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Plot Summary:
When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, absurd, hilarious, humorous, realistic, not serious, sentimental, parody, light
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Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
Plot Summary:
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, mockumentary, light, clever, suspense, melancholic, realistic, not serious
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Extract (2009)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a factory that produces flavor extracts, Joel Reynold seems to have it all, but really doesn't. What's missing is sexual attention from his wife, Suzie. Joel hatches a convoluted plan to get Suzie to cheat on him, thereby clearing the way for Joel to have an affair with Cindy, an employee. But what Joel doesn't know is that Cindy is a sociopathic con artist, and a freak workplace accident clears the way for her to ruin Joel forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, satirical, melancholic, talky, not serious, clever, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic
Similar in 81%
Tammy (2014)
Plot Summary:
After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, road movie, funny, absurd, sentimental, romantic, surreal, sex comedy, realistic, semi serious
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Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
Plot Summary:
At long last, Madea returns to the big screen in TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL. This time America's favorite irreverent, pistol-packin' grandmomma is raising hell behind bars and lobbying for her freedom...Hallelujer!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, christian film, black comedy, teen, happy, black cinema, adaptation directed by original author
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Made (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two aspiring boxers lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, dark comedy, clever, realistic, talky, independent film, semi serious, witty, entertaining
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Bandits (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, feel good, romantic, dark comedy, surprise ending, clever, parody
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Twins (1988)
Plot Summary:
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, road movie, entertaining, sentimental, feel good, parody, inspirational, sweet, cult classic
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Tommy Boy (1995)
Plot Summary:
Party animal Tommy Callahan is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it's up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, slapstick, road movie, absurd, hilarious, light, clever, cult classic, feel good
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Little Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal an expensive huge diamond in a jewelry for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the stone in the purse of the executive Vanessa Edwards, whose husband Darryl Edwards wants to have a baby. Percy convinces Calvin to dress like a baby and be left in front of the Edwards's house to get inside the house and retrieve the diamond. Darryl and Vanessa keep Calvin for the weekend and decide to adopt him, while Walken threatens Darryl to get the stone back.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, not serious, absurd, hilarious, hood, black comedy, teen, offbeat
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The Other Guys (2010)
Plot Summary:
NYPD detectives Christopher Danson (Johnson) and P.K. Highsmith (Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos, other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit detectives Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg). You've seen them in the background of photos of Danson and Highsmith, out of focus and eyes closed. They're not heroes, they're "the other guys." But every cop has his or her day and soon Gamble and Hoitz stumble into a seemingly innocuous case no other detective wants to touch that could turn into NYC's biggest crime. It's the opportunity of their lives, but do these guys have the right stuff?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 284000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, buddy comedy, humorous, parody, hilarious, action comedy, absurd, intense, cynical, detective
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Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
Plot Summary:
20 years after the dimwits set out on their first adventure, they head out in search of one of their long lost children in the hope of gaining a new kidney.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 143000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: road movie, buddy comedy, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, stylized, not serious, funny, teen, disgusting
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Midnight Run (1988)
Plot Summary:
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, humorous, witty, talky, clever, intense, cult classic, buddy comedy, exciting
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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
Plot Summary:
FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old son, Trent, go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Posing as Big Momma and Charmaine, they must find the murderer before he finds them.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good, action comedy, light, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful, black comedy
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White Chicks (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. As punishment, they are forced to escort a pair of socialites to the Hamptons, where they're going to be used as bait for a kidnapper. But when the girls realize the FBI's plan, they refuse to go. Left without options, Marcus and Kevin decide to pose as the sisters, transforming themselves from African-American men into a pair of blonde, white women.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 159000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, hilarious, funny, satirical, parody, teen, action comedy, black comedy, entertaining, feel good
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Paper Moon (1973)
Plot Summary:
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, road movie, black and white, touching, humorous, funny, witty, talky, period piece, dorama
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Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 182000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: entertaining, parody, hilarious, realistic, not serious, teen, funny, sex comedy, dark comedy, action comedy
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Let's Be Cops (2014)
Plot Summary:
It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, light, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, exciting, not serious, action comedy, inspirational, romantic
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Raising Arizona (1987)
Plot Summary:
The Coen Brothers tell the story of a absurd yet likable family with an unproductive couple as the focal point. The couple has gotten themselves into some trouble while kidnapping a baby and give Hollywood one of the most memorable chase scenes to date.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: witty, humorous, funny, dark comedy, surreal, hilarious, road movie, offbeat, talky, cult classic
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Gambit (2012)
Plot Summary:
An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, sexy, entertaining, absurd, tense, suspense, not serious, witty, exciting
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The Hangover Part III (2013)
Plot Summary:
This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 330000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, buddy comedy, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, absurd, realistic, not serious, road movie, teen
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Big Momma's House (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick, humorous, not serious, hilarious, feel good, romantic, parody, entertaining, black comedy
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Vacation (2015)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, realistic, not serious, teen, road movie, feel good, romantic, slasher
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Hot Pursuit (2015)
Plot Summary:
An uptight by-the-book cop must protect the widow of a drug boss from crooked cops and gunmen.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, not serious, funny, light, romantic, road movie, teen, tricky, action comedy
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Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Plot Summary:
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 405000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, funny, road movie, slapstick, hilarious, parody, cult classic, offbeat, feel good
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The Heat (2013)
Plot Summary:
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: Buddies.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, humorous, action comedy, light, slapstick, hilarious, detective, captivating, black comedy, romantic
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Due Date (2010)
Plot Summary:
Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey when he accepts a ride from an actor.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 355000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, road movie, buddy comedy, humorous, hilarious, feel good, absurd, intense, entertaining, not serious
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The Guilt Trip (2012)
Plot Summary:
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, road movie, touching, humorous, melancholic, hilarious, sentimental, semi serious, funny, bad ending
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Plot Summary:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 508000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, independent film, emotional, black comedy, dark comedy, sweet, humorous
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We're the Millers (2013)
Plot Summary:
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 478000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, not serious, feel good, teen, sexy, funny, sex comedy
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The Hangover (2009)
Plot Summary:
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 829000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, absurd, not serious, hilarious, cult classic, road movie, sex comedy