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Plot Summary:
An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, funny, inspirational, feel good, surreal, weird
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2000 Years Later (1969)
Plot Summary:
A satirical film on fads in the US. A TV host on a late night show tries to convince his viewers that they should return to Rome and Roman ways.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: artsy, independent film
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Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
Plot Summary:
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual fantasy, and living the life of a poor boy in a crowded house.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, realistic, semi autobiographical, independent film, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, tense
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Throg (2004)
Plot Summary:
Believing he's destined for greatness, an unlikely hero named Throg (Dana Lee) embarks on a wild adventure filled with Greek gods, Arthurian knights, certified loonies, nasty harpies, talking pigs, garbage collectors and one twisted forest dweller in this medieval fantasy spoof. Bungling his way through the centuries, the immortal Throg lurches along a path leading to an ultimate showdown with the bloodthirsty Urshag the Destroyer (Dennis Green).
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, dark comedy
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The Miracle of P. Tinto (1998)
Plot Summary:
Wafer factory-owner P. Tinto and his wife Olivia want a child of their own more than anything else in the world. Years of trying, however, have left them with nothing but a pair of extraterrestrial midgets living in the spare bedroom. When they decide to try adoption, a series of misroutings and chance encounters results in an escaped adult mental patient arriving at their door with adoption papers in hand. P. Tinto and Olivia accept this without question and welcome him in as their son. Can this family arrangement work?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: manga, offbeat, humorous, surreal, semi serious, spoof, parody, weird
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Nothing Left to Do but Cry (1984)
Plot Summary:
A teacher (Saverio) and a schoolkeeper (Mario) get lost in the Italian countryside. They find themselves in the late 15th century, they met Leonardo da Vinci and try to teach him how to play cards, they try to stop Columbus, they sing beatles's song etc.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, buddy comedy, atmospheric, humorous, semi serious
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Cavegirl (1985)
Plot Summary:
On a class excursion to a cave with stone age paintings the clumsy Rex gets lost. A mysterious crystal opens a gateway in time and sets him back to the stone ages, where he meets a group of prehistoric fellows and the gorgeous Eba. While teaching her English and doing some pseudo-research on her fellows, his main goal is to get her sleeping with him. However the curiosity of the clan chief disturbs his attempts.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 911
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, independent film, humorous, not serious, sexual, eighties, hot, cult film
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The Three Kings (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Three Wise Men – Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard – are on their way to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus when they are suddenly, an inexplicably, transported two thousand years into the future. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris, where they encounter a young woman called Macha who, they are convinced, will lead them to the newborn Messiah.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny
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Catweazle (2021)
Plot Summary:
Otto Waalkes plays a magician who strayed into the present from the 11th century and who absolutely wants to return to his time.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 536
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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All You Need is Crime (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the present day, three friends to make ends meet invent a "criminal tour" for the places which were scenes of the Banda della Magliana criminal acts, even with vintage clothes. Suddenly they are catapulted in the 1982, during the Spain World Cup, facing the real Banda della Magliana, which at that time had the control over illegal bets.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating
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Big Man on Campus (1989)
Plot Summary:
In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of UCLA. He is put on trial and made to go through tests. One of the research doctors falls for him, and he falls for her in the end.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, entertaining, independent film, slapstick
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The Night Before (2015)
Plot Summary:
In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, funny, talky, melancholic, stylized, intense, not serious, cult classic, hilarious
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This Is the End (2013)
Plot Summary:
While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 430000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, dark comedy, entertaining, not serious, hilarious, horror comedy, feel good, apocalyptic, humorous
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Down to Earth (2001)
Plot Summary:
After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life... by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un-likable businessman.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, melancholic, absurd, feel good, semi serious, romantic, black comedy, romantic comedy, psychotronic
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Maxie (1985)
Plot Summary:
When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment in San Francisco, the batty landlady upstairs tells them about a girl who used to live there in the 20's: a brash young party girl named Maxie, who died in a car crash the morning before her big audition for a Hollywood studio. The trouble is, Maxie, or rather her ghost, hasn't left the house. Worse, she can take over Jan's body. And the only way she's going to leave is if she gets that audition.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, independent film, offbeat
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Maid to Order (1987)
Plot Summary:
Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell which causes Charles to no longer have a daughter. Jessie, now penniless and without a friend, must take a maid's job to earn a living, and hopefully to learn her lesson.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Fantasy, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sweet, entertaining, melancholic, light, romantic, sentimental, humorous, feel good, semi serious, independent film
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The Change-Up (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dave is a married man with two kids and a loving wife , and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes, they switch bodies.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 193000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: funny, not serious, entertaining, absurd, hilarious, romantic comedy, teen, light, captivating, erotic
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Man Seeking Woman (2015)
Plot Summary:
A naive romantic goes on a desperate, often surreal quest for love when his longtime girlfriend dumps him.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, humorous, psychological, light, captivating, entertaining, funny, offbeat, dark comedy
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Two Worlds (2007)
Plot Summary:
A French tradesman travels in time and liberates an oppressed tribe in another world.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, offbeat, not serious
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Hibernatus (1969)
Plot Summary:
The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural shock they behave so to make believe it's 1905 and they are his cousins, uncle.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, ironic, funny, juvenile, offbeat, semi serious, fun
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The Corridors of Time: The Visitors II (1998)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the present, with often drastic consequences. Godefroy de Montmirail travels to today to recover the missing family jewels and a sacred relic, guarantor of his wife-to-be's fertility. The confrontation between Godefroy's repellent servant Jack the Crack and his descendent, the effete Jacquart, present-day owner of the chateau, further complicates the matter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, semi serious
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The Visitors (1993)
Plot Summary:
This outrageous time-travel comedy follows the misadventures of a wacky medieval knight (Jean Reno) and his faithful servant when they are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. Mayhem rules as these 12th-century visitors try adapting to the wildly confusing modern world. To avoid being stuck here for good, however, they soon begin an all-out cosmic assault on their former castle -- now a luxury hotel -- in their quest to return to the past.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, absurd, hilarious, sexy, psychological, parody, feel good, entertaining
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Thermae Romae (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa that leads him to a modern Japanese bath house. Inspired by the innovations found there, he creates his own spa, Roma Thermae, bringing in the modern ideas to his time.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, manga, offbeat, weird
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Naked (2017)
Plot Summary:
Following a wild night out with his Best Man, Rob Anderson wakes up to find himself naked in an elevator on the morning of his wedding day and is forced to relive the morning over and over again.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, light, captivating, inspirational, entertaining
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Little Nicky (2000)
Plot Summary:
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his thrown to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan to wither away. He must send his most weak but beloved son, Little Nicky, to Earth to return his brothers to Hell.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, not serious, absurd, slapstick, hilarious, predictable, romantic, feel good
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Mr. Destiny (1990)
Plot Summary:
Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot in a baseball game when was a kid. One night he meets this mysterious man, who could change his fate by offering him that alternative life he always dreamed of. But as Burrows embarks on this journey of self discovery he realises that even this new life has its problems and drawbacks.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, sweet, entertaining, sad, existential, offbeat, humorous, not serious, sentimental
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Liar Liar (1997)
Plot Summary:
Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest liability.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 328000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, hilarious, slapstick comedy, slapstick, predictable, feel good, entertaining, inspirational
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The Addams Family (1991)
Plot Summary:
Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts about the new uncle Fester, but the fake uncle adapts very well to the strange family. Can the doctor carry out her evil plans and take over the Addams Family's fortune?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: gothic, black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, cult classic, funny, not serious, stylized, light, scary
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Black Knight (2001)
Plot Summary:
Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, hilarious, funny, parody, entertaining, light, slapstick, captivating, sweet
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Just Visiting (2001)
Plot Summary:
A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and they are transported from the 12th century to the year 2000. There the knight meets some of his family and slowly learns what this new century is like. However, he still needs to get back to the 12th century to deal with the witch, so he starts looking for a wizard.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, feel good, exciting, funny, hilarious, not serious, independent film, light, romantic
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Kate & Leopold (2001)
Plot Summary:
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, light, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental, semi serious, funny, cute