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Plot Summary:
This film focuses on the trials and tribulations of Ira (Todd Solondz), who is an unsuccessful playwright trying to find himself in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 824
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick, campy
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Flush (1982)
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As a cruel joke, billionaire William Randolph Hughes planted a series of boxes around the Southwest, in the hopes that someone would find them. The first box told the discoverer that an enormous fortune was buried in a box somewhere, along with directions to the hiding place. When the box is uncovered, however, all it contains is instructions on how to find the next box, and so on. As luck would have it, the first box is discovered by several people at once, leading to a frantic chase from one hiding spot to the next in the hopes that one of them will finally hold the loot.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)
Plot Summary:
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Cuba
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: experimental, manga, mondo, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Ein Kaktus ist kein Lutschbonbon (1981)
Plot Summary:
A comedy directed by Rolf Olsen.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Cafe Artist (2019)
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Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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Franky Banderas (2004)
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
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Favorite Deadly Sins (1995)
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America's three top leisure-time activities come roaring to life in National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins. This film consists of three short stories: Greed (Joe Mantegna), Anger (Andrew Clay) and Lust (Denis Leary).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Nicht Fummeln, Liebling (1970)
Plot Summary:
A man is thrown out by his girlfriend and moves in with a friend who is part of a group of terrorists plotting an assault on a department store.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slapstick, slapstick comedy
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The Battle of Love's Return (1971)
Plot Summary:
After a series of mishaps, a young man is fired from his job for failing to deliver a package. He goes on a journey to find himself, encountering various characters including a priest and the owner of a pornographic bookstore, who are seen in black and white interview segments.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, slapstick comedy, slapstick, campy
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Good-bye Cruel World (1982)
Plot Summary:
The story involves newscaster Rodney Pointsetter (Shawn) who is so depressed between his job and his family that he tries to make a film about his life, which he intends to culminate with his own suicide. It is often interrupted with irrelevant comic sketches that an emcee claims that the audience prefers to see.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick, dark comedy, parody
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The Three Lustketeers (1998)
Plot Summary:
In this racy comedy, good-for-nothing sex addict Master Tak heads to the Philippines with his aptly named buddies Gay and Fit Man in tow to track down his mother and ask her for a loan.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slapstick, slapstick comedy
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9 1/2 Ninjas! (1991)
Plot Summary:
When corrupt real estate mogul Arnold Gruber (Robert Fieldsteel) evicts Joe (Michael Phenicie) and Lisa (Andee Gray) from their dwellings to make way for new buildings, martial arts-trained Joe turns sexy Lisa into his ninja disciple, and the two team up to fight back in this erotic action comedy. Gruber sends his own ninjas to eliminate Joe and Lisa, who may have trouble focusing on the enemy as they're consumed by their lust for each other.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, spoof, slapstick, parody, sex comedy, slapstick comedy, hot
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My Bloody Wedding (2010)
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Doug, a dorky young mamma's boy, who is about to get married to his beautiful bride, Callista, when he notices a change come over her. He catches her sneaking around at night and lying to him, and she's begun to display flu-like symptoms. So naturally Doug thinks she caught a disease while cheating on him. In reality she has become possessed via an ancient stone and she's been eating his friends and family without him knowing.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The Bare Hunt, or My Gun Is Jammed (1963)
Plot Summary:
A private investigator tries to crack a case involving a number of dead nude women.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, slapstick comedy
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The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet (1969)
Plot Summary:
Romeo and Juliet love each other, but they also love everyone else in town.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: parody, sex comedy, independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick, grindhouse
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Slammer Girls (1987)
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, spoof, parody
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The Chad Ridgely Show (2010)
Plot Summary:
A sketch-comedy variety show.
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Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
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Plot tags: spoof, sketch comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick, parody
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Alice Goodbody (1974)
Plot Summary:
Sharon Kelly plays a naive waitress who sleeps her ways to bigger and bigger roles in a musical adaptation of Julius Caesar, only to suffer some form of physical calamity every time the cameras roll.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sex comedy, independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick, hot
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Awful Nice (2013)
Plot Summary:
Estranged brothers Jim and Dave must travel to Branson together when their father dies and leaves them the lake home. A series of hilarious mishaps and costly misadventures follow as they attempt to restore the house and rebuild their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, not serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, cult classic, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Wheels of Fortune (2020)
Plot Summary:
To claim a big inheritance, a down-on-his-luck mechanic must win a series of competitions as outlined in his birth father's will.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 965
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy
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Americathon (1979)
Plot Summary:
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 943
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, political, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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American Tickler (1977)
Plot Summary:
A ridiculous comedy that spoofs many different American made movies in multiple segments and skits.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, spoof, sketch comedy
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When Nature Calls (1985)
Plot Summary:
When construction worker Greg becomes fed-up with his foreman and the "city life", he takes his wife and kids on a wilderness adventure.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: spoof, grindhouse, parody, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, not serious
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Lady Football (1983)
Plot Summary:
In Italy in the early 1980s, a Brazilian football ace is afflicted by nostalgia for his country and for his beautiful girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Life in the Fast Lane (1998)
Plot Summary:
Black comedy about an obsessive street graffiti artist, who falls obsessively in love with a frustrated artist he meets. Unfortunately, rather than trying to meet with her in a conventional way, he decides to mail himself to her with the help of a pet shop owner. Unfortunately, when he arrives, she is with another man, who immediately makes love to her against the box.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, surreal, witty, cynical, semi serious, slapstick
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Beer (1985)
Plot Summary:
An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three losers who inadvertently prevent a robbery at a bar.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, slapstick, biting, independent film, spoof, parody, suspense
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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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Nature Calls (2012)
Plot Summary:
Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk's son's sleepover, taking the boys on a Scout Trip to remember.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, funny, exciting, independent film
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Allan The Dog (2020)
Plot Summary:
An honest mechanic and his talking dog seek Hollywood fame as a comedic duo. They're the perfect family...until they fall for the same girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Campaign (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, political, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, witty, sex comedy, ironic, surreal