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Plot Summary:
A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, feel good, funny, independent film
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Randy and the Mob (2007)
Plot Summary:
A good ol' boy (McKinnon) gets into trouble with some mobsters, and then must seek assistance from his estranged, identical twin gay brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, independent film, realistic, semi serious
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Dirt (2001)
Plot Summary:
DIRT is a quirky comedy about two simple-hearted brothers who, when abandoned by the death of their mother, search to find a replacement Mom. Junior and Scooter find themselves ill-prepared for life on their own. To ease their suffering, they search the desert dregs of West Texas for a woman to take Mom's place. Due to their social disability, they are forced to kidnap a woman from a Piggly Wiggly supermarket. They soon realize that they have gotten more than they bargained for when their "victim," Dede, turns out to be the maltreated wife of an abusive Texas Ranger. She quickly turns her misfortune into theirs, convincing the brothers to steal her baby away from her sadistic husband. Life gets even more complicated for these simple-hearted boys when the vengeful Ranger tracks them down bent on keeping them from living happily ever after.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, independent film, offbeat
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White on Rice (2009)
Plot Summary:
40-year-old Jimmy is growing up, or at least he's getting older. While mooching the upper bunk of his ten-year-old nephew's bed, he enjoys the never-ending generosity of his sister Aiko, and dodges the wrath of his impatient brother-in-law Tak. He thinks that if only he could get married all his problems would be solved. But when he falls head over heels for Tak's niece things only go from bad to worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat
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Someone Marry Barry (2014)
Plot Summary:
A trio of friends scheme to find a wife for their socially inappropriate friend Barry, and end up finding a girl just like him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, feel good, light, realistic, independent film
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Stealing Harvard (2002)
Plot Summary:
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, stylized, realistic, witty, not serious, crying, black comedy, slapstick comedy, dark comedy
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My Mom is a Character (2013)
Plot Summary:
After another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, light, entertaining, funny, feel good, captivating, lgbt cinema
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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, spoof, parody, humorous, light, cult classic, exciting, captivating, spooky, offbeat
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Once Fallen (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Chance (Brian Presley) returns home after five years in jail, he is determined to escape his past, start a new life and make peace with his father, (Ed Harris, Golden Globe® winner), who is the head of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang and serving a life sentence for murder. Upon his release, his dreams of a crime-free future begin to disintegrate when he is forced to assume his best friend's outrageous debt to a local mobster. Despite being thrust back into a world of organized fighting, drug dealing and ties to corrupt police agents, Chance falls in love with Pearl (Academy Award® nominee Taraji P. Henson) and the prospect of living a normal life seems almost within reach. But will he be able to escape the crimes of his father and his past?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, serious, psychological, bleak, realistic, fast
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Undercover Blues (1993)
Plot Summary:
When fun-loving American agents Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime. There's nothing to the dumb story about a deadly arms dealer in the Louisiana Bayou, but you'd be hard put to find a friskier pair of doting parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, entertaining, melancholic, exciting, realistic, spy comedy, smart, colorful
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Big Trouble (2002)
Plot Summary:
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble.".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, exciting, semi serious, fast paced, cult classic, dark comedy, witty, spectacular, black comedy
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Analyze That (2002)
Plot Summary:
The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, stylized, not serious, realistic, hilarious, psychological, sexy, mind bending
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Good Intentions (2010)
Plot Summary:
Meet Etta Milford. Loving Wife. Doting Mother. Armed Robber. Etta's husband constantly blows their money on make-shift inventions. When she decides to secretly take "investment" matters into her own hands - things quickly go awry! With their savings gone, her husband suspicious, and their children out of control, Etta concocts a scheme to get back their money and save her family.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: uplifting, feel good, not serious, realistic, indie film, offbeat, humorous
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To The Heritage With Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
A dispute for the inheritance of the father of this family is the motor for this comedy, where siblings Andrea and Hector start a discussion with their aunt, who turns out to be the universal heiress of their father's because they don't comply with the rules established by their father.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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King's Ransom (2005)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: witty, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, realistic, fast
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The Cabin (2011)
Plot Summary:
A pair of single parents, who have each brought their children to a remote Scottish resort for an annual family-and-games event, are accidentally booked into the same cabin. Naturally, they can't stand each other...at first.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Little Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal an expensive huge diamond in a jewelry for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the stone in the purse of the executive Vanessa Edwards, whose husband Darryl Edwards wants to have a baby. Percy convinces Calvin to dress like a baby and be left in front of the Edwards's house to get inside the house and retrieve the diamond. Darryl and Vanessa keep Calvin for the weekend and decide to adopt him, while Walken threatens Darryl to get the stone back.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, not serious, absurd, hilarious, hood, black comedy, teen, offbeat
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Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
Plot Summary:
AAA can't help the roadside emergency that is the JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION. Even the on-board navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match. Reluctantly along for the ride are Nate's wife, who's only in it for the kids; their rapper-wannabe son; their teenage daughter who's fashioned herself as the next Lolita; and their youngest, whose imaginary dog Nate just can't seem to keep track of. Can the Johnsons survive each other and all the obstacles the road throws at them to make it to Caruthersville, Missouri? Can they find Missouri?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sexy, road movie, intense, not serious, black comedy, light, absurd, feel good
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Corky Romano (2001)
Plot Summary:
Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to infiltrate the local FBI and retrieve and destroy evidence being used to incriminate Pops for racketeering charges.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, absurd, funny, feel good, not serious, spoof, slapstick comedy, realistic, fast
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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
Plot Summary:
After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, feel good, satirical, entertaining, hilarious, predictable, captivating, dark comedy
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Leading Ladies (2010)
Plot Summary:
A zany comedy about two sisters, their gay best friend, and their overzealous stage mom.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, captivating, touching, offbeat, realistic, independent film, queer cinema
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American Fusion (2005)
Plot Summary:
Yvonne is a divorced middle-aged Chinese immigrant who thinks her life is over, and she is doomed to spend the rest of her days as a slave to her large and eccentric family. Suddenly, romance enters her life and Yvonne gets a long deferred chance for true love. However, she falls for the last person a Chinese family would ever accept, Jose, a Mexican-American dentist. It doesnt matter what race or culture youre from, deep down inside we are the same. And from this lesson Yvonne and her family begin to love each other for who they are and to accept Jose into the family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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Boy Toy (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jake: an unsuccessful - yet well endowed - underwear model in L.A, who finds a lucrative new line of work as a platonic escort for women of a certain age. But, just as he finds himself a deep-pocketed "sugar mama" in Barbra, he meets Norah: a stunning and laid back Yoga instructor. As Jake's success blooms, so does his love life; leading him to a crossroad that will change everything.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, not serious, funny, feel good, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, independent film
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Life's a Beach (2012)
Plot Summary:
Darren gets stood up on the day of his wedding and uses his vacation tickets with his best friend, RJ, to spend his "honeymoon" at a Club Med-style resort.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, sexy, realistic, independent film
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The Yank (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tom Murphy, a middle-aged Irish-American man from Cleveland, travels to Ireland for his best friend’s wedding and to find the perfect woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good, independent film
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4 Wedding Planners (2011)
Plot Summary:
Romantic comedy taking a lighthearted look at a wedding planning business run by a Honolulu mom and three daughters from three different dads. Triple-divorcee Miriam is having her own lack of luck in love, her eldest daughter Lily heads home after rejecting her boyfriend's marriage proposal and her two half-sisters are running the business into the ground.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, sincere, feel good, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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A Beer Tale (2012)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age romantic comedy centered around the lives of twin brothers Luke and Corey Frankenstein in the pivotal months following college graduation. Orphaned at the age of five, the brothers inherited their family brewery and were left in the care of their uncle, a well-meaning but less than ideal paternal figure. Raised on beer, with the assumption they're all grown up, Luke and Corey decide it's time to finish their family beer; a beer their parents started but were never able to finish twenty years ago. But when the idealistic Luke meets a girl whose family shows him the home life he's always wanted, he abandons Corey and their family beer in pursuit of this budding relationship. Corey, however, refuses to go down without a fight, and the ensuing mayhem that follows pits brother against brother and forces the Colorado wild boys to finally grow up and decide what kind of men they really want to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Welcome (2007)
Plot Summary:
Dubai-based criminal don Uday takes it upon himself to try and get his sister Sanjana married - in vain, as no one wants to be associated with a crime family. Uday's associate Sagar Pandey finds a young man, Rajiv, who lives with his maternal uncle and aunt - Dr. and Mrs. Ghunghroo. Through extortion he compels Ghunghroo to accept this matrimonial alliance. But Rajiv has already fallen in love with young woman in South Africa. When the time comes to get Rajiv formally engaged to this woman, he finds out that Sanjana and she are the very same. With no escape from this predicament, the wedding is planned, with hilarious consequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, touching, feel good, light, captivating, melancholic
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Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
Plot Summary:
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic comedy, hilarious, melancholic, witty, realistic, touching, semi serious, romantic, clever
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A Boss in the Living Room (2014)
Plot Summary:
Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, realistic
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Heartbreakers (2001)
Plot Summary:
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, light, hilarious, humorous, sweet, cute, clever, witty, sexy