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Plot Summary:
A spoiled rich girl who wants to be a dancer finds herself caught into between two rival dance groups set to do battle at an underground competition.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, parody, realistic, alternative comedy
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Upright Citizens Brigade: Asssscat (2008)
Plot Summary:
On the heels of their enormously popular TV show, the Upright Citizens Brigade (Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh) bring you Asssscat - an unparalleled improv comedy juggernaut. Beginning with a suggestion from the audience, a guest monologist tells a story that kicks off a series of high-octane improvised sketches. From medical marijuana to embarrassing sexual encounters, no topic is off limits to the renegade performers who have helped make Asssscat one of the longest running improv shows in the history of the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, clever, realistic, parody, offbeat, independent film, spoof, sketch comedy, live comedy
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Dance Flick (2009)
Plot Summary:
Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, realistic, captivating, black comedy, exciting, tense, idiotic
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A True Story (2013)
Plot Summary:
Mike and Matt own nothing and share everything, including their life's work, a screenplay, which seems to be their only escape from the harsh reality that is the Hollywood machine.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, independent film, realistic, semi serious, biting, suspense, student film
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Show Stoppers (2008)
Plot Summary:
"Show Stoppers" is a comedy-drama set in the world of Greek stepping on a historically black university in Virginia "where Greek steppers get as much attention as star athletes.".
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, emotional, semi serious, hood, independent film, realistic
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Camp Takota (2014)
Plot Summary:
With her personal and professional life in shambles, Elise ends up having to take a job as a counselor at her old summer camp. There, she reunites with two estranged friends who attended camp and never left. When the future of the camp is put in jeopardy, the three friends must band together to save it, changing the course of their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sincere, feel good, captivating, teen, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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The Flying Scissors (2009)
Plot Summary:
Comedy starring Mason Pettit, Matthew Arkin, Devin Ratray.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, mockumentary, offbeat, independent film
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Noobz (2012)
Plot Summary:
Four friends hit the road to LA to compete in the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship, but will they be able to compete with the worst hangovers of their lives?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, not serious, light, independent film
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Eternity: The Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Big Hair. Guyliner. Someone lamenting by crashing waves on a beach or to their reflection in a fountain. Yes, we're talking about the 80s! Todd and BJ, two lonely wannabe artists, find one another and create the not-so-dynamic R&B duo "Eternity.".
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, independent film
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The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Film Crew gives a commentary track to Walk the Angry Beach (1968), aka Hollywood After Dark, featuring Rue McClanahan as a stripper. Beloved, sassy Golden Girl Rue McClanahan stars as an unbeloved, depressive stripper who wants to become a movie star but can’t get any roles better than, say “Stripper #3” in Mondo Topless. But love is in the air, mingling with LA smog, as Rue falls for assistant junkyard attendee Tony, played by Anthony Vorno (Sweet trash, Jailbait Babysitter). Surprisingly, things go wrong and one of them turns up dead. There’s plenty of dimly-lit Burlesque dancing on a bare, presumable filthy stage, plus pale, hairy men in tight swimsuits, and drug-laced creepy sex! HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! It’s up to the Film Crew to turn this bleak cautionary tale into a hilarious, um, cautionary tale. Lunch is provided.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: parody, atmospheric, humorous, realistic, not serious, sexy, offbeat, sexual, campy
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Freeloaders (2012)
Plot Summary:
Slackers who live for free in a rock star's mansion find that their ride on the gravy train is coming to an end with the sale of their pal's residence.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, sex comedy, independent film, interesting, teen comedy
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Kickin' It Old Skool (2007)
Plot Summary:
"Kickin' It Old Skool" revolves around a 12-year-old breakdancer, who in 1986 hits his head while performing at a talent show and as a result is comatose for 20 years. He awakens to find he is a grown man. With the mind and experience of a young kid, he attempts to revive his and his dance team's short-lived career with the hopes of helping support his parents' failing yogurt shop.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, not serious, talky, stylized, slapstick, independent film, slapstick comedy, hilarious, parody
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Totally Awesome (2006)
Plot Summary:
Do you prefer to wax on or wax off? Preacher won't let you dance? Well then, put Baby in the corner and come on down, 'cause VH1 is bringing back more of the'80s you love in this feature-length film, Totally Awesome. The Gundersons have just moved across the country and the kids - Charlie, Lori, and Max - are trying their best to acclimate themselves into a new school and all kinds of dilemmas therein: the need to dance, the pitfalls of young love, the quest for popularity, scientific genius and of course the quirky but loveable Japanese gardener. Totally Awesome takes all your favorite '80s-flick mainstays and weaves them into the biggest and baddest plotline ever conceived. Tot say it is radical would be an understatement.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious
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Universal Remote (2007)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Murphy takes the lead for this comedy concerning two best friends sent hurtling through a politically-incorrect television landscape thanks to a magical remote control that redefines the concept of interactive entertainment. Now, with each change of the channel, the shows get more bizarre, leaving hapless knuckleheads Bubba and Leroy scrambling to find a way back into the real world.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, light, feel good, fast
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Living Will... (2010)
Plot Summary:
Will's best friend and roommate Belcher, (Ryan Dunn) a party bum slacker, returns from the dead as a cocky, mischievous, and perverted ghost. He soon discovers his cousin, Krista, has shacked up and moved in with his best friend, Will. Belcher will do anything and everything to destroy this relationship and get his prank buddy back.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, light, captivating, sensual, independent film
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Authors Anonymous (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers accept Hannah into their fold, the last thing they expect is her overnight success. Can these lovable misfits achieve their artistic dreams and avoid killing one another in the process?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Sharp as Marbles (2008)
Plot Summary:
Albert isn't the brightest bulb on the block. But that's okay, he's got his best friends, George and Ernie to help him out. Only problem, they're just as dumb as he is.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good, witty, independent film
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Best Player (2011)
Plot Summary:
Chris Sanders and Quincy are both involved in a video game called "Black Hole", and they both want to win the tournament with a $175,500 prize. Quincy then tries to sabotage Chris, but it all goes wrong, because Chris' mom Tracy thinks that Quincy is her Internet date. Quincy lies to Tracy on their first date saying that he is a Home Ec. teacher at Chris' school. Right before the tournament, Chris figures out that Quincy was lying about everything. So, Chris decides that she will "destroy" him at the tournament. Quincy ends up forfeiting the tournament to show that he is sincerely sorry. Tracy takes him back, and they go to Chris' prom. Chris decides to go with her love interest in the movie, Ash.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, scenic
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Make Your Move (2013)
Plot Summary:
A pair of star-crossed dancers in New York find themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, captivating, realistic, funny, touching, romantic drama, exciting
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All Stars (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two kids look to throw an ambitious dance show in order to save their struggling youth center.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: realistic, stylized, exciting, humorous, semi serious
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General Education (2012)
Plot Summary:
Levi Collins is set to go to the local University on a tennis scholarship, but he forgot to tell his parents one thing - he didn't graduate. As a result, he must take summer school before his mom and dad discover he's failed senior science. At school, Levi falls in love with his classmate, Katie, and learns that he has to make a choice between playing tennis and receiving a proper education. General Education is a quirky comedy about a family learning to grow together.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, entertaining, realistic, independent film
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Cry-Baby (1990)
Plot Summary:
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her mother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, light, parody, teen, feel good, surreal, cult classic, dark comedy, retro
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The Breakdance Kid (2004)
Plot Summary:
In 1984, loser pizza guy Whitey Johnson is run over by a semi truck on live television, making him a local hero. The world watches as Whitey vows to not only walk again but to win his town's breakdance competition. Whitey struggles to conquer bully breakdancers, to win the heart of a disinterested girl, and live up to the name, "The Breakdance Kid".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, mockumentary
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Spectacular! (2009)
Plot Summary:
A high school choir is fading in popularity, as it continues to lose most of its' members one by one. A wannabe rock singer is convinced to join the choir, in hopes of winning the upcoming competition and cash prize.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, funny, teen, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Lemonade Mouth (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story follows five disparate high school students - Olivia, Mo, Charlie, Stella, and Wen who meet in detention. They realize they are destined to rock, and ultimately form a band that becomes a champion for students sidelined by the high school elite.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, realistic, semi serious, teen, entertaining, thrilling, teen comedy
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The Prankster (2010)
Plot Summary:
To the outer world CHRIS KARAS is a shy, handsome, "A" student, the son of a hard-working Greek contractor. But to his closest confidants he is none other than the celebrated Prince of Pranksters, a secret society dedicated to combating the inequities of high school through masterful acts of subterfuge.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, realistic
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Life's a Beach (2012)
Plot Summary:
Darren gets stood up on the day of his wedding and uses his vacation tickets with his best friend, RJ, to spend his "honeymoon" at a Club Med-style resort.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, sexy, realistic, independent film
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Pool Party (2007)
Plot Summary:
It's your standard guy-fails-bar-exam-loses-girlfriend-works-for-a-lunatic-and-is-stalked-by-a-monkey-clown story ...with a twist.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, sexy, sex comedy, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Super Sweet 16: The Movie (2007)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, predictable, teen
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How to Rock (2012)
Plot Summary:
How to Rock is an American teen sitcom that ran on Nickelodeon from February 4 to December 8, 2012. It stars Cymphonique Miller as Kacey Simon. The series is based on the 2011 book, How to Rock Braces and Glasses by Meg Haston published by Little, Brown Books For Young Readers and Alloy Entertainment. The series was officially green-lit on May 23, 2011 with a 20-episode production order, later increased to 26. Two of the ordered episodes were merged into a special episode so 25 episodes actually aired. The series began filming in August 2011. It is the first television sitcom to be produced by Alloy Entertainment. The first promo aired with Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh on December 10, 2011. It was confirmed by the series showrunner David M. Israel on August 26, 2012 that How to Rock would not be returning for a second season.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, teen, realistic, semi serious
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Beef (2014)
Plot Summary:
BEEF is a comedic spin on a real person courtroom show. Set in a NY deli, BEEF revolves around Lou, his family, and the cases he settles. People march in with a "beef" for Lou to solve with old-school advice, simple justice, or a fine cut of meat.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic