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Plot Summary:
Guibord is an independent Member of Parliament who represents Prescott-Makadewà-Rapides-aux Outardes, a vast county in Northern Quebec. As the entire country watches, Guibord unwillingly finds himself in the awkward position of holding the decisive vote to determine whether Canada will go to war. Accompanied by his wife, his daughter and an idealistic intern from Haiti named Sovereign, Guibord travels across his district in order to consult his constituents. While groups of lobbyists get involved in a debate that spins out of control, the MP will have to face his own conscience. 'My Internship in Canada' is a biting political satire in which politicians, citizens and lobbyists go head-to-head tearing democracy to shreds. Film starring Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard and Mardy Men.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, light, feel good, political
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Peruchazhi (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jagannathan, a political advisor, is hired to help John, a politician in California. He employs various shrewd tactics to help John's party win the elections.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, spoof, parody
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The Well Beloved One (2010)
Plot Summary:
Based on the homonymous work of Dias Gomes , The Well Beloved tells the story of the mayor Paraguassu Odorico, whose primary goal in his administration in the city of Sucupira is the inauguration of a cemetery. One side is supported by the sisters Cajazeiras. On the other, he has to fight against strong opposition led by Vladmir, owner of rag city. For lack of a corpse, the mayor can never accomplish his goal. Not even the arrival of Ernesto - a dying man who does not die - and hiring Zeca Diabo, a bandit killer, provide him with the realization of his dream. Odorico gun situations for someone to die, but the first body to be buried in Sucupira may be the mayor himself, that the hunter becomes the hunted and goes from villain to martyr.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic
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Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016)
Plot Summary:
A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, fun
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Wild Girls Gone (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the Spring Break capital of White Sands, Florida, Sheriff Terry Moran outlaws the town's world famous ass contests to win the elderly vote in his campaign for Mayor - even though he is married to the town's former Ass Contest Queen, Doreen. Unhappy with how her husband is changing, Doreen breaks out of her bored drunk housewife existence to recapture her youth and to subvert her husband's campaign.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, alternative comedy
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My name is Intiqam 2: Moldova (2015)
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Comedy
Country: Azerbaijan, Moldova
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, ironic
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State of Romania (2009)
Plot Summary:
When the Mayor of Cloncatele threatens to demolish the extinctions made to his house, State decides that 'there's no justice in this country' and decides it's time for him to get to business and become the next Mayor for Cloncatele. Helped by Venus Bibescu, old ally, and Thierry, his right hand, State puts up for a referendum in the village to get rid of Marcel Florentin Popeanga, the current Mayor and childhood friend, who refused to help him with his administrative matter. Under Venus Bibescu's advice, State will convene the entire village at the Village Hall and will present his predecessor's errors. State gets to be Mayor, and the former Mayor, City Counselor. The two will be permanently at war with each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Luck (2003)
Plot Summary:
Shane Bradley, who is fixated on ideas of luck and destiny, tries to win the girl of his dreams. After their relationship falters, Shane begins to think he might be unlucky and turns to gambling as an outlet for his obsession.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Dodging the Clock (2005)
Plot Summary:
The passage of time is probably the only concrete proof we have that justice exists in this cruel world. Some people would like to stop time in its tracks, while others choose to follow its path. In this story, three men in their early thirties have reached that age when it's time to start thinking about "getting a life", perhaps starting a family. But how do you handle the fact that your friendships are changing? That, slowly, your new family is becoming the center of your ever-shrinking world? What do you do when you realize your youth is a thing of the past?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Hollidaysburg (2014)
Plot Summary:
Home for Thanksgiving break after their first semester at college, five friends discover just how much things change (and don't) after high school.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, independent film
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3 Days of Normal (2012)
Plot Summary:
3 Days of Normal follows the story of straight-laced deputy Bill Morgan who is quite content literally living within the quaint boundaries of Washington, New Hampshire. Bill’s stable and rather uneventful life is thrown for a loop when he finds and arrests a woman, Nikki Gold, passed out in her car from inebriation. Unbeknownst to him, the woman happens to be a popular movie actress longing for some normalcy in her hectic life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, independent film, realistic, semi serious
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The Last Film Festival (2016)
Plot Summary:
Dennis Hopper plays Nick Twain, a Hollywood Producer whose latest film is rejected by every film festival in the world except one- in Ohio. Nick will do anything to get his film distributed, including manipulating his dysfunctional cast into attending the festival. Hollywood egos and small town politics inevitably collide.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)
Plot Summary:
Comedian and Trump lip-synching sensation Sarah Cooper tackles politics, race and other light topics in a sketch special packed with celebrity guests.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, mockumentary
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Cetto C'è (2019)
Plot Summary:
Third movie about the character of Cetto La Qualunque (Antonio Albanese).
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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White Ship (2006)
Plot Summary:
Bela lađa is a comedy TV series, that is started broadcasting from the end of 2006, on Radio Television of Serbia. The series are in production of Radio-television of Serbia and in executive production of Košutnjak film. Siniša Pavić is scenarist and Mihajlo Vukobratović directed this series. The series continues adventures of A Tight Spot film series. With its 26,7% share of the audience it is on of top ten most popular TV shows in Serbia, according to AGB Nielsen Media Research. The story is about funny experiences of a politician named Srećko Šojić, played by Milan Gutović.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: parody, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Shabhaye Barareh (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in late 40s in Iran. When a politically exiled man (Ansari) meets strange rural people with weird actions and accents in a village called Barareh.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Iran
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, semi serious
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Dan for Mayor (2010)
Plot Summary:
Dan for Mayor is a Canadian television sitcom starring Fred Ewanuick that debuted on March 1, 2010 on CTV and The Comedy Network. It premiered the same night as Hiccups, a show created by Corner Gas star Brent Butt that also features fellow Corner Gas alumna Nancy Robertson. On June 7, 2010, both Dan for Mayor and Hiccups were renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on June 5, 2011. Neither show has been renewed for a third season.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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Russell Howard: Recalibrate (2017)
Plot Summary:
Self-deprecating comic Russell Howard plows ahead through politics, porn, social media and his own shortcomings. Yet he somehow keeps it positive.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, captivating, fun
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Government Woman (2013)
Plot Summary:
Xate is an ordinary woman from Midyat with eight children in tow. The only thing that sets her apart is her husband's job as Mayor of Midyat. Until, that is, an extraordinary day changes her life - and the lives of everyone else in Midyat. For the illiterate, uneducated Xate becomes Mayor of Midyat! While she takes on her mayoral duties much as she does those in her house, the infantile rivalry between her children in municipal matters leads to adventures that have the Midyat folk howling with laughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, realistic, not serious
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Life After Love (2000)
Plot Summary:
After 20 years of marriage and almost perfect love, Sophie leaves her husband Gilles for another guy. Many misadventures await Gilles in his nervous breakdown, while trying to get a way to reclaim his love back to Sophie.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, funny, light, entertaining
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Hello Mr. Billionaire (2018)
Plot Summary:
A pathetic minor league Soccer Goalkeeper was given a task - to spend 1 Billion in thirty days, if successful he will get 30 Billion. However, he's not allowed to tell anyone about the task and he must not own any valuables by end of it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining, semi serious
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The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up (2022)
Plot Summary:
In this comedy special, Jon Stewart, John Mulaney, Chelsea Handler and Dave Chappelle honor George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Robin Williams and Richard Pryor.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer (2015)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from their beloved comedy show at Upright Citizens Brigade, Crash Test showcases Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer on a state-of-the-art party bus adventure, picking up famous comedians and celebrities as they go on a sightseeing tour of Los Angeles. Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld and Mike Rosenstein of Red Hour executive produced the special.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special (2015)
Plot Summary:
Nickelodeon stars feature in vignettes and musical numbers about holiday custom's, all within a larger wrap-around story,.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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And the Winner Is... (2009)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - The hypocrisy lurking behind politics and small-town life is revealed in this sharp, hilarious satire that finds Centerville shaking up its mayoral election by forcing the candidates to participate in an "Election Pageant." Seven eccentric, competitive locals run for office despite their many flaws, and during the pageant, show off their skills at baby kissing, photo ops, handshaking and other skills needed by a savvy politician. - Jerry Springer, Kevin McClatchy, Doug Kusak.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, realistic, mockumentary
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Vote for Juan (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in the world of Spanish politics, Vota Juan revolves around the character of Juan Carrasco (Javier Cámara), an uninspiring Minister of Agriculture who, after finding his political ambitions awoken by a series of chance political events, decides to take part in his party's primary elections thereby giving himself a chance to eventually run for the position of President of the Government. Party intrigues, jealousy, crises... as he undertakes this none too easy task he will count on the invaluable help of his press chief, his secretary and his personal advisor. His campaign team, much like him, try to make up for their lack of experience and political expertise through a mixture of guile and a whole host of other shenanigans. Will Juan Carrasco manage to make it all the way to the top?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 714
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, political, entertaining
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Welcome Back Mr. President (2019)
Plot Summary:
Peppino, a provincial librarian who became the accidental President of Italy, is now a father and has returned to a peaceful, happy life as a woodsman. That is, until his wife Janis decides to return to politics. Peppino is forced to abandon his home in the mountains and return to Rome to win back his love and help her defeat a speculative plot intended to damage Italy. Together, they must fight against social media attacks of the opposition and get the country back on its feet.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 796
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Welcome Mr. President (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call him with the nickname Peppino. Love fishing, the company of friends, the library where he works as a precarious employee. He is an optimistic person even if his child accuse him of being a wannabe. One day, due to a mess of politicians, an amazing thing happens: Peppino is mistakenly elected President of the Italian Republic. Pulled out from his quiet life, is to play a role for which he knows he is obviously inappropriate, but his common sense and his instinctive gestures are incredibly effective, except for the etiquette, for which he is in trouble. The inflexible and fascinating Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Janis Clementi, is anxious to no avail in an attempt to regulate the unpredictable actions of the President.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, satirical, funny, realistic
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Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (2011)
Plot Summary:
For four decades comic genius Mel Brooks and talk show king Dick Cavett have partnered to give the world scintillating conversation and sidesplitting humor. In 2010 they reunited on stage to share show business memories and hilarious stories for loyal fans and a new generation of viewers.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, witty
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Pretty Bird (2008)
Plot Summary:
A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of American dreams and delusions.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, light, captivating, melancholic, independent film, exciting
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In the Loop (2009)
Plot Summary:
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are looking to launch a war in the Middle East. The plot follows government officials and advisers in their behind-the-scenes efforts either to promote the war or prevent it. Spinal Tap meets Strangelove. A satirical demolition of Whitehall and Washington: politically astute, hilarious and terrifyingly real.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: political, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, semi serious, funny, light, clever, realistic, witty