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Plot Summary:
This zany take on the American Dream follows the Raj clan, who are just like any other family in Hoboken, N.J.: drowning in debt, driving one another crazy and ... mixed up with the mob by way of a call center in India.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Simon Konianski (2009)
Plot Summary:
Simon, 35, has returned to live temporarily with his father. They make life unbearable for each other. To add spice to this situation, Uncle Maurice and Aunt Mala, Ernest's brother and sister, meddle in everything and, notably, try to find a "nice little Jewish girl" for Simon to marry. When Ernest passes away, Simon fulfils his father's last request: bury him in the village where he was born, in the depths of Ukraine. And so Simon finds himself caught up in an event-packed road movie in the company of his paranoid old uncle, his aunt who nags him endlessly about his "Goy dancer", his six-years-old son, his father's body and his ghost, and also a rabbit. Not to mention his ex who hassles him by phone. The journey will be nothing like a cruise down the Nile!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 100 min
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The Jut-Nuts I (1988)
Plot Summary:
The Jut-Nuts I.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Mini (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fran Molon is a down-on-his-luck futon salesman struggling to get by in a store where the only money is in mattresses. When his annoying co-worker suggests that the winner of the local mini marathon get the coveted assistant manager position Fran quickly agrees. Realizing that winning the race may be his only chance for success Fran trains everywhere, from interstates to flea markets to prepare. But does Fran have what it takes to beat his nasty co-worker in this winner-take-all-mattresses race to glory?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
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F.A.R.T.: The Movie (1991)
Plot Summary:
Russell has two passions: watching television and farting! He also loves Heather. Heather HATES farting. The eternal triangle! One day she warns him, "if they ever allow farting on television, you'll never leave the house!" One evening he goes to sleep in front of the TV, and "it" happens. Virtually everything on TV is fart related, from sitcoms and commercials, to newscasts and dramas.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: absurd, parody, independent film, spoof, cult film
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Hook, Line And Sinker (1969)
Plot Summary:
Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive (Jerry Lewis) goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake. This 1969 comedy, directed by George Marshall, also stars Anne Francis, Peter Lawford and Kathleen Freeman.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 895
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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The Ernest Film Festival (1986)
Plot Summary:
Before he went to camp, before he went to jail, before he saved Christmas, before he was scared stupid, before he went to Africa and before he was in the army, Ernest P. Worrell hosted a variety of commercials, and a lot of them are here on this video. He even makes public service announcements. It also features many of his bloopers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Newest Pledge (2010)
Plot Summary:
The morning after kicking off their semester with a patriotic "stars, stripes, and strippers" party, the members of the Omega fraternity awaken to a find a baby on their doorstep. After little to no deliberation, the Omegas decide to pledge the baby. When a rival fraternity member, Rico, learns of this, he devises a plot to ruin the Omegas reputation in the eyes of the student body at Hamilton University. It's up to the Omegas to not only secure their legacy at the University, but to also raise a baby in a fraternity house. Written by Tuxedo (IMDB.com).
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, independent film
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Looking for Palladin (2008)
Plot Summary:
Brash young Hollywood talent agent Josh Ross (David Moscow) is dispatched to Guatemala, where he's assigned to locate missing star Jack Palladin (Ben Gazzara), a man Josh has never met but can't stand due to Palladin's long-ago relationship with his late mother. Despite receiving no help from the amused locals, Josh eventually finds his target hiding out as a cook at a restaurant but discovers that persuading the reluctant actor to return to Hollywood will be an uphill climb. Talia Shire costars in this independent comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, humorous, realistic, independent film, semi serious
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The Experts (1989)
Plot Summary:
Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they have actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll unwittingly serve as "experts" on all things cool in America. The town, created expressly for KGB spies-in-training is meant to serve as a training ground for Soviet agents. What can these two hapless Americans possibly teach the Soviet spies and will they ever learn they are not actually in Nebraska?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, satirical, humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious, parody, funny, feel good
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Bringing Up Bobby (2009)
Plot Summary:
Bobby Wyler is a confused fifteen year old trying to figure out who he is and what he believes before life gets complicated.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: christian film
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Permanent (2017)
Plot Summary:
This comedy, set in 1983 in small town Virginia, centers around a 13 year old and her family. The story of a hairstyle gone incredibly wrong and a young girl's plight to fit in while encountering bullies at a new school.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, light, humorous, intellectual
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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
Plot Summary:
Barry McKenzie sets off for England with his aunt, Edna Everage, to advance his cultural education. Bazza is an innocent abroad, fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful sheilas, but he soon settles into the Australian ghetto in Earls Court, where his old mate Curly has a flat.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 913
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, cult film
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Deadhead Miles (1972)
Plot Summary:
Alan Arkin, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-wierding cops and weigh stations with his new cryptic, overcoated hitchhiker buddy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, surreal, semi serious
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Cold Turkey (1971)
Plot Summary:
Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will will a huge prize.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: parody, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, slapstick comedy
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Chairman of the Board (1997)
Plot Summary:
A surfer becomes the head of a major company.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, not serious, entertaining, feel good, mockbuster, hilarious, independent film, claymation
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A Girl in Australia (1971)
Plot Summary:
The film is about an old fashioned Italian with moral values of the 1930/40's ,who has to find a wife in the modern, woman's liberated society of Australia of the 1960/70's.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, Australia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, epic, crying
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Best in Show (2000)
Plot Summary:
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, parody, cult classic, hilarious, cynical, black comedy, dark comedy, witty, biting, funny
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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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Easy Money (1983)
Plot Summary:
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living, gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, talky, epic, sex comedy, independent film, surprise ending, exciting, realistic, not serious
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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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Who Gets the Dog? (2016)
Plot Summary:
A couple going through a divorce squabble over custody of their beloved dog.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet
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Moving Violations (1985)
Plot Summary:
A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, independent film, exciting, offbeat, realistic, witty, not serious, surprise ending, campy
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Neighbors (1981)
Plot Summary:
One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who *should* be living in such a nice street. As more and more unbelievable events unfold, our hero starts to question his own sanity... and those of his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, surreal, cult classic, humorous, offbeat, realistic, witty, semi serious, erotic, parody
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Fraternity Vacation (1985)
Plot Summary:
A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternity a hot tub and jacuzzi if they can help his son find a girl. They meet two guys from a rival fraternity, and make a bet on who can nail the Designated Babe first.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, funny, independent film, humorous, realistic, not serious, crying, feel good, unusual plot structure
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Kicking the Dog (2009)
Plot Summary:
Twelve friends spend one last great summer together, partying and reminiscing, ultimately realizing they will soon go their separate ways in life.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, entertaining, melancholic, captivating, disturbing, sexy, sex comedy, offbeat
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Puppy Love (2023)
Plot Summary:
After a disastrous first date, wild-child Nicole and socially-anxious Max vow to lose each other’s numbers until they learn that their dogs found a love match, and now puppies are on the way! The hilariously mismatched Nicole and Max are forced to become responsible co-parents, but may end up finding love themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Look Who's Talking (1989)
Plot Summary:
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, sentimental, light, feel good, humorous, clever, epic, family comedy, terrifying, witty
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Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 166000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, hilarious, teen, funny, feel good, not serious, predictable, slapstick, entertaining, light
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Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Plot Summary:
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 405000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, funny, road movie, slapstick, hilarious, parody, cult classic, offbeat, feel good
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Accepted (2006)
Plot Summary:
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, teen, hilarious, light, sex comedy, not serious, teen sex comedy