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Plot Summary:
Karin, manager of a gas station, has been in a terrible mood for some time. Its turnover has been declining since the sharp increase in the price of gasoline. To make matters worse, his friend Wolfgang regularly uses the car to satisfy his passion: motor racing. One day, Karin discovers that Wolfgang is cheating on her with the lovely Christl. Never mind: Karin decides to leave for London with Christl, to find an oil magnate there.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min
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Die Gruberin (2013)
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
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Amore (1978)
Plot Summary:
Maria is in her mid 20s and lives with her father, a widowed little greengrocer, in Haidhausen.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 73 min
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Ticket to Vegas (2013)
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Four Russian friends come from Moscow to Las Vegas to get 5 million dollars they've won in lottery. But everything goes wrong, when they discover that someone stole their winning ticket.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 961
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, disturbing, cult classic, cult film
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Nonstop Trouble with the Family (1985)
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A series of murders eliminates the poverty-stricken heirs to a 10 million-dollar fortune while Didi Dodel, the unsuspecting main heir, blithely escapes the attempts on his life. After a wealthy miser dies and leaves his fortune to Didi and five others, the five each hit upon the idea of eliminating Didi from the list (Didi does not know he has been named), but they do not realize how fate can step in and alter the best and worst of intentions.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min
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Who's That Soldier? (1988)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min
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Oh Boy! (1991)
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Slapstick by the director of The Taste of Water also a film within a film. Boy, otherwise known as the shy actor Pim, runs a financially unsuccessful service station somewhere in the desert. His life is severely disrupted when he gets a professional competitor. The film is a homage to the silent film hero Buster Keaton.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy
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Nicht Fummeln, Liebling (1970)
Plot Summary:
A man is thrown out by his girlfriend and moves in with a friend who is part of a group of terrorists plotting an assault on a department store.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slapstick, slapstick comedy
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Some Kind of Saint (1979)
Plot Summary:
A young man travels to Munich to become a priest and save the sinners. Then he meets a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 83 min
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Cha Cha Cha (1989)
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A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä (Matti Pellonpää), a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 91 min
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Strike It Rich (1990)
Plot Summary:
A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Confidence Reigns (2004)
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Christel and Christoph have no education, no morals - they are working as servants in wealthy homes in order to clean out their hosts. Having decided to combine their talents and efforts, they are starting to work in the the house of Therions - wealthy bourgeoisie of Mulhouse.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
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Fidibus (2006)
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Kalle, a nice middleclass kid, who because of a debt and old friendship ends up as a 'fidibus', a gofer, for the hash baron Paten. But only until Paten is anything but innocently jailed and asks Kalle to mind the store while he is gone. No one touches Paten's money, Paten's car or, least of all, Paten's girl, Saby, who is dumber than water.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 107 min
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Didi auf vollen Touren (1986)
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Her mit den kleinen Schweinchen (1984)
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Wolfgang cannot make up his mind whether to choose a pretty young thing without money or a rich widow. Egon his friend advises him to choose the young girl and leads rich and ugly widow Olga to the altar himself. Now he lives in the lap of luxury, but his jealous wife never lets him out of her sight. Wolfgang takes the hen-pecked husband to the "Ball of the Piggies", where Egon promptly succumbs to the charms of an ever so sweet and sexy Piggy, those of his wife. While Olga ransacks the hotel in search of Egon the next morning, the real beneficiaries are Wolfgang and Eva who chalk up the nocturnal happenings to experience.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 82 min
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Hurra, die Schwedinnen sind da (1978)
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Nikki Moser, a blond womanizer, made a deal with the burgomaster. He gave him money to buy a hotel, and for this Nikki should marry his daughter Marianne. And the catch is not even that the daughter of the Bavarian city head is a mulatto, but the fact that Nicky does not want to be bound by marriage to anyone. Buddy Tony throws the poor guy the idea of taking a loan, giving money to the burgomaster and sending him away with his daughter. However, to say is not to do. To knock out a loan is a complicated matter.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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Tina and Lea are best friends who are also avid fans of Vilma Santos. They were inseparable until Lea decides to leave the country and go to Korea. They promise that someday they will really become one big happy family when their children get married. Years after, by virtue of an old vow, Lucky Girl and Lucky Boy are forced to be together by their mothers. Problem is, they hate each other's guts. But, just when they're falling for each other, love plays a trick on the meddling moms which threatens to bring the young lovers apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
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Breaking the Bank (2014)
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With ruthless US and Japanese investment banks circling Tuftons, a struggling two-hundred-year-old, family-run British bank, can its bumbling, incompetent chairman, Sir Charles Bunbury, fend off the onslaught and save the bank?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 993
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
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Plot Summary:
Ex-con Zequi and company come back for a new adventure.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining
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Manta, Manta (1991)
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A not so clever guy called Berti with a Opel Manta (a low budget European sports-coupe from the '80s) gets competition in a street race from a guy with a fast Mercedes, and another slick guy with a Ferrari tries to get his hands on Bertis girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, light
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After the events of the first movie, the "immatures" go on a trip to the Greek island of Paros.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, sweet
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My Best Friend's Famous (2019)
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After Sean Reilly, an earnest, self-deprecating, NY to LA transplant learns his slothful, less talented best friend gets a starring role on a hit TV show, he must battle his own insecurities and jealousy as well as the egocentric, spray-tanned male star of the show that is threatening his childhood friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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A taco shop's business is jeopardized when a gourmet taco truck parks across the street.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Breaker Upperers (2018)
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Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, cult classic
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The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! (2014)
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The idols of 765 Production continue on their neverending journey—towards a new stage, towards a bright and shiny future! The girls and their producer have gone through thick and thin, and have stood face to face with all kinds of difficulties. It's time again for the girls to foster their friendship, and through great discipline, they step forward to their starry future.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
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Love Will Keep Us Together (2013)
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It'll be a slippery slope until their big day! Best friends since childhood, Tao and Bren are preparing to live out their dreams of an extravagant double-wedding in Hawaii. As the ladies' big day approaches, their jitters, envy, and outrageous expectations are met with emotional highs and lows. With faith and a little bit of luck, the brides-to-be just might make it to the chapel on time.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Deported (2020)
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Ross and Harper are a young couple living in the United States, but their short-lived romance is torn apart when Harper is deported back to her home in Canada. Unwilling to commit to marriage Ross decides to hire a fake husband so Harper can re-enter the Country.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 706
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, sweet, feel good, humorous
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Envy (2004)
Plot Summary:
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, absurd, cynical, not serious, black comedy, grindhouse, teen, realistic, parody
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If I Were Rich Man (2019)
Plot Summary:
A man which wife is filing to divorce him wins 25 million EUR in the lotto, hiding her to prevent sharing the half of the prize.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, disturbing, crying, remake of french film, neo screwball comedy
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New Biz in the Hood (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fred Bartel is the charismatic boss of a trendy Parisian communication agency, Happy Few. After a heated tax audit, he was forced by the administration to relocate overnight his company in La Courneuve. Fred and his team meet Samy, a young suburb who will quickly propose to teach them the rules and practices to adopt in this new environment.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, surreal
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The Outcasts (2017)
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After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, independent film, touching, realistic