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Atlanta (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two cousins, with different views on art versus commerce, on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene; Earnest 'Earn' Marks, an ambitious college dropout and his estranged cousin, who suddenly becomes a star
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: rapper, cousin cousin relationship, hip hop culture, african american, hip hop, black, starlet, satire, opposites attract, misfit, brother brother relationship, social satire, ambition, pop star, poor family, black history, black sitcom, city, glory, music business, teenage daughter, black family, business, drug lord, black cast
Shabhaye Barareh (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in late 40s in Iran. When a politically exiled man (Ansari) meets strange rural people with weird actions and accents in a village called Barareh
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Iran
Plot tags: politics, politician, humour, society, culture, satire, irony, political satire, cross cultural relations, political humor, culture shock, iranian, village, persian
Shameless (2011)
Plot Summary:
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are
Duration: 46 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 272000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: dysfunctional family, youth, gay teenager, gay, bipolar disorder, family problems, teenage life, siblings relations, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, family relations, drinking problem, parents and children, dark humor, alcoholic father, homosexual, sex scene, teenage sex, poor family, gay relationship, gay couple, society, sex, alcohol abuse, alcoholic
Horace and Pete (2016)
Plot Summary:
Horace and Pete (stylized as Horace and Pete's Est. 1916) is an American comedy-drama web series created by Louis C.K. starring himself and Steve Buscemi as Horace and Pete, co-owners of an Irish bar, Horace and Pete's
Duration: 437 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: family business, pub, parent child relationship, family relations, brothers, mental illness, hopelessness, father daughter relationship, sibling relationship, politics, voodoo, alcoholic, drug use, psychosis, family history, abusive father, age-gap relationship, brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, one location, bar, show
Staged (2020)
Plot Summary:
David Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) were due to star in a production of 'Six Characters in Search of an Author' in the West End. The pandemic has put paid to that, but their director (Simon Evans) is determined not to let the opportunity pass him by
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: supportive friend, quarantine, friendship between men, cynic, fame, actor's life, stage actor, irony, rehearsal, movie actor, self involved, unlikely friendships, writers, theater, gay couple, marriage, pandemic, stage play, male male relationship, love hate relationship, bromance, merger, writing, webcam
Schitt's Creek (2015)
Plot Summary:
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: small town, motel, lgbtq, riches to rags, family relations, class differences, eccentric family, parents and children, life turned upside down, friendship, gay relationship, cafe, fish out of water, real life father and son playing father and son, siblings living together, couple relations, brother sister relationship, gay, lgbt, businessman, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, waitress, adult living with parents
After Life (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 149000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: bereavement, death of wife, dog, starting over, death wish, death, journalism, life, depression, suicide, grief, newspaper office, changing lives, newspaper reporter, character change, cancer, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems, lifestyle change, gross out humor, change of heart, complex characters, drastic change of life, serial killer
Barry (2018)
Plot Summary:
A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 117000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: hitman, aspiring actor, betrayal, mentor, police investigation, criminal, dark humor, danger, murder, friends, shooting, satire, ambition, culture clash, adaptation, gay couple, assassin, deception, humour, manipulation, impostor, coming of age, anti hero, con game, die hard
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)
Plot Summary:
A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, clue, private detective, murder investigation, unstoppable, hallucination, investigation, strange person, superpower, government agent, magic, supernatural, occult, crime investigation, partner, detective agency, absurd humor, absurdism, superhero, psychopath, police, beast, psychic, friends, myth
Business Proposal (2022)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary office worker disguises herself and goes on a blind date with her attractive boss in the place of her friend to end this unwanted marriage blind date after her request
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: office romance, heir, rich man poor woman, blind date, relationships, male female relationship, employer employee relationship, relationship vs career, love, businessman, romance
Sneaky Pete (2015)
Plot Summary:
A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: investigation, gambling, family relations, dishonesty, family problems, danger, escapades, con man, thief, greed, adaptation, twists and turns, prison, viking, poker, caper, criminal, espionage, confidence, grief, siblings, confidence artist, female nudity, anti hero, friendship
American Vandal (2017)
Plot Summary:
A true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic images
Duration: 34 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: vandalism, high school, swearing, cliche, absurd humor, graffiti, found footage, apocalypse, investigation, hunting, youth, intrigue, pain, coming of age, true crime, young adult, juvenile delinquent, farce, absurdism, stupidity, screwball, netflix
The End of the F***ing World (2017)
Plot Summary:
James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father
Duration: 25 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: teenager, underage, murder, psycho, road trip, psychopath, teenage love, relationships, dark humor, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic love, love, search for father, love interest, police investigation, serial killer, coming of age, forbidden love, teenage girl, apocalypse, superhero, fashion, killer, strong female lead, life
BrainDead (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young fresh-faced Hill staffer gets her first job in Washington, D.C. and discovering two things: 1. The government has stopped working, and 2. alien spawn have come to earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of Congressmen and Hill staffers
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: alien, government, pandemic, father daughter relationship, alien parasite, politics, conspiracy, female protagonist, political satire, manipulation, senator, paranoia, scientist, murder, congress, investigation, mind control, alien invasion, satire, apocalypse, epidemic, supernatural, invasion, evil, american politics
Patrick Melrose (2018)
Plot Summary:
Based on the Patrick Molrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn
Duration: 302 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: mental illness, father son relationship, child abuse, drug addiction, depression, alcohol abuse, traumatic childhood, childhood trauma, loneliness, violence, millionaire, dysfunctional family, family relations, ambition, family problems, dialogue, lifestyle, misfit, husband wife relationship, alcoholism, destiny, incest, addiction, friends, society
Strike (2017)
Plot Summary:
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: investigation, private detective, multiple suspects, female partner, mind game, private investigator, danger, antisocial behavior, police investigation, riddles and clues, misfit, alienation, partner, disability, evidence, exodus, police, murder, corruption, feminist, violent, murder investigation, unrequited love, amputee, expert
Imposters (2017)
Plot Summary:
Maddie, a persona shifting con-artist who is as beautiful as she is dangerous, leaves her unwitting victims tormented when they realize they have been used and robbed of everything – including their hearts. But things get complicated when her former targets, Ezra, Richard, and Jules team up to track her down. While pursuing her newest mark, Maddie meets a potential love interest, Patrick, which threatens to derail her assignment, much to the chagrin of her mysterious boss, The Doctor
Duration: 41 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: cons and scams, vengeance, justice, fall in love, dishonesty, deception, fbi agent, fake identity, artist, punishment, partner, fbi, married, criminal, con artists, supernatural, villain, impostor, stolen money, chase, psychological drama, thin attractive woman, falling in love
Doom Patrol (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, superhero team, outcast, tragedy, talking robot, tragic event, villain, androids and robots, split personality, multiverse, supernatural, wheelchair bound, superheroine, heroes, misfit, gay, fantasy world, transsexual, justice league, supernatural power, existentialism, body horror, gay couple, storytelling, buddy
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
Plot Summary:
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: orphan, children, steampunk, life is a bitch, danger, breaking the fourth wall, storytelling, coming of age, cynicism, escapades, obsession, dishonesty, hopes, love, new year, winter, supernatural, fantasy world, parallel universe, adoption, darkness, child protagonist, pop culture, strong female character, damsel in distress
Good Girls (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: female friendship, housewife, family relations, female protagonist, money laundering, criminal, women, twists and turns, passion, gang, danger, crime gone awry, convenience store robbery, cons and scams, husband wife relationship, money, life is a bitch, male female relationship, love hate relationship, love, mafia, heist, strong female lead, obsession, addiction
Baskets (2016)
Plot Summary:
Chip Baskets wants to follow his dream of being a French clown—however, reality keeps interfering. Saddled with financial difficulties and facing an impenetrable language barrier, he moves back home to Bakersfield with high hopes. There, he is forced to confront his past while working as a rodeo clown and competing with his siblings for his mother's approval and affection
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: clown, follow your dream, hopes, misfit, goofy hero, sibling relationship, sarcasm, rivalry, satire, friendship, family relations, fall in love, brother brother relationship, parents, lonely, humour, siblings, exodus, sibling rivalry, disorder, silly humor, stoner, mother son relationship, brother sister relationship, farce
Special (2019)
Plot Summary:
A gay man with mild cerebral palsy decides to rewrite his identity as an accident victim and finally go after the life he wants
Duration: 15 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: cerebral palsy, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay lead character, lgbtqi, deception, lifestyle, irony, woman, glbt, dance teacher, gay interest, gay sex, homosexuality, gay relationship, first gay sexual experience, mother son relationship, gay subtext, sex scene, male nudity, interracial relations, first sexual experience, male protagonist, male male relationship
Crashing (2016)
Plot Summary:
A comedy drama that crashes straight into the lives and loves of six twenty-something adults living together as Property Guardians in a disused hospital
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Plot tags: twenty something, lgbt, friendship, lgbtq, gay, gay lead character, roommate, neighbor neighbor relationship, couple relations, jealousy, love and romance, childhood friend, closeted homosexual, gay couple, lgbtqi, young heroes, group of friends, older man younger woman relationship, gay interest, sexual confusion, friends to lovers, young adult, artist, gay love, model
Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jean-Claude Van Damme is a global martial arts & film sensation, also operating under the simple alias of "Johnson" as the world's best undercover private contractor. Retired for years, a chance encounter with a lost love brings him back to the game. This time, he'll be deadlier than ever. Probably
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: washed up star, humour, working undercover, fighting crime, movie star, celebrity, gang of outlaws, investigation, criminal, crime investigation, unsolved crime, fame, private investigation, crime spree, martial artist, martial arts, terrorist, heroes, female nudity, muscleman, terrorist group, undercover agent, crime fighter, criminal underworld, star
Dollface (2019)
Plot Summary:
After being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, a young woman must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind
Duration: 29 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Plot tags: girlfriend girlfriend relationship, new life, old friend, women in society, support group, male female relationship, female protagonist, metaphor, women, intrigue, interracial friendship, drug, teenager, female nudity, woman, sexy woman, gay couple, breakup, young, female full frontal nudity, tv show
Goblin Slayer (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young priestess has formed her first adventuring party, but almost immediately they find themselves in distress. It's the Goblin Slayer who comes to their rescue—a man who's dedicated his life to the extermination of all goblins, by any means necessary. And when rumors of his feats begin to circulate, there's no telling who might come calling next
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Plot tags: goblin, magic, murder, priestess, teamwork, wizards and magicians, young girl, magical power, mentor, rape, dungeon, sexuality, violence, magical girl, fantasy world, magical, fight, underground, blood splatter, torture, revenge, blood, magician, battles, demon
Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution over 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: witch, lesbian, lgbt, sorceress, magic, military service, female protagonist, public service, female soldier, supernatural, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, witchcraft, investigation, protection, boot camp, alternate reality, supernatural being, magical, army, military, wizards and magicians, soldier, girlfriend, fight, woman
Miracle Workers (2019)
Plot Summary:
A comedy set in the offices of Heaven Inc. When God plans to destroy the Earth, two low-level angels must convince their boss to save humanity. They bet him they can pull off their most impossible miracle yet: help two humans fall in love
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: god, friendship, satire, fantasy world, angel, partner, outside help, love, relationships, teamwork, couples, male female relationship, social satire, workplace, topical humor, couple relations, workplace situations, job, serial killer, ancient, stoner, parents, society, working class, end of the world
Human Resources (2022)
Plot Summary:
Lovebugs, Hormone Monsters and a parade of other creatures juggle romance, workplace drama and their human clients' needs in this "Big Mouth" spinoff
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: monster, job, creature, workplace, human, magical creature, fantasy world, office, office worker, supernatural being, satire, coworker, irony, dream world, co worker co worker relationship, workplace situations, lgbt, teenager, life, boy, journey, best friend, friend, office work, young
Totally Spies! (2001)
Plot Summary:
Totally Spies! depicts three girlfriends 'with an attitude' who have to cope with their daily lives at high school as well as the unpredictable pressures of international espionage. They confront the most intimidating - and demented - of villains, each with their own special agenda for demonic, global rude behavior
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, South Korea, USA, Canada, UK
Plot tags: espionage, high school, female protagonist, female spy, teenage girl, spy, teenager, female friendship, best friend, youth, teenage life, heroes, friendship, secret service, mad scientist, girl heroine, danger, uninhibited rivalry, secret agent, boss, dangerous mission, teenager fighting adult, werewolf, kickass women, around the world