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Plot Summary:
This time the "poets" are waiting for a miracle. Stepán, Kendy and Karas remained friends even after 12 years. Their inexhaustible sense of humor and self-irony, now perhaps with a touch of skepticism, help them to cope with their chaotic lives. Kendy had enough of advertising business and wants to shoot a film, Karas decided to pamper his Blue dream car just virtually and Stepán fights with the stubborn hospital director Vendulka.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
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Bad Joke 4 (2013)
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Its ten years later and the popular protagonists of the town of Kamenákov are back in fine form. Pepa's wife Vilma has left for Australia to be with their daughter and so Pepa (Václav Vydra) and his son Pepík are living in a purely bachelor household with no cooking or ironing skills and with eggs exploding in the microwave oven. The teacher Vlasta (Dana Morávková) is intensively circling around Pepa, sensing an opportunity to fill the hole that Vilma left. Pepa, however, is completely absorbed by his new future - he has become the Mayor of Kamenákov. He has inherited his predecessor's flexible secretary Bohous (Bohumil Klepl). Their first mission together at town hall is to establish a local police force since, as everybody knows, the income from the fines goes right to the town's coffers. The local Rambo, Franta Cloumal (Martin Dejdar), becomes the police Chief, finally earning some recognition from his wife.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 83 min
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Modelky s.r.o. (2014)
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A crazy comedy from the high fashion modeling environment in the style of The Devil Wears Prada and Zoolander tells the story of two rival modeling agencies led by two icons of the Czech fashion scene, former friends, but for 40 years implacable rivals. In 1967, both participated in the Miss Czechoslovakia competition, but only one won and the other could not bear the defeat. Since then these two ladies, by now already of certain age, have had a brush with one another and have done spiteful things to each other. And they have been vying with each other in finding a new Eva Herzigová so that they could make a long nose at the other from international fashion catwalks. When beautiful young Martina appears, whose beauty literally takes everyone's breath away, they start fighting to get her into their "barn". Who will win? Is this fight going to deepen their rivalry? Or are these two quarreling "grandmothers" going finally to bury the hatchet and to renew their friendship?.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
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Husband to Rent (2014)
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Four swimmers - water polo players find themselves at the bottom of their existence after losing a match. So desperate that they even find themselves living at the bottom of their emptied pool. To save their "dignity" they start a questionable business "Husband to rent" fixing home items for local housewives. But as time will show the household items are not the only things they end up repairing.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
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Chyťte doktora (2007)
Plot Summary:
Nothing very unusual has happened to Michal (Michal Malátný). He finds himself in the middle of a situation he is partly responsible for and partly not, but it's up to him to solve it. Everyone expects it of him and he himself would like to arrange things honorably and peacefully for everyone involved. But it isn't possible. There seem to be plenty of alternatives. And because this is a film, Michal can try all of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min
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In the Pool (2005)
Plot Summary:
3 people suffering from psychiatric problems, and a doctor stranger than any of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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How the World Is Losing Poets (1982)
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: metafiction, teen comedy, cult film
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Brother for All the Money (1979)
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Honza and Zuzana are very young husband and wife. They have a little daughter of whom willingly occasionally take care the grandparents and Honza's fifteen-year-old brother Martin. Zuzana continues studying and Honza devotes all weekends as an amateur competitor to the motor-cycles at the speedway. Zuzana is not interested in motor-cycles. Martin holds responsible for his brother's marriage and at the advice of his friend Magda, who is of the same age, invites her sister-in-law to the club of Hucul horses so that she does not feel bored. But by misfortunes and unexplained quarrels both young husband and wife start being jealous of one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min
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The End of Poets in Bohemia (1993)
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The fourth part of Dusan Klein's comedy cycle, following its hero Stepán Safránek (Pavel Kríz) from his senior year in high school through medical school and his first year of medical practice to his post-Velvet Revolution experiences with the dawning era of the businessman. This ironic young man finds it difficult to make a start but eventually gains strength from his relationship with a determined female pharmacist (Tereza Brodská).
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min
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How to Shake Off a Bride (2016)
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Eva, the owner of a pastry shop hopes to re-unite with her ex-husband Honza, with whom she has a son Tobias. Honza surprises Eva with the request for a wedding cake. He is planning to marry Linda, his new girlfriend. Eva and Tobias don't like the idea and the new couple breaks up for a while. But finally their wedding plans come true.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious, crying, freeze frame, neo screwball comedy
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P.R.O.F.S. (1985)
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A clique of four young teachers at a high school looks critically at their colleagues. To avoid falling in the same routine, they bring new ideas into the school lessons and play little games and pranks in their spare time -- sometimes get even more childish than their pupils. When they get opposition from the other teachers, they play tricks to get rid of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult film
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The Vocational Masseur (1981)
Plot Summary:
A soccer player is injured and decides to recuperate at a secluded villa accompanied by a sexy masseuse.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy
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Il prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue (1969)
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Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 857
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
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Mob Boss (1990)
Plot Summary:
The last thing a dying mobster needs is a son who thinks money laundering needs detergent.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: spoof, independent film, parody
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Die Aufschneider (2007)
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Two hospitals that lie next to each other get told that only one will be kept open. Both have a few days to prove they're the better hospital. Thus, shenanigans arise between doctors, nurses and hospital directors.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
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Ultimatum (1999)
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 75 min
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Nurses Report (1972)
Plot Summary:
Reporters reveal intolerable conditions in Munich's St. Martin Hospital. The nurses are underpaid and overworked, and have sex with doctors and patients.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, mockumentary, fake documentary
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Miguel Wants to Fight (2023)
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In a neighborhood where fighting is stitched into the fabric of everyday life, Miguel has never found himself in one. However, when a combination of events turn his life upside down, Miguel and his friends enter into a series of misadventures.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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Carry on Again Doctor (1969)
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Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick, spoof, independent film, parody, campy
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The Doctor...the Schoolgirl (1976)
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Claudia, a perky eighteen year-old girl, is crushed when her step mother prevents her from going on a vacation to London. She discovers her step mother is having an affair with a doctor and so, with the help of her friends, sets about getting her revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy
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The Reunion (2012)
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Four young men who were friends in high school reunite several years later to discover that they all have failed professionally and their love lives haven't really gone anywhere. They go on a quest to find and reconnect with their school sweethearts and finally achieve happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, contemplative
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A Stitch in Time (1963)
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An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Playing Doctor (2014)
Plot Summary:
A teenage coming of age romantic comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, feel good, humorous, teen comedy
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Lousy Bastards (2014)
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Two brothers got separated after their first love for the same girl. Richard Rohan is an ex-soldier taking care of his two daughters living in a small town. His brother Mikulas Rohan is a neurosurgery expert living in the capital. Both of them have something which the other one doesn't. We follow their separate lives, their everyday mistakes, their memories to slowly reveal the core of their grudge. Inevitable decisions lead to their most important choice in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic
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Life Is Life (2015)
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Pedantic policeman Frantisek (Ondrej Vetchý) wants to bring up his three daughters with a firm hand. He would like to see the girls coupled with capable and successful men, but instead they have the talent to find the opposite. Moreover, one of them is constantly trying to get pregnant, second one is only dating exotic fools and the third one is expecting a baby without knowing who is the father. Frantisek and his wife (Simona Stasová) always spend their vacation at the local lake, although the wife is dreaming of the seaside. One day she meets a bohemian writer with slightly suicidal tendencies (Miroslav Táborský) and an attractive colleague with Spanish roots (Kristína Peláková) walks into Frantisek's office and things get moving.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: parody, humorous, psychological, funny, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, entertaining, contemplative
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019)
Plot Summary:
Pedro, Arturo and Eligio are three college professors who lost their job because of economic crisis. Accidentally they find a solution for all of their problems; a multi-vitamin that allows them to party all night long without any side effects. The three professors will be launched into the world of nightclubs and the shady business, in order to market the merchandise. Of course, it seems that they are not as prepared for it as they thought.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, detective, freeze frame
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Honey Bunny (2017)
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Vincent, 18 years old, is dumped by Elina. It is his first love, it is the end of the world! His parents decide to take matters into their own hands and will try everything to make him forget this girl: he will have to follow them in a loving detoxification of which they will imagine the program.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, entertaining
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Sickos (2014)
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Three teenagers appear to have a lot of fun on the children's oncology department on the fourth floor of a large hospital. Nick (14) and Iwan (15) both lost a leg as a result of bone cancer. For their friend Olivier (16) an amputation may be the next phase. The fourth of the bunch, Pepijn (15), is so ill and weak that he often stays in his room. Friendship and a deep desire to live keeps the guys mentally balanced. And of course their interest in sexy girls makes them act like any ordinary teenager. They make jokes about their illness. They call each other "sickos". The sickos cannot walk, but with their wheelchairs they do risky stunts and organise joyrides in the corridors of the hospital. Their friendship changes when Gina (16) arrives. The boys try to seduce her, but Gina is not interested at first, until she realises that her stay in the hospital will be a lot less depressive when she has friends. Sickos is a humorous drama that deals with adolescence and chemotherapy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure
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School Teacher Dances... with Her Class (1979)
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Girls' dance instructor Claudia Gambetti takes over the boy's gym class after gym teacher Martorelli breaks both his legs owing to one of his student's pranks. Soon both teachers and students are interested in learning more of Claudia's athletic dance moves. Director Fiorontori has made some debts betting on horses and wants Claudia to win a disco competition to balance the school budget, too. When the boys team are invited to face off against their superior Russian counterparts, Claudia calls in her dancing girls to be used as a secret weapon.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic
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Malcriados (2016)
Plot Summary:
This is a Colombian remake of the Mexican movie "Nosotros los Nobles". Three rich adult children are tricked by their father into believing that they are bankrupt and have to go into hiding in an attempt to get them to become more self-reliant.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Comedy
Country: Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Encino Man (1992)
Plot Summary:
High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man from the past in their back yard. But the thawed-out Link, as the boys have named him, quickly becomes a wild card in the teens' already zany Southern California lives. After a shave and some new clothes, Link's presence at school makes the daily drudgery a lot more interesting.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, funny, parody, romantic comedy, cult classic, prehistoric, feel good, humorous, not serious, hilarious