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Plot Summary:
Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the Pentagon, and finds things pretty slack. Her boss seems to be more interested in getting into her pants than trying to find lost data on the Russians. Melinda resists his advances and begins working her way up in the Pentagon, finding subtle ways of getting her policies implemented by manipulating the slovenly males that populate the Pentagon, including finding a way to defuse the mounting conflict with the Russians.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sex comedy, feel good, light, independent film, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
Plot Summary:
TV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives, and must fend off their advances while managing his own fragile relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 608
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Up in the Cellar (1970)
Plot Summary:
A student poet seduces his college president's wife, daughter, and girlfriend over lost financial aid.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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A Miami Tail (2003)
Plot Summary:
"A Miami Tail" is a contemporary version of Lysistrata, a classic Greek comedy by Aristophanes. "A Miami Tail" has Alicia (Trina) leading the women of Liberty City in a protest against gang violence and disrespect of women in their neighborhood by refusing sex to their gangbanging boyfriends.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, hood, sex comedy, independent film, hot
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The Bikini Carwash Company (1992)
Plot Summary:
Women go topless at a carwash company in order to increase business.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Hollywood High Part II (1981)
Plot Summary:
It's another year at Hollywood High and the students are upholding the standards of their school. It's the end of the semester and finals are near, but that doesn't stop the girls of Hollywood High from having fun. From the pool to the beach, they cavort with their boyfriends, drink, and smoke a joint or two. But the fun stops when a teacher keeps one of the guys after school for some personal tutoring.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy
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So Fine (1981)
Plot Summary:
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success - the bottomless pants.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, entertaining, humorous, realistic, semi serious, parody, funny, romantic, thought provoking
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Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
Plot Summary:
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, neo western, light, sexy, feel good, suspense, entertaining
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Stripper: Natasha Kizmet (2009)
Plot Summary:
It's Borat with Boobs! A hottie from Uzbekistan fends off perverts and porn stars, spins with strippers and finds the American dream.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sex comedy, offbeat, realistic
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Happy Easter (1984)
Plot Summary:
Chronic serial womanizer Stephane Margelle (Jean-Paul Belmondo) drops his wife Sophie (Marie Laforet) off at the airport so she can go away for Easter weekend. He immediately picks up beautiful young Julie (Sophie Marceau), who has just had a fight with her married boyfriend. He gets her back to his apartment and is preparing for a sexy weekend, when his wife suddenly returns home. He makes up a bizarre, on-the-spot, spur-of-the-moment story that the gorgeous girl is actually his long-lost daughter. Julie plays along, but this leads to a whole series of increasingly ridiculous lies and comical situations (such as when her real mother shows up).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, sex comedy, light, erotic, surprise ending
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Waitress! (1982)
Plot Summary:
Three lovely waitresses contend with a drunken, slovenly chef and mutinous patrons.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, sexy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen sex comedy, sex comedy, hot
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Hijacking Hollywood (1997)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring director working as a lowly production assistant, conspires with his aspiring producer roommate to steal the reels of a mega budgeted film he's working on.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, black comedy
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Hollywood Sex Wars (2011)
Plot Summary:
Max, Aaron and Glen have a track record littered with strike-outs and misfit hook-ups. The boys embark on a mission to up their hot babe batting average. They meet Hollywood Casanova Johnny Eyelash who teaches these boys the game of scoring A-list arm candy. But there is one problem, the girls are organized, cunning and have an agenda of their own. Its not long before the girls, led by Big Wendy and Little Wendy pick up on Johnny's tactics and Hollywood becomes one big booby trap.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, realistic, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, sexy, not serious, independent film
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Head Office (1985)
Plot Summary:
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices. "Saturday Night Live" writer-performer Michael O'Donoghue scripted this satire co-starring Danny DeVito and Jane Seymour.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, clever, biting, satirical, suspense, eighties
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Pink Lemonade (2006)
Plot Summary:
Ever have one of those nights where nothing seems to be going right? Ever have a job that made you ponder "this place would be fun if it didn't suck so much"? Welcome to food-service hell. Natalie, the waitress, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Her social life is in turmoil, and the endless barrage of customers just won't give her a break. Clint, the manager, isn't exactly a people-person. He's lewd, rude, and totally insensitive... until you get to know him. Kevin, the busboy, is a nice guy with a dark brooding secret. He's quirky and artistic, but don't light a match near this powder keg! Throw a couple of wise cracking trash-talkers and some inept thieves into the mix, and this is sure to be one night you'll never forget.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, sexy, offbeat, witty, hot
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The Boss' Wife (1986)
Plot Summary:
Daniel Stern stars as a stockbroker trying to climb the corporate ladder. There's only one thing stopping him...his boss' beautiful and flirtatious wife! THE BOSS' WIFE is a full-bodied, high-spirited, bedroom comedy about lust, love and lechery.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, buddy comedy
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Beyond Therapy (1987)
Plot Summary:
Manhattanites Bruce and Prudence are each looking for a meaningful romantic relationship and have been encouraged by their psychiatrists to find someone through the personal ads. Their first meeting is disastrous, but they begin to hit it off during their second date. However, Bruce's bisexual, live-in lover does not want to share Bruce and is willing to do whatever it takes to keep him to himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, biting, sexual, sexy
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Esmeralda Comes by Night (1997)
Plot Summary:
One bride, five grooms, a lot of explaining. Comedy by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Under the Gaydar (2009)
Plot Summary:
Parents hire a girl to turn their son straight, but the son is just pretending to be gay in order to pick up women.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, sexy, feel good, sexual
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29th and Gay (2005)
Plot Summary:
Following a year in the life of James Sanchez, it's a story about a guy rapidly approaching thirty, who doesn't have a six-pack, full head of hair or a boyfriend. While his best friend Roxy, an actress-turned-activist, struggles with showing him there's life beyond the glitz of the disco ball, his other friend, Brandon, one of those gay boys comfortable in his own gay skin, works on getting James to at least talk to a boy. Feeling out of place in the world of circuit boys, caught between his Hispanic-American heritage and being gay, we watch James find his place in the world, realizing that life is in the journey, not the destination.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, sexy, feel good, independent film, sexual
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Knots (2004)
Plot Summary:
A male-centric take on contemporary relationships, where three guy friends look for love and commitment.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, humorous, light, romantic, funny, realistic, semi serious, sexual, erotic
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Nine to Five (1980)
Plot Summary:
Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: funny, light, clever, humorous, witty, retro, feel good, slapstick, romantic comedy, offbeat
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Baby on Board (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story of Angela -an ambitious, image-conscious businesswoman working for over-demanding boss Mary. When Angela becomes unexpectedly pregnant at the peak of her career, her life with her divorce attorney husband, Curtis, is turned upside-down.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, cute, sexy, sentimental, realistic, independent film
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Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)
Plot Summary:
Russell has been expelled from several schools for lewd, crude and nude conduct. Busterburger University is his last chance at education and satisfying his disappointed parents.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy, sexy, touching, captivating, cult classic, independent film, cynical
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Dumbbells (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dumbbells is a light-hearted buddy comedy set amongst a group of misfit employees that work in a struggling fitness center in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, realistic, independent film
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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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Carpool Guy (2005)
Plot Summary:
Joel Goodman is a hotshot advertising executive angling for a promotion, but he feels stuck - not least of all in traffic. A seeming answer to his prayers comes in the form of a homeless man whom Joel pays to sit in his passenger seat so he can use the carpool lane. The two form an unexpected bond, and Joel comes to realize that sometimes changing lanes can change your life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, independent film, soap opera
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Demoted (2011)
Plot Summary:
What go around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen (Astin and Vartan) who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss (Cross).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating
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Super Sucker (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two door to door vaccuum cleaner salesmen hilariously compete against each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, light, sex comedy
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Pool Party (2007)
Plot Summary:
It's your standard guy-fails-bar-exam-loses-girlfriend-works-for-a-lunatic-and-is-stalked-by-a-monkey-clown story ...with a twist.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, sexy, sex comedy, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Christmas in Compton (2012)
Plot Summary:
Big Earl, the owner of a Christmas tree lot in Compton, California runs into some trouble when his son Derrick crosses the line to prove to his father that he is a success.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious