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Plot Summary:
A typically Beatlesque film originally produced for television, this short film was intended to be an off-the-wall road movie with the Beatles and three dozen or so friends on a psychedelic bus.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychedelic, art film, cult classic, offbeat, feel good, humorous, surreal, stylized, non-linear
Best tv shows and movies like Magical Mystery Tour (1967):
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Seeing Double (2003)
Plot Summary:
When the members of S Club complain about how tough it is to stay on top, they find themselves replaced by lookalikes... or are they?.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, stylized
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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the summer of 2005, a package arrived at the Hollywood offices of Highway 61 Entertainment from London with no return address. Inside were two mini-cassette audio tapes dated December 30, 1999 and labeled "The Last Testament of George Harrison". A voice eerily similar to Harrison's tells a shocking story: Paul McCartney was killed in a car crash in November of 1966 and replaced with a double!.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 760
Genere: Documentary, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, thought provoking, captivating, realistic, contemplative, independent film, mockumentary
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The Mighty Boosh (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television show created by Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and others. The Mighty Boosh is a comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short a cappella songs which are present throughout all three series. Julian Barratt wrote the music within the show, and performs it with Noel Fielding. Fielding also designed many of the show's graphics and artwork. The TV series has many animated sequences, puppets and special effects. Barratt has said that he approached Fielding with the idea of doing a show like The Goodies, as if it were a complete "world" rather than simply a sketch show. Barratt and Fielding play many of the recurring and one-off characters themselves, with other characters being played by other Boosh members Rich Fulcher, Dave Brown, and Michael Fielding.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, sitcom, exciting, not serious, atmospheric, controversial, offbeat, absurd, sketch comedy
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Basilicata Coast to Coast (2010)
Plot Summary:
A music group and a journalist cross the region of Basilicata by foot to attend a music festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, road movie, offbeat
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Help! (1965)
Plot Summary:
This Beatles film has an obscure Asian cult, that believes in human sacrifice, chasing Ringo after he accidentally put on the their victim's ceremonial ring. He is pursued by the cult, a pair of mad scientists, a member of a side cult that no longer believes in human sacrifice, and the London police who are trying to help.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, surreal, light, absurd, funny, psychedelic, spoof, avant garde, exciting
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A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Plot Summary:
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, mockumentary, not serious, funny, surreal, black and white, cult classic, hilarious, inspirational
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Forbidden Zone (1980)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When Frenchy slips through the door, King Fausto falls in love with her. The jealous Queen Doris takes Frenchy prisoner, and it is up to the Hercules family and friend Squeezit Henderson to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, cult classic, grindhouse, black and white, sexy, psychotronic, humorous, stylized, mind bending, mindfuck
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Citizen Dog (2004)
Plot Summary:
Follow the life of Pod as he moves to Bangkok from the country. Pod's new life starts with getting a job, loosing a finger and dreaming about a girl. A movie were nothing is impossible, and just because you get killed by raining red helmets doesnt mean you have to stop driving motorcycle taxi.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: surreal, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sad, art film, offbeat, weird
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Jean-Philippe (2006)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, offbeat
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Head (1968)
Plot Summary:
The Monkees are tossed about in a psychedelic, surrealist, plotless, circular bit of fun fluff.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, surreal, cult classic, grindhouse, offbeat, humorous, psychological, parody, funny, mind bending
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Teenage Millionaire (1961)
Plot Summary:
A teenager whose father is a millionaire radio station owner secretly records a song and plays it on one of his father's stations. It becomes a hit.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Beach Ball (1965)
Plot Summary:
Edd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, sentimental, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slang
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Nothing (2003)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of two good friends who live together, Andrew (Andrew Miller), an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave (David Hewlett), a loser who works in an office where he is treated with contempt. Just when it seems things can't get any worse for the two, the entire world outside of their house disappears and is replaced with an endless white void.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, surreal, dark comedy, mind twisting, mind bending, mindfuck, psychological, psychological thriller, retro
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200 Motels (1971)
Plot Summary:
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, surreal, mind bending, mondo, cult classic, independent film, atmospheric, offbeat, humorous, non-linear
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Having a Wild Weekend (1965)
Plot Summary:
Dinah (Barbara Ferris) is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for meat, she meets Steve (Dave Clark), a stuntman. Dinah and Steve hit it off and decide to head to an island to get away from it all (bringing along four of Steve's friends, Mike Smith, Lenny Davidson, Denis West Payton, and Rick Huxley, who -- surprise! -- play music with him). Before long, Dinah is reported missing and everyone is looking for her, making their getaway anything but tranquil.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: road movie, period piece, clever, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, psychotronic
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Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Plot Summary:
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: retro, psychotronic, hilarious, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, exciting
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Summer Holiday (1963)
Plot Summary:
1960s musical showcasing Cliff Richard. Four bus mechanics working for London Transport strike up a deal with the company: they do up a one of the company's legendary red double decker buses and take it to southern Europe as a mobile hotel. If it succeeds, they will be put in charge of a whole fleet. While on the road in France they pick up three young British ladies whose car breaks down and offer to take them to their next singing job in Athens. They also pick up a stowaway, who hides the fact that she's a famous American pop star on the run, chased by the media and her parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, slang
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Fancy Dancing (2002)
Plot Summary:
A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, captivating, emotional, semi serious, feel good, realistic
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Lisztomania (1975)
Plot Summary:
A send-up of the bawdy life of Romantic composer/piano virtuoso Franz Liszt, with ubiquitous phallic imagery and a good portion of the film devoted to Liszt's "friendship" with fellow composer Richard Wagner. The film begins during the time when Franz would give piano performance to a crowd of shrieking teenage fans while maintaining affairs with his (multiple!) mistresses. He eventually seeks Princess Carolyne of St. Petersburg (at her invitation), elopes, and, after their marriage is forbidden by the Pope, he embraces the monastic life as an abbé.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: cult classic, erotic, surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, disturbing, controversial, art house, offbeat, humorous
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how The Rutles influenced them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, parody, humorous, realistic, not serious, witty, cynical, spoof, offbeat, biting
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The Magic Christian (1969)
Plot Summary:
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless boy, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought with money.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, psychedelic, art film, cult classic, clever
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Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Plot Summary:
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, funny, light, satirical, surreal, cult classic, art house, offbeat, realistic
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
Plot Summary:
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: parody, mockumentary, spoof, humorous, light, absurd, not serious, cult classic, witty, offbeat
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Roadie (1980)
Plot Summary:
A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: offbeat, funny, cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, independent film, cult film
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The Girls on the Beach (1965)
Plot Summary:
The girls of Alpha Beta need to raise $10,000 in two weeks to save the sorority house. Among their schemes to raise the funds are a beauty contest, a newspaper puzzle, and a baking contest. But when three guys hit the beach with love on their minds, bragging that they know the Beatles, the girls plan a concert with the Fab Four as the main attraction.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, psychotronic, sex comedy, raunchy
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Yellow Submarine (1968)
Plot Summary:
The Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, draining it of all its color and music, firing anti-music missiles, bonking people with green apples, and turning the inhabitants to stone by way of the pointed finger of a giant blue glove. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and goes to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, colorful, humorous, absurd, cult classic, light, adult animation, stylized, mind bending, aesthetic
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Plot Summary:
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of the beatles, this musical uses some big name groups like Peter Frampton and Aerosmith.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, light, road movie
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The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, dark, absurd, horror comedy, mind bending, horror musical, claymation
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Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Plot Summary:
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: funny, retro, black and white, hilarious, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, satirical, vintage
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Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Plot Summary:
In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, funny, absurd, stylized, lyrical, not serious, surreal, cult classic, road movie