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Plot Summary:
Spoof of sword-and-sandal flicks such as “Gladiator,” “300″ and “Troy.” Following in the long tradition of National Lampoon, this ballsy comedy takes aim at “sword and sandal” movies of every era, with s special nod of the feathered helmet to historical epics such as 300, Gladiator, Troy, and Braveheart.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, entertaining, sex comedy, homoerotic, offbeat, independent film, campy
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Stewardess School (1986)
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A group of varied misfits (including a former prostitute/stripper and a bumbler who can't see more than 6 inches in front of his face) enter a school to become flight attendants. Somehow, the group makes it through to the final test: a cross-country flight.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, parody, teen sex comedy, sexy, humorous, realistic, not serious, hot, teen comedy
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Blubberella (2011)
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An action comedy centered on Blubberella, an overweight half-vampire woman whose footsteps cause explosions and whose dual swords are used against anyone who makes fun of her. She must face an army of undead Nazi soldiers in her valiant struggle against bloodshed and tyranny.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, exciting, light, cult classic, offbeat, sex comedy, spoof, parody, vampire comedy
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Skid Marks (2007)
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Budget cuts force two rival ambulance companies and their misfit medics to go head-to-head to save their patients, their jobs and their beer money, all in the name of emergency medicine.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, independent film, sexual, sex comedy, sexy, teen comedy, cult film
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (2004)
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A hilarious collection of some of the best Triumph the Insult Comic Dog segments from "Late Night with Conan O'Brien.".
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 885
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, entertaining, sentimental, feel good, captivating, disturbing, skit
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Young Doctors in Love (1982)
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An "Airplane!"-style spoof of hospital soap operas: a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman - in other words all the usual ingredients present and correct, though in this case the laughs are intentional.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, sexy, medical drama, realistic, not serious, fast, sex comedy, funny
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Spanish Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
Grandes dosis de humor, ingeniosos guiños a nuestro cine patrio más reciente, un elenco artístico altamente ligado a la comedia y una elevada reserva de sorpresas constituyen los ingredientes de esta disparatada comedia: Spanish Movie.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, slapstick, light, feel good, slapstick comedy, offbeat, horror spoof
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On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009)
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Louis Koo plays 009, or translated literally from its aural pronunciation, double-O Dog. He's one of 12 special Royal Bodyguards of a simpleton Emperor (Liu Yiwei) who named these 12 guards after the Chinese Zodiac, hence 9 translated to Dog. Unlike his peers, Dog is a scientist, and relies pretty much on his brains and fantastical gadgets to protect his Majesty from evil ninja assassins.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, China
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, slapstick, light, captivating, slapstick comedy, exciting, realistic
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FDR: American Badass! (2012)
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Chronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying werewolves during WWII. A deadly menace that are led by Werewolf Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, exciting, not serious, captivating, spoof, offbeat, slapstick, campy
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InAPPropriate Comedy (2013)
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A no-nonsense cop has a flair for fashion and a celebrity takes revenge on the paparazzi in a collection of comedic sketches.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, spoof, sexy, light, sketch comedy, detective, realistic
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The Big Bus (1976)
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The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is making it's maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down on his luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, road movie, spoof, absurd, funny, surreal, intense, humorous, not serious, surprise ending
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My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
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This film is a spoof along the lines of "Scary Movie" and "Not Another Teen Movie." It includes parodies of some of the indie film world's most renowned movies such as "Memento," "Pulp Fiction," "Magnolia," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Amelie," "Run Lola Run," "El Mariachi," "The Good Girl," "Pi," "Swingers" and many others.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, spoof, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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The Bogus Witch Project (2000)
Plot Summary:
A series of short films spoofing "The Blair Witch Project.".
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, light, entertaining, spoof, offbeat, horror spoof
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Big Stan (2007)
Plot Summary:
Rob Schneider writes and stars in this comedy about a nerdy con man whose swindling ways land him a stiff prison sentence. Terrified at the prospect of being raped in prison he enlists the aid of a mysterious kung-fu expert to teach him how to fight.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, parody, humorous, absurd, not serious, exciting, hilarious, intense, slapstick
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Blackadder (1982)
Plot Summary:
Blackadder is the name that encompassed four series of a BBC 1 period British sitcom, along with several one-off instalments. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as anti-hero Edmund Blackadder and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, for example Melchett and Lord Flashheart. The first series titled The Black Adder was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent episodes were written by Curtis and Ben Elton. The shows were produced by John Lloyd. In 2000 the fourth series, Blackadder Goes Forth, ranked at 16 in the "100 Greatest British Television Programmes", a list created by the British Film Institute. Also in the 2004 TV poll to find "Britain's Best Sitcom", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses. It was also ranked as the 20th-best TV show of all time by Empire magazine.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, witty, hilarious, sentimental, controversial, dark comedy, costume drama, relaxing
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Norwegian Ninja is the true story of how Commander Arne Treholt and his Ninja Force saved Norway during the Cold War. In 1983 the Ninja Force discovers that the sinister NATO force Stay Behind, who take charge in times of war and emergency, are planning a coup-d'état in peacetime. Treholt and the Ninjas see only one solution: a full can of whoop-ass.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: parody, surreal, exciting, humorous, not serious, spy comedy, funny, light, captivating, entertaining
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MacGruber (2010)
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Ex-special operative MacGruber (Forte) is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Kilmer), who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, DC.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, spoof, humorous, satirical, not serious, action comedy, sexy, skit, romantic comedy
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The Hungover Games (2014)
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It's a movie about Hungover guys that get lost in a death match game: Each year, drunk people are selected to participate in torturous games the morning after a big night out. There's no sunglasses, no water, and no headache medicine. "The Hungover Games," a film that manages to merge the premises of both "The Hunger Games" and "The Hangover" ... and throw in references to "Ted," "Django Unchained," "The Lord of the Rings," "Carrie," "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" and whatever else crossed the writers' fevered brains during the probably very drunken "development process.".
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, ironic, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, fast
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Black Dynamite (2009)
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This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, grindhouse, humorous, funny, talky, entertaining, witty, heroic, not serious
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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
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A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way, he encounters some strange characters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, satirical, stylized, exciting, not serious, cult classic, hilarious, slapstick comedy
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30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2013)
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After a stint in a psychiatric hospital, a young woman returns to the house where her father killed the entire cast of The Artist during his exorcism.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, not serious, spoof, humorous, absurd, independent film, horror comedy, fast, horror spoof
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Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
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Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team who... who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, spoof, humorous, slapstick, light, intense, not serious, exciting, witty
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The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010)
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Follows Andy, who needs to hook up with a hottie, pronto, because he hasn't had sex in... well, forever - and his luck isn't the only thing that's hard. His equally horny teenage roommates also need it superbad, and with the help of their nerdy pal, McAnalovin' and his fake I.D., they may tap more than just a keg.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: spoof, humorous, parody, funny, light, intense, erotic, realistic, not serious, sexual
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Hot Shots! (1991)
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Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, spoof, light, funny, absurd, hilarious, melancholic, talky, not serious
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Tooken (2015)
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Spoof of the "Taken" franchise. An ex-CIA agent who is now a mall security guard discovers that things are being taken from him. He must team up with his mom, also an ex-CIA agent, to defeat his rival and save his family.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, exciting, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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This ultra-sexy spoof of the hit TV show "American Idol" finds a small town putting on a splashy talent competition that features an endless parade of inept performers, bizarre personalities, talentless hacks and a quartet of eccentric judges. SEXY AMERICAN IDLE - Northeast Westover is putting on a splashy talent competition to end all talent competitions. Hosted by the obnoxious duo Neil and Bob and lorded over by a panel of delectable judges and drunken British rocker Glitter Bolan, all manners of bizarre personalities, inept acts and talentless hacks are encouraged to take the stage to do what they do worst! In the midst of the carnival atmosphere and dog-eat-dog competition, there’s more than ample time for the luscious and promiscuous hopefuls to discover where their true talents lie. They can’t carry a tune or dance a lick, but these gorgeous women know how to “perform,” and it makes for Reality TV at its uncensored best.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: parody, sex comedy, humorous, captivating, satirical, erotic
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Superfast! (2015)
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Undercover cop Lucas White joins Vin Serento's LA gang of illegal street racers. They are fast and they are furious and they plan to double cross LA crime kingpin Juan Carlos de la Sol who hides his cash in a downtown Taco Bell. The gang's outrageous plan is as daring as it is ridiculous and will see them towing the whole damn restaurant, at crazy speeds.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, feel good, entertaining, light, realistic, fast
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Breaking Wind (2012)
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A comedic spoof based on the worldwide phenomenon "The Twilight Saga.".
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, spoof, cynical, idiotic, vampire comedy, campy
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Undercover Brother (2002)
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An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell behaves strangely in his presidential campaign, Undercover Brother is hired to work undercover for "The Man" and find what happened with the potential candidate.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, feel good, stylized, exciting, witty, action comedy, black comedy, retro
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Spy Hard (1996)
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The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other hostages are being held.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous, not serious, spy comedy, witty, hilarious, slapstick comedy
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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