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Plot Summary:
Murphy's Law takes over when a slacker (Jack Paradise) runs out of couches to sleep on and decides to take a road trip to find his lost love, but only after tricking his novel-challenged writer and best friend (Peter Jonson) into believing that this trip could be the story he's been searching to write all of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Relationtrip (2017)
Plot Summary:
After bonding over their mutual disinterest in relationships, self-proclaimed loners, Beck and Liam, decide to go away together on a ‘friend’ trip where things get weird. Really, really weird.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Boy Genius (2019)
Plot Summary:
A twelve year-old child prodigy teams up with a quirky retiree to solve a crime and save his family from splitting up.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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A Fare to Remember (1999)
Plot Summary:
A high powered business executive takes on an assignment on Christmas Eve, knowing she is to get married immediately after the holiday. Arriving at the Seattle airport, she discovered all flights are canceled and she has to get to LA. She then hires an obnoxious cabbie to transport her to LA. However, the cabbie eventually proves to be rather endearing while she maintains her upper class posturing.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, ridiculous
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Happy Romance (1972)
Plot Summary:
Countryman Dato falls in love with uptown girl Eka. But, their romance faces difficulties due to Dato's revolver-like lighter, which Eka's tough father mixes with a real gun.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 71 min
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High School Record (2005)
Plot Summary:
Four awkward 17-year-olds struggle through their senior year. Like most high school students, they ride a continual wave of embarrassment: crappy after-school jobs, attempted sex in the science room, tinfoil shorts, guitar-strumming hippie teachers and brushes with the law. The only difference is that their moments of humiliation are caught on tape--our gang of four are the subjects of a documentary shot by fellow classmates.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mockumentary
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Tripping Forward (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ford Coleman is a struggling actor in Hollywood who fears never achieving fame other then appearing in local TV commercials. After over a year living in L.A., Ford is broke and in danger of being evicted from his apartment. His slacker roommate Tripp, who has given up his music career out of hopelessness, convinces Tripp to become a drug dealer to buy and sell cocaine to supermodels as their extra income, which brings both Ford and Tripp into danger as they venture into the Los Angeles underworld which also puts a risk on Ford's budding romance with Gwen, a struggling actress herself unaware of Ford's secret arrangement with Tripp.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film
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Awful Nice (2013)
Plot Summary:
Estranged brothers Jim and Dave must travel to Branson together when their father dies and leaves them the lake home. A series of hilarious mishaps and costly misadventures follow as they attempt to restore the house and rebuild their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, not serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, cult classic, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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LOVE by CHANCE (2017)
Plot Summary:
Love By Chance is a film about two aspiring actors from South Africa (Altovise Lawrence and Atandwa Kani) who are independently in America, trying to crack into an extremely difficult and over saturated Hollywood industry. They meet by chance, but between the everyday struggle of auditioning, dealing with daily rejection, self-doubt, financial hardship, crazy friends and a mad dating scene, who has time for love?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, independent film
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The Beachnickers (2018)
Plot Summary:
Things go from bad to worse when four co-workers decide to enjoy the extended holiday at a beach house with their families.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Long Dumb Road (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two guys serendipitously meet at a time when they both find themselves at personal crossroads and decide to embark on an unplanned road trip across the American Southwest.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, humorous, captivating, light, buddy comedy
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Six Pack (2011)
Plot Summary:
High school is almost over and four friends are going their separate ways as they go to college. But they have one more chance to spend some time together: Inspection 12, their favorite band, is playing one last concert in Jacksonville, FL.
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Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, independent film
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What Now (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three best friends explore the world of online swipe dating in Los Angeles and quickly find out that anyone who judges you based on your salary or number of social media followers is someone who has their own soul-searching to do.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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A True Story (2013)
Plot Summary:
Mike and Matt own nothing and share everything, including their life's work, a screenplay, which seems to be their only escape from the harsh reality that is the Hollywood machine.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, independent film, realistic, semi serious, biting, suspense, student film
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Road Hard (2015)
Plot Summary:
After his movie and television career has run dry, Bruce Madsen (Adam Carolla) is forced to go back on the road playing one dingy comedy club after another, spending endless nights in budget hotel rooms and always flying coach. Amidst trying to revitalize his career, rekindle his love life and put his daughter through college, Bruce knows one thing for sure - he must get off the road. ROAD HARD is the story of that journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, romantic comedy, independent film, road movie
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She Wants Me (2012)
Plot Summary:
A neurotic writer working on his new film gets into a tricky situation when an A-list actress shows interest in the role intended for his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, sincere, independent film
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An Actor Prepares (2018)
Plot Summary:
After suffering a heart attack, a world-famous and hard-drinking actor is forced to drive across country with his estranged son—who testified against him in his parents' divorce—on one last madcap adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, semi serious
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Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991)
Plot Summary:
A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, nostalgic, cult film
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Southbound Heist (2011)
Plot Summary:
Chaz and his friends take a road trip after discovering his landlord's plot to kill the creator of the Showboy magazine. Chaz must choose between his beloved magazines, his best friends, the girl of his dreams, or saving an innocent man's life.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, sex comedy, independent film
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Don't be a dick about it (2018)
Plot Summary:
A hilarious and beautiful portrait of two brothers growing up. The film follows the brothers around for one summer capturing the nuances of pissing each other off.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, contemplative, non fiction, cinema verite
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The Kids Are Alright: Destination Asturias (2021)
Plot Summary:
When Ricardo, a responsible father, decides to personally take his son to a camp in Asturias, other parents propose that he should also take care of their children. When the train is about to leave, Felipe, a flamboyant individual and grandfather of two of the children, shows up at the station.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Our Happy Holiday (2018)
Plot Summary:
Marion and Ben, thirty years old, meet on Tinder. That's about all they have in common; but the opposites attract each other, and they decide in the early morning of their meeting to go on vacation together despite the advice of their entourage. They will finally leave - to Bulgaria, halfway to their dream destinations: Beirut for Marion, Biarritz for Ben. Without a precise plan and, as they will soon discover, with very different conceptions of what a dream holiday should be.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scenic, light, feel good, sweet, funny, romantic, humorous, captivating
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The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
Plot Summary:
Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, romantic, sexy, romantic comedy, independent film
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Stuck on You (2003)
Plot Summary:
In Martha's Vineyard, Mass., conjoined twins Walt (Greg Kinnear) and Bob Tenor (Matt Damon) make the best of their handicap by being the fastest grill cooks in town. While outgoing Walt hopes to one day become a famous actor, shy Bob prefers to stay out of the spotlight. When a fading Hollywood actress, Cher (Cher), decides to get her show "Honey and the Beaze" cancelled, she hires Walt -- and his brotherly appendage -- as her costars. But their addition surprisingly achieves the opposite.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, touching, humorous, light, semi serious, witty, slapstick, hilarious, clever
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Buddymoon (2016)
Plot Summary:
When David is left by his fiancé just days before the wedding, his relentlessly upbeat best man, Flula, insists that the pair go on David's previously planned honeymoon: a seven-day backpacking trip through the breathtaking mountains of Oregon. Their adventures are bookended with passages from William Clark's diary describing his friendship with Meriwether Lewis and the terrain they crossed during their expedition.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Last Stop for Paul (2006)
Plot Summary:
Charlie and Cliff decide they want to go to the Full Moon party in Thailand. Along the way they travel around the world sprinkling the ashes of their dead friend Paul. As they go from country to country they meet a wide variety of crazy people and have insane adventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 576
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, scenic, entertaining, road movie, touching, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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We the Party (2012)
Plot Summary:
In Los Angeles, five high-school friends deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, Facebook, fitting in, standing out, and finding themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, feel good, light, scenic, sincere, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Plot Summary:
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 405000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, funny, road movie, slapstick, hilarious, parody, cult classic, offbeat, feel good
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Road Trip (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four friends take off on an 1800 mile road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a girl friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, road movie, sexy, funny, light, not serious, hilarious, teen, cult classic
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 196000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, talky, teen, sentimental, cult classic, realistic, funny, melancholic, semi serious, touching
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Plot Summary:
A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 380000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, funny, light, teen, humorous, hilarious, intense, semi serious, inspirational