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Plot Summary:
Meet Micheal, Mark, Dan, and Kierek. They're stoners, slackers, and the typical college students. When these four semi adults are not going to class, they're getting in to sticky situations. Micheal wants to be a writer. He's always in a constant battle with his mother about his career choice. Mark is a playboy and can't decide between two girls, Stacy or Becky. Dan is being harassed by a man who is obsessed by a self-help guru. Kierek wants to be cool, and he'll do anything for it, even if that means doing something he doesn't normally do. They're all trying to live their lives. One bong hit at time.
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Genere: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, black comedy, cult film
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The Roomies (2010)
Plot Summary:
An under-employed and over-indulgent misfit aims to turn his life around through sobriety and religion while moving into the least supportive environment for either: an apartment with his old high school friends and indie band The Entropy All-Stars.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, realistic, crying, independent film
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Cheech & Chong Roasted (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cheech and Chong, the stoner pair who dominated the comedy scene in the 1970s and ’80s and recently reunited for their Light Up America tour, take their place in the hot seat to be roasted by close friends and fellow comedians. The duo made a name for themselves with their drug-laced humor, which kept audiences rolling in the aisles with such comedy routines as “Earache My Eye,” “Basketball Jones,.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: hispanic
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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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The Naked Ape (1973)
Plot Summary:
Somewhat based on Desmond Morris's fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated satirical docudrama produced by Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner, traces the evolution of human kind and offers insight into the reasons why we behave the way we do. Though often dealing with sexuality, nothing in the film is terribly offensive or graphic. A prime example of mainstream experimental film-making from the early 70's featuring a young and breathtakingly lovely Victoria Principal.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Depression: The Movie (2012)
Plot Summary:
Four people deal with all the pain and sadness they have and find the root cause.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Girls' Room (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two college roommates -- prim and proper Grace (Cat Taber) and wild and woolly Casey (Soleil Moon Frye) -- find themselves in a tense rivalry when Casey's conduct almost destroys Grace's engagement to preppie heartthrob Charlie (Wil Wheaton). Not too high-minded to seek revenge, Grace cozies up to Casey's pal Joey (Gary Wolf), setting off a cycle of envy and mistrust that may destroy both women's lives in director Irene Turner's well-paced indie.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
Plot Summary:
A Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Boston to Berkeley, California.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Arnold's Wrecking Co. (1973)
Plot Summary:
A student tries pot for the first time, loves it and decides to distribute it in a big business kind of way. Soon he has the police and the mafia on his tail.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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The Last Joint Venture (2008)
Plot Summary:
The decade of the hippies is at an end and the 80's are approaching fast. Carl and Robert are two doped out guys who lives in harmony with the world around them and let life pass by in an eternal hash high. They have been peddling hashish for a decade, hitting an all time high with this last batch: 45 Kilos of pure, high grade Nepalese Hashish. Following the delivery, the police are on their tail.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, disturbing, exciting, entertaining, surreal, cult classic, surprise ending, dark comedy, cult film
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Scott and Sid (2018)
Plot Summary:
From their first encounter as teenagers in high school, Scott and Sid seem unlikely friends. Scott is a shambolic dreamer, intent on carving out his own path in life and holding up a metaphorical middle finger to anyone who tries to stop him. He is a quintessential troubled teen: on his fifth high school by the age of fifteen, alienated from his peers, crippled by recurring nightmares and disliked by his own foster parents. Sid, on the other hand, wants nothing more than to be liked. An unconfident, awkward recluse through circumstance, Sid's impoverished and dysfunctional background leave him no time for friends and no money for hobbies.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sad
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Sex, Party and Lies (2009)
Plot Summary:
A youth group is preparing for what will be the summer of their life, including secrets, lies, sex, confusion, evenings and holidays.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, light, suspense, entertaining, art house, queer cinema, hot
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Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
Plot Summary:
Danny Masterson (TV's 'That '70s Show') leads a hilarious ensemble cast in a tale about two hapless stoners who get involved in a scheme to rip off a shady character named Mr. Big after the duo sours on rehab.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny, realistic
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Frat Star (2017)
Plot Summary:
"Frat Star" explores the alluring, superficial, manipulative, and dark world of Ivy League fraternity culture. An insecure, poor, and broken-hearted Nick enters freshman year with no interest in fraternities. This all changes when his old money roommate Billy convinces him to pledge.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, psychological
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Maryjane (1968)
Plot Summary:
A teacher trying to break up a local drug ring is framed and arrested for possession of marijuana.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, psychotronic
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How High 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
When two jobless friends discover a hidden weed bible and the ultimate bud, they think that they’ve got it made…with 'seed' money to start a new snack delivery app. But, when nearly all of their stash and weed bible are stolen, the two potpreneurs set off on an outrageous, mind-bending adventure through Atlanta to find them. Stoned with supernatural powers, they search 'high' and low, stopping at nothing to recover their ticket to starting a legit business.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, absurd, buddy comedy, ridiculous
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Dead Man on Campus (1998)
Plot Summary:
Josh Miller is a studious and responsible pre-med student entering college as a freshman. His wild, hard-partying roommate Cooper Frederickson, on the other hand, is a spoiled rich kid who never studies and spends his time getting drunk and ogling co-eds. Before long, Cooper's fun-filled lifestyle has corrupted Josh, and both are on the verge of flunking out.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, light, intense, funny, realistic, teen, scary, black comedy, semi serious
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High Maintenance (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jump into the daily routines of a diverse group of New Yorkers and how they light things up. “The Guy” is a nameless pot deliveryman whose client base includes an eccentric group of characters with neuroses as diverse as the city.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: captivating, anthology, semi serious, psychological, light, thought provoking, humorous, funny, sitcom, hilarious
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Humboldt County (2008)
Plot Summary:
Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer named Bogart rolling through Los Angeles. He accompanies her to the redwoods of northern California, where he encounters her eccentric family of pot farmers. But when Bogart runs away without a word, Peter is thrust into the picturesque and bizarre world.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sincere, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, independent film, realistic, offbeat, feel good, contemplative, crying
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Orange County (2002)
Plot Summary:
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends the wrong application.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, realistic, witty, scary, spiritual, dark comedy
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Never Goin' Back (2018)
Plot Summary:
Waitresses Angela and Jessie dream of leaving their low-rent diner and heading to Galveston, Texas. They soon find themselves on the streets of Dallas, trying to come up with increasingly wild schemes to raise some much-needed cash.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: semi serious, light, feel good, entertaining, ironic, stylized, teen, weird
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The Chumscrubber (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. Everyone in town is too self consumed to worry about anything else than themselves. And everybody is on some form of drug just to get through their days.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: surreal, dark comedy, bleak, independent film, black comedy, humorous, semi serious, witty, dark, clever
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Big Time Adolescence (2019)
Plot Summary:
A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke, an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college dropout. Although Zeke genuinely cares about Mo, things start to go awry as he teaches Mo nontraditional life lessons in drug dealing, partying, and dating. Meanwhile, Mo’s well-meaning dad tries to step in and take back the reins of his son’s upbringing.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: semi serious, bleak, humorous, disturbing, funny, independent film, weird
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Remember the Daze (2007)
Plot Summary:
During the summer of 1999, a group of teenagers, through interconnected narratives, live through their last day of high school and prepare for the future. Holly, once the new girl in school, does whatever it takes to remain popular. Dawn, who is secretly a lesbian, battles drugs. Tori is the valedictorian of her class, but, on the eve of graduation, she decides to experiment with drugs for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, funny, teen, psychotronic, independent film, weird
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High Road (2011)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Matt Walsh, a co-founding member of world-renowned comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade, High Road showcases a totally improvised script about Glenn “Fitz” Fitzgerald (James Pumphrey), a young man whose loyalties are split among his band, his girlfriend Monica(Abby Elliottt) and selling drugs. After his band breaks up, Fitz finds himself dealing drugs out of his garage and bonding with 16-year-old neighborhood kid Jimmy (Dylan O’Brien). As his former band mates (Zach Woods, Matt L. Jones, Lizzy Caplan) begin finding success and one of his drug deals goes awry, Fitz hits the road with Jimmy. Amid car chases, guns, broken bones, sassy cabbies and a suspicious doctor (Horatio Sanz), Fitz has to navigate their way to safe harbor--and he doesn’t even know about the surprise Monica has in store for him back home!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, indie film, realistic, independent film, alternative comedy
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Calendar Girl (1993)
Plot Summary:
Like many adolescent boys, Roy Darpinian had the hots for movie divas, and one in particular was his wet dream as half of America's in the 1950s: Marilyn Monroe. The difference is, one summer holiday he actually decided to enlist his spineless buddies, Scott Foreman and Ned Bleuer, to actually drive all the way to Hollywood and make as many desperate attempts as it takes to meet her or get arrested trying, and no setback or embarrassment (even publicly bare-ass) can stop or distract him. Against all odds, he finally even got a chance to help her.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, road movie, independent film, sentimental, clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying
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Friday After Next (2002)
Plot Summary:
Craig and Day Day have finally moved out of their parents houses and into their own crib. The cousins work nights at a local mall as security guards. When their house is robbed on Christmas Eve they team up to track him down.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hood, stylized, witty, not serious, independent film, black comedy, sexual, realistic
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Friday (1995)
Plot Summary:
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 122000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, hood, cult classic, light, semi serious, hilarious, independent film, black comedy, realistic
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Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
Plot Summary:
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, disturbing, sincere, semi serious, teen, independent film, clever, black comedy, period piece
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Plot Summary:
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, feel good, humorous, funny, sexy, sex comedy, teen, cult classic, light, hilarious
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Plot Summary:
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 428000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: teen, talky, feel good, realistic, cult classic, humorous, semi serious, funny, inspirational, sincere