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Plot Summary:
Real Time is a comedic drama about a compulsive gambler given one hour to live by the man hired to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic, suspenseful, minimal cast, road movie
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The Highwayman (2000)
Plot Summary:
A dark, comedic thriller about fraud, bank robbers and a search for love.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, semi serious, road movie, dark comedy
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Getting Back to Zero (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers reconcile their relationship over the death of their father after they inherit his craps table and gambling debt. A dark comedy set in the world of underground casinos.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, psychological, realistic, semi serious
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The Scapegoat (2013)
Plot Summary:
There is something strange - some would even say abnormal - about the Malaussène family. But if you take a closer look, no one could be happier than this cheerfully chaotic family, even though their mother is usually off on one romantic adventure or another. Life is never a bore for Benjamin Malaussène, professional scapegoat and the older brother responsible for this horde of kids. But when incidents happen wherever he goes, police and colleagues begin to eye him suspiciously. It soon becomes a matter of life and death to find out what is going on and who is so interested in ruining his life. Written by Pathe International.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)
Plot Summary:
Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move. He bribes patrol officer Zhang to murder the illicit couple. It seems like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel, bloody but satisfying end… or so he thinks. The equally wicked Zhang has an agenda of his own. As the plot twists, more blood will flow, and ever greater violence will erupt….
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, semi serious, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, dark comedy, exciting, stylized, detective, remake of american film
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If I Were You (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress, the unexpected consequences include starring as King Lear in a very amateur production - with the mistress, an aspiring actress, playing The Fool.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: witty, touching, humorous, semi serious, funny, light, realistic
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Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, offbeat, independent film
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Cas & Dylan (2013)
Plot Summary:
A dying Doctor, who plans to check out on his own terms, takes a reluctant detour when he inadvertently winds up on the lam with an 'anything-but-normal' 22-year-old girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere, buddy comedy
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29th Street (1991)
Plot Summary:
Based on the life of Frank Pesce (Danny Aiello), an actor who won $6 million in the first New York State Lottery in 1976, this comedy focuses on the tight-knit Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn where Pesce grew up. It's also the story of how those gigantic winnings ended up becoming a curse of sorts (a case of "be careful what you wish for").
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: hilarious, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, detective, cult film
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Mississippi Grind (2015)
Plot Summary:
Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: road movie, tense, depressing, humorous, semi serious, cult classic, realistic, exciting, neo noir, entertaining
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Just Buried (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the place in business!.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, dark, offbeat, realistic, whimsical
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The Last Casino (2004)
Plot Summary:
A University teacher finds three bright students and decides to teach them how to count cards to make lots of money. As they learn how to play the casinos, things get tricky when the debt owing teacher informs them that their front man wants restitution for loses in about a weeks time. The three students decide to hit all the major casinos in Ontario and Quebec until discovered.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, exciting
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Looking for Kitty (2004)
Plot Summary:
A high school baseball coach and a down-on-his-luck private investigator form a bond as they scour New York City for the coach's wife, who's run away with a second-rate rock star.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, melancholic, sentimental, disturbing
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California Split (1974)
Plot Summary:
Down-on-his-luck gambler Bill (George Segal) links up with free spirit Charlie (Elliott Gould) at first to have some fun, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. As a final act of desperation, he pawns most of his possessions and goes to Reno for the poker game of a lifetime. A film set mainly in casinos and races, as the two win and lose, get robbed, and get blind drunk.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: grim, clever, witty, talky, cynical, dark comedy, funny, entertaining, art house, cult classic
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Trouble Bound (1993)
Plot Summary:
Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he roars off to find his future. Unfortunately, they forgot to get the key they need off the body, so they're chasing him. Meanwhile, a mafia kingpin's daughter is trying to kill the hitman that killed her father, but her grandmother is trying to make peace with the family that hired the hitman, so she and her thugs are trying to stop the daughter. The guy and the daughter get together and experience mayhem on the run from two directions.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 989
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, humorous, serious, cynical, road movie, neo noir, independent film, rough, fast
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Next Door (1994)
Plot Summary:
Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, slapstick, biting, suspense
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The Magician (2006)
Plot Summary:
İskender (Cem Yılmaz) hokkabazdır. Yani aslında sihirbazdır. Ama onun ve çocukluk arkadaşı Maradona'nın (Tuna Orhan) dışında herkes onun hokkabaz olduğunu düşünmektedir. İstanbul'dan hızla kaçmak zorunda kalan ikili, turne programına Sait'i (Mazhar Alanson) de dahil ederek büyük risk alırlar. Baba Sait, İskender'i takdir etmeyi uzun yıllar evvel bırakmıştır. Turne üçlüyü kaynaştırırken, aynı zamanda görkemli bir dağılmaya sebep olur. İskender, Maradona ve Sait, yol arkadaşları Fatma ile bir dağılıp bir toparlanırlar.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, road movie
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Les Jours venus (2014)
Plot Summary:
An ex soixante- huitard is forced to look back at his past .His kids look at him like an old soldier from a very distant war.His banker called him urgently.His last script idea is refused.He remembers meeting his wife in Sarajevo during the war.Most importantly he can't figure out the meaning of the concept of camera/catastroph.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: clever, realistic, humorous, talky, semi serious, offbeat, contemplative, postmodern
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Finding Amanda (2008)
Plot Summary:
A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic, hilarious, offbeat
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Marie and Bruce (2004)
Plot Summary:
A day in the life of a couple trapped in a sadomasochistic relationship. When Marie decides to break up with Bruce, their conversation devolves into a torrent of foul-mouthed rippings and ferociously humorous musings on their marriage, love, hate and committment.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cynical, humorous, realistic, semi serious, clever, biting, suspense
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Last Day of Summer (2009)
Plot Summary:
This unpredictable story follows an agitated fast-food employee, Joe, who's reached his breaking point from being harassed and tormented by his boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 936
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, sincere, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, independent film
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Spooner (2009)
Plot Summary:
Facing eviction from his parent's home on his 30th birthday, a socially awkward guy meets the girl of his dreams and creates his own rules for growing up.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, independent film
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A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on three brothers who, upon learning they only have a few days left to live, set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes. Hopper and Simmons are playing the brothers' father and uncle, respectively, while Caan is one of the brothers. Helfer is Caan's girlfriend, a woman with a dangerous past.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, contemplative, offbeat, realistic, witty
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Granny's Funeral (2012)
Plot Summary:
A provincial chemist in the throes of a mid-life crisis must choose between burying his dearly departed grandmother and cremating her in this quirky comedy of manners starring Valerie Lemercier, Denis Podalydes, and Isabelle Candelier.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film, humorous
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Louise hires a contract killer (2008)
Plot Summary:
In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man to liquidate their boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, captivating, light, entertaining, political, offbeat, realistic, not serious
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Doors of Glory (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young man joins a team of experimented door-to-door salesmen, who teach him how to sell an expensive encyclopedia to modest homes that have no use for it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, talky
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All Is Bright (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two French Canadian ne’er-do-wells travel to New York City with a scheme to a get rich quick selling Christmas trees.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, dark, black comedy, dark comedy, realistic, independent film, buddy comedy
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The Strange Little Cat (2013)
Plot Summary:
It is a Saturday in autumn, and Karin and Simon are visiting their parents and youngest sister Clara. This family gathering provides the occasion for a dinner together, at which other relatives appear over the course of the day. While the family members animate the apartment’s space with their conversations, everyday activities and cooking preparations, the cat and dog range through the various rooms. they too become a central element in this quotidian familial dance that repeatedly manifests stylized elements, disrupting any naturalistic mode of presentation. In this way, adjoining spaces open up between family drama, fairy tale and the psychological study of a mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: clever, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, beautiful
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The Last Detail (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: road movie, atmospheric, cult classic, realistic, witty, dark comedy, entertaining, black comedy, sincere, touching
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2 B Perfectly Honest (2004)
Plot Summary:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has a son, is forced to consider the unthinkable - getting a real job.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum (1997)
Plot Summary:
Balding advertising executive Mr. Baum spends more time on a new ad campaign for purple sunglasses than he does with his own family. But suddenly he is forced to reexamine his life after a doctor tells him that he has an 'aggressive' brain tumor and will die in 90 minutes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, thought provoking, clever, humorous, tragicomedy, realistic, surreal, contemplative, cynical, semi serious