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Plot Summary:
Victor and Margot are both lawyers in a major consulting firm and form a solid couple in private. Yet one day they find themselves competing for the same job promotion. How will their relationship stand up to the outcome?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, clever, witty, stylized, semi serious
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Please, Please Me! (2009)
Plot Summary:
riane believe her male partner is another woman dreams of. In order to lure him out in sex, she decided to take the initiative to develop relations with male partner with this woman, the results found that women had a French president’s daughter!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 857
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, sexy, clever, realistic, not serious, slapstick, sexual
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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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The 3 L'il Pigs (2007)
Plot Summary:
As their mother lies in a coma, two brothers discuss the advantages and disadvantages of adultery, under the nose of their virtuous elder, who tries in vain to discourage them.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, light, captivating, sex comedy, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Best in Bed (2014)
Plot Summary:
Raised to believe in performance and in the idea that all abilities must be optimized, Emma is a young, methodical woman who appears determined and relatively sure of herself. But two consecutive failures (real or imagined) lead her to believe that she has a real problem: she is useless in bed. Because she is more fragile than she appears, Emma hence decides to become... the best lay in Paris! She then sets out on a formidable plan of action (theory, practical, validation of acquired knowledge), which soon provokes a series of misunderstandings and disasters within her immediate vicinity. For one thing, her method doesn't turn out to be really adapted to her field of investigation. And Emma has probably also forgotten a little detail: love doesn't obey any plan. In this absurd and nutty quest, Emma will learn to let go, to lose control, and, to finally win her freedom.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, feel good, realistic, sexual, sex comedy, sexy
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Corporate Affairs (2008)
Plot Summary:
A family man (Meyer) recent promoted to middle management at work immerses himself in a world of questionable personal and professional ethics by a colleague (Scott).
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Life Coach (2009)
Plot Summary:
Max Chêne is a life coach who helps to motivate everybody from professional athletes to government ministers to business executives. After his gambling debts get out of control and his wife throws him out, he is approached to take on a unique client.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny, light, feel good, captivating, clever, realistic
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Never Say... Never! (2005)
Plot Summary:
Paris, 1830. Valentin loses himself in alcohol, gambling and women. He does not believe in life and especially not in love. His uncle Van Buck believes only in the virtues of money and trade. Everything separates them until the day when Van Buck, to improve his public image, wants to make Valentin marry the young and impoverished Baroness Cécile. Valentin, who has absolutely no desire to get married, bets that he can easily seduce her in 24 hours and thus prove that she, like all the others, is not worth loving... But Cécile, who believes in true love, will prove much more difficult to woo than envisaged and Valentin will have to use all possible stratagems to try and win his bet. The game of cat and mouse starts... But who is the cat?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 648
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, satirical, realistic
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Pink Lemonade (2006)
Plot Summary:
Ever have one of those nights where nothing seems to be going right? Ever have a job that made you ponder "this place would be fun if it didn't suck so much"? Welcome to food-service hell. Natalie, the waitress, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Her social life is in turmoil, and the endless barrage of customers just won't give her a break. Clint, the manager, isn't exactly a people-person. He's lewd, rude, and totally insensitive... until you get to know him. Kevin, the busboy, is a nice guy with a dark brooding secret. He's quirky and artistic, but don't light a match near this powder keg! Throw a couple of wise cracking trash-talkers and some inept thieves into the mix, and this is sure to be one night you'll never forget.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, sexy, offbeat, witty, hot
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The Boss' Wife (1986)
Plot Summary:
Daniel Stern stars as a stockbroker trying to climb the corporate ladder. There's only one thing stopping him...his boss' beautiful and flirtatious wife! THE BOSS' WIFE is a full-bodied, high-spirited, bedroom comedy about lust, love and lechery.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, buddy comedy
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Tod@s Caen (2019)
Plot Summary:
A pair of seducers try to prove who has the best techniques while trying not to fall in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, funny, sincere, feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Boudu (2005)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, realistic, biting, suspense
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Game of Four (2007)
Plot Summary:
When a man & woman discover their spouses are having an affair with each other, they secretly plot to break them up and win them back.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, happy
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The Story of My Life (2004)
Plot Summary:
Raphael is a ghostwriter who takes a job writing for famous footy player Kevin. To his delight and his girlfriend, Murials horror, Kevins current girlfriend is an old (easily rekindled) flame of Raphaels. A freak accident leaves a close friend dead and Raphael is forced to reconsider his priorities.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, funny, captivating, entertaining, light, romantic, feel good, realistic
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Together Is Too Much (2010)
Plot Summary:
Imagine, if you will, a somewhat contented married woman finding out her husband's infidelity during the celebration of a birthday party. That is what happens to Marie-France, when her husband, Henri, pulls out panties from his pocket to be used as a handkerchief. Marie-France becomes furious, storming out of the house. His son, Sebastian and his wife, Clementine, a struggling couple, decide to take Marie-France to their tiny apartment, something they feel it is a temporary arrangement. Little did they know what they were getting into.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic
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The Ultimate Accessory (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story of Aleksandra and Cyrille, a prominent, trendy, and very well-off Parisian couple, whose life is not quite the same after seven-year-old Alekseï from Russia suddenly pops up in their 100% cashmere, childless home. Aleksandra soon realises that this little boy they have adopted is not quite what she had been hoping for.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, suspense, biting
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The Price to Pay (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jean-Pierre, a wealthy businessman, is lonely. He still desires his wife but she only seems interested in shopping and the beauty salon. Tired of lunching alone every day, one day he decides to invite his chauffeur to join him, and a relationship quickly develops as the two find they have much in common. Are they just cash machines for their wives? Don't they deserve some love (i.e. sex) in return? Jean-Pierre confiscates his wife's credit card, but things don't turn out exactly the way he'd hoped.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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Paris-Manhattan (2012)
Plot Summary:
In Paris, the pharmacist Alice has been an obsessed Woody Allen fan since she was fifteen and has seen all his movies and talks to him alone in her room. When she meets Pierre in a night-club, she finds that he loves jazz and she believes he is her prince charming. But when Pierre sees Alice's sister Hélène, they immediately fall in love with each other and marry each other. Years later, Alice is a spinster that administrates the pharmacy that belonged to her father and believes that movies can heal many diseases. However her father insistently tries to find a husband for her. When the alarm technician Victor meets Alice, she does not see any future relationship with him. But one day, Victor brings Alice to meet Woody Allen in Paris and the director gives an advice to Alice. [Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil].
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, romantic, light, witty, romantic comedy, realistic, talky, semi serious
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The Valet (2006)
Plot Summary:
Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, witty, sweet, stylized, sentimental, funny, entertaining, tricky
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Changing Sides (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ariane and Hugo decide to exchange the lives they lead to escape from their routine, which after ten years of marriage, gives them the feeling of being hamsters in a wheel. She suddenly finds herself at the head of a construction equipment rental company and he tries to take the role of a house calling jewelry salesman...But is life really better when you live it on the other side of the bed?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, feel good, emotional, witty, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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The Closet (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, witty, melancholic, talky, semi serious, hilarious, clever, spectacular
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The Dinner Game (1998)
Plot Summary:
Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dîner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest. Pierre thinks his champ -François Pignon- will steal the show.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, light, hilarious, sentimental, talky, dark comedy, sincere, sweet
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Les Gazelles (2014)
Plot Summary:
Marie and Eric, a couple in their thirties who have been together since college, buy their first apartment when Marie is suddenly overcome by doubt. Her encounter with a handsome, dark-haired man forces her to make a decision.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Bachelor Days Are Over (2011)
Plot Summary:
Arnaud nicknamed "Cui Cui" no longer knows which way to look. He is about to marry Anna but he is not sure he really loves her. To make matters worse, he falls in love during the stag party he has with his friends. And Léa, a nightclub singer, is obviously the woman of his dreams. What to do? Cancel the wedding and create a scandal but be able to live with a woman he loves truly and loves him in return? Or be a good boy and not disappoint the company but say farewell to happiness. For four days, Arnaud goes to and fro aimlessly between Anna and Léa, between his eccentric sister and his self-centered mother, between hope and depression.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, contemplative, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Dinner Guest (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal Error ! Terrified at the idea of not being up to par, his wife Colette begs Alexandre, their neighbor to help. Communication guru, Alexander accepts the challenge and gives a makeover to the couple in twenty-four hours. Apartment, decoration, lifestyle, dinner menu, uniforms, culture... Everything !.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Carpool Guy (2005)
Plot Summary:
Joel Goodman is a hotshot advertising executive angling for a promotion, but he feels stuck - not least of all in traffic. A seeming answer to his prayers comes in the form of a homeless man whom Joel pays to sit in his passenger seat so he can use the carpool lane. The two form an unexpected bond, and Joel comes to realize that sometimes changing lanes can change your life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, independent film, soap opera
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Intern (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young, underappreciated intern at the ultra-hip magazine Skirt must learn to deal with kissy-face phoniness, model tantrums and bulimic editors, while trying to steal the heart of a dashing British art director from the grips of a supermodel.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, independent film
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Darling Trap (2014)
Plot Summary:
Clémence is pathologically jealous. Gabriel has asked her to marry him. To test whether he is faithful, unbeknownst to him she arranges that he crosses paths with beautiful Olivia.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious
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El tamaño sí importa (2016)
Plot Summary:
A typical next door mexican girl –away from the beauty standards-, will try to conquer her old boss, a very handsome and charismatic socialite, who is now broken and alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, captivating
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The Break Up Man (2013)
Plot Summary:
BREAK UP MAN is an odd couple road movie and tells the story of Henri, who works for a break up agency in Berlin and on behalf of those who want to separate themselves from their future “ex”-partners. To complete his most important mission he is confronted with an unwanted partner, Toto, who spoils more or less everything and makes Henri’s life a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining, funny, sincere, feel good, captivating, satirical, road movie
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New Biz in the Hood (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fred Bartel is the charismatic boss of a trendy Parisian communication agency, Happy Few. After a heated tax audit, he was forced by the administration to relocate overnight his company in La Courneuve. Fred and his team meet Samy, a young suburb who will quickly propose to teach them the rules and practices to adopt in this new environment.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, surreal