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Plot Summary:
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, detective, sexy, queer cinema
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Hot Guys with Guns (2013)
Plot Summary:
If you can imagine Lethal Weapon with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as younger, hotter ex-boyfriends, you'll have the basis for Hot Guys With Guns, a modern take on the old-fashioned detective story. It's Chinatown meets Boystown.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good, detective, independent film, queer cinema
Similar in 86%
Night Patrol (1984)
Plot Summary:
The streets of Los Angeles are crawling with weirdos, hookers, peeping toms and perverts. And this time, they're wearing badges! Murray Langston, Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Billy Barty, Jaye P. Morgan, Andrew Dice Clay, Pat Morita, Kitten Natividad and The Unknown Comic lead a shameless all-star cast in this cult classic in the tradition of AIRPLANE and POLICE ACADEMY, filled with kooky cops, gassy midgets, tough lesbians, sick humor, gross gags, gratuitous nudity and more!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, sex comedy, cult classic, independent film, parody, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious
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Regular Guys (1996)
Plot Summary:
Christoph, cop and self-confident macho, has trouble with his fiance. After a long night he wakes up in the arms of Edgar, a good-looking, gay auto-mechanic. His live gets more and more troublesome after his girl friend throws him out of their apartment and as last resort he moves to Edgars place. Working together with a new, good-looking, very self-confident, female collegue, but living with a good-looking gay guy makes him pretty uncertain about his sexuality and his role as a cop. Written by Konstantin Articus.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy, detective, sexy, queer cinema
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Boystown (2007)
Plot Summary:
Victor works in a real estate agency in the well-known Chueca neighborhood of Madrid. He hides a terrible secret: he makes apartments available for sale by murdering the old ladies owners that live in them. Then, refurbishes and decorates the apartments to sell them to gay couples with high purchasing power. His ultimate objective is to transform Chueca into a kind of London Soho area.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, clever, biting, suspense, queer cinema
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Grilled (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two meat salesmen (Romano, James) will stop at nothing to get a sale.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, atmospheric, realistic
Similar in 79%
Birds of a Feather 2 (1980)
Plot Summary:
In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe - dressed as a woman - hoping to be picked up. But Albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as an unwitting courier of secret microfilm. Now on the run from ruthless agents, Albin and Renato flee to Italy where they attempt to hide out on a farm, with Albin posing as Renato's wife. Can Albin escape the deadly pursuit of these relentless spies or does he have to sustain this charade - as a woman - forever?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, surreal, sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspense, erotic, inspirational, romantic
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Strange Bedfellows (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly legislated tax laws.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, queer cinema, cult film
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Cowboys & Angels (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story concerns a hapless civil servant who gets more than he bargained for when he moves into an apartment with a gay fashion student and finds himself on the catwalk. The film sets out to explore the difficulties for young people in keeping their identities in a fast moving culture of drugs and clubs.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Germany, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, crying, queer cinema, gay cinema
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The Hard Way (1991)
Plot Summary:
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: detective, talky, suspenseful, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspense, action comedy, anamorphic
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Another Stakeout (1993)
Plot Summary:
Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding. Unlike their earlier _Stakeout_, this time they are accompanied by Gina Garret from the DA's office and her pet rottweiler 'Archie'; their cover, husband and wife with son Bill.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, funny, light, melancholic, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, action comedy
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Burglar (1987)
Plot Summary:
Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's the only one who can be placed at the scene of the crime, she has to use her criminal skills to clear her name of the murder AND avoid getting charged with the burglary.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, action comedy, realistic, not serious, fast, detective, sexy
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Plot Summary:
A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, not serious, slapstick, feel good, absurd, talky, scary, black comedy
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Happy, Texas (1999)
Plot Summary:
Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go along with it to duck the police, but the local sheriff has a secret of his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, witty, independent film, dark comedy, feel good, realistic, semi serious, funny, light
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Loose Cannons (1990)
Plot Summary:
Mac, the two fisted savy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burn out, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is, Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning fast deductions. But, he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, action comedy, light, entertaining, absurd, detective, realistic, semi serious, fast
Similar in 81%
The ComDads (1983)
Plot Summary:
Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, saga, eighties
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Hard (1998)
Plot Summary:
Hard is about a gay serial killer and the gay detective who is forced to go after him. It has an interesting story: the closeted gay detective is abruptly forced out of the closet after the killer handcuffs him to his bed and makes off with his badge. He then becomes a suspect himself... and all that.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, neo noir, independent film, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, crying, homoerotic
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Feds (1988)
Plot Summary:
Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns and to recognise crimes. They also get a physical training. It appears that Ellie is a real fighting- machine, in contrast with Janis, the great student. They have to help each other, all the way to graduation.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: melancholic, intense, humorous, semi serious, action comedy, realistic, erotic, funny, inspirational, sexy
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9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)
Plot Summary:
The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 Dead Gay Guys is a high-camp send-up of gay stereotypes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, queer cinema, campy
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Friends and Family (2001)
Plot Summary:
Children and parents. In New York City, Stephen and Danny live well: they're smooth, cool, in love, and good at what they do. Stephen's Midwestern parents pay them a surprise visit. Meanwhile, Jenny and Matt tell their parents they are engaged: Matt's parents, Midwestern paramilitary fanatics, take it as a sign to gather their group to invade New York. Jenny's father is the local Mob boss who employs Stephen and Danny as enforcers. He's unhappy that Jenny is marrying someone who is neither Sicilian nor Catholic. Stephen's parents know he's gay, they just don't know what his job is. Here come the parents; will the children survive? All roads lead to the engagement party.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, talky, clever, offbeat, independent film, queer cinema
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Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011)
Plot Summary:
With raging boy hormones and the laugh quotient turned on full, Chris Salvatore and Daniel Skelton return, along with Rebekah Kochan and cult icon Mink Stole in the fourth installment of Q. Allan Brocka's hilarious and over-the-top sexual antic-laden Eating Out series!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, not serious, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, erotic, funny, touching, independent film
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All for One (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four rogues, who were best friends as kids, have one big problem: they're sitting on both sides of the law. Martin is a policeman, while Nikolai, Ralf, and Timo can't distinguish between personal possessions and the possessions of others! When all four find themselves in a fix, they're forced to return to their former tricks against a common foe, Mr Niemeyer. Martin is not as successful, however, either at his job or marriage, and thinks he deserves a better life. Now he sees an opportunity to save his career by "playing" with his old friends on a mission that is so crazy that even the two foolish brothers can do some good.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, exciting, realistic, semi serious
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Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Plot Summary:
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, entertaining, satirical, hilarious, not serious, exciting, realistic, action packed
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Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Plot Summary:
When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the personals, he notices GWM. And thinking it "Guy with Money," he heads to the Village and the apartment of gay actor Warren (Barrile), who's in desperate need of this month's rent.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, talky, offbeat, feel good, realistic, witty, semi serious, funny, light
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Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
Plot Summary:
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, melancholic, satirical, intense, hood, feel good, semi serious, realistic, spoof
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Female Trouble (1974)
Plot Summary:
The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother, criminal and glamorous model before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, disturbing, sexy, independent film, erotic, controversial, cult classic, humorous, surreal
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Halal State Security (2011)
Plot Summary:
Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)
Plot Summary:
A mixed group of individuals - lesbian, gays, and heterosexuals who all frequent a local bar struggle to accept each others lifestyles. However when the two gays are attacked and fight back and ultimately rape one of their attackers, the group becomes strongly divided on their actions.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, sincere, sexy, humorous, independent film, sex comedy, realistic, talky, semi serious
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Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Plot Summary:
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, inspirational, touching, tricky, hilarious, witty, captivating, semi serious
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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 Birdcage (1996)
Plot Summary:
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, entertaining, feel good, slapstick, hilarious, lgbt cinema, clever, witty