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Plot Summary:
Two brothers reconcile their relationship over the death of their father after they inherit his craps table and gambling debt. A dark comedy set in the world of underground casinos.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, psychological, realistic, semi serious
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The Bill Collector (2010)
Plot Summary:
Uncle Frankie (Danny Trejo) is not the kind of guy you want to meet in a dark alley. Especially when you owe him money and have been giving him the slip for a few years. Such is the fate of Lorenzo Adams (Gary Moore), a top bill collector at Lump Sum Collections. Uncle Frankie has tracked Lorenzo to Norfolk, Virginia and is coming to collect.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, tense, christian film, realistic, independent film
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Carmina and Amen (2014)
Plot Summary:
After her husband dies, Carmina keeps it a secret until a check that he had been expecting comes in.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, melancholic, exciting
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The Man from Macau (2014)
Plot Summary:
The world renowned “Invincible Hand” Ken could identify not only mahjong tiles, but also cards with his fingers which had made him a legend. Upon his retirement as the Chief Security Consultant in Las Vegas, Ken returned to his hometown Macau, where he met his old friend Benz, and Benz’s son Cool and nephew Karl. Both Cool and Karl wanted to follow Ken. Ken claimed that if Cool could successfully cheat him once or win over him, he would then accept Cool as his protégé. Cool’s step brother Lionel, an undercover agent, had disguised his identity in an international gambling mafia which had planned to form an alliance with mafias in illegal gambling from all over the world to control the result of soccer matches. Lionel had recorded the entire conference, with the criminal evidence kept in an imitated eye. The eye was coincidentally given to Rainbow, Ken’s only daughter, which put her in danger. The retired Ken was forced to use his “Magic Hand” once again to uncover the evil plan….
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, anime, exciting
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Out on Parole (2004)
Plot Summary:
With one more day of parole left, J.T. vows to play by the book. But when he finds out his mom will lose their home unless they come up with a serious amount of money, J.T. takes a chance by entering a lowrider contest that violates his parole.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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A Madea Family Funeral (2019)
Plot Summary:
A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unpleasant family secrets.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, emotional, captivating
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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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Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, offbeat, independent film
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The Last Casino (2004)
Plot Summary:
A University teacher finds three bright students and decides to teach them how to count cards to make lots of money. As they learn how to play the casinos, things get tricky when the debt owing teacher informs them that their front man wants restitution for loses in about a weeks time. The three students decide to hit all the major casinos in Ontario and Quebec until discovered.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, exciting
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The Last Stand (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Last Stand, a drama that chronicles the life of four very different people attempting success as performers in Los Angeles until life becomes too much to handle.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, tragicomedy, talky, semi serious, independent film, dark comedy
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California Split (1974)
Plot Summary:
Down-on-his-luck gambler Bill (George Segal) links up with free spirit Charlie (Elliott Gould) at first to have some fun, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. As a final act of desperation, he pawns most of his possessions and goes to Reno for the poker game of a lifetime. A film set mainly in casinos and races, as the two win and lose, get robbed, and get blind drunk.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: grim, clever, witty, talky, cynical, dark comedy, funny, entertaining, art house, cult classic
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2 Jacks (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director, whose persona commands respect and adoration from his fans. Can his son, Jack Jr. maintain his legacy?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, sentimental, serious, realistic, non-linear, independent film
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A Short History of Decay (2014)
Plot Summary:
A failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother has Alzheimer's and his father has recently had a stroke and his girlfriend has recently broken up with him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Last Weekend (2014)
Plot Summary:
When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere, captivating, independent film, queer cinema
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The Last Producer (2000)
Plot Summary:
An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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Drop Dead Gorgeous (2010)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring model, Cynthia, becomes the focus of a documentary when she is chosen as the face for the world's biggest fashion designer, Claudio. Cynthia accidentally overdoses and with deadlines looming they decide to use her corpse to continue filming.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic, black comedy, mockumentary, dark comedy
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The Weasel's Tale (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, semi serious
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Among Friends (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three longtime friends set off on a boat trip with their romantic partners, but inclement weather, jealousy and confessions, will put to test their friendships.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, psychological, realistic, talky
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Don Verdean (2015)
Plot Summary:
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, exciting, suspense, entertaining, funny, social, humorous, realistic, hot
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An Ordinary Family (2011)
Plot Summary:
AN ORDINARY FAMILY is a humorous drama about one family, two brothers and a really big problem. Thomas Biederman is blindsided when his estranged brother, Seth, shows up unannounced to the annual family vacation… with his boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, psychological, captivating, independent film, sentimental, touching, realistic, talky, semi serious
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Lovers of Hate (2010)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedy which follows two brothers who are in love with the same woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, mumblecore, gloomy, independent film, dark comedy
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The New Year (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is forced to return to her hometown to take care of her ailing father and, in turn, finds herself living a life she never imagined for herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, contemplative, psychological, captivating, realistic
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A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on three brothers who, upon learning they only have a few days left to live, set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes. Hopper and Simmons are playing the brothers' father and uncle, respectively, while Caan is one of the brothers. Helfer is Caan's girlfriend, a woman with a dangerous past.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, contemplative, offbeat, realistic, witty
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The Kitchen (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer's thirtieth birthday party is supposed to be a special day. But what starts out as a day of celebration quickly spirals into a most ill-fated day Jennifer wishes she could forget, in this ensemble comedy set entirely in a kitchen.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, talky, mumblecore, sincere, independent film
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Newlyweds (2011)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is upended by the arrivals of their respective sisters.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, sincere, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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The Big Ask (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Big Ask is a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do anything for him - except for the one thing he wants.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, psychological, captivating, realistic, independent film
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Pastor Jones: Heavenly Voices (2009)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - This entry in director Jean-Claude La Marre's Pastor Jones series sees the beleaguered clergyman coping with a gap in the church budget. When he can't make a payment on one of the church's loans, the pastor fears he may have to stop funding the choir, and turns to its two lead members (who happen to be quibbling siblings) to help save the day. Will they be able to put their pride aside and keep the choir together? - Jean-Claude La Marre, Nancy Bellany, Richardson Chery.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sincere
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Price Check (2012)
Plot Summary:
Pete is a good guy who used to be cool. Once living his dream in the music industry, he now toils away in the pricing department of a failing supermarket chain to provide for his loving wife and young son. When Pete’s new boss, Susan, takes over the department, her high-energy enthusiasm and unconventional ideas start to shake things up. She aims to reinvent the company while grooming Pete for the executive fast track. Making more money now than he ever hoped to in the music industry, Pete begins to wonder if this new career is just what he needs to become the man he’s always wanted to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Deal (2008)
Plot Summary:
As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, psychological, humorous, semi serious
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Two Shots Fired (2014)
Plot Summary:
One early morning, at the beginning of a very hot summer, Mariano, a sixteen-year-old teenager, returns home, jumps into the pool and does some laps with a stopwatch. Then he gets out and mows the lawn, where he accidentally cuts the mower’s power cord when he runs over it. Set on fixing it, he goes to find tools but stumbles across a gun that he brings back to his room to shoot himself twice. But Mariano survives: one bullet just grazed his head and the other one, he believes, is stuck somewhere inside his body even if the doctors can’t find it anywhere, nor any exit wound for that matter. The only aftereffect he seems to have is a mysterious double-note when he plays music with his friends, which according to him is probably the result of the bullet still being inside him. But Mariano’s impulsive act will have other consequences on the people surrounding him….
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: semi serious, realistic, disturbing, offbeat, humorous
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Believe Me (2014)
Plot Summary:
Desperate, broke, and out of ideas, four college seniors start a fake charity to embezzle money for tuition.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, tense, captivating, interesting, vintage