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Plot Summary:
Ayane is the daughter of a karaage (fried food) store owner, but she never liked karaage. Eventually, she left home, only to return 5 years later. Her family lives in the city of Usa in Oita Prefecture, Japan. She brings with her a young girl named Shirley, who is her step-daughter from her ex-husband.
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Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
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Harry and the Butler (1961)
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A gentle comedy offering the promise of easy social consensus. Harry (Helmuth) is a simple old-time shop porter offered a chance at self-realisation when he's bequeathed a sum by an unknown relative (via several levels of fiscal blood suckers). He decides to engage a butler to take good care of him for a time. This is a man of distinguished upper class service, but a generous nature which happily integrates with Harry's small but colourful world of drinking buddies and crackpot neighbourhood kids.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min
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Dear Deer (2015)
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When Fujio, Yoshio and Akiko were children, they saw a fantastic "Ryoumou Deer," but nobody believed them. The three siblings lived in a mountain village.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
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Hollywood, It's a Dog's Life (2004)
Plot Summary:
Story of a Hollywood animal trainer and his granddaughter, who befriends two of his performing dogs, Big Chuck and Little Chuck.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining
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Wacky Taxi (1972)
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A man unsatisfied in his job decides to start a taxi service.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Miko Girl (2018)
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Shiwasu's mother left their home when Shiwasu was a little girl. Shiwasu does not understand why. She is a woman now and working at a Shinto shrine as a shrine maiden under her father who is a priest. She is listless until she finds a little boy alone on the shrine's grounds. The boy's mother shows up and retrieves her son a couple of days later. That is not the end of it however. The boy is back soon and has marks and bruises on his body. In the meantime, there was petty theft going on.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: detective
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Dream.net (2009)
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Regina, the once popular girl has to make new friends at her new, conservative school. Problems arrive when she becomes enemies with Lívia, the school's queen bee, and falls in love with Márk, a musician. If these wouldn't be enough, she decides to organize a cheerleader team.
IMDB Rating: 1.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, teen comedy, hot
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Hello, Goodbye (2016)
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Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to helping an elderly woman, they're forced to interact, confronting their differences and similarities as well as their deepest secrets.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
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Becoming Jesse Tate (2009)
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Jesse Tate is a vivacious thirteen year-old girl trying to cope with life while keeping a family secret. She struggles to be part of the "in crowd" and the weird new feeling that boys really aren't that dumb. It's a lot for anyone to handle. Now, the secret threatens her friendships and family. She must search for the things that are really important to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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Asahinagu (2017)
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Asahi Tojima (Nanase Nishino) is a first grade high school student. She is small and weak physically. Asahi Tojima decides to change herself. She enrolls in the naginata (Japanese blade) club at her school. She works hard with the other club members and targets the national competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scenic, captivating, psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspense, contemplative, crying
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Ramen Kuitee! (2018)
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A suicidal high school student, a ramen shop owner closing shop after the passing of his wife, and a cuisine researcher stranded in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region get connected due to a bowl of ramen.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
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Mustard Chocolate (2017)
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Tsugumi Rinko can't wait to escape the tedium of high school for the challenges and rewards that accompany life at a fine arts college. She only has two problems: 1) She has few social skills and fewer friends. 2) With less than nine months remaining before her crucial admissions test, she has no practical art experience.
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Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
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Tori Girl! (2017)
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Yukina Toriyama (Tao Tsuchiya) enters a university of science after prepping for one year for her entrance exam. At first, she is shocked by the atmosphere at her school. She becomes attracted to senior student Kei (Mahiro Takasugi). Due to Kei, Yukina joins the “human powered flight” club. The club targets the "Tori Ningen Contest." Yukina wants to partner with Kei to fly in the sky, but she is partnered with Sakaba (Shotaro Mamiya) whom she does not like.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, crying
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The Curtain Rises (2015)
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Saori (Kanako Momota) is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka (Haru Kuroki) begins to work at the same high school as a new teacher. Yoshioka performed in plays when she was in college back in Tokyo. Saori, Yukko (Shiori Tamai), Garuru (Reni Takagi), Nakanishi (Momoka Ariyasu), Akemi (Ayaka Sasaki) decides to compete in a play competition. Their goal is to make it through the regional competions, but Teacher Yoshioka tells them their aiming low and that they should think about the national competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
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Sky's Restaurant (2019)
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Wataru, his woman Kotoe and daughter Shiori are ranchers and dairy farmers in Hokkaido in northern Japan. He is following in his father's footsteps. A visiting chef cooks an unforgettable meal with his ingredients, which prompts the family to open their own restaurant and reproduce the magic.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
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Survival Family (2016)
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A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki (Fumiyo Kohinata) decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, psychological, light, feel good, art house
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Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
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Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest and a pretty villager. Desperate for laborers, the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited - four mischievous monkeys! As former members of an Air Force space team, these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities - but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 576
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sexy
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Brie's Bake Off Challenge (2022)
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Brie Hayes is an aspiring baker who wishes to win her school's Spring Bake Off Challenge. Troubles ensue when Brie's confidence reaches an ultimate low and her "arch nemesis", Vanessa, does everything she can to slim Brie's chances of winning. Brie's family and her best friend Millie must help her gain perspective and practice to win. Stakes are high as these pre-teens compete for the grand prize of $5,000 and for four Cosmo Land tickets. This is the ultimate baking movie for children and adults who love watching cooking and baking shows.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
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Drugstore Girl (2003)
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Pharmaceutical student, Keiko witnesses her boyfriend having an affair. Shocked and disappointed, she jumps on a train ("destination anywhere, east or west, she don't care") and ends up in a town named Masao in Tokyo's remote suburbs. There, she gets a part-time job at a newly opened drugstore. What do ya know.. The local shopping district's middle-aged men all fall for the young girl's charms, and they start practicing lacrosse once they have found out that that's her favourite sport.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
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Liar, Liar, Vampire (2015)
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When an ordinary boy Davis, suddenly becomes famous at school as people start to believe he's actually a vampire, vampire expert Cameron helps him act like a real vampire.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, not serious, romantic, gothic, psychotronic
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Bento Harassment (2019)
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Kaori (Ryoko Shinohara) is a single mother and she raises her high-school age daughter Futaba (Kyoko Yoshine). Her daughter is in a rebellious phase and ignores her mother. Kaori decides to take measures to communicate with her daughter and also get some revenge. Kaori creates messages in her daughter's bento meals.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, feel good, humorous, sincere, touching, entertaining
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Drops in Your Hand (2014)
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Hajime asks his friend Yoshi to set him up with his classmate Ann. Yoshi tries to do this for Hajime, but this just upsets Ann. Yoshi's relationship with Ann is now awkward. Yoshi doesn't know exactly why, but Ann becomes absent from school frequently. One day, during their summer vacation, Yoshi hears that Ann has dropped out of school.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
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Ibitsu (2013)
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High school girl Madoka may look pretty and cute, but there is another side to her. She can exact revenge, land a good punch or a kick and not care about limits. She opts to inflict pain, coerce and blackmail a virgin when she is sensually touched on the train. She begins making his life hell.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: manga
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Dad's Lunch Box (2017)
Plot Summary:
This film was inspired by a real-life story of a Japanese father who for the three years his daughter spent at high school prepared daily bento lunch boxes for her leading to delicious, interesting or offbeat creations. In all cases, he put an effort into equipping his daughter with sustenance for school.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating, entertaining
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Ten Days Without Mom (2017)
Plot Summary:
Vera, the Mom, is stressed out of her mind and she decides to take a vacation away from her family, so Victor, the dad, has to take time off work to take care of the family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Argentina
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, happy
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A Boy and His Samurai (2010)
Plot Summary:
A samurai from the Edo Period time travels to present day Japan where he meets a divorcee and her son. Soon, he discovers a passion for making pastries.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, captivating, light, humorous, sweet, sexy, crying
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Recipe for Disaster (2003)
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Rebecca Korda and her two brothers, Sam and Max, are left alone on opening night of their family-owned restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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When Mom Is Away (2019)
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A father left in charge of his three children while mum goes away on a 10-day holiday… What could possibly go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous
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Boys Club (2001)
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Sent to San Francisco to spend the summer with his aunt, teenager Mario Vandetti makes fast friends with a group of neighborhood kids and encouraged by a caring priest they soon form a basketball team, becoming contenders in a city tournament.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching
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Jingle All the Way 2 (2014)
Plot Summary:
Larry's daughter wants only one thing for Christmas - a talking bear. His daughter's step-dad intends to make sure that Larry can't get one.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, feel good, semi serious, surprise ending, slapstick, ridiculous
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Deck the Halls (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, light, romantic, black comedy, hilarious, happy, christmas comedy, clever