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Plot Summary:
Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer, around the western U.S. Harold has a jinx on Willie and can't lose with him. Bonita and Willie meet and fall for each other and plot to do away with Harold and collect on his life insurance.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, cult film
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Grace Quigley (1984)
Plot Summary:
Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. One day she witnesses a murder being committed by top hit-man, Seymour Flint. She decides to blackmail him into killing her, however, she has one or two friends he has to get rid of first. Written by Col Needham.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 874
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Redrum (2007)
Plot Summary:
A bored couple rejuvenate their marriage by turning to murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, semi serious, independent film, offbeat, surprise ending, detective, black comedy
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Dirt Merchant (1999)
Plot Summary:
A slacker turns P.I. to solve a rock star's murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, neo noir, independent film, spoof, parody
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Bad Actress (2011)
Plot Summary:
Alyssa Rampart Pillage is a washed up TV queen whose career has been reduced to starring in commercials for her husband Bernie’s appliance empire. When their tree hugging daughter Topanga dies in a tragic golf ball accident, Bernie goes off the spiritual deep end and tries to give away their fortune with disastrous results. But what starts off as tragedy quickly turns into career re-invention for Alyssa. And as the body counts rises, so does her star. Bad Actress is a guilty pleasure of a film that gleefully mocks the world of Hollywood and Fame, which reminds us that Justice has nothing on Celebrity.Written by Anonymous (www.imdb.com).
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, offbeat, dark, black comedy, dark comedy
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Lansdown (2001)
Plot Summary:
In this dark comedy, defense lawyer Jake Jorgenson's carefully constructed life begins to unravel when he kills his wife's lover.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, witty, neo noir, independent film
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Mr. Wrong (1996)
Plot Summary:
A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, erotic, scary, funny
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Buddy Buddy (1981)
Plot Summary:
Buddy Buddy is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder that stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss and Klaus Kinski. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the 1973 French language film L'Emmerdeur, which screenwriter Francis Veber had adapted from his play Le contrat. The film proved to be the last directed by Wilder.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, vintage, remake of french film
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Shut Up and Shoot! (2006)
Plot Summary:
A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, cynical, suspense, independent film, semi serious, biting, surprise ending, dark comedy
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Remarkable Power (2008)
Plot Summary:
A late night talk show host masterminds an elaborate scheme to save his canceled show and avenge his wife's affair, entangling an eclectic collection of tinsel towners in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, independent film, surprise ending, detective, cult classic
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Lucky (2011)
Plot Summary:
A wannabe serial killer wins the lottery and pursues his lifelong crush.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, dark comedy, light, funny, grindhouse, realistic, semi serious
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Beer (1985)
Plot Summary:
An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three losers who inadvertently prevent a robbery at a bar.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, slapstick, biting, independent film, spoof, parody, suspense
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The Alarmist (1997)
Plot Summary:
Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, black comedy, independent film, realistic, cynical, semi serious, light, romantic, sexy, clever
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American Cowslip (2009)
Plot Summary:
In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan's life as he struggles to find purpose at a time when it might be too late to even matter.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, cynical, dark comedy, clever, offbeat, witty, independent film
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Mystics (2003)
Plot Summary:
A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Hit List (2011)
Plot Summary:
Charlotte is a woman with anger management issues whose therapist suggests she write a journal to keep her emotions in check. Unlucky in love, she ventures online to find a boyfriend. Just as she reaches her limit of unsuccessful dates, Charlotte meets her soul mate Lyle. Everything is perfect until Lyle finds Charlottes journal and sets out to prove just how deeply he loves her.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, captivating, light, touching, feel good, melancholic, realistic, cynical, semi 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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Two Hundred Thousand Dirty (2012)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to the monotonous, oppressive modern American byproduct of suburban sprawl: the urban strip-mall. Native to this environment and products of outdated pop culture are Rob (Mark Greenfield) and Manny (Coolio), the unsuccessful, unrefined and uncouth sales force behind Affordable Mattress. When new employee Isabelle (Rocío Verdejo) is hired in hopes of improving dismal sales, some things do change and after recruiting fellow strip-mall burnout Martin (C. Clayton Blackwell), she's got everyone working together to split a common goal - 200,000 dollars.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, independent film, dark comedy, realistic, biting, suspense, fable
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Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, offbeat, independent film
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Comic Book Villains (2002)
Plot Summary:
When word hits the street that a nearby elderly gentleman has a cache of old, rare, and very valuable mint condition comic books, rival comic book shop owners Raymond McGillicuddy (Donal Logue) and Norman Link (Michael Rapaport) both set out to be the first to buy them. But when the old man declines to sell, the former friends turn into enemies, and a friendly rivalry becomes tainted with greed and turns to murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, dark comedy, cynical, clever, entertaining, black comedy, anime, offbeat, realistic
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Sour Grapes (1998)
Plot Summary:
Richie, a sneaker sole designer, and his cousin Evan, a brain surgeon, are spending this weekend with their girlfriends in Atlantic City. When one of them ends up with a $436,000 jackpot, sour grapes is what results. Even though Richie uses two quarters from Evan to win the progressive jackpot, he sees no connection with that and sharing the jackpot. This ignites a hilarious, runaway chain of even.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, semi serious, witty, dark comedy, clever, black comedy, offbeat, realistic, cynical
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100 Mile Rule (2002)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: realistic, cynical, semi serious, humorous, clever
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Hotel Oasis (2001)
Plot Summary:
The life of motel owner is turned upside down by a femme-fatale lounge singer and her abusive manager.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, cynical, suspenseful, exciting, tense, touching, suspense
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Invitation to a Suicide (2004)
Plot Summary:
A black comedy set in the Polish immigrant neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn about a man selling tickets to his own suicide to save his father's life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious, black comedy
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Baby on Board (1993)
Plot Summary:
Maria (Carol Kane) is the wife of a murdered Mafia bookkeeper. With her baby in tow, she tracks the hitman to the airport, intending to shoot the man. A pickpocket causes the gun to discharge prematurely, and now it's Maria who is being pursued. She commandeers a cab driven by Ernie (Judge Reinhold), and the chase is on.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick
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Getting Away with Murder (1996)
Plot Summary:
When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, independent film, cynical, black comedy, funny, light
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Cold Dog Soup (1990)
Plot Summary:
Randy Quaid as the taxi driver drives Zen parables (Is time money - Is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger/protegee in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of their city's ethnic coteries. All the boy wants is to dispose of his date's dead dog Jasper and get back to the babe who's so hot she mutters darkly about being a Pressure Cooker: his conventional efforts are continually thwarted. Quaid is respected by the peculiar groups he interests in the dog's corpse and effects, and our one-gloved heroine is much keener on him than on her rather lackluster date.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy
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Scenes from a Mall (1991)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a married couple -- he's a sports lawyer, she's a psychologist -- which takes place on their 16th wedding anniversary, when they make some startling confessions.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: talky, intense, realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, suspense, biting, erotic, light
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Homie Spumoni (2006)
Plot Summary:
All his life, African-American Renato has been raised in an Italian-American family. Completely unaware that he is Black, his life is upended when his birth parents materialize, causing Renato to examine what he true heritage is.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, black comedy, offbeat
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Pretty Bird (2008)
Plot Summary:
A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of American dreams and delusions.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, light, captivating, melancholic, independent film, exciting
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How to Be a Man (2013)
Plot Summary:
When former comedian Mark McCarthy is faced with a rare form of cancer, he hires a young, impressionable cameraman to document his crude and comical lessons on what it means to be a man for his unborn son.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, feel good, light, touching, captivating, cynical, semi serious, independent film