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Plot Summary:
An English community gets testy when a refugee family is granted a plot of land on which to grow vegetables.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: weird
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Scottish Mussel (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ritchie is a Glaswegian chancer with low hopes and no prospects. Disillusioned with city life, he goes undercover at a Highland conservation centre to make his fortune as an illegal pearl fisher with the help of his two hapless and accident prone mates, Danny and Fraser. Here he meets Beth, a pretty English conservationist passionate about saving endangered mussels from the clutches of pearl thieves in the Scottish Highlands. Falling for her instantly, Ritchie must beat off competition in the form of Highland Ranger Ethan, a smooth talking American Adonis convinced that Beth can't resist his charms forever. After the success of pearl fishing attracts the unwanted attentions of old school Glaswegian mobster Gavin and his work at the centre leads him to question his true motivations, Ritchie must risk life and limb to save the Highlands from ecological disaster and win Beth's heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 809
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, psychological, feel good, contemplative, independent film
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La Sicilia (1997)
Plot Summary:
When his car breaks down, Luigi, a retired miner, meets the rebellious Anita, an orphanage refugee. Together, they have to run from the law.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Eaten by Lions (2018)
Plot Summary:
Omar and Pete are half brothers. When their parents are eaten by lions they embark on a journey to find Omar's real father. What follows is a funny, heart-warming journey of self-discovery for both boys...in Blackpool. The Choudray family represents a truly contemporary example of modern multicultural Britain - but what will the brothers make of their eccentric newfound family? Will they be going to Mecca or Mecca bingo? In contrast to the old fashioned stereotypes about Blackpool, the comedy is sharp, current and non-stop.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating
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Please Sir! (1971)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Hedges, the somewhat naive and idealistc teacher of the rebellious Class 5C, lobbies to have them allowed on the school camping trip despite much precedent to the contrary. Once on the camping trip Mr. Hedges pursues the local barmaid and the class indulge in their usual activities. A small feud with some stereotypical upper class children in red blazers is resolved with a false rape allegation. A case of some stolen money is resolved through Mr. Hedges trusting the class. At the final dance Mr. Hedges is ensnared in the romantic clutches of Miss Cutforth, contrary to his wishes.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Large (2001)
Plot Summary:
The son of a '70s rock star has to meet stringent conditions to inherit the family fortune, while his mates and greedy stepmother have other ideas.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Brexageddon?! (2016)
Plot Summary:
One-off comedy satirising the EU Referendum and its effects in which a cast of comedy characters interact with the real-life campaign pranking prominent figures within the Leave and Remain camps.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags:
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Ealing Comedy (2008)
Plot Summary:
Alfie Singh, accountant turned film producer, has a great idea for a film. It's called Ealing Comedy and it's about an accountant turned film producer called Alfie Singh. Alfie will play himself and his real son, Paul, will play his son in the film. Turned down by all the financiers, Alfie vows to make the film himself. His life with his wife and teenage son and his struggles to finance and make films in the UK are all woven together in a series of mad-cap events, resulting in a very British film.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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So There (1997)
Plot Summary:
A trucker, an accountant, a former plumber hospitalised after a suicide attempt... Presided over by the accountant, the three families decide to buy a truck, a trucker's dream. The father, practical joker, and larger-than-life lover, keeps a watchful eye. The children are his accomplices. One is his heroine. His daughter is his other heroine. A puzzle of life's desires in which all veers into the imaginary, into dreams of far-off lands.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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8 Minutes Idle (2012)
Plot Summary:
Based upon Matt Thorne's award-winning novel about life in a call centre, "Eight Minutes Idle" is a warped urban comedy about what it really means to put your life 'on hold'! Dan Thomas has always taken the path of least resistance - in his work life, home life and love life! But when Dan finds himself kicked out of the family home, he's faced with no option but to secretly move into the call centre where he works. Suddenly, everything that he's previously taken for granted - a well-stocked fridge, clean clothes, his friends, his self respect, even his beloved cat - are either disappearing or conspiring against him. As Dan's work/life balance spirals dangerously out of control, he's forced to break out of old habits and to dare to do something he has never had to do before - really care about someone other than himself. Written by Sarah Cox.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, not serious, offbeat
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Basic Sanitation, the Movie (2007)
Plot Summary:
When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, Brazilian villagers decide to make a short sci-fi monster movie about the problem.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, sentimental, feel good, captivating, funny, exciting, fun, amateur film
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A Tight Spot (1982)
Plot Summary:
At 56 years of age Mita Pantić (Nikola Simić) is still only a junior clerk in his company. Another typical workday for him is starting at 6 a.m. as frustration awaits at every turn from the moment he gets up. Trying to get ready to go to work, he can barely get a turn to use the bathroom in the crowded apartment. Other members of the household are not without their frustrations either, meaning that nagging and shouting are a staple of their home life at any time of day.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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After You've Gone (2007)
Plot Summary:
After You've Gone was a British comedy that aired on BBC One from 12 January 2007 to 21 December 2008. Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, After You've Gone was created by Fred Barron, who also created My Family. The writers include Barron, Ian Brown, Katie Douglas, James Hendie, Danny Robins, Andrea Solomons and Dan Tetsell. Three series and two Christmas specials aired, and work on scripts for a fourth series had already begun when the BBC withdrew the commission in November 2008 and cancelled the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 853
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sitcom, situational comedy
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Powder Room (2013)
Plot Summary:
This comedy follows Sam, as her life is turned upside down on a big night out. When reunited with her old college friends, Sam is forced to re-evaluate her life and constructs an elaborate façade in order to convince herself and her friends that she has it all. But once her dysfunctional yet devoted trio of best mates intervene, her carefully crafted charade begins to crumble amidst the shots, cigarettes, ciders and toilet transgressions. Faced with some very harsh realities, Sam must struggle to remain true to herself and reassess exactly what she wants from life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 819
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious
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The Clandestine Marriage (1998)
Plot Summary:
A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: costume drama, independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, stylized, semi serious, period piece, period drama
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Sparkle (2007)
Plot Summary:
Liverpool chancer Sam moves to London with his aspiring chanteuse mum and begins an affair with a PR boss. But problems arise when he falls for her estranged daughter, too.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, offbeat, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious
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Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)
Plot Summary:
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Sadie's Last Days on Earth (2016)
Plot Summary:
Everything in high school is like the world ending and Sadie Mitchell's crippling fear of the coming apocalypse is the heightened version of that.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, teen comedy
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The Worst Christmas of My Life (2012)
Plot Summary:
Paolo needs to reach the castle of Alberto Caccia, where he was invited to spend Christmas with his family and Margherita, the ninth month of pregnancy. With them there will also be blessed, daughter of Alberto and childhood friend of Margherita, who was also pregnant. Among various mishaps and blunders, Paolo will combine another of his, coming to make everyone believe, because of a misunderstanding, that Alberto's died for his fault.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, funny, sweet, captivating
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Lost Embrace (2004)
Plot Summary:
In Buenos Aires, the twenty and something year old Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff has left the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where his mother has a lingerie shop and his brother runs an importation business, trying to get his Polish passport and move to Europe. Ariel has never understood why his father left him when he was a baby to fight in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. When his father returns to Buenos Aires, Ariel discovers the reason why his father left his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Argentina, France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, talky, clever, contemplative
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Queen of Hearts (1989)
Plot Summary:
Eddie Luca is the youngest son in a family of Italian immigrants who has moved to London. Beginning from nowhere, they open a cafe in an Italian neighbourhood. One day their father loses the cafe, the home and his wedding ring by gambling.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 541
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Unmade Beds (2009)
Plot Summary:
Axl wants to find his long-lost father and rediscover his past. Vera just wants to forget hers as she tries to move on from heartbreak. Their stories come together in the melting-pot of 21st century London.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, erotic, sexy, clever, realistic, semi serious, avant garde
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Down Dog (2014)
Plot Summary:
Every boy needs a father. Meet Frank. Lover and father. A high flying sex addict, told that he is dying, tries to connect with his teenage son by teaching him how to get the girl he likes.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, touching, realistic, independent film
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Miami Beach (2016)
Plot Summary:
Miami is one of the most sought by young Italians. It is there, in fact, is going to study at university Luca, a Roman, the son of John and Valentina, Milan, daughter Olivia. During the plane trip from Rome to Miami, Olivia and John argue furiously.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Surviving Christmas with the Relatives (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two sisters come together to spend Christmas with their families in their recently deceased parents’ falling down country house, with hilariously chaotic consequences, as ancient sibling rivalries flare up again to sabotage the hoped for season of good will.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Gone Too Far! (2013)
Plot Summary:
GONE TOO FAR follows two estranged teenage brothers over the course of a single day as they meet for the first time, and struggle to accept each other for who they are. Yemi can't wait for his big brother to join him on the estate in Peckham - but when Ikudayisi arrives from Nigeria wearing socks and sandals Yemi questions both his judgement and his African heritage. A day on the estate filled with danger and excitement teaches both of them the values of family and self respect.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Nigeria
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: uplifting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, psychological, sentimental, touching, realistic
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The Infidel (2010)
Plot Summary:
Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, surreal, realistic, witty, talky, biting, suspense
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All in Good Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
East is East writer Ayub Khan-Din returns with another funny, tender-hearted portrait of family strife. Based on his popular play Rafta, Rafta (itself inspired by Bill Naughtons 1960s classic All in Good Time), the film is set in Bolton where Atul and Vina are celebrating their marriage. However, a honeymoon spent with his parents was not part of their plans. Thoughtless patriarch Eeshwar seems determined to emasculate and embarrass his son. As the weeks pass, consummating their union becomes an impossibility that threatens the couples entire future. A breezy mixture of heartbreak and hilarity, All in Good Time also offers peerless performances from original stage stars Harish Patel and Meera Syal.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, feel good, captivating, light, multicultural, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Anita & Me (2002)
Plot Summary:
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious
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A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Plot Summary:
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, talky, funny, ironic, semi serious, psychological, sincere, parody, surreal
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Some Girls (2012)
Plot Summary:
Some Girls is a British comedy series written by Bernadette Davis that airs on BBC Three. The show stars Adelayo Adedayo, Mandeep Dhillon, Alice Felgate, Natasha Jonas, Dolly Wells, Colin Salmon, Jassa Ahluwalia and Franz Drameh. It debuted on 6 November 2012 and the first series ran for six episodes. BBC Three announced at the end of the first series that the show would return for a second series. On 18 September 2013, they confirmed that each episode of the second series will premiere on BBC iPlayer a week ahead of being broadcast on BBC Three. The first episode became available on iPlayer on 23 September and will be broadcast on BBC Three on 30 September with the rest of the series following that trend.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, sincere, realistic, semi serious