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Plot Summary:
Räpsy is a loser who tries to take advantage other losers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973)
Plot Summary:
There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his territory, so he flies home to take care of business. He promptly has himself arrested so that he'll have the perfect alibi when the bodies start piling up. But it turns out his enemies have enough juice to keep him in prison, his associates start dying and the attempts on his life start. Cue Tony Breda, a wannabe wiseguy, who has a plan to spring Frankie from jail.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, poliziottesco, funny, cult film
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The Worthless (1982)
Plot Summary:
A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie
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8 Days to Premiere (2008)
Plot Summary:
8 Days to Premiere is a love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season´s grand premiere. Noora, the female lead in the play, breaks her leg at the kickoff party, and Laura, an actress who due to her debilitating stage fright has ended up as the prompter for the play, gets a chance of a lifetime. There are 8 days to the premiere.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Ready, Steady, Charlie! (2003)
Plot Summary:
In a Swiss church, Antonio Carrera is getting married to the pretty daughter of an Italian Mafioso, when army police officers march in and take him to the 15 week compulsory Swiss military training.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sexy
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Smugglarkungen (1985)
Plot Summary:
It's the early 20s, just after World War I. In Sweden, restrictions on alcohol are harder than most people like and so, smuggling is abundant. In this particular little town, smuggling is ruled by one man, who is the king of smugglers. The smugglers who work for him don't get to keep much of the profit themselves, but if they don't work for him, they get in trouble, which his henchmen make sure. However, Albert Jansson arrives in town and starts taking up the competition with the smuggler king. Meanwhile, the police, together the customs office, try to catch the smugglers.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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She Good Fighter (1995)
Plot Summary:
Dennis Davids is a young, talented and idealistic lawyer in Antwerp, who takes every case at heart, even the pro-deo clients the court assigns for a meager fee. Needless to say he really goes the extra mile, risking his life and his career as his own private detective, in the case of Sandra Van Rompaey, a female kick-boxer who also proves herself as his lover, but is a miserable client, repeatedly violating her probation terms as well as the law.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Keep It in the Family (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two bratty lovers decide to pull the old screw-and-switch on their difficult parents.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film
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Cha Cha Cha (1989)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä (Matti Pellonpää), a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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A Love You (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a drunken evening and an unforgettable night with a total stranger, Manu wakes up alone to find a message on his arm giving him an appointment in Avignon. Convinced that the appointment is with the dreamy woman from the night before, he is ready to do anything to find her again.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sincere, entertaining, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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Tulipany (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story of male friendship, vitality and the joy of living, even after turning 60 years old. When one of the three friends is taken to hospital, the others are there for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Watch Out for the Automobile (1966)
Plot Summary:
An insurance agent who moonlights as a carthief steals cars various crooks and never from the common people. He sells the stolen cars and gives the money to charity. His best friend, a cop, is assigned to bring in this modern robin hood.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, captivating, suspense
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Sexpot (1990)
Plot Summary:
A woman marries wealthy men, then arranges for them to have "accidental" deaths.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Girls Unbutton (1994)
Plot Summary:
A film about the ups and downs of a beautiful young lass named Jenny and her never ending pursuit of a boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, erotic
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Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)
Plot Summary:
Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of garrulous Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana - who are clearly interested in the two men, despite the language barrier. But what are the chances of getting a response from men who prefer staring at vodka bottles to talking?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Finland, Germany
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: road movie, black and white, offbeat, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Trio (1998)
Plot Summary:
Zobel and Karl are a long time gay couple who live together in a trailer home with Lizzie, Zobel's spunky daughter from a heterosexual misadventure. Together these three form a team of thieves who eke out an existence as pickpockets. After a botched job, Karl becomes unable to work, forcing Zobel and Lizzie to seek out a new partner. Lizzie recruits Rudolf, the boyishly charming town misfit. Reluctantly, Zobel allows Rudolf to join them but warns him to never break the golden rule: "No exchanging of bodily fluids within the team." This dictum becomes increasingly difficult to live by as Lizzie's cravings and Zobel's own passions toward Rudolf intensify. Eventually, the golden rule is broken by Lizzie...and then again by Zobel (unbeknownst to Lizzie, of course). An intricate love triangle soon develops amongst the three that is shaped by deception, desire, and betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, sexual, lgbt cinema, crying
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Shooting Fish (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two con artists (Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend) hire an unwitting medical-school student (Kate Beckinsale) as a secretary for their latest scam.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, clever, witty, black comedy, smart, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, cynical
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Ariel (1988)
Plot Summary:
Taisto Kasurinen is a Finnish coal miner whose father has just committed suicide and who is framed for a crime he did not commit. In jail, he starts to dream about leaving the country and starting a new life. He escapes from prison but things don't go as planned.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, art house, road movie, humorous, witty, stylized, black comedy, clever, offbeat, realistic
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Parting Shots (1998)
Plot Summary:
Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is told that he has only three months to live due to him getting cancer. After thinking things over he decides that since he is dying anyway that he will kill or destroy all the people that has ever crossed or hurt him during his entire life. So Parting Shots becomes literally the shots fired by Harry when he knows he is parting this earth. After all, he will be dead anyway long before he can come to trial and get his just desserts from society. Harry even falls in love with Jill and hires an assassin to kill him in style. However there is just one small problem with Harry's master plan - the cancer diagnosis is totally inaccurate and now he's got a hitman on his trail and several policemen want to talk to him over some murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, entertaining, light, captivating, action comedy, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Little Book of Love (1997)
Plot Summary:
Luiza is an architect who just got out of a ruined relationship. Gabriel is a biologist and he has finished a long-term marriage with divorce. When they both meet, chances that they can do well together are not that big. But they will try to, even if their friends Barata (a convict bachelor totally skeptical when it comes to love) and Marta (a mathematic analyst who wishes that human relations were just as exact as numbers are). Written by Pedro Aguiar.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Lucky Break (2001)
Plot Summary:
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: intense, feel good, semi serious, humorous, talky, touching, realistic, psychological, tense, thought provoking
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Bank Robber (1993)
Plot Summary:
After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant bribes from the bank robber to shelter and hide him.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, sexy, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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Exit to Eden (1994)
Plot Summary:
Elliot is going to the island of Eden to live out his submissive fantasies, but inadvertently photographs diamond smugglers at work. Smugglers, and detectives, follow him to the island, where they try to retrieve the film. Elliot begins falling in love with Lisa, the head mistress of the island, and Lisa must evaluate her feelings about Elliot and her own motivations.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, teen sex comedy, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy
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My New Partner (1984)
Plot Summary:
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for corruption and he narrowly escapes. He is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, witty, neo noir, anthology, action comedy, cult classic, black comedy, clever, humorous
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Hard Off (1999)
Plot Summary:
Claude, an auctioneer in his 50s, forms with Marie a couple united for fifteen years and still in love. However, in the intimacy, and in spite of a desire always alive, Claude has problems of erection. While Marie agrees with a smile of these failures, Claude becomes angry and decides to consult a specialist. There followed various medical examinations which Marie mocks gently. To reassure himself, he decides to seduce other women. While on a business trip to Geneva, he gets the Viagra pill, but his attempt at seduction fails. On his return to Paris, Marie, more seductive than ever, strives to make him forget his age and his weaknesses.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy, sexual, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy
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Western (1997)
Plot Summary:
Catalonian Paco is a traveling rep for a shoe manufacturer. When he stops to pick up Russian emigree hitchhiker Nino, Paco soon finds himself on the side of the road with everything stolen out from under him. Local gift shop owner Marinette gives the Spaniard a lift. Their mutual attraction manifests itself quickly, and Paco, who was fired over the stolen-car episode, hangs around. When he happens to spot Nino in the same town, he beats up the scrawny Russian, who lands in the hospital. Oddly enough, this marks the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Paco and Nino soon take the trip down the road together.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, independent film
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Oyster Farmer (2004)
Plot Summary:
A love story about a young man who runs away up an isolated Australian river and gets a job with eighth generation oyster famers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Earthly Possessions (1999)
Plot Summary:
A bored wife, who is planning to run away from her minister husband, is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an accomplice to helping the younger robber escape his pursuers. As things progress, she learns he pulled the robbery to get enough money to help his pregnant girlfriend leave a home for unwed mothers. The two have a brief flirtation, but it is clear the housewife just needs something to enliven her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, sincere, captivating, suspense, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, corny
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Rikos ja Rakkaus (1999)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Plot Summary:
Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive young waitress named Glory for a week. At first both are uneasy about the arrangement, but they eventually fall in love. However, the situation becomes complicated when Milo demands Glory back.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sweet, clever, neo noir, detective, erotic, feel good, cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic
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Intermission (2003)
Plot Summary:
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, touching, melancholic, witty, black comedy, semi serious, cult classic, realistic, intense