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Plot Summary:
Determined to even the scales and profit from his thankless job, a factory worker schemes to traffic luxury perfumes from under his employer's nose.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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My Brother's Summer (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Sergio learns that he will soon have a baby brother, his imagination kicks into gear in devious and alarming ways. But when his mother suffers a miscarriage, Sergio's feelings of guilt are all too real.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Beast (1974)
Plot Summary:
An experienced truck-driver is forced to become assistant to a young Sicilian driver. The Beast, the truck they drive around Europe, becomes their ground for mutual respect and trust.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, poliziottesco
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You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971)
Plot Summary:
This oddball counterculture comedy/drama follows Zalman King through a series of kooky misadventures while he searches for his life's purpose in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Yannick (2023)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of a performance of the play "Le Cocu", a very bad boulevard, Yannick gets up and interrupts the show to take the evening back in hand.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: independent film, dark comedy, metafiction
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Caravaggio and My Mother the Pope (2017)
Plot Summary:
Caravaggio's tortured life, his murder and the journey of his soul.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Underdoges (2016)
Plot Summary:
A sign holder gets fired from his job and as a result gets into the drug and bit-coin money laundering business.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags:
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Here Is Harold (2014)
Plot Summary:
For over 40 years, Harold has been running a successful business, Lunde Furniture, together with his wife, Marny. This comes to an end when IKEA decides to open a new superstore right next door to Harolds small furniture shop. Harold and Marny lose both their shop and their home to the bank, and to make matter worse, Marny is starting to lose her memory. In mounting anger and desperation, Harold wants revenge. He arms himself with a pistol, gets into his old Saab, and sets off for lmhult, Sweden, to kidnap his nemesis, the founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 997
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact (2022)
Plot Summary:
With the sudden passing of her husband Mitch, a newly pregnant Elizabeth decides to move back to her hometown of Fort Wayne Indiana for a new start. But when a letter surfaces from her late husband, she must confront her past to save her future.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Richelieu (2023)
Plot Summary:
A French-to-Spanish interpreter working for a food processing plant that hires seasonal workers from Guatemala is, at first determined to obey the sometimes excessive directives of the young boss, but she befriends the workers and tries to defend them against the exploitation they suffer.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Lovely Louise (2013)
Plot Summary:
André, 55, lives with his mother Louise, 80, and leads an unspectacular life. He works as a taxi driver while the elderly diva dreams of bygone days as an actress in Hollywood. One day the charismatic Bill, 50, an American, turns up on their doorstep - a stranger who will soon turn their quiet life upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Pretty Stoned (2023)
Plot Summary:
A total stoner with no commitment to her job and a type-A high-achiever join forces when they find themselves in trouble after one of them disposes of $20,000 worth of pot from a drug queenpin and her henchwomen.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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The Talent Agency (2023)
Plot Summary:
Four artist managers at a talent agency company in Jakarta call themselves agents who are very passionate about their work above their personal lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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Bad Signal: The Series (2021)
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Entrusted by her sister, Tante Maya brings her trusted but rustic employees, Yos and Melki, from Sumba to manage a hotel in Anyer. She is also tasked to choose the new manager from among the three senior employees, Oci, Sudung and Randi. The previously well-run hotel runs into problems when the employees compete for Tante Maya's attention and approval.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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Tiny Beautiful Things (2023)
Plot Summary:
A floundering writer becomes a revered advice columnist while her own life is falling apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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That Old Dream That Moves (2001)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the last days of a factory that is about to shut down. Among the workers forced to idle away until the end of the week, Jacques, a young technician is busy dismantling a machine while, without noticing it, turning on some of the men around him!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, queer cinema
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The Worst Year of My Life (2015)
Plot Summary:
One week before proposing to his girlfriend, Kyle, a down-on-his-luck romantic, discovers that she's been sleeping with another man. Unemployed, saddled with debt, and depressed, Kyle embarks on a funny yet affecting journey to recovery that involves living in his car, bottom-of-the-barrel jobs, therapy, online dating, and Kyle's own wild, fantastical, and snarky imagination.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating
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Rimini (2022)
Plot Summary:
Richie Bravo, once upon a time a successful pop star, chases after his faded fame in wintry Rimini. Trapped between permanent intoxication and concerts for busloads of tourists, his world starts to collapse when his adult daughter breaks into his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Austria
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, comedy drama, black comedy, dark comedy
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Hugues (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hugues is an actor but does not want to play anymore. He took refuge with Serge, his companion, in the house where he grew up. Micheline, a director, insists that he go back on stage. Serge gives him an ultimatum: it’s him or the room.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Crash Test Aglaé (2017)
Plot Summary:
Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be relocated abroad, she accepts, to everyone's surprise, to go to India in order to hold on to her job. Accompanied by two colleagues, she sets out on a perilous road trip to the other side of the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, tense, light, feel good, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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Father and Sons (2018)
Plot Summary:
Joseph and his two sons, Joachim and Ivan, form a close-knit family but fail to see that each one is losing control of his life. Joachim is supposed to be studying psychiatry but spends most of his time daydreaming about his ex-girlfriend, Ivan cannot fit in at school despite being very smart, and Joseph has secretly quit his job as a doctor and is trying to become a writer. While there is plenty of affection at home, all three are also, clumsily, searching for love.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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Perfumes (2019)
Plot Summary:
Anne Walberg is a celebrity in the world of perfume. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible talent to companies of all kinds. She lives as a diva, selfish, with a strong temper. Guillaume is her new driver and the only one who is not afraid to stand up to her. No doubt this is the reason why she does not fire him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, inspirational, light, sincere, sweet
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20 Cigarettes (2007)
Plot Summary:
Andrey is a young and successful executive at a creative advertising agency in Moscow. That day he smokes a whole pack of cigarettes. Each cigarette is the beginning of a storm of circumstances and conflicts around him increasingly fiercer. His professional and personal lives are in danger. He needs to act and make the right decisions.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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My Father's Stories (2020)
Plot Summary:
Lyon, 1960s. Emile is twelve years old. His father is a hero. He says he is a judo champ, a parachutist, a soccer player and even a personal advisor to General de Gaulle. Now he wants to save French Algeria! Fascinated and proud, Emile willingly follows his father in missions of utmost danger: tailing, spying, delivering top-secret letters. Emile carries out his orders in all seriousness. He even recruits Luca, a new classmate, into his secret combat. But what if the father’s exploits were all phony, and far too dangerous for children?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Full Monty (2023)
Plot Summary:
Taking place 25 years after the original British smash hit, the same band of brothers navigate the post-industrial city of Sheffield and society's crumbling healthcare, education, and employment sectors.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: buddy comedy
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The Clink of Ice (2010)
Plot Summary:
An alcoholic writer is visited by an incarnation of his cancer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, clever, offbeat, biting, suspense
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The Best Is Yet to Come (2019)
Plot Summary:
Following a huge misunderstanding, two friends always decide to tackle everything to make up for lost time.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tragicomedy, sentimental, thought provoking, sincere, mind bending, touching, inspirational, buddy comedy, humorous
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My Father Is a Cleaning Lady (2011)
Plot Summary:
Polo is 16 and has all the worries of a teenager his age. Between a bedridden mother and a sister who dreams of being a Miss, the only one he can look up to is his father. Unfortunately, he works as a maid.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, humorous, captivating, psychological, light, entertaining, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Haute Couture (2021)
Plot Summary:
Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade. She sees in her the opportunity to pass on her skills, the craft of dressmaking, her only wealth. In the frenetic world of Haute Couture, Esther will give Jade la beauté du geste, a way to reach beyond herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Bank of Dave (2023)
Plot Summary:
The true story of how Dave Fishwick, a working class man and self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community, he has to take on the elitist financial institutions of London and fight to receive the first, new banking license to be issued in over 100 years.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
Plot Summary:
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, dramatic, uplifting, sad, compassionate, heartbreaking, independent film, psychological, philosophical