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Plot Summary:
After the second World War, Dresden has a lot of reconstructing to do. To get the cigarette factory he once worked for running again, Kalle has to travel to Wittenberg - the only place where carbide can be found. Once there, Kalle find himself in the unfortunate situation of having to hitchhike his way back to Dresden, transporting seven heavy barrels of carbide. However, his inventiveness and optimistic attitude help transform the grueling task into an adventurous, entertaining, and funny journey.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Comedy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie
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The Jut-Nuts I (1988)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
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Go Trabi Go (1991)
Plot Summary:
Family Struutz lives in Bitterfeld (GDR). After the fall of the wall, they take the opportunity to go on holiday with their car, an old Trabant. They simply want to visit Italy. But there are some incidents during their journey. (IMDb).
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Bilibid Gays (1981)
Plot Summary:
a film by Jose 'Pepe' Wenceslao.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: spoof, parody
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The Fat Spy (1966)
Plot Summary:
A mostly-deserted island, which is believed to be the home to the fountain of youth, is off the coast of Florida. The island gets some visitors in the form of a teenage boy band, "the Wild Ones", and their gang of swimsuit-clad young people, who head there in a crowded powerboat ostensibly for a scavenger hunt. However, they spend about half their screen time crooning to each other, or dancing on the beach. The island's owner, Wellington recruits his blonde daughter, Junior , to remove the teenagers from the island. Junior is eager to see her love interest, rotund toupee-wearing botanist Irving . However, Irving is more interested in flowers and his bicycle than in the amorous Junior. Wellington asks Irving to spy on the teenagers, which he does by donning a sweatshirt that reads "Fink University", and "getting their trust" by joining them in dancing the Turtle.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, psychotronic, independent film
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Holy Tongue (2000)
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
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Antonio in Wonderland (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young married couple spends the honeymoon in New York together with the wife's overbearing father.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
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Kamikazi, agapi mou (1983)
Plot Summary:
Stathis loves bikes, Rena wants to dance all the time and Aleksis goes crazy for rock music. They are three crazy siblings. One of them, Stathis, doesn't seem capable to keep a job and when he loses his girlfriend, his mother decides to give him what he loves the most, a motorcycle!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 98 min
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The Don Juans (2013)
Plot Summary:
An opera troupe in a small town decides to perform Mozart's Don Giovanni. The view behind the scenes uncovers the world of opera without the glitter. A tale of love and disappointment, about music and passionate love-making and about people that live their lives in spite of the opera.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, entertaining, witty
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Brother for All the Money (1979)
Plot Summary:
Honza and Zuzana are very young husband and wife. They have a little daughter of whom willingly occasionally take care the grandparents and Honza's fifteen-year-old brother Martin. Zuzana continues studying and Honza devotes all weekends as an amateur competitor to the motor-cycles at the speedway. Zuzana is not interested in motor-cycles. Martin holds responsible for his brother's marriage and at the advice of his friend Magda, who is of the same age, invites her sister-in-law to the club of Hucul horses so that she does not feel bored. But by misfortunes and unexplained quarrels both young husband and wife start being jealous of one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min
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I'm Dead But I Have Friends (2015)
Plot Summary:
Four bearded, hairy rock musicians - and Belgians - bury the singer of their group. Out of friendship and to prove to itself that nothing can stop them, they decide to leave on tour to Los Angeles with its ashes. The day before the departure, a serviceman with a moustache appears as the lover of their friend. Their journey takes an at least unexpected tour.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
Plot Summary:
Dewey (Tim Conway) and Wallace (Chuck McCann) are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot. While they're undercover, however, the governor dies, and because no one else knows about the ruse Dewey and Wallace are stranded in prison.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, slapstick, exciting, parody, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, not serious
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The Volcano (2013)
Plot Summary:
The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull causes major disruptions to travelers' plans around the world. For Alain and Valérie, it's a catastrophe. Because to make it to the small Greek village in time for their daughter's wedding, this divorced couple, whose mutual hatred knows no bounds, will be obliged to set out on the road together.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, absurd, cynical, romantic, realistic, semi serious
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Oh No Not Rudy Again! (2015)
Plot Summary:
55 year old Bernd is looking forward to a quiet weekend at the lake with his best friend Klaus, 56 and his brother Peter, 53. But when Peter decides to bring along Casanova Murat, 37 hopes for a harmonic get together wane thanks to Bernd's dislike for him. He calms down a bit when Klaus opens up about his plan to extract revenge on Murat for breaking his daughter's heart. Upon arrival at the cabin tensions are high. So, in order to make the best of the trip, Bernd decides to go fishing. However, after an accident with the water swing on the pond, an unconscious Klaus is saved from drowning by Murat, landing Murat on Bernd's good side. The next morning Klaus regains consciousness asking for his dog Rudy. Rudy is dead and has been for two years. In order not to upset Klaus the four men go on a wild goose chase searching for Rudy, while they get tangled up deeper and deeper in their web of lies. They try to reason with their friend but their friendship has to survive a hard test. Or is.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, light, feel good, disturbing, contemplative
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Deadhead Miles (1972)
Plot Summary:
Alan Arkin, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-wierding cops and weigh stations with his new cryptic, overcoated hitchhiker buddy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, surreal, semi serious
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In the Game (2018)
Plot Summary:
Roland is reached by the illness of'Alzheimer's and his family is the small-care with him, except his grandson JB which n'has that'a single goal to play the final of basketball in Paris. But the parents of JB blocked this weekend, asking him to monitor his grand-father. Therefore nothing will happen as expected because JB will lead Roland with him in his trip.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining
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Leichtmatrosen (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three men and a houseboat: Three crisis-plagued Stuttgarters sailed for a week on the Havel in the direction of Müritz. The unfamiliar and not so tranquil Dreisamkeit brings so many things to light, which has hitherto been successfully concealed and repressed. The summer boat trip paves the way to the realization that a turnaround in life could not hurt.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: road movie, tense, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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The Rendez-Vous of D?j?-Vu (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hector meets Truquette on Bastille Day and becomes obsessed with seducing her. The plan is to get her to the seaside pronto. Pator is not complaining, especially if her friend Charlotte comes along for the ride. So off they go, down the country roads of a broke and broken France. Times are hard ! Suddenly the government cancels a month of summer. Everyone back to work! A wad of cash and two gun shots later, the group splits in two like France itself. But careering away from work in no way daunts the remaining trio, dead set on relocating the Bastille Girl and reveling in an endless summer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, road movie
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Ripped Parrot (2003)
Plot Summary:
Three convicted criminals escape from prison carrying only a güiro, a tambor and an accordion. During their journey, they meet with a bunch of interesting characters and are forced to use their musical skills to help them get home.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Comedy
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Kwik Stop (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two strangers discover you really can find anything at a convenience store -- even love. An aspiring actor stuck in a small town who has big plans of moving to Hollywood so he can strike it rich. One night, while on his way into a corner store, he meets Didi, a pretty but aimless girl hanging out in the parking lot. Mike and Didi strike up a conversation, and she discovers there's a big dose of self-doubt lurking beneath his confident exterior. Mike, on the other hand, finds that the longer he talks to Didi, the more he finds himself thinking she might be a good reason to stick around.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, independent film
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No More Mr. Nice Guy (1993)
Plot Summary:
Die Brüder Kipp (Joachim Król) und Most (Horst Krause) machen sich auf den Weg, um das Gut ihrer Oma zu erben. Auf diesem Weg begegnen sie Viktor (Konstantin Kotljarov), einem desertierten russischen Soldaten, der die beiden kidnappt und Nadine (Sophie Rois), die sich ihnen freiwillig anschließt. Zwischendurch gibt es noch einen Zusammenstoß mit Straßenrowdies, was diesen allerdings nicht gerade gut bekommt. Auf ihrem Weg zum Erbe (oder was davon übrig bleibt) geraten die Protagonisten in manche scheinbar ausweglose Situation.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Till Eulenspiegel (1975)
Plot Summary:
In medieval Germany, poor and witty Till Eulenspiegel fools and cheats citizens, churchmen, and landlords. Although in most cases he uses his wit for personal well-being, he often helps the poor and weak. Eventually, he gains an influential but also dangerous position as royal fool at the court of the emperor.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 100 min
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Traffic (1971)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Hulot is the head designer of the Altra Automotive Co. His latest invention is a newfangled camper car loaded with outrageous extra features. Along with the company's manager and publicity model, Hulot sets out from Paris with the intention of debuting the car at the annual auto show in Amsterdam. The going isn't easy, however, and the group encounters an increasingly bizarre series of hurdles and setbacks en route.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: road movie, stylized, parody, manga, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, psychological
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Peculiarities of the National Fishing (1998)
Plot Summary:
General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova lose their way on a fishing trip and wind up in a neighboring country, where they decide to have a good time anyway but end up leaving their vodka and fishing equipment behind.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good, witty, relaxing, exciting, offbeat, hilarious
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Till Luck Do Us Part 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
After all the trouble in the first film, Tino and Jane have more fun adventures. Still tasting bitter failure, they see a light at the end of the tunnel with uncle Olavinho’s unexpected inheritance. However, the will carries an unusual request: the rich uncle wants his ashes to be scattered throughout the Grand Canyon. The couple takes the opportunity of the trip to fulfill this wish and decides to go to Las Vegas and end up getting into comical situations. Big time spender Tino will fall into the greatest temptations and indulge in the casinos of the gambling city.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Till Luck Do Us Part (2012)
Plot Summary:
Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that he is bankrupt, he faces comical situations: besides not telling his wife he is broke because she is pregnant and cannot get upset, Tino must accept help from his neighbor who is an extremely thrifty financial adviser and the only one capable of getting him out of the rut.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991)
Plot Summary:
A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, nostalgic, cult film
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Down Periscope (1996)
Plot Summary:
Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the enemy flagship in the upcoming war games … and to make matters even worse, Dodge's crew is a band of idiots even more incompetent that he is!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, not serious, witty, light, funny, spoof, cult classic, realistic, exciting
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Passed Away (1992)
Plot Summary:
A bunch of eccentric relatives gather for their patriarch's funeral.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
Plot Summary:
Larry is an unqualified, unemployable, inebriated prankster who rides a tide of booze onto the glorious shores of an undiscriminating Quick-Lube. Taking a part-time job vacuuming and washing windshields, Larry finds himself mixed up with hostile co-workers and unsatisfied customers, while also finding himself smitten with his lovely boss, Lupe Torrez. Will Larry keep it together long enough to win the girl, provide for man's best friend (his dog Arrow), and do his grandmother proud?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, independent film
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The Beach Bum (2019)
Plot Summary:
An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, ironic, feel good, funny, humorous, absurd, surreal, cult classic, queer cinema, weird