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Plot Summary:
Big screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper (Yootha Joyce, who died shortly after filming was completed) is determined to make husband George (Brian Roper) celebrate their wedding anniversary in style, at a posh hotel in London. However, upon arrival George is mistaken by a gangland criminal for a rival hitman, and soon the Ropers find themselves up to their necks in trouble on the wrong side of the law!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 744
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sitcom, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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C(r)ook (2004)
Plot Summary:
A killer for the Russian Mafia in Vienna wants to retire and write a book about his passion - cooking. The mafia godfather suspects treason.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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That's Carry On! (1977)
Plot Summary:
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series. From the original, military mayhem of Carry On Sergeant, through to the really ancient archaeological gags of Carry On Behind, our saucy hosts get their titters out for this laugh-a-second gallop through the most successful series of British comedy films ever made.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, anthology, spoof, independent film, parody
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Holiday on the Buses (1973)
Plot Summary:
Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired. Stan and Jack soon get new jobs as a bus crew at a Pontins holiday resort but discover that Blakey has also gotten a job there as the chief security guard.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film
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The Hold-Up (2001)
Plot Summary:
Lola's a single mom, broke, working as a janitor and maid. Silvia is pregnant, and her lover (her boss) won't leave his wife. Maite, newly a widow, discovers she's penniless but wants to maintain appearances and give her daughter a fancy wedding, and Pecholata, a punk kid living in a youth center, will soon be turned out on the streets. Lola, who cleans a bank every morning, decides to rob it, convincing the others to join her: they'll use replica guns, dress as men, take Silvia hostage, and all will be smooth. But things go awry, including the fact that Lola's ex, Gustavo, is a cop. Desperation may be the mother of invention - and a corrupt bank manager its father.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, sexual
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Return to Green Acres (1990)
Plot Summary:
Tv movie that reunites most the show's cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But when Haney tries to get everyone's property so that a developer can build on them, the residents go to New York to get Douglas to help them. But he's a little hesitant.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Hot Under the Collar (1992)
Plot Summary:
Jerry tries to seduce his girlfriend Monica via hypnosis, but it accidentally makes her want to enter a convent and take a vow of chastity instead. Jerry tries to get her out by disguising himself to a priest and later as a nun. Alas, his rescue attempt crosses paths with a mobster who looks for his hidden stolen diamonds in the convent. Things get even more complicated when the pope himself decides to pay a surprise visit.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)
Plot Summary:
A grand old Japanese hotel is trying to get a prestigious contract as the site of a summit meeting of important foreign officials. Unfortunately, this hotel is quite popular with the Yakuza (Japanese gangsters) and is a favorite target of theirs for extortion. They employ a variety of schemes to con the hotel out of 'hush-money.' The hotel needs to rid itself of the Yakuza and finally begins to fight back by hiring Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer who is an expert at dealing with these criminals on their own terms. This film by Juzo Itami combines action with farce, as an all-out war ensues. Written by Tad Dibbern.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, biting, suspense
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The Supergrass (1985)
Plot Summary:
While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest from the girl, the police take a great interest in his story. From this point on, Dennis digs a deeper hole for himself at every turn.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, alternative comedy
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Percy (1971)
Plot Summary:
Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man, but refuse to tell him the full story of the organ's origin. So Edwin begins a search which takes him to the philanderer's wife - and also to his many, many girlfriends.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, psychotronic, sexy
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Party 7 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the briefcase, another mobster sent to kill them, master voyeur Captain Banana and his new apprentice, The Mister Yellow. Who will end up with the money?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, disturbing, anime, avant garde
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Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1994)
Plot Summary:
Who says crime doesn't pay? The mob will pay Jimmy Corona anything to stay away. But, then again, so would most people. His agent brushes off Jimmy's latest book proposal: detailing the conspiracy between Lee Harvey Oswald and Marylin Monroe to assassinate JFK. His girlfriend gives him his walking papers in the midst of wild sex when he can't give her one good reason to stay. Actually he's too exhausted to speak. And to top it all off, he's suffering from writer's block. So what's a poor guy to do? Join the mob? Written by.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 627
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick
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Staggered (1994)
Plot Summary:
Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil encountering many obstacles as he makes his way to London for what he believes is to be his wedding day. Or is it?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 786
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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George and Mildred (1976)
Plot Summary:
George and Mildred is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television that aired from 1976 to 1979. It was a spin-off from Man About the House and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as an ill-matched married couple, George and Mildred Roper. The premise of the series had George and Mildred leaving their flat as depicted in Man About the House and moving to a modern, upmarket housing estate. Their arrival horrifies their snobbish neighbour Jeffrey Fourmile, an estate agent who despairs that the Ropers' presence will devalue his home. It was written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. Like many sitcoms of the day, George and Mildred was also turned into a film, which was dedicated to actress Yootha Joyce who died suddenly in 1980, just as the cast had been looking forward to recording a sixth series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Mary Had a Little... (1961)
Plot Summary:
A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, independent film, sexy
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Steptoe and Son (1972)
Plot Summary:
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. But Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert, of course, is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, independent film
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Man About the House (1974)
Plot Summary:
An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings.Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred and their lodgers join with other residents to take a stand and keep things as they are, finally winning the day.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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On the Buses (1971)
Plot Summary:
Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime prospects are good, until the bus company decide to revoke a long standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Aghast at the thought of.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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The Umbrella Coup (1980)
Plot Summary:
Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Almost Married (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Kyle returns from his stag-do with a sexually transmitted disease, he's left unable to have sex with his fiancée Lydia in the run-up to their wedding.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis (1988)
Plot Summary:
It is nearly a generation since we've visited Dobie Gillis, and the middle-aged Dobie is nothing like he was as a youth, having has sown all of his wild oats. He's settled into the predictable adult life, married to the reliable Zelda (who was chasing him all through high-school), and assumed his father's role of running the family variety store. All of a sudden, key industries in the town shut down, putting hundreds out of work and severely threatening the local economy. Dobie, as head of the town council, is looked upon to lead the town out of this desperate crisis. When all seems lost, life-long friend Maynard G. Krebs appears, representing an old acquaintance who has a strange demand.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, sitcom, semi serious
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Florida (1993)
Plot Summary:
Tired of rough winters, a Quebec family buys a motel in south Florida. But life is not easy down where motels grow faster than grass. Two bigger businessmen are out to get them for invading their turf. However, that is not even the beginning of their troubles.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Shut Up and Shoot Me (2005)
Plot Summary:
Colin Frampton is an Englishman who never stops worrying, not even on holiday in Prague. When Colin's wife is accidentally squashed by a statue, he decides that he can't face life without her. So Colin bribes Pavel to help him die. An unlikely friendship develops as Pavel's plans for Colin's death spin out of control, attracting the violent interest of local gangster Karel Karlovic.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, dark comedy, offbeat
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
Plot Summary:
This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, cult film
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The Shipment (2001)
Plot Summary:
A mob enforcer is hired to recover a shipment of Viagra gone awry.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, independent film
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Mutiny on the Buses (1972)
Plot Summary:
Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the wedding. Meanwhile, he hits on an idea: Arthur should learn to drive a bus. Somehow he does just that, and even gets a job. Stan then blackmails the Depot Manager into giving him the job of driver on the new money-making Special Tours Bus. A great idea ...if only the inspector hadn't taken Stan on his trial run to the Windsor Safari Park.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, sitcom, semi serious, slapstick, biting, sexual
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Off Key (2001)
Plot Summary:
A trio of opera singers are reunited by a wedding ten years after their stormy breakup.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain, Italy, UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty
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My best enemy (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a man fires a hotel maid for stealing, the woman's son gets his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Security Men (2013)
Plot Summary:
Duckers, Jimmy and Ray are three work-shy security guards at a shopping mall who spend much of their time mocking their Jobsworth boss Kenneth. One night they bunk off to watch and bet on a boxing match at the electrical shop, only to find on their return that the mall's jewellers has been robbed. To save face - and their jobs - they bring in computer ace Rhys to help concoct a new CCTV film in which two of them pose as robbers and the other two pursue them but lose them. It looks very genuine but P.C. Greaves has his doubts. Can they get away with it?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic, sitcom
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One Two Three (2008)
Plot Summary:
Laxminarayan lives a poor lifestyle in Mumbai along with his widowed mother, Kanta, who wants him to be a successful gangster like Batlabhai, and would like him to kill a few people, make enough money, then get married to Khujli's daughter, Meena. In order to fulfill his mother's wish, Laxminarayan accepts a contract to kill D'Mello Yadav, a Pondi-based gangster, who has stolen a diamond from Batl.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, funny, realistic, semi serious
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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