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Plot Summary:
Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, realistic, independent film
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The Creator (1999)
Plot Summary:
Auteur à succès, Darius voit des affiches annonçant sa nouvelle pièce. Soudain pris de panique, il se rappelle qu'il a oublié de l'écrire.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, fun
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Zonad (2009)
Plot Summary:
Zonad (Simon Delaney) is from space…probably. Or so the Cassidy family assume when they discover an apparent alien in a shiny red space suit and helmet passed out on the living room floor beside the drinks cabinet. The Cassidys and the people of Ballymoran make the intriguing visitor feel very welcome (and in the case of mother Mary, Donna Dent, and teenage minx Jenny, Janice Byrne, they make him feel very welcome indeed). At first, Zonad tries to evade the warm welcome of the villagers, although the procession of wanton women and free beer gets the better of him. Why give up on a good thing?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Comedy
Country: Ireland
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, witty, black comedy, offbeat, realistic
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A Pain in the Ass (2008)
Plot Summary:
An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, realistic, cynical, semi serious, buddy comedy, modern day adaptation, remake of french film
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Bye Bye Morons (2020)
Plot Summary:
When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, visually appealing, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Madame Irma (2006)
Plot Summary:
Francis, who is in his forties, manages the French subsidiary of an American high-tech company. But the shareholders suddenly decide to close it. Depressed by the idea of being unemployed and the prospect of losing his second wife, Francis decides to consult a fortune-teller. The experience is a real eye-opener for him and the start of a new career: He pretends to be a fortune teller himself and turns into Madame Irma. How to explain that to his wife Clotilde?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, clever, offbeat, cynical
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Hallelujah! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Following his release from a seven-year stretch in prison, Mario Diccara discovers that his affairs with the underworld aren't completely settled. His brother Patrick, a priest, suggests that he stays with elderly Father Etienne in a small village in Ardeche until the conflict blows over. But their plan takes an unexpected turn when Father Etienne dies.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
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Mohamed Dubois (2013)
Plot Summary:
Arnaud Dubois may be the heir to a bank, but he prefers to call himself Mohamed. Having fallen out with his father, he turns his back on the family residence. On his travels, he meets Mustafa, who introduces him to his sister Sabrina. Having fallen in love with the attractive young woman, Arnaud decides to pass himself off as an ordinary street guy named...Mohamed.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, biting, suspense
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The Sublet (2008)
Plot Summary:
WALTER is lonely. He is 71 and has no friends. He lives in a small apartment in Upper West Side in Manhattan and every morning he goes through the same monotonous routine: pills, fiber, canned food, cleaning, TV and the book with all his expenses. His apartment is very quiet until today when his phone rings, which really surprises him. It's a wrong number, someone was looking for a sublet. However, it gives him an idea, a fake ad.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, suspenseful, independent film, realistic
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Special Correspondents (2009)
Plot Summary:
R2I, a famous news radio station, sends its best reporting duo to Iraq: Frank, journalist, and Poussin, sound engineer. Very quickly, millions of listeners follow their highly documented stories, reflecting the hot intensity of the fighting and the difficult survival of the population.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, captivating, melancholic
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Would I Lie to You? 3 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Eddie, Dov, Yvan et les autres… Nos chaleureux amis ont migré du Sentier moribond à la banlieue florissante d’Aubervilliers… Là où les vieux entrepreneurs juifs ont laissé le terrain à de jeunes grossistes chinois courageux et dynamiques… La petite bande est toujours aussi soudée, solidaire que lors des épisodes précédents, et la vie suit son cours, au gré des petits évènements familiaux et des affaires. Dov semble toujours frivole, Eddie entreprenant, Yvan transi, Karine désinvolte, Sandra résolue, Chochana naïve, Serge irresponsable et mythomane. Quant à Patrick, il est amoureux et l’heureuse élue est loin d’être facile d’accès. Tout irait pour le mieux jusqu’à ce qu’un vent mauvais apporte son lot d’adversité compromettant sérieusement la cohésion du groupe. Succomberont-ils sous l’orage à la zizanie, ou bien, une fois de plus, à force d’entraide, de ruses et d’habileté, triompheront-ils de la crise avec panache ?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic
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Serial Lover (1998)
Plot Summary:
Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so that she can pick out her would-be fiancé. But an accident happens when Claire is getting the dinner ready.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy, realistic, neo noir
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Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)
Plot Summary:
Félix, disguised as Father Christmas, hands out leaflets advertising a sexy Christmas party. His place is taken by an African Santa Claus and he returns to his caravan only to find his girlfriend Josette about to leave him. When he comes after her, she takes refuge at "SOS Distress", run by two neurotics, Thérèse and Pierre.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, cult classic, black comedy, humorous, witty, anthology, clever, offbeat, realistic
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Recep Ivedik 5 (2017)
Plot Summary:
During his visit of condolence to Ismet's funeral, Recep Ivedik feels sorry about Ismet's remaining family members due to his latest unfinished job contract which would cause hard financial situation for the family. Therefore, Recep decides to finish Ismet's last job by replacing himself as a bus driver and to transport group of athletes. Although Recep and his accompanying friend Nurullah were expecting this could be a short trip, they learn that it is not because they have to transport young national athletes to sports organization in a foreign country. This becomes the beginning for them to have irreversible adventure. When they are on the road, unfortunate things happen and crisis appears for the team. Recep, who believes only in victory, takes control of the situation and develops his own methods in order to make the team successful while he face with all funny events.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, not serious, disgusting
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Wedding Fever in Campobello (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Jan decides to marry his girl-friend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, who is an Italian.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, realistic, feel good, captivating, semi serious
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Last Call for Nowhere (2016)
Plot Summary:
French border cop José Fernandez has just one last extradition to do before his long-awaited promotion to the crime bureau. But his detainee Akim, victim of a judiciary glitch, is outraged to find himself saddled with the identity of a potential terrorist and put on a flight back to Kabul, where he has never even set foot before! What starts as a routine trip for Fernandez and his skirt-chasing partner Guy goes haywire when their plane is grounded in Malta, forcing them to bunk up with Akim, who will stop at nothing to avoid extradition!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, entertaining, feel good
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Housewarming (2005)
Plot Summary:
Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect. In the mean time a former client decides he is in love with her, her son and daughter are becoming nearly homeless since the flat's walls are demolished, the architect has new plans every day, an irregular workers fall in love with Chantal too and dance with her daughter, Martin (the son) still continue to roller blade around... Could the works go forward in this mess?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 778
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, realistic
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My Best Holidays (2012)
Plot Summary:
Over this long hot summer, Claude and Isabelle get their marriage back on track, while Bibou and Simon, spend a memorable summer discovering the world of grown-ups.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Boudu (2005)
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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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Half-Sister (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father’s pharmacy business, is less than thrilled at the arrival of his ‘embarrassing’ half-sister. After refusing to take her in, he soon gets a taste of his own medicine. Under the influence of a potent drug, for one day Paul is generous, happy and sensitive. The next morning, however, once the drug has worn off, his nasty side comes back.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Ultimate Accessory (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story of Aleksandra and Cyrille, a prominent, trendy, and very well-off Parisian couple, whose life is not quite the same after seven-year-old Alekseï from Russia suddenly pops up in their 100% cashmere, childless home. Aleksandra soon realises that this little boy they have adopted is not quite what she had been hoping for.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, suspense, biting
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Incognito (2009)
Plot Summary:
This offbeat musical drama stars Lucas (Bénabar), an up-and-coming singer ready to do anything to be on top of the French pop scene.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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The Villain (2009)
Plot Summary:
With gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it into a gleaming new banking district, but to her son's disgust Maniette leads the inhabitants resistance. Her ingenious methods provoke her boy's admiration, but he fights back with sneaky traps and underhand tricks when Maniette tries to force him to do the right thing just once in his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, dark comedy
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Copacabana (2010)
Plot Summary:
Babou's daughter refuses to invite her mother to her wedding, prompting Babou to begin life anew.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sincere, feel good, captivating, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious
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A House of Your Dreams (2006)
Plot Summary:
On a mission to loosen up, a miser's sets about buying a house in the country for his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Dinner Guest (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal Error ! Terrified at the idea of not being up to par, his wife Colette begs Alexandre, their neighbor to help. Communication guru, Alexander accepts the challenge and gives a makeover to the couple in twenty-four hours. Apartment, decoration, lifestyle, dinner menu, uniforms, culture... Everything !.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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The Belgian Job (2012)
Plot Summary:
Willy Vander Brook, a world with Franco-Belgian roots, travels to Paris for an interview. He is welcomed by his childhood friend Serge, an ex pub operator, and his roommate Frank, a fierce supporter of the Walloon independence. When Willy discovers that his candidacy is not accepted because he is Belgian, he and his compatriots decide to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Max (2012)
Plot Summary:
Max is 6 years old. She lives with her dad Toni, a small time crook with a golden heart. For Xmas, Max offers him Rose, a call-girl found on the street whom she’s very fond of. Despite the complicated situation, Toni’s gonna have a hard time refusing her daughter’s «gift» and must coexist with Rose.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Protect and Serve (2010)
Plot Summary:
A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, humorous, not serious, exciting
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Beautiful Lies (2010)
Plot Summary:
A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her widowed mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, sentimental, sincere, touching, realistic, neurotic
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The Outcasts (2017)
Plot Summary:
After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, independent film, touching, realistic