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Pardon (2005)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, police mistakes him with a terrorist and takes him and his friend Muzo into custody. Fooled by the police during the interrogation they name another friend, Aydin, in hope of saving themselves. As they all end up in prison, they remember the families and lovers they left behind
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: prison, friendship, prison life, false accusation, confined, mistaken identity, dark humor, life is a bitch, corruption, injustice, society, disorder, dishonesty, fear, down on your luck, incompetent court, racism, kurd, turk, advice, judgment, friends, nothing goes right, wrongfully committed, incompetent police
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Plot Summary:
A story of two love affairs. A father's love for his five sons. And one son's love for his father, a love so strong it compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, but desperate to fit in. During the next 20 years, life takes Zac on a surprising and unexpected journey that ultimately leads him to accept his true nature and, even more importantly, leads his father to love him for who he really is
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, Morocco, France
Plot tags: coming of age, gay, homosexual, childhood, father son relationship, drug addict, gender, lgbtq, gay teenager, glbt, gay interest, teenage boy, closeted homosexual, adolescence, sexuality, reconciliation, life philosophy, lgbt, parents and children, self discovery, acceptance, eccentric family, brother brother relationship, gay son, gay bar
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Lazarescu (Ion Fiscuteanu) is a retired Romanian engineer, spending his time in the company of his cats and booze. When he starts feeling unusually ill, he first seeks painkillers from his neighbors. It soon becomes apparent that Lazarescu is indeed sick, and an ambulance arrives with a nurse (Luminita Gheorghiu) who has a few ideas about what could be the problem. However, a major traffic accident and poor organization leaves little room in Romanian hospitals for the fading Lazarescu
Duration: 153 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Plot tags: medical, hospital, paramedic, doctors and patients, ambulance, character study, self discovery, storytelling, surgery, terminal illness, public health, fighting illness, health situation, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, medicine, artist, dialogue, existentialism, father daughter relationship, old age, death, doctor, drinking, hunting
Adam's Apples (2005)
Plot Summary:
A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany
Plot tags: church, priest, religion, funeral, skinhead, racial slur, belief, cynic, existentialism, disability, prejudice, good versus evil, society, clergy, hopes, religious, nordic, neo nazi, christianity, dark humor, melancholy, redemption, god, anger, faith
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Plot Summary:
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest
Duration: 85 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 144000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: dog, stop motion, cartoon rabbit, competition, garden, experiment gone awry, rabbit, eccentricity, monster, love triangle, rivalry, transformation, wilhelm scream, fall in love, ambition, inventions and discoveries, partner, disorder, cartoon dog, turned into an animal, halloween, werewolf, love, children, animal
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
Plot Summary:
The major sub-plot circles around the youngest Griffin, Stewie, who has a near-death experience at a pool when a lifeguard chair falls on him, but he survives. After having a vision of being in Hell, he decides to change his ways, but this doesn't last long. While watching television, he and Brian spot a man that looks like Stewie. Brian is convinced that he is Stewie's real father, until Stewie learns that the man is actually himself as an adult, taking a vacation from his own time period. Baby Stewie visits thirty years later to discover that his adult self, going by the name Stu, is a single blue-collar middle-aged virgin working at a Circuit City-type store. Meanwhile, Peter and Lois are trying to teach their two older kids, Meg and Chris, to date. In the future, Chris, who hasn't changed much, is working as a cop and is married to a foul-mouthed hustler named Vanessa. Meg is now called Ron, since she had a sex-change after college. Written by pepperann210
Duration: 88 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Plot tags: dark humor, time travel, twists and turns, stereotypes, storytelling, family relations, family life, friends, on the road, parents and children, self discovery, disorder, existence paradox, fan, death, male nudity, television, drinking, stoner, moving, profanity, virginity, talking animal, misfit, accident
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Plot Summary:
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 235000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: private detective, investigation, murder, actor, dark humor, buddy, twists and turns, thief, gay, murder mystery, kidnapping, cheerleader, buddy cop, satire, lifestyle, disorder, whodunit, mistaken identity, dishonesty, nightclub, accidental killing, christmas, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, dialogue
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Plot Summary:
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 227000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: marketing, advertising, business, social satire, lobbyist, satire, tobacco, reporter, lung cancer, journalism, politics, society, cigarette smoking, cancer, philosophy, capitalism, addiction, political satire, health, lie, drug, debate, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, dialogue
Transamerica (2005)
Plot Summary:
Bree is about to get a sex change operation that will finally allow her to actually be what she’s already been in her mind for a long time: a transitioned woman. Yet before this happens she suddenly runs into her son who ends up coming for the trip across the United States
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: transsexual, transgender, gay, transsexuality, road trip, gender bending, psychiatrist, therapist, gender, lgbtq, self discovery, male nudity, lgbt, hidden identity, lgbtqi, female impersonator, pornographic video, porn actor, trans woman, family relations, parenthood, coming of age, loneliness, stereotypes, character study
Little Manhattan (2005)
Plot Summary:
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life, love, and girls
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: first love, friendship, children, child's point of view, coming of age, school, love story, jealousy, bully, love, couples, child, divorce, relationships, fall in love, boy, friends, teenager, parents and children, human nature, american football, puppy love, passion, childhood, bittersweet
Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
Plot Summary:
A film based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which a young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II, in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: holocaust, on the road, journey, culture clash, nazi, self discovery, collector, road trip, prejudice, judaism, dog, friendship, dysfunctional family, grandparent grandchild relationship, human nature, travel, escapades, society, obsessive quest, grandparent and grandchild, world war two, blindness and impaired vision, disorder, fish out of water, tragic event
Magic Carpet Ride (2005)
Plot Summary:
A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: heist, petty criminal, misfit, family problems, working class, anti hero, society, robbery, caper, turk, heroes, satire, family in crisis, secret hideout, criminal heroes, gangster, car, dark humor, suicidal, young, beating, anti heroes, crime, turkish, crimes
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's
Duration: 81 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: divorce, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, infidelity, teenager, adultery, marriage, boy, childhood, crumbling marriage, adolescence, cat, self fulfillment, tennis, eccentricity, teacher student relationship, character study, museum, parents and children, self esteem, lifestyle, writer's life, sex, husband wife relationship
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
Plot Summary:
The feature film debut by artist Miranda July about a various comic situations and plots that intertwine. One story line is about a father who is ending his marriage and the other story is of a video artist (possibly autobiographical of Miranda July, also played by her) who is desperately trying to get her work in a modern art museum. The film won Caméra d'Or at Cannes
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: artist, childhood, coming of age, art, depression, art gallery, complex characters, unlikely friendships, neighbor, struggle, divorce, museum, stranger, shyness, love and romance, bittersweet, sex talk, women, social network, lesbian, children, internet, computer, introvert, architecture
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
Plot Summary:
In the 1970s, a foundling lad, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving his Irish town for London, in part to look for his mother and in part because his trans-gender nature is beyond the town's understanding
Duration: 128 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Plot tags: transvestism, transgender, gay, gay slur, transsexual, gender, adoption, coming of age, gender bending, lgbt, priest, ira, homosexual, friendship, dysfunctional family, self discovery, small town life, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, philosophy, character study, unlikely friendships, hopes, social relations, prostitute
Kinky Boots (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, in central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Yet, the untimely death of his father places him in that position, only to learn that Price & Sons Shoes is failing. While in despair at his failed attempts to save the business, Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer, Lola. Her complaints about the inadequate footwear for her work combined with one of Charles' ex-employees, Lauren, leads to a suggestion to change the product to create a desperate chance to save the business: make men's fetish footwear. Lola is convinced to be their footwear designer and the transition begins. Now this disparate lot must struggle at this unorthodox idea while dealing both the prejudice of the staff, Lola's discomfort in the small town and the selfish manipulation of Charles' greedy fiancée who cannot see the greater good in Charles' dream
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: transvestism, drag queen, cabaret, fashion, small town, family business, gay slur, gender bending, fashion show, transvestite, gay, working class, gay interest, shoemaker, transgender, fish out of water, unlikely partners, cross dressing, gay bashing, gender roles, lgbtq, society, bankruptcy, factory, crossdresser
Barefoot (2005)
Plot Summary:
A hedonistic bachelor, falls for an escaped mental patient. Til Schweiger comes up with a slickly-made off-the-wall romantic comedy drama "Barfuss" (Barefoot), his first solo directing effort in nearly a decade. Punchy, anti-establishment tone, with Schweiger playing a hedonistic bachelor - he is his rich family's black sheep - who falls for a suicidal mental patient (Johanna Wokalek). An offbeat, strangely tender love story develops as Nick struggles with responsibility for the first time in his life
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Plot tags: social misfits, opposites attract, mental illness, family relations, starting over, love affair, psychiatry, runaway, mental health, fall in love, couples, hopes, monkey, illness, happiness, mental institution, destruction, love story, feeling, relationships, dysfunctional family, changing lives, suffering, pretense, life turned upside down
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Plot Summary:
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 459000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: virginity, shyness, dating, nerd, male virgin, loss of virginity, 40 year old, friendship, adult virgin, naivete, mentor, masturbation, relationships, teenage sex, love, sex scene, single mother, flirting, first time, couples, silly humor, teaching the ways of the world, sex, sexuality, friendship between men
Broken Flowers (2005)
Plot Summary:
As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, USA
Plot tags: midlife crisis, loneliness, travel, on the road, single parent, illegitimate son, road trip, flowers, quest, divorce, haunted by the past, anonymous letter, letter, teenage girl, sexuality, voyeur, complex characters, depression, melancholy, character study, old love, couples, lost, human nature, sex
Angel-A (2005)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together...but is their meeting purely coincidence?
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Plot tags: angel, love story, life philosophy, loneliness, gangster, disorder, relationships, redemption, transformation, twists and turns, destiny, existentialism, pimp, supernatural romance, love, dialogue, suicide attempt, love and romance, church, low self esteem, sex, alien, time travel, life after death, heaven and hell
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add female nudity similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, War
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: world war two, showbiz, friendship, art, audition, brutality, love and romance, couples, artists and showbiz, couple relations, chorus line, follow your dream, women, nudity, war, husband wife relationship, nude women, unwanted pregnancy, theatre milieu, courage, grief, music, past, real life, burlesque
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Plot Summary:
John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 371000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: wedding, seduction, wedding party, fiance fiancee relationship, love and romance, looking for sex, marriage, love story, stereotypes, party, friends, eccentric family, sex, flirting, twists and turns, love at first sight, friendship, girl, fall in love, prostitute, bridesmaid, bride and groom, female rapist, lap dance, buddy
Russian Dolls (2005)
Plot Summary:
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite
Duration: 125 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Plot tags: friendship, lesbian, male nudity, writers, relationships, love triangle, looking for love, lifestyle, writer's life, understanding, old love, culture clash, storytelling, drinking, travel, ballet, wedding, ballerina, seduction, railway, screenwriter, european, nudity, feeling, model
The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
Plot Summary:
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Plot tags: true love, poet, war, against the odds, human spirit, ambition, power of love, cure, woman in danger, wooing, goodhearted, love, wartime, love story, war on terror, european, hospital, camel, writers, terrorism, lovers, plot twist, unconventional romance, amor, circus
The Chumscrubber (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. Everyone in town is too self consumed to worry about anything else than themselves. And everybody is on some form of drug just to get through their days
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: coming of age, suicide, kidnapping, youth, suburbs, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, friendship, mistaken identity, teenager, parent child relationship, high school, disorder, social decay, parents and children, high school life, family problems, lifestyle, loss of friend, buddies, loser, satire, brother brother relationship, unconsciousness, boy
Junebug (2005)
Plot Summary:
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: pregnancy, dysfunctional family, painting, art, small town, eccentricity, jealousy, love and romance, eccentric family, parents and children, family life, meet the parents, social differences, family problems, newlyweds, lifestyle, human nature, couple relations, cheerleader, art dealer, living with parents, in-laws, artist, family relations, painter
Conversations with Other Women (2005)
Plot Summary:
Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception for the privacy of a hotel room, the unnamed pair explore the choices of the past that led them to the present
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: wedding, couples, infidelity, love story, love and romance, unfulfilled love, couple relations, introspection, hopes, sex, dialogue, adultery, bittersweet, conversation, hotel, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, love, night, porn, flirting, partner, ex girlfriend, social satire, vicious
Madagascar (2005)
Plot Summary:
Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York's Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends -- Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo -- have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before an admiring public and with regular meals provided for them. Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty lets his curiosity get the better of him and makes his escape -- with the help of some prodigious penguins -- to explore the world
Duration: 86 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 429000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: jungle, friendship, unlikely friendships, penguins, island, animal life, zebra, escape, lion, rescue, animal, wilderness, talking animal, journey, buddies, friends, giraffe, freedom, verbal byplay, jungle adventure, uptight character, predator, surrealism, sarcasm, anthropomorphic animal
The Upside of Anger (2005)
Plot Summary:
After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Plot tags: dysfunctional family, friendship, suburban life, neighbor, parenthood, family relations, love and romance, couples, starting over, couple relations, parents and children, fall in love, lifestyle, women, bittersweet, unlikely friendships, loneliness, depression, summer, hospital, radio, marriage, drinking, psychopath, college
Keeping Mum (2005)
Plot Summary:
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: murder, dysfunctional family, serial killer, family problems, family relations, religion, insanity, village, family values, clergy, small town, lust, church, parents and children, family secret, dog, old man, guilt, marriage, golf, railway, conspiracy, housekeeper, problem, suburbs