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Plot Summary:
Irreverent comedy documentary, presented by Kieran Hodgson, features Harry Enfield and Liza Tarbuck, and examines how Brexit came about, starting from "Brentry" to the present-day, and how a now divided country might be re-united.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags:
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Smashie And Nicey: The End Of An Era (1994)
Plot Summary:
A mockumentary, rockumentary featuring the spoof radio DJ's from Harry Enfield's sketch shows. Telling of their rise to fame, their influence on music history and fall from grace in a parody of real life radio presenters.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: parody
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Insignificance (1985)
Plot Summary:
Four 1950s cultural icons (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, and Senator Joseph MacCarthy) who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression of flash-backs and flash-forwards centering on the fictional Einstein's current observations, childhood memories, and apprehensions for the future.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: philosophical, cerebral, clever, realistic, witty, mind bending, humorous, semi serious, independent film, postmodern
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Carry on Regardless (1961)
Plot Summary:
It's non stop romps as the Carry On team deliver the goods in one of the rudest and funniest of the Carry On films. The cast are all on top form as a bunch of no-hoppers who join an agency in the search for a job. The anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimps tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting and demolishing a house.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, spoof, sketch comedy, independent film, parody, campy
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Keith Lemon: The Film (2012)
Plot Summary:
With dreams of becoming a successful entrepreneur just like his beloved Richard Branson, Lemon bids farewell to his hometown of Leeds and heads for the capital. When he becomes an overnight billionaire, it seems everything is going his way, but it's not long before he discovers that life can be just as cruel as it is kind.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, sentimental, feel good, melancholic, light, sincere, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
Plot Summary:
The second televised production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with Helen Mirren in the cast, although this time in a different role (Titania). In the 1968 production, which was released to movie theatres in Europe, but premiered in the U.S. on CBS-TV, Ms. Mirren played Hermia.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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Carry on Behind (1975)
Plot Summary:
Professors Vrooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological site to study the artifacts there. Lo and behold, it's right next to a caravan site where all manner of people are staying. With a randy Major owning the site, a snobbish mother, and the two professors' constant innuendos, the film ends with a sinking caravan site and a striptease performance as a replacement for the cabaret night.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, slapstick comedy, double entendre, humorous, realistic, not serious, spoof, independent film, parody, campy
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Carry on Spying (1964)
Plot Summary:
Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and James Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers of international bad guys STENCH and their three cronies.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: spoof, spy comedy, sex comedy, parody, slapstick comedy, independent film, eurospy, campy
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Carry on Doctor (1967)
Plot Summary:
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos. The regular Carry On team is joined by Frankie Howerd as the fraudulent Francis in this 'bed-panorama of hospital life'.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: double entendre, parody, humorous, not serious, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick, sex comedy, independent film, campy
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Undercovers Hero (1974)
Plot Summary:
In this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male parts, so he stars in nearly every scene, always bumbling in inspector Clouseau-style. As British Major Robinson he is hidden in Madame Grenier's Parisian brothel, right under the nose of the Nazi clients, such as Gestapo agent Herr Schroeder (again him). As Général Latour he leads the French resistance, which includes the brothel madam -made a colonel in charge of her sexy 'troops'- and a priest, and is joined by young US diplomat Alan Cassidy. As Japanese imperial Prince Kyoto he becomes a target for the resistance in a monastery on his way to Hitler (again him). At the end he decorates the heroes as French president. Written by KGF Vissers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film
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Buffering (2011)
Plot Summary:
Seb and Aaron have overspent and built up debts on their credit card. Aaron decides to take matters into his own hands and secretly films their sex life to broadcast online. The money pours in until he gets caught! Realising that the scheme could sort their financial problems, Seb agrees to allow things to continue until they are back in the black. When their friend Jem arrives and suggests a third party might help them make even more cash, things start to get a little tricky.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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That's Carry On! (1977)
Plot Summary:
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series. From the original, military mayhem of Carry On Sergeant, through to the really ancient archaeological gags of Carry On Behind, our saucy hosts get their titters out for this laugh-a-second gallop through the most successful series of British comedy films ever made.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, anthology, spoof, independent film, parody
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Holiday on the Buses (1973)
Plot Summary:
Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired. Stan and Jack soon get new jobs as a bus crew at a Pontins holiday resort but discover that Blakey has also gotten a job there as the chief security guard.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Doc Martin (2001)
Plot Summary:
Doc Martin tells the tale of Martin Clunes' character in the film, in the months leading up to the Saving Grace story. Martin Bamford is a heart-broken London obstetrician, in a jealous rage after he finds out that his wife has been sleeping with three of his buddies. He escapes to a small Cornish fishing village, which he grows surprisingly attached to, and is extremely reluctant to return with his cheating wife when she comes to pick him up. Although he has only been looking for a week's R & R, Dr Bamford stumbles across a network of secrets in the village of Port Isaac, and finds himself embroiled in the most exciting scandal the village has seen for centuries.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, sincere, feel good
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Dead Babies (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a group of college kids get together for a weekend of partying, they find themselves mixed up in a murderous plot. Having planned on a weekend of hard-core debauchery, the English students and their visiting American friends do not notice when a series of mindless murders and acts of terrorism are carried out around them.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, witty, twisted, psychological, clever, serious, realistic, talky
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The Best House in London (1969)
Plot Summary:
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, hot
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Staggered (1994)
Plot Summary:
Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil encountering many obstacles as he makes his way to London for what he believes is to be his wedding day. Or is it?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 786
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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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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Flip a Coin (2004)
Plot Summary:
CASPER and PHILIP two friends in their mid twenties, share a flat and spend most of their time chasing after girls. They chat girls up together, then flip a coin about who gets to pursue her. PHILIP always wins, but CASPER is the lucky one with the ladies. Then MARIE turns up. She is French, beautiful and leads the guys on, playing their game. Through a fun series of events the quirky romance triangle turns into a scheme, to rob the house where MARIE does Au-Pair work Written by T. Papperskorgen.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, independent film, realistic, semi serious
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On the Buses (1971)
Plot Summary:
Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime prospects are good, until the bus company decide to revoke a long standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Aghast at the thought of.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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George and Mildred (1980)
Plot Summary:
Big screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper (Yootha Joyce, who died shortly after filming was completed) is determined to make husband George (Brian Roper) celebrate their wedding anniversary in style, at a posh hotel in London. However, upon arrival George is mistaken by a gangland criminal for a rival hitman, and soon the Ropers find themselves up to their necks in trouble on the wrong side of the law!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 744
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sitcom, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Almost Married (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Kyle returns from his stag-do with a sexually transmitted disease, he's left unable to have sex with his fiancée Lydia in the run-up to their wedding.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Consuming Passions (1988)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, biting, black comedy, horror comedy
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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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Comfort and Joy (1984)
Plot Summary:
Radio host Alan Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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I Want Candy (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two hopeful lads from Leatherhead trying to break into the movies stumble upon the opportunity of a lifetime. Frustrated by their arty film teacher, wannabe producer Joe and his talented but neurotic director friend Baggy head to London to sell what they know is a script made of gold.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, humorous, not serious, light, erotic, parody, funny, teen, sexy
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The Bad Education Movie (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mr Wickers and his class go on one final school trip after they finish their GCSEs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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A Midwinter's Tale (1995)
Plot Summary:
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: black and white, clever, witty, talky, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, light
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Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ricky Gervais third stand-up comedy routine.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, cynical, witty, talky, realistic, not serious, clever, tense, sexy
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Relative Values (2000)
Plot Summary:
A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets, the story is set in 1952 England, where Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda Frayle, upsetting both his mother, Countess Felicity of Marshwood, and her former love, fellow Hollywood star Don Lucas. Right before the engagement party to be held at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, quickly devises a plan-but an inebriated Lucas's arrival at Marshwood to try to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, witty, stylized, independent film, clever
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In the Loop (2009)
Plot Summary:
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are looking to launch a war in the Middle East. The plot follows government officials and advisers in their behind-the-scenes efforts either to promote the war or prevent it. Spinal Tap meets Strangelove. A satirical demolition of Whitehall and Washington: politically astute, hilarious and terrifyingly real.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: political, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, semi serious, funny, light, clever, realistic, witty