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Plot Summary:
As not-quite-orderlies who're downright Disorderlies, rap-music favorites The Fat Boys rule. Playing the freewheeling caretakers of the frail Dennison (Hollywood legend Ralph Bellamy), they stir up a comedic culture clash in Palm Beach society that only proves laughter is the best medicine this side of a tax refund.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, not serious, talky, slapstick, black comedy, independent film, slapstick comedy, funny, romantic
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They Still Call Me Bruce (1987)
Plot Summary:
Bruce Won arrives in America in search of an American G.I. who saved his life in the Korean War. He meets an orphan boy and together they land themselves in a string of outrageous situations. This high-strung farce culminates when a case of mistaken identity leads a gang of thugs to think Bruce is a karate master. They arrange a nationally-televised match which pits our hero against a monstrous brute, and Bruce is beaten to a bloody pulp.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast, surprise ending, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Young Doctors in Love (1982)
Plot Summary:
An "Airplane!"-style spoof of hospital soap operas: a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman - in other words all the usual ingredients present and correct, though in this case the laughs are intentional.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, sexy, medical drama, realistic, not serious, fast, sex comedy, funny
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Paramedics (1988)
Plot Summary:
Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, independent film, exciting, parody, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, black comedy
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A Stitch in Time (1963)
Plot Summary:
An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Who's Got the Action? (1962)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Critical Condition (1987)
Plot Summary:
Eddie is a con artist. But this time he's framed and comes before a judge. By claiming insanity, he hopes to get off the hook. He manages end up in a hospital for a mental examination. That night, a storm breaks out over New York, and the electricity to the hospital is broken. In the ensuing chaos that follows, Eddie is taken for a doctor. Suddenly he is in charge of a whole hospital!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, black comedy, realistic, sexy, feel good
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The Ladies Man (1961)
Plot Summary:
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, absurd, parody, melancholic, talky, not serious, slapstick, black and white, slapstick comedy
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Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
Plot Summary:
Mike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a hit man sent to take out a mobster. Another is a lech looking for a little action with a woman he never met, whom he was set up with. And one of them was sent by his employer to inspect a property his boss wants to buy. All three men stay at the same hotel. But when the bellboy gets their names mixed up and gives info meant for someone else. So one of them meets a Realtor who will whatever she has to, to close the sale. And another follows a woman looking for romance. And another goes to the home of the mobster who thinks he's sent there to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, satirical, feel good, realistic, not serious, funny, clever, unusual plot structure, melancholic, surreal
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Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
Plot Summary:
Danny Masterson (TV's 'That '70s Show') leads a hilarious ensemble cast in a tale about two hapless stoners who get involved in a scheme to rip off a shady character named Mr. Big after the duo sours on rehab.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny, realistic
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Back by Midnight (2004)
Plot Summary:
The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and plan a department store robbery to spruce up the prison's faculties.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 702
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, independent film
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Taking Care of Business (1990)
Plot Summary:
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, inspirational, realistic, semi serious, funny, feel good, hilarious, exciting, road movie
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Walk Like a Man (1987)
Plot Summary:
As a baby, Bobo gets separated from his family during a camping trip. After being raised by wild dogs for twenty years, Bobo is discovered by animal researcher Penny, who brings him back to his family and attempts to teach Bobo how to readjust to life with humans. While his mother is overjoyed to see him again, Bobo's older brother Henry is more worried about losing his share of the inheritance. As Bobo progresses with Penny's lessons, Henry plots to have him eliminated.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, light, sentimental, humorous, slapstick, independent film, realistic, semi serious, clever, intellectual
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Doctor Detroit (1983)
Plot Summary:
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, cult classic, sexy, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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B*A*P*S (1997)
Plot Summary:
Can two clueless Georgia homegirls with big hearts -- and even bigger hair -- find happiness, fame and thrills in the swank hills of Beverly? Anything is possible when you are B.A.P.'s. They revive Blakemore's interest for life, and he teaches them to be "Black American Princesses" in return.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: black comedy, cult classic, humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, biting, suspense, black cinema, neo screwball comedy
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Life Stinks (1991)
Plot Summary:
A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, witty, semi serious, feel good, existential, realistic, biting
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Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
Plot Summary:
When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against each other to stay in operation. Mauser persuades two officers in Lassard's academy to better his odds, but things don't quite turn out as expected.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, slapstick, absurd, relaxing, realistic, semi serious, fast, unusual plot structure
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Clifford (1994)
Plot Summary:
When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah. Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an engineer who helped build the park, makes plans to take him. But, when Clifford reveals himself to be a first-rate brat, his uncle goes bonkers, and a loony inter-generational standoff ensues.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, realistic, funny, melancholic, not serious, black comedy, independent film, offbeat, crying
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Incontrôlable (2006)
Plot Summary:
Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, offbeat
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Plot Summary:
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will tell, but don't sell short this cheerful band of doltish boys in blue.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, parody, slapstick, absurd, relaxing, realistic, not serious, fast, slapstick comedy
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Private Resort (1985)
Plot Summary:
Jack and his buddy Ben check in at a posh Florida resort, planning to spend every hour in hot pursuit of gorgeous babes. But their plans hit a major detour when they try to bed the wife of a conniving jewel thief. They'll have to outsmart him, a nasty security guard and an obnoxious jock if they're ever going to get a moment alone with the girls of their dreams!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: not serious, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, humorous, sexy, funny, entertaining, light, erotic, happy
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Screwed (2000)
Plot Summary:
A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, intense, feel good, witty, not serious, offbeat, slapstick, hilarious, realistic
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Which Way Is Up? (1977)
Plot Summary:
Richard Pryor plays three roles - a beleaguered, sex-starved farm worker named Leroy Jones; the farm worker's randy old father Rufus; and the hypocritical town preacher Rev. Lenox Thomas - and Pryor has never been so outrageously funny. The lives and love lives of these three men cross and crisscross as Leroy tries to get his life back on track.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: black comedy, feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, campy, cult film
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The Super (1991)
Plot Summary:
Joe Pesci stars as Louie Kritski, a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment that he is threatened with jail time. The judge gives him another option, which he accepts -- he must live in his rat-infested hell hole until he brings it up to liveable standards. The judge gives him 120 days, during which time Louie meets many of his tenants, including drug dealer Marlon (Ruben Blades). Over time, Louie grows more sympathetic with their problems and sees the results of his own greediness. Unfortunately, Louie's father, Big Lou Kritski (Vincent Gardenia), is the real owner of the property, and he resists his son's entreaties to spend money to clean up the place.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, entertaining, clever, scary, political, smart, realistic, not serious
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Don't Drink the Water (1994)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. In order to stay out of jail, the Hollanders take refuge in the American Embassy, which is temporarily being run by the absent Ambassador's diplomatically incompetent son, Axel.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious
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3 Strikes (2000)
Plot Summary:
Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hooks has 2 strikes, and wants to change his life for the better. When a friend picks him up, they are pulled over, and his friend shoots at police officers, and Hooks escapes. Now Hooks, a wanted man, must clear his name of having nothing to do with the shooting.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, intense, feel good, not serious, realistic, hood, black comedy, independent film
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High School (2010)
Plot Summary:
A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, funny, entertaining, black comedy, indie film, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Brain Donors (1992)
Plot Summary:
Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, witty, light, clever, unusual plot structure, surreal, absurd, talky, stylized
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The Hustle (2008)
Plot Summary:
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at the opportunity that might save his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, entertaining, black comedy, independent film
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Nothing But Trouble (1991)
Plot Summary:
While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J. But, when some reckless driving draws the attention of a deeply critical cop, they and the flamboyant "Brazillionaires" who tagged along end up in the court of a grotesque and vengeful judge, who has a special vendetta against the wealthy and erudite.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, melancholic, disturbing, not serious, horror comedy, black comedy, brutal, dark, twisted
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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