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The Chaos Class (1975)
Plot Summary:
Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. When a new and obviously strict headmaster arrives, the students naturally try to overthrow him. A comic war of nitwits follows
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 9.2/10
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: turk, kurd, coffee, football, cat, teacher, escape, student, friendship, map, hospital, bullying, hunger, theater, baby, director, manager, cow, exam, letter, lesson, dormitory, high school, cigarette smoking, punishment
The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975)
Plot Summary:
Hababam Sinifi is basically a movie based on the novel by Rifat Ilgaz, telling the story about a class of lazy high school pranksters. The movie just presents the most entertaining moments of high school years; which we have all been there once, and feel deep down a nostalgia for the days when life was fun and we were teenagers, going only after fun and entertainment. Cheating in Literature exams, smoking in the mens room, playing hookey from school for a football game; those were the best days of our lives. While the movie is brilliantly and incredibly funny; it contains some heart breaking emotional moments as well
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 8.9/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: teachers and students, friendship, turk, high school, youth, rebellion, rebelliousness, farce, comedy of errors, hardcase students, power relations, school, teacher, student, boy, private school, boys' school, love letter, love and romance, fall in love, high school life, court, young, turkish
The Marathon Family (1982)
Plot Summary:
The Topalovic family has been in the burial business for generations. When the old (150 yrs old) Pantelija dies, five generations of his heirs start to fight for the inheritance
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Plot tags: parents and children, cemetery, moving, badass, murder, family business, crematorium, mafia, funeral, small town, grave digger, pianist, fall in love, workplace, corporate world, business, cinema, father son relationship, accidental death, corpse, satire, strangulation, burned alive, crime family, nudity
The Ornate Lock (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen
Duration: 169 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: room, murder, ghost, investigation, psychiatrist, dancer, murder mystery, who done it, vengeful ghost, locked room, myth, palace, village, exorcism, cat, castle, jealousy, mansion, mental illness, fear, anger, vengeance, haunted house, husband wife relationship, decapitation
Balkan Spy (1984)
Plot Summary:
Balkanski špijun is a 1984 Yugoslav comedy/drama. Ilija Čvorović, a former Stalinist who spent several years in a prison on Goli otok, is contacted by the police to routinely answer questions about his tenant, Petar Markov Jakovljević, a businessman, who spent twenty years living in Paris, and now has returned to Belgrade to open a tailor shop. After only several minutes, Ilija is free to go, however, he is starting to suspect that his tenant might be a spy. As the movie goes on, his paranoia increases and more people gets involved: his wife, his daughter, his brother, Jakovljevic's friends
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Plot tags: spy, communism, espionage, paranoia, cold war, hitman, conspiracy, communist, josef stalin, secret mission, mental health, badass, satire, hostage situation, stalinism, spying, dark humor, politics, society, false accusation, social relations, mistaken identity, political unrest, amateur detective, human nature
777 Charlie (2022)
Plot Summary:
Dharma is stuck in a rut with his negative and lonely lifestyle and spends each day in the comfort of his loneliness. A pup named Charlie who is naughty and energetic which is a complete contrast with the Dharma’s character enters his life and gives him a new perspective towards it
Duration: 164 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: dog, human animal relationship, dog training, puppy, loneliness, animal human communication, owner dog relationship, human dog relationship, relationships, loner, pets, life is a bitch, opposites attract, pet dog, alone, animal, road trip, life, snow, lifestyle, animals
Feyzo, the Polite One (1978)
Plot Summary:
A feudal village in Southeastern Turkey in 1970's. A poor peasant, Feyzo returns from military service dreaming about getting married to Gülo, the love of his life
Duration: 83 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: village, turk, village life, lawyer, rebellion, wedding, parents and children, couples, social relations, disorder, couple relations, mother, baby, cow, husband wife relationship, getting married, court, toilet, gun, turkish
Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)
Plot Summary:
On April 5, 1941, a day before Nazi attack on Yugoslavia, entourage on a country road board Krstic's bus heading for Belgrade: two Gypsies who occasionally sing about misery, an aging war veteran, a Nazi sympathizer, a dapper singer, a consumptive, and a man with a shotgun. Krstic is a world-weary cynic, out for a buck; the driver is his son, the simple, cheerful Misko. En route they pick up a more people and head towards their destiny
Duration: 86 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Plot tags: world war two, on the road, gypsy, bus, road trip, nature, racism, european, badass, war, heroes, anti war, newlyweds, passenger, clergy, wartime life, hapless, horse, musician, army, forest, female nudity, sex scene, soldier, swimming
The Chaos Class Is Waking Up (1976)
Plot Summary:
No overview found
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: turk, high school, football, teacher, student, friendship, bullying, fire, theft, director, war veteran, private school, egg, dormitory, cigarette smoking, military service, punishment, idealist, night watchman, school band, prank, history teacher, new student, camaraderie, caught cheating
Bo Burnham: Inside (2021)
Plot Summary:
Stuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy special
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Documentary, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: comedian, stand up comedy, musician, music, humour, satire, lifestyle, experiment, stoner, moving, intrigue, concert, pop culture, feeling, stand up comedian, pandemic, quarantine, mental illness, breaking the fourth wall, internet culture, electronic music, athlete, pop music, male nudity, nudity
A Dog's Will (2000)
Plot Summary:
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small Northeast Brazil town. But when they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary, before they are admitted to paradise
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: Brazil
Plot tags: religion, priest, poverty, social differences, clergy, unfulfilled love, race against time, hopes, rich and poor, society, district attorney, social relations, partner, odd couple, buddies, righting the wronged, amusement park, bishop, virgin mary, lawyer, dark humor, life after death, court, law, great ending
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Plot Summary:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 730000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Plot tags: holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, nazi, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, nazism, self sacrifice, fascism, war, sacrifice, survival, courage, childhood, ss, father son relationship, nazi occupation, against humanity, genocide, pretense, death of protagonist, innocence, wartime, heartwarming
Anbe Sivam (2003)
Plot Summary:
Nalla Sivam and Anbarasu meet under different circumstances and their lives are changed as they take the journey of their life
Duration: 160 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: life changing experience, communism, atheism, odd couple, accident, self discovery, social differences, introspection, tragic love, terrorism, destiny, fall in love, social relations, capitalist, secret, disability, compassion, recovery, motivation, discovery, adventurer, slice of life, self awareness, innovation, airport
Kumbalangi Nights (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of four brothers living in the fishing hamlet of Kumbalangi when Saji, Boney and Franky decide to help Bobby stand by his love
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: family relations, brother brother relationship, slice of life, relationships, friends, brothers, parents and children, family problems, love, family life, male female relationship, relationship problems, redemption, satire, lifestyle, love interest, eccentric family, couple relations, family drama, psycho, childhood trauma, broken family, malayalam, bollywood, family
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
Hanky Panky (1979)
Plot Summary:
Ramprasad a recent college graduate who finds a job with a finicky man, Bhavani Shankar, who believes that a man without a mustache is a man without a character. When Ramprasad is caught by his boss at a soccer match, he has to invent a twin brother, the clean-shaven Laxman Prasad, to save his job, things take a whacky turn.A fake mother and a hilarious chase are enjoyable features in this comedy
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: indians, rebel, innovation, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, forbidden love, twins, family relations, love and romance, lookalikes, fall in love, chase, couples, disorder, cons and scams, love, party, car chase, singer, job, office, lie, brother sister relationship, impersonation, twin brother
The Intouchables (2011)
Plot Summary:
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 909000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Plot tags: disability, friendship, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, disabled person, lifestyle change, handicapped, human relationship, culture clash, friends, interracial friendship, class differences, redemption, loneliness, caregiver, starting over, odd couple, paralysis, bonding, social differences, quadriplegic, blacks and whites, millionaire, hopes
Back to the Future (1985)
Plot Summary:
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 13000000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, time machine, mad scientist, destiny, time loop, inventor, teenager, changing the past or future, scientist, time, high school, race against time, fish out of water, time paradox, alternate reality, paradox, small town, suprisingly clever, alternate history, car, love and romance, teenage life, chases and races, escapades, skateboard
Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
Plot Summary:
The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly. "Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures" was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Plot tags: construction worker, warehouse, petty criminal, workplace, community service, nothing goes right, goofy hero, misfit partners, disorder, rivalry, burglary, love and romance, student life, university student, exam, fight, modernism, revenge, bully, robbery, male female relationship, embezzlement, studying, thief, anti hero
The Lizard (2004)
Plot Summary:
Reza is a petty thief who escapes jail by posing as a mullah. When he has to stay in disguise longer than he expected, he accidentally becomes the revered leader of a small-town mosque, bringing people flooding in with his on the hoof sermons featuring sexual innuendo and references to 'brother' Tarantino's Pulp Fiction
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Plot tags: prison escape, prison, village, hidden identity, criminal heroes, fugitives, society, pretense, warden, small town life, religions or cults, iranian, clergy, disguise, fake identity, priest, muslim, dialogue, existentialism, advice, persian culture, escape, politics, village life, chases and races
Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)
Plot Summary:
A kindergarten director Troshkin is a dead ringer for a criminal nicknamed "Docent" who stole the priceless
Duration: 88 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Plot tags: lookalikes, criminal heroes, cons and scams, disguise, petty criminal, secret agent, kindergarten, chess, russian mafia, art theft, escape, undercover, chases and races, disorder, dishonesty, love, prison, prison escape, children, teacher, desert, criminal, journey, school teacher, road trip
Philanthropy (2002)
Plot Summary:
In the 21st century Bucharest to get out in the city on Saturday evening at the arm of a beautiful woman is a financial investment risky. Ovidiu, unassuming high school teacher, never could afford. Looking for a source of income to something more substantial than a teacher salary, Ovidiu plunge into a fabulous world - beggars mob
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, France
Plot tags: dishonesty, cons and scams, teachers and students, couples, teacher, alternate reality, compassion, false identity, scam, middle aged man, alienation, artist, professor, employment, european, secretary, money, dating, loser, high school teacher, alcohol abuse, love and romance, fall in love, double life, pretense
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
When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo (2004)
Plot Summary:
The film consists of three parallel stories that are interwoven and played in Vozdovac. In the first story, Braca tries to seduce Iris, a model from the city center. Although they try not to be "two worlds" they certainly are. In another story, Dule i Somi, in the football match Ipswich - Manchester, they bet on Ipswich to win because it defends their classmate. The third story takes place on the roof of the skyscraper where Avaks and Hybrid, proponents of the philosophy of "most cost effective when I'm sitting in the house - no income, but no expenses", spending the day doing nothing, expecting something to happen. Something happened - an unusual occurrence Avaks saw in the sky
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Plot tags: football, goalkeeper, neighborhood, taxi, cinema, beer, coca cola, best friend, ufo, pot smoking, urination, rooftop, smoking pot, best friends
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
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the "classic Spider-Man mold", Miles Morales must juggle his high school life with his status as a superhero. Until he learns by Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, that there is a multiverse, called the "Spider-Verse", in each reality has their own Spider theme hero
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 645000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: superhero, multiverse, teenager, alternate universe, peter parker character, school, superheroine, teenage life, teenage superhero, super powers, father son relationship, love, physics, secret identity, comic book, superpower, african american, spider man, martial arts, giant monster, robot, giant, good versus evil, teacher, police
Mr. Muhsin (1987)
Plot Summary:
No overview found
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: lonely, kurd, turk, advice, social commentary, love and romance, follow your dream, couples, showbiz, ambition, against the odds, artists and showbiz, competition, singing competition, singing, cassette tape, folk music, audio cassette, turkish, romance
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Plot Summary:
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 511000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: cold war, military, satire, nuclear war, anti war, nuclear threat, disaster, doomsday, nuclear holocaust, u.s. president, nuclear, president, insanity, absurdism, end of the world, militarism, u.s. air force, apocalypse, bomber, nazi, soldier, great ending, nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, political leader
The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)
Plot Summary:
100 miles north, a bit east and up, is Flåklypa... home of bicycle repairman Reodor Felgen and his two assistants - Solan Gundersen, morning bird and natural born optimist, and Ludvig who is a true pessimist. Sponsored by oil sheik Ben Redic Fy Fazan, they build the car "Il Tempo Gigante" and the race of the decade is a fact
Duration: 88 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Norway
Plot tags: racing, car, chases and races, stop motion, race, auto racing, car race, chess, inventor, car chase, motor sport, fast car, exodus, motor racing, mechanic, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, master villain, uninhibited rivalry, friendship, rich man, muslim, speed, bird
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