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Plot Summary:
A sadly humorous story about a Siberian tractor driver, Ivan Rastorguyev (Vasili Shukshin), traveling with his wife (Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina) to a Black Sea resort, and about their first visit to Moscow.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
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Spanish Actress for Russian Minister (1990)
Plot Summary:
A love story between a mythical Russian minister and an opportunist TV series actress.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union, Spain
Duration: 100 min
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Teng Teng de sarapen (1983)
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Dolphy is a kind man who recycles bottles and newspapers for a living. But his kindness send him to prison when he helps a young lady get the right treatment at the hospital.
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Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
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Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
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Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: heartfelt, independent film
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Sideburns (1990)
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A small provincial town is home to two rival teenage gangs, one devoted to loose living and punk music and the other a collection of narrow-minded bodybuilders obsessed with order and convinced of their own moral rectitude. However, this cosy state of affairs is upset by the arrival of two strangers dressed like Pushkin, the famous early 19th century Russian poet, who proceed to found their own organisation, dedicated ostensibly to the memory of the great writer and the "salvation of Russia". Gradually, they begin to assume control of the town.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
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Ryaba My Chicken (1994)
Plot Summary:
In Soviet days an old peasant woman's hen begins to lay golden eggs. Of course, everyone agrees that she should share the wealth like a good citizen.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: folk tale
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Horned Bastion (1965)
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
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Numbskul Emptybrook Back in the Country (1986)
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Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is on the construction site of a new road. Tuura however is set on preventing this.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min
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The Branch Office (1988)
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 98 min
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Adam and Eve (1970)
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Bekir, in anger divorces his wife Kheva, which he regrets. Because of Sharia, she can return if she marries another and is expelled by him. Bekir arranges with Adam, to briefly marry and expel her. Neither Kheva, nor Adam want to separate.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 71 min
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The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992)
Plot Summary:
The rough Redneck may inherit from Stepfather a Million Dolars so the fun can begin.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min
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End of Days (1962)
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A satirical comedy with elements of metaphysical horror about religion in rural 1960s Soviet Russia. Notable for using first-person pseudo-documentary "found footage" technique framing the movie as the creation of the protagonist, who is returns to his home village from the city to discover that a local drunk has formed a doomsday cult.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min
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Chekhov's Motifs (2002)
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The film is based on A. P. Chekhov’s play “Tatiana Repina” and short story “Difficult People”. At his wedding, the groom is horrified to see among the church crowd his former mistress who had recently committed suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Comedy
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Absurdistan (2008)
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An allegorical comedy centered on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water shortage, go on a sex strike that threatens the young couple's first night of love.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, fairy tale
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A Stroke of Luck (2016)
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Villaviciosa de al Lado is a peaceful town stuck in time, living exclusively of the fame of a 200 years-old spa. Therefore, city hall's debts threatens to close the spa and ruin all town. Their salvation becomes when suddenly mayor Anselmo and the rest of members of city hall realize that they won the Christmas Lottery. But their happiness turns in horror after to discover that the prize belongs to a serial number distributed by the town's brothel, causing the suspicion of the wives and fear of the husbands after a TV interview where Mari, brothel's owner, claims that the almost men of the town will have prize from the lottery. Wanting a way to charge the prize to save the town without having to suffer the anger of their respective women, Anselmo, Ricardo, César, Juandi and Paco plots a plan in order to steal the money from the brothel, meanwhile Mari tries reconcile her stranded life and restore the memory of her deceased father, a former mayor.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, entertaining
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Peculiarities of the National Hunt (1995)
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A Finn preparing a work on the Russian hunting traditions and customs, comes to Russia to collect materials and is invited to take part in a hunting party. His flamboyant companions include an Army general, with more than a passing resemblance to Aleksander Lebed, a police detective, local forest ranger (a devotee of Zen Buddhism) and some big-city types from St. Petersburg. Inevitably, their good intentions soon give way to endless drinking, visits to local farm girls and much else besides.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: witty, not serious, humorous, realistic, relaxing, offbeat, slapstick, hilarious
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Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion (1962)
Plot Summary:
Film is based on one of the most popular novels of N. Dumbadze.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crying
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Recep Ivedik 7 (2022)
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Recep and Nurullah decide to go village house, which is inherited from his grandma. Recep finds out the existence of a big project, that will damage the village and the surrounding forests. Villagers will fight against the project with Recep's leadership.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 133 min
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The Red Snowball Tree (1974)
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A former thief is released from a prison. He tries to start a new life with his penfriend - a good village woman, but his past doesn't let him go.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: ironic, sentimental, thought provoking, touching, disturbing, sad, cynical
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Don't Grieve (1968)
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Benjamin, the local doctor is a soul of a local society, the educated, friendly, democratic person who often treats the poor for free. It makes him very popular with the locals but most certainly does not help with his bank account. He is in love with a beautiful Manette who is also crazy about him but is being watched closely by her father who called his daughter "his small capital" and is determined to protect her virginity until the moment the marriage contract has been signed.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
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What Men Talk About 3 (2018)
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This time Lesha, Slava, Kamil and Sasha go to St. Petersburg. And three of the four do not even know why they go there. But at some point it becomes clear that it does not matter - why. It is important that they go.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, feel good, humorous
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The Revenge of the Shiny Shrimps (2022)
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Two years after the death of Jean, Matthias, the coach, decides to take Selime, a young man from the suburbs he believes is gay, to accompany the Shiny Shrimps to the Gay Games in Tokyo, on a trip to pay tribute to their friend who left too early. But after they miss their connection, they find themselves stranded in Russia, in one of the not the most gay-friendly regions in the world. The start of a crazy adventure as incredible as it is perilous.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, queer cinema
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Desingu Raja (2013)
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Idhayakkani and Thamarai fall in love but their villages, Pulipatti and Kilipatti, have been at each other’s throats for 50 years. Kani hopes to bring peace with their marriage but unfortunately, Thamarai’s dad is killed by his villagers. And, now, she and her uncle Veerasamy want revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration:
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The Best Movie (2008)
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Vadik Volnov (Garik Kharlamov) dies on his own wedding of cannabis overdose and has to prove to God that he is worthy to enter Heaven. During his conversation with God's secretary, Vadik recalls numerous memorable moments of his earthly existence, such as getting drunk on cognac on his 8th birthday, service in the Soviet Army in Afghanistan, bandit showdowns in crime-ridden 1990s Russia, and, finally, meeting the love of his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, not serious, humorous, entertaining, exciting, captivating, funny, spoof, light, parody
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Walking the Streets of Moscow (1964)
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"I Am Walking Along Moscow" aka "Ya Shagayu Po Moskve" (1963) is a charming lyrical comedy directed by Georgi Daneliya in 1963 that was nominated for Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival. Daneliya proved that it is possible to create a masterpiece in the most difficult genre of romantic comedy. Made by the team of young and incredibly talented artists that besides Daneliya included writer/poet Gennady Shpalikov, composer Andrei Petrov, and cinematographer Vadim Yusov (who had made four films with Andrei Tarkovski), and the dream cast of the talented actors even in the smaller cameos, "I Am Walking Along Moscow" keeps walking victoriously through the decades remaining deservingly one of the best and most beloved Russian comedies and simply one of the best Russian movies ever made. Funny and gentle, dreamy and humorous, romantic and realistic, the film is blessed with the eternal youth and will always take to the walk on the streets of Moscow new generations of the grateful viewers.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, humorous, nostalgic
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Mimino (1977)
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Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, smart, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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A Farewell to Jinu (2015)
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Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a small village in the Tohoku region. There, he encounters residents who are not so easy.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Flights in Dreams and in Reality (1983)
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On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the closest people in his life, neither to his long-suffering wife nor young mistress nor friends nor work... It is about the men who never grew up and could not find themselves in the time of stagnation – gifted, charming, but infantile and lost, they never were able to realize themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min
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Formula of Love (1984)
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A young aristocrat, Aleksei Fedyashev, is languishing in his family's country estate, spending his days reading poetry and confessing his love... to a statue. Upon hearing that famous Count Cagliostro is touring Russia and has created quite a buzz in high society with his "magic", he decides to ask the Count to bring the statue to life.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, biting, suspense
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One Day in Europe (2005)
Plot Summary:
One day in Europe shows stories set in four European countries. All of them involve thievery in some way or the other. The protagonists are strangers in the respective country. For none of them their stay turns out as planned.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany, Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious
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Welcome to the South (2010)
Plot Summary:
Alberto (Claudio Bisio), post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia (Angela Finocchiaro), is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, sentimental, sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, realistic