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Plot Summary:
A freak accident causes a blue collar worker (Gurmit Singh) and his supervisor (Fann Wong) to swap souls.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Singapore
Duration: 112 min
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I Not Stupid Too (2006)
Plot Summary:
A 2006 Singaporean film and the sequel to the 2002 film, I Not Stupid. A satirical comedy, I Not Stupid Too portrays the lives, struggles and adventures of three Singaporean youths - 15-year-old Tom, his 8-year-old brother Jerry and their 15-year-old friend Chengcai - who have a strained relationship with their parents. The film explores the issue of poor parent-child communication.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Singapore
Duration: 124 min
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881 (2007)
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Two Singaporean girls join together to form the Papaya Sisters, a getai group that sings at performances during the seventh lunar month. Big Papaya is estranged from her mother, who disapproves of her performances, whilst Little Papaya is an orphan who suffers from terminal cancer. The two are assisted by Auntie Ling and her son, Guan Yin. The two soon rise to the top of the Singaporean getai scene singing traditional Hokkien songs, but their fame brings along with it the enmity of the Durian Sisters, a rival group of techno-singing Eurasian girls.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Singapore
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: campy
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Love Matters (2009)
Plot Summary:
"Love Matters" is a movie revolving around three main protagonists - 52-year-old Tan Bo Seng, his 17-year-old teenage son Benny and 36-year-old Jeremy, Bo Seng's 'adopted' brother - and their accidental journey in seeking and keeping love and happiness. Bo Seng (Henry Thia) who leads a routine life attempts to revive the passion with his wife Jia Li (Yeo Yann Yann). Jeremy (Jack Lim) lives a colourful life; with "Never to commit" as his motto for love. Benny (Alex Leong) has just started school life and his only distraction is his crush, Jennifer (Natalli) who is his classmate's girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 113 min
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Ah Long Pte Ltd (2008)
Plot Summary:
A change of scenery. Just Follow Law succinctly presented images of sterile Singapore in her most grandest splendor. Ah Long Pte Ltd (ALPL) however, is a conscious effort to honestly portray the grounds on which opposing parties with an ironic interdependence between them tread on.The back alleys of downtown KL - the rough and rugged terrain; the cold, fearsome, almost savage-like disposition of its inhabitants - all these are characteristics of the major roles depicted in this film.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy
Country: Singapore
Duration: 158 min
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The Truth About Jane and Sam (1999)
Plot Summary:
Sam, a fresh graduate from Singapore, works as a journalist in Hong Kong to gain wider exposure in life. He chances upon Jane, an intriguing mainland girl who lives a wayward, depraved life on the streets of Hong Kong. Because of her previous experiences in life, she is highly distrustful of men and spends her days smoking, taking drugs and booze. Sam, from a rich Singapore family, finds his social view broadened as he spends time with Jane in an effort to capture a good feature story. What started out as fascination over her for a cover story develops into a heart-warming love story. The two fall in love but their love is tested under the harsh light of societal comparisons.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore
Duration: 100 min
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The Nobodies (2015)
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One morning, Lily and Ben wake up side by side in bodies that are not theirs. And Magalie, a little girl in the body of a tall, bearded, awaits them in the guest room. This is the beginning of an incredible adventure, sometimes initiatory, where the bodies and identities will be reversed at the option of a simple hug.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 75 min
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Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)
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28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka (Yuki Uchida) wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in the single room because of her high risk of committing suicide. Sakura tried to talk to the nurses and doctors but they didn’t listen to her. Under the circumstances another patient Miki (Yu Aoi), who suffers from an eating disorder, leads her to understand the unknown world. But, Sakura is looking for the way to get back to the real world as soon as possible.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
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The Wrestler (1985)
Plot Summary:
An ageing wrestler and circus strongman is put in an institution located somewhere in a world of its own.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Finland
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Dog's Heart (1976)
Plot Summary:
Professor Preobrazhensky puts courageous experiences, trying to turn a dog in equal to in all of the person. As a result somebody turns out Doggies. Unfortunately, experience proves that it is better for dog to remain a dog.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, touching, disturbing
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Wonderful Nightmare (2015)
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By God’s mistake, an arrogant single lawyer turns into a mother of two kids! Yeon-woo, an ambitious lawyer never believes in love is about to start her new job at the biggest law firm in the states. A day before her departure she gets into a car accident and passes out. She arrived in heaven and realizes that she died instead of her namesake. The death manager LEE, to cover his mistake, offers her to live in someone else’s body for one month. Yeon-woo now has to live as a mother of a 6 years old daughter with a mundane officeholder. Will Yeon-woo manage to live as an ordinary housewife?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Here Comes the Bride (2010)
Plot Summary:
Here Comes the Bride tells the story of five different people who get their souls switched in the middle of a wedding preparation on a solar eclipse. Stefanie's (the bride) soul gets into the body of the snobby Precy, whose soul gets into the yaya, Medelyn, whose soul switches with Bien, the grandfather, whose soul enters the gay beautician's body, Toffee, whose soul enters Stefanie's body. The problem is the souls are happy where they are except for the bride, whose wedding is coming. She now has to find a way to get into their own bodies.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good, ridiculous
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Daddy You, Daughter Me (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sangtae and his teenage daughter Doyeon are constantly arguing and haven't had a genuine conversation in years. When their souls are switched by a magical force for seven days, they must learn to tackle the awkward and unfamiliar situation in each other's shoes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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In and Out (2017)
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Two couples, Pierre and Aimée, Éric and Pénélope, all share four years of friendship without cloud. Only concern, Penelope and Pierre have become lovers ... The situation becoming untenable, they decide to break. But after a final night of passionate love, fate plays a trick on them: Peter and Penelope each wake up in the body of the other! To protect their secrecy, they each find themselves having to live the life of the other. This is the beginning of the complications.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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The Tragic Burlesque (1995)
Plot Summary:
In a way of protesting for inhuman living conditions and the shortage of medications caused by the disintegration of Yugoslavia and its sanctions, a doctor in a hospital decides to close his clinic for mental illness. His wish is to return the patients to their homes or give them to someone who is willing to accept them temporarily.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: offbeat, black comedy
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Cleo/Leo (1989)
Plot Summary:
Leo Blockman (Scott Baker), an egocentric, sexist businessman who thinks he's God's gift to women, gets a taste of his own medicine when he tries picking up the wrong woman: a murderous psycho who shoots him. Leo falls off a bridge and emerges from the river, inexplicably transformed into a beautiful woman. Naming herself Cleo Clock (Veronica Hart), she / he begins to place herself in Leo's life. While avoiding sexist office types and trying to find a way to turn herself back into a man, "Cleo" begins to develop her own personality that takes over Leo's.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, sex comedy, independent film
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Harvey (1996)
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An unlikely hero, Elwood P. Dowd. This mild-mannered-but-eccentric bachelor has, for several years, happily kept company with Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit that only he can see. All's well until Elwood's social-climbing sister, Veta, and her teenage daughter, Myrtle Mae, come to live with him and fear his odd behavior will undermine their ambitions. When Elwood disrupts the ladies' first afternoon tea party by introducing wealthy Aunt Ethel Chauvenet to Harvey, Veta sees that something must be done right away. She takes compliant Elwood to the Chumley Rest Home, leaving him in the car while she tells a Dr. Sanderson all about Elwood and Harvey. Sanderson concludes that Veta is the psychotic one and has her carted off to be committed. Meanwhile Elwood is treated with respect and dignity in light of his sister's mental state. When Dr. Chumley, head of the rest home, returns and hears of the case, he draws the opposite conclusion-that Elwood in fact hallucinates.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Just to Be Sure (2017)
Plot Summary:
Erwan, a strapping Breton who clears mines for a living, is shaken when he discovers that his father is not his father. Despite his affection for the man who raised him, he quietly sets out to find his biological father, and succeeds in locating Joseph, an endearing old codger he takes a liking to. Just when things look settled, another unexpected “bomb” hits Erwan in the form of Anna, an elusive nymph.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Freaky Friday (2018)
Plot Summary:
When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, emotional, entertaining
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My Brother's Shoes (2015)
Plot Summary:
My Brother's Shoes - one zany comedy when brothers - one gay and one straight - magically switch places! A full feature film production of R&R Stage and Screen, LLC. Family is everything - but just how far will these two brothers go?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Morgan! (1966)
Plot Summary:
Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, Leonie, trouble with the police and, ultimately, incarceration in a lunatic asylum.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, witty, cynical, biting, cult classic, dark comedy, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Up There (2011)
Plot Summary:
Martin (deceased) is stuck in a dead-end job, welcoming the newly departed into the afterlife. All he dreams of is going 'Up There'. But his plans are thrown into disarray when he has to team up with the relentlessly chirpy Rash and together they lose a new arrival. The mismatched pair give chase and end up in a remote seaside town populated by cocky teenagers, sinister old women and the enigmatic Liz, who has 'suicide written all over her'. Can they stop bickering long enough to find the lost soul? Will Rash be reunited with his brother Chunky? And can Martin get back in time to finally get 'Up There'? UP THERE is a killer comedy about life, death and irritating friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy, offbeat, freeze frame
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If I Were You (2006)
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The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the feelings and view point of the partner. Claudio sees Helena as a shopper and "little teacher of a choral" and Helena sees Claudio as an insensitive and rough man. On the night before the fiftieth anniversary of Claudio, they changed places with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good
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Delivering Milo (2001)
Plot Summary:
A guardian angel has 24 hours to convince a soul that life on Earth is worth the effort.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, captivating, independent film, offbeat, crying
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Switch (1991)
Plot Summary:
Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, satirical, semi serious, funny, inspirational, sex comedy, parody, anamorphic, feel good
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18 Again! (1988)
Plot Summary:
18 Again! is a 1988 comedy film starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter. The plot involves a grandson switching souls with his grandfather by means of an accident. This was one of a series of unrelated films, including Like Father, Like Son and Vice Versa, produced in the late 1980s involving a similar plotline.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, melancholic, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, sex comedy, romantic comedy, independent film, offbeat, funny
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Like Father Like Son (1987)
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Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So he's completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for his teenage son Chris' problems with school. By accident one of them drinks a brain-exchanging serum, and it switches their identities. This leads of course to extraordinary complications in school and at work, but also to insight in the problems and feelings of each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, not serious, inspirational, disgusting, independent film, feel good, unusual plot structure, melancholic, splatter
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Nine Lives (2016)
Plot Summary:
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, China, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, light, sweet, humorous, mystic, unusual plot structure, melancholic, surreal, visually appealing
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The Change-Up (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dave is a married man with two kids and a loving wife , and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes, they switch bodies.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 193000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: funny, not serious, entertaining, absurd, hilarious, romantic comedy, teen, light, captivating, erotic
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I Not Stupid (2002)
Plot Summary:
Kok Pin, Boon Hock and Terry are classmates in "EM3" stream. In Singapore, that means that at the age of 12, the government has decided that they are not as academically inclined as their peers. Kok Pin is creative and a born artist but his parents would rather he focus on his Maths and Sciences. Boon Hock comes from a low-income family and needs to balance school and helping out at the food stall. Terry, a spoilt brat is just too lazy a student. While the three children suffer from the pressure of school, their parents have another set of problems - their jobs and careers.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Singapore
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, biting, suspense
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Being John Malkovich (1999)
Plot Summary:
Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters it’s mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 349000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, cerebral, mind bending, offbeat, mindfuck, philosophical, dark comedy, disturbing, black comedy