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Plot Summary:
An aspiring Indian tech entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley finds himself unexpectedly battling the bizarre American immigration system to keep his dream alive or prepare to return home forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining
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L.A. Superheroes (2013)
Plot Summary:
Helena, a beautiful immigrant actress/model, way too old for modeling and too old for acting without credits finally lands a big job but overseas. Out of desperation and advice of her LA friends she commits a federal fraud to get her traveling documents. To escape jail time she gives out names. In this comedic/dramatic piece as she is still wondering where her career is going she needs to watch over her back wondering if she is going to end up getting whacked by the people she ratted out.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining
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Arab Blues (2019)
Plot Summary:
Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Tunisia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, independent film
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The Big Leap (2021)
Plot Summary:
Follow a group of diverse, down-on-their-luck characters attempting to change their lives by participating in a potentially life-ruining reality dance show that builds to a live production of “Swan Lake.”.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, touching
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Middle Class Melodies (2020)
Plot Summary:
Raghava, who runs a breakfast center in his village, dreams of starting a small hotel in nearby city, Guntur. Accompanied by his friend Gopal, Raghava plans to buy an old shop in city against the interest of his father, which co-incidentally belongs to Nageswara Rao, father of his love interest, Sandhya. How Raghava's love life and his dream to establish his own hotel clash, forms the crux of the story.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016)
Plot Summary:
A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, fun
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Sleepeeer Hit! (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kokoro Kurosawa used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team, but she had to give up on her dream due to an injury. In the end, she ends up working at weekly manga magazine "Vibes." The publishing industry is going through a turbulent time due to ebooks. Members of the editorial department struggle to come up with ways to sell more manga books. She learns about editing from her senior editors and becomes fascinated with the edition world, interacting with manga writers, and discovering new manga artists. But what surprises her the most is that in a competitive world such as manga publishing, not all dreams come true, and even when they do, they come with a price.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, manga, seinen
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What Happened to Mr. Cha? (2021)
Plot Summary:
With the peak of his career long behind him, an actor clings to his past glory — until a sudden wake-up call forces him to face who he's become.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating
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Pawn (2020)
Plot Summary:
A loan shark takes a girl hostage as pawn for her parents' debt.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining
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Fastlife (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fastlife: always go further, faster, to shine in the eyes of others: this is the motto of Franklin. Franklin is a megalomaniac obsessed by the desire to shine at any price. He will have to choose between becoming a man or continue to live the Fastlife.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 510
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, funny, light, entertaining
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Born To Sing (2013)
Plot Summary:
A movie directed by comedian Lee Kyeong-kyu about the laughter and inspiration of competitiors in the process of getting prepared for the singing comtest that has become one of Korea's representing event.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining
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When Jeff Tried to Save the World (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Jeff discovers that the bowling alley he manages is being sold, he must do everything he can to save the place he's come to call home.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing
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Dancing Queens (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of Dylan Pettersson, a 23-year-old girl from a small island in the Swedish archipelago with big dancing aspirations.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Jeremy (2015)
Plot Summary:
El Jeremías is a heartwarming comedy film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity. Set in Sonora Mexico, the film tells the story of Jeremías an eight year old who finds out he is a gifted child and initiates a journey of self discovery. When an opportunistic physiologist makes contact with Jeremías, a new world of experiences open up to him but at the expense of being away from the family he loves. Jeremías must choose between this exciting but lonely new world he finds himself in or returning home to his loving family.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Ustad Hotel (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ustad Hotel is a quaint place run by a foodie named Kareem, who is fondly called Ustad, on a beach in Kozhikode. He sells biriyani – not to make money but to ensure that his biriyani has his customers Faizie's stay in Kozhikode continues for a bit longer than what he had anticipated and during his stay with his grandfather, Faizie unearths a real world that exists beyond the sea and its shores. The film is about the bonding between Faizi and his grandfather and how a few days with his grandfather and Ustad Hotel changes his life for ever.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sincere, romantic, touching, humorous, captivating, feel good
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Visions of Europe (2004)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: anthology, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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We Accept Miracles (2015)
Plot Summary:
Fulvio is the only one of the three brothers to have left the village to go to work in the city. Deputy chief of staff in a large company, he dismisses people without remorse until he gets fired himself and after being jailed for beating his superior, is entrusted to his brother, who's a pastor in the village where they grew up. Forced into a place far from the modern world, Fulvio decides to help the local church in crisis by inventing a miracle that makes everyone believe that the saint's statue weeps. Tourists and pilgrims rush to the village and are filling the pockets of local businesses until the Vatican decides to send someone to certify the event. Fulvio must confess the scam, but the entire village will rise to convince the envoys of the Holy City for the veracity of the invented miracle.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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El cuartito (2021)
Plot Summary:
The dreams of five strangers traveling to Puerto Rico are put on hold when immigration authorities confine them in 'El cuartito'.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, social, hispanic
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Pranchiyettan & The Saint (2010)
Plot Summary:
Chirammal Enashu Francis, a.k.a. Pranchiyettan (Mammootty), is a successful businessman based in Thrissur. He is a devotee of Saint Francis of Assisi and often has imaginary conversations with the saint. His ancestors were rice traders, but he has grown beyond the small rice shop to expand his business into jewellery, real estate, finance, shopping complexes and lot more. Even though he is successful and wealthy, he is not well-educated and he is unhappy with his name and also wants to become a celebrity. He is called Ari ("rice") Pranchi by everybody, citing his ancestors' business as a colloquial taunt. He wants to change his image from Ari Pranchi to something great and is ready to spend a fortune for it. The film deals with how Pranchi tries to get a good name and what changes that brings to his life.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, slang, motivational, feel good, satirical
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Go Girls (2009)
Plot Summary:
Amy, Britta and Cody are three young women suffering their quarter century crisis: 25 and what have they achieved? They make a vow that in one year they’ll each fulfill their ambition. Their mate-since-childhood Kevin, admires their pluck but, to be honest, since Amy, Britta and Cody are currently Tragically Poor; Tragically Unknown; and Tragically Single, he reckons it’s going to be a bit of an ask.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating
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The Opening Act (2020)
Plot Summary:
The film follows Will Chu whose true life passion is to become a stand-up comedian. He is given the opportunity to emcee a comedy show, opening for his hero, Billy G. Chu has to decide if he wants to continue the life he has set up or to pursue his dream, the life of a comedian.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, funny
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Austin Found (2017)
Plot Summary:
A woman who is fed up with her mundane lifestyle hatches a scheme to make her family instant celebrities by having her ex-boyfriend kidnap her 11-year-old daughter for a month.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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A Hustlers Diary - The Series (2020)
Plot Summary:
The gangster Metin tries to get his life in order after a prison stay.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 221 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, masterpiece
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I am Bartu (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story of a barely famous person.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating
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No Limit (2009)
Plot Summary:
Drama about a man trying to achieve what is thought to be impossible: fulfilling his dreams of being a great soccer player. He meets Kang Hae Bin, a sports agent who tries to live her life away from the influence of her rich father.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Off Course to China (2019)
Plot Summary:
Braulio after his misadventures in Berlin, moves to Hong Kong along with Rafa and Hakan in search of new opportunities. However, it is not easy to succeed in a land where language, culture and customs are very different from Europe.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Bad Parents (2012)
Plot Summary:
A suburban mom relives her season with the soccer obsessed sports parents whose outrageous "win at all costs" behavior spirals out of control.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 573
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, exciting, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Breaking & Exiting (2018)
Plot Summary:
Harry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, sending both of them into a darkly comedic journey of self discovery and love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, independent film
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Maan Karate (2014)
Plot Summary:
Five friends meet a mystic in a forest who grants their wish — a newspaper from the future. They decide to get rich by using their knowledge of the future. They focus their efforts on Peter, a carefree youth from Royapuram, who is predicted by the newspaper to win a boxing match and present the prize money of Rs. 2 crores to the five friends. However, they are perplexed when they discover that Peter has absolutely no knowledge of boxing.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, exciting, entertaining, semi serious
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Kitchen Brigade (2022)
Plot Summary:
Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hates the job then her passion for cuisine starts to change children's lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Fukrey (2013)
Plot Summary:
FUKREY is one such crazy story of four restless and hapless souls, running after their individual desires, brought together by one dream, which turns their not so simple life upside down. From breaking school walls, to cross dressing dancers at the Ram Lila; from a Jugaad Baaz college watchman to leaking examination papers; from a female pimp, who runs her drug cartel through Nigerian henchmen to visionary dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic