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Plot Summary:
British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!".
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: black comedy, noir
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Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies (1994)
Plot Summary:
Remembrance of Things Fast represents the culmination of Maybury's work in video, which has developed alongside the technology itself. Starring Tilda Swinton and Rupert Everett in lead roles, the tape confronts the conventions of world television and satellite broadcast, drawing on the fragmentary nature of the medium and the clich_s of the three minute attention span. At the same time, it replaces bland mainstream images with darker, more satirical observations and studies. The environment is surreal, a virtual reality television land of landscapes and imaginary cities, enhanced by Marvin Black's dark, dense soundtrack. It is a cyberspace where the impossible is all too possible. Within this parallel world, a series of archetypes act, observe and comment, informed by a strong sexual sensibility. '..a mesmerising, sometimes hysterically funny, cinematic bricolage with a strong sexual and mostly gay sensibility'. - Cordelia Swann.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: experimental, expressionism, independent film
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What Did Stalin Do to Women? (1969)
Plot Summary:
1969 comedy about communism.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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The Queen and I (2018)
Plot Summary:
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags:
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El peor comediante del mundo (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sometimes the comedy of life turns into a tormenting drama. Aurelio is a comedian who's paying in full the price of fame. His indiscipline and the way he managed his career have encouraged his exclusion from the stage. Now, locked in his house all day and with nothing to do, he's living the worst time of his life remembering his past glories. Martha, his woman, has left him, as did all those who were around in his good times. Sinking in depression, he has unsuccessfully tried suicide. With no work, no woman, no money and an uncertain future, he only has the company of his manager and best friend, Antonio, who finds him on the edge of despair. There, they seek the justification of their disgrace with a slight manifestation of hope and perseverance, leaving understood that not everything is lost, and despite the good-bye, there are always new opportunities to start over.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: black comedy
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Whiskey Down (1996)
Plot Summary:
Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has won the lottery. Which of the remaining late-night dining regulars will get the cash? How many will have to die to get the answer?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film
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The Crazy Family (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Kobayashi family finally get the chance to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment in favour of the suburban house of their dreams. But all is not well: the house is infested by termites and the family starts cracking up: Son Masaki is studying so obsessively for his exams that he's losing his mind; daughter Erika is oblivious of all but her forthcoming record company audition, grandfather Yasukuni starts getting World War II flashbacks and father Katsuhiko is so worried about his family's "sickness" that he thinks can only be cured by group suicide.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, deep, surprise ending, manga, allegory, black comedy, weird, cult film
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The Yen Family (1988)
Plot Summary:
Comedy about a family and their obsession for making money.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: independent film, black comedy
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The Lost King (2022)
Plot Summary:
An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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An Englishman Abroad (1983)
Plot Summary:
Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with Ms. Browne playing herself.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 608
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags:
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Don't Grieve (1968)
Plot Summary:
Benjamin, the local doctor is a soul of a local society, the educated, friendly, democratic person who often treats the poor for free. It makes him very popular with the locals but most certainly does not help with his bank account. He is in love with a beautiful Manette who is also crazy about him but is being watched closely by her father who called his daughter "his small capital" and is determined to protect her virginity until the moment the marriage contract has been signed.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983)
Plot Summary:
An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: absurd
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Hit Me Anyone One More Time! (2019)
Plot Summary:
Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of modern Japan. During a recent speech, a citizen had thrown a rock at him causing him to lose his memory. Keisuke Kuroda’s subordinate takes him to the official residence of the prime minister where he tries to implement changes to the country. The only people aware that he has lost his memory are his three secretaries.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, satirical
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The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)
Plot Summary:
Biting political satire starring Robert Lindsay as a beleaguered Tony Blair, who stubbornly refuses to see the danger he faces from a Special Tribunal on Iraq that has been set up to investigate war crimes.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags:
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Kral Ubu (1996)
Plot Summary:
A cruel picture of the ways in which human beings acquire power and then cling to it. The story of Father Ubu, an idiot who climbs over the bodies of the dead to his royal post, is presented with a touch of the grotesque where naive comic elements meet black humor. Using a human touch, the film- makers were able to transform the original into a film aimed at a contemporary audience while remaining faithful to the vision of Father Ubu and Mother Ubu venturing everything in their efforts to seize power and mammon.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, allegory, dark comedy, urban fantasy, campy
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Lost in London (2017)
Plot Summary:
Within the course of a night, Woody Harrelson finds himself in a misadventure in London that winds him up in prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cult classic, independent film
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The Many Trials of One Jane Doe (2002)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story about an extraordinary woman, who after a traumatizing rape, refuses to remain a victim. Wendy Crewson stars as Jane Doe (as she must legally be called), a woman who discovers she was the fifth victim of a serial rapist terrorizing a two-block area surrounding her home. When she learns that the police department was aware of this dangerous criminal yet decided not to issue a public warning, she feels that she and all the women in the neighbourhood were offered up as bait. Driven to take action, she investigates not only her own case, but also police procedures with regard to rape and its victims, and is shocked by what she discovers: a legal system that is sexist and uncaring. It is then that she decides to take on the Toronto Police Department. What follows for Jane Doe is a grueling 10-year legal battle, which becomes vicious, all-consuming and personal.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998)
Plot Summary:
Military doctor General Klenski is arrested in Stalin's Russia in 1953 during an anti-Semitic political campaign accused of being a participant in so-called "doctors' plot".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, political, black and white, slow cinema, aesthetic, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty
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Balkan Spy (1984)
Plot Summary:
Balkanski špijun is a 1984 Yugoslav comedy/drama. Ilija Čvorović, a former Stalinist who spent several years in a prison on Goli otok, is contacted by the police to routinely answer questions about his tenant, Petar Markov Jakovljević, a businessman, who spent twenty years living in Paris, and now has returned to Belgrade to open a tailor shop. After only several minutes, Ilija is free to go, however, he is starting to suspect that his tenant might be a spy. As the movie goes on, his paranoia increases and more people gets involved: his wife, his daughter, his brother, Jakovljevic's friends.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, black comedy, dark comedy, thought provoking, humorous, realistic, disturbing, semi serious
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I Can Speak (2017)
Plot Summary:
A grumpy old woman befriends a young civil servant and learns English from him. She then reveals to him her shocking past.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, captivating, satirical, cult film
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Mimino (1977)
Plot Summary:
Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, smart, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Death of Stalin (2017)
Plot Summary:
When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweebish Georgy Malenkov, the wily Nikita Khrushchev and Lavrenti Beria – the sadistic secret police chief. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains – just who is running the government?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Belgium, Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, satirical, political, period piece, parody, surreal, art house, psychological, sexy
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The Second Wedding Night (2005)
Plot Summary:
When his destituite widowed sister-in-law—whom he had never stopped harbouring feelings for—and her ne'er-do-well son come to live with him after World War II, a mentally-ill farmer who spends all his time destroying unexploded ordnance scattered across the countryside finds a new purpose in his lonely life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Greed (2019)
Plot Summary:
A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, social, satirical, black comedy, freeze frame
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The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
Plot Summary:
The film talks about a family that weathers all sorts of disasters and keeps going in spite of it all. It is noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: black comedy, offbeat, humorous, dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, independent film, erotic, psychological, road movie
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The Firemen's Ball (1967)
Plot Summary:
In Milos Forman's satire on Communism set in a small Czechoslovakian town in the 1960s, the local firemen decide to organize a ball, however the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step. They plan to organize a beauty pageant at the ball, yet struggle tremendously to find enough pretty contestants. A lottery is planned for later in the evening, but the guests begin stealing the prizes. Then, inevitably, there is a fire in the town... It seems that whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia, Italy
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic, allegory, humorous, witty, biting, mind bending, thought provoking
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Trial and Error (1962)
Plot Summary:
After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall (Sellers) is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle (Attenborough) who is accused of murdering his wife (Beryl Reid). Despite Fowle's insistence of guilt, Moregenhall will not let go of the opportunity to plead his client as innocent and be a star in the courtroom.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: black comedy, black and white, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, independent film
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Holy Flying Circus (2011)
Plot Summary:
A fantastical re-imagining of the events of 1979, when Monty Python made Life of Brian and the debate about what is an acceptable subject for comedy was blown wide open.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, surreal, witty, semi serious, parody, offbeat, biting, suspense, banned
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I'm Back (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mussolini reappears in Rome 72 years after his death, finding a Country still full of problems like racism and hate for politicians. Misguised for an actor, he sides with a young filmmaker and starts traveling along Italy to reconquer it.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, disturbing
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The Paper (1994)
Plot Summary:
Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: talky, clever, sentimental, humorous, black comedy, sincere, realistic, semi serious, intellectual, feel good
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The Infidel (2010)
Plot Summary:
Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, surreal, realistic, witty, talky, biting, suspense