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3 Idiots (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the tradition of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” comes this refreshing comedy about a rebellious prankster with a crafty mind and a heart of gold. Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's sexy daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all
Duration: 170 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 423000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: motivation, rebelliousness, friendship, coming of age, friends, college, teachers and students, student life, heartwarming, suicide, talented, twists and turns, education, justice, chase, creativity, prejudice, journey, life philosophy, geek, comedy of errors, nothing to lose, fall in love, rebellion, adaptation
Up (2009)
Plot Summary:
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: dog, loneliness, unlikely friendships, friendship, follow your dream, hopes, friends, animal life, journey, obsessive quest, aging, wilderness, talking animal, dream, children, talking dog, giant bird, balloon, cartoon dog, human dog relationship, adventurer, mischievous children, love, animal, sadness
Mary and Max (2009)
Plot Summary:
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence. Will the two ever meet face to face?
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 184000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Plot tags: loneliness, stop motion, friendship, letter, social misfits, depression, mental illness, asperger's syndrome, relationships, young woman, correspondence, solitude, bullying, imaginary friend, disability, suicide attempt, melancholy, psychology, suffering, bittersweet, autism, friends, coming of age, life philosophy, suicide
Castaway on the Moon (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River - only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a new life as a castaway. His antics catch the attention of a young woman whose apartment overlooks the river. Her discovery changes both their lives
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: loneliness, isolation, suicide attempt, island, survival, society, redemption, wilderness, castaway, suicide, love story, self discovery, human nature, solitude, nature, rescue, discovery, asian, irony, climbing, stranded, travel, women, food, medicine
Dev D (2009)
Plot Summary:
Dev who, after spurning Paro's love due to a misunderstanding, turns to drugs and vodka for solace. Paro moves on but Dev still is in remorse. He meets Chanda, a prostitute with problems of her own. Dev likes her but his penchant for self-destruction prevents him and Chanda from truly getting together. He also meets sleazy people like Chunni, Chanda's pimp who drags Dev further into self-destruction to further his own needs
Duration: 144 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: tragic love, self destructing, slut, addiction, drug addiction, prostitute, drug abuse, social differences, society, human nature, couple relations, pimp, frustration, losing-it hero, emotional manipulation, drug addict, erotica, wedding, alcoholic, feminist, hindu, dying, drug, indian woman, unrequited love
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 262000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: stop motion, anthropomorphic animal, unlikely partners, anthropomorphism, fox, talking animal, furry, heroic mission, evil, danger, dishonesty, melancholy, village life, eccentricity, partner, disorder, rivals, daring rescue, farmer, vixen, trippy, slick, animal life, heist, dysfunctional family
500 Days of Summer (2009)
Plot Summary:
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 546000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: love, breakup, relationships, couples, love story, love and romance, couple relations, unrequited love, manic pixie dream girl, fall in love, unfulfilled love, heartache, life philosophy, destiny, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, dating, platonic, twentysomething life, true love, depression, young woman, urban, psychology, melancholy
The Hangover (2009)
Plot Summary:
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 829000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: buddies, party, bachelor party, friendship between men, comedy of errors, memory loss, weirdo, nothing goes right, hung over, friends, friendship, wedding, stupidity, drunkenness, escapades, buddy, road trip, disorder, weed, brother in law brother in law relationship, bride and groom, female nudity, drinking alcohol, drug, hedonism
Zombieland (2009)
Plot Summary:
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other
Duration: 88 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 610000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: zombie, post apocalypse, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, survival, road trip, virus, amusement park, living dead, dark humor, chaos and mayhem, end of the world, on the road, survival horror, danger, plague, supernatural, blood, silly humor, walking dead, zombie survival, chaos, young heroes, killings, undead
Wake Up Sid (2009)
Plot Summary:
Wake Up Sid! is the story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai
Duration: 138 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: spoiled brat, age difference, fall in love, impossible love, social differences, love and romance, society, family disapproval, unfulfillment, coming of age, urban, indians, love, friendship, relationships, motivation, high school, love story, slice of life, self awareness, heartwarming, age-gap relationship, writer's life, success, passion
The Concert (2009)
Plot Summary:
A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Italy, Romania, Belgium
Plot tags: classical music, music, redemption, orchestra, violinist, adaptation, prodigy, music band, twists and turns, concert, musician's life, hopes, society, comeback, ordinary person, hidden identity, culture clash, disorder, fish out of water, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, pretense, haunted by the past, artist, obsession
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009)
Plot Summary:
Rocket Singh - Salesman of the Year is the sometimes thoughtless, sometimes thoughtful story of a fresh graduate trying to find a balance between the maddening demands of the 'professional' way, and the way of his heart - and stumbling upon a crazy way which turned his world upside down, and his career right side up. Welcome to the world of sales boss!
Duration: 150 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: business, ambition, salesman, rise to the top, follow your dream, working class, workplace situations, success, misfit, disorder, fish out of water, workplace, college graduate, entrepreneurship, marketing, startup, entrepreneur, job, hindu, urban, life lesson, trainee, society, ordinary person, nothing goes right
Up in the Air (2009)
Plot Summary:
George Clooney plays the dry cynical character of Ryan Bingham, an executive who specializes in "downsizing". Ryan lives out of his suitcase, traveling the country for the sole purpose terminating unwanted employees day after day. Just as Ryan is about to reach his life-long goal of the ten million mile frequent flyer mark some major changes come his way. Changes that threaten to crack the cold heartless exterior that is Ryan Bingham
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 347000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: travel, on the road, loneliness, business, couples, business trip, hotel, airport, downsizing, love affair, introspection, airplane, fired from the job, motivational speaker, workplace, love and romance, computer, brother sister relationship, life & death, top executive, economics, relationship vs career, aviation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unfulfillment
Black Dynamite (2009)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Plot tags: blaxploitation, martial arts, mob boss, exploitation, organized crime, justice, black, kung fu, drug, fighting crime, injustice, dishonesty, hotshot hero, tough heroes, vengeance, gunfight, fight, farce, badass, revenge, violence, hitman, white house, conspiracy, gangster
Summer Wars (2009)
Plot Summary:
Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time out hanging out in the all-powerful online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has – until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiancé at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI intent on using the virtual world of OZ to destroy the real world. As Armageddon looms on the horizon, Kenji and his new “family” set aside their differences and band together to save the worlds they inhabit in this "near-perfect blend of social satire and science fiction."
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Plot tags: virtual reality, artificial intelligence, code breaking, satellite, technology gone awry, teenage life, family relations, save the world, code, relationships, technology, adaptation, computer genius, imaginary, heroic mission, computer, youth, prodigy, danger, virtual world, high school student, heroes, love and romance, family reunited, teenage love
In the Loop (2009)
Plot Summary:
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are looking to launch a war in the Middle East. The plot follows government officials and advisers in their behind-the-scenes efforts either to promote the war or prevent it. Spinal Tap meets Strangelove. A satirical demolition of Whitehall and Washington: politically astute, hilarious and terrifyingly real
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Plot tags: politics, politician, farce, intern, satire, war, british, white house, new job, moral ambiguity, profanity, workplace, state affairs, foul language, media, political unrest, un, political satire, political intrigue, international relations, psychopath, hunting, terrorism, marketing, genocide
Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two Ottoman government officials travel to USA in 19th Century in order to give gift to President from Sultan of Ottoman
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Western
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: horse, cowboy, robbery, theft, escapades, gem, disorder, silly humor, mission gone awry, turk, wrestling, diamond, native american, profanity, card playing, wanted, special agent, violent content, indians, tribe, church, diplomat, usa president, american indian, u.s. president
The Misfortunates (2009)
Plot Summary:
13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Slowly but surely, he's being prepared for the same hapless life. Can he defy his destiny?
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Plot tags: youth, uncle nephew relationship, family relations, family life, siblings relations, teenage life, eccentric family, coming of age, male bonding, drug addiction, friendship between men, alcoholic, addiction, boy, suicide, large family, parents, dysfunctional family, traumatic childhood, propaganda, fictional biography, alcoholism, boy strangling, bad father, public nudity
City Island (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: dysfunctional family, teenage boy, audition, eccentric family, character study, warden, family life, family problems, prison, nothing goes right, family relations, love, island, family reunited, group sex, forgiveness, family secret, convict, waking up, gang bang, coming of age, obese, teen angst, prison guard, boyhood
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Plot tags: rock, radio, music, rock and roll, hippie, boat, rock music, friendship, rebellion, musician, coming of age, rebelliousness, music business, drug, marijuana, creativity, dj, radio station, radio dj, artists and showbiz, friends, love and romance, media, ambition, counterculture
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)
Plot Summary:
Leela becomes an outlaw when she and a group of ecologically-minded feminists attempt to save an asteroid of primitive life forms and the Violet Dwarf star from being destroyed, while Fry joins a secret society and attempts to stop a mysterious species known as the "Dark Ones" from destroying all life in the universe
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: save the world, conspiracy, outer space, creativity, adaptation, stupidity, space opera, space and aliens, rescue, good versus evil, supernatural, androids and robots, danger, imaginary, partner, disorder, extinction, robot, feminist, stoner, mature, extraterrestrial, environment, environmental, intergalactic
Soul Kitchen (2009)
Plot Summary:
SOUL KITCHEN film centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restauranteur, Zinos, whose cafe is second home to a motley crew of lovable eccentrics. When his girlfriend Nadine up and moves to Shanghai, a love-sick Zinos decides to fly after her, leaving his restaurant in the hands of his unreliable ex-con brother Illias. Both decisions turn out disastrous: Illias gambles away the restaurant to a shady real estate agent, and Zinos finds Nadine with a new lover. If the brothers can stop arguing and get it together, the Soul Kitchen might still have one last chance at staying in business. The mayhem that follows is a hilariously entertaining story of self-realization, set to an irresistibly soulful soundtrack
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Italy
Plot tags: restaurant, chef, cooking, workplace, lifestyle, food, brother brother relationship, loneliness, plot twist, family relations, life is a bitch, family business, workplace situations, workplace problem, gourmet, financial problem, staff, comedy of errors, misfit, business, cookery, wine, gastronomy, twists and turns, dysfunctional family
Whatever Works (2009)
Plot Summary:
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, France
Plot tags: older man younger woman relationship, age difference, suicide attempt, family relations, homosexual, lifestyle change, eccentricity, polyamory, love and romance, storytelling, unlikely couple, character change, social climbing, society, photographer, atheism, love, relationships, friendship, death, philosophy, old age, life philosophy, depression, naivete
Little Nicholas (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change forever, his mother is pregnant! He panics and envisions the worst
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Plot tags: mischievous children, children, friendship, school, family relations, plan gone awry, friends, parents and children, family life, school teacher, teacher student relationship, gangster, boy, child, teenager, lgbt teen, education, childhood, comic hero, child hero, adolescence, magic realism, boyhood, little boy, baby
Paa (2009)
Plot Summary:
He suffers from a progeria like syndrome. Mentally he is 13 but physically he looks 5 times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya, who is a gynaecologist. Amol is young, progressive politician. He is a man with a mission. Auro is Amol's son. Paa is a 'rare' story about a father-son, son-father relationship
Duration: 133 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: father son relationship, school, disability, human nature, youth, family relations, family life, aging, hopes, doctors and patients, supportive parent, fish out of water, couple relations, single mother, mother son relationship, medicine, politician, child, political scandal, grandmother grandson relationship, adult as child, rapid aging, child illness, misfit, parents and children
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Plot Summary:
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 162000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: princess, jazz, good versus evil, prince, magical, disney princess, animal life, imaginary, cinderella story, love and romance, dream, fall in love, transformation, human becomes animal, restaurant, firefly, girl, enemies to lovers, happy ending, talking animal, frog, turned into an animal, curses spells and rituals, african american, interracial romance
Adam (2009)
Plot Summary:
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: autism, asperger's syndrome, fall in love, shyness, mental illness, disability, neighbor, love affair, love, depression, psychology, loneliness, communication problem, first love, meet the parents, unlikely couple, life philosophy, happy ending, character study, honest, couple relations, mental disorder, mental health, misfit, lovers
Micmacs (2009)
Plot Summary:
A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers. Avid movie-watcher and video store clerk Bazil has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco and one fateful night a stray bullet from a nearby shootout embeds itself in his skull, leaving him on the verge of instantaneous death. Losing his job and his home, Bazil wanders the streets until he meets Slammer, a pardoned convict who introduces him to a band of eccentric junkyard dealers including Calculator, a math expert and statistician, Buster, a record-holder in human cannonball feats, Tiny Pete, an artistic craftsman of automatons, and Elastic Girl, a sassy contortionist. When chance reveals to Bazil the two weapons manufacturers responsible for building the instruments of his destruction, he constructs a complex scheme for revenge that his newfound family is all too happy to help set in motion
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Plot tags: misfit, eccentricity, teamwork, loneliness, magic realism, brutality, friendship, lifestyle change, goofy hero, dark humor, heartwarming, revenge, vengeance, satire, homeless, survival, teenager, cyberpunk, circus, railway, dream, freak, talent, acrobat, fictional country
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Plot Summary:
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, time, time traveler, love story, love and romance, fall in love, time paradox, time loop, love affair, true love, tragic love, marriage, travel, couple relations, supernatural ability, impossible love, disappearance, supernatural romance, bittersweet, supernatural, relationships, first love, parallel universe, imaginary, lifestyle
Away We Go (2009)
Plot Summary:
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt’s parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: pregnancy, road trip, sexual humor, parenthood, on the road, love, love story, family relations, parents and children, eccentricity, travel, eccentric family, couple relations, supportive spouse, doubts and hesitations, introspection, dysfunctional family, family drama, friendship, baby, bittersweet, promise, mother, american history, hipster