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Plot Summary:
A depressed dentist in mid-life crisis tries to learn why one of his happiest patients suddenly commits suicide, and a dark comedic adventure ensues.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 942
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: uplifting, thought provoking, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, twist ending, psychological, sweet, independent film, philosophical
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7 Emotions (2018)
Plot Summary:
Fear, anger, sadness, joy, disgust, envy, shame. Adaś Miauczyński goes back to his childhood days when, like most of us, he used to find it problematic to name the emotions that accompanied him. To improve the quality of his adult life, he decides to return to that time – which proves not so carefree after all – to learn how to experience the seven basic emotions. This extremely unpredictable journey into the past features an abundance of hilarious, even comical, situations but is also filled with lots of touching moments and food for thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, philosophical, mind bending, thought provoking, confusing
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Closed Spaces (2008)
Plot Summary:
The first Russian emo-movie, Closed Spaces is a story about the newest generation of Russians. Having grown up in Russia's crazy 1990s, an era filled with constant and drastic change, these teenagers have no solid ground beneath their feet. They are trapped in a strange world in which their money-obsessed parents lead senseless lives and even kill each other. Vika is twenty years old. She has black fingernail polish, wears pink dresses, and is constantly depressed. While working at a pizza place, she gets an order for a pizza delivery from Venya, a strange twenty year old boy who lives all alone in a deserted apartment in the middle of Moscow. Venya suffers from agarophobia, the fear of open space. When Vika arrives Venya lets her in and locks the door behind her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 606
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, philosophical, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, captivating, sex comedy
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Head Full of Honey (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: touching, thought provoking, sincere, funny, sad, inspirational, depressing, comedy drama, family comedy
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Tenderness (2017)
Plot Summary:
A retired lawyer becomes friends with a young wife who has just moved in the adjacent apartment with her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful
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The Last Word (2017)
Plot Summary:
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the result is a life-altering friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, humorous, captivating, disturbing, motivational, philosophical, sad
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The Worst Year of My Life (2015)
Plot Summary:
One week before proposing to his girlfriend, Kyle, a down-on-his-luck romantic, discovers that she's been sleeping with another man. Unemployed, saddled with debt, and depressed, Kyle embarks on a funny yet affecting journey to recovery that involves living in his car, bottom-of-the-barrel jobs, therapy, online dating, and Kyle's own wild, fantastical, and snarky imagination.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating
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Changeland (2019)
Plot Summary:
Follow two estranged best friends on an epic, life-changing adventure in Thailand as they're reminded that there's no problem that friendship and a few rounds in a Muay Thai boxing ring can't fix.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, clever, offbeat
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I'm Not Crazy! (2018)
Plot Summary:
A woman enters a quirky mental health clinic after attempting suicide upon finding out her husband is having an affair with her best friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 964
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, touching, suspense
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The Very Private Life of Mister Sim (2015)
Plot Summary:
François Sim considers himself worthless and he may have good reasons for that. Hasn't he lost his job as well as his wife Caroline? Isn't he unable to relate to Lucy, his teenage daughter? Didn't he, when he was eighteen miss out on passion whereas the sexy, gorgeous Luigia opened her arms to him?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, contemplative, road movie
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Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, offbeat, independent film
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Entanglement (2017)
Plot Summary:
While recovering from a suicide attempt, Ben Layten accidentally falls in love with a girl who was very nearly, almost his sister - and then things start to get weird.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 845
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, touching, emotional, melancholic, intense, romantic, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Everyone Else (2016)
Plot Summary:
Without warning a father comes to visit his daughter abroad. He believes that she lost her humor and therefore surprises her with a rampage of jokes.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Monaco, Romania, France, Switzerland
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, melancholic, satirical, art house, atmospheric, stylized, philosophical, surreal, cerebral
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Shrink (2009)
Plot Summary:
Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, depressing, emotional, sentimental, serious, sincere, touching, dark comedy, philosophical
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Please Give (2010)
Plot Summary:
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: depressing, melancholic, sincere, humorous, semi serious, clever, touching, philosophical, smart, indie film
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Landline (2017)
Plot Summary:
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, art house
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Coconut Hero (2015)
Plot Summary:
It's not easy being a teenager and Mike, a sixteen-year-old, has it espcially hard. He lives in the sticks with his mother, a non-stop nagger, in Faintville, a Canadian timber industry town. He has no father, no friends, not even a favorite meal. Basically, his sole wish is simply to vanish from the face of the earth. One day, Mike writes his own obituary and shoots himself. To his great disappointment he wakes up the in the local hospital. During a routine examination, the doctors discover a plum-sized tumor in his brain. Mike can scarcely believe his luck and keeps the illness to himself to avoid undergoing surgery that would save him. Staring death directly in the eyes, however, changes Mike's point of view and he re-evaluates his opinion of both enchanting and crazy Miranda. Somebody seems to understand him after all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, sincere, captivating, twisted
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Everything You Want (2017)
Plot Summary:
An aimless young troublemaker, Alessandro, squanders his days gambling and getting into fights, and he often spends his nights in jail. With few prospects, he begrudgingly accepts a job as a companion to Giorgio, an elderly poet suffering from Alzheimer’s. On their daily walks, the two banter and become friends, and Alessandro quickly learns more about this forgotten poet as the old man’s memory drifts. After learning a secret from Giorgio’s past, Alessandro and his friends work to uncover the mystery of this tale, an unexpected history lesson and a touching coming-of-age adventure.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: uplifting, motivational, light, inspirational, thought provoking, feel good, sentimental, sincere, intellectual, unusual plot structure
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World's Greatest Dad (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, clever, melancholic, dark, disturbing, cult classic, hilarious, offbeat, philosophical
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Adaptation. (2002)
Plot Summary:
A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 200000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: absurd, philosophical, psychological, satirical, black comedy, mind bending, dark comedy, postmodern, surreal, mindfuck
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Plot Summary:
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sad, touching, emotional, psychological, sincere, uplifting, serious, realistic, biting, sentimental
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Visioneers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Visioneer George Washington Winsterhammerman lives a comfortable but monotonous life in this slightly futuristic black comedy. When people start exploding from stress and George is showing early symptoms, he's forced to examine his life. Taking a look at his nice job, his sexless marriage and his resistance to life coaching, George reconsiders the philosophy of happiness through mindless activity.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: surreal, enigmatic, melancholic, futuristic, not serious, humorous, satirical, philosophical, mind bending, thought provoking
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Mumford (1999)
Plot Summary:
In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, psychological, melancholic, compassionate, light, touching, semi serious, clever
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Instructions Not Included (2013)
Plot Summary:
Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, inspirational, touching, sweet, emotional, humorous, buddy comedy, romantic comedy, realistic
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The Professor (2018)
Plot Summary:
Richard, a world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak, and a touch of madness.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, captivating, independent film, surreal, cult classic, cute, comedy drama, inspirational, feel good
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Lost in Translation (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 480000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: melancholic, atmospheric, offbeat, psychological, artsy, emotional, art house, visual, contemplative, heartbreaking
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The Way (2010)
Plot Summary:
When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile mountain trek to Spain. Tom soon joins up with other travelers and realizes they’re all searching for something.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: emotional, inspirational, thought provoking, uplifting, touching, scenic, poignant, realistic, road movie, sentimental
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Paper Man (2009)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, tricky, enigmatic, psychological, offbeat, humorous, melancholic, independent film, indie film, feel good
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Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Plot Summary:
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, depressing, humorous, melancholic, dark comedy, cute, sweet, indie film, offbeat
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Plot Summary:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 508000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, independent film, emotional, black comedy, dark comedy, sweet, humorous
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The Truman Show (1998)
Plot Summary:
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows -- including his wife and his best friend -- is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 12000000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, touching, surreal, cerebral, clever, dramatic, motivational, spiritual