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Plot Summary:
A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, sex comedy, not serious, parody, entertaining, crying, slapstick comedy, weeping, low brow humor, funny
Best tv shows and movies like Going Overboard (1989):
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Waydowntown (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the maze that is the downtown core of a large city, glass skywalks connect apartment buildings, office towers and shopping malls. Its day 28 of the bet and over the lunch hour, as the office prepares for the company founder's retirement party, things start to seriously unravel.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, cult classic, mind bending, offbeat, crying, freeze frame, psychological
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Steak (2007)
Plot Summary:
A French comedy with comedians Eric & Ramzy made by Quentin Dupieux a.k.a. Mr. Oizo.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, surreal, not serious, offbeat, slapstick comedy, slapstick, freeze frame, dark comedy
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Hang Loose (2012)
Plot Summary:
Kevin must go to Hawaii to attend the wedding of his big sister. The day before the wedding he goes on a misadventure with his future brother in law and his crazy groomsmen that changes his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, freeze frame, whimsical
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Walk of Fame (2017)
Plot Summary:
A motley crew of aspiring performers come under the guidance of an eccentric and volatile acting coach.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Gorp (1980)
Plot Summary:
Gorp is a delighfully silly send up of summer camp movies. It is set in a Catskills style resort for wealty Jewish kids. The main source of plot movement is from the following elements: camp waiters vs. camp management; camp guests vs. waiters; waiters vs. waiters. There are many memorable moments from young actors who later became major stars.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, teen sex comedy, humorous, realistic, not serious, psychotronic, sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Mortuary Academy (1988)
Plot Summary:
"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necropheliac. Of course, the most incompetent students possible are accepted, so that the academy will fail, and all sorts of wacky hijinks ensue.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: crying, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009)
Plot Summary:
Tucker decides to take an impromptu trip to celebrate his friend's bachelor party. He drags his friend into a lie with his fiancée, gets him into trouble and then abandons him in order to pursue a hilarious carnal interest. Tucker is disinvited to the wedding, and in order to get back in, Tucker has to find a way to balance his narcissism with the demands of friendship.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: realistic, feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, dark comedy, funny, erotic, semi autobiographical, black comedy
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Chairman of the Board (1997)
Plot Summary:
A surfer becomes the head of a major company.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, not serious, entertaining, feel good, mockbuster, hilarious, independent film, claymation
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American Beach House (2015)
Plot Summary:
What happens when six lucky strangers, three handsome young guys and three beautiful sexy young women, from all over the world, win a random contest-- an all expenses paid trip to an amazing beach house in glamorous Malibu, California, thanks to a big Internet company--only to discover they have to share it with each other.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, not serious, realistic, sincere, tense, captivating, erotic, sex comedy, slapstick
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Volley (2014)
Plot Summary:
Six twenty-something friends are spending New Year's Eve at a summer house at the river. The host, Nicolas (writer and director Martin Piroyansky, XXY), brings his ex-girlfriend Pilar (Inés Efron, Empty Nest, XXY) with whom he just had a one-night stand. But, Nicolas hits on every other girl including the brooding Cata (Vera Spinetta) and the voluptuous Belén (Justina Bustos). When Nicolas unexpectedly falls into bed and then into love with the high-strung Manuela (Violeta Urtizberea) who also happens to be his best friend's girlfriend, the last laugh is on him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, captivating, entertaining, neurotic, crying, feel good
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Wet and Wild Summer (1993)
Plot Summary:
A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and finds himself sympathising with the locals.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: crying, sex comedy, independent film, freeze frame
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The Gay Deceivers (1969)
Plot Summary:
Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: political, controversial, cult classic, lgbt cinema, crying, homoerotic, independent film, freeze frame, gay cinema, cult film
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Airplane Mode (2019)
Plot Summary:
En route to the world's largest social media convention in Australia, Logan Paul is scared to death; today is his first time flying. All of his worst nightmares come true when the passengers refuse to switch their phones to airplane mode, causing the plane's controls to go haywire and electrocuting the pilots.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, crying, slapstick comedy, dark comedy
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The Impostors (1998)
Plot Summary:
In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt team-up as two out-of-work actors who accidentally stow away on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has sworn to kill them for belittling his talents.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, absurd, feel good, witty, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, parody
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Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)
Plot Summary:
A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, entertaining, dark comedy, sex comedy, realistic, sexual, sexy, bloody
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The Sensuous Nurse (1975)
Plot Summary:
Greedy relatives hire a sensual caregiver to hasten the demise of a wealthy count suffering from a heart condition.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, crying, sex comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, low brow humor, hot
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Jack and Jill (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, not serious, slapstick, entertaining, feel good, romantic, cult classic, relaxing, realistic
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Billy Madison (1995)
Plot Summary:
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that he has what it takes to run the family business.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, talky, not serious, feel good, realistic, scary, epic, scenic
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Total Frat Movie (2016)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Martin, a JI whose fraternity gets kicked off campus after it takes the rap for a rival fraternity gone awry. Three years later, Charlie and the remaining brothers must throw the greatest rush event to recruit a new pledge class and bring the house back to glory.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, talky, intense, sex comedy, low brow humor
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Anger Management (2003)
Plot Summary:
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 225000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, parody, romantic, melancholic, hilarious, intense, realistic, not serious
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Boat Trip (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two straight men mistakenly end up on a "gays only" cruise.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, not serious, realistic, funny, hilarious, entertaining, parody, romantic, black comedy, hispanic
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Private Resort (1985)
Plot Summary:
Jack and his buddy Ben check in at a posh Florida resort, planning to spend every hour in hot pursuit of gorgeous babes. But their plans hit a major detour when they try to bed the wife of a conniving jewel thief. They'll have to outsmart him, a nasty security guard and an obnoxious jock if they're ever going to get a moment alone with the girls of their dreams!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: not serious, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, humorous, sexy, funny, entertaining, light, erotic, happy
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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)
Plot Summary:
A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, hilarious, humorous, exciting, ironic, saga, sex comedy, anamorphic, crying
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Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
Plot Summary:
An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: spoof, feel good, parody, humorous, entertaining, satirical, sexy, romantic, experimental, colorful
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Still Waiting... (2009)
Plot Summary:
After Shenaniganz loses all its hottest waitresses to new competitor Ta-Ta's Wing Shack -- where the scantily clad wait staff earns bigger tips -- the Shenaniganz staff aims to give Ta-Ta's its just desserts.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, unusual plot structure, funny, not serious, realistic, witty, freeze frame, bad ending, melancholic
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Grown Ups (2010)
Plot Summary:
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 269000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, teen, hilarious, romantic comedy, predictable, slapstick, light
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Waiting... (2005)
Plot Summary:
Employees at a Bennigan's-like restaurant (called, creatively enough, Shenanigan's), kill time before their real lives get started. But while they wait, they'll have to deal with picky customers who want their steak cooked to order and enthusiastic managers who want to build the perfect wait staff. Luckily, these employees have effective revenge tactics.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, not serious, realistic, parody, cult classic, hilarious, sex comedy, crying
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That's My Boy (2012)
Plot Summary:
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: humorous, sex comedy, parody, absurd, hilarious, predictable, teen, stylized, perverse, cult classic
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Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 166000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, hilarious, teen, funny, feel good, not serious, predictable, slapstick, entertaining, light
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Neighbors (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 325000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, not serious, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, teen, sex comedy, slapstick, absurd, romantic