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Plot Summary:
Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Nobuo Honma is a 63-year-old sake producer. He has lived with Yasuo since his wife died two years ago. Yasuo is his youngest son to whom he has entrusted his trade. Every day Nobuo goes for a walk which leads him to a fish-breeding center, located in the mountains. He fills his loneliness by attentively observing the development of thousands of little fish poured into the pool. The second anniversary of his wife's death approaches. Nobuo insists on the presence of Ryoichi, his elder son whom he hasn't seen for a long time. Nobuo and his two sons, along with their partners, gather for the commemoration. Unspoken feelings resurface and clash with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
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Return ticket (1997)
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Five old men and a kid are travelling in a train's cabin without purpose. They travel because it's free and they don't have another place to stay. From their conversations we learn the tragedies of their lives. Also the hidden interlockings of their faith will out slowly.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 85 min
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Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
Plot Summary:
The trials, tribulations, and joys of raising a child. The film follows the everyday events of a family with one boy, coming up to his second birthday, interspersed with occasional thoughts of the child. They initially live in an apartment building, and then move into the doting grandmother's house. (Overview from IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
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Cheeky (2003)
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Consumed with sadness after the death of his wife and subsequent rejection from his son, a widower, at the urging of his friends, opts to appear on a vulgar, wildly popular game show (for which his wife signed him up) and watches his life start to change for the better.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sincere, sweet, emotional, semi serious, sensual, independent film
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Floating Life (1996)
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An aging Hong Kong couple move to Australia with their two youngest sons. They stay with a daughter who has already begun a successful career. Meanwhile their eldest daughter lives in Germany and their eldest son remains in Hong Kong. The film explores the different ways the family members cope with isolation and alienation.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
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The husband and wife Ludva and Hedus Homolkas with their twins Péta and Máta and Ludva's parents - the granny and grandpa - arrive in the snowy Spindleruv Mlýn for a holiday. They promise to each other that they will not spoil the quite expensive holiday by quarrels. If somebody hurts the other one he/she will kneel as a punishment.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: educational
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Holiday (1999)
Plot Summary:
During a family reunion in 2000, guests decide to read out laud their "where i see myself in 10 years" wish lists which they wrote down during their 1990 family reunion.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 105 min
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The Yen Family (1988)
Plot Summary:
Comedy about a family and their obsession for making money.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: independent film, black comedy
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Shor (1972)
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Shankar (Manoj Kumar), his lovely wife Geeta (Nanda) and Deepak (Master Satyajeet) are a poor but happy family. Tragedy strikes one day, when Deepak wonders over to the railway tracks. When Geeta rushes in to warn and rescue him, she is run over by the train and is instantly killed. Deepak loses his vocal chords and cannot speak. Shankar takes Deepak to see a doctor (Raj Mehra), who examines Deepak, and tells Shankar that Deepak can recover his voice after a surgerical operation, which may cost around 1000 to 1500 rupees. Shankar is unable to afford this but is determined to find the money to cure his son. Shankar's mom (Kamini Kaushal), sister (Naaz), Khan Badshan (Prem Nath), Rani alias Raat ki Rani (Jaya Bhaduri) offer support. And Shankar takes part in a grueling tournament that puts his very life at risk.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
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Charlie & Boots (2009)
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Paul Hogan plays Charlie McFarland and Shane Jacobson plays his estranged son, Boots. After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they overcome many challenges to reach their dream - to fish off the northern most tip of Australia.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, road movie, sincere, humorous, contemplative
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My Brother's Summer (2005)
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When Sergio learns that he will soon have a baby brother, his imagination kicks into gear in devious and alarming ways. But when his mother suffers a miscarriage, Sergio's feelings of guilt are all too real.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Fullt alvor (2018)
Plot Summary:
A father and son reunites for a summer vacation after the tragic loss of their cancer ill mother and ex-wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
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The Bra (2018)
Plot Summary:
The Bra tells the story of the lonely and soon to be pensioned train driver Nurlan. On his last day of work his train hits a clothes line and snags a white bra with blue dots with it. Determined to find the owner, Nurlan leaves no stone unturned and embarks on a dazzling journey through the neighbourhoods of Baku, trying to convince as many women as possible to try on the lost bra.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Azerbaijan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, ironic, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Together (2009)
Plot Summary:
A family of a father, a mother and their son is looking forward to go on vacation. On the way they experience an accident, and their lives are suddenly and unexpectedly turned upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Graceful Brute (1962)
Plot Summary:
A son hoards money stolen from the talent agency employing him, but his efforts are in vain when the money goes missing under odd circumstances.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
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Robo-G (2012)
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Hiroki, Koji, and Shinya are engineers working at an air conditioning manufacturer ordered to develop a robot to boost the company's reputation. Just before they are due to present their invention, the robot is destroyed in a freak accident. With little time left, the three are forced to go for the last resort: Build a hollow robot suit and put a human being in it. After an audition, the only qualified man for the job is Suzuki, a cranky and lonely retiree who needs the job to kill time. After a public display that puts the robot on the headlines, the three engineers are forced to drag Suzuki on a publicity tour in order to keep up their façade. However, their plans are complicated when passionate robotics student Yoko is thrown into the mix.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: light, touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, weird
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Tokyo Booty Nights (2004)
Plot Summary:
Yuji and Akiko are newlyweds. Yuji dreams of being a movie star. He lands the lead role in a Pink Eiga soft-core sex film. The director requires him to have sex with the actress. Akiko goes to her high school reunion and is raped by a drunken guy, and then hooks up with her ex-high school love. A dark and comedic look at contemporary relationships and the pitfalls of married life. The story was written by Locarno International Film Festival, Golden Leopard Prize Winner, Masahiro Kobayashi. (Pink Eiga).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Bed Bugs (2017)
Plot Summary:
Burned out and lonely Rocky is almost 50 years old and has seen better times as a womanizer. One day, Thorben shows up at his door claiming to be his son. He is trying to get advice on how to be successful with women.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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Awkward Thanksgiving (2014)
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Thanksgiving is a time when families get together to eat good food and share in the spirit of thankfulness. That's of course, a best case scenario. Some families are so tangled in a web of drama from financial issues, relationships, and so on that lead to big blow outs or worse, long awkward silences. This is the story of one of those families.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, serious, captivating, crying, independent film
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Chronically Metropolitan (2016)
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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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Reach (2018)
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A socially awkward band geek, Steven Turano, is planning on killing himself. However, when Clarence, the new quirky kid in school, befriends him, Steven's plans are sidetracked and he reaches beyond his comfort zone forming stronger relationships with his father, friends and teachers. The boys form an inseparable bond as Clarence finds creative ways to pull Steven out of his depression.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, touching, serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
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A Bolt from the Blue (2014)
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Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but, so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40 years in time to Asakusa, Tokyo. There, he meets his parents when they were young and he learns the secret of his birth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Rent-a-Cat (2012)
Plot Summary:
A single woman runs a rent-a-cat service to provide companions for lonely people.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, sincere, captivating, touching, humorous, light, independent film, sentimental, offbeat, realistic
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A Month of Sundays (2015)
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Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – apart from the fact that she died the year before.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, humorous, psychological, light, feel good, independent film
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Downhill (2020)
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Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical, dark comedy
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The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Plot Summary:
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse he/she would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: depressing, bleak, erotic, philosophical, neo noir, political, cerebral, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Coconut Hero (2015)
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It's not easy being a teenager and Mike, a sixteen-year-old, has it espcially hard. He lives in the sticks with his mother, a non-stop nagger, in Faintville, a Canadian timber industry town. He has no father, no friends, not even a favorite meal. Basically, his sole wish is simply to vanish from the face of the earth. One day, Mike writes his own obituary and shoots himself. To his great disappointment he wakes up the in the local hospital. During a routine examination, the doctors discover a plum-sized tumor in his brain. Mike can scarcely believe his luck and keeps the illness to himself to avoid undergoing surgery that would save him. Staring death directly in the eyes, however, changes Mike's point of view and he re-evaluates his opinion of both enchanting and crazy Miranda. Somebody seems to understand him after all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, sincere, captivating, twisted
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Fathers & Sons (2010)
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Fathers & Sons is a comedic exploration of a group of men and their relationships with their fathers. A middle-aged Jewish man meets his father for the first time at the funeral of his mother. A south-Asian accountant introduces his white fiance to his father - a gay, Bollywood choreographer. A recently bankrupted Wall-Street broker has come home to borrow money from his music teacher father, and four brothers gather at the paternal home to pay their last respects and to collect their inheritance.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining
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Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013)
Plot Summary:
A middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 738
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, light, feel good
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Umami (2022)
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Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 105 min
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Roommates (1995)
Plot Summary:
An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, inspirational, romantic, sexy, clever