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Plot Summary:
Featurung Zachary Quinto (Star Trek 2, Margin Call), Penn Badgley (Easy A, Gossip Girl), Willie Garson (White Collar), and youtube star Grace Helbig, this raucous comedy chronicles the historical journey from the big bang to the end of humanity.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, sketch comedy
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Qwerty (2012)
Plot Summary:
Before introverted word-nerd Zoe gains the courage to enter the National Scrabble Championship, she meets her emotional match in Marty, an irascible recluse. She finds him equally pitted against the opposing forces in her life - other people - including family, co-workers and a couple of particularly irksome adversaries standing in the way of her dream to become the world's second female National Scrabble Champion.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mumblecore
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009)
Plot Summary:
Amy Poehler's best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 38 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005)
Plot Summary:
A collection of classic Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Dan Aykroyd.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy
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Social Intercourse (1998)
Plot Summary:
Todd, a cyber geek, is forced to a party by his friends in order to get over a long term relationship.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Franky Banderas (2004)
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
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Peter Cook & Co. (1980)
Plot Summary:
A TV Special consisting of various sketches with the titular comedian and fellow comics in guest appearances.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy
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The Boob Tube (1975)
Plot Summary:
In 'Live Action', young psychiatrist Henry Carstairs moves into an apartment building filled with lonely, sex starved women. This soap is interrupted several times by sexy ads.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: independent film, spoof, sketch comedy, parody
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Saturday Night Live: Halloween (2013)
Plot Summary:
Saturday Night Live's Halloween Special will tingle your funnybone! Join hosts Wayne and Garth (aka Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) as they peek into the vaults of spooky mayhem and unearth hilarious comedy sketches from seasons past and present. It's the frightful best of Saturday Night Live, the ultimate Halloween party video. Treat yourself to these tricks tonight!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sketch comedy, parody, spoof
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Coming Attractions (1978)
Plot Summary:
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy, humorous, anthology, parody, independent film, spoof
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Tunnel Vision (1976)
Plot Summary:
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy, humorous, spoof, comedy drama, twisted, parody, sitcom, independent film, low brow humor
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Movie Madness (1982)
Plot Summary:
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: anthology, humorous, sketch comedy, sex comedy, parody, realistic, cynical, not serious, slapstick, spoof
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Steve-O: Guilty as Charged (2016)
Plot Summary:
Comedy special starring comedian, author and all-round lunatic Steve-O, who went from humble beginnings as a circus clown to hitting the big time in 'Jackass'. Expect the unexpected as he performs hilariously outrageous stunts and riotous tricks that hold nothing back.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 462
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Spic-O-Rama (1993)
Plot Summary:
John Leguizamo's follow-up to Mambo Mouth.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, sketch comedy, one man show
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks (2004)
Plot Summary:
A collection of Tom Hanks sketches during his times hosting Saturday Night Live.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, sketch comedy
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P.R.O.F.S. (1985)
Plot Summary:
A clique of four young teachers at a high school looks critically at their colleagues. To avoid falling in the same routine, they bring new ideas into the school lessons and play little games and pranks in their spare time -- sometimes get even more childish than their pupils. When they get opposition from the other teachers, they play tricks to get rid of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Wheels of Fortune (2020)
Plot Summary:
To claim a big inheritance, a down-on-his-luck mechanic must win a series of competitions as outlined in his birth father's will.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 965
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy
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Up Yours (1979)
Plot Summary:
Tenants share wild times in a Hollywood apartment building.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, parody, erotic, sketch comedy
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Love at Stake (1987)
Plot Summary:
Salem, 1692. The mayor and judge are accusing land owner of witchery in order to grab their land. No one knows that are handsome stranger is a real witch and has evil plans for the town.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 676
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, psychotronic, spoof
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American Tickler (1977)
Plot Summary:
A ridiculous comedy that spoofs many different American made movies in multiple segments and skits.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, spoof, sketch comedy
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Boogie Vision (1977)
Plot Summary:
Struggling hippie independent filmmaker Mick gets his big break after he finds out that his girlfriend Marlene's father Burt is a movie producer. Unbeknown to Mick, Burt only specializes in porno pictures. Mick cranks out a cruddy science fiction stinker in three days for Burt, who demands countless changes and has a hard time figuring out how to distribute Mick's lousy movie.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, spoof, sketch comedy
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
Plot Summary:
Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution". In the tradition of films like Groove Tube (1974), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), and Saturday Night Live.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, sketch comedy, mondo, anthology, parody, independent film, offbeat, realistic, witty, cynical
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Cracking Up (1977)
Plot Summary:
What would happen if a 9.7 magnitude earthquake were to strike the L.A. area? This is what "Cracking Up" looks at from the lighter side. The movie is composed of individual skits of original material by the actors spun around this hypothetical disaster.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, spoof, sketch comedy, parody
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Tony n' Tina's Wedding (2004)
Plot Summary:
Tony and Tina are excited to get married but they dread having the ceremony. Tina's mother and Tony's father used to be an item and neither parent has gotten over their bitter breakup. As everyone comes together to help plan the event, the parents cannot stop bickering and they are constantly at each other's throat. Adding to their woes are an eccentric photographer, a stubborn priest, unhappy bridesmaids and hung over groomsmen.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, semi serious, independent film
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TV: The Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spoofed television programming and commercials.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, light, sketch comedy
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Stuntmen (2009)
Plot Summary:
When the industry's two biggest stuntmen are nominated for Stuntman of the Year, an over-ambitious documentarian reignites a dormant rivalry between the two men that results in an all out press war.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting, mockumentary
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InAPPropriate Comedy (2013)
Plot Summary:
A no-nonsense cop has a flair for fashion and a celebrity takes revenge on the paparazzi in a collection of comedic sketches.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, spoof, sexy, light, sketch comedy, detective, realistic
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Video Vixens (1974)
Plot Summary:
Video Vixens purports to be a satire of the phony liberalism that resulted in the permissiveness of the 1980s. A libidinous TV executive decides to stage an awards show. But not just any awards show: this one will honor the finest achievements in the world of filmed pornography.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sensual, parody
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Och, Karol 2 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Karol has everything. He has three mistresses in addition to the bride. He is charming, loves sex and enslaves women in the blink of an eye. He's also well aware of that women like and uses it for his benefits.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Rubberhead (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sarah Silverman hosts the first episode of Rubberhead - a night of comedy shorts featuring some of her favorite performers. With comedy from Nathan Barnatt, Jade Catta-Preta, Michael Cassidy, Shelby Fero, Nathan Fielder, David Dineen-Porter, Kyle Dunnigan, Brett Gelman, Todd Glass, Lauren Lapkus, Natasha Leggero, Emily Maya Mills, Tig Notaro, John C Reilly, Seth Rogen, Nick Rutherford, Rob Schrab, Paul Rust, Laura Silverman, Stoney Sharp, Armen Weitzman, Kulap Vilaysack, Eric Wareheim, Harris Wittels, Charlyne Yi and more!.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sketch comedy
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Extreme Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, sketch comedy, sexy, spoof, absurd, light, feel good, captivating