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Plot Summary:
A dark comedic tale about love, revenge, and the fickle nature of human morality.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy
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Sexy Evil Genius (2013)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedy about an eclectic group of strangers invited to a downtown bar by a mutual ex-lover, Nikki Franklyn, a maddeningly sexy, unpredictable and possibly insane young woman who's recently gotten out of prison for murdering her last ex-boyfriend. The party really gets started when Nikki herself arrives, hauling her latest lover and fiancee, the morally challenged lawyer who'd been handling her case. She's mysterious about her intentions and her current and former lovers soon realize they are all caught in one of her brilliant, mischievous mind-games with possible deadly consequences. By the night's end, revenge will be had, new romance will bloom, and Nikki will have delivered on her reputation as the sexy evil genius.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, independent film, psychological thriller, psycho film
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The Red Dwarf (1998)
Plot Summary:
Lucien is a dwarf, who works hard in a large legal office. His only friend is trapeze circus artist Isis. One day he gets the attention of singer Paola Bendoni and falls in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, dark comedy, sexy, thought provoking, bloody, emotional, melancholic
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The Last Great Wilderness (2002)
Plot Summary:
Charlie's (screenwriter Alastair Mackenzie) wife has left him for a successful pop star, and he wants revenge. He sets out for Scotland's Isle of Skye, where he will burn down the star's mansion. In a cafe, he meets Vincente (Jonny Philips), a Spaniard who asks him for a ride. With his new friend in tow, Charlie soldiers on, only to run out of gas in the middle of nowhere. They walk to the nearest residence--where they are greeted by a suspicious and motley group of people who may or may not be part of a bizarre cult that lives in the area. Charlie and Vincente will be staying longer then they expected, and it is going to be a strange visit! David Mackenzie's (YOUNG ADAM) first film is an offbeat hybrid of horror and comedy with an effective score by the Pastels.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, gloomy, homoerotic
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Permanent Vacation (2007)
Plot Summary:
A camping trip results in some twisted family memories in this off-the-wall black comedy. Hoping for one last family vacation before his children leave the nest, laid-back dad Eric Bury (Frank Harper) takes his brood to a trailer park teeming with oddballs. The clan's plans for a relaxing holiday go down the drain as they encounter sex addicts, a sadistic cop (Michael Bowen), decapitated corpses, bloodthirsty fish and a sage (David Carradine).
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, erotic, offbeat, dark comedy
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Revenge for Jolly! (2012)
Plot Summary:
Harry (Brian Petsos) is having a very, very bad day. He returns home from an all-night drinking binge with his cousin Cecil (Oscar Issac), to discover that his little dog Jolly...Harry's one true love and the source of light in his dark, solitary life-has been murdered. Brokenhearted and beyond consolation, he vows to track down the dog's murderer at any cost. Armed with a stockpile of firepower in the trunk of his car, he and Cecil embark on a frenzied, alcohol-fueled wild-goose chase, leaving a bloody path of destruction in their wake.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, tense, psychological, captivating, road movie, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film, ambiguous ending
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ExTerminators (2009)
Plot Summary:
Alex is a lonely accountant whose one act of rage results in her being sentenced to court-ordered therapy. There she meets Stella, the owner of a small extermination business who uses her car as a weapon, and Nikki, a dental technician with the face of an angel and the mind of a sociopath. Together these women form their own "silent revolution", wreaking havoc on the abusive men in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, independent film, detective, black comedy
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Employee of the Month (2004)
Plot Summary:
"Employee of the Month" is about a guy whose day spirals from bad to worse when he gets fired from his dream job at the bank and is dumped by his fiancée Sara. David's best friend Jack tries to convince him it's for the best, but the opposite occurs when bank robberies and millions of dollars become part of his day from hell.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, suspense, melancholic, black comedy, entertaining, funny, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, uplifting, sad, black comedy, crying, black cinema
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The Wedding (2004)
Plot Summary:
Wojnar is a wealthy man who is marrying off his beautiful daughter Kasia, in a small town in present day Poland. Wojnar had to bribe the groom with a fancy car, since Kasia was pregnant by another man. At the end of the ceremony, the car is delivered by a gangster, who immediately demands the promised money and the deed to land from Kasia's grandfather. Unfortunately grandpa is unwilling to let go of the land. Meanwhile each of the workers at the reception demand to be paid, so Wojnar, who is very reluctant to part with his money, tries to haggle and bribe his way out of all the situations.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, realistic
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Fish in a Barrel (2001)
Plot Summary:
6 gun wielding people are trapped in a NY loft with $4 million in stolen diamonds.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, suspense, independent film, clever, realistic, witty, talky, biting
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Santorini Blue (2013)
Plot Summary:
An act of betrayal throws a young couple's marriage into jeopardy in this romantic drama featuring Richard Belzer and Ice-T.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Park (2006)
Plot Summary:
Park takes place all in one day in a public park in Los Angeles, as 11 disaffected Angelenos find both love and loss in unexpected ways.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, offbeat, clever, talky
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Almost You (1984)
Plot Summary:
Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home and high-paying job, feels trapped. When Erica has an accident that leaves her temporarily confined to a wheelchair and requiring the services of a private nurse, the beautiful Lisa enters the Boyers' lives. A complicated situation develops as Alex sees Lisa as the cure for his own problems as well as his wife's.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, talky, cynical, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Daddy Longlegs (2009)
Plot Summary:
After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York City. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, humorous, semi serious, sincere, realistic, inspirational, independent film, sentimental
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The Details (2011)
Plot Summary:
When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, funny, entertaining, dark comedy, realistic, independent film, inspirational
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Lucy (2003)
Plot Summary:
MOW about the life of Lucille Ball, focusing on the loving yet tumultuous relationship with Desi Arnaz.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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Diary of a Tired Black Man (2008)
Plot Summary:
Diary of a Tired Black Man is a simple story about the complex relationships between black men and black women.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, independent film
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Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot (2007)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic comedy about a self-induced attention-deficit disordered, learning disabled, Tourette's syndrome suffering, balance impaired, ex-alcoholic young man from the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the gold-digging girl who inspires him to try to get it together.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tragicomedy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, independent film, offbeat
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The Ape (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment occupied by a walking, talking, foul-mouthed ape in a Hawaiian shirt and Converse High Tops.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, tense, offbeat, cynical, biting, exciting, suspense
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Man of the Year (2002)
Plot Summary:
Bill is the guest of honor as the "Man of the Year". A very successful head of a large energy firm, he is a man with many dark secrets. His best friend, Stuart, hosts the party at his ritzy ultra modern Hollywood Hills home. During the course of the night, secrets will be revealed, trusts will be broken and relationships will change forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, clever, biting
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Lovers of Hate (2010)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedy which follows two brothers who are in love with the same woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, mumblecore, gloomy, independent film, dark comedy
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One Too Many Mornings (2010)
Plot Summary:
Fischer can't remember the last time he woke up without a hangover. He lives in a church: a real one. Where people baptize, marry, pray and die. It's an ideal situation for a young guy with no aspirations: if he locks up the church, he can sleep in the back. Free of charge. 6:00am. Tuesday morning. Fischer's old friend from high school shows up unannounced. Even though they haven't seen each other in years, Peter just drove 10 hours straight because his girlfriend of five years just cheated on him. He's looking for a place to hide. To think. To drink. What better place than Fischer's church? After leaving 50 unanswered voice-mails, Rudy shows up four days later. That's Peter's girlfriend. She didn't cheat on him. She did something much worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, mumblecore, captivating, psychological, light, uplifting, clever, offbeat, realistic
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Granny's Funeral (2012)
Plot Summary:
A provincial chemist in the throes of a mid-life crisis must choose between burying his dearly departed grandmother and cremating her in this quirky comedy of manners starring Valerie Lemercier, Denis Podalydes, and Isabelle Candelier.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film, humorous
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The End (1978)
Plot Summary:
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, black comedy, humorous, slapstick, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film, slapstick comedy
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Dark Horse (2011)
Plot Summary:
Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with Miranda, who recently moved back home after a failed literary/academic career. Miranda agrees to marry Abe out of desperation, but things go awry.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, semi serious, bleak, disturbing, controversial, black comedy, clever, offbeat, realistic
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The Guatemalan Handshake (2006)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious power failure in a small mountain town coincides with the disappearance of one of its most eccentric young residents. Mystery piles upon mystery as his family and friends search for him, fail, and ultimately try to forget about him, an undertaking that results in many unexpected, and in some cases bizarre, effects on the town's already peculiar community.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: stylized, humorous, realistic, surreal, semi serious, mumblecore, independent film, offbeat, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Kitchen (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer's thirtieth birthday party is supposed to be a special day. But what starts out as a day of celebration quickly spirals into a most ill-fated day Jennifer wishes she could forget, in this ensemble comedy set entirely in a kitchen.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, talky, mumblecore, sincere, independent film
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Bastards of Young (2013)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to adulthood! When two early-30s couples celebrate their last annual Halloween party in New York, they are confronted with sex, lies, and unspoken drama which tests their relationships and futures.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Big Ask (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Big Ask is a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do anything for him - except for the one thing he wants.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, psychological, captivating, realistic, independent film
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2 B Perfectly Honest (2004)
Plot Summary:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has a son, is forced to consider the unthinkable - getting a real job.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious