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Plot Summary:
Unemployed 35 year old Sakurai aspired to become an actor, but failed miserably. He decides to end his own life, but first he goes to purify himself at a public bathhouse. While there, he meets the very prosperous Kondo, who subsequently suffers a fall, erasing his memory. On a whim, Sakurai switches locker keys, steals the man's belongings, and decides to pass himself off as Kondo. What Sakurai does not know is that Kondo runs an illegal business, which brings him into contact with ornery Yakuza members. Meanwhile, Kondo has been convinced that he is actually the failed actor Sakurai and he faces the dismal reality of that life with increasing bewilderment. Fortunately, at the hospital he meets the lovely Kanae who, while yearning for marriage, goes out of her way to help "Sakurai" pull himself together. Eventually Kondo regains his memory, but before he can make a new life with Kanae, he has to solve the many problems caused by the theft of his identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, tense, funny, light, entertaining, romantic, dark comedy, touching
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A Stranger of Mine (2005)
Plot Summary:
In one long Friday evening, Takeshi Miyata (Yasuhi Nakamura), a straight-arrow businessman, will encounter a number of people (some only fleetingly) who have intertwining fates. The plot of the film is presented in succession first from the point of view of Maki Kuwata (Reika Kirishima), a young woman disappointed in love, then from Takeshi's point of view, then of his friend, Yusuke Kanda (Sō Yamanaka), a private detective, then of Takeshi's former girlfriend, Ayumi Kurata (Yuka Itaya), then of a wannabe-tough Yakuza, Asai (Kisuke Yamashita).
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anthology
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End Game (2021)
Plot Summary:
A world-class hitman ends up swapping identities with a down-to-luck extra actor during an accident.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 998
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, dramatic
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Postman Blues (1997)
Plot Summary:
Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: heroic, black comedy, dark comedy, action thriller, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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As You Like It (2006)
Plot Summary:
Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden - set in 19th-century Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, witty, talky, costume drama, sex comedy, visual, visually stunning, offbeat, period drama
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My Geisha (1962)
Plot Summary:
A director's (Yves Montand) wife (Shirley MacLaine) poses as a geisha to win the lead in his Japanese production of "Madame Butterfly.".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: retro, clever, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, romantic comedy
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Plot Summary:
A hit man whose mission is to prevent the printing of a tell-all book written by a former Mafioso, falls in love with the employee who may lose her job if the book doesn't get published.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense, semi serious
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Marrying the Mafia (2002)
Plot Summary:
The film is a gangster comedy about a businessman who becomes involved with the gangster underworld through the daughter of a crime boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, absurd, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining, black comedy, dark comedy
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Plan B (2001)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, light, captivating, feel good, independent film, semi serious
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Stealing Christmas (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tony Danza stars as a thief named Jack Clayton. When Jack is about to be caught at the mall, he dresses up as Santa Claus and hops on the bus to Evergreen. He is mistaken for the new Santa at Sarah Gibson's tree store. He is very reluctant at first, but after becoming a part of the town, and falls in love with Sarah, he begins to have second thoughts on robbing Evergreen's bank.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, witty, clever, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Who's the Man, Who's the Woman (1996)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to the blockbuster comedy He's a Woman, She's a Man, Who's the Woman, Who's the Man picks up right where the original left off! Music producer Sam (Leslie Cheung) and his cross-dressing protege Wing (Anita Yuen) have finally professed their love for another, but now what?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, sexual, gay cinema
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Plot Summary:
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, stylized, dark comedy, offbeat, independent film, weird
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Saudade (2011)
Plot Summary:
A film that explores the true meaning of a word by medical professionals, feelings of real people and the images that represent the word to the filmmaker. The viewer will get into a journey through true stories and feelings, chasing the true meaning of the Portuguese word 'Saudade'.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, captivating, entertaining
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Plot Summary:
A comedy centered around three people who each have a lookalike of a lookalike, all with the same name.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, entertaining, slapstick, realistic, slapstick comedy, bizarre
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, funny, realistic, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, feel good, captivating, funny, light, realistic, semi serious
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, feel good, sentimental, realistic, witty, queer cinema
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious
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All Relative (2014)
Plot Summary:
Things couldn't be going better for Harry and Grace, a young New York City couple in love, until Grace's mother turns Harry's world upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, touching, feel good, light, captivating, melancholic
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Swindler in My Mom's House (2007)
Plot Summary:
An attractive single mother rents a room in her house to a mysterious drifter who has nefarious plans to swindle her.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, funny, captivating, light, romantic, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
Plot Summary:
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic comedy, hilarious, melancholic, witty, realistic, touching, semi serious, romantic, clever
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Hoods (1998)
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 350
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
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Plot Summary:
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, humorous, light, sweet, entertaining, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Plot Summary:
Lilaram sells lottery tickets and one customer has hit the jackpot but dies of shock upon finding out that he has won. Now, Lilaram wants all the money, and so does everyone around him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic