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Plot Summary:
A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Dear Sidewalk (2013)
Plot Summary:
Dear Sidewalk tells the story of Gardner, a 24 year old mail-carrier, who is struggling to contend with his identity as his quarter-life crisis is in full swing. His regimented routine is thrown out the window when he meets Paige, a divorcee, enduring a mid-life crisis of her own. In this relationship there exists a synchronicity, as they find, despite their age difference, they're both confronting existential problems surrounding identity, love, and the choices in front of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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Stella's Last Weekend (2018)
Plot Summary:
Brothers Jack and Oliver reunite to put their beloved dog to sleep. While their zany mother plans a party to celebrate Stella's life, things go awry when the brothers discover they love the same girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, sad
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Rodney King (2017)
Plot Summary:
25 years ago, four LAPD officers were acquitted in a state court for beating King, sparking three days of rioting that left 53 people dead. Now, around the anniversary, this Spike Lee-produced one-man show (Roger Guenver Smith) will be streaming on Netflix. A complex, semi-tragic figure, King drowned in 2012. His life was rarely smooth, or simple – its telling makes for a sober, moving watch.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, one man show
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This Is the Night (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the summer of 1982, as all of Staten Island anticipates the opening of a blockbuster boxing movie, an Italian-American family must confront its greatest challenges.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, weird
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Desire Street (2011)
Plot Summary:
A family (mother, daughter and son) tries to survive their loneliness and obsessions by going through different sexual experiences and relationships with a new neighbour, a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, China, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: touching, exciting, sincere, humorous, psychological, captivating, social, noir, queer cinema
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Chronically Metropolitan (2016)
Plot Summary:
A cynical and clever coming of age film about first time novelist Fenton Dillane, who, unannounced returns to New York City to confront his family, his ex- girlfriend and a few lingering childhood fears.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, feel good
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Kelly & Cal (2014)
Plot Summary:
Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been dealt. When the two strike up an unlikely friendship, it's the perfect spark needed to thrust them both back to life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, indie film, independent film
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Don Peyote (2014)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 956
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, semi serious, captivating, psychological, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Standing Up, Falling Down (2019)
Plot Summary:
An unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A.—forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs—and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. Discovering to be kindred spirits, each helps the other find healing, in addition to the confidence to face the 'failures' in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, disturbing, romantic, entertaining, romantic comedy, cult classic
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Private Life (2018)
Plot Summary:
Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, realistic, disturbing, clever, serious, mumblecore, cult classic, indie film
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Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
Plot Summary:
Fresh out of college and stuck at his New Jersey home without a clear path forward, 22-year-old Andrew begins working as a party starter for bar/bat mitzvahs—where he strikes up a unique friendship with a young mom and her teenage daughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, philosophical, feel good, humorous, family comedy, heartfelt
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Man Up! (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tom, 16, is a sensitive teenager who is about to enter a new high school after being expelled. He intends to find his place, make friends and seduce the girl he loves. Tom needs the support of his older brother, Leo, a true mentor, who is working to make him a “cool kid”. However, Leo's fraternal benevolence hides a destructive temperament... Will Tom be able to grow up finding his own path?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Austin Found (2017)
Plot Summary:
A woman who is fed up with her mundane lifestyle hatches a scheme to make her family instant celebrities by having her ex-boyfriend kidnap her 11-year-old daughter for a month.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Clapper (2017)
Plot Summary:
15 minutes of fame destroys the life of a man who works as a clapper in television.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, romantic, romantic comedy
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Landline (2017)
Plot Summary:
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, art house
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The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
Plot Summary:
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, humorous, captivating, disturbing, feel good, emotional, mumblecore, anthology
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Losin' It (1982)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, funny, cult classic, independent film, surprise ending, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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The Last Run (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a young accountant is devastated after discovering his inspiringly beautiful girlfriend is cheating on him, his best friend, who's engaged to a girl he doesn't love, convinces him to go on a "run" and sleep with as many women as he can to get over his heart break.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, sexy, offbeat, realistic, sex comedy
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Couch Potatoes (2017)
Plot Summary:
Giorgio and Tito, father and son. A successful journalist and a lazy teenager apparently impossible to understand. Giorgio's dream is to take Tito to the Nasca Hill in Liguria, but Tito prefers to spend his entire day with his group of friends, eating, talking about nothing and playing video games. Until one day when he suddenly informs his father that he would join him in this trip. After a series of accidents and misunderstandings, at the end, somehow father and son will find the way to communicate … or at least they will try.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Cherry (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ivy League Freshman, Aaron Milton (17) gets a different kind of education when he falls for Linda (34) a vivacious former wild-child who has returned to college to straighten out her life. The curriculum gets more challenging when Aaron meets Linda's sarcastic 14 year-old daughter, Beth - who quickly develops a crush on him. The math doesn't work in either direction but the dysfunctional triangle becomes a learning experience for all involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, independent film, light, feel good, teen, erotic, offbeat, sex comedy, sentimental
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Why Stop Now? (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her drug dealer and swept along on a wild adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, emotional, funny, sentimental, touching, offbeat, feel good, realistic
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See You in Valhalla (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana Burwood must return home after four years, to face her strange siblings, her out of touch father and her very touchy past.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Mind the Gap (2004)
Plot Summary:
Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to find happiness.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 997
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, semi serious, captivating, sincere, sentimental, clever, touching, offbeat, realistic
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The Single Moms Club (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of single moms are brought together in the aftermath of an incident at their children's school.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, teen
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Duane Hopwood (2005)
Plot Summary:
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: emotional, humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, clever, touching, gloomy, semi serious, independent film
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Love, Simon (2018)
Plot Summary:
Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sweet, emotional, sincere, exciting, captivating, lgbt cinema, disturbing, realistic
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The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd, indie film, intellectual, realistic, witty, thought provoking
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A Teacher (2020)
Plot Summary:
Claire Wilson, a young teacher at a suburban Texas high school, begins an affair with her student, Eric Walker. But their relationship accelerates faster than anticipated and the permanent damage becomes impossible to ignore.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 248 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, moody
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Acne (2008)
Plot Summary:
At the age of 13, Rafael Bregman has already lost his virginity, but has never kissed a girl. With his pimple-riddled face, his dysfunctional family, and a lowered self-esteem, getting this much anticipated first kiss proves trickier than expected. It's now time for Rafa to build up some self confidence and attract the attention of his class mate, Nicole.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Uruguay, Argentina, Spain, Mexico, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, psychological, captivating, sex comedy, touching, realistic, sexual, sexy
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The Professor (2018)
Plot Summary:
Richard, a world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak, and a touch of madness.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, captivating, independent film, surreal, cult classic, cute, comedy drama, inspirational, feel good