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Plot Summary:
In the year 1807, they city of Rashid is under attack by the British forces.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Egypt
Duration:
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The Danish Experiment (2003)
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Qadry Al-Minyawi is a widowed husband and a father of four adult sons Mahmoud, Ibrahim, Abdulrahman and Hussien. When he is later appointed as the new minister of youth and sports, his old friend asks him to host his Danish sister-in-law Anita who is studying for her P.Hd. and visiting Egypt for the first time. Qadry feels concerned about Anita's presence and how her attractiveness and sex appeal drive all men crazy especially his sons.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 109 min
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Hvem har bestemt? (1978)
Plot Summary:
The anarchist Ottar is being locked up in a mental institution after a serious of tantrums that involves rage against the machine.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min
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Hello America (2000)
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After being suspended from the People's Council, Bakhit and Adeela travel to New York at the request of Bakhit's cousin Nawfal who is a wealthy man living with his wife and two kids. Bakhit and Adeela notice the cultural differences as they try to earn a decent living in America and get married after years of waiting.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 90 min
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Terrorism and Kebab (1992)
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A man named Ahmed tries unsuccessfully for days to go the the government building to complete the necessary paperwork to transfer his child to another school. Repeatedly he is unable to see the employee he needs to meet with. In a scuffle that follows Ahmed obtains the weapons of the guards and accidentally takes hostages in the government building. All the other floors of the building evacuate, the army and Minister of the Interior are called; the government treats Ahmed as a terrorist. Ahmed and the hostages demand kebab from the government for lunch.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sad
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Ala bab el wazir (1982)
Plot Summary:
Kamal is a university student who is in love with Nora the daughter of a ruthless businessman who rejects him because he is poor and thus plots to keep him away from her. With the help of his friends they try to solve his problem especially after Kamal's father has been unjustly arrested for a crime he did not commit.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Crime
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min
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Day of the Idiots (1981)
Plot Summary:
In this non-story of the mentally and emotionally impaired inhabitants of a clinic for the insane, the medical profession along with humanity is distorted into a long, filmic exhibition of sado-masochism, urination, and ample nudity for its own sake. Critics that support the avant-garde might feel that the lack of apparent purpose in each "idiot's" (the title is "Day of the Idiots') physical and emotional problems is a form of high art. The viewers will have to decide for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: weird
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The Wrestler (1985)
Plot Summary:
An ageing wrestler and circus strongman is put in an institution located somewhere in a world of its own.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Finland
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Sword of Trust (2019)
Plot Summary:
When Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, the only item she's received is an antique sword that he believed to be proof that the South won the Civil War.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: indie film, dark comedy
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80 Hussars (1978)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of a regiment of Hungarian hussars stationed in Poland. The hussars, mostly ordinary men, have heard news of the uprising and wish to return to the homeland to defend the newly independent country. The Empire, on the other hand, is firmly resolved that all Hungarian troops in the imperial army should be kept as far away from the trouble spot as possible, knowing that most soldiers would be loyal to Budapest rather than Vienna.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 124 min
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The Five Days of Milan (1973)
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As Italy becomes engulfed in a bubbling revolution to finally get rid of the ruling Austrian's,a patriotic prisoner called Cainazzo begins to wonder if he will soon get the chance to see the revolution in action away from his prison cell.Suddenly,a cannon ball comes flying through the air and knocks the main wall of the prison down. Excited in at last having the chance to see the change taking place in person,Cainazzo hits a bumpy road,when one of his former fellow prisoner yells out to all the revolutionary gangs that Cainazzo is not a patriot,but is in fact a traitor!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Rip in Time (2022)
Plot Summary:
Sarah is an organic farmer who meets a man named Rip Van Winkle Jr., who claims to be from 1787. Soon, she discovers old-fashioned romantic feelings that might be just as crazy as his story.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Frau Venus und ihr Teufel (1967)
Plot Summary:
Hans Müller finds himself on a trip in Thüringen, accompanied by his loving female friend, Moritz. Hans doesn't understand much about trust, which constantly leads to problems between the two of them. During one of their fights, Lady Venus intervenes and sends the young man back to the Middle Ages - so he can learn the true meaning of love. Disguised as Tannhäuser, he has to stand his ground against a horde of minstrels. At a singing competition, he blunders, without the support of Moritz, who had also been thrown back into the 13th century. And with the help of Frau Venus, his adventure will surely turn out even worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Musical, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 99 min
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Kamen Rider Super Den-O Trilogy: Episode Yellow - Treasure de End Pirates (2010)
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Tracking a mysterious man leaping through the night air of Tokyo, Ryotaro and the Imagins find themselves in November 2008, where the DenLiner is stolen by none other than Kaitou Daiki, Kamen Rider Diend! As Daiki tracks his past self, he faces off with Time Police officer Reiji Kurosaki, aka Kamen Rider G Den-O! Just what is the connection these two men share and who will prevail when the trigger is pulled?!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious
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2000 Years Later (1969)
Plot Summary:
A satirical film on fads in the US. A TV host on a late night show tries to convince his viewers that they should return to Rome and Roman ways.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: artsy, independent film
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1000 Congratulations (2009)
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About a man who wakes up one morning to discover that the day repeats, a carbon copy of the day before, trapping him in an inescapable vicious circle. This man has a dream to live for 100 years, however he is living for one day only and that day keep repeating to show him the negative and positive things in his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, sad, cerebral
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The Devil Wears Ju-Ni Hitoe Kimono (2020)
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Rai, a frustrated student and part-time labourer, is wandering home after setting up a museum exhibition on the classic novel "The Tale of Genji". There is a blinding flash of light and he finds himself mysteriously time-slipped into the Heian period, the setting for the famous novel. Armed with a pamphlet on the history of the period and a bottle of headache tablets he passes as an onmyoji (magical protector of the capital) and is hired by the emperor’s wife Nyogo Kokiden. Fearless and coldly analytical she plots to have her son take over the Emperor’s position. Rai is expected to help. This light-hearted historical fantasy is a treat for lovers of sumptuous kimono.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
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The Lost Digit (2017)
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Suburban every-man George Cassermeyer cuts his middle finger off in a carpentry accident. From then on the loss of his finger has a strange and profound effect on him. Lost in his own existential crisis over his finger his marriage, career, and even his grasp on reality end up suffering. Conventional notions of time and space begin to distort and he finds himself "skipping" through moments in his life without a clue to their order or significance. What follows is his quest to understand and stop the strange phenomena before his life literally flashes before his eyes.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Sophie's World (1999)
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Sofie is an ordinary Norwegian girl. One day she recieves a video tape on which a certain Alberto Knox talks directly to her from ancient Greece. They then start to meet at different occasions and throughout the film, Alberto takes Sofie on an odyssey of the history of philosophy, from ancient Greece, over the Roman empire, the Middle ages, the renaissance, the enlightenment, the big revolutions and up to today. Throughout this journey, they start to realise that they are only fictions of a story writer's imagination and start conceiving a plan for escaping into reality. (Written by Anders E Lundin ).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: retro, thought provoking, serious, contemplative
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Bernard and the Genie (1991)
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Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Darling, I Am Going Out For Cigarettes and I Will Be Right Back (2011)
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The film takes places in different time periods and countries. It narrates the story of a common man, who after entering into a deal with a strange character with superpowers, has the possibility of going back to his own past and to live again his youth. Ernesto, the main character, will try to recover lost opportunities and to curb certain behaviors in order to change his gray and insipid present. Despite having the advantage of knowing all the necessary information about the future, experience will show him that this flat personality and his resentment can go beyond these benefits and that there is no possible excuse to overcome his infinite mediocrity.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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The Tragic Burlesque (1995)
Plot Summary:
In a way of protesting for inhuman living conditions and the shortage of medications caused by the disintegration of Yugoslavia and its sanctions, a doctor in a hospital decides to close his clinic for mental illness. His wish is to return the patients to their homes or give them to someone who is willing to accept them temporarily.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: offbeat, black comedy
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Harvey (1996)
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An unlikely hero, Elwood P. Dowd. This mild-mannered-but-eccentric bachelor has, for several years, happily kept company with Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit that only he can see. All's well until Elwood's social-climbing sister, Veta, and her teenage daughter, Myrtle Mae, come to live with him and fear his odd behavior will undermine their ambitions. When Elwood disrupts the ladies' first afternoon tea party by introducing wealthy Aunt Ethel Chauvenet to Harvey, Veta sees that something must be done right away. She takes compliant Elwood to the Chumley Rest Home, leaving him in the car while she tells a Dr. Sanderson all about Elwood and Harvey. Sanderson concludes that Veta is the psychotic one and has her carted off to be committed. Meanwhile Elwood is treated with respect and dignity in light of his sister's mental state. When Dr. Chumley, head of the rest home, returns and hears of the case, he draws the opposite conclusion-that Elwood in fact hallucinates.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Yacoubian Building (2006)
Plot Summary:
Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zika, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pius Haj Azzam takes a second wife, in secret, to satisfy sexual drive within religious bounds. Bothayna, poor and beautiful, supports her family, wanting to do so with dignity intact. Her former fiancé, Taha, the janitor's son, humiliated by the police, turns to fundamentalism. Hatem, a gay editor, seduces and corrupts a young man from the sticks. Two brothers, Copts, one a tailor and one Zika's factotum, connive for property. Allah is on most everyone's lips, and corruption is in their hearts.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: Egypt, France
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sad, multicultural, islamic, iconic
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Throg (2004)
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Believing he's destined for greatness, an unlikely hero named Throg (Dana Lee) embarks on a wild adventure filled with Greek gods, Arthurian knights, certified loonies, nasty harpies, talking pigs, garbage collectors and one twisted forest dweller in this medieval fantasy spoof. Bungling his way through the centuries, the immortal Throg lurches along a path leading to an ultimate showdown with the bloodthirsty Urshag the Destroyer (Dennis Green).
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, dark comedy
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Last Train to Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
When successful 80s nightclub manager Tony Towers boards a magical train at Christmas, he discovers that each carriage harbours a different stage of his life and the actions he takes in one carriage directly affect his life in the next. Can Tony change his life – and the lives of the people he loves – for the better, or will he just make things worse?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Duckweed (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a son attempts to reconcile with his father, a series of fateful events allow him to experience the father’s life in the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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The Three Kings (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Three Wise Men – Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard – are on their way to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus when they are suddenly, an inexplicably, transported two thousand years into the future. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris, where they encounter a young woman called Macha who, they are convinced, will lead them to the newborn Messiah.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny
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Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)
Plot Summary:
Victor Bukowski is an out-of-work actor with problems. He's got a lousy agent, he has a habit of falling out with directors and he's still in love with his ex-girlfriend. However, Victor is about to embark on an unexpected emotional journey which will make him confront his future and his past mistakes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain, France, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, funny, touching, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, independent film, fairy tale, psychological
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Hassan and Marcus (2008)
Plot Summary:
When the lives of Mahmoud, a Muslim Sheikh (Omar Sharif) and Boulos, a Christian Theologian (Adel Imam) are threatened by religious extremists on both sides, the Egyptian government inducts them into a witness protection program that requires them to disguise themselves as the Christian Marcus and a Muslim Sheikh, Hassan el-Attar, respectively. When, unwittingly, they move into the same building, a friendship blossoms that must, along with a romance between the protagonists' children, withstand the difficulties of prejudice and social persecution.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, light, touching, feel good, semi serious
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The Corridors of Time: The Visitors II (1998)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the present, with often drastic consequences. Godefroy de Montmirail travels to today to recover the missing family jewels and a sacred relic, guarantor of his wife-to-be's fertility. The confrontation between Godefroy's repellent servant Jack the Crack and his descendent, the effete Jacquart, present-day owner of the chateau, further complicates the matter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, semi serious