champion racehorse, not knowing that it is in fact an old nag….
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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The Big Bad Wolf (2013)
Plot Summary:
Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So Henri, Philippe, and Louis suddenly started wondering about the meaning of their lives and were swamped by a wave of existential doubts. An entirely new situation for this bourgeois trio in their forties, one which opened a door to the novel and indeed the forbidden... and to the big bad wolf!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, sex comedy
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Happiness Is in the Field (1995)
Plot Summary:
Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend Gerard. Then a TV show called "where are you?" shows a woman from Gers who is searching for her husband who disappeared 28 years ago. The lost husband looks like an identical twin of Francis.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, cult film
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Boudu (2005)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, realistic, biting, suspense
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Incontrôlable (2006)
Plot Summary:
Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, offbeat
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Irish Jam (2006)
Plot Summary:
Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the buy-out. They hold a poetry contest with a tempting grand prize -- the deed to their local pub. But what could happen when a duplicitous American rapper emerges as the best poet around?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, black comedy, realistic, semi serious
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Merci Dr Rey! (2002)
Plot Summary:
A young phone-sex addict goes to a therapist who herself has died and a psychotic patient is in her place.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 584
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, disturbing, clever, realistic
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Sink or Swim (2018)
Plot Summary:
40-year-old Bertrand has been suffering from depression for the last two years and is barely able to keep his head above water. Despite the medication he gulps down all day, every day, and his wife's encouragement, he is unable to find any meaning in his life. Curiously, he will end up finding this sense of purpose at the swimming pool, by joining an all-male synchronised swimming team.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, sincere, humorous, touching, sad, happy
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Dead Tired (1994)
Plot Summary:
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc (Michel Blanc) is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend, Carole Bouquet (Carole Bouquet), but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, absurd, melancholic, talky, humorous, clever, witty, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
Similar in 76%
Incognito (2009)
Plot Summary:
This offbeat musical drama stars Lucas (Bénabar), an up-and-coming singer ready to do anything to be on top of the French pop scene.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Locked Out (2006)
Plot Summary:
Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, realistic, independent film
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A Spot of Bother (2009)
Plot Summary:
Retired Englishman George Hall's hypochondria worsens and takes its toll on his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 576
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, witty, clever
Similar in 84%
The Closet (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, witty, melancholic, talky, semi serious, hilarious, clever, spectacular
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The Dinner Game (1998)
Plot Summary:
Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dîner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest. Pierre thinks his champ -François Pignon- will steal the show.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, light, hilarious, sentimental, talky, dark comedy, sincere, sweet
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Bachelor Days Are Over (2011)
Plot Summary:
Arnaud nicknamed "Cui Cui" no longer knows which way to look. He is about to marry Anna but he is not sure he really loves her. To make matters worse, he falls in love during the stag party he has with his friends. And Léa, a nightclub singer, is obviously the woman of his dreams. What to do? Cancel the wedding and create a scandal but be able to live with a woman he loves truly and loves him in return? Or be a good boy and not disappoint the company but say farewell to happiness. For four days, Arnaud goes to and fro aimlessly between Anna and Léa, between his eccentric sister and his self-centered mother, between hope and depression.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, contemplative, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Belgian Job (2012)
Plot Summary:
Willy Vander Brook, a world with Franco-Belgian roots, travels to Paris for an interview. He is welcomed by his childhood friend Serge, an ex pub operator, and his roommate Frank, a fierce supporter of the Walloon independence. When Willy discovers that his candidacy is not accepted because he is Belgian, he and his compatriots decide to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Louise hires a contract killer (2008)
Plot Summary:
In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man to liquidate their boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, captivating, light, entertaining, political, offbeat, realistic, not serious
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Darling Trap (2014)
Plot Summary:
Clémence is pathologically jealous. Gabriel has asked her to marry him. To test whether he is faithful, unbeknownst to him she arranges that he crosses paths with beautiful Olivia.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious