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Plot Summary:
Johan is a 35 year old soccer fan, unemployed but living by his wits and charm. During the Soccer World Championships in 1990 all Swedes want to follow the games, including Johan who doesn't own a TV set. He gets himself invited to friends or goes to bars to see matches. He is pursued by two hit men, as he owes money for a grand piano he was supposed to sell. Johan seeks the help of down-and-out Kenneth to avoid bodily harm. Kenneth arranges for Johan to smuggle 15 Iraqi from Frankfurt to Sweden. On the same night Sweden plays the fateful game against Costa Rica.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious
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One-Week Bachelors (1982)
Plot Summary:
Gary's wife going away and he drives her to the airport. Gary has planned a week of hard work but at the airport he met Lasse, and then becomes nothing that Gary had in mind. An unlikely friendship develops between the two, and Gary succeed in the week causing a car crash, losing one of Lasse's children, get involved in a robbery and even missed his own architectural exhibition in which he will hold the opening speech.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 745
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, eighties
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Going Down in Morocco (1989)
Plot Summary:
A girl, who lives together with her cousin who earns some money by dealing and her boyfriend who is a policeman, is regularly transporting some drugs from Marocco for her cousin. As all of them smoke grass from time to time there is need for more. Deciding to take a friend of hers who has just left home down to Marocco for a transport she gets problems because it is the first time for her friend and this makes it difficult. But as all are very open minded there is no problem they would not try to solve. Written by Volker Boehm.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 838
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: social, manga, humorous, realistic, not serious
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The Call-up (1979)
Plot Summary:
It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, biting, suspense
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The Naked Man (1997)
Plot Summary:
O escritor Sílvio Proença precisa embarcar para São Paulo, a fim de divulgar seu novo livro. No aeroporto, encontra um grupo de velhos companheiros. Com o embarque cancelado devido à uma forte tempestade, o grupo segue para o apartamento de Marialva, filha de um dos amigos de Proença. Seduzido pela música e pelos encantos de Marialva, Proença passa a noite ali mesmo, onde desperta no dia seguinte, completamente nu. Ainda zonzo da ressaca, vai apanhar o pão deixado à porta do apartamento; é quando o vento fecha a porta e deixa-o nu do lado de fora.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, sex comedy
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Those Were the Days (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Dutch football team has just released the heroic World Cup final lost to archrival West Germany. The whole country is in mourning and Jaap Kooijman throws out of sheer frustration the brand new TV out the window. This event is the prelude to an equally comical , exciting and touching family film.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Death in Brunswick (1990)
Plot Summary:
A reserved man in need of a job, Carl Fitzgerald finds employment at a Greek restaurant. Upon meeting waitress Sophie, Carl begins dating the attractive woman. Though it seems things are improving for Carl, an unexpected situation leads to the death of Mustafa, a shady coworker, and Carl must figure out how to cover up the incident. Unsure of what to do, Carl enlists the help of his buddy, Dave, to get rid of Mustafa's corpse.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, realistic, not serious, semi serious, independent film, parody, funny, road movie
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Man About Dog (2004)
Plot Summary:
Three pedigree chumps learn that every underdog has its day in this freewheeling Irish comedy. In hock to the tune of £50,000 to a Belfast bookie and saddled with a dopey greyhound that wouldn't run if its backside was on fire, the likely lads head south on a road trip in the hope of seeing a man about a dog. Foul-mouthed and funny, Man About Dog is full of great craic.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, exciting, fast, road movie
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Boys Don't Cry (2000)
Plot Summary:
One of the best Polish comedies of the late 1990's, "Boys Don't Cry" is a satirical look at the gangsters of Poland and some teens who accidentally get involved with them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, sad, realistic, stylized
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Knucklehead (2010)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on a fight promoter (Mark Feuerstein) deeply in debt to his crooked rival. Desperate for a new fighter that will help him win back everything he owes, the promoter catches a break when a 450-pound church handyman (Paul "Big Show" Wight) who has spent his entire life in an orphanage agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, realistic, independent film, slapstick
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The Great Match (2006)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about the attempts of tribal groups around the world to watch a soccer match.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, sentimental
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Beer League (2006)
Plot Summary:
An unemployed slacker (Lange) inspires his softball teammates to improve their game so they won't get kicked out of the local league.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, funny, captivating, teen, independent film
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Studentfesten (2013)
Plot Summary:
1994. Rasmus two best friends Frans and Ian talk him into crashing graduation parties in search of fun, booze and girls to get over Klara who just broke up with him. During the day his feelings for her is tested when he learns the truth about Klara's break-up. But is their love for real? And more importantly, can it survive the night?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, feel good, melancholic, sentimental, light, not serious
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Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, cynical, not serious, dark comedy, offbeat, independent film
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Framed (1990)
Plot Summary:
A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Dope (2003)
Plot Summary:
Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of marijuana that was engineered by the Nazis. Their decision to begin selling the stuff leads to a variety of people chasing after them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, feel good, offbeat
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Bullseye! (1990)
Plot Summary:
Michael Caine, Roger Moore and Sally Kirkland star as three of the most unlikely rogues to ever score a heist. Hidden away in a vault is a fortune in diamonds, payment for a secret formula two government scientists have unscrupulously sold to the highest bidder. These three know the whereabouts of this treasure and pull off a daring scheme to steal it. But now they've trapped themselves into either helping the government capture the scientists or going to jail.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, independent film, light, captivating, realistic, fast, surprise ending, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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On the Run (1999)
Plot Summary:
Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from prison, Albert's quiet existence is permanently disrupted. what ensues is one long, crazy night in New York that will change both their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Portugal, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, biting, black comedy, dark comedy, suspense
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We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)
Plot Summary:
A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Cold Feet (1989)
Plot Summary:
The leader of a group of misfits, his girlfriend and an assassin have devised a bizarre plan to smuggle stolen jewelry over the US/Mexican border. They implant the jewelry in a racing horse.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious
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Erkan & Stefan (2000)
Plot Summary:
Editor Eckernförde has come into the possession of an audiocassette that contains a recording of the last minutes of deceased politician Uwe Barschel. The circumstances of his untimely death have never been completely resolved - until now. Unfortunately, the editor's daughter Nina accidentally takes the tape with her to Munich, where she is about to visit her paralyzed Mom in a sanatorium. When this information reaches the CIA and the BND, both organizations compete to get hold of the tape. Meanwhile Erkan & Stefan, two loveable wannabe supercheckers from Munich, are assigned as bodyguards for Nina - of course, they are expected to mess up their job, so that the tape can be retrieved. But the two friends prove to be a bit more streetwise than CIA or BND ever expected.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, realistic
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Trainer on the Beach (1984)
Plot Summary:
Trainer Oronzo Canà is called to manage Longobarda, the team of a small town of Northern Italy, when it's promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to go back to the Second Division, but even the team's owner plays against Longobarda since the First Division is too expensive, and the young Brazilian player bought for the team is affected by deep 'saudade'. Written by Alessio F. Bragadini.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, realistic, not serious, surprise ending, cult film
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One Night in Istanbul (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies, Tommy and Gerry, strike an unusual deal with a local gangster to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime, to watch their beloved football team play in the European Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the trip as a chance to bond with their sons, big trouble awaits them in the form of a sexy hotel chambermaid, two ruthless crooks on a mission and a bag of counterfeit cash. It is 3-0 down at half time and things could not be more desperate both on and off the pitch. Stevie G and the boys in red are trying to launch the most amazing football comeback in history, and Tommy is in deep water, being held hostage. With the clock ticking and time running out, a miracle is needed fast. In the end a bit of faith, and Gerry’s lucky underpants may be the only thing that can get them and the cup back home in one piece.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, tense, melancholic, light, captivating, suspenseful
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Curling King (2011)
Plot Summary:
Once a great curling star, Truls Paulsen is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and banned from competition. But when he learns that his old friend and coach Gordon is on his deathbed, Truls, heavily-medicated decides to compete again, in the hopes of winning money for Gordon to have an operation in the US. Truls stops taking the meds and tries to convince his old team mates that he is mentally stable enough to lead them to victory in the Norwegian Curling Championship. But, is it a good sign that he obsessively insists his teammates pull their zippers all the way up before they can play?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, cult classic, offbeat, cult film
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Wise Guys (1986)
Plot Summary:
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy, fast, cult film
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Offside (2006)
Plot Summary:
In the sleepy town of Stensfors, the soccer team used to be something to be proud of , playing in the national league 30 years ago. Now the team will be dissolved if it can't win the rest of the games in the local league. Team member Kent goes on a business trip to Liverpool and meet Duncan Miller, the premier league football star of the 1980s who promises to come over to Sweden and play a few games just for fun. Unfortunately, when he arrives it is obvious that their saviour is both an alcoholic and very unfit to play. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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House Party: Tonight's the Night (2013)
Plot Summary:
A pair of high school rappers have two major goals - make music and get hot girls. The best way to get both is to throw the biggest and best house party ever! The night of the party, one of the boys is grounded by his parents, so it's up to his best friend to break him out of his house confinement and get the party started.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, light, feel good, realistic, independent film, black cinema
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Frits and Franky (2013)
Plot Summary:
Frits & Franky find a lot of money in a car that crashes into the water. They don't know what to do with it.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good
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The Hustle (2008)
Plot Summary:
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at the opportunity that might save his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, entertaining, black comedy, independent film
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Venus & Vegas (2010)
Plot Summary:
When three Vegas buddies attempt the score of a lifetime, they have to walk a fine line between their girlfriends who want their heads, and the mobsters who want them dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, tense, light, realistic, independent film
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One Two Three (2008)
Plot Summary:
Laxminarayan lives a poor lifestyle in Mumbai along with his widowed mother, Kanta, who wants him to be a successful gangster like Batlabhai, and would like him to kill a few people, make enough money, then get married to Khujli's daughter, Meena. In order to fulfill his mother's wish, Laxminarayan accepts a contract to kill D'Mello Yadav, a Pondi-based gangster, who has stolen a diamond from Batl.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, funny, realistic, semi serious