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Plot Summary:
Fresh Air, which focuses on ordinary moments of everyday life, is an original hybrid of urban comedy and kitchen-sink drama. It is also a realistic depiction of relationships among lovers, friends, and family in the multi-cultural environment of a big city. The protagonists are three thirty-something housemates with artistic aspirations.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Next Door Neighbor (2020)
Plot Summary:
Daekwon is the team leader of the surveillance team on the verge of getting a demotion. His mission is to be as an unemployed head of a household and monitor the politician's family who's been house arrested right after arrival from abroad for 24 hours a day with his team. Members of the surveillance team, who have moved into the next door disguised as a neighbor, discover secrets one by one, through monitoring all the sounds and behaviors of suspicious family members, from requests for a radio show to midnight rustling noises….
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min
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Palm Beach (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of lifelong friends reunite to celebrate a special birthday, with Sydney's iconic Palm Beach providing a stunning backdrop for the unfolding drama. The good times roll, with loads of laughter, lavish meals, flowing wine and fantastic music, but slowly tensions mount and deep secrets arise.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Silent Partner (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two friends train a greyhound together.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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A Bread Factory, Part One (2018)
Plot Summary:
After 40 years of running their community arts space The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a pair of celebrity performance artists from China come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street, catapulting big changes in their small town.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, feel good, entertaining
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The Girl and the General (1967)
Plot Summary:
A young woman and a soldier team up to deliver an Austrian General to Italian forces during World War I. Their quest for the 1,000 Lire reward changes their lives unexpectedly.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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The Wonder Weeks (2023)
Plot Summary:
Three modern couples juggle relationships and demanding careers while navigating the unpredictable terrain of parenthood.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 91 min
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Dalkeith (2001)
Plot Summary:
Tells the true story of the residents at Dalkeith Residential Home who sit around every day just waiting to die until staff buy them a greyhound. Naming the dog Dalkeith after the home, they discover she is a phenomenal runner and she is soon entered into the greyhound races. Soon residents are betting on the outcome of the races, and they are given a new reason to live. But the board of trustees learn what is going on, through the disgruntled daughter of one of the residents, and heavily handedly put an end to the fun and games. After the board's intervention the residents sink into a new form of despair as life becomes even duller and more boring than before. That is until the aloof pensioner, played by Ray Barrett, reveals he was once a high profile barrister and challenges the decision in court.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Floating Life (1996)
Plot Summary:
An aging Hong Kong couple move to Australia with their two youngest sons. They stay with a daughter who has already begun a successful career. Meanwhile their eldest daughter lives in Germany and their eldest son remains in Hong Kong. The film explores the different ways the family members cope with isolation and alienation.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Land of Happiness (1993)
Plot Summary:
Nostalgic comedy set in the early 1960s, when the tango was all the rage. The "prodigal son" Tenho returns from his unlucky adventures in the city back to his parents' farm. Tenho becomes the laughing stock of local men until he scores the hottest girl in the village. A hot romance flares up between Tenho and the sensuous milkmaid Virva, accompanied by popular Finnish tango tunes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 60 min
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Four Letter Words (2000)
Plot Summary:
A study of the post-adolescent male psyche, Four Letter Words gives an often humorous but raw unadulterated look at the views, attitudes, and language of young men in suburban America. The film focuses on a dwindling summer night's party, at which the characters gather for the first time since high school graduation. As the night's activities take their toll, the immaturity level rises, the profanity flies and of course the drunken brawl breaks out. It will be a night to remember although some would wish to forget.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
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Footy Legends (2006)
Plot Summary:
An unemployed sports fan enters an amateur rugby league tournament where losing just isn't an option if he's to keep his family together.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Violet's Visit (1997)
Plot Summary:
Violet, a feisty 15 year-old who prefers the nickname "Scooter" , decides to run away from her boring life in a small town and goes to visit with the father she has never seen. She believes he lives in the city with his new wife, but in fact he is in a gay relationship with his long-time lover. This inevitably leads to changes and readjustments all round as dad gets to know, reluctantly, the daughter he never wanted.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Wives - Ten Years After (1985)
Plot Summary:
Ten years have passed since our three heroines' first outing in 1975. Now the women meet at yet another class reunion. Not surprisingly, they are still unwilling to call it a night after the party is over. Husbands and children must celebrate Christmas as best they can, while the women spend quality time drinking and taking stock of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min
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Men Suddenly in Black 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
The war between men and women never ends... Last time, Tin, Dr. Lee and Chao failed in the "mission", but they didn't take this as a lesson. They are more cautions these years and success to fool around behind their wives. This time, the team grows by a new comer - a university student Sai. At the same time, Mary, Ching, Chao's wife and Ling (Sai's girlfriend) get a DVD from Auntie Ninth. It is a very popular DVD among women recently, which is a documentary to teach women how to fooling around. Four women go to Macau to break the bond of morality. It is too late when the men discover this. They rush to Macau to ruin the women's plan. A battle between women and men begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Miss (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young man seeking his sexual identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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The Misguided (2018)
Plot Summary:
After planning to leave the city with his girlfriend, a young man must first betray her in order to save his brother from a deadly situation.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, captivating, dark, independent film
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The One I Love (2009)
Plot Summary:
Isabelle est une trentenaire célibataire (depuis qu'elle est divorcée). Elle est belle, sexy, drôle, émouvante, intelligente... Irrésistible ! Elle est numéro 2 d'un journal qu'elle a créé avec Brice son partenaire et qu'elle dirige d'une main de fer même pas recouverte d'un gant de velours ! Tous les hommes sont fous d'elle. Tous ! Trois en particuliers ! Son fils, Achille, 10 ans, qui depuis le.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Bride and the Lover (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the story, Vivian is sole heir to a business empire. Sheila is Vivian's friend who is a lifestyle magazine editor. Meanwhile, Philip is the hottest bachelor in town engaged to be wed to Vivian. However, a scandalous revelation tears the three characters' worlds apart. Time passes by and the supposed bride becomes the lover and the supposed lover is now the bride.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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I Love You, Daddy (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a successful television writer's daughter becomes the interest of an aging filmmaker with an appalling past, he becomes worried about how to handle the situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: controversial, captivating, entertaining, visual, underground film, black and white
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The Waiters (2006)
Plot Summary:
Taylor Starks and his co-workers, all aspiring actors, toil in a Los Angeles restaurant while "waiting" for their big break.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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The Perfect Dinner (2022)
Plot Summary:
Based on a story by Stefano Sardo, The Perfect Dinner follows Carmine (Salvatore Esposito, Gomorrah series), a Neapolitan mafioso who isn’t cut out for the criminal life. Under the protection of his boss Pasquale (Gianfranco Gallo), Carmine is sent north to run a money laundering operation through a restaurant. He simply needs to defrost frozen meals, issue receipts and dinner is served. But everything changes when he meets Consuelo (Greta Scarano), a chef who always pursues perfection and dreams of winning a Michelin star. Carmine hires her and decides to transform the establishment into a high-end restaurant. Could the love for food and dream of winning a Michelin star give them both a second chance?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 725
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Pranchiyettan & The Saint (2010)
Plot Summary:
Chirammal Enashu Francis, a.k.a. Pranchiyettan (Mammootty), is a successful businessman based in Thrissur. He is a devotee of Saint Francis of Assisi and often has imaginary conversations with the saint. His ancestors were rice traders, but he has grown beyond the small rice shop to expand his business into jewellery, real estate, finance, shopping complexes and lot more. Even though he is successful and wealthy, he is not well-educated and he is unhappy with his name and also wants to become a celebrity. He is called Ari ("rice") Pranchi by everybody, citing his ancestors' business as a colloquial taunt. He wants to change his image from Ari Pranchi to something great and is ready to spend a fortune for it. The film deals with how Pranchi tries to get a good name and what changes that brings to his life.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, slang, motivational, feel good, satirical
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Medicine (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a middle aged woman tries a new unauthorized medicine, her life changes drastically.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Bored Olives (2000)
Plot Summary:
City Loop tells the story of six young people who work in a pizzeria, as they struggle to comes to terms with boredom, fear of responsibility and pizzas to go.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, Japan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Puberty Blues (1981)
Plot Summary:
The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.Meet Sue, a teenage Australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does - watch the surfing boys and have sex with the same surfing boys. The girls have to follow lots of strange customs, e.g. do not eat or go to the bathroom when a boy is around. Ugly girls have two choices - being bitches and hate boys, or being generally cheap and looked down upon by everyone. The afternoons are spent on the beaches, in the backseats of car or at home-alone-parties where sex and alcohol are the main ingredients. Parents and teachers are trying to straighten the kids out, but that is not easy.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, anamorphic, realistic, semi serious, independent film, iconic
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Don's Party (1976)
Plot Summary:
Don's Party stars John Hargreaves as Don Henderson, a schoolteacher living with his wife, Kath (Jeanie Drynan), in 1969. Out of boredom, he invites a small group of friends to celebrate a predicted Australian Labor Party (ALP) election victory, much to the dismay of his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film
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Son of Morning (2011)
Plot Summary:
A young copywriter becomes the most famous man on the planet, overnight, when he is mistaken as the next messiah.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, humorous, futuristic
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Living on Tokyo Time (1987)
Plot Summary:
When her visa expires, a young Japanese immigrant in San Francisco agrees to marry a Japanese-American boy to avoid being deported back to Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Brasserie Romance (2012)
Plot Summary:
Manager Pascaline and chef Angelo have been, for several years, striving toward earning the coveted "chef's hat" in the Gault Millau restaurant guide. Tonight is Valentine's Day: one of the busiest nights of the year. Angelo provides an appropriate menu and Pascaline lovingly sets the tables. As always, Pascaline has everything under control. Her customers expect a lot tonight. For every couple that has won a table they expect to get love on their plate. Hopefully nothing goes wrong.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, light, sweet, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Sum of Us (1994)
Plot Summary:
"The Sum of Us" is an Aussie story about a father and a son both searching for love and sharing an unconventional bond. Harry, the father, is the caring and open-minded "mate" that borders on annoyance. His son Jeff unsuccessfully searches for love, with the unwanted guidance of his father.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, melancholic, sentimental, emotional, independent film, lgbt cinema, cult classic, humorous, realistic