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Plot Summary:
Sergio Konstanza, a Swindler, owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky army reserve unit whose Seargent is engaged to one of Mr. Hasson's Daughters.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: cult classic, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, weird, cult film
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Peeping Toms (1972)
Plot Summary:
Gote and Eli are two aging friends who don't want to age. Gote is a lifeguard who's fighting peepers on the Tel-Aviv beach. Eli is a guitar player who dreams of building a night club in altman's restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy, cult film
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The Last Band in Lebanon (2016)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about three military band reservists who wake to discover that the Israeli army has withdrawn from Lebanon and left them behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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The Call-up (1979)
Plot Summary:
It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, biting, suspense
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This is Sodom (2010)
Plot Summary:
When ancient Sodom is doomed to destruction due to its people's corrupt ways, Lot is the only righteous man destined to be spared.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, History
Country: Israel, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, feel good, light, captivating, idiotic
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Numbskull Emptybrook in the Army (1984)
Plot Summary:
Uuno is forced to complete his mandatory military service when it is revealed that he only spent one day in the army in his youth. As is typical of the Turhapuro series his family and friends become closely tied in with these events. His friends Härski Hartikainen and Sörsselssön return to the army for a refresher course and by chance Uuno's father-in-law, Councillor Tuura is made the Finnish Defence Minister. In one of the most memorable scenes, Uuno's wife, Elisabeth, dresses as Uuno and substitutes him for a day as Uuno has an apparently urgent meeting (at a restaurant) and while becoming lost in the woods with a malfunctioning radio, Tuura accidentally declares war on Sweden.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Hardly Working (1980)
Plot Summary:
In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slapstick, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Those Were the Days (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Dutch football team has just released the heroic World Cup final lost to archrival West Germany. The whole country is in mourning and Jaap Kooijman throws out of sheer frustration the brand new TV out the window. This event is the prelude to an equally comical , exciting and touching family film.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Military Academy (2007)
Plot Summary:
The movie deals with a guy who gets to join the German Bundeswehr involuntarily because a colleague loses his denial papers in order to get the chance to get down on his girlfriend. When entering the Bundeswehr he acts like a giant idiot and of course gets in one room with some of the biggest losers around. The loser turns out to be a hero and leads his loser-colleagues to win a contest with the local US army squad.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good, light, sexy, exciting
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Who's Got the Action? (1962)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Remarkable Power (2008)
Plot Summary:
A late night talk show host masterminds an elaborate scheme to save his canceled show and avenge his wife's affair, entangling an eclectic collection of tinsel towners in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, independent film, surprise ending, detective, cult classic
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When Pigs Have Wings (2011)
Plot Summary:
After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting: imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the Faith of Islam but also by the Jewish religion. Determined to get rid of the animal, Jafaar tries desperately to sell it, first to a United Nations official, then to a Jewish colony where Yelena raises pigs not for their meat but for security reasons. Of course, going unnoticed in the company of a "forbidden" animal, among his Palestinian brothers, past Israeli soldiers and under the scrutiny of Islamic fundamentalists is no bed of roses and a series of misadventures await Jafaar.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, philosophical, biting, soap opera, suspense
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The Great Match (2006)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about the attempts of tribal groups around the world to watch a soccer match.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, sentimental
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Operation Grandma (1999)
Plot Summary:
Mivtza Savta ("Operation Grandma") is a satirical Israeli comedy about three very different brothers trying to get around many obstacles to bury their grandmother on her kibbutz. The story takes place in Israel, in the fictional kibbutz "Asisim".
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: black comedy, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, cult film
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Zero Motivation (2014)
Plot Summary:
Filmmaker Talya Lavie steps into the spotlight with a dark comedy about everyday life for a unit of young female Israeli soldiers. The human resources office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast of characters, who bide their time pushing paper, battling for the top score in Minesweeper, and counting down the minutes until they can return to civilian life. Amidst their boredom and clashing personalities, issues of commitment—from friendship to love and country—are handled with humor and sharp-edged wit. In Hebrew with subtitles.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, satirical, absurd, witty, talky, humorous, tragicomedy, realistic, cynical, semi serious
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The Day We Met (1990)
Plot Summary:
After being called for his mandatory yearly Israeli army reserve duty, Arik Schwartzman finds himself looking for a uniform wearing serial rapist. He is aided by Natalie, a young female soldier who looks for her lost father.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Sallah (1964)
Plot Summary:
Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of the big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: black comedy, black and white, humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, intercultural, suspense, inter cultural
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Hello, Goodbye (2008)
Plot Summary:
French film icons Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star in this romantic comedy about a Parisian couple in their fifties who share a comfortable life, a beautiful home, a posh country club and a midlife crisis. Following a dream vacation to Israel where Alain (Depardieu) explores his Jewish roots, Gisèle (Ardant) insists they change their life and move to Tel Aviv. While Gisèle, a Jewish convert, finds her new life inspiring; Alain fights to embrace Hebrew, Jewish tradition and a new circumcision. Will Alain and Gisèle learn whether Shalom represents Hello or Goodbye?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, offbeat, realistic
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Low Cost (2010)
Plot Summary:
Passengers on a low cost flight from Djerba to Beauvais have their patience tested to destruction when their departure is delayed for eight hours because of a fault with the plane's air-conditioning. In the end, they are so fed up that they will do almost anything to get back home.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, funny, feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious, offbeat, realistic
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Special Correspondents (2009)
Plot Summary:
R2I, a famous news radio station, sends its best reporting duo to Iraq: Frank, journalist, and Poussin, sound engineer. Very quickly, millions of listeners follow their highly documented stories, reflecting the hot intensity of the fighting and the difficult survival of the population.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, captivating, melancholic
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Young Love: Lemon Popsicle 7 (1987)
Plot Summary:
Those Lemon Popsicle boys are at it again!..Naughtier than ever in.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 892
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany, Israel
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, vintage, weird, cult film
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Erkan & Stefan (2000)
Plot Summary:
Editor Eckernförde has come into the possession of an audiocassette that contains a recording of the last minutes of deceased politician Uwe Barschel. The circumstances of his untimely death have never been completely resolved - until now. Unfortunately, the editor's daughter Nina accidentally takes the tape with her to Munich, where she is about to visit her paralyzed Mom in a sanatorium. When this information reaches the CIA and the BND, both organizations compete to get hold of the tape. Meanwhile Erkan & Stefan, two loveable wannabe supercheckers from Munich, are assigned as bodyguards for Nina - of course, they are expected to mess up their job, so that the tape can be retrieved. But the two friends prove to be a bit more streetwise than CIA or BND ever expected.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, realistic
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High Strung (1992)
Plot Summary:
Thane Furrows, an extremely cynical but unintentionally hilarious children's book writer, wakes up one morning, and, since pretty much everyone and everything annoys him, begins another day of complaining to himself. However, the day proves to be much different than normal when Thane begins to recieve strange phone calls, letters, and voices in his head, all indicating that something will happen at 8 o'clock. As the day goes on, Thane rants and raves about the things that annoy him, as the clock slowly ticks closer and closer to his destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, cult classic, independent film, black comedy
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Sgt. Bilko (1996)
Plot Summary:
The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, hilarious, exciting, captivating, feel good, surprise ending, offbeat, realistic
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Down Periscope (1996)
Plot Summary:
Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the enemy flagship in the upcoming war games … and to make matters even worse, Dodge's crew is a band of idiots even more incompetent that he is!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, not serious, witty, light, funny, spoof, cult classic, realistic, exciting
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White Collar Blues (1975)
Plot Summary:
Based on Paolo Villaggio's books "Fantozzi" and "Il secondo, tragico Fantozzi", which are popular in Italy, this film tells the story of an unfortunate accountant's life over the course of one year, shown in a variety of sketches, segments and provocative sequences making Fantozzi a very unlucky person indeed.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, cult film
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Don't Drink the Water (1994)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. In order to stay out of jail, the Hollanders take refuge in the American Embassy, which is temporarily being run by the absent Ambassador's diplomatically incompetent son, Axel.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious
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Frits and Franky (2013)
Plot Summary:
Frits & Franky find a lot of money in a car that crashes into the water. They don't know what to do with it.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good
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The Hustle (2008)
Plot Summary:
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at the opportunity that might save his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, entertaining, black comedy, independent film
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Party Crashers (2012)
Plot Summary:
"Party Crashers" chronicles the amusing encounter between Marco Polo (Marcelo Adnet), a Copacabana's trickster, and Beto (Eduardo Sterblitch), a boy passionate and somewhat pixilated, on the New Year's Eve in Rio. Together they crashes at parties and create a lot of confusion in search of the beautiful Laura.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum (1997)
Plot Summary:
Balding advertising executive Mr. Baum spends more time on a new ad campaign for purple sunglasses than he does with his own family. But suddenly he is forced to reexamine his life after a doctor tells him that he has an 'aggressive' brain tumor and will die in 90 minutes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, thought provoking, clever, humorous, tragicomedy, realistic, surreal, contemplative, cynical, semi serious