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Plot Summary:
Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin, un ministre perdu dans une exposition de sexes, une voiture disparue au parking Rembrandt, des provinciaux amoureux des Impressionnistes, touristes galopins galopant d'une salle à l'autre, passager clandestin dans l'art premier, Picasso, Gauguin, Warhol, ils sont tous là dans ce petit monde qui ressemble au grand, dans ce musée pas si imaginaire que ça, valsant la comédie humaine jusqu'au burlesque.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, realistic, witty
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Big is Beautiful (2012)
Plot Summary:
A resort for individuals who want to lose weight is helps several women discover friendships, acceptance with body image and hard truths.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Trevor Noah: African American (2013)
Plot Summary:
Internationally acclaimed comedian Trevor Noah challenges the status quo through his unique perspective, breaking down cultural flaws on all sides and finding our mutual connections with laughter. Born a mixed-race child in South Africa under Apartheid, 'Trevor Noah: African American' is Noah¿s search for identity in a world obsessed with labels.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, not serious, independent film
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A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! (2008)
Plot Summary:
Hark! The Herald Pundit Sings! America’s favorite Christmas tradition is now on DVD! Families have gathered around the TV to enjoy Stephen Colbert’s Christmas specials every year since 2008. Now, you can experience the joy over and over! Join Stephen and his friends—Toby Keith, Elvis Costello, John Legend, Feist, Willie Nelson, and Jon Stewart —for a yuletide evening of song, dance and nog-induced dementia. (Parental discretion is advised.) Remember, every time you buy a copy of Stephen Colbert’s Christmas Special, an angel gets his wings.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, talky, independent film, biting, parody
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Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats (2014)
Plot Summary:
Standup special filmed live at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, talky, captivating, offbeat, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Moore Street market-trader Agnes Brown finds her livelihood under threat from a ruthless developer, she and her family embark on a campaign to save her stall, aided as only the Browns will be by a motley troop of blind trainee Ninjas, an alcoholic solicitor, and a barrister with Tourettes Syndrome.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, happy, realistic, witty, not serious
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The Under-Gifted (1980)
Plot Summary:
The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental, light, cult classic, offbeat, cult film
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Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional (2012)
Plot Summary:
There's something magical about an Australian accent that seems to make even the most caustic wit come off with good-natured charm. And that delicate blend of deviant behavior and good intentions has skyrocketed Aussie comic Jim Jefferies to international acclaim with critics and fans alike. In this new hour-long special, the man hailed by Q Magazine as "Britain's most offensive stand-up comedian" shares fresh tales from his life on the edge, including a menage a trois in Montreal and attending a party where God is on the guest list.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, witty, cynical, not serious, clever, offbeat, realistic, talky, independent film
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Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles (2013)
Plot Summary:
In her first-ever HBO solo special, Sarah Silverman takes the stage for an evening of adults-only stand-up comedy. Taped live in front of an intimate audience of 39 fans at Largo, a music and comedy club in Los Angeles, Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles features Silverman taking aim at such subjects as cell-phone porn, crazy religions, specialty deodorants, terrible roommates, eyebrow waxing, her 19-year-old dog, Obama and Republicans, having babies, Pixar movies, the miracle of existence, and more.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, not serious, clever, offbeat, talky, independent film, biting
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I Want to Go Home (1989)
Plot Summary:
Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France with his partner Lena to attend an exhibition in Paris about the comic strip (bande dessinée) which features his work. He also hopes to be reconciled with his daughter Elsie who has been a student in Paris for two years, in flight from the American culture of which she sees her father as a typical example. Elsie is naively infatuated with French literature, and is trying to secure an introduction to the brilliant university professor Christian Gauthier, an expert on Flaubert but also an enthusiast for comic books. The meeting of father and daughter goes badly, but Elsie is persuaded to join Joey and Lena for the weekend at the country house of Gauthier's mother, Isabelle. During a comic-themed masquerade party, all of the characters are made to reconsider their present and past relationships.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, surreal, witty, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Stars 80 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Die-hard fans of the 1980s, Vincent and Antoine run a company that supplies doubles of faded stars throughout the whole of France. What starts out as a promising business venture ends up as a calamity when Vincent and Antoine have over forty engagements booked but no one to attend them. They then have a brainwave. Why not get in touch with the real stars of the 1980s and persuade them to make a comeback? Why make do with an imitation when you can have the real McCoy?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 815
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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The Parisian B* (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thirty-year-old Camilla, born a bitch, realizes that she doesn't have the life she deserves and decides that the only destiny worthy of her is that of a royal princess.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, offbeat, realistic, not serious, biting, suspense
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Low Cost (2010)
Plot Summary:
Passengers on a low cost flight from Djerba to Beauvais have their patience tested to destruction when their departure is delayed for eight hours because of a fault with the plane's air-conditioning. In the end, they are so fed up that they will do almost anything to get back home.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, funny, feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious, offbeat, realistic
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Best in Bed (2014)
Plot Summary:
Raised to believe in performance and in the idea that all abilities must be optimized, Emma is a young, methodical woman who appears determined and relatively sure of herself. But two consecutive failures (real or imagined) lead her to believe that she has a real problem: she is useless in bed. Because she is more fragile than she appears, Emma hence decides to become... the best lay in Paris! She then sets out on a formidable plan of action (theory, practical, validation of acquired knowledge), which soon provokes a series of misunderstandings and disasters within her immediate vicinity. For one thing, her method doesn't turn out to be really adapted to her field of investigation. And Emma has probably also forgotten a little detail: love doesn't obey any plan. In this absurd and nutty quest, Emma will learn to let go, to lose control, and, to finally win her freedom.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, feel good, realistic, sexual, sex comedy, sexy
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Special Correspondents (2009)
Plot Summary:
R2I, a famous news radio station, sends its best reporting duo to Iraq: Frank, journalist, and Poussin, sound engineer. Very quickly, millions of listeners follow their highly documented stories, reflecting the hot intensity of the fighting and the difficult survival of the population.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, captivating, melancholic
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Magicians (2007)
Plot Summary:
A pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, funny, clever, offbeat, realistic
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Fatal (2010)
Plot Summary:
Fatal... c'est Fatal Bazooka, un rappeur bling-bling et hardcore. En fait, un personnage de sketch créé par Michaël Youn dans son show-télé "Morning Live", puis développé dans l'album "T'as vu" vendu à plus de 500 000 exemplaires. Ce film raconte ce que serait devenu ce rappeur s'il en avait vendu... 15 millions ! Fatal est désormais une énorme star. Des millions de fans, des dizaines de tubes, 4 Music Awards de la Musique du meilleur artiste de l'année, une ligne de vêtements, un magazine et prochainement l'ouverture de son propre parc d'attraction : Fataland. Il est le N°1 incontesté.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, witty, realistic
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Boudu (2005)
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, realistic, biting, suspense
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Bill Burr: Why Do I Do This? (2008)
Plot Summary:
One of America's fastest-rising comedians, Bill Burr wields his razor-sharp wit with rare skill. In this brand-new stand-up performance, Bill takes aim at the stuff that drives us crazy, political correctness gone haywire, and girlfriends, or as he calls them: relentless psycho robots. A keenly observant social commentator, Bill Burr is also one of the funniest voices in comedy today.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, not serious, offbeat, biting, suspense
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Half-Sister (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father’s pharmacy business, is less than thrilled at the arrival of his ‘embarrassing’ half-sister. After refusing to take her in, he soon gets a taste of his own medicine. Under the influence of a potent drug, for one day Paul is generous, happy and sensitive. The next morning, however, once the drug has worn off, his nasty side comes back.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Just for the Record (2010)
Plot Summary:
A year after the collapse of a low-budget British rom-com, documentary maker Andy Wiseman sets out to find out what went wrong. He speaks to the producer, Nicholas Johnson, an alcoholic whose office is a lap-dancing club, the writer, Flynn Beatty, living in a suburban semi, and the deluded 'visionary' director, Harlan Noble, dwelling in deserved obscurity. But as the cast and crew tell their tale, will Andy ever get to the bottom of the farrago that was 'Just for the Record'?.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, not serious
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Dead Tired (1994)
Plot Summary:
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc (Michel Blanc) is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend, Carole Bouquet (Carole Bouquet), but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, absurd, melancholic, talky, humorous, clever, witty, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
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Max mon amour (1986)
Plot Summary:
A French wife takes a zoo chimp named Max to be her lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, clever, humorous, realistic, erotic, controversial, sex comedy, offbeat, surreal, witty
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Incognito (2009)
Plot Summary:
This offbeat musical drama stars Lucas (Bénabar), an up-and-coming singer ready to do anything to be on top of the French pop scene.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Daddy Cool (2008)
Plot Summary:
The story about the age gap between a scientist father, Philipe Le Tallec, and his newly discovered teen aged daughter, Eglantine.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic
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A Spot of Bother (2009)
Plot Summary:
Retired Englishman George Hall's hypochondria worsens and takes its toll on his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 576
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, witty, clever
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Bachelor Days Are Over (2011)
Plot Summary:
Arnaud nicknamed "Cui Cui" no longer knows which way to look. He is about to marry Anna but he is not sure he really loves her. To make matters worse, he falls in love during the stag party he has with his friends. And Léa, a nightclub singer, is obviously the woman of his dreams. What to do? Cancel the wedding and create a scandal but be able to live with a woman he loves truly and loves him in return? Or be a good boy and not disappoint the company but say farewell to happiness. For four days, Arnaud goes to and fro aimlessly between Anna and Léa, between his eccentric sister and his self-centered mother, between hope and depression.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, contemplative, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Dinner Guest (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal Error ! Terrified at the idea of not being up to par, his wife Colette begs Alexandre, their neighbor to help. Communication guru, Alexander accepts the challenge and gives a makeover to the couple in twenty-four hours. Apartment, decoration, lifestyle, dinner menu, uniforms, culture... Everything !.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Depression and Friends (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Frank is diagnosed with depression, his friends try to cheer him up but soon enough they all discover they are as depressed as him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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The Belgian Job (2012)
Plot Summary:
Willy Vander Brook, a world with Franco-Belgian roots, travels to Paris for an interview. He is welcomed by his childhood friend Serge, an ex pub operator, and his roommate Frank, a fierce supporter of the Walloon independence. When Willy discovers that his candidacy is not accepted because he is Belgian, he and his compatriots decide to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Protect and Serve (2010)
Plot Summary:
A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, humorous, not serious, exciting