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Louis C.K.: Chewed Up (2008)
Plot Summary:
Profane, vulgar and obscenely funny, Louis C.K. insists on telling the truth, whether you like it or not! Join the Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic and TV star (Lucky Louie) as he shares his thoughts on the stuff everyone thinks about -- male bodily fluids, the joys of being white, the difference between women and girls -- but never has the nerve to say. It's Louis C.K. at his risk-taking best: fearless, honest and totally outrageous! Nominated for the 2009 Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special
Duration: 61 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Plot tags: stand up comedian, stand up comedy, society, artists and showbiz, social problems, lifestyle, disorder, physical appearance, politically correct, sexual relations, couples, gender, swearing, live performance, profanity, comedian, one-man show, friends, respect, children, divorce, masturbation, old age, diarrhea, joke
Imaginationland: The Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
Some of the boys in South Park elementary find themselves on a balloon ride to an imaginary land. At arrival they're faced with an unimaginably threat
Duration: 67 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Plot tags: adult humor, wager, visceral, mayor, escapades, imaginary, disorder, religions or cults, satire, imagination, good versus evil, greed, stoner, mature, exodus, monster, bet, suicide mission, teleportation, rivalry, nuclear, antisocial behavior, chaos and mayhem, imaginary kingdom, anti hero
Love Exposure (2008)
Plot Summary:
After Yu's mother dies his father, a priest, only seems to take solace in the confessions of his sons sins causing Yu to partake in various 'sinful' activities to appease him. This is a teen love story as only the Japanese could bring us, complete with up-skirt photography, cross dressing, and bloody gore
Duration: 237 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: sin, religion, brainwashing, coming of age, group of friends, japanese schoolgirl, family values, teenage love, youth, parents and children, teenage life, society, rebelliousness, prank, religions or cults, family relations, rebellion, porn, women, loneliness, surrealism, voyeurism, priest, lesbian relationship, virginity
In Bruges (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 454000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: dark humor, hitman, guilt, haunted by the past, tourist, suicidal, friendship, death, suicide, assassin, dialogue, character study, dwarf, farce, gangster, redemption, introspection, mission gone awry, shooting, violent, partner, violence, depression, drug, odd couple
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the incredible true story of Lucky Singh, an extremely charismatic and fearless confident man and thief who socialized with the rich, famous and influential of Delhi society and then proceeded to rob them blind. He was the bête noire of the police and had stolen millions by the time he was caught
Duration: 125 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: thief, betrayal, master criminal, rise to the top, double life, rise and fall, lifestyle, deception, love and romance, high society, social differences, ambition, notoriety, buddies, dishonesty, cons and scams, impersonating, trial, robbery, underdog, hindu, dog, escape, guard dog, friends
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Plot Summary:
When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won't be easy. It's up to Master Shifu and the Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- to give it a try
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 505000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: kung fu, martial arts, mentor, good versus evil, master, chosen one, talking animal, furry, wuxia, transformation, anthropomorphic animal, training, warrior, underdog, goofy hero, animal, pride and honor, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, master warrior, kung fu panda, kids and family, adoption, dream, wilhelm scream
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends being convinced that they are not in love search for each other's love
Duration: 155 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: friendship, true love, best friend, college graduate, womanizer, looking for love, love triangle, family relations, love and romance, young lovers, lifestyle, unfulfilled love, couple relations, jealousy, brother sister relationship, breakup, ex boyfriend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wedding planning, indians, tragic love, mother son relationship, high school, urban, youth
A.R.O.G (2008)
Plot Summary:
Commander Logar fools Arif and sends him 1.000.000 years back in the time. He must civilize people from past to reach today
Duration: 127 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: time travel, heroes, fish out of water, daring rescue, save the day, rivalry, misfit, escapades, vengeance, danger, imaginary, disorder, master villain, heroic mission, tribe, silly humor, alien, turk, dinosaur, football, soccer, cave, time machine, legends and myths, bet
Futurama: Bender's Game (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space) she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. She emerges victorious, but when she brings the damaged ship home and the Professor sees the fuel gauge, he's enraged by the hit he's going to take at the Dark Matter pump. Now the crew have to find a way to break Mom's stranglehold on starship fuel, even if they have to wade through a Lord of the Rings-inspired fantasy-land to do it!
Duration: 88 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: spacecraft, cyclops, partner, heroic mission, parallel world, rescue, escapades, rivalry, danger, good versus evil, pretense, dystopian future, unlikely friendships, androids and robots, robot, obsession, betrayal, alternate reality, insanity, imagination, sarcasm, machine, stoner, mature, extraterrestrial
Berlin Calling (2008)
Plot Summary:
A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Plot tags: techno, techno music, drug abuse, mentally unstable, rehabilitation, dj, mental institution, lifestyle, musician's life, cocaine, party, clubbing, music, rave, nightclub, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, doctor patient relationship, mental illness, fashion, junkie, psychology, musician, psycho, mental disorder, art
The Good the Bad the Weird (2008)
Plot Summary:
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a Bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend
Duration: 139 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: treasure hunt, desert, cowboy, map, robbery, escapades, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, treasure map, cruelty, occupation, modern western, modern west, violence, motorcycle, japanese occupation, shootout, heist, world war two, fight, parasite, archaeologist, railway, murder mystery, legion
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
Plot Summary:
A lonely 40-ish man, likely to remain a bachelor, has a chance to find the love of his life when he falls for a vivacious young woman
Duration: 167 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: couples, couple relations, ambition, disorder, dancer's life, love and romance, dancer, shyness, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, hindu, love, lady, tragic love, love story, wandering, heartwarming, fall in love, goodhearted, makeover, a vision, contests and competitions, punjabi, age difference, dancing
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous Snow in Hawaii, but also Sarah Marshall
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 299000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: breakup, vacation, love and romance, resort, nudity, surfing, friendship, female nudity, sex, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, betrayal, infidelity, loneliness, nothing goes right, crumbling relationship, party, one night stand, male nudity, beach, orgasm, hotel, sex scene, love, summer, bromance
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Plot Summary:
Vietnam veteran 'Four Leaf' Tayback's memoir, Tropic Thunder, is being made into a film, but Director Damien Cockburn can’t control the cast of prima donnas. Behind schedule and over budget, Cockburn is ordered by a studio executive to get filming back on track, or risk its cancellation. On Tayback's advice, Cockburn drops the actors into the middle of the jungle to film the remaining scenes but, unbeknownst to the actors and production, the group have been dropped in the middle of the Golden Triangle, the home of heroin-producing gangs
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 440000
Genere: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Plot tags: jungle, vietnam war, showbiz, war, adaptation, storytelling, stupidity, military, wilhelm scream, actor, profanity, disguise, peril, chaos and mayhem, helicopter crash, rivalry, danger, actor's life, artists and showbiz, dark humor, hollywood, irreverent, violent, stoner, bromance
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Plot tags: father daughter relationship, single father, love story, male female friendship, storytelling, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, true love, daughter, divorce, best friends in love, love, father, fall in love, relationships, loneliness, life philosophy, girl, writers, dating, life, destiny, coming of age, college, friendship, teenage girl
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008)
Plot Summary:
Fresh off ripping space-time a new one at the end of "Bender's Big Score," the Planet Express crew is back to mend the tear in reality, or (hopefully) at least not make it worse. Beyond the tear, though, lurks a being of inconceivable...tentacularity. What will become of Earth, and indeed, our universe, when faced with the Beast with a Billion Backs?
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: space and aliens, alien, beast, save the world, scientist, robot, parallel universe, monster, cyclops, danger, dating, technology, evil alien, machine, distopia, alien invasion, stoner, mature, extraterrestrial, machinery, intergalactic, criticism of religion, wedding, mind control, police brutality
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 266000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Plot tags: artist, polyamory, love triangle, women, art, love and romance, love, summer, bohemian life, love story, open relationship, fall in love, sexuality, lifestyle, seduction, sex, painter, lesbian, group sex, vacation, lust, female protagonist, couples, love affair, relationships
Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
Plot Summary:
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Plot tags: village life, friendship, fish out of water, culture clash, postman, prejudice, post office, small town, foe turned friend, life philosophy, happy ending, social satire, provincial life, mining town, unlikely friendships, travel, hunter, ghost hunter, marriage proposal, lie, mama's boy, relocation, cultural difference, hospitality, unhappy marriage
JCVD (2008)
Plot Summary:
Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country of his birth to seek the peace and tranquility he can no longer enjoy in the United States
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Plot tags: heist, hostage, martial arts, down on your luck, actor, existentialism, police investigation, storytelling, filmmaking, lifestyle, midlife crisis, showbiz, nothing goes right, career, media coverage, bank robbery, gunfight, robbery, satire, crime gone awry, family drama, native, karate, violence, death
Burn After Reading (2008)
Plot Summary:
When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of Linda Litzke and Chad Feldheimer, the two gym employees see a chance to make enough money for her to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo doofuses and those in their orbit
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 348000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Plot tags: stupidity, espionage, twists and turns, paranoia, farce, divorce, infidelity, spy, gym, violence, online dating, ambition, great ending, disorder, cia, adultery, autobiography, escapades, internet dating, profanity, society, human nature, caper, hitman, dialogue
Tokyo! (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tokyo! is an anthology of three short films by directors Michel Gondry (France), Leos Carax (France) and Joon-ho Bong (Korea), each of whom offers an imaginative and transnatural/supernatural glimpse into the Tokyo Megapolis
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Japan, South Korea, Germany
Plot tags: city life, surrealism, obsession, isolation, imagination, depression, loneliness, freak, creativity, drug, fall in love, vengeance, multiple storylines, transformation, metamorphosis, destruction, neurosis, lawyer, male nudity, nudity, violence, introvert, mental illness, lonely, trippy
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Plot Summary:
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: friendship, teacher, optimism, homeless, looking for love, character study, elementary school, working class, social worker, roommate, love and romance, goodhearted, stranger, selflessness, hopes, depression, mentor, bullying, school, strong female lead, bookstore, bittersweet, husband wife relationship, 30 year old, women
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Plot Summary:
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: love affair, couples, love and romance, social differences, friendship, actress, high society, farce, lifestyle, actor's life, love triangle, artists and showbiz, fashion, love, destiny, happy ending, heartwarming, fish out of water, manic pixie dream girl, fall in love, female friendship, singer, lady, girl power, jazz club
Step Brothers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Plot tags: dysfunctional family, slacker, buddy, friendship, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, friendship between men, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, stoner, man child, adulthood, goofy hero, living with parents, sibling rivalry, parents and children, family life, brothers, bromance, divorce, stupidity, siblings, woman peeing, siblings relations
Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Göran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in comes a 15-year-old homophobic with a criminal past
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Plot tags: gay, adoption, gay couple, gay parent, gay slur, gay lead character, gender, teenage boy, gay love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay adoption, orphan, lgbt, lgbtq, gay sex, couples, love and romance, disorder, eccentric family, alcoholic, skateboarder, gardener, swedish, gay father
The Lucky Ones (2008)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, T.K. and Cheaver — who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: road trip, soldier, friendship, homecoming, life is a bitch, wartime life, loss of friend, on the road, war on terror, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, army, business, nature, 9/11, terrorism, aftermath, sociology, women in the military, storm, friends, society, gulf war, financial problem, sergeant
Pineapple Express (2008)
Plot Summary:
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 353000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Russia, North Korea
Plot tags: stoner, marijuana, friendship, weed, drug, buddies, buddy, cannabis, chase, drug trip, witnessing a crime, immature, dark humor, bromance, nothing goes right, dumb, road trip, violent, hippie, junkie, profanity, cop, stupidity, older man younger woman relationship, chases and races
The Wackness (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctors daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: marijuana, coming of age, hip hop, misfit, dysfunctional family, teenager, first love, depression, high school, friendship, weed, drug, stoner, drug abuse, loneliness, summer, doctors and patients, love affair, social misfits, lifestyle, buddies, midlife crisis, virginity, love, subculture
Paris (2008)
Plot Summary:
Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Plot tags: family relations, friendship, fall in love, city life, artist, self discovery, age difference, love, dancing, dancer, lsd, parisian, siblings, architect, single mother, teacher student relationship, heart disease, mother, university, vegetable, new love, dying and death, youth, love and romance, capture
Yes Man (2008)
Plot Summary:
Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 378000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: life, life changing experience, lifestyle change, philosophy, love and romance, change of heart, character change, optimism, life philosophy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, motivational speaker, self esteem, transformation, love affair, couples, lifestyle, mentor, depression, life lesson, stereotypes, girlfriend, free spirited, best friend, breakup, reconciliation