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Plot Summary:
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, retro, cult classic, hilarious, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, funny, light
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Return to Green Acres (1990)
Plot Summary:
Tv movie that reunites most the show's cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But when Haney tries to get everyone's property so that a developer can build on them, the residents go to New York to get Douglas to help them. But he's a little hesitant.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Wooly Boys (2001)
Plot Summary:
Grizzled North Dakota rancher Stoney heads to the big city to see his daughter and winds up bonding with the grandson he never knew in this heartwarming tale. Stoney's city-bred grandson, Charles, tricks him into getting help for a serious health issue. But with the aid of his rancher pal, Stoney escapes the hospital with Charles in tow.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, realistic, independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious, neo western
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The Associate (1996)
Plot Summary:
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, feel good, witty, clever, retro, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny
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Jinxed! (1982)
Plot Summary:
Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer, around the western U.S. Harold has a jinx on Willie and can't lose with him. Bonita and Willie meet and fall for each other and plot to do away with Harold and collect on his life insurance.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, cult film
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Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Plot Summary:
Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, retro, exciting, realistic, witty, semi serious, buddy comedy, light, philosophical
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Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
Plot Summary:
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara's mother, is determined to split the two lovers, and hires Norman in an attempt to humiliate him enough that Barbara leaves him. Will she ruin their love, or will he ruin her store?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, slapstick, light, feel good, esoteric, surprise ending, slapstick comedy
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Protocol (1984)
Plot Summary:
Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive. She has to fight against a devious protocol officer but with her charms, she saves the day when she gets involved in an arms deal with an Arab country.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: political, light, happy, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, romantic, sexy
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The Love Guide (2011)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a woman who saves her chicken farm and her family by agreeing to be the subject of a "reality show" with a celebrity Hollywood weight loss expert. Both women change and discover the true meaning of success (Imdb.com).
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, offbeat, independent film, biting, suspense
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Under the Rainbow (1981)
Plot Summary:
In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins (from the cast of _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ ). Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, funny, feel good, realistic, not serious, parody, humorous, offbeat, surprise ending, psychological
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For Pete's Sake (1974)
Plot Summary:
Henry (Streisand) is a woman who would do anything for her husband Pete-- including borrow money so he has a chance of making his dreams come true. But now there's the loan sharks to deal with.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: hilarious, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, neo screwball comedy
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The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Plot Summary:
The original 70's TV family is now placed in the 1990's, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, satirical, funny, feel good, cult classic, spoof, clever, realistic, witty
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The Toy (1982)
Plot Summary:
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, satirical, humorous, entertaining, touching, realistic, black comedy, cult classic, sentimental
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Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Plot Summary:
When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the personals, he notices GWM. And thinking it "Guy with Money," he heads to the Village and the apartment of gay actor Warren (Barrile), who's in desperate need of this month's rent.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, talky, offbeat, feel good, realistic, witty, semi serious, funny, light
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Manna from Heaven (2002)
Plot Summary:
Manna From Heaven is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan and it's due immediately. Once upon a time, many years ago, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20 dollar bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn't have much trouble convincing her loose-knit "family" that the money is a gift from Heaven. Years later, Theresa, who has become a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody wants to give back the money, nobody has the money, they don't know to whom it belongs, and most of them can't stand each other. Along the way, the characters learn about family, romance, reconciliation and redemption, and by working together they begin to realize their full potential.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, independent film, offbeat, fable
Similar in 81%
Made in America (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, witty, semi serious, hilarious, black comedy, touching, offbeat, realistic
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Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Plot Summary:
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 248000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, hilarious, not serious, parody, slapstick, psychological, road movie, feel good, black comedy
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Radio Days (1987)
Plot Summary:
The Narrator (Woody Allen) tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, touching, emotional, talky, semi serious, feel good, realistic, clever, witty
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Plot Summary:
Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman are very rich but not happy Dave is a hard working business man, his wife is only interested in yoga, aerobics and other meditation classes, and he sleeps with the house maid. Their teenage son is confused about his sexuality and their daughter is suffering from eating disorders. While they are celebrating thanksgiving having plenty of food, street tramp Jerry is hungry, homeless, sleeping rough and has lost his dog. Jerry decides to end his life by drowning himself in their swimming pool. Dave rescues him and invites him to stay for a while. How does this stranger change the life style of this family?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, neurotic, light, sexy
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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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The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
Plot Summary:
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, funny, entertaining, cult classic, retro
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The First Wives Club (1996)
Plot Summary:
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, funny, entertaining, hilarious, captivating, romantic comedy, sweet, satirical
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The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Plot Summary:
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of a couple, Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, realistic, entertaining, romantic comedy, witty, not serious, funny, road movie
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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, cult classic, hilarious, light, teen, entertaining, romantic comedy, relaxing, touching
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Postmark Paradise (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Dirty Shame is the only bar in the small town of Paradise, Michigan. A burnt out, chain-smoking fortyish bar maid is the only waitress at The Dirty Shame. A group of local red necks conspiring to bring a mail order bride to their Midwest town for their ne'er-do-well leader set the story in motion.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, realistic
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Night Shift (1982)
Plot Summary:
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, talky, intense, witty, semi serious, offbeat, sex comedy, grindhouse
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Look Who's Talking (1989)
Plot Summary:
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, sentimental, light, feel good, humorous, clever, epic, family comedy, terrifying, witty
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That's What She Said (2012)
Plot Summary:
Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDee is trying to move on from someone she can’t forget – mostly in destructive ways. As Bebe waits for the perpetually late DeeDee at their favorite coffee shop, she meets Clementine, a distraught young woman with love problems of her own. With Clementine in tow, Bebe and DeeDee soon embark on the kind of outrageous misadventure that only New York City can offer.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, sincere, feel good
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The Birdcage (1996)
Plot Summary:
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, entertaining, feel good, slapstick, hilarious, lgbt cinema, clever, witty
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The Great Outdoors (1988)
Plot Summary:
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, absurd, slapstick, cult classic, epic, romantic comedy, spectacular, colorful
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Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Plot Summary:
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte), whose career is on the rebound.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: black and white, funny, clever, touching, humorous, witty, talky, postmodern, mind blowing, independent film