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Plot Summary:
A couple manages to quit smoking by using hypnosis, but then their children decide to use it to manipulate their parents into more submissive behavior.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, nostalgic
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Operation Splitsville (1998)
Plot Summary:
After a boy's parents decide to divorce, he creates a "support group" for all the kids from failed marriages in his school. When kids who's parents aren't divorced start to pick on them, they agree to cause their parents to divorce as well.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Jimmy the Kid (1982)
Plot Summary:
Gang of bumbling crooks kidnap a bratty little kid, find out they got more than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
Plot Summary:
A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Twins at the Zoo (1989)
Plot Summary:
The parents decided to send two twins, Honza, and Martin, on vacation to their grandfather.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Hot Under the Collar (1992)
Plot Summary:
Jerry tries to seduce his girlfriend Monica via hypnosis, but it accidentally makes her want to enter a convent and take a vow of chastity instead. Jerry tries to get her out by disguising himself to a priest and later as a nun. Alas, his rescue attempt crosses paths with a mobster who looks for his hidden stolen diamonds in the convent. Things get even more complicated when the pope himself decides to pay a surprise visit.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Three on a Spree (1961)
Plot Summary:
A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what you think!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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An American Summer (1990)
Plot Summary:
In this youthful drama, Tom, a 14- year-old who's parents have just divorced, is abruptly uprooted from his wealthy Chicago home and sent to the strange land of LA to live in the far-out beach bungalow of his aunt, an aging hippie still stuck in a by-gone era. He is unhappy with the new arrangement and finds his new bohemian lifestyle strange and the activities of his new peers, stupid. His life begins to change a bit when he befriends a young surfer named Fin. At first he thinks of the fun-loving Fin as a real dolt, but later he admits he was wrong. Like the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn characters on which they are loosely based, the two new friends soon find themselves having a series of adventures, some of them dangerous; by the summer's end, Tom finds himself wiser, accustomed to California, and a lot more grown up.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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A Miami Tail (2003)
Plot Summary:
"A Miami Tail" is a contemporary version of Lysistrata, a classic Greek comedy by Aristophanes. "A Miami Tail" has Alicia (Trina) leading the women of Liberty City in a protest against gang violence and disrespect of women in their neighborhood by refusing sex to their gangbanging boyfriends.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, hood, sex comedy, independent film, hot
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My Six Loves (1963)
Plot Summary:
A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Worst. Prom. Ever. (2011)
Plot Summary:
Clark has planned the perfect prom for his girlfriend Sharon. His plans are hijacked when Sharon invites her two best girlfriends, Neve and Heather, and their dates along on the perfect evening, but things only get worse. When all three are deserted by their dates at the beginning of prom, the trio go back out to their limo, where the driver has cleaned out the mini bar and takes them on a wild ride that lands them in a holding cell and ends with them crashing another school's prom.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, realistic, suspenseful
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Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
Plot Summary:
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, neo western, light, sexy, feel good, suspense, entertaining
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White on Rice (2009)
Plot Summary:
40-year-old Jimmy is growing up, or at least he's getting older. While mooching the upper bunk of his ten-year-old nephew's bed, he enjoys the never-ending generosity of his sister Aiko, and dodges the wrath of his impatient brother-in-law Tak. He thinks that if only he could get married all his problems would be solved. But when he falls head over heels for Tak's niece things only go from bad to worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat
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Costa Rican Summer (2010)
Plot Summary:
A titillating teen comedy, a young surfer and his friends head to Costa Rica to save his beautiful aunt's beach motel, resurrect an old surf champion and find enough waves and women to make for a totally tasty time.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, realistic, not serious, teen comedy
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Suicide Kale (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jasmine and Penn, a new couple with an uncertain future, struggle through a lunch party after they stumble upon an anonymous suicide note in the home of the hosts.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, unusual plot structure, entertaining, queer cinema
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Moms' Night Out (2014)
Plot Summary:
Yearning for an evening without their kids, some friends plan a night out. But to do this, their husbands need to watch the kids. What can go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, inspirational, sweet, entertaining, melancholic, sentimental, not serious, realistic, christian film
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How to Train Your Husband (2018)
Plot Summary:
A marriage therapist attempts to fix her own marriage by focusing on how to change her husband.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Swing of Things (2020)
Plot Summary:
Bad weather diverts Tom and Laura Jane from their Bahamas dream wedding. So, with friends, parents, and Laura's protective big brother, they land at a mystery hotel in Jamaica—which turns out to be a swinger's resort! Can the innocent couple avoid the nonstop booze, weed, naked bodies, and lusty dolphins long enough to make it to the altar?.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, light, entertaining, sentimental, inspirational, feel good, humorous
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The Cabin (2011)
Plot Summary:
A pair of single parents, who have each brought their children to a remote Scottish resort for an annual family-and-games event, are accidentally booked into the same cabin. Naturally, they can't stand each other...at first.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Virgin High (1991)
Plot Summary:
When he is caught with his girlfriend, she is shipped off to a Catholic boarding school. He poses as a priest to see her and is beset with a series of surprises that prove that nothing is sacred at the academy of the blessed virgin.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, humorous, realistic, not serious, sexual, sex comedy, teen sex comedy
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Airplane! (1980)
Plot Summary:
Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 255000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, absurd, funny, slapstick, cult classic, hilarious, light, humorous, slapstick comedy
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Queen of Hearts (1989)
Plot Summary:
Eddie Luca is the youngest son in a family of Italian immigrants who has moved to London. Beginning from nowhere, they open a cafe in an Italian neighbourhood. One day their father loses the cafe, the home and his wedding ring by gambling.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 541
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Party Boat (2017)
Plot Summary:
Party Boat focuses on Max, who is throwing a 25th birthday party for his best friend Kiley. When Max finds out Kiley's boyfriend Greg plans to propose, he embarks on an adventure to win Kiley's heart and throw his greatest party ever.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, entertaining, contemplative
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American High School (2009)
Plot Summary:
Small lives begin at the end of high school for this surreal society. A senior who married young must contend with her life, love, and pursuit of individuality and femininity in a narcissistic, misogynistic world of irony. Gwen Adams, her husband Holden, and school rival Hilary complete the love triangle as Principal Mann makes their lives living hell.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, teen sex comedy, teen, sexual, sex comedy, hot
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The Prankster (2010)
Plot Summary:
To the outer world CHRIS KARAS is a shy, handsome, "A" student, the son of a hard-working Greek contractor. But to his closest confidants he is none other than the celebrated Prince of Pranksters, a secret society dedicated to combating the inequities of high school through masterful acts of subterfuge.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, realistic
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Life's a Beach (2012)
Plot Summary:
Darren gets stood up on the day of his wedding and uses his vacation tickets with his best friend, RJ, to spend his "honeymoon" at a Club Med-style resort.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, sexy, realistic, independent film
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Pool Party (2007)
Plot Summary:
It's your standard guy-fails-bar-exam-loses-girlfriend-works-for-a-lunatic-and-is-stalked-by-a-monkey-clown story ...with a twist.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, sexy, sex comedy, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Super Sweet 16: The Movie (2007)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, predictable, teen
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A Beer Tale (2012)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age romantic comedy centered around the lives of twin brothers Luke and Corey Frankenstein in the pivotal months following college graduation. Orphaned at the age of five, the brothers inherited their family brewery and were left in the care of their uncle, a well-meaning but less than ideal paternal figure. Raised on beer, with the assumption they're all grown up, Luke and Corey decide it's time to finish their family beer; a beer their parents started but were never able to finish twenty years ago. But when the idealistic Luke meets a girl whose family shows him the home life he's always wanted, he abandons Corey and their family beer in pursuit of this budding relationship. Corey, however, refuses to go down without a fight, and the ensuing mayhem that follows pits brother against brother and forces the Colorado wild boys to finally grow up and decide what kind of men they really want to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Yes Day (2021)
Plot Summary:
A mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids' wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, smart, family comedy
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The Utopian Society (2003)
Plot Summary:
6 college students from different backgrounds, are assigned to work together on a final project. These six students have so far spent no time together, can't stand each other and must pass this final assignment in order to pass the class. The assignment is to create a utopian society, on paper. They've had all semester to work on the project but in the tradition of most college group assignments, have opted to wait until the last minute to cram the entire semester's work into one night.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: semi serious, clever, touching, humorous, realistic, witty, mumblecore, talky