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Plot Summary:
MR. BONES 2: BACK FROM THE PAST, is the story of Hekule, the King of Kuvukiland who is given a gemstone by the dying Kunji Balanadin. The stone is cursed and causes Hekule to become possessed by the spirit of the mischievous Kunji. It is up Mr. Bones, the royal witch doctor to cure his King and get rid of this cursed stone by returning the gem to its home in an Indian fishing village.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, exciting, slapstick
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Mama Jack (2005)
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Set in Cape Town, South Africa Mama Jack is the story of Jack Theron, an ordinary person working on a film set. However, his movie producer boss hates him and wants to remove him from the production of the film. In a bid to get rid of Jack, the producer spikes his drink with a drug at a glamorous function, and before long Jack has got himself on the wrong side of the law. While on the run, Jack turns to his friend, a make-up artist, who turns him into "Mama Bolo". Mama Bolo soon finds “herself” employed by the producer’s fiancée, Angela. A series of deceptions and misunderstandings pile up and comic mayhem ensues with Jack Theron becoming another character, Doctor Donald, a tramp from Scotland.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Two sworn enemies, Boetie (Leon Schuster) and Beast (Kenneth Nkosi) are forced to do a road trip together on foot, only to discover that they have been conned into being part of a TV reality show.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, buddy comedy, feel good, light, realistic
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Bewitched Housewives (2007)
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In 1692 Salem an accused witch is rescued at the last moment by the Sisterhood of Witches and transported to the modern day where she assume the life of a Plain Jane suburban housewife. When the Witch Hunter is accidentally transported through time as well it becomes a game of Cat and Mouse.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, erotic, not serious, sexy, sexual, campy
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Safari (2009)
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Richard Dacier owns a tour agency specialized on organizing safaris for European tourists eager to confront the African wild life. Actually, he took the job after his father and never went into the savanna by himself. As he owes big money to some mobster, he is compelled to convey a fake tourist, with a suspicious suitcase, toward Mozambic. To avoid suspicion from the authorities, he is supposed to tour a group of tourists as usual. The only problem - he is completely unexperienced as a guide!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, captivating
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Ashens is going on a quest to find the legendary, and elusive electronic tat known as the Game Child.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
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The Parisian B* (2015)
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Thirty-year-old Camilla, born a bitch, realizes that she doesn't have the life she deserves and decides that the only destiny worthy of her is that of a royal princess.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min
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Special Correspondents (2009)
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R2I, a famous news radio station, sends its best reporting duo to Iraq: Frank, journalist, and Poussin, sound engineer. Very quickly, millions of listeners follow their highly documented stories, reflecting the hot intensity of the fighting and the difficult survival of the population.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, captivating, melancholic
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Kung Fu Joe (2009)
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Kung Fu Joe, Ninjas, pirates, mutants and disco collide in this bizarre comedy, which follows intrepid hero and ladies man Kung Fu Joe as he reluctantly teams up with his former nemesis to derail a sneaky mad scientist.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, offbeat, detective
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IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, light, entertaining, spoof, offbeat, horror spoof
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The Bunny Guards (2002)
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A couple of slackers find an antique dagger and manage to free the gorgeous female warrior was imprisoned in it by an evil spell. An evil sorcerer is not happy by this turn of events and determines to possess both the blade and the warrior through a sacrificial ceremony. The two heroes manage to rescue the damsel in distress and defeat the wizard and his minions by employing skills mastered through hours of video game play.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, exciting, offbeat
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Farce of the Penguins (2006)
Plot Summary:
In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best friends, walk 70 miles to the mating grounds where the female penguins wait. The huddled masses of females - especially Melissa and Vicki - talk about males, mating, and what might happen this year. Carl, Jimmy, and the other males make the long trek talking about food, fornication and flatulence. Until this year, Carl's sex life has been dismal, but he falls hard for Melissa. She seems to like him. A crisis develops when Jimmy comes upon something soft in the dark. Can friends forgive? Does parenthood await Carl and Melissa?.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, feel good, humorous, not serious, spoof, mockumentary, offbeat, banned, fake documentary
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Adventures of Serial Buddies (2011)
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Gregory is a devout Catholic who wants to kill evil people in order to grant them safe passage to heaven, Gary is an assembly worker at a trophy shop who wants to kill potential trophy winners, Graham is Gary's intern who will do anything to become a trophy maker and Vinny Van Go drives a road emergency van just to make friends. A coincidental encounter forces these four dim witted rejects to join forces and embark upon an idiotic and altogether hilarious road trip adventure - encountering the likes of skinheads, fraternity jocks, sorority babes, missing children, bikers, porn-stars, clowns, and Kathie Lee Gifford! If the boys aren't careful they might just become human, in what is "the very first serial killer buddy movie of all time.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, light, offbeat, realistic
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Mr. Bones (2001)
Plot Summary:
A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: South Africa
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, slapstick, slapstick comedy
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Universal Remote (2007)
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Charlie Murphy takes the lead for this comedy concerning two best friends sent hurtling through a politically-incorrect television landscape thanks to a magical remote control that redefines the concept of interactive entertainment. Now, with each change of the channel, the shows get more bizarre, leaving hapless knuckleheads Bubba and Leroy scrambling to find a way back into the real world.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, light, feel good, fast
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IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, not serious, disgusting
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
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Country: Turkey
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
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Country: Turkey
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IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
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Plot Summary:
The tale of Siegfried, a fearless dragon slayer who wins the heart of Celtic beauty Kriemhild.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 812
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Plot Summary:
Phillip (Phillips) and Geoffrey (Sampson) are two Aussie larrikins, whose lives centre around running the un-official "Sons and Surf" website.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, witty, semi serious, soap opera
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana, USA
Duration: 98 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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Frits & Franky find a lot of money in a car that crashes into the water. They don't know what to do with it.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: Brazil
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Plot Summary:
A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 704
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Country: France
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Plot tags: feel good, realistic, humorous, not serious, exciting
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A French tradesman travels in time and liberates an oppressed tribe in another world.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, offbeat, not serious
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Plot Summary:
Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 45000
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Country: Turkey
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