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Plot Summary:
Jean-Paul Bolzec had gone to play his show for a French company based in Azerbaijan. On the way back to the airport, the taxi breaks down. Bolzec is abandoned on a desert road, in the middle of nowhere. Without realizing it, he crossed the border on foot with Armenia, in latent war with its neighbor Azerbaijan for years. Clandestine in a country he doesn't know, he doesn't speak the language and doesn't read the alphabet, Bolzec understands quickly enough that he is taken for another because he is celebrated as the Messiah.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Armenia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie
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My Thoughts Are Silent (2019)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-five-year-old Vadym earns a living recording and selling all kinds of different sounds; nevertheless, he’d rather exchange his life in Kyiv for a better future in far-flung Canada. Thus, when he gets a generous job offer which might help him realise his dream, he jumps at the chance; he soon sets off to record the sounds of animals indigenous to Ukraine and also a rare bird native to the Carpathians. The situation proves somewhat more complicated when Vadym’s companion on the trip turns out to be his mother… To the sounds of a synthesized music score, debuting Ukrainian director Antonio Lukich unfolds a visually creative road movie, in which he demonstrates a highly unusual talent for constructing tragicomic situations.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: road movie, feel good, humorous, touching, absurd, comedy drama, wistful
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The Shoe (1998)
Plot Summary:
Every night, Soviet tractors comb the coast of Latvia looking for signs of anyone who could have infiltrated the Soviet border from the sea. One morning, three Soviet patrolmen discover a woman’s shoe in the sand and footsteps leading to the quaint little village of Liepaja.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Latvia, Germany, France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Yao (2018)
Plot Summary:
From his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, the latter goes to his country of origin for the first time. To fulfill his dream, the young Yao organizes his fugue and brave 387 kilometers alone to the capital. Touched by this child, the actor decides to flee his obligations and to accompany him home. But on the dusty and uncertain roads of Senegal, Seydou understands that while rolling towards the village of the child, it also rolls towards its roots.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Senegal
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: road movie, light, touching, humorous, sweet, captivating, scenic
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Konopielka (1982)
Plot Summary:
Kaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. The village is once visited by a couple of wanderers, and strange things start to happen afterward. A new schoolteacher is sent to the area. She stirs erotic fantasies in Kaziuk. In a stir of frustration Kaziuk cuts down a family tree - a sacrilegious act in the eyes of his family. Going a step further and using a scythe for cutting the rye instead of a sickle brings the whole village against him.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 886
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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We and Our Mountains (1969)
Plot Summary:
Calm of the mountain village is disturbed by the investigation on stray sheep.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Exterior Night (1980)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to make a fresh start, Léo, a jazz musician, takes up temporary residence with his friend Bony, a young writer who is struggling to get his work published. One evening, Léo strikes up an acquaintance with a woman taxi driver, Cora; in spite of her impulsive and moody temperament, he cannot help being attracted to her. On the spur of the moment, Cora invites Léo to make love to her. When Bony meets Cora, he too finds her irresistible, but he lacks Léo’s self-confidence to make his move. Cora is not a woman that any man can possess readily. She is like a wild animal, a creature that revels in its freedom. Will either Léo or Bony be able to tame her...?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Nowhere in Moravia (2014)
Plot Summary:
When not serving regulars at a pub in the middle of a sleepy northern Moravian village, thirtysomething Maruna spends time with hesitant Jura and naïve outsider Olin – or fighting with her imperious mother. Lightened with a touch of black humor, this laconic village drama is the directorial debut of the artistic director of Prague’s Dejvice Theater who gave the members of his ensemble a one-of-a-kind acting opportunity in film.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, dark comedy
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Calendar (1993)
Plot Summary:
A photographer and his wife travel across Armenia photographing churches for a calendar project. Travelling with them is a local man acting as their driver and guide. As the project nears completion, the distance between husband and wife grows.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Armenia, Germany
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: spiritual, independent film, psychological, clever, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, fake documentary
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A Very Curious Girl (1969)
Plot Summary:
An oppressed and exploited young woman (Marie) begins charging for her sexual favors and completely disrupts the smug patriarchal capitalist society of the village of Tellier.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, hot
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All Hands on Deck (2020)
Plot Summary:
An unlikely oddball trio bond during an impromptu trip to the French countryside on a foolhardy romantic mission.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie
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The Wedding Waltz (1988)
Plot Summary:
Viltteri, a balding guy in his thirties living in rural northern Finland, is hopelessly clueless about his new role as a married man and the father of a newborn son. A perfect escape from family responsibilities is having to get his old Hillman Minx repaired and inspected for road-worthiness, with a little help from an eccentric bunch of friends who never seem to have grown up either.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, enigmatic, depressing, bleak, humorous, melancholic, ironic, sad, suspenseful
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Ciao Ciao (2017)
Plot Summary:
A free and wild young woman has to come back from the big city to her village in the mountains.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, China
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Queens of the Field (2019)
Plot Summary:
The women in a small rural town join forces to form a football club in order to save the funding for their city's field.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Miracle (2015)
Plot Summary:
1960s Turkey countryside. A newly assigned teacher finds out that the solitary village is missing a school. He gets fond of the village people and especially a disabled man. The teacher helps the village to build a new school and educate the children and the disabled man.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: captivating, melancholic, sentimental, light, touching, suspenseful, inspirational, romantic, tear jerker
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Great Minds (2017)
Plot Summary:
Teacher in the most prestigious highschool in the country, François enjoys the life he’s always known, in the intellectual and bourgeois society of Paris. Trapped in a situation where he’s forced to accept a job in a school of a tough underprivileged suburb, he finds himself confronted to his own limits and to the upheaval of his values and certainties.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, touching, social
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Saint Amour (2016)
Plot Summary:
Every year, Bruno makes a tour of all the wine stands, without setting foot outside the Show’s premises and without ever finishing his wine trail. This year, his father suggests they finish it together, but a real wine trail, across the French countryside. Accompanied by Mike, a young, quirky taxi driver, they set off in the direction of France’s major wine regions. Together, they are going to discover not only the wine trails, but also the road that leads back to Love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Delete History (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of social media. Marie, who lives off her husband’s family allowance, is afraid of losing her son’s respect because of a sex tape. Bertrand can’t say no to advertising calls and is fighting to protect his daughter, who is being bullied online. Christine, after losing everything because of her addiction to TV series, wonders why her rating as an Uber driver is not taking off. These three lone fighters are incapable of finding a solution to their problems on their own — until they join forces to declare war on the tech giants.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Journey To Greenland (2016)
Plot Summary:
Thomas and Thomas are going through a rough patch: they are both thirty-something actors living in Paris. They randomly decide to leave the city and fly away to Kullorsuaq, one of the most remote villages of Greenland, where Thomas' father Nathan lives. Among the Inuit community, they will discover the charms of the local customs and their friendship will be challenged.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating
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Vodka Lemon (2003)
Plot Summary:
Hamo, a handsome 60-year old man, lives alone in a Romenian village with one of his daughters and his granddaughter. He also owns a retirement of seven dollars per month, a closet, an old russian television set and a military costume.A letter from his second daughter arrives from France.A rumor runs through the village: the envelope would be full of money...But Hamo doesn't think but of the beautiful unknown girl from the cemetery.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Switzerland, Armenia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, islamic, sentimental, road movie, sincere
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Free Zone (2005)
Plot Summary:
Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna, an Israeli. But Hanna is on her way to Jordan, to the Free Zone, to pick up a large of sum of money.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, Belgium, France, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, serious, thought provoking, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, crying
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Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003)
Plot Summary:
A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme to make Dr. Christopher Lewis a local.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, entertaining, realistic, sentimental, funny, light, romantic
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The Lady Banker (1980)
Plot Summary:
The scene is the restless Paris of the interwar years where an attractive and ambitious woman successfully makes her way in a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. Originating from a humble background, she quickly becomes popular with small savers by offering them outstanding interest rates. Extremely popular, she makes no secret of her taste for the good things in life and her homosexual affairs. They will cost her dearly.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 811
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: emotional
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The Perfect Stranger (2011)
Plot Summary:
The mysterious arrival of a foreigner to a small village in a Mediterranean island, awake the sudden interest from a diverse group of residents, who will appear unexpectedly in the stranger's life, believing that he's going to reopen an old shop. In contrast, the real intentions of the stranger are hidden behind an old Polaroid photo, which has led him to that place in search of answers.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sincere, light
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The Adjuster (1991)
Plot Summary:
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, witty, semi serious, erotic, entertaining, dark comedy, disturbing, sexy, social, anamorphic
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Mumu (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat's life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger reaches 11 years old. He's a kid badly loved, mischievous and specializes in silly things to do. He is sent to a small boarding school in a small village. Mumu reigns over here. She's not the bitchest school teacher of the area. Roger has already been expelled from several schools and this is his last chance to avoid the reformatory his father has been promising him for a long time. But this is will change with the vigilance of Mumu, who, despite her strict aspects, proves herself to have a big heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, sincere, captivating, crying
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Maestro (2014)
Plot Summary:
Henry, a young actor, finds himself involved in a film by cinema superstar, Cédric Rovere. Charmed by his benevolence, feelings hitherto unknown are aroused, while Rovere, intrigued by Henry's dream, lives this shoot as an unexpected gift.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, clever, realistic
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Hi, Are You Alone? (1995)
Plot Summary:
Nina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian and conservative man. Trini is of the same age and has lost her mother. For both Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer and therefore they go on a risky voyage to the Costa del Sol at the south of Spain.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, captivating, light, feel good, humorous
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Aaltra (2004)
Plot Summary:
In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up, paralyzed, in a wheelchair. It seems they are doomed to stay together. They no longer focus their rage on each other but on the manufacturer of the tractor, in Helsinki. So get ready for a hilarious wheelchair road movie.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, black and white, black comedy, dark, offbeat, tragic
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The Girl from Paris (2001)
Plot Summary:
Sandrine, a woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave her work in computers and become a farmer. She takes the required practice for two years, and after that she buys an isolated farm from Adrien, an old farmer who decides it's time to retire. However, Adrien wants to stay a few more months before moving away from the farm, and the rough winter finds them together.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Night on Earth (1991)
Plot Summary:
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: intellectual, anthology, independent film, dark comedy, road movie, melancholic, surreal, entirely dialogue, art house, clever