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Plot Summary:
A down-on-his-luck publicist discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: disgusting
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Cheaper to Keep Her (1980)
Plot Summary:
A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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International Falls (2019)
Plot Summary:
A wife and mom with secret dreams of being a stand-up comic uses a one night stand with a burned-out touring comedian to face the harsh but funny truths of her failing marriage, neglected aspirations, and individual identity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Otto ist auf Frauen scharf (1968)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany, Austria
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Happy Romance (1972)
Plot Summary:
Countryman Dato falls in love with uptown girl Eka. But, their romance faces difficulties due to Dato's revolver-like lighter, which Eka's tough father mixes with a real gun.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags:
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Yellow Bird (2023)
Plot Summary:
A once successful P.R. Specialist deals with the trials and tribulations of managing a local grocery store known as "The Yellow Bird" while struggling with his loveless marriage, an unhappy stepdaughter and his own sobriety.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Bendu Apparao R.M.P (2009)
Plot Summary:
Bendu Apparao RMP is a 2009 Telugu comedy film starring Allari Naresh, Kamna Jethmalani and Meghana Raj. The film was directed by E V V Satyanarayana and produced by D. Ramanaidu Director: E V V Satyanarayana Screenplay: E V V Satyanarayana Musical director: Koti Editor: Gautham Raju Story: Giri Dialogue: Veligonda Srinivas Cinematographer: V Jayaram.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration:
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Another Chance (1988)
Plot Summary:
A womanizer tries to redeem himself to win over the girl of his dreams.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film
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Wedding Band (1989)
Plot Summary:
A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Happy Wedding (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of an engineering graduate Hari, as he contemplates marriage on his mother's insistence.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags:
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Sunshine Reggae auf Ibiza (1983)
Plot Summary:
Karl is a simple farmer who takes a plane to Ibiza to finally meet his idol, pop-singer Linda Lou. Karl has long ago fallen in love with his idol and has written her numerous love letters, But a farmer like Karl is not the kind of man she could be interested in. At the same time however, a famous millionaire, who happens to look just like Karl, is staying on the island.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage (2013)
Plot Summary:
The film follows Sanna, who sets out to document the countless ways there are to ruin a marriage for her doctoral thesis.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, melancholic, sentimental, captivating, sexual, sexy
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In the Family (2017)
Plot Summary:
The neurotic Fikret and tavern singer Solmaz, whose 21 year long relationships end on the same day, meet through a funny coincidence. When Solmaz's daughter Zeynep decides to marry her lover from Adana, the ever-fearful Fikret ends up having to play the role of his life. Intended at first to be kept in the family, the wedding becomes a much bigger event upon the insistence of the groom's relatives. Can our heroes come to terms with the traditional Adana family who carry guns and own a kebab restaurant chain, and see the wedding through without mishaps?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, neurotic
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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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Love Stinks (1999)
Plot Summary:
A movie about a relationship...that's worse than yours. Seth (Stewart), a sitcom writer-producer, meets Chelsea (Wilson), an interior decorator, at his best friend's (Bellamy) wedding. He's immediately sexually attracted to her while she's instantly attracted to his single-ness. They both ditch their wedding dates and start their own date that same night. The two become a couple, appearing very happy until after a couple of years of postponing a marriage proposal. When Chelsea realizes that Seth wants to remain single and together, she becomes quite bitter. In the next hour of the movie, the two engage in behavior that makes the War of the Roses look like child's play.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, black comedy, sweet, independent film, realistic, witty, not serious, sitcom, dark comedy, funny
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My Chauffeur (1986)
Plot Summary:
A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, humorous, sex comedy, independent film, captivating, realistic, semi serious, sexual, fairy tale, light
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Edie & Pen (1996)
Plot Summary:
In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband abandoned her two weeks after the wedding. Pen spent nine years married to an ice-cold businessman who neglected her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, slapstick
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The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
Plot Summary:
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family needs to reconnect.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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I Do & I Don't (2007)
Plot Summary:
A screwball comedy about a young couple that must endure premarital counseling and the horrific married couple they are assigned to.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, offbeat, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Pammal K. Sambandam (2002)
Plot Summary:
A bachelor and a movie stuntman, Tamilian Pammal K. Sambandham, reprimands his brother, Anand, for hastily getting married to Malathi. He finds out that Malathi is being instigated by her single, male-hating friend, Janaki, who instructs her not to get intimate with Anand. Things only get worse after Pammal falls in love with Janaki, who not only dislikes him but also his profession, and is determined to ensure that this marriage ends in a divorce.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy
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Man Camp (2013)
Plot Summary:
Attempting to compete for the love of a beautiful woman, a self-declared sissy joins a man camp that "transforms boys into men," only to discover it's run by his dream girl's macho boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags:
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The Brady Girls Get Married (1981)
Plot Summary:
Made-for-tv movie, the pilot for a "Brady Bunch" revival series, "The Brady Brides." Jan and Marcia have met the men of their dreams and decide to tie the knot. They agree to hold the weddings together in the family's back yard, but fight over whether to have a modern ceremony or a traditional one. Can the marriages be saved? All of the original cast members (except cousin Oliver) put in a return appearance.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sitcom, tv series pilot
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The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009)
Plot Summary:
A presumed-dead man's current wife and former wives squabble over his funeral arrangements.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, sex comedy, realistic, semi serious
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Playing Mona Lisa (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young pianist is looking for love in all the wrong places once her fiancee drops her. Maybe her flame will be rekindled both for the piano and a new love?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 888
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, independent film
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Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho (2019)
Plot Summary:
In his first-ever stand-up special, Ken Jeong shares hilarious stories from his Hollywood career -- and reveals how "The Hangover" saved his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Who Gets the Dog? (2016)
Plot Summary:
A couple going through a divorce squabble over custody of their beloved dog.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet
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I Will... I Will... For Now (1976)
Plot Summary:
Elliot Gould stars as Les Bingham, who takes umbrage that his ex-wife Katie (Diane Keaton) has a new love in life. What Les doesn't realize is that her new paramour is lawyer Lou Springer (Paul Sorvino). When Katie's sister Sally (Candy Clark) arrives and tells the two about her new, hip '70s marriage contract, Les and Katie decide to try to get together again under a more liberal marriage contract, like Katie's sister. But, unfortunately for the couple, the contract is planted with the seeds of self-destruction, having been drafted by Lou.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Killing Hasselhoff (2017)
Plot Summary:
A man in a high stakes celebrity death pool quickly loses everything - his business, his bank account, his home, his fiancé. He snaps, then realizes the only way to get his life back on track. He'll have to murder his own celebrity. He'll have to kill Hasselhoff.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, captivating
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Fist Fight (2017)
Plot Summary:
When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, light, humorous, experimental, dark comedy, independent film, parody, rough, clever
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The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
Plot Summary:
Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, romantic, sexy, romantic comedy, independent film
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The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
Plot Summary:
Jeff and Mari Thompson have been married for fifteen years. Although their marriage is not perfect, they are seemingly happy in their married and family life. But all their married friends seem to be getting divorced or separated. These newly single friends try to convince both Jeff and Mari - together and individually - that divorce is the way to go. Even if they do decide to remarry, it will be an inevitability that that marriage too will end in divorce. And divorce can even re-energize the love in an otherwise stale marriage. In light of these assertions by their friends, Jeff and Mari do evaluate their marriage. Their friends also place each of them in potentially compromising positions, despite the fact that they still are married. Will Jeff and Mari's marriage be able to withstand all this outside pressure?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 722
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual