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Plot Summary:
Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, hood, talky, cult classic, hilarious, entertaining, romantic, mysterious
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The Hollywood Knights (1980)
Plot Summary:
Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to high school love.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, grindhouse, humorous, sex comedy, feel good, realistic, not serious, independent film, parody, funny
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Kickin' It Old Skool (2007)
Plot Summary:
"Kickin' It Old Skool" revolves around a 12-year-old breakdancer, who in 1986 hits his head while performing at a talent show and as a result is comatose for 20 years. He awakens to find he is a grown man. With the mind and experience of a young kid, he attempts to revive his and his dance team's short-lived career with the hopes of helping support his parents' failing yogurt shop.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, not serious, talky, stylized, slapstick, independent film, slapstick comedy, hilarious, parody
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How to Be a Player (1997)
Plot Summary:
Dray is a young playboy whose only objective in life seems to be to have sex with as many girls as he can without getting caught by his girlfriend Lisa. Dray's sister Jenny and her friend Katrina plan to show him that the way he lives is wrong and organize a party in Malibu, inviting all of his girlfriends.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: hood, humorous, black comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy, absurd, sex comedy
Similar in 88%
How High 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
When two jobless friends discover a hidden weed bible and the ultimate bud, they think that they’ve got it made…with 'seed' money to start a new snack delivery app. But, when nearly all of their stash and weed bible are stolen, the two potpreneurs set off on an outrageous, mind-bending adventure through Atlanta to find them. Stoned with supernatural powers, they search 'high' and low, stopping at nothing to recover their ticket to starting a legit business.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, absurd, buddy comedy, ridiculous
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Senseless (1998)
Plot Summary:
A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, funny, entertaining, black comedy, romantic, suspense, experimental, disturbing, hood
Similar in 79%
Half Baked (1998)
Plot Summary:
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: funny, hilarious, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, hood, slapstick comedy, mysterious, black comedy, independent film
Similar in 80%
Still Smokin (1983)
Plot Summary:
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money. They are actually expecting Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, so our heroes get to be Mr. Burt and Mr. Dolly.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, not serious, humorous, witty, funny, grindhouse, psychedelic, cult classic, offbeat, slapstick
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Plot Summary:
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, talky, cult classic, absurd, not serious, hilarious, independent film, sentimental, sex comedy
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CB4 (1993)
Plot Summary:
A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't apear to know as much about rap music as they claim... but a lack of musical ability in an artist never hurts sales, does it? You've just got to play the part of a rap star.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spoof, mockumentary, black comedy, hood, funny, clever, dark comedy, humorous, satirical, smart
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Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, UK, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, satirical, not serious, parody, cult classic, sex comedy, black comedy
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Smiley Face (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jane (Anna Faris), a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana. Even though she already has a good start on the day's planned drug use, she eats her roommate's pot-laced cupcakes and embarks on a series of misadventures all over Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, funny, absurd, talky, stylized, not serious, feel good, cult classic, independent film
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Soul Plane (2004)
Plot Summary:
Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar settlement. Determined to create a better flying experience, Nashawn starts his own airline, one that caters to an African-American clientele. Going into business with a tricked-out plane piloted by the smooth Capt. Mack, the airline hits a snag when it has to deal with the family of Elvis Hunkee.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, funny, absurd, hood, not serious, realistic, black comedy, slapstick, hilarious
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
Plot Summary:
When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: parody, absurd, hood, funny, humorous, spoof, slang, satirical, black comedy, cult classic
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Next Friday (2000)
Plot Summary:
Ice Cube returns as Craig Jones, a streetwise man from South Central Los Angeles who has a knack for getting into trouble. This time out, Craig is still trying to outsmart neighborhood bully Debo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.); after Craig gets the better of Debo in a fist fight, Debo is determined to flatten Craig in a rematch. Looking to stay out of Debo's way, Craig's dad decides that it would be a good idea for Craig to hide out with his Uncle Elroy and cousin Day-Day in Rancho Cucamonga... but trouble seems to find him there also.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hood, feel good, light, not serious, black comedy, stylized, philosophical, independent film
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Up in Smoke (1978)
Plot Summary:
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, grindhouse, cult classic, psychedelic, humorous, parody, road movie, mysterious, psychotronic, sexy
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High School (2010)
Plot Summary:
A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, funny, entertaining, black comedy, indie film, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012)
Plot Summary:
A comedy that follows two high school students -- one overachiever struggling to write his valedictorian speech, the other a senior now going on his 15th year of school.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, entertaining, melancholic, suspenseful, funny, black comedy, hood, buddy comedy
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The Change-Up (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dave is a married man with two kids and a loving wife , and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes, they switch bodies.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 193000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: funny, not serious, entertaining, absurd, hilarious, romantic comedy, teen, light, captivating, erotic
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House Party: Tonight's the Night (2013)
Plot Summary:
A pair of high school rappers have two major goals - make music and get hot girls. The best way to get both is to throw the biggest and best house party ever! The night of the party, one of the boys is grounded by his parents, so it's up to his best friend to break him out of his house confinement and get the party started.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, light, feel good, realistic, independent film, black cinema
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Mardi Gras: Spring Break (2011)
Plot Summary:
For three college guys, it’s senior year and the co-ed experience has left them high and dry. Their solution: A road trip to Mardi Gras, where beautiful babes are happy to lift their shirts and open containers are always welcome. But after dressing in drag, breaking into Carmen Electra’s hotel room, starring in a scandalous sex show and accidentally exploding a feces bomb in a swank hotel lobby, will the Mardi Gras magic kick in and their wildest fantasies come true?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good, light, romantic, independent film, teen comedy
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PCU (1994)
Plot Summary:
Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by fraternity wild man Droz and his housemates at The Pit. But Droz and his pals have rivals in nasty preppy Rand McPherson and the school's steely president. With their house threatened with expulsion, Droz and company decide to throw a raging party where the various factions will collide.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, melancholic, talky, semi serious, witty, parody, teen, sex comedy
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Ted 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 227000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, not serious, parody, action comedy, absurd, psychedelic, feel good, entertaining
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sometimes, it takes a strange night to put everything else into focus. And that's exactly what happens to Harold and his roommate, Kumar, when they set out to get the best stoner fix money can buy: White Castle hamburgers. Both guys are at a crossroads, about to make major decisions that will affect the course of their lives. Yet they arrive at wisdom by accident as they drive around New Jersey in search of fast food.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 204000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, sex comedy, teen, feel good, entertaining, absurd, buddy comedy, cult classic
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Friday After Next (2002)
Plot Summary:
Craig and Day Day have finally moved out of their parents houses and into their own crib. The cousins work nights at a local mall as security guards. When their house is robbed on Christmas Eve they team up to track him down.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hood, stylized, witty, not serious, independent film, black comedy, sexual, realistic
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Rapture-Palooza (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two teens battle their way through a religious apocalypse on a mission to defeat the Antichrist.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, surreal, absurd, stylized, apocalyptic, teen, offbeat, not serious
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Pineapple Express (2008)
Plot Summary:
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 353000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Russia, North Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, action comedy, hilarious, offbeat, light, cult classic, absurd, dark comedy
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Neighbors (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 325000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, not serious, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, teen, sex comedy, slapstick, absurd, romantic
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Accepted (2006)
Plot Summary:
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, teen, hilarious, light, sex comedy, not serious, teen sex comedy
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Grandma's Boy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But he gets kicked out of his apartment and is forced to move in with his grandmother.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, not serious, cult classic, psychedelic, offbeat, sex comedy, relaxing, realistic
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Project X (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, humorous, funny, not serious, teen, sex comedy, entertaining, realistic, cult classic, hilarious