Best movies like Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
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Plot Summary:
Frasier Crane visits his therapist and reminisces over the events of the past 11 years since his move from Boston to Seattle, in a clip show designed to commemorate the event of the last ever episode of "Frasier" TV series (1993).
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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The Last Request (2006)
Plot Summary:
Pop's last request is for his sons to continue the family name. When his brother dies trying, Jeff leaves the seminary and encounters crazy women and odd ball characters.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Getting Doug with High (2013)
Plot Summary:
Comedians getting high with Doug Benson.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: alternative comedy, live comedy
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Knowhutimean? Hey Vern, It's My Family Album (1983)
Plot Summary:
Ernest finds his old family album in the attic and discusses his family members from the album to his neighbor, Vern.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: independent film, black comedy
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George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy (1997)
Plot Summary:
George Carlin celebrates 40 years of comedy and here, he presents 2 new standup bits, comedian Jon Stewart gives an interview with him, and we look at his old comedy work through the last 4 decades.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, live comedy
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No More Excuses (1968)
Plot Summary:
A bizarre portrait of the New York singles scene.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags:
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Hollywood Boulevard II (1990)
Plot Summary:
A studio finds itself in the middle of a bizarre murder mystery when an exploding teddy bear kills the latest star. Soon more actresses get violently eliminated as the desperate search for the killer begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg is an informal interview-style show on the cable channel TV Land in which comedian David Steinberg talks with famous comedians and comic actors. Each show features Steinberg and one guest.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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Traci Townsend (2007)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful and successful journalist, interviews her three previous boyfriends, to find out why they never proposed. Each distinctly different interview, comically teaches Traci more about herself than she would care to know.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, realistic, witty, contemplative, semi serious, independent film, romantic comedy, offbeat
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The Maniacs (1964)
Plot Summary:
Commedia all'italiana consisting of a series of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anthology, sketch comedy
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That's Adequate (1989)
Plot Summary:
This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on his deathbed) stars as head of the studio. Includes parodies of everything from silent comedies to porn, including an ultra violent "three stooges" style comedy team who put a new spin on the eye poking gag.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, independent film, spoof, parody, fake documentary
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The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Brian Conway, a successful businessman whose family relationships have suffered, gets in a car accident on Christmas Eve, Santa gives him twelve chances to redo the day and repair the relationships in his life, including with his daughter Michelle.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 773
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gay cinema
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Breaking the Bank (2014)
Plot Summary:
With ruthless US and Japanese investment banks circling Tuftons, a struggling two-hundred-year-old, family-run British bank, can its bumbling, incompetent chairman, Sir Charles Bunbury, fend off the onslaught and save the bank?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 993
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Bowser Makes a Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
After quitting school and being fired from every possible job Bowser shocks his parents with an unexpected News Flash. "Mom , Dad, I know what I am going to be, I want to be a porn director". Dad freaks out Mom freaks out and we are all off to a good start. Now all Bowser and his partner in crime need is a simple thing called money. No problem! After mortgaging his parents house, then losing the cash on the train, only to see it pop up on the evening news, the boys go to the mob as the last resort. This is a royal mess. A comedy with more twists and turns then a Chicago Pretzel.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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Is There Sex After Death? (1971)
Plot Summary:
Driving through New York City in his Sexmobile, Dr. Harrison Rogers of the Bureau of Sexological Investigation, searches out luminary figures in the world of sex.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: mondo, sex comedy, parody, sexy, independent film, spoof, sketch comedy, hot, fake documentary, cult film
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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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Cracking Up (1977)
Plot Summary:
What would happen if a 9.7 magnitude earthquake were to strike the L.A. area? This is what "Cracking Up" looks at from the lighter side. The movie is composed of individual skits of original material by the actors spun around this hypothetical disaster.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, spoof, sketch comedy, parody
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Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)
Plot Summary:
Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, 'Between Two Ferns' and uploaded it to Funny or Die, Zach became a viral laughing stock. Now Zach and his crew are taking a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews and restore his reputation.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, not serious, feel good, absurd, cult classic, weird, alternative comedy
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Surviving Gilligan's Island (2001)
Plot Summary:
It was as funny and as cartoonish as the series with three survivors (Gilligan, Mary-Anne, and the Professor) telling their favorite anecdotes and having some of them acted out. The host segments were wonderful, and the flashbacks were done very well by actors who looked similar to the castaways.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 541
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, semi serious, humorous
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Midgets Vs. Mascots (2009)
Plot Summary:
This documentary follows 10 contestants as they compete for 1 million dollars in prize money.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 722
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, offbeat, independent film, slapstick, mockumentary, fake documentary
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Best in Show (2000)
Plot Summary:
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, parody, cult classic, hilarious, cynical, black comedy, dark comedy, witty, biting, funny
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Holyman Undercover (2010)
Plot Summary:
An Amish man comes to Hollywood to be a missionary, and gets cast as Satan on a nighttime soap opera.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, captivating, independent film, realistic, christian film
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Christmas in Paradise (2022)
Plot Summary:
Joanna’s plans for a quiet, cozy holiday season are shattered when her sisters call with the news that their dad has been dumped by his fiancée and has disappeared to Nevis, a tiny Caribbean island, and is not responding to any calls. The sisters decide to go to the island to save their father and bring him home for Christmas. Can the newly reconnected Christmas family survive a crazy Christmas?.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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The Pooch and the Pauper (2000)
Plot Summary:
The bulldog Liberty (who's thoughts we're able to hear) is the "First Dog of the USA", i.e. the president's dog. As such he has a lot of representative duties, but also many privileges which made him snobby and condescending towards other dogs. But one day when the young Nataniel takes him for a walk, he's mixed up with the stray dog Moocher who looks like his identical twin. Henceforth Moocher takes Liberty's place in the White House. From now on a different spirit reigns in the White House.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, realistic
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Down Periscope (1996)
Plot Summary:
Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the enemy flagship in the upcoming war games … and to make matters even worse, Dodge's crew is a band of idiots even more incompetent that he is!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, not serious, witty, light, funny, spoof, cult classic, realistic, exciting
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Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
Plot Summary:
An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: spoof, feel good, parody, humorous, entertaining, satirical, sexy, romantic, experimental, colorful
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The Independent (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. The film spoofs independent directors and independent film. The film features Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, and cameos by Anne Meara, Ron Howard, Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, John Lydon, Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Fred Dryer, Jonathan Katz, Fred Williamson, Karen Black, Nick Cassavetes, Julie Strain and adult film actress Ginger Lynn. The fictional career of Morty Fineman (Stiller) is said to have made 427 films. It is not specified as to whether he directed them all, or if it refers to films produced or written by the Fineman character.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, light, satirical, cult classic, witty, mockumentary, stylized, offbeat, realistic
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Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Plot Summary:
Corky St. Clair is a director, actor and dancer in Blaine, Missouri. When it comes time to celebrate Blaine's 150th anniversary, Corky resolves to bring down the house in Broadway style in this hilarious mockumentary from the people who brought you "This is Spinal Tap!".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, funny, parody, independent film, clever, humorous, witty, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic
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Bachelors (2015)
Plot Summary:
Womanizing advertising executive Aaron tries to stop best friend Sean from falling into the "eternal damnation" of marriage by throwing a wild bachelor party to remind Sean of the joys of bachelorhood.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, buddy comedy, funny, entertaining, absurd, sexy, odd
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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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Father Christmas Is Back (2021)
Plot Summary:
Four sisters – Caroline, Joanna, Paulina, and Vicky – reunite for the Christmas Holiday in a Yorkshire mansion. However, their estranged father, James, joins in for the first time since he left the family behind decades prior. The group attempts to get through the holiday despite comedic misunderstandings, while also uncovering the long-buried secret that tore their family apart, so many years ago.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, happy, christmas comedy