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Plot Summary:
Henry (Streisand) is a woman who would do anything for her husband Pete-- including borrow money so he has a chance of making his dreams come true. But now there's the loan sharks to deal with.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: hilarious, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, neo screwball comedy
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The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
Plot Summary:
Meek, owlish Felix (George Segal) and strident, catty Doris (Barbra Streisand) live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him. Felix informs the landlord of her activities, so Doris moves in on Felix. When they both get thrown out, they move in with Barney (Robert Klein) . . . until they drive him out! That's when Felix and Doris finally decide to put theory into practice. But do opposites attract?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, hilarious, sexy, humorous, witty, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film, psychological
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A Million to Juan (1994)
Plot Summary:
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in 30 days. Initially he uses the check to convince people to extend credit to him. In the meantime he also attracts a woman who is in a dead end relationship with a bossy businessman. At the end of the 30 days, he finds his life in turmoil, the things he got on credit is repossessed, and he is being evicted from his dwelling and being sent back to Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
Plot Summary:
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara's mother, is determined to split the two lovers, and hires Norman in an attempt to humiliate him enough that Barbara leaves him. Will she ruin their love, or will he ruin her store?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, slapstick, light, feel good, esoteric, surprise ending, slapstick comedy
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Mail Order Wife (2004)
Plot Summary:
A documentarian funds a NYC doorman's Asian mail order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, mockumentary, talky, biting, suspense
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Surrender (1987)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself or just for his money.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Sticky Fingers (1988)
Plot Summary:
Two dippy roommates, struggling musicians Lolly and Hattie are asked by a drug-dealing friend-of-a-friend Diane to baby-sit a bag containing nearly a million dollars while she scoots out of town in order to avoid trouble. Once the money is in their possession, however, temptation proves too much for them.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 499
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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Closing Escrow (2007)
Plot Summary:
Three quirky families seeking to buy their next home collide when trying to purchase the same property. The bidding war tests the limits of their marriages and the resolve of their agents.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, humorous, cynical, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Dinner at Eight (1989)
Plot Summary:
A wry, insightful comedy of manners in which somewhat dizzy society matron Millicent Jordan arranges a dinner party to honor some visiting aristocrat while remaining oblivious to her husband's health and financial problems as well as her daughter's feelings and emotions. Party guests include the vain, the greedy, and the self-absorbed.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, semi serious
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The Impostors (1998)
Plot Summary:
In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt team-up as two out-of-work actors who accidentally stow away on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has sworn to kill them for belittling his talents.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, absurd, feel good, witty, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, parody
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100 Mile Rule (2002)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: realistic, cynical, semi serious, humorous, clever
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Let Them Chirp Awhile (2007)
Plot Summary:
The basic storyline of the film follows Bobby and Scott, two young men in their late twenties who are struggling to make careers out of their artistic dreams but their competitiveness with each other gets in the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, offbeat, independent film
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Plot Summary:
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, clever, witty, semi serious, dark comedy, funny, cult classic, realistic, biting, neurotic
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
Plot Summary:
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try to take credit for his act of love. Before long, Sergio and Garet become entangled in a zany love-quadrangle involving Hattie and Stephanie. Written by Brian Whiting.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic, sexy, clever
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Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! (1977)
Plot Summary:
The film is the immediate continuation of Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, released the previous year. Having fortuitously discovered a photograph in which Marthe embraces someone unknown, clothed with a chequed jacket, Étienne Dorsay becomes jealous, and imagines various stratagems to identify the lover. In the meantime, Étienne and his friends acquire a weekend house for a very low price. As in the previous work, the film is largely narrated by the character Étienne, whose tone shifts with the reality of the images. The film contains a certain number of allusions to the films of Blake Edwards (the Pink Panther series).
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, sex comedy, sexual, sexy, hot
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The Best and the Brightest (2010)
Plot Summary:
Set in the world of New York City's elite private kindergartens, The Best and the Brightest centers on a fresh-faced young couple, Samantha and Jeff, who have only recently moved into town. The comedy centers on their dawning realization of the lengths they must go to in order to get their five-year-old daughter into school.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, realistic, not serious
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Any Wednesday (1966)
Plot Summary:
Ellen Gordon, a New York executive's mistress falls for the executive's young business associate when the young man is accidentally sent to use the apartment where the executive and his mistress get together every Wednesday. More complications arise when the executive's wife shows up with plans to redecorate the apartment.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, witty, sex comedy
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Manna from Heaven (2002)
Plot Summary:
Manna From Heaven is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan and it's due immediately. Once upon a time, many years ago, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20 dollar bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn't have much trouble convincing her loose-knit "family" that the money is a gift from Heaven. Years later, Theresa, who has become a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody wants to give back the money, nobody has the money, they don't know to whom it belongs, and most of them can't stand each other. Along the way, the characters learn about family, romance, reconciliation and redemption, and by working together they begin to realize their full potential.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, independent film, offbeat, fable
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What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Plot Summary:
Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted, and that was before he meets her. A strange woman seems to have devoted her life to confusing and embarrassing him. At the same time a woman has her jewels stolen and a government whistle blower arrives with his stolen top secret papers. All, of course have the same style and color overnight bag.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: hilarious, funny, romantic, fast paced, feel good, humorous, witty, romantic comedy, buddy comedy, family comedy
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Lost in America (1985)
Plot Summary:
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, witty, talky, funny, feel good, realistic, semi serious, cynical, cult classic
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Farm Girl in New York (2007)
Plot Summary:
Sam and Matt flee their small mid-western town for New York City, where hot girls roam the streets! After months of trying to pick up ladies and failing miserably, they come up with the idea to hold a fake audition to meet chicks. Hilarity ensues when dozens of sexy, talentless, babes show up and compete for a job that doesn t exist. However, when an out of town farm girl shows up for the audition they are instantly smitten. Will these phony auditions come in the way of them finding true love?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, independent film, romantic comedy, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Kissing Cousins (2008)
Plot Summary:
A "relatively" romantic comedy about a professional heartbreaker (and cynical bachelor) who teams up with his attractive cousin from the UK in order to fool his friends into believing he is capable of a relationship. Hijinks and laughs ensue with a hilarious cast!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film, slang
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Relative Values (2000)
Plot Summary:
A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets, the story is set in 1952 England, where Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda Frayle, upsetting both his mother, Countess Felicity of Marshwood, and her former love, fellow Hollywood star Don Lucas. Right before the engagement party to be held at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, quickly devises a plan-but an inebriated Lucas's arrival at Marshwood to try to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, witty, stylized, independent film, clever
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Falling for Mala (2015)
Plot Summary:
Maria Laura "Mala" is an actress with little luck, but she is successful working for other women, seducing their boyfriends to know if they are faithful or not. But everything changes when her dream to perform in her acting career depends on a job to be performed with Santiago who breaks the pattern and shakes her professional convictions.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, captivating, light
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Supporting Characters (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 993
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, witty, talky, semi serious, mumblecore, independent film
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6 Month Rule (2011)
Plot Summary:
A womanizer teaches his clueless friend the rules about being single and avoiding emotional attachment.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, thought provoking
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Finding Joy (2013)
Plot Summary:
Pompous and self-absorbed Kyle, is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly unravels forcing him to return home to his wildly eccentric family with his tail between his legs. Life at home begins to show signs of improvement when Kyle meets the spunky, vivacious girl across the street who recruits Kyle to help her make the world a better place, making him feel alive for the first time in ages and inspiring his writing. But its short-lived. Joys been told shes going to die soon and wants Kyle to write her obituary.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, offbeat
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The Yank (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tom Murphy, a middle-aged Irish-American man from Cleveland, travels to Ireland for his best friend’s wedding and to find the perfect woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good, independent film
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Pipe Dream (2002)
Plot Summary:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, clever, semi serious, independent film
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Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Plot Summary:
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte), whose career is on the rebound.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: black and white, funny, clever, touching, humorous, witty, talky, postmodern, mind blowing, independent film
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Family Plan (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charlie MacKenzie is an ambitious young career woman who stretches the truth in a job interview by professing to be married with a family. But her little white lie leads to a great big problem when her new boss moves next door. Desperate to maintain her ruse, Charlie “borrows” her best friend’s daughter and scrambles to find a husband-for-hire. When a charming actor accepts the role, Charlie’s charade just may lead her to true love!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, sincere, witty, family comedy