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Plot Summary:
Based on a popular komiks serial by Elena Patron.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Boxers Go to Heaven (1967)
Plot Summary:
Tragicomic story about a former boxing champion, unbeaten in the ring, but beaten by alcohol.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Midas Touch (1997)
Plot Summary:
Drama about a 12-year-old boy who fantasises about having enough money to be able to cure his grandmother's serious heart condition. When he finds himself in a haunted house, the mysterious owner 'grants' him one wish - the Midas touch. The boy soon learns that it is more of a curse than a blessing when everything he touches turns into gold.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Stray Cats (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two bestfriends, a gay man and a woman, are always unlucky in finding love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody
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Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series (2006)
Plot Summary:
After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results in the return of Ozzy and a long dead team of American baseball players who drowned off the shores of Kisarazu. It's down to Bussan and the Cats to save the day and restore the town to order, but can Bussan bring himself to say bye-bye once and for all?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min
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Extended Play (2006)
Plot Summary:
Poor Tasos and was so young! But also very jealous. A defect that ultimately cost him his own life as during his last jealousy crisis for of his beautiful girlfriend Alice, he will fall victim of a traffic accident. Archangels will sympathize with him, granting him another five invisible, on land, minutes, where he will have the opportunity to touch his favorite - and not - persons and to intervene in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Heart Condition (1990)
Plot Summary:
A bigoted policeman is given the heart of a slain black defense lawyer,who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, action comedy, detective, semi serious, buddy comedy, funny, light, romantic, sexy
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Working Boys (1985)
Plot Summary:
A Filipino comedy film directed by Mike Relon Makiling.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 114 min
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Grandpa Is Dead (2009)
Plot Summary:
A large family with lots of issues gather together to mourn the death of the family patriarch. But getting in the way of their genuine grief are a bunch of superstitions about the dead, and the family's inability to deal with their issues in a civilized way.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Secret Friends (1991)
Plot Summary:
As an express train hurtles towards its destination, John (Alan Bates) a man whose sanity hangs by a thread, attempts to uncover his possible role in a brutal murder and the identity of the victim. The balance of his mind is strained to the limits by dark memories of a punishing childhood and a passionate jealousy for a beautiful young woman (Gina Bellman) - who may be a prostitute... or his wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, adaptation directed by original author
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Plainlands (1988)
Plot Summary:
Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical mentality of the northern part of Finland. While perhaps not as entertaining to a person unfamiliar with Finnish traditions, the brilliant acting, directing, plus the warm, beautiful Finnish summer more than make up for the cultural gap.The story begins with a group of brothers with their families coming up to honour the memory of their recently deceased father. Spending time together, opening old wounds and creating new ones... it all boils down to brotherhood. No matter what happens, brothers take care of their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Angel John (2009)
Plot Summary:
Maradonna (Shanthnoo) is an aimless youngster who likes to waste his time doing practically nothing other than fooling around. For him everything in life is Oru Rasam (just fun). He likes to take the easy way out and lacks focus in his life. He is the only son of Joseph (Lalu Alex), a Banker and Mary (Ambika), who dotes on him. The only person who has a soft corner for him is the beautiful Sofia (Nithya Menon) who has a limp and is the daughter of a failed filmmaker, Kuruvilla (Vijayaraghavan). Maradonna messes up his life by getting into company of friends and starting an internet café that fails and to recoup his losses and attracted by ‘easy money’ he gets into drugs. Soon he is conned and loses everything after pledging his house to a ‘blade’ moneylender (Salim Kumar).
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags:
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Kalyanaraman (2002)
Plot Summary:
An old man (Dileep) narrates his love story and about the curse his family possess to a bunch of teenagers.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags:
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Nympha (2003)
Plot Summary:
A re-imagination of the Celso Ad Castillo classic, "Nympha" tells the story of an orphan woman named Nympha living in a backward province with a narrow minded aunt who is a religious fanatic.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min
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Shake, Rattle & Roll X (2008)
Plot Summary:
This anthology features three chilling horror movies that include tales of supernatural beings and other beasts, such as "Nieves" in which a local hero must save her hometown from rampaging nature spirits known as Engkanto. In "Emergency," ghoulish creatures attack a remote hospital, and in "Class Picture," the ghost of a sadistic nun attacks a group of college friends. Mike Tuviera and Topel Lee direct these hair-raising films.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: anthology
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Captain Barbell (1986)
Plot Summary:
A crossover team-up between Captain Barbell and Darna.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Ghost Writer (1989)
Plot Summary:
A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previously, but had been murdered by her boyfriend. The ghost asks the writer's help in proving her boyfriend the killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags:
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Ika-11 Utos Mahalin Mo Asawa Mo (1994)
Plot Summary:
This film is about domestic violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Ebbie (1995)
Plot Summary:
In this updated retelling of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," ruthless business-woman and shopping store owner Elizabeth "Ebbie" Scrooge is taught the true spirit of Christmas by three Spirits who visit her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 744
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Night Across the Street (2012)
Plot Summary:
A drama centered on an office worker on the verge of retirement who begins to relive both real and imagined memories.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, surreal, contemplative, crying
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Heavenly Judgement (2011)
Plot Summary:
Lawyers Andrew and Benjamin are friends who share a lot, but their work puts them on opposite sides. Their trials do not occur in this life but in the afterlife. They are members of the Sky Court deciding where a human soul should go after death- Heaven or Hell. Unexpectedly in one case personal interests of Andrew interfere: the man who made the proposal to his widow is on trial.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: bleak, disturbing, thought provoking, sincere, melancholic
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Your Only Mother: This Is The Last! (2010)
Plot Summary:
A few months after Ina left the position as the President of the Philippines, she is back in the media limelight as she releases a book of her life in her journey as a mother to her children and as a mother to the people of the Philippines. Ina now lives a simple life with her beloved children, together with her long-time best friend, Rowena.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, parody, independent film, queer cinema
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Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)
Plot Summary:
When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and fame, George breaks another rule by revealing her true identity to her living family.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: stylized, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, captivating, apocalyptic, dark comedy, offbeat, erotic, light
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Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death (2008)
Plot Summary:
Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days then decide either to ‘execute’ or ‘pass over’. Today, again, in the rain, he waits. His subject, her death due in seven days, is Kazue Fujiki. She works for a manufacturing company in the complaints department. Exhausted after her day, she emerges from her office. It’s time for the Reaper to go to work.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, stylized, offbeat
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The Bride and the Lover (2013)
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In the story, Vivian is sole heir to a business empire. Sheila is Vivian's friend who is a lifestyle magazine editor. Meanwhile, Philip is the hottest bachelor in town engaged to be wed to Vivian. However, a scandalous revelation tears the three characters' worlds apart. Time passes by and the supposed bride becomes the lover and the supposed lover is now the bride.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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The Voice of the Moon (1990)
Plot Summary:
Returning to themes he first explored in La strada (1954), Fellini crafts a parable on the whisperings of the soul that only madmen and vagabonds are capable of hearing. The odd couple, Ivo Salvini (Benigni), a fake inspector of wells, and Gonnella (Villaggio), a former prefect, wander through the Emilia-Romagna countryside of Fellini's childhood and discover a dystopia of television commercials, fascism, beauty pageants, rock music, Catholicism, and pagan ritual.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: postmodern, offbeat, humorous, surreal, stylized, semi serious
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Skeletons (2010)
Plot Summary:
In writer-director Nick Whitfield's black indie comedy, a pair of "exorcists" (Ed Gaughan and Andrew Buckley) with the power to rid people of their secrets agree to help a woman (Paprika Steen) whose daughter (Tuppence Middleton) is mute -- and whose husband is missing. Jason Isaacs co-stars as the mysterious Colonel, who seems to be calling the shots from the sidelines of the duo's shadowy enterprise.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, contemplative, dark comedy, captivating, sentimental, offbeat, witty, not serious, independent film
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Toto the Hero (1991)
Plot Summary:
Thomas and Alfred were born around the same time; a fire in the nursery had nurses scrambling to save the newborns. Because he felt that he deserved Alfred's good fortune at being born into a wealthy family, Thomas conceives the idea that he and Alfred were switched at birth, and he can't help seeing that his unhappiness should be Alfred's, from the loss of his sister to his inability to have a relationship with the woman Evelyne. So, as his life is ending, he formulates a plan of revenge against his bitter enemy, his lifetime adversary, the man who stole his existence.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, inspirational, epic, sad, cult classic, sentimental, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, crying
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Plot Summary:
An advertising executive jumps back and forth in time between 21st century London and 17th century La Mancha, where Don Quixote mistakes him for Sancho Panza.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Spain, France, Belgium, Portugal, UK
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, meta, fairy tale, funny, surreal, period piece
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)
Plot Summary:
On his 83rd birthday, Eddie (Voight), a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: spiritual, emotional, touching, christian film, serious, psychological, mystical, inspirational, philosophical, sad
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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
Plot Summary:
An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway, France, Denmark
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surreal, realistic, talky, lyrical, dark comedy, humorous, philosophical, semi serious, absurd, art house