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Plot Summary:
Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be relocated abroad, she accepts, to everyone's surprise, to go to India in order to hold on to her job. Accompanied by two colleagues, she sets out on a perilous road trip to the other side of the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, tense, light, feel good, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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The Open Door (2016)
Plot Summary:
Rosa, is a prostitute who inherited the profession from Antonia, her mother, who thinks she is Sara Montiel and turns her daily life in a hell. Rosa does not know how to be happy. She just can not. But the unexpected arrival of a new member to her particular (and absurd) family will give her a unique opportunity to achieve happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, disgusting
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I Feel Good (2018)
Plot Summary:
He’s lived for too long off his parents. It’s time for 40-year-old slacker Jacques to get by on his own. One-time gigolo and a borderline bum, he knows what he wants – to become rich and famous. He even has a business plan: tourism combined with cheap plastic surgery. Jacques moves in with his older sister, Monique, who manages an Emmaus village in the south west of France. And before long, the smooth-talking chancer has convinced a group of workers to pool their meagre funds and set out on a trip to a clinic in Bulgaria, where all their dreams of a brighter and more beautiful future will all come true. If only….
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, captivating, black comedy
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Unexpected Journey (2017)
Plot Summary:
Lasse is an old racist who has lives in an apartment block filled with a selection of refugees and immigrants. Kamal is a 16-year old boy who's fed up in his life in Finland, and dreams of moving to Nairobi to live with his father. Only problem is that he doesn't have the money to buy the ticket.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Animals (2019)
Plot Summary:
Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, Ireland, Finland
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, indie film
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Een goed leven (2015)
Plot Summary:
Helen (Ariane Schluter) suddenly find herself penniless and without a home after the death of her well to do husband who has overdrawn his credit account. She rent a room with common comfort room, dining area cum kitchen for all the tenants living in that place. There she met Joeri (Jonas Smulders), an adorable and cute gay rent boy who also resides in that apartment. They bond a special friendship but a one night stand might ruin it all. Is there any chance Helen might be happy again?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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Lady Luck (2017)
Plot Summary:
Through their individual trials and turbulence, three strangers are drawn together under one roof.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Very Private Life of Mister Sim (2015)
Plot Summary:
François Sim considers himself worthless and he may have good reasons for that. Hasn't he lost his job as well as his wife Caroline? Isn't he unable to relate to Lucy, his teenage daughter? Didn't he, when he was eighteen miss out on passion whereas the sexy, gorgeous Luigia opened her arms to him?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, contemplative, road movie
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A Jar Full of Life (2018)
Plot Summary:
Marleen (Jella Haase) is 20, but can't choose, what to do with her life. Her older brother (Matthias Schweighöfer) traveled the world for years but never has been to the Antarctic. He is at home for a few days, but the ticket for the next ship is already bought. He loves adventures and just before he dies in a car crash, Marleen has to promise him, to start enjoying life and adventures. While her family mourns over his death, Marleen decides to fulfill her brothers last will and takes his trip to the Antarctic with no money in her pocket - and soon with a little goat at her side.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie, light, sentimental, sincere, humorous, captivating
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Mammuth (2010)
Plot Summary:
Serge Pilardosse vient d'avoir 60 ans. Il travaille depuis l'âge de 16 ans, jamais au chômage, jamais malade. Mais l'heure de la retraite a sonné, et c'est la désillusion : il lui manque des points, certains employeurs ayant oublié de le déclarer ! Poussé par Catherine, sa femme, il enfourche sa vieille moto des années 70, une " Mammut " qui lui vaut son surnom, et part à la recherche de ses bulletins de salaires. Durant son périple, il retrouve son passé et sa quête de documents administratifs devient bientôt accessoire.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, uplifting, serious, realistic, road movie, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Toy (1976)
Plot Summary:
When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, realistic, light, satirical, funny, semi serious, biting, suspense, neo screwball comedy
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A Month of Sundays (2015)
Plot Summary:
Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – apart from the fact that she died the year before.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, humorous, psychological, light, feel good, independent film
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Real Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except where love is concerned, is back to square one after his wife left home. He now must raise his two adolescent daughters by himself, while going through some sort of a teenage crisis of his own. 14-year-old Frida blames her father for their mother's leaving and she develops ambivalent feelings towards her new girlfriend. 17-year-old Niki will soon leave home. Until then, she lives the good life. Mario can't help but lose the women he loves. Yet they must all agree to let one another go.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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The Grand Duke Of Corsica (2021)
Plot Summary:
A cantankerous and brilliant architect, Alfred, embarks on a highly unusual commission in Malta for a man who calls himself 'The Grand Duke of Corsica'. An epidemic hits the Island and all must flee, but Alfred remains to finish the job.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Welcome to Argentina (2012)
Plot Summary:
Marcus and his brother Antoine land in Argentina to celebrate their cousin's wedding and to discover the pleasures of the capital, Buenos-Aires. Marcus is joyful, while Antoine, who has just been dumped, is completely down. Marcus is well decided to cheer up his little brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Argentina, Belgium
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, road movie, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Hi, Are You Alone? (1995)
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Nina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian and conservative man. Trini is of the same age and has lost her mother. For both Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer and therefore they go on a risky voyage to the Costa del Sol at the south of Spain.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, captivating, light, feel good, humorous
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Angry Indian Goddesses (2015)
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Frieda, a fashioncommercial photographer trying to find her own art, gathers her closest girlfriends from all over India to travel to Goa for a surprise announcement: she’s getting married! Thus begins an impromptu bachelorette celebration that lasts for a full week. A riotous roller-coaster ride of girl bonding; friendships, break ups, make ups, fuck ups, passion, devastation, hesitation, terrorization and self realization. Amidst the fun and frenzy, heartbreak and heartache, passion and obsession, youth and innocence, secrets tumble out, tensions emerge, bonds are formed and emotions run high. Soon events will take a more serious turn, but for the moment these women are determined to seize the day.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India, Germany
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, erotic, queer cinema
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Ventoux (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, light, feel good, humorous, contemplative
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Maman a tort (2016)
Plot Summary:
Do we really know our parents? Fourteen-year-old Anouk suddenly discovers another side to her mother during an observation workshop that she carries out in the insurance company where her mother works. An immersion week in the company's adult world, with its little compromises and many cowardly acts, which soon put a seal on her young life. Between an initiation, rift, and assuming responsibility for the first time, the experience is a form of adieu to childhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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No Filter (2019)
Plot Summary:
Beatrice celebrates with her family the release of her book: she tells about the accident of her husband Frederic. He became blind and without filter - always so funny and seductive, he is totally unpredictable. But this book, hymn-to-life, will turn into a joyful fist because if Beatrice changed the names, each of his friends seeks to find his character. The book awakens secret jealousies, while the group of friends and family pitch.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, humorous, captivating
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Aaltra (2004)
Plot Summary:
In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up, paralyzed, in a wheelchair. It seems they are doomed to stay together. They no longer focus their rage on each other but on the manufacturer of the tractor, in Helsinki. So get ready for a hilarious wheelchair road movie.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, black and white, black comedy, dark, offbeat, tragic
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You and Me (2006)
Plot Summary:
In Paris, Ariane and Lena are sisters. Ariane writes photo novellas for the magazine "Toi et Moi." She's emotional and her long-time boyfriend, Farid, has her in a state because he won't propose, won't ask her to live with him, and often is unavailable. Lena is a cellist, quiet and circumspect in life and in her playing. She lives without passion with her boyfriend François; they're talking about having a baby.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, captivating, light, emotional, realistic, semi serious, sexual, hot
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The Amazing Catfish (2013)
Plot Summary:
Young Claudia works in a supermarket where she promotes various types of products. One night, she ends up in the emergency room with severe appendicitis and meets Martha, a patient, laying in the bed next to hers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, social, art house, road movie, beautiful
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Louise hires a contract killer (2008)
Plot Summary:
In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man to liquidate their boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, captivating, light, entertaining, political, offbeat, realistic, not serious
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Chicken Girls: The Movie (2018)
Plot Summary:
With a new principal in town and the Spring Fling in jeopardy, Rhyme and the Chicken Girls must band together to save the dance.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, entertaining, contemplative
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Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013)
Plot Summary:
A middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 738
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, light, feel good
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2 Francs, 40 Pesetas (2014)
Plot Summary:
Madrid, 1974. Six years have passed since Martin and his family have returned to Spain from Switzerland. A visit to their adopted country will bring complications.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, sentimental, realistic
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Preggoland (2014)
Plot Summary:
A 35-year-old woman fakes being pregnant to fit in with her friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 826
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, offbeat, realistic
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The Trip to Spain (2017)
Plot Summary:
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a road trip along the coast of Spain.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative, exciting, freeze frame
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Aanandam (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of students visit Goa and Hampi while on their college trip. Their experiences during their journey help them understand the intricacies of love and friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, tense, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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Gung Ho (1986)
Plot Summary:
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, captivating, cult classic, realistic, semi serious, inspirational, romantic, clever