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Plot Summary:
Directed by Matt Walsh, a co-founding member of world-renowned comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade, High Road showcases a totally improvised script about Glenn “Fitz” Fitzgerald (James Pumphrey), a young man whose loyalties are split among his band, his girlfriend Monica(Abby Elliottt) and selling drugs. After his band breaks up, Fitz finds himself dealing drugs out of his garage and bonding with 16-year-old neighborhood kid Jimmy (Dylan O’Brien). As his former band mates (Zach Woods, Matt L. Jones, Lizzy Caplan) begin finding success and one of his drug deals goes awry, Fitz hits the road with Jimmy. Amid car chases, guns, broken bones, sassy cabbies and a suspicious doctor (Horatio Sanz), Fitz has to navigate their way to safe harbor--and he doesn’t even know about the surprise Monica has in store for him back home!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, indie film, realistic, independent film, alternative comedy
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
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Plot tags: realistic, humorous, not serious, light, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, feel good, light, realistic, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, funny, independent film, fun
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IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 449
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Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 859
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 637
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IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 492
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IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
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IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 390
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 938
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 281
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IMDB Votes: 435
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IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 397
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 204000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 644000
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