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Plot Summary:
Jagannathan, a political advisor, is hired to help John, a politician in California. He employs various shrewd tactics to help John's party win the elections.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, spoof, parody
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Boeing Boeing (1985)
Plot Summary:
The movie is an adaptation of the 1960 French play of the same name and is considered to be a cult comedy classic in Malayalam. It was also one of the first commercial successes of the Mohanlal-Mukesh-Priyadarashan team. Shyam (Mohanlal) is a struggling journalist who gets an opportunity to be the caretaker of a flat in the city. Even while engaged to his childhood sweetheart Sreekutty (Menaka); he uses his charms and resourcefulness to make three air-hostesses (Lissie, Ashwini, Madhuri) fall in love with him. With the help of his maid (Sukumari) and friend (Raju) he carefully manages their schedule in the flat so that none of his girlfriends meet each other. Life is good for Shyam, till his former colleague and friend Anil (Mukesh) comes to visit him.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: remake of american film
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Akkare Akkare Akkare (1990)
Plot Summary:
After Nadodikkattu (1987) and Pattana Pravesham (1988), CIDs Ramdas and Vijayan are back for another wacky adventure. After a priceless gold crown is stolen from India, Ramdas (Mohanlal) and Vijayan (Srinivasan) are sent to the United States to retrieve it. The only clues they have is a pseudonym ("Paul Barber") and a piece of a torn shirt. In the States, the two remain as helpless and clueless as they were in the two prequel films and realize that this is their toughest case yet. While Akkare Akkare Akkare is lacking in the poignant drama that made its predecessor films so endearing, it makes up for it by being the funniest movie in the trilogy. A Malayalam comedy classic that is still remembered more than 15 years after its release.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: detective
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Wait for Me in Heaven (1988)
Plot Summary:
Pepe Soriano plays a Madrid shopkeeper who is kidnapped by henchmen of Franco in this political comedy. After his kidnapping, he is forced to become the dictator's double for many official ceremonies. Due to his long and unexplained absence, Pepe's wife believes her husband has been abducted and killed, so she tries to reach her husband through spiritualism. After Pepe surprises her with a nocturnal visit, he tells her he will touch his ear to signal it is he and not Franco in public appearances.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, biting, parody, suspense
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Laughing to the Bank (2011)
Plot Summary:
A down-on-his-luck actor is frustrated with Hollywood and makes a plan to write, direct, and distribute his own project. When the money goes missing, it proves to just be the beginning of an adventure to get it back.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, dark comedy, black comedy
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The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee (2020)
Plot Summary:
Paul tries to restore his sullied reputation on the eve of being knighted.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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My Internship in Canada (2015)
Plot Summary:
Guibord is an independent Member of Parliament who represents Prescott-Makadewà-Rapides-aux Outardes, a vast county in Northern Quebec. As the entire country watches, Guibord unwillingly finds himself in the awkward position of holding the decisive vote to determine whether Canada will go to war. Accompanied by his wife, his daughter and an idealistic intern from Haiti named Sovereign, Guibord travels across his district in order to consult his constituents. While groups of lobbyists get involved in a debate that spins out of control, the MP will have to face his own conscience. 'My Internship in Canada' is a biting political satire in which politicians, citizens and lobbyists go head-to-head tearing democracy to shreds. Film starring Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard and Mardy Men.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, light, feel good, political
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Neues aus der Anstalt (2007)
Plot Summary:
Neues aus der Anstalt is a political cabaret program on German television station ZDF, hosted by Urban Priol and Frank-Markus Barwasser, who replaced Georg Schramm. Broadcast monthly since 2007, it usually features three guest cabaret artists in addition to the hosts.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, contemplative
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Nobody's Watching (2006)
Plot Summary:
Gail Mancuso film.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: sitcom, semi serious, light, humorous, captivating, realistic, mockumentary
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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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A Million to Juan (1994)
Plot Summary:
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in 30 days. Initially he uses the check to convince people to extend credit to him. In the meantime he also attracts a woman who is in a dead end relationship with a bossy businessman. At the end of the 30 days, he finds his life in turmoil, the things he got on credit is repossessed, and he is being evicted from his dwelling and being sent back to Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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White T (2013)
Plot Summary:
Rapping twins Herbert (Jerod Mixon) and Henry (Jamal Mixon) get a shot at stardom when they purchase a prize-winning T-shirt that lands them a chance to perform alongside a hip-hop legend, but they find their dreams going up in flames when their nemesis Kevin (Robbie Kaller) steals the shirt as well as the spotlight. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, semi serious, exciting, offbeat, independent film, hood
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The Career of Nikos Dyzma (2002)
Plot Summary:
Nikos is a master of funeral ceremonies (that's undertaker to you and me) who doesn't expect much from life. After drunkenly insulting a diplomat at a party, weird things begin to happen for Nikos. The news that a mysterious stranger offended the hated Deputy Prime Minister galvanizes the political elite assembled at the banquet, and a rumor that Nikos can take care of anything spreads like wildfire, making him an idol of the masses.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, realistic, biting, suspense
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The Sublet (2008)
Plot Summary:
WALTER is lonely. He is 71 and has no friends. He lives in a small apartment in Upper West Side in Manhattan and every morning he goes through the same monotonous routine: pills, fiber, canned food, cleaning, TV and the book with all his expenses. His apartment is very quiet until today when his phone rings, which really surprises him. It's a wrong number, someone was looking for a sublet. However, it gives him an idea, a fake ad.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, suspenseful, independent film, realistic
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Turf (2013)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). They meet up regularly at a Parisian bookmakers’, their favourite haunt. Tired of frittering away the little spare cash they have, they agree to give up gambling. But no sooner have they taken this pledge than Fate intervenes, in the guise of the turf king, Monsieur Paul. The latter persuades the four friends to buy a champion racehorse, not knowing that it is in fact an old nag….
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)
Plot Summary:
Comedian and Trump lip-synching sensation Sarah Cooper tackles politics, race and other light topics in a sketch special packed with celebrity guests.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, mockumentary
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The Jungle (2006)
Plot Summary:
Vincent and Mathias are two friends, in their thirties, who live off Vincent’s father. One day, during a meal where the wine and talk both flow a little too freely, Vincent’s father offers the two friends a bet. If they can survive seven days and seven nights in Paris with just seven Euros in their pocket, he will pay off all of their debts. If not, they will have to learn to fend for themselves. Confident of their abilities to survive in the jungle that is Paris, Vincent and Mathias willingly accept the offer, but soon regret doing so.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Comedy
Country: Luxembourg, France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Cetto C'è (2019)
Plot Summary:
Third movie about the character of Cetto La Qualunque (Antonio Albanese).
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Moon in a Bottle (2007)
Plot Summary:
Zeta has a month to hand in a novel she has been commissioned to write and every day she searches for inspiration among the strange customers who are regulars at the Café Rossignol. There she becomes close to Alicia, a pretty waitress who doesn't want to fall in love; she gets to know Pascal, the owner of the bar and a cabaret artist who is nervously waiting for the arrival of his old friends and lovers Irene and Kurt. Or she leaves with Don José another regular who is tormented by a letter he doesn't dare to open. They all want to change their lives. The moment has come to be brave and try to do the impossible. Can they put the moon in a bottle..?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Southbound Heist (2011)
Plot Summary:
Chaz and his friends take a road trip after discovering his landlord's plot to kill the creator of the Showboy magazine. Chaz must choose between his beloved magazines, his best friends, the girl of his dreams, or saving an innocent man's life.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, sex comedy, independent film
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And the Winner Is... (2009)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - The hypocrisy lurking behind politics and small-town life is revealed in this sharp, hilarious satire that finds Centerville shaking up its mayoral election by forcing the candidates to participate in an "Election Pageant." Seven eccentric, competitive locals run for office despite their many flaws, and during the pageant, show off their skills at baby kissing, photo ops, handshaking and other skills needed by a savvy politician. - Jerry Springer, Kevin McClatchy, Doug Kusak.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, realistic, mockumentary
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The Last Days of Switzerland (1999)
Plot Summary:
A naive girl's love for Switzerland is put to the test in this satiric comedy. Irina (Yelena Panova) is a woman from Russia who all her life has always been fascinated by Switzerland and longs to live there some day, though her notion of Swiss life has more to do with Heidi and old movies set in the Alps than reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, Germany, Austria
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, sexy, clever, cynical, biting, sexual, suspense
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Welcome Back Mr. President (2019)
Plot Summary:
Peppino, a provincial librarian who became the accidental President of Italy, is now a father and has returned to a peaceful, happy life as a woodsman. That is, until his wife Janis decides to return to politics. Peppino is forced to abandon his home in the mountains and return to Rome to win back his love and help her defeat a speculative plot intended to damage Italy. Together, they must fight against social media attacks of the opposition and get the country back on its feet.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 796
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Qualunquemente (2011)
Plot Summary:
Corrupt and sleazy entrepreneur Cetto La Qualunque comes back to Italy and "jumps into politics" lest his law-abiding opponent, Giovanni De Santis, is elected as mayor.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, funny, sexy, political
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Stark Raving Black (2009)
Plot Summary:
Blustery funnyman Lewis Black hits the stage for his Comedy Central special, which finds the comic using his wry observational humor to skewer everything from Washington politicians and the tanking economy to cellphones and getting old.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Welcome Mr. President (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call him with the nickname Peppino. Love fishing, the company of friends, the library where he works as a precarious employee. He is an optimistic person even if his child accuse him of being a wannabe. One day, due to a mess of politicians, an amazing thing happens: Peppino is mistakenly elected President of the Italian Republic. Pulled out from his quiet life, is to play a role for which he knows he is obviously inappropriate, but his common sense and his instinctive gestures are incredibly effective, except for the etiquette, for which he is in trouble. The inflexible and fascinating Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Janis Clementi, is anxious to no avail in an attempt to regulate the unpredictable actions of the President.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, satirical, funny, realistic
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Love On The Cloud (2014)
Plot Summary:
Romance gets complicated in modern-day Beijing.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (2011)
Plot Summary:
For four decades comic genius Mel Brooks and talk show king Dick Cavett have partnered to give the world scintillating conversation and sidesplitting humor. In 2010 they reunited on stage to share show business memories and hilarious stories for loyal fans and a new generation of viewers.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, witty
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Car Babes (2006)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age story about the quirky lives of car salesman.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Cruisin' (2014)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - Devin Begley, Destiny Monique, Amanda Nix, Liana Mendoza, Noel Gugliemi.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, independent film
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Dumbbells (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dumbbells is a light-hearted buddy comedy set amongst a group of misfit employees that work in a struggling fitness center in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, realistic, independent film