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Plot Summary:
Qing Ye Se only knows how to be a thief, but he runs into major trouble when he accidentally steals the heart of Rose, an immortal fairy. During a chaotic chase, Qing gets ahold of the Pandora's Box, sending them both back in time to the Three Kingdoms era. Mistaken as a general, Qing is thrown right into the middle of the Battle of Red Cliff. Meanwhile, Rose continues to devise new ways to earn Qing's affection, even if it means having to be someone else.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, tense, entertaining
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Sixty Million Dollar Man (1995)
Plot Summary:
Stephen Chow plays a rich playboy who is blown up by a mafia boss when he flirts with the boss's girl. Through a series of circumstances his professor makes him a synthetic (robotic) body that allows him to change into a variety of "Mrs. Wong's Household products" like a microwave and toothpaste. Chow eventually goes to work at a school notorious for it's rowdy students and singlehandledly disciplines them all. He then goes on to marry a former classmate played by Gigi Leung. But before the wedding happens, the mafia boss finds out that Chow is still alive and sends in his own human-robot to take Chow out for once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slapstick, slapstick comedy, humorous, semi serious
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Flying Dagger (1993)
Plot Summary:
The well-known "Flying Dagger" Chung and his nephew Lam lived on rewards from apprehending bandits. Chung refused the love of "Great Coquette" Lady Fung. Therefore, Fung always mess up Chung's business for revenge. Flying Fox, the country's number one bandit, had stolen the millionaire Tsao's evidence of being a traitor. Hence, Tsao employed Chung to catch the bandit. Flying Fox's wife, Flying Cat seduced Chung to save her husband, which caused jealousy and a severe fight with Fung. Meanwhile Lam was kidnapped by Tsao. Chung and Fung finally realized that Tsao was the head of East Wing. They united together to beat against Tsao.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, slapstick, fast
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Mandibles (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two simple-minded friends discover a giant fly in the trunk of a car and decide to domesticate it to earn money with it.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, surreal, dark comedy, weird
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A Chinese Tall Story (2005)
Plot Summary:
The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and decided to go free his companions. En route, he encounters a strange ally called Meiyan, a girl who is half-human and half monster. As Taka and his new friend set off on a fantastic adventure they will face many hardships and battles and may very well decide the fate of humanity and the entire universe.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, stylized, offbeat, fast, computer animated, spoof, parody, post modern
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Wu yen (2001)
Plot Summary:
Lost in the woods, the Emperor Qi (Anita Mui) stumbles across local chief Wu Yen (Sammi Cheng), his predestined bride, only to accidentally free a promiscuous fox fairy (Cecilia Cheung) who promptly falls in love with both of them, changing between man and woman to clumsily woo each, setting the scene for a constantly shifting triangle with the emperor torn between both the fox fairy and Wu Yen and the fox fairy after whichever one will agree to marry her/him first.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, fairy tale
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Hallelujah! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Following his release from a seven-year stretch in prison, Mario Diccara discovers that his affairs with the underworld aren't completely settled. His brother Patrick, a priest, suggests that he stays with elderly Father Etienne in a small village in Ardeche until the conflict blows over. But their plan takes an unexpected turn when Father Etienne dies.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
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Love for All Seasons (2003)
Plot Summary:
May is a martial artist and Chinese medicine practitioner who resides in a temple in Omei mountain. Under the threat of her lovelorn master, Misery, she decides to seek the help of infamous womanizer, Tiger Hung, who she had helped earlier, in order to experience heartbreak and master the "Heartbroken Sword" technique to defeat her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, realistic
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Plot Summary:
During the Ming dynasty, Yuen Biao is a royal guard charged to capture a dangerous criminal. The battle which opposes them will make them fall into ice. Three centuries later, nowdays, the archaeologists give them again the life. Only a black jade Buddha and a temporal wheel would be able to make them return in their time. The battle would start again.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: slapstick, humorous, semi serious, slapstick comedy
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SOS, Santa Claus or Everything Will Come True! (2015)
Plot Summary:
A little girl Sveta has only one New Year wish - to make peace between her parents.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Lost and Found in Armenia (2012)
Plot Summary:
A US Senator's son who attempts to forget the break up of his fiancée is forced to vacation in Turkey by his best friends. A para-sailing trip mishap lands him in a small village in Armenia, where he is accused of being a spy. It is there he meets a young woman who helps him to escape from misfortune.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious, independent film
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Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005)
Plot Summary:
A re-imagining of the classic Japanese comedy "Yaji and Kita's Travel Journey", this is the story of two samurai in Edo period Japan who are in love. One is married, the other is a drug addict. They decide to go on a trip to Ise Sanctuary, where it is presumed everything will be made right. What happens once they get on the road is as wild and wacky as anything your likely to see.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, not serious, captivating, mind bending, offbeat
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Enter the Phoenix (2004)
Plot Summary:
Georgie Hung is handsome, stylish and charming but he hides a secret that his old-fashion father, Hung who is a Triad leader, can never forgive. He has been sent to Thailand since he was a child and never returned. After Hung's death, his right-hand Cheung intends to bring back Georgie to take over. However, Cheung finds Sam, Georgie's flat-mate, whom he mistakes for Geogie.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, realistic, fast, dark comedy, queer cinema
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Space Travelers (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be part of the gang. Surprisingly, the hostages soon enjoy doing so. On that strange day, the bank becomes a tropical paradise.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, exciting, futuristic, anime
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Journey to Promethea (2010)
Plot Summary:
A tyrannical king reigns over his kingdom with an iron fist, but there is hope. A prophecy foretold long ago states that a boy will rise up against the oppressive regime and lead his people to the promised land of Promethea. This is the action-packed journey of one boy that sparks a rebellion that ignites a vicious clash of that sparks a rebellion that ignites a vicious clash of can emerge alive and victorious.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, intense
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Plot Summary:
The thief accidentally notices the secret of a girl and tries to exploit this position.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 197 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Level Up (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four very different high school teenagers battle trolls, ghouls and a dark leader of them named Maldark in a video game that goes haywire and releases the battle into the real world (IMDb.com).
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 822
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, tense, witty, semi serious
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My Lucky Star (2003)
Plot Summary:
Yip is attractive but for some strange reason, no man has ever been interested in her. Yip meets Lai, a famous feng shui expert and she thinks that Lai can change her luck. But Duen, also a famous feng shui expert continually cast all kinds of spells on Yip. A fierce battle of feng shui and horoscope techniques ensues. Will Lai and Yip live happily afterwards?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, offbeat, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Cubicle Cowboy (2012)
Plot Summary:
An acclaimed French filmmaker unearths the last true cowboy of the modern Texas frontier.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, tense, feel good, captivating, entertaining, independent film, mockumentary
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Plot Summary:
An ultraconservative family father must spend a weekend with his dysfunctional children for the burial of his wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, happy, road movie
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You and Your Stupid Mate (2005)
Plot Summary:
Phillip (Phillips) and Geoffrey (Sampson) are two Aussie larrikins, whose lives centre around running the un-official "Sons and Surf" website.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, witty, semi serious, soap opera
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Lovemakers (2011)
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Small time Hungarian matchmakers get the job to make a Hollywood star fall in love with a Russian businessman's spoiled brat sister. They get one million dollars if they succeed, but if they fail, they will have to pay with their lives.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hungary, USA, UK, Russia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, offbeat, realistic, not serious
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The Twins Effect II (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the mythical land of Huadu, Charcoal Head, a humble boy born to rule an empire must undertake his journey to claim his throne.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, fast, epic
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A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)
Plot Summary:
Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, spoof, parody, fun
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A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)
Plot Summary:
This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: dorama, exciting, offbeat, epic, serious, stylized, semi serious, spoof, parody, campy
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Two Worlds (2007)
Plot Summary:
A French tradesman travels in time and liberates an oppressed tribe in another world.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, offbeat, not serious
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The Visitors (1993)
Plot Summary:
This outrageous time-travel comedy follows the misadventures of a wacky medieval knight (Jean Reno) and his faithful servant when they are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. Mayhem rules as these 12th-century visitors try adapting to the wildly confusing modern world. To avoid being stuck here for good, however, they soon begin an all-out cosmic assault on their former castle -- now a luxury hotel -- in their quest to return to the past.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, absurd, hilarious, sexy, psychological, parody, feel good, entertaining
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A.R.O.G (2008)
Plot Summary:
Commander Logar fools Arif and sends him 1.000.000 years back in the time. He must civilize people from past to reach today.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Turkey
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, parody, captivating, cult classic, offbeat, stylized, prehistoric
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The Irony of Love (2010)
Plot Summary:
An affair which starts as a bet between a three girls suddenly become a big love story.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia, Kazakhstan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, touching, feel good, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, satirical
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An Almost Perfect Country (2016)
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Pietramezzana, a remote village in the Lucan Dolomites, is likely to disappear. Its inhabitants, led by the volcanic Dominic do not give up and, believing that the opening of a factory may be the solution to all their troubles, they want to make sure that the project is successful.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
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It's All About Karma (2017)
Plot Summary:
Giacomo befriends a man, believing that he is the reincarnation of his dead father.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining