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Plot Summary:
Thomas Müller is spotted by a marketing agency for his exceptional normality.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 795
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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The Juliette Year (1995)
Plot Summary:
Camille Prader, back from a physicians' meeting, is waiting for his suitcase on the Airport conveyor belt. Clémentine, his girlfriend of the day, has come to fetch him. With a radiant smile, she tells Fabrice that she left everything to live with him. When Camille picks a case he realizes ha has taken the wrong one. The label shows it belongs to a musician called Juliette Graveur. Hegrasps the occasion to run away from Clémentine by claiming Juliette is his mistress.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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So There (1997)
Plot Summary:
A trucker, an accountant, a former plumber hospitalised after a suicide attempt... Presided over by the accountant, the three families decide to buy a truck, a trucker's dream. The father, practical joker, and larger-than-life lover, keeps a watchful eye. The children are his accomplices. One is his heroine. His daughter is his other heroine. A puzzle of life's desires in which all veers into the imaginary, into dreams of far-off lands.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Demandez la permission aux enfants ! (2007)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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Mean Spirit (2003)
Plot Summary:
Vincent Poirel dirige une multinationale du BTP. Il a tout obtenu dans la vie sauf un enfant. Sa société est retenue pour construire un stade olympique. Le projet original apporté par son architecte est en fait celui de Simon Variot, imaginé durant ses études.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: absurd, feel good, entertaining
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Allowed (2022)
Plot Summary:
Rodrigo and Gabriela have been dating for years, sometimes their relationship seems like best friends, but deep down, they love each other. Their daily lives are disrupted when their best friends, Luz and Jorge, ask them who would be allowed.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic comedy
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Move Along, There is Nothing to See (1983)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Leroux is investigating the owner of a contemporary art gallery Helen Duvernet who is suspected of being involved in trafficking of stolen paintings. He is both intrigued and attracted by the young woman, follows her everywhere and finally falls in love.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
Plot Summary:
A citizen of the Veneto in her sixties. Three stories of "love in the country".
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, biting, sexual, anthology, suspense, hot
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What Fault Is It of Ours? (2003)
Plot Summary:
Seven people in a therapy group are forced to find new ways of coping with their problems when their therapist dies in the middle of a session.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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The Discord (1978)
Plot Summary:
Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick comedy, fun
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Abel (1986)
Plot Summary:
An extremely weird comedy about the life of 31- year-old Abel, who has never left home. After failing with doctors and psychiatrists, Abel's father Victor brings home Christine, a friend, in an attempt to teach Abel basic social skills. After that trouble starts and Abel is thrown out into the street.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, slasher, art house, deep, cult classic, clever, offbeat, humorous, surreal, witty
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At Home with the Rozes (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two ex-convicts, MG and Gilbert find refuge in a charming middle-class house whose couple is about to celebrate its 20-year old marriage. Our duo has no other solution than to take this entire brood in hostage. But, contrary to all expectations, they are warmly greeted by the occupants who don't think twice before helping them, they are even ready to put their guests off, even to kill them if necessary.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, hilarious, realistic, dark comedy
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Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988)
Plot Summary:
Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious (even delinquent) children, often hungry, but with lots of laughter in the house.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, cult classic, humorous, captivating, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, cult film
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The Priest's Wife (1970)
Plot Summary:
After discovering her boyfriend for the past four years is married, a distraught and depressed young woman turns to a Catholic priest for counseling -- and finds mutual attraction. Now the inseparable couple are thwarted by his holy vow of celibacy, and must rely on the Vatican for a solution to their dilemma.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Rumba (2008)
Plot Summary:
Teachers in a rural school, happy couple Fiona and Dom have a common passion: Latin Dancing. One night, after a glorious dance competition, they have a car accident and see their lives turn upside down. Rumba or how optimism and humour can overcome fatality!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: uplifting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Royal Palace (2005)
Plot Summary:
Eugenia is the queen of an imaginary European country. When her husband dies, quite unexpectedly, the country is left without a king. According to the law, the new king needs to be married so that leaves out the eldest son. Her youngest son, Prince Arnaud is married to the lovely Armelle and they have two young children. They become the future rulers of the kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, funny, offbeat
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Desperate Acts of Magic (2013)
Plot Summary:
A magician competes in an international magic competition where he goes head to head with a female street magician he has fallen in love with. This film shows great magic performed by a cast of professional magicians. Like a great musical where the songs and the story are seamlessly intertwined, Desperate Acts of Magic does the same, mixing story and magic as one.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, independent film
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We Will Go to Deauville (1962)
Plot Summary:
Comical adventures of two pairs of friends during their stay in Deauville, Normandy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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The Clandestine Marriage (1998)
Plot Summary:
A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: costume drama, independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, stylized, semi serious, period piece, period drama
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Not Dead (2012)
Plot Summary:
An ageing punk-with-a-dog and his brother the conformist decide to get their revenge on a shopping mall. Directing duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern, longstanding comic crusaders against capitalism, again set out to surprise and shock the bourgeois audience.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, captivating, black comedy, realistic, tragic
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Paris Follies (2014)
Plot Summary:
Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world into flux, as she finds herself locked into routine. She keeps hoping for something else, something more. A party held by students on the adjoining property accelerates this latent crisis and Brigitte impulsively sets off for Paris under the guise of a doctor’s appointment. The city immediately invigorates her, and when she meets a charming Danish gentleman, she impulsively allows herself to be flattered by his attentions….
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic drama
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Small World (2003)
Plot Summary:
A prominent doctor wants to commit a suicide. Two cops chose a wrong way while driving down the road. The suspected one believes that he'll never be caught. His pretty wife who works in a confectionery and she's able only to love. One boy will help them all, but he's not even born yet... Just an ordinary day.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Jungle (2006)
Plot Summary:
Vincent and Mathias are two friends, in their thirties, who live off Vincent’s father. One day, during a meal where the wine and talk both flow a little too freely, Vincent’s father offers the two friends a bet. If they can survive seven days and seven nights in Paris with just seven Euros in their pocket, he will pay off all of their debts. If not, they will have to learn to fend for themselves. Confident of their abilities to survive in the jungle that is Paris, Vincent and Mathias willingly accept the offer, but soon regret doing so.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Comedy
Country: Luxembourg, France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid (2015)
Plot Summary:
Armed with boyish charm and a sharp wit, the former "SNL" writer offers sly takes on marriage, his beef with babies and the time he met Bill Clinton.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, hilarious, fun
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Lasciami per sempre (2017)
Plot Summary:
Celebration of an extended family.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: satirical, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Late Show (1999)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: parody, sincere, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious
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Granny Nanny (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of pensioners want to escape the boredom of their everyday life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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My Father's Guests (2010)
Plot Summary:
A human-rights activist takes in an illegal immigrant and her daughter, then shocks his family when they learn that he has married the sexy 28-year-old.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Boudu (2005)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, realistic, biting, suspense
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Falling for Mala (2015)
Plot Summary:
Maria Laura "Mala" is an actress with little luck, but she is successful working for other women, seducing their boyfriends to know if they are faithful or not. But everything changes when her dream to perform in her acting career depends on a job to be performed with Santiago who breaks the pattern and shakes her professional convictions.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, captivating, light
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It's Not You, It's Me (2013)
Plot Summary:
Serial commitment-phobe, Dave, is reeling from his decision to break up with his near perfect, now ex-girlfriend. As he tries to forget her, his battling inner voices come to life and cloud his mind with conflicting desires. Meanwhile, Carrie's own disjointed inner voices push her to move on with someone less complicated. Sensing time is short, Dave embarks on a sincere and sometimes fumbled personal journey to conquer his fear of commitment.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious