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Plot Summary:
A group of lifelong friends reunite to celebrate a special birthday, with Sydney's iconic Palm Beach providing a stunning backdrop for the unfolding drama. The good times roll, with loads of laughter, lavish meals, flowing wine and fantastic music, but slowly tensions mount and deep secrets arise.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Ruben Guthrie (2015)
Plot Summary:
An Australian film about a hard-partying Sydney ad man who seeks to start a new chapter in his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: ambiguous ending, psychological, tense, sincere, humorous, lgbt cinema, crying, black comedy, dark comedy, adaptation directed by original author
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In the Thick of It (1995)
Plot Summary:
This optimistic Italian slice-of-life drama chronicles a typical day in the lives of teenagers living in the grim suburbs of Rome. The story is set in the suburb of Tuscolano which is located near the Cinecitta studios and concerns a group of friends in their mid-teens. In the beginning, Lorenzo, the imaginative leader of the group convinces the rest of them one of them is terminally ill. The rest then become determined that the dying group member should have at least one fling with the local whore, that is if they can convince her into performing the merciful act. Two years pass and the youths are seen engaging in various endeavors ranging from petty theft to manual labor, or both. The boys are also seen pursuing romance. Troubles ensue when Lorenzo's brother disappears, and when one of the thieves is captured.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Floating Life (1996)
Plot Summary:
An aging Hong Kong couple move to Australia with their two youngest sons. They stay with a daughter who has already begun a successful career. Meanwhile their eldest daughter lives in Germany and their eldest son remains in Hong Kong. The film explores the different ways the family members cope with isolation and alienation.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Summertime (2014)
Plot Summary:
25-year-old Iiris and Karoliina have been best friends since childhood. Karoliina has been travelling and living abroad for some years now, but is coming back home for the summer as Karoliina has gotten them a job as waitresses in Hanko, the best summer city in Finland!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, bleak, humorous
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Dean Spanley (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, cynical, semi serious, offbeat, period drama
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Blurred (2002)
Plot Summary:
Every year more than 70,000 Australian school leavers head to the beaches of Australia's Gold Coast to celebrate their release from the secondary school system. With a wild mixture of sun, surf and sex, this quintessential Australian tradition is known affectionately as 'Schoolies Week'. So strap on the beer goggles and follow several groups of friends as they travel to the Gold Coast by train, clapped out Holden, Limo and on foot in search of the best time of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Little White Lies (2010)
Plot Summary:
Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they've been telling each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, emotional, talky, thought provoking, melancholic, funny, romantic, sad, sincere
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My Life on Planet B (2012)
Plot Summary:
Neky and Eppo are best friends. They spend their time the best way they know -- watching B-movies and commenting on them for their video blog: Eppo en Neky's Cultcorner. But life as a teenager is far from easy. Especially for Neky, his mother spends most days lying on the couch, his sister is a pain in the ass and his father has just found himself a new Thai girlfriend. Not to mention the fact that Eppo is a magnet at attracting bullies at school. But that’s only the beginning -- Neky's life changes drastically once he starts receiving mysterious messages in a bottle, a bunch of Gothic-Punks arrives in the neighborhood, and Eppo becomes obsessively fascinated with a new B-movie, "Escape from the planet of worms".
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, contemplative
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Back to Burgundy (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jean left his hometown ten years ago. When his father falls ill, he comes back and reunites with his sister Juliette and his brother Jérémie. As seasons go by around their vineyard, they'll have to trust each other again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, thought provoking, humorous, feel good
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Animals (2019)
Plot Summary:
Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, Ireland, Finland
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, indie film
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A Madea Family Funeral (2019)
Plot Summary:
A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unpleasant family secrets.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, emotional, captivating
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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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What's in a Name (2012)
Plot Summary:
Vincent, a wealthy real estate agent, is invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peter, both professors in Paris. Claude, a childhood friend and trombonist in a symphony orchestra, is also present. Vincent brings news from the prenatal examination of his and his wife Anna's unborn son. The name chosen by the soon-to-be parents strongly offends the others for many reasons. The dispute between the guests quickly escalates and before long the resurgence of old grudges and hidden secrets is unavoidable.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: talky, cynical, thought provoking, captivating, entertaining, funny, offbeat, clever, humorous, realistic
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My Year Without Sex (2009)
Plot Summary:
A tender story from Australia highlights the realistic ups and downs of an Australian family in the year following a parent's emergency medical procedure.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 915
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, realistic, semi serious, sexy, clever, humorous, sex comedy, uplifting, hot
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A Month of Sundays (2015)
Plot Summary:
Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – apart from the fact that she died the year before.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, humorous, psychological, light, feel good, independent film
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Turtle Hill, Brooklyn (2013)
Plot Summary:
TURTLE HILL, BROOKLYN is a funny, sincere, slice of life about a couple just trying to figure it out. Mateo and Will invite their friends over for Will's 30th birthday. After a few surprise visitors, they get through the day, but realize that doubting your partner isn't nearly as scary as doubting yourself.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, romantic, touching, humorous, captivating, entertaining, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Puberty Blues (1981)
Plot Summary:
The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.Meet Sue, a teenage Australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does - watch the surfing boys and have sex with the same surfing boys. The girls have to follow lots of strange customs, e.g. do not eat or go to the bathroom when a boy is around. Ugly girls have two choices - being bitches and hate boys, or being generally cheap and looked down upon by everyone. The afternoons are spent on the beaches, in the backseats of car or at home-alone-parties where sex and alcohol are the main ingredients. Parents and teachers are trying to straighten the kids out, but that is not easy.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, anamorphic, realistic, semi serious, independent film, iconic
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Don's Party (1976)
Plot Summary:
Don's Party stars John Hargreaves as Don Henderson, a schoolteacher living with his wife, Kath (Jeanie Drynan), in 1969. Out of boredom, he invites a small group of friends to celebrate a predicted Australian Labor Party (ALP) election victory, much to the dismay of his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film
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Ventoux (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, light, feel good, humorous, contemplative
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Summer Holiday (2008)
Plot Summary:
On his spring break at the seaside, with his wife and his four year old son, Bogdan Ciocazanu runs into his best friends from high-school at the precise date and time that reminds all of them of their most glorious drinking trips and sexual escapades of their younger days. Frustrated that, between his job and his family, time is no longer his to manage and play with, Boogie now takes his shock dosage of freedom and spends a night to tick off all the items on the map of his youth (drinking, games, flirting, prostitutes). In the morning, after the disillusionment of the remake he experiences with his former friends, he returns to his wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
Plot Summary:
The film "Looking for Alibrandi" begins light-heartedly, and the viewer gets a very quick understanding of Josie's character through her interactions with her friends and family.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, iconic
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Five Aces (1999)
Plot Summary:
Chris Martin has a problem: his impending marriage. Like any other man about to enter into the holy vows of matrimony, Chris has begun to second guess himself. Is married life what he really wants? While his bride-to-be takes care of the wedding plans, Chris returns to the neighborhood of his youth to consider his married future and to spend one last week of bachelorhood with his four high school buddies: Ray, Ash, Todd and Sean. Together, the reunited "Five Aces" enjoy a funny bittersweet week reminiscing about a time when they had all the answers... only nothing turned out the way they planned. As the week's events unfold, the Five Aces begin to realize exactly what life and friends mean to each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Highball (1997)
Plot Summary:
A newly-married couple tries to build their social life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 915
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, semi serious
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The Kitchen (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer's thirtieth birthday party is supposed to be a special day. But what starts out as a day of celebration quickly spirals into a most ill-fated day Jennifer wishes she could forget, in this ensemble comedy set entirely in a kitchen.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, talky, mumblecore, sincere, independent film
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Rams (2020)
Plot Summary:
In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley - so the brothers must work together to to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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Mullet (2001)
Plot Summary:
Eddie returns to his home town on the south coast of New South Wales. Having left for the city without explanation a few years previously, he tries to pick up the pieces of his life and fit back in to the lives of those he left, including his ex-girlfriend Tully and brother Pete.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, humorous, clever, offbeat, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious
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Soft Fruit (1999)
Plot Summary:
For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks off regularly to meet a mystery man who may be her ex-husband. The third & youngest daughter is an unmarried nurse aware of her ticking biological clock. The only son chases after his grumpy father who seems to not care a whit about his wife's circumstances. The four are also faced my their mother's dreams to accomplish a few things before she dies - to visit a beach she had visited in the past, to see her youngest married, and to visit Paris. She also wants to be embalmed and be honored with a 21 gun salute. Thus the whole group has to set off in the quest to fulfill their mother's wishes.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, black comedy, sentimental, touching, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, erotic
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Secrets & Lies (1996)
Plot Summary:
A middle-aged London factory worker is shocked when the mixed-race daughter she gave up at birth decides to track her down. At first she denies she is her mother. All family members become emotional, as everyone's secrets are exposed.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: emotional, independent film, touching, realistic, dark comedy, sincere, spiritual, social, art house, comedy drama
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The Sum of Us (1994)
Plot Summary:
"The Sum of Us" is an Aussie story about a father and a son both searching for love and sharing an unconventional bond. Harry, the father, is the caring and open-minded "mate" that borders on annoyance. His son Jeff unsuccessfully searches for love, with the unwanted guidance of his father.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, melancholic, sentimental, emotional, independent film, lgbt cinema, cult classic, humorous, realistic
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The Castle (1997)
Plot Summary:
A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airport authorities) to make way for more runways. 'The Castle' is the story of how they fight to remain in their home.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, feel good, compassionate, melancholic, talky, realistic, not serious, funny, cult classic