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Plot Summary:
Frank Bartlett has been tortured, embarrassed, and humiliated by his brother Bruce — usually on film — his entire life. Now that Bruce is finally off drugs and has turned his life around, things should be different. They are not.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, funny, independent film, interesting
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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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Bazookas: The Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Gus Bazooka built his gym he never imagined that his sons, Angus and Judah, would someday battle for control. However, after Gus' untimely death (caused by watching a topless racquetball game) the future of the business becomes uncertain and the brothers make a wager to see who will take sole ownership of the gym.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, ridiculous
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The People I've Slept With (2012)
Plot Summary:
The People I've Slept With - a promiscuous woman who finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy and needs to figure out who the baby daddy is...NOW. Angela Yang loves sex. She loves it so much she needs to make baseball cards of her lovers to help her remember where she's been. She doesn't think twice about her lifestyle until she finds out that she's pregnant. Her gay best friend, Gabriel Lugo tells her to "take care of it," but her conservative sister, Juliet persuades Angela to get married to the baby's father and lead a "normal" life like her. Angela listens to her sister, chooses to keep the baby, and goes on a quest to find the identity of the father by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, realistic, not serious, sexual, sex comedy, hispanic, sexy
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Junkie (2012)
Plot Summary:
A drug addict tries to sabotage his brother's struggle to get sober once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, non-linear, independent film
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3 Geezers! (2013)
Plot Summary:
Follow actor J Kimball as he researches what it's like to be old for a role in an upcoming movie. When he meets the residents at The Coconuts convalescent home, he quickly discovers that his perceptions of the elderly may be off from today's reality. After being on the wrong end of some pranks, J enlists the help of his Hollywood friends to turn the tides. Mayhem ensues.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good
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Someone Marry Barry (2014)
Plot Summary:
A trio of friends scheme to find a wife for their socially inappropriate friend Barry, and end up finding a girl just like him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, feel good, light, realistic, independent film
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My Man Is a Loser (2014)
Plot Summary:
When it comes to women, playboy Mike has all the right moves. So when Mike's buddies ask for advice on how to reconnect with their wives, Mike figures he'll share some secrets and help the guys regain their marriage mojo. But when Mike's lessons start backfiring with hilarious results, it takes a beautiful, no-nonsense friend to show Mike he still has a thing or two to learn about relationships.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, funny, independent film, fun
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The Babymakers (2012)
Plot Summary:
After he flunks a fertility test, a man realizes that the only way he can get his wife pregnant is by robbing a sperm bank to take back the last of the deposits he made there years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, realistic
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The Brothers Solomon (2007)
Plot Summary:
A pair of well-meaning, but socially inept brothers try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, not serious, ironic, realistic, parody, clever, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, bad ending
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House Broken (2010)
Plot Summary:
In order to enjoy his retirement, a father takes drastic measures to get his twentysomething, slacker sons to move out and fend for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Grandmother's Gold (2018)
Plot Summary:
A brother and sister embark on a journey to retrieve an inheritance from their grandmother in the wake of economic collapse and impending apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, not serious, light, entertaining
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Stag (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ken Andrews (Faison) has been the orchestrator of the hazing pranks at all of his buddies' stags - elaborate, hilarious pranks that have left many emotional scars and a few physical ones. And now today is Ken's stag! He nervously awaits the fate that his pals surely have in store for him, comforted only by the knowledge that Carl (Pat Thornton) will be there to watch his back. That is, so long as Carl can extract himself from the Hollywood celebrity, Veronica (Amurri). Ken will soon discover that payback is worse than he could ever imagine. Written by Brett Heard.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 859
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good
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My Mom is a Character (2013)
Plot Summary:
After another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, light, entertaining, funny, feel good, captivating, lgbt cinema
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Adventures of Serial Buddies (2011)
Plot Summary:
Gregory is a devout Catholic who wants to kill evil people in order to grant them safe passage to heaven, Gary is an assembly worker at a trophy shop who wants to kill potential trophy winners, Graham is Gary's intern who will do anything to become a trophy maker and Vinny Van Go drives a road emergency van just to make friends. A coincidental encounter forces these four dim witted rejects to join forces and embark upon an idiotic and altogether hilarious road trip adventure - encountering the likes of skinheads, fraternity jocks, sorority babes, missing children, bikers, porn-stars, clowns, and Kathie Lee Gifford! If the boys aren't careful they might just become human, in what is "the very first serial killer buddy movie of all time.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, light, offbeat, realistic
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Nature Calls (2012)
Plot Summary:
Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk's son's sleepover, taking the boys on a Scout Trip to remember.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, funny, exciting, independent film
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Bam Margera Presents: Where The #$&% Is Santa? (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a trip to Finland to find the perfect Christmas gift for his wife, Missy, skateboarding superstar MTV personality Bam Margera is struck by inspiration to find the elusive Santa clause.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, exciting, offbeat, slapstick
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Gas (2004)
Plot Summary:
Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon (Alexander) soon learns that in order to claim his share of the family inheritance he must work alongside his brother, Mookie (Kain) — a former drug-dealer who had previously cost Damon a college scholarship — in keeping the family's long-running gas station in business for at least one year. As the siblings repeatedly butt heads over matters both great and small, they soon come to realize that it takes more than money to hold a family together.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good, independent film
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My Uncle Rafael (2012)
Plot Summary:
Cultures collide when an old Armenian man stars in a new reality show.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Lotoman (2011)
Plot Summary:
Modesto and Manuel are brothers whose lives change by wining the lottery.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 958
Genere: Comedy
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, sentimental, realistic, not serious
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The Big Bad Wolf (2013)
Plot Summary:
Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So Henri, Philippe, and Louis suddenly started wondering about the meaning of their lives and were swamped by a wave of existential doubts. An entirely new situation for this bourgeois trio in their forties, one which opened a door to the novel and indeed the forbidden... and to the big bad wolf!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, sex comedy
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Down Dog (2015)
Plot Summary:
A handsome, carefree yoga instructor has breezed through life, women, and jobs, but when he breaks up with his girlfriend -- who's also his partner at their successful yoga studio -- he's forced to face reality for the first time. A satirical look at LA's yoga culture that stars Josh Casaubon (I Just Want My Pants Back), Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds), and Kris Kristofferson (Lone Star).
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good, light, sitcom, independent film
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Cleaver Family Reunion (2013)
Plot Summary:
Members of a dysfunctional family settle their differences after a series of misadventures during their summer reunion.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
Plot Summary:
AAA can't help the roadside emergency that is the JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION. Even the on-board navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match. Reluctantly along for the ride are Nate's wife, who's only in it for the kids; their rapper-wannabe son; their teenage daughter who's fashioned herself as the next Lolita; and their youngest, whose imaginary dog Nate just can't seem to keep track of. Can the Johnsons survive each other and all the obstacles the road throws at them to make it to Caruthersville, Missouri? Can they find Missouri?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sexy, road movie, intense, not serious, black comedy, light, absurd, feel good
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Brother's Justice (2010)
Plot Summary:
Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts action star.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 554
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, mockumentary, funny, light, feel good, independent film, fun
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The Book of Caleb (2008)
Plot Summary:
A comfortable underachiever and serial prankster, in the midst of their quarter life crisis, reunite against childhood enemies in a contemporary suburban epic.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good, independent film
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House Party: Tonight's the Night (2013)
Plot Summary:
A pair of high school rappers have two major goals - make music and get hot girls. The best way to get both is to throw the biggest and best house party ever! The night of the party, one of the boys is grounded by his parents, so it's up to his best friend to break him out of his house confinement and get the party started.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, light, feel good, realistic, independent film, black cinema
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Boy Toy (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jake: an unsuccessful - yet well endowed - underwear model in L.A, who finds a lucrative new line of work as a platonic escort for women of a certain age. But, just as he finds himself a deep-pocketed "sugar mama" in Barbra, he meets Norah: a stunning and laid back Yoga instructor. As Jake's success blooms, so does his love life; leading him to a crossroad that will change everything.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, not serious, funny, feel good, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, independent film
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Dirty Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
An outrageous cut-rate producer, Charlie LaRue (Christopher Meloni) is about to fulfill his lifelong dream to make a movie about the most offensive, dirtiest jokes ever told.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, sketch comedy, light, feel good, realistic, hot
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Frits and Franky (2013)
Plot Summary:
Frits & Franky find a lot of money in a car that crashes into the water. They don't know what to do with it.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good
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Beef (2014)
Plot Summary:
BEEF is a comedic spin on a real person courtroom show. Set in a NY deli, BEEF revolves around Lou, his family, and the cases he settles. People march in with a "beef" for Lou to solve with old-school advice, simple justice, or a fine cut of meat.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic