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Plot Summary:
Two friends purchase a winning lottery ticket, only to have it stolen by a Woman while she is robbing the cafe in which they are having lunch. The Woman is caught and sent to prison, having managed to smuggle the lottery ticket inside. The two friends devise a plan to dress up in drag, commit a minor felony, get caught and then sent to the same prison in order to retrievie the ticket. "Some Like it Hot" meets "Stir Crazy" describes the antics of the film.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Chicago, Chicago (1969)
Plot Summary:
Director Norman Jewison's 1969 period comedy, based on Ben Hecht's memoirs, stars Beau Bridges as a young apprentice at a big city newspaper. The cast also includes Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith, Hume Cronyn, George Kennedy, Wilfred Hyde-White and Margot Kidder.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, slapstick
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She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas (1985)
Plot Summary:
A humorous and revealing tale of a group of eight women from varying walks of life, who have volunteered for a rugged survival course at a tough mountain school in the English lakes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Hard Cell (2022)
Plot Summary:
A Netflix comedy series written and directed by Catherine Tate set in a women's prison. Tate plays multiple characters as a documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley capturing the penal system at its brutal humorous best.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, dark comedy
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Buy & Cell (1988)
Plot Summary:
Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmates want his help. To manage all the money, he forms CON INC. and runs it from the prison under the noses of the warden and the guards. But when the IRS and SEC begin to investigate this successful company, it looks like he may be in trouble again.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Nudity Required (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two friends use the casting couch to seduce women while pretending to be movie producers.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, independent film, hot
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Le Mentor (2012)
Plot Summary:
A ruined old man turned homeless overhears the conversation of a young couple. He decides to intervene and become their mentor.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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The Unfinished Works Of Sean Weathers (2004)
Plot Summary:
During the early-2000s filmmaker Sean Weathers took 3 projects into production which he would not finish (Gangz vs. Cults, The Erotic Adventures of Samson & Delilah and Escape from Bloodbath Island).
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, campy, cult film
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Slammer Girls (1987)
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, spoof, parody
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When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong (1971)
Plot Summary:
Prehistoric cave-stud Ari wins lovely virgin Listra in a pig-catching contest, but their attempts at "Ding-Dong" keep getting interrupted by idiot battles between his tribe, The Cave Dwellers, and their neighbors, The Lake Dwellers. Annoyed that hubby would rather make war than Ding-Dong, Listra organizes the women of both tribes to go on strike and "abstain Ding-Dong" until the men stop fighting. It all happens back in the days when men carried clubs and women played ding-dong, an Italian stone-age sex comedy based on the Greek classic "Lysistrata" and filled with shapely cavewomen sporting '70s hairstyles, a gay caveman with the hots for the hero, a title tune that will follow you forever and, of course, plenty of old-fashioned Ding-Dong!.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: prehistoric, cult film
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Boin-n-g (1963)
Plot Summary:
An inexperienced producer and director audition and film naked women for a nudie movie. Everything goes wrong.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Hot T-Shirts (1980)
Plot Summary:
In order to avoid the closure a bar the owner and some friends organize a wet-T-shirt competition. As they thought this attracks new people and certainly money.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, grindhouse, independent film, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen sex comedy, teen comedy
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Knock Outs (2011)
Plot Summary:
When call girl Cindy (Joslyn James, notorious from the golfing scandal) gets busted under the new 36 Strikes Law, she receives the maximum sentence of "Life in Prison without Parole". Desperate to beat the rap, Cindy agrees to become a Special Agent for the Feds on the condition that she infiltrates the illegal Female Fight Club that exists in the prison. What happens next is the sexy fight of her life as she uses her skills to get inside the club and bring it tumbling down!.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sex comedy
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Jail House Eros (1989)
Plot Summary:
In Jail House, Blackie has concocted a perfect escape plan. Then wardress 5354 is killed by accident when making love. She becomes the bad ghost, in contrast to the good ghost who dies in a previous escape attempt. Finally, the chief warden, the interior decorators, Blackie and the good ghost come to an agreement. They would get the chief warden's girl friend, the exorcist, to banish the bad ghost. To leave quietly too are Blackie and the good ghost.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Deathrow Gameshow (1987)
Plot Summary:
Chuck Toedan's the host of a gameshow featuring death row convicts competeing in life-or-death contests in hopes of cheating the executioner or, at the very least, winning some nice prizes for their next of kin. Not surprisingly, Chuck has made more than a few enemies, from outraged viewers trying to ban his show, to families of losing contestants looking for revenge. A hitman hired by one such family has shown up at Chuck's office, and he'll need to enlist the help of his most outspoken critic to keep from ending up like most of his contestants.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 892
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, game show, independent film, rough, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Beach Balls (1988)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Harrison dreams of being a rock star and, with the help of friends and a gang of local toughs, he arranges a concert in his house for a big time record producer, or at least that is what Charlie thought he was arranging.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, independent film, teen comedy
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That 70's Girl (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two sisters, Ashleigh and Jennifer, have been conned out of their money. They need a house-mate to share living costs. They get more than they bargained for with cute hippie chick Petal and her lesbian lover Mandy.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tv series pilot
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Round Numbers (1992)
Plot Summary:
A housewife who despises society's obsession with health and looks suspects her husband of cheating on her with a hot model in a local health spa. She decides to infiltrate the spa, find the woman and get her revenge. But is it that simple?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film
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Bikini Summer III: South Beach Heat (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jamie is a makeup artist for a local bikini contest on the beautiful South Beach of Miami. Her life appears to be falling apart when her boyfriend leaves her in a jealous rage. Her wild and gorgeous friends, Dev and Bink, convince her to be a contestant in the contest while her ex-boyfriend's bumbling private detective hilariously tries to track her. In a transformation of innocence to high-profile model, Jamie heats up Miami at South Beach.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, sexy, independent film, teen sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, hot
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Prison-A-Go-Go! (2003)
Plot Summary:
A women-in-prison action comedy featuring girls running amok! Multiple Shower Scenes! Kung Fu Food Fights! Mutant Zombies! Evil Scientists, Prominent Product Placement, and Mud Wrastlin!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: cult classic, spoof, independent film, parody, cult film
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Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy (1976)
Plot Summary:
It's a tidal wave of laughs When "CHESTY" puts her deadly weapons into action!.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, sexploitation film
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A Free Bird (2014)
Plot Summary:
All JT wants is his freedom and a cigarette. But these are hard times: the steakhouse just fired him, his car broke down, he's broke. So when his buddies plan to rob the steakhouse - to steal the meat - it sounds like a good idea. What could go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, independent film
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Baby Dolls Behind Bars (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ditzy police cadet Sissy goes undercover in a maximum security prison to get the goods on world famous jewel thief, Maggie. Once inside she uncovers a devious plot headed up by the wicked Warden.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002)
Plot Summary:
With his life already in shambles -- his girlfriend just dumped him, he's lost his acting gig, and his cat is seriously ill -- sad-sack Jimmy Zoole (Steve Guttenberg) comes home New Year's Eve to find a gay burglar (Lombardo Boyar) looting his apartment. Taking the intruder hostage, Jimmy threatens to unleash his pent-up rage on the would-be thief but instead begins to bond with his captive.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, light, clever
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Waitress! (1982)
Plot Summary:
Three lovely waitresses contend with a drunken, slovenly chef and mutinous patrons.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, sexy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen sex comedy, sex comedy, hot
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Skills Like This (2007)
Plot Summary:
Max Solomon faces the awful truth that he will never be a writer. So, in a desperate attempt to find his true calling, he turns to crime. In this inventive comedy, three friends have their lives turned upside down when one of them realizes that larceny might be his best skill.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Bikini Chain Gang (2005)
Plot Summary:
A waitress who won't put out for her boss has the misfortune of quitting her job just as the bar is being robbed by a notorious thief.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy
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3 Strikes (2000)
Plot Summary:
Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hooks has 2 strikes, and wants to change his life for the better. When a friend picks him up, they are pulled over, and his friend shoots at police officers, and Hooks escapes. Now Hooks, a wanted man, must clear his name of having nothing to do with the shooting.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, intense, feel good, not serious, realistic, hood, black comedy, independent film
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Breakfast of Champions (1999)
Plot Summary:
A portrait of a fictional town in the mid west that is home to a group of idiosyncratic and slightly neurotic characters. Dwayne Hoover is a wealthy car dealer-ship owner that's on the brink of suicide and is losing touch with reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: surreal, talky, black comedy, dark comedy, tragicomedy, humorous, witty, cult classic, intense, independent film
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Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
Plot Summary:
You slipped into my life as easily as vermouth into a glass of gin, purrs reclusive singing star Angela Arden. Arden is not only haunted by a secret, she's treated like dirt by her louse of a husband, her snoopy maid, and her petulant daughter. Only her mentally defective son and a well-endowed gigolo treat her with love and affection. Is it any wonder she takes drastic action to improve her life?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, melancholic, satirical, light, parody, funny, captivating, spoof, slasher
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Coffee Town (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three thirty-something friends band together when their carefree existence is threatened.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, light, funny, feel good, realistic, independent film