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Plot Summary:
Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, slapstick, tragicomedy, funny, light, absurd, not serious, clever
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Too Much Sun (1990)
Plot Summary:
A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy
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Siblings (2004)
Plot Summary:
Joe (Alex Campbell) and his siblings have a couple of problems. First off, their stepparents are despicably evil. Secondly, they seemed to have killed them. Now this mixed up mess of half-sisters and step-brothers have to figure out how to dispose of the bodies, cover up the murders, collect their grandfather's inheritance and somehow stick together as a family -- all without getting caught. Not to mention Joe's incessant need to keep tabs on his promiscuous sister, an eye on the precocious little ones and a lustful watch on the girl next-door. Growing up has its complications. Murder's just one of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy, erotic, offbeat, independent film, black comedy
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Polyester (1981)
Plot Summary:
A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, independent film, black comedy, humorous, witty, biting, surreal
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The 3 L'il Pigs (2007)
Plot Summary:
As their mother lies in a coma, two brothers discuss the advantages and disadvantages of adultery, under the nose of their virtuous elder, who tries in vain to discourage them.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, light, captivating, sex comedy, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Outing Riley (2004)
Plot Summary:
Bobby is a gay man in the closet in 2003, afraid to come out to his three older brothers, even though he's at least 30 and is being pressed by his sister, his boyfriend, and his lesbian beard to tell the lads. The death of his father and a fishing trip with his brothers provide occasions when he could tell them, but he fails. When he screws his courage to the sticking point, how will they react, and how will he deal with their reactions? He imagines a movie of his rather boring life - surrounded by possibilities - but can anything overcome the insular narrow-mindedness of a big Irish Catholic family in Chicago?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, captivating, funny, light, entertaining, crying, freeze frame
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The Ritz (1976)
Plot Summary:
On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at the Ritz, a gay bathhouse where he is pursued amorously by "chubby chaser" Paul B. Price and by entertainer Googie Gomez who believes him to be a broadway producer. His guides through the Ritz are gatekeeper Abe, habitue Chris, and bellhop/go-go-boys Tiger and Duff. Squeaky-voiced detective Michael Brick and his employer Carmine do locate Gateano at the Ritz, as does his wife Vivian. Written by Ed Stephan.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, queer cinema
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When Do We Eat? (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Do We Eat? is the story of the "world's fastest Passover seder" gone horribly awry. It's about an old school dad (Michael Lerner) who's as tough on his sons as his father (Jack Klugman) is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys (Ben Feldman) slips Dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic Ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective.".
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, independent film
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Strangers with Candy (2005)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, satirical, stylized, semi serious, absurd, dark comedy, black comedy, sexy, independent film
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Fierce Creatures (1997)
Plot Summary:
Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, absurd, black comedy, funny, clever, witty, sweet, dark comedy, romantic comedy
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Greedy (1994)
Plot Summary:
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, humorous, witty, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, twisted, light hearted, clever
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Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990)
Plot Summary:
Bickering siblings are reunited at their Texas home as their father lies on his deathbed in this black comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film, cynical, biting, suspense
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Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Plot Summary:
Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin (Ben Stiller) decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina (Tea Leoni), he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents (Josh Brolin, Richard Jenkins).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, black comedy, witty, funny, light, talky, not serious, independent film, humorous, dark comedy
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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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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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Caffeine (2006)
Plot Summary:
A fanciful battle of the sexes ensues when the relationships of the staff and patrons of a quirky London café are unexpectedly turned upside down by sudden revelations of terribly embarrassing secrets having to do with their sexual misadventures.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: talky, feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny, clever, realistic, witty
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Sordid Lives (2000)
Plot Summary:
"Sordid Lives" is about a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, the sister and her best friend (who live in delightfully kitschy homes), and the two daughters (one strait-laced and one quite a bit looser).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, compassionate, bad ending, talky, realistic, witty, feel good, semi serious, independent film, black comedy
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Clerks (1994)
Plot Summary:
Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 230000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: black and white, funny, dark comedy, clever, offbeat, humorous, witty, philosophical, surreal, entirely dialogue
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Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
Plot Summary:
You slipped into my life as easily as vermouth into a glass of gin, purrs reclusive singing star Angela Arden. Arden is not only haunted by a secret, she's treated like dirt by her louse of a husband, her snoopy maid, and her petulant daughter. Only her mentally defective son and a well-endowed gigolo treat her with love and affection. Is it any wonder she takes drastic action to improve her life?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, melancholic, satirical, light, parody, funny, captivating, spoof, slasher
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Girl Most Likely (2012)
Plot Summary:
A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, melancholic, absurd, romantic, entertaining, black comedy, romantic comedy, cute, teen
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Duplex (2003)
Plot Summary:
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, hilarious, black comedy, stylized, feel good, entertaining, funny, romantic comedy, slapstick
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Sibling Rivalry (1990)
Plot Summary:
Marjorie Turner is suffocating. Her younger sister Jeanine has no ambition, and her 8 year marriage to Harry puts her in constant competition with his family (all doctors).
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, entertaining, black comedy, cynical, dark comedy, realistic, not serious, independent film, exciting
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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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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
Plot Summary:
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, stylized, dark comedy, not serious, surreal, hilarious, black comedy, slapstick, entertaining
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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 434000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, absurd, humorous, controversial, funny, parody, dark comedy, satirical, slapstick, hilarious
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Step Brothers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, hilarious, talky, stylized, not serious, funny, cult classic, feel good, slapstick
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Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
Plot Summary:
Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric relatives. His uncle decides that he needs to be cured from a neurotic speech defect and exaggerated bursts of fear: he gives him a shock therapy with palace ghosts.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, funny, melancholic, absurd, not serious, slapstick, scary, horror comedy, spooky
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Death at a Funeral (2010)
Plot Summary:
Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, black comedy, dark comedy, hilarious, melancholic, absurd, talky, humorous, not serious, rough
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Ted (2012)
Plot Summary:
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 644000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, buddy comedy, hilarious, not serious, parody, entertaining, absurd, feel good, teen
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This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
Plot Summary:
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, independent film, emotional, melancholic, funny, realistic, hilarious, teen, thought provoking
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She-Devil (1989)
Plot Summary:
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: black comedy, funny, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, light, retro, mysterious, aesthetic