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Plot Summary:
When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge and hides with a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America, and ends up teaching the young teen how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" in her high school.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd
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Simply Black (2020)
Plot Summary:
A failed 40 year old comedian wants to organize the first Black protests in France but meeting with other French celebrities of the Black community will make it a whole new adventure.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, entertaining, absurd, mockumentary, fake documentary
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Jim Jefferies: Bare (2014)
Plot Summary:
Smart, crude, and in-your-face, Australian comic/actor/equal-opportunity-offender Jim Jefferies is not for the faint of heart. Whether he is lampooning gun control, auditioning disabled actors, or over-sharing sexual experiences, the FXX "Legit" star proves nothing is out of bounds and even less, off limits. Filmed during the Boston run of his recent stand up tour.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, talky, funny, tense, surprise ending, clever, brutal, depressing, unusual plot structure
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Amateur Night (2016)
Plot Summary:
Guy Carter, an insecure expectant father unable to find work in his field, accepts a job driving hookers around Los Angeles. One long and crazy evening proves to our hero that he is, in fact, up to the task of fatherhood.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, funny, light, humorous, sweet, sex comedy
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Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016)
Plot Summary:
A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, fun
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Everything Everything Nothing Nothing (2012)
Plot Summary:
Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other characters: Rodolfo Favaretto and Frengo Stop.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, political, entertaining, idiotic
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Dying Beyond Their Means (2014)
Plot Summary:
Isaki Lacuesta presents a social satire in which five common or garden citizens, from a country pretty much identical to our own, see their lives ripped apart by the economic crisis. With nothing more to lose, they come up with a crazy plan to save the Spanish and world economy: kidnap the chairman of the Central Bank and demand that he return everything to the way it used to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, surreal, light, entertaining, absurd, realistic
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Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate (2018)
Plot Summary:
After winning over the staff and students of Milford High School, chemistry teacher Richard Martinez aka Bianca Del Rio sent her nemesis Vice Principal Deborah “Debbie” Ward to jail in a flawlessly executed plan. When Debbie is released from jail, she conjures up a scheme to do away with Bianca Del Rio once and for all, by luring her on a dangerous journey to Russia to accept a teaching award and cash prize.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny, queer cinema, campy
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Misfit 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
A talented singer and her singer-songwriter boyfriend get the chance to represent their school in the biggest music competition for students in which the grand prize is a record deal. But instead of fighting for a bright future together, they end up having to compete against one another.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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School for Scoundrels (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young guy short on luck, enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when his teacher has the same agenda.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, absurd, light, hilarious, not serious, stylized, parody, entertaining, anamorphic
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Drama Class (2016)
Plot Summary:
A high school drama class bands together to save their school from a Japanese gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Slumber Party (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Naomi, a fine, young sexy thing from South Central LA is invited to Palm Springs by her rich Uncle Bob to house sit for the weekend, she jumps at the chance to get out of the hood.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, independent film, black comedy
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Natural Born Pranksters (2016)
Plot Summary:
The world’s three most notorious, ballsy, and outrageous pranksters come together for the first time to unleash the most epic pranks in an outrageous feature-film event. Jam-packed with cameos from some of YouTube’s biggest stars, watch as Roman Atwood, Dennis Roady, and Vitaly Zdorovetskiy take fearlessness and unbelievable social experiments to the next level.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, independent film, indie film
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Suits on the Loose (2005)
Plot Summary:
Suits on the Loose is the story of two rebellious teens, Justin and Ty, and their breakout from a desert survival camp. When two naive Mormon missionaries, Elder Talbot and Elder Johnson, run into a restroom at a remote rest stop, Justin steals their car. Scrapping their military fatigues for the conservative missionaries' tags in hopes of passing through any road blocks, their guise is so good that the police insist upon escorting the escapees directly to New Harmony, the town that's been anxiously awaiting their Mormon missionaries. As the two renegades find themselves embraced by the town's hospitality, they try to map out their escape. With Elder Talbot and Elder Johnson destined to arrive, what will happen when the town of New Harmony discovers that their missionaries are actually on the lam from the law? Can they keep up the charade and fool everyone around them or will they be found out? Written by HaleStorm Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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XXL (2004)
Plot Summary:
Fali (Oscar Jaenada) has been blessed with an ample gift below the belt. But his extra-large asset ends up getting him into trouble when he agrees to help his friend (Antonio Dechent) get rid of his annoying lover and save his marriage. Fali's romantic entanglements are all the more hilarious considering the only reason he's doing it is so he can get the dream car he's always wanted: a brand-new BMW.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo (2018)
Plot Summary:
Teo, a young and struggling actor, disguises himself as a 79 year old man to take advantage from the benefits of a retirement home, while also trying to sort out his personal and love life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Usual Idiots: The Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
A movie based on the italian sitcom "I Soliti Idioti".
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical
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Judge! (2014)
Plot Summary:
A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese characters are slightly different) poses as his wife so that he can attend an open party which is held nightly. Knowing that he’ll get fired if his company doesn’t win the Grand Prix, he’s forced to resort to a variety of desperate tactics.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Win It All (2017)
Plot Summary:
A gambling addict faces a conflict when entrusted with keeping a bunch of money that isn't his.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light hearted
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Where's the Money (2017)
Plot Summary:
A quick witted young man from the streets of South Central must rush a lily-white USC fraternity to recover a stash of stolen money.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Take the 10 (2017)
Plot Summary:
A day in the life of two best friends, a drug dealer, and a store manager collide at a hip-hop concert in the Inland Empire.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, buddy comedy
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Last Resort (1994)
Plot Summary:
Sam and Dave are living the boring life until they are beckoned to Sam's uncle's Island. When they get there (still not quite sure how that worked) they are compelled by beautiful women and a dastardly enemy of the Island. After accidentally convincing Sam's uncle to sign away rights to his island, they must somehow fix the problem.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, parody, intense, not serious, entertaining, erotic, independent film, realistic, funny
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Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, UK, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, satirical, not serious, parody, cult classic, sex comedy, black comedy
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Job: The Last Grey Cell (2006)
Plot Summary:
A story of three friends - Adi, Pele and Chemik, who experience many adventures.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story of a humiliating high school mishap from 1992 that sends the Impractical Jokers on the road competing in hidden-camera challenges for the chance to turn back the clock and redeem three of the four Jokers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, romantic, funny, absurd
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Wake Up Ron Burgundy (2004)
Plot Summary:
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, absurd, humorous, not serious, slapstick, exciting, realistic, sexy, clever
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It's for Your Own Good (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three brothers-in-law try to get their daughters to dump their undesirable boyfriends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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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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Ignorance Is Bliss (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ernesto and Filippo, two high school teachers, couldn’t be more different: Filippo is a cheerful liberal who is constantly online. Handsome and youthful, he is a serial seducer on the social networks. Ernesto, instead is a stern conservative, rigorously computerless. He is probably the last person around who still has a first-generation cell phone and his teaching methods are very traditional. They used to be best friends but an unresolved fight kept them far apart, until the day fate intervened and they found themselves teaching at the same school. Their opposite viewpoints will soon and inevitably lead to a new clash. The internet will force them to deal with their past, which resurfaces in the shape of Nina, a young woman who conducts an experiment on them: Filippo must try to leave the world of Internet and Ernesto must try to enter it.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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It's All About Karma (2017)
Plot Summary:
Giacomo befriends a man, believing that he is the reincarnation of his dead father.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Outcasts (2017)
Plot Summary:
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