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Plot Summary:
Arturo (Guillermo Francella), a successful and gallant owner of an art gallery, and Renzo (Luis Brandoni), a talented but decadent painter, are united by an old friendship. However, they do not coincide in many of their ideals and cause endless discussions between them. The only thing that seems to keep Renzo afloat is his only student Alex (Raúl Arévalo), a young man with aspirations to be an artist. One day Arturo will be associated with Dudú (Andrea Frigerio), in order to overcome the career of his friend. But the idea they plan is more crazy and risky than they expected.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, sincere, captivating, neo screwball comedy
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(Untitled) (2009)
Plot Summary:
A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, avant garde, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, black comedy
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The Plan (2019)
Plot Summary:
Three friends who have been fired from the company where they worked and are demoralized because of their unemployment status. In these circumstances, they meet to undertake the plan that mentions the title but there is a problem: the car with which they would travel has broken down and the crane must wait.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: light, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious
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Me and Kaminski (2015)
Plot Summary:
Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, talky, visually appealing, surreal
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Words and Pictures (2013)
Plot Summary:
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, independent film, sincere, light, captivating, intellectual, cult classic, cute, happy
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Ride (2014)
Plot Summary:
A mother travels cross-country to California to be with her son after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, thought provoking, humorous, light
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Swim Little Fish Swim (2013)
Plot Summary:
Between surrealism, unusual characters, art and magic tricks, "Swim Little Fish Swim" is a dreamlike journey from childhood to adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 839
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, mumblecore, independent film
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Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Plot Summary:
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks. Machisu, the only son of a rich collector, has a childs love for painting. Praise from a famous artist friend of his father inspires the young boy to dream of becoming a painter himself. s a young man, poor loner Machisu manages to attend art school with money earned from working. He is introduced to an unconventional world of bold creativity but he also gets his first bitter taste of harsh criticism from a dealer. Encouragement comes in the form of attractive clerk Sachiko who is convinced that she alone understands him. Marriage is soon followed by a daughter, as love and hope drive Machisu to commit even more deeply to his art.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: philosophical, thought provoking, emotional, art house, sad, cult classic, tragicomedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Downtown 81 (2000)
Plot Summary:
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, sincere, atmospheric, clever, contemplative, grim, offbeat, gloomy
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The All Together (2007)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, semi serious, realistic, not serious, surprise ending, independent film, black comedy, neo screwball comedy
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Heavy Girls (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sven lives with his mother Edeltraut, who is suffering from dementia. He shares his entire life, the apartment, even the bed with her. During the day he works at a bank. While he is at work, Daniel comes to the apartment to look after Edeltraut. He takes her to hairdresser's, goes for walks, shopping, and tidies up the apartment. But one day while Daniel is cleaning the windows, Edeltraut locks him out on the balcony and takes off. The two men go out looking for her. But what they find is not just Edeltraut, but also a tender fondness for one another, one which turns both of their lives upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, mumblecore, black comedy, dark comedy, queer cinema
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Baby Bump(s) (2017)
Plot Summary:
An attention-craving mother nearing 50, unemployed and living with her pregnant daughter and son-in-law, suddenly finds herself with child, too.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Boogie Woogie (2009)
Plot Summary:
A comedy of manners, its cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money. Set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene, it casts an eye over the appetites and morality of some of its major players. Dealers, collectors, artists, wannabees vie with each other in a world in which success and downfall rest on a thin edge.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: cynical, humorous, captivating, psychological, erotic, realistic, witty, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Three Blind Mice (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf to fight. Sam has been mistreated at sea and is going AWOL, Dean has a fiancé and the future in-laws to meet, and Harry just loves playing cards. Throughout the night the boys lose each other, find themselves, and along the way discover courage, friendship and redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, captivating, atmospheric, sincere, clever, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious
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Mr. Know-It-All (2018)
Plot Summary:
A football coach afraid of commitment has to take care of his nephew with Asperger's Syndrome.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, sincere, humorous, feel good
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The Distinguished Citizen (2016)
Plot Summary:
After refusing big and prestigious awards all over the world, Mr. Mantovani, Literature Nobel Prize winner, accepts an invitation to visit his hometown in Argentina, which has been the inspiration for all of his books. It turns out that accepting this invitation is the worse idea of his life. Expect the unexpected when you have used real people as characters in your novels!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: parody, hispanic, road movie, black comedy
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Museum Hours (2012)
Plot Summary:
At the Kunsthistorisches Art Museum in Vienna, a museum guard and a visiting out-of-towner find refuge in life, art, and each other, in Jem Cohen’s painterly rumination on how art influences and echoes contemporary society.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: realistic, contemplative, sincere, thought provoking, serious, postmodern, captivating, minimal cast, clever, offbeat
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The Moderns (1988)
Plot Summary:
Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, surreal, expressionism, realistic, semi serious, independent film, light, romantic, philosophical
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The Bohemian Life (1992)
Plot Summary:
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, France, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: black and white, dark comedy, spiritual, art house, cerebral, sincere, atmospheric, touching, humorous, captivating
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The Grand Duke Of Corsica (2021)
Plot Summary:
A cantankerous and brilliant architect, Alfred, embarks on a highly unusual commission in Malta for a man who calls himself 'The Grand Duke of Corsica'. An epidemic hits the Island and all must flee, but Alfred remains to finish the job.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Cloaca (2003)
Plot Summary:
Four old college friends in their forties come together in a time of trouble and despair. Old joy relives, but the harsh reality of their problems can't satisfy them and eventually endangers their friendships.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic
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Junebug (2005)
Plot Summary:
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, emotional, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, comedy drama, romantic, depressing, romantic comedy
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Adopt a Daddy (2019)
Plot Summary:
Damien is a pawn in a primary school, and leads a quiet life. To rescue one of his young students, Bahzad, and his mother from imminent expulsion from the land, Damien reconnects with his parents' militant past and convinces his sister Mélanie, who has become a formidable business lawyer, her best friend Rudy and a bunch of unlikely pals to accompany him in his new fight. Together, they will break the law by solidarity. And very quickly to be completely exceeded.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, entertaining, funny, sincere, humorous, captivating
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Conversations with My Gardener (2007)
Plot Summary:
A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a former schoolfriend. A warm, fruitful conversation starts between the two men.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, talky, captivating, sincere, realistic, semi serious, beautiful
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Tomorrow's a New Day (2019)
Plot Summary:
When theatre actor Giuliano receives an unexpected visit from his childhood friend Tommasso, the encounter is bittersweet. This reunion is their first meeting in many years, triggered by Giuliano’s failing health and his decision to forgo treatment. Instead he is focussed on putting his affairs in order: distributing possessions, reconciling past disputes, and, most importantly, finding a home for his beloved canine, Pato. Over four days, the two men walk the streets of Rome, visiting bookshops, restaurants, veterinarians and friends, examining their lives and speculating on what the future holds.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 995
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, feel good
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Official Competition (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero and radical theatre actor Iván Torres. Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by Lola, Félix and Iván must confront not only each other, but also their own legacies. Who will be left when the cameras finally start rolling?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: comedy drama, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, meta, iconic
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The Weasel's Tale (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, semi serious
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No Filter (2019)
Plot Summary:
Beatrice celebrates with her family the release of her book: she tells about the accident of her husband Frederic. He became blind and without filter - always so funny and seductive, he is totally unpredictable. But this book, hymn-to-life, will turn into a joyful fist because if Beatrice changed the names, each of his friends seeks to find his character. The book awakens secret jealousies, while the group of friends and family pitch.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, humorous, captivating
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Truman (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Julián receives an unexpected visit in Madrid from his lifelong friend Tomás, who now lives in Canada, the encounter is bittersweet. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Julián is focused on putting his affairs in order, while Tomás is still grasping at hope. For four intense days, the two men, accompanied by Julián's faithful dog, Truman, tour the city, sharing emotional, hilarious and surprising moments.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, light, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, sentimental, social, hispanic, existential, sensitive
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The Square (2017)
Plot Summary:
A satirical drama reflecting our times — about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person’s need for egocentricity in an increasingly uncertain world.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: surreal, art house, satirical, thought provoking, intellectual, philosophical, independent film, absurd, parody, social
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Inseparables (2016)
Plot Summary:
Felipe a wealthy businessman who has been quadriplegic, due to an accident, is looking for a therapeutic assistant. There are several highly qualified, but he decides to take the assistant of his gardener, Tito who has decided to resign.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, humorous, captivating, surprise ending, crying, remake of french film