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Plot Summary:
A night in the life of a cab driver in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Taxi Boy (1986)
Plot Summary:
The meeting of Manuel, a lady's dancer, Petrus, an unfortunate gambler, and Corinne, a fast-food waitress. The drifting of three drop-outs, three solitary dreamers, adventurous waverers.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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A Hot Roof (1995)
Plot Summary:
A Korean film about a group of women who end up barricaded on the roof of their apartment building in the middle of a heat wave.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy
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Happy as One (2006)
Plot Summary:
Drama "in the improvisational style of Andreas Dresen or Mike Leigh" about three drifted apart sisters (Meret Becker, Stephanie Stappenbeck and Heidrun Bartholomäus) finding back together after the death of their mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Full Blast (1999)
Plot Summary:
Young sawmill workers try to get their band back together while waiting out a strike.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Sono Positivo (1999)
Plot Summary:
A Southern Italian family is suddenly faced with AIDS. One of them has it. Which friend or family member could have begun this cycle of infection? The characters include a vain housewife, her straight-laced husband, her gay brother, and her husband's and brother's best friend. Hilarious mayhem ensues.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Performance Anxiety (2008)
Plot Summary:
In this quirky romance, Jeff is a messy, hippie musician, while Peter is a tidy, almost obsessive, office worker. Their idiosyncratic natures lead them on unusual journeys that have amusing consequences, and lead them to a moment of truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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In the Thick of It (1995)
Plot Summary:
This optimistic Italian slice-of-life drama chronicles a typical day in the lives of teenagers living in the grim suburbs of Rome. The story is set in the suburb of Tuscolano which is located near the Cinecitta studios and concerns a group of friends in their mid-teens. In the beginning, Lorenzo, the imaginative leader of the group convinces the rest of them one of them is terminally ill. The rest then become determined that the dying group member should have at least one fling with the local whore, that is if they can convince her into performing the merciful act. Two years pass and the youths are seen engaging in various endeavors ranging from petty theft to manual labor, or both. The boys are also seen pursuing romance. Troubles ensue when Lorenzo's brother disappears, and when one of the thieves is captured.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Hey DJ (2003)
Plot Summary:
From Miami to Ibiza, HEY DJ chronicles the meteoric rise to Fame of DJ HOUND DOG and the terrible mess he makes of his love life. Featuring an all star cast of the Worlds Greatest DJ's.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film
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Exterior Night (1980)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to make a fresh start, Léo, a jazz musician, takes up temporary residence with his friend Bony, a young writer who is struggling to get his work published. One evening, Léo strikes up an acquaintance with a woman taxi driver, Cora; in spite of her impulsive and moody temperament, he cannot help being attracted to her. On the spur of the moment, Cora invites Léo to make love to her. When Bony meets Cora, he too finds her irresistible, but he lacks Léo’s self-confidence to make his move. Cora is not a woman that any man can possess readily. She is like a wild animal, a creature that revels in its freedom. Will either Léo or Bony be able to tame her...?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Dance of the Wind (1997)
Plot Summary:
The mother of the Indian female singer Pallavi (Kitu Gidwani) is at the end of her life. She was master and teacher for her daughter for the art of Indian singing. But she will not be able to complete her lessons. So Pallavi experiences the lack of the guru of her mother. Finally she finds him in a very young street-girl who is able to sing marvelously. But this girl keeps disappearing again and again.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Blind Man's Bluff (1993)
Plot Summary:
Based on a novel by Lilly Perry Amitai, Blind Man's Bluff takes a bittersweet look at the life of a young Israeli woman. Trying to distance herself from her Holocaust survivor parents and ex-boyfriend, pianist Micki Stav moves out of her parents' house in search of her own identity. She moves into a small apartment but remains caught in a lattice of demanding relationships. Tension increases as Micki tries to succeed in the classical music world. Her eclectic new neighbors, though, introduce her to a new world of desires in which Micki finds the courage to confront her problems and emerge as an independent and mature woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: Israel
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Bowser Makes a Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
After quitting school and being fired from every possible job Bowser shocks his parents with an unexpected News Flash. "Mom , Dad, I know what I am going to be, I want to be a porn director". Dad freaks out Mom freaks out and we are all off to a good start. Now all Bowser and his partner in crime need is a simple thing called money. No problem! After mortgaging his parents house, then losing the cash on the train, only to see it pop up on the evening news, the boys go to the mob as the last resort. This is a royal mess. A comedy with more twists and turns then a Chicago Pretzel.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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The Five Senses (1999)
Plot Summary:
Three sets of tenants in a live/work building have daily lives and/or current stories acutely involving one or more of the five senses.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: touching, clever, emotional, psychological, erotic, non-linear, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative
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Bombay Dreams (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ebba and her friend Camilla go looking for her mother in India.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Gypsy Boys (1999)
Plot Summary:
Drama of two young San Francisco couples, both deciding how to define their relationships.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, sincere, sexy, independent film, queer cinema
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Manuela and Manuel (2007)
Plot Summary:
Deep inside, Manuel has always been Manuela. Amidst her worst love crisis, Manuela reinvents herself as Manuel in order to pass as the fiancé of her best friend Coca - who is pregnant from a one-night stand and must face her conservative family. Hidden identities, misunderstandings, and the tension between two friends pretending to be what they are not, stage a colorful and up-beat story.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, independent film, queer cinema
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Stage Mother (2020)
Plot Summary:
A conservative church-choir director moves to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son drag club.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Magic Mike XXL (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, teen, entertaining, light, melancholic, talky, stylized, semi serious, humorous, road movie
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Love of Man (1997)
Plot Summary:
Set in Madrid, Spain, this engaging comedy chronicles the complex relationship between single female Esperanza (Loles León), who can't buy a date, and her best friend Ramón (Andrea Occhipinti), a gay divorce attorney whose bed is never empty. The pair's friendship is put to the test when Esperanza introduces Ramón to her fellow teacher Roberto (Armando del Rio) -- who soon sends Ramón's life spinning out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, crying, sex comedy, sexy
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Plot Summary:
Two drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is the wife of one of the drag queens. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: road movie, feel good, melancholic, captivating, cult classic, independent film, touching, funny, lgbt cinema, intellectual
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Speech & Debate (2017)
Plot Summary:
Frustrated by the hypocrisy they see in their parents, teachers, and the entire school board, an unlikely trio set out to find a common truth and make their voices heard as they revive a defunct school club and take on the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, sexy, humorous, captivating, melancholic, dark comedy
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow Hansel to leave communist East Germany for the West. But, in order to marry, Hansel must undergo a sex-change. However, the procedure does not go perfectly and Hansel becomes not a trans woman, but a 'genderqueer', Hedwig. Back in the USA, on their first wedding anniversary, Luther leaves Hedwig for another man. On that same day the news headlines were of the fall of the Berlin Wall and freedom. Hedwig tours the US with her rock band and relates her life story while following her ex-boyfriend/band-mate Tommy Speck (to whom she gives the stage name "Tommy Gnosis"), who stole her songs and rose to fame.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: emotional, cult classic, enigmatic, melancholic, lyrical, sentimental, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, stylized
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Outrageous! (1977)
Plot Summary:
Gay hair stylist Robin Turner does a lot of work for drag queens, all the while dreaming that he'll someday find the courage to perform in drag himself. When his schizophrenic friend, Liza, turns up looking for a place to stay, he little suspects that she'll be the one to finally motivate him. But over time the two form an increasingly tight bond, Robin helping Liza through an unplanned pregnancy and Liza pushing Robin to develop a successful nightclub act.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: thinking, independent film, clever, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, queer cinema
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Taking Off (1971)
Plot Summary:
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, social, clever, offbeat, humorous, captivating, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious
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Hard Core Logo (1996)
Plot Summary:
Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on the road come bubbling to the surface.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, humorous, talky, intense, captivating, clever, realistic, biting, independent film, black comedy
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Adam & Steve (2005)
Plot Summary:
Follows two New York city couples -- one heterosexual and one gay who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, clever, realistic, independent film, crying, humorous, queer cinema
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Funkytown (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in Montreal during the disco phenomenon some 35 years ago, Funkytown follows the life of a group of colorful characters. We follow their lives and tribulations as everyone converges on a regular basis at Montreal's hot disco spot: Starlight. Along the way, several events take place that change these characters' lives. As these characters' lives unfold, the Parti Québécois takes power changing the cultural landscape in Quebec while the disco craze slowly fades. While we keep up with these various characters - it is Bastien who is a central part of this story. His drug addiction, dreams to become an actor and womanizing - make him the "bigger than life" typical 70s character around which the whole story revolves.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 917
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, disturbing, realistic, sexual, sitcom, crying, independent film, sexy
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Krush Groove (1985)
Plot Summary:
Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell needs more money to press more copies, he borrows it from a street hustler and soon regrets his decision.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hood, black comedy, grim, serious, captivating, realistic, eighties, black cinema, cult film
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Kinky Boots (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, in central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Yet, the untimely death of his father places him in that position, only to learn that Price & Sons Shoes is failing. While in despair at his failed attempts to save the business, Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer, Lola. Her complaints about the inadequate footwear for her work combined with one of Charles' ex-employees, Lauren, leads to a suggestion to change the product to create a desperate chance to save the business: make men's fetish footwear. Lola is convinced to be their footwear designer and the transition begins. Now this disparate lot must struggle at this unorthodox idea while dealing both the prejudice of the staff, Lola's discomfort in the small town and the selfish manipulation of Charles' greedy fiancée who cannot see the greater good in Charles' dream.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, inspirational, motivational, feel good, sweet, satirical, cult classic, offbeat, realistic
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54 (1998)
Plot Summary:
Shane, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco, plucks Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, Shane not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar – and a front-row seat at the most legendary party on the planet.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual, erotic, psychedelic, art house, deep, cult classic