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Plot Summary:
Indie-film director Eric Cutter's attempt to complete his long-abandoned third feature film, "Gunman," in time for a local film festival.
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Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
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Venice/Venice (1992)
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Dean is a maverick American film director surprised that his most recent film has been chosen as the Official U.S. Entry at the Venice Film Festival. A beautiful French journalist arrives at the festival with the apparent intention of interviewing the unique and eccentric filmmaker. In the midst of all the festival madness, she is forced to confront the wide divergence between things as they really are and things as they seem to be - both on screen and off. And so, finally, are we. Shot half in Venice, Italy and half in Venice, California, "Venice/Venice" looks at the profound effect movies have had - and continue to have - on our lives, our loves and on our dreams of romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: independent film, romantic, clever, intellectual, enigmatic, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, heartbreaking, melancholic
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Spice It Up (2018)
Plot Summary:
A film student struggles to complete her thesis project.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: ambiguous ending, independent film
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Class Trip (2012)
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Sometimes you can live your whole life in a few days... A high school graduation trip in which love, friendship, desire, illusion, innocence and the forbidden are all part of the adventure. Charm and disillusionment shine through teenage friendships as the characters try to understand what is happening to them and what they should do with their future.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
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Fishbowl California (2018)
Plot Summary:
A man struggling to find purpose in life is enlightened by a drunk ailing widow.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, crying, independent film, cult film
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The Comic (1969)
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An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: cult film, nostalgic
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Theatre (1978)
Plot Summary:
Human attempts to understand why when acting they are all going through the heart, but in real life are playing a role.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 136 min
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Ovation (2015)
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In this follow up to 'Hollywood Dreams' and 'Queen of the Lot', cheerful and neurotic actress Maggie Chase has cut some of her losses and focuses her acting career at local theater in West Hollywood. Still employed by her acting entourage of Gio, Kaz Naiman, Hildi, as well as the Lambert family, Maggie has reduced some of her neurosis and seems to find peace until she has a meeting of minds when she meets Stewart Henry, a slick and hotshot TV star who is seeking his own career choices by making the transition from TV and film to live theater.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Tenets of the Maladjusted (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of maladjusted friends reunite and decide to compare their latest experiences and differing tenets.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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September 30, 1955 (1977)
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Rebel. Icon. Legend. James Dean’s untimely death on September 30, 1955, shocked the world and helped define an entire generation. This gripping drama chronicles the reactions of an Arkansas college town to the tragedy and focuses on Jimmy J., a young man who idolized the rising star. Racked with grief, Jimmy holds a vigil that quickly devolves into a drunken spectacle with its own catastrophic consequences. Dennis Quaid also stars in "September 30, 1955": a day that forever changed the lives of many.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
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Last Night at the Alamo (1983)
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The events on the last night in the existence of a little suburban Houston pub. It has to be closed down for development reasons but one of the regular customers, Cowboy, seems to have friends in high places.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: indie film, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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Take Me to Tarzana (2021)
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After learning their company has been illicitly spying, collecting and selling data on them, three millennial friends band together to fight back against a lecherous boss and the company's maniacal, Tarzan-obsessed CEO.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, dark comedy, romantic comedy
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The Extendables (2014)
Plot Summary:
A struggling and publicly disgraced Hollywood icon gets another shot at mega stardom when he is hired to star and direct an action movie in Uzbekistan.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, semi serious, spoof
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
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A star studded special written and directed by Peter Davison. With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the 'Classic' Doctors are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Gossip (2000)
Plot Summary:
Ten actresses test films for the title role of a remake of "Queen Christina".
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Red Post on Escher Street (2020)
Plot Summary:
A genius film director, Tadashi Kobayashi holds an audition for his new film project. Several actors and actresses answer the open call, but most will only be cast as extras. Can the film come to a completion without accident?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 928
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007)
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Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, surreal, offbeat, weird
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Repo (2010)
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Leon and TJ are best friends and repo men. After ten years, with a high school reunion looming, Leon wants out of the repo business. TJ has concocted a hair-brained scheme to steal all the cars they've repoed. When the plan fails, it falls to Leon to save TJ from his own plan.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, sincere, touching, humorous, entertaining, crying
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Grad Night (2006)
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A group of friends celebrates their graduation from Crispus Attucks High School with a jammin' party. It's hormones on overdrive, recreational drugs and lap dancing galore as the Class of 2005 goes out in style.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic
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Delinquent School Girls (1975)
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Three mental patients escape their asylum and sexually assault their way into a girl's private school. The girls education includes wrestling and karate, so the three mad men will find stern opposition when they least expected.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, independent film, grindhouse
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Friendsgiving (2020)
Plot Summary:
Newly-divorced actress Molly, her recently-dumped lesbian best friend Abby and Molly’s mother Helen host a dysfunctional, comical and chaotic Thanksgiving dinner for their motley crew of close friends and strange acquaintances.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical
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Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
Plot Summary:
Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and star to arrive on location.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: art house, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, neurotic, avant garde, campy
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Two Days (2003)
Plot Summary:
Paul Miller (Paul Rudd - Friends, The Cider House Rules) has struggled as an actor in Hollywood for years, and now he's had enough. But not just of show business-of life. In two days, he's going to kill himself. But in true Hollywood style, he's hired a film crew to chronicle his last moments and the events leading up to them; it's the role of a lifetime. Often ironic and darkly comical, this is the story of a man searching for meaning and hope. This is the story of two days in the life of Paul Miller. The only question is, will they be his last?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, cerebral, offbeat, crying, mockumentary, documentary filmmaking
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Cannes Man (1997)
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Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the town. Many celebrities make cameos throughout the film.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, mockumentary, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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Somebody to Love (1994)
Plot Summary:
Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' (2005)
Plot Summary:
An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, sitcom
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Official Competition (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero and radical theatre actor Iván Torres. Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by Lola, Félix and Iván must confront not only each other, but also their own legacies. Who will be left when the cameras finally start rolling?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: comedy drama, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, meta, iconic
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I'll Do Anything (1994)
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Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting her own way. Matt eventually faces the choice of family vs career in a particularly difficult way.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, satirical, sad, sentimental, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, clever
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Mistress (1992)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, light, captivating, cult classic, exciting, independent film, realistic, witty, talky
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Living in Oblivion (1995)
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Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in three acts, each representing a different scene to shoot, this film is an essential for amateur filmmakers.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, atmospheric, talky, light, art house, semi serious, cult classic
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10 Items or Less (2006)
Plot Summary:
An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, a cashier who is about to interview for a new job. The actor rediscovers the essence of his craft while helping Scarlet gain the confidence she needs to change her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, road movie, humorous, touching, clever, light, semi serious, realistic, psychological, funny