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Plot Summary:
A young actress before playing in the movie legendary partisan, looking for everyone who knew her character. And suddenly learns that the fearless guerrilla is alive and works as the Director of resort hotel where the film crew stopped. Then follow the exciting meeting of the rising movie star with the heroine of the glorious past and the truth of life….
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 91 min
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Oh My God! (2007)
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During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil), we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor and music.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, semi serious, realistic
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Rock N' Roll (2007)
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Rock N Roll is a 2007 Malayalam film directed by Renjith. The film stars Mohanlal, Lakshmi Rai, Mukesh and Rahman in lead roles.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration:
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The Mikado (1987)
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Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, leaves home and disguises himself as a musician to escape a distasteful marriage - and meets a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with whom he falls in love. He desperately wants to marry her, but obstacles are cast in his way by Yum-Yum's guardian, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, who is also in love with Yum-Yum and has every intention of marrying her, himself. Also causing problems is Katisha, Nanki-Poo's jilted bride, who arrives in Titipu in the company of Nanki-Poo's father, the Mikado.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration:
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Lysistrata (1972)
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Based on Aristophanes's play, Athenian women band together to encourage their men to stop fighting the Spartans by withholding sex from them when they return from the front.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min
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It's All Judas' Fault (2009)
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A prison-set musical about a female theater director who sets up a reinterpretation of the Crucifixion.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
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The Hit (1981)
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: campy
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What Is the Matter with Willi? (1970)
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: West Germany
Duration: 85 min
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It Was Beyond the Narva Gate (1981)
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Comedy, History, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: period piece
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Pohjan tähteet (1969)
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Triangle comedy about a movie crew shooting a no-budget artsy film. Director Pohja is a clumsy beginner, cinematographer Törrönen an old pro, and the leading actors Igor and Merju first detest each other although the script is supposed to make them lovers. The two gradually grow closer even in real life, but the director too has set his eyepiece on Merju.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 87 min
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Swan Song (1988)
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After discussions with Schwartz, a producer from the West, screenwriter Stefan comes back to Poland. Everybody reminds him of his previous success: “The Flame”. The tired protagonist goes back to his wife, actress Ewa, who is eagerly awaiting him. Ewa goes to an audition which doesn’t turn out too well. On the next day, Stefan and his collaborators are wondering what to write a scenario about. Meanwhile, Stefan has a tooth ache. He decides to visit a dentist but is scared away by the price he has to pay for the treatment. Stefan still can’t find an idea for a scenario, and Ewa is not being cast. They decide to sell the car, but a man who takes their car out for a test drive doesn’t return. Stefan is changing ideas for the scenario constantly, he can’t make up his mind… at home, a pipe goes off… the wine he keeps in gallons blows up… the milicia (People’s Republic of Poland’s police) comes and general chaos ensues, as they are drowning in water and wine… which gives Stefan an idea….
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min
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The Big Fox (1988)
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Ugo Maria Volpone is a very rich shipowner. He dissimulates to be close to die in order to have the attention of three of his friends: Corvino, Voltore and Corbaccio. The three accepts every kind of humiliation and money loss in order to inherit all Volpone's fortune. Volpone hires a new servant, Mosca. Together the two start to realize new jokes and extortions to the three greedy fake friends. Who will win the inheritance?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Sister Mary (2011)
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Homophobic detective Mark Rima (James Vallo) must "partner" up with the very gay and flamboyant Detective Chris Riant (Shawn Quinlan) to stop a serial killing Nun (Judy Tenuta) from offing 5 band members otherwise known as "The Ex Choir Boys." But when it is determined that the detectives can't solve the case on their own, expert F.B.I. profiler Agent Peccant (comedian Ant) is assigned to the case. As the details of the case slowly emerge the police determine that that the "nun" may only be a silent witness to the grisly murders. The task force then turns its attention on the Catholic Church and a suspect group of Priests that have had a propensity for "cleansing the souls" of innocent young choir boys.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, rough, queer cinema
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Oh! Calcutta! (1972)
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Based on the controversial off-Broadway musical comedy revue, "Oh! Calcutta! is a series of musical numbers about sex and sexual mores. Most of the skits feature one or more performers in either a state of undress, simulating sex, or both.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: erotic, sketch comedy, independent film
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The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl (1985)
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A country girl visits a college in Tokyo in search of her high school band heartthrob. In the course of finding him, she runs into various odd inhabitants of the college campus--a constantly horny coed, a psychology professor in search of the theory of shame, and of course her Mr. Yoshioka who still sings but has become an elusive campus nobody. Other students also come in and out, engaged in a rather bored campus life-- flirting, having sex, joining campus group activities, running around posing as revolutionaries.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Bar Esperanza (1983)
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Group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, doomed to be closed to give way to the construction of a big building. Intellectuals, artists, night-people in general join forces to try to avoid its demolition. Among its costumers, we find Ana, an actress, her husband Zeca, an intellectual type in crisis about his work for TV, artists, newspapermen, a female researcher, and a couple who's always quarrelling, only to be reconciled moments later.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 127 min
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Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
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The story of a young man's decision to leave the home of his parents for the bachelor pad of his older brother who leads a swinging '60s lifestyle.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: retro, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Attack Of The Bat Monsters (1999)
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Join schlock impresario Francis Gordon as his intrepid crew attempt to shoot an impromptu monster movie in the three days left over from the film they’ve just wrapped. From the Saul Bass opening title homage to its highly authentic, comic evocation of 1950s’ grade-Z grind house, this was lost when it was made in 1999. But ace restorer Mark Rance (who restored Tobe Hooper’s Eggshells) found it and has lovingly refurbished it under writer/director Kelly Greene’s supervision.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, spoof, parody, cult film
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Ballad of a Hussar (1962)
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A young girl decides to join a Husar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man she has a hard time adjusting to the rude Husar life styles.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: uplifting, captivating, entertaining, tense
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Chapiteau-Show (2011)
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Four parts and four travels to the sea, four crossed short stories: Love, Friendship, Respect and Cooperation. Heroes of each of the short stories arrive to seaside town, and go through turning fragments of their life.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Russia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, mockumentary, mind blowing, offbeat, exciting
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The Pirates of Penzance (1980)
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This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series. It presents, with some inevitable, tiny technical shortcomings, a live 1980 performance in Central Park, not the 1983 movie of the same name that also starred Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline. Those who remember that film, which had the benefit of retakes and editing, a lavish production budget, and the spaciousness of a Hollywood studio, may find this video less polished. On its own terms, it is nonetheless thoroughly enjoyable.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags:
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Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville... (1980)
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A romantic love story set in a good old XIX century in the best traditions of Russian vaudevilles.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags:
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A Very Potter Sequel (2010)
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Harry and his pals are back for more adventure than ever when they face off against dark wizards, demented monsters, and the most horrible woman in the world, Dolores Umbridge! So strap on your diapers because it's time to go back to Hogwarts!.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 213 min
Plot tags: parody, feel good, serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, psychotronic
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Perfectly Normal (1990)
Plot Summary:
A cab driver and an opera fan strike up an unusual friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty
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At Long Last Love (1975)
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Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, art deco, neo screwball comedy
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V.O.S. (2009)
Plot Summary:
A game between four characters. A comedy about love and friendship. A film about the great lie of story telling that moves between reality and fiction.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, meta, realistic, witty
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The Dog in the Manger (1978)
Plot Summary:
A musical comedy based on classical play by Félix Lope de Vega.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, feel good, suspense
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Festival in Cannes (2001)
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Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, a big producer, needs Millie for a small part in a fall movie or he loses his star, Tom Hanks. Is Kaz for real? Can Rick sweet-talk Alice and sabotage Kaz to keep Millie from taking that deal? Millie consults with Victor, her ex, about which picture to make, Rick needs money, an ingenue named Blue is discovered, Kaz hits on Victor's new love, and Rick's factotum connects with Blue. Knives go in various backs. Wheels spin. Which deals - and pairings - will be consummated?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, witty, talky, independent film, clever, realistic
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Fruit Fly (2009)
Plot Summary:
Filipina performance artist Bethesda moves into an art commune to search for her long missing biological mother. Along the way, she comes to realize that she just might be a fairy princess, fag hag, fruit fly.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film, clever, offbeat, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Freak Dance (2010)
Plot Summary:
A spoiled rich girl who wants to be a dancer finds herself caught into between two rival dance groups set to do battle at an underground competition.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, parody, realistic, alternative comedy
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Spork (2010)
Plot Summary:
A frizzy-haired, pink-cheeked outcast named Spork navigates her way through the annals of junior high.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, independent film, captivating, queer cinema