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Plot Summary:
In order to save his own job, an employment agent has to find work for the most unemployable man on Maui.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy, contemplative
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Go, Masao! (2012)
Plot Summary:
Go, Masao! describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto and a labrador retriever named Masao are selected to appear on the travel corner segment of a TV animal program. Until Hideki Matsumoto and the labrador retriever Masao become popular, they help each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Drones (2010)
Plot Summary:
Brian Dilks is an Office Drone. He spends his days at OmniLink in comforting monotony: facilitating the movement of product around the country, faxing, copying, joking with his best friend, Clark, and harmlessly flirting with fellow cubicle-mate, Amy. But how well does anyone really know the people they work with? When Brian discovers an improbable secret about his best friend, everything in Brian’s world changes and his safe life of workplace detachment is no longer an option. Shocked out of his mind-numbing routine by this new discovery, Brian throws himself into a star-crossed romance with Amy––yet close encounters of the office kind, like sales or intergalactic war, is an uncertain business.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, independent film, offbeat
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Mystery Girls (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mystery Girls follows two former detective TV show starlets brought back together by a real-life mystery. Charlie Contour is a suburban housewife and mother, while Holly Hamilton longs for her glory days in the 90's when she was on television. Both of their lives are disrupted when Nick, a witness to a crime and a ‘Mystery Girls' fanatic, will only speak to the infamous duo, and the former friends must reunite and put their TV crime-solving skills to the test.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good, detective, sitcom
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Carpoolers (2007)
Plot Summary:
Four guys who carpool to work every day come to savor their commute as the only safe time to commiserate about jobs, families - and secrets. Even though "what happens in the carpool stays in the carpool," they'll go beyond the boundaries of this fast-moving commuter confessional to get involved in each other's lives and develop friendships.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, dark comedy, sitcom
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Makarov and The Girls (2021)
Plot Summary:
The head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Butovo region, Makarov, is completely replaced by the personnel as a result of a conflict with the leadership. Instead of experienced male cops, four young students are singled out.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sitcom, light, humorous, feel good, entertaining
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Down Dog (2015)
Plot Summary:
A handsome, carefree yoga instructor has breezed through life, women, and jobs, but when he breaks up with his girlfriend -- who's also his partner at their successful yoga studio -- he's forced to face reality for the first time. A satirical look at LA's yoga culture that stars Josh Casaubon (I Just Want My Pants Back), Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds), and Kris Kristofferson (Lone Star).
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good, light, sitcom, independent film
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Reality & Stuff (2003)
Plot Summary:
COMEDY/MOCKUMENTARY - (2005) CAN'T GET TOO MUCH REALITY TV? CAN'T GET ENOUGH REALITY TV? You know the drill! Eight strangers are chosen to live in a house and have their lives recorded.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good, mockumentary, offbeat
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Would I Lie to You? 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dans le quartier du Sentier, Eddie Vuibert, Dov et Yvan sont confrontés aux procédés pour le moins expéditifs de leur nouveau client, Eurodiscount, une chaîne européenne d'hypermarchés. Karine, lasse des turpitudes de son volage époux, Dov, le chasse du foyer. La bande de copains se disloque.Dov et Patrick partent tenter leur chance sous le soleil de Californie, tandis qu'Eddie et Yvan font les marchés. Entre temps, Serge, devenu livreur, noue une idylle avec Chochana Boutboul, une jeune fille de bonne famille à qui il fait croire qu'il est très fortuné.C'est alors qu'Eddie découvre que sa faillite dépasse le simple échec commercial et qu'il a été victime d'une scandaleuse escroquerie. Dès lors, il décide de se venger et conçoit un plan qui va réunir et mobiliser tous ses amis.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, feel good, cult film
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The Hole (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ambulance-chasing lawyers takes on the case of a convicted murderer who, just being released after doing 27 years in jail, claims he was innocent.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, light, feel good, offbeat, realistic
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (2004)
Plot Summary:
A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, light, sketch comedy
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Welcome Aboard (2011)
Plot Summary:
Isabelle, HR of a large cruise company, made the mistake of choosing her boss as a lover. Before embarking on the maiden voyage of the new flagship of the fleet, though, he decided to disembark from their relationship! Some women take their revenge by poison, firearm, or slander. Isabelle chooses Remy a flamboyant, unemployed ne'er-do-well who flunked out in life on land, but after all is said and done, might have better luck at sea... She recruits him as leader of her plot and on this Palace of the Seas, Remy will first prove to be the worst nightmare of the CEO and Richard, the Cruise Director...then, little by little, he will change his life and that of all those who cross his path.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, sex comedy, realistic
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Recep Ivedik 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
When his grandmother takes ill, foolish brute Recep tries to satisfy her wishes by getting a job and attempting to find a suitable wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, disgusting, slapstick
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Sharp as Marbles (2008)
Plot Summary:
Albert isn't the brightest bulb on the block. But that's okay, he's got his best friends, George and Ernie to help him out. Only problem, they're just as dumb as he is.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good, witty, independent film
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Killer Bud (2001)
Plot Summary:
After losing another job, two idiots embark on an adventure of mythic proportion: to acquire "Feed Bags," the discontinued entire-meal-in-a-bag, to impress their two equally dim-witted dates. When the only convenience store in town that carries the discontinued food item is found closed, Waylon and Buzz break in and can't break out.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, entertaining, spooky, independent film, realistic, cult film
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Car Babes (2006)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age story about the quirky lives of car salesman.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Pretty Bird (2008)
Plot Summary:
A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of American dreams and delusions.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, light, captivating, melancholic, independent film, exciting
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Dumbbells (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dumbbells is a light-hearted buddy comedy set amongst a group of misfit employees that work in a struggling fitness center in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, realistic, independent film
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Welcome to the North (2012)
Plot Summary:
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Depression and Friends (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Frank is diagnosed with depression, his friends try to cheer him up but soon enough they all discover they are as depressed as him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Carpool Guy (2005)
Plot Summary:
Joel Goodman is a hotshot advertising executive angling for a promotion, but he feels stuck - not least of all in traffic. A seeming answer to his prayers comes in the form of a homeless man whom Joel pays to sit in his passenger seat so he can use the carpool lane. The two form an unexpected bond, and Joel comes to realize that sometimes changing lanes can change your life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, independent film, soap opera
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Coffee Town (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three thirty-something friends band together when their carefree existence is threatened.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, light, funny, feel good, realistic, independent film
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Demoted (2011)
Plot Summary:
What go around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen (Astin and Vartan) who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss (Cross).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating
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The Security Men (2013)
Plot Summary:
Duckers, Jimmy and Ray are three work-shy security guards at a shopping mall who spend much of their time mocking their Jobsworth boss Kenneth. One night they bunk off to watch and bet on a boxing match at the electrical shop, only to find on their return that the mall's jewellers has been robbed. To save face - and their jobs - they bring in computer ace Rhys to help concoct a new CCTV film in which two of them pose as robbers and the other two pursue them but lose them. It looks very genuine but P.C. Greaves has his doubts. Can they get away with it?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic, sitcom
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The Hustle (2008)
Plot Summary:
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at the opportunity that might save his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, entertaining, black comedy, independent film
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That's What She Said (2012)
Plot Summary:
Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDee is trying to move on from someone she can’t forget – mostly in destructive ways. As Bebe waits for the perpetually late DeeDee at their favorite coffee shop, she meets Clementine, a distraught young woman with love problems of her own. With Clementine in tow, Bebe and DeeDee soon embark on the kind of outrageous misadventure that only New York City can offer.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, sincere, feel good
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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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Take the Trash (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jesper Jensen is a successful IT salesman who stops at nothing, even if it means backstabbing his best friend. Being number one in the company and having a beautiful wife and a lovely home, Jesper seems to lead a perfect life, but one day his arrogance and self confidence hits him in the face like a boomerang and he loses everything overnight. Jesper is sentenced to do community service at a recycling center with the odd and funny characters Dion, Theodor, and Lotte. At first he looks down on these people and doesn't want to be associated with them. When he begins to loosen up, however, he discovers that he can learn a lot from their straight forward and honest approach to life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Beef (2014)
Plot Summary:
BEEF is a comedic spin on a real person courtroom show. Set in a NY deli, BEEF revolves around Lou, his family, and the cases he settles. People march in with a "beef" for Lou to solve with old-school advice, simple justice, or a fine cut of meat.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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The Break Up Man (2013)
Plot Summary:
BREAK UP MAN is an odd couple road movie and tells the story of Henri, who works for a break up agency in Berlin and on behalf of those who want to separate themselves from their future “ex”-partners. To complete his most important mission he is confronted with an unwanted partner, Toto, who spoils more or less everything and makes Henri’s life a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining, funny, sincere, feel good, captivating, satirical, road movie
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What a Beautiful Day (2011)
Plot Summary:
Checco, an uneducated but self-satisfied fellow from Milan, who has always dreamed of becoming a police officer, fails his entrance exam for the third time. It must be said that at the oral examination Checco said that the reason why he wanted to join the police was benefits in kind and cronyism! But the young man has connections and he soon finds himself a security agent at the Milan Cathedral. Of course the bumbling idiot proves a living catastrophe! Spotted by Sufien, an Arab terrorist who is preparing an attack against the cathedral, Checco appears as the perfect sucker. To manipulate him, he sends his charming sister Farah to him, with the mission to seduce him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, happy