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Plot Summary:
AAA can't help the roadside emergency that is the JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION. Even the on-board navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match. Reluctantly along for the ride are Nate's wife, who's only in it for the kids; their rapper-wannabe son; their teenage daughter who's fashioned herself as the next Lolita; and their youngest, whose imaginary dog Nate just can't seem to keep track of. Can the Johnsons survive each other and all the obstacles the road throws at them to make it to Caruthersville, Missouri? Can they find Missouri?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sexy, road movie, intense, not serious, black comedy, light, absurd, feel good
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Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, hood, light, scenic, black comedy, teen, independent film, black cinema
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
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Plot Summary:
Celebration of an extended family.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: satirical, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Plot Summary:
When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, funny, sentimental, not serious, teen, slapstick, light, road movie, black comedy
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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Poppitz (2002)
Plot Summary:
Car salesman Gerry Schartl is on his way to dream holidays in an all-inclusive club at Cosamera. He´s a smart guy, great in his job, and his life is perfect - well, nearly perfect.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Austria
Duration: 99 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 468
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 552
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 431
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An expecting father-to-be discovers he has many other siblings and tries to track them down before his baby is born.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
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Duration: 97 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 280
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious, independent film
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When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change. To keep things real, he decides to throw a barbeque at his place -- just like the ones his family used to have. But when you have new and old friends, family, agents, and product reps in the same house, things are bound to get crazy.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 359
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Duration: 83 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 565
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 43000
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Duration: 98 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 281
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
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86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 98000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 269000
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 120000
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 166000
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 118000
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