Best movies like Rodney King
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Plot Summary:
25 years ago, four LAPD officers were acquitted in a state court for beating King, sparking three days of rioting that left 53 people dead. Now, around the anniversary, this Spike Lee-produced one-man show (Roger Guenver Smith) will be streaming on Netflix. A complex, semi-tragic figure, King drowned in 2012. His life was rarely smooth, or simple – its telling makes for a sober, moving watch.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, one man show
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Intimate Strangers (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Stella's Last Weekend (2018)
Plot Summary:
Brothers Jack and Oliver reunite to put their beloved dog to sleep. While their zany mother plans a party to celebrate Stella's life, things go awry when the brothers discover they love the same girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, sad
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Dave Chappelle: Equanimity (2017)
Plot Summary:
Comedy legend Dave Chappelle returns to his roots with an all-new stand-up special filmed at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny, non fiction, fun, live comedy
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Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife (2018)
Plot Summary:
Pregnant again, Ali Wong returns to Netflix in her second original stand-up comedy special and gets real on why having kids is not all it's cracked up to be.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: funny, light, sincere, thought provoking, feel good, humorous, captivating, fun
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John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018)
Plot Summary:
John Mulaney relays stories from his childhood and "SNL," eviscerates the value of college and laments getting older in this electric comedy special.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, funny, thought provoking, hilarious, fun
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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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Journey To Greenland (2016)
Plot Summary:
Thomas and Thomas are going through a rough patch: they are both thirty-something actors living in Paris. They randomly decide to leave the city and fly away to Kullorsuaq, one of the most remote villages of Greenland, where Thomas' father Nathan lives. Among the Inuit community, they will discover the charms of the local customs and their friendship will be challenged.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating
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Don Peyote (2014)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 956
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, semi serious, captivating, psychological, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Villa Bella (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three women from different walks of life, all struggling with various personal issues, come together as caretakers at an elderly home.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Come From Away (2021)
Plot Summary:
7,000 passengers are stranded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland after all flights into the US are grounded on September 11, 2001. Filmed live on stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Standing Up, Falling Down (2019)
Plot Summary:
An unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A.—forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs—and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. Discovering to be kindred spirits, each helps the other find healing, in addition to the confidence to face the 'failures' in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, disturbing, romantic, entertaining, romantic comedy, cult classic
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Bonus Family (2017)
Plot Summary:
A new couple, their exes and their children navigate the emotional challenges and tricky logistics of blended family life in this Swedish dramedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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National Theatre Live: Fleabag (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, sincere, captivating
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Forgive Us Our Debts (2018)
Plot Summary:
Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Poland
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out (2017)
Plot Summary:
No-nonsense comic Bill Burr takes the stage in Nashville and riffs on fast food, overpopulation, dictators and gorilla sign language.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny, fun
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Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (2018)
Plot Summary:
Trevor Noah gets out from behind the "Daily Show" desk and takes the stage for a stand-up special that touches on racism, immigration, camping and more.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: funny, light, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, weird, live comedy, fun
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Amy Schumer: The Leather Special (2017)
Plot Summary:
Comic sensation Amy Schumer riffs on sex, dating and the absurdities of fame in a bold and uncensored stand-up set at Denver's Bellco Theater.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, live comedy
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How to Train Your Husband (2018)
Plot Summary:
A marriage therapist attempts to fix her own marriage by focusing on how to change her husband.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Jerry Before Seinfeld (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jerry Seinfeld returns to the club that gave him his start in the 1970s, mixing iconic jokes with stories from his childhood and early days in comedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, live comedy
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Krystal (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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The Clapper (2017)
Plot Summary:
15 minutes of fame destroys the life of a man who works as a clapper in television.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, romantic, romantic comedy
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The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
Plot Summary:
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, humorous, captivating, disturbing, feel good, emotional, mumblecore, anthology
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Couch Potatoes (2017)
Plot Summary:
Giorgio and Tito, father and son. A successful journalist and a lazy teenager apparently impossible to understand. Giorgio's dream is to take Tito to the Nasca Hill in Liguria, but Tito prefers to spend his entire day with his group of friends, eating, talking about nothing and playing video games. Until one day when he suddenly informs his father that he would join him in this trip. After a series of accidents and misunderstandings, at the end, somehow father and son will find the way to communicate … or at least they will try.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Invisibles (2018)
Plot Summary:
Following a city councils decision, a women's shelter will soon be closed and social workers have only three months to accommodate the residents.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, social
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Highland Park (2013)
Plot Summary:
A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten years after hearing budget cuts have eliminated all their jobs.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, light, captivating, sentimental, feel good, semi serious, independent film
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You Wont Miss Me (2009)
Plot Summary:
A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, psychological, realistic, humorous, captivating, independent film, sincere, bleak, emotional, semi serious
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The Best Two Years (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two pairs of Mormon missionaries from America live in a beaten-up apartment in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Their personalities are distinctly different. Elder Johnson is the District Leader and oversees their efforts. His companion, the vain Elder Van Pelt, seeks to become the assistant to the mission president (the top post available) as soon as possible. The capable Elder Rogers has become disillusioned and inattentive to his duties ever since a previous missionary companion returned to America and married Elder Roger's girlfriend. The three meet Elder Roger's new companion, Elder Calhoun, in the train station. This new elder is a nerdy but enthusiastic "greenie" that has just arrived from the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Utah. Unfortunately, his training did not give him much fluency in the Dutch language. But as luck would have it, the first person he approaches to proselytize is a fellow American named Kyle.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Fary Is the New Black (2018)
Plot Summary:
Armed with sly wit, a fresh outlook and plenty of style, French comedy star Fary veers from dating to stereotypes and beyond in this exclusive special.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating
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Jake Squared (2013)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker sets out to make a new project in order to figure out how he's screwed up every relationship he's ever had.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, contemplative, semi serious, light, captivating, offbeat, mind bending, realistic, independent film
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Daddy Cool (2017)
Plot Summary:
Adrien, 40 years old and totally immature, is dumped by Maude, 35 years old, eager to finally found a family. In an attempt to regain the love of his life, Adrien decides to move into the future ex-married apartment: a nursery home - The beginning, an improbable educational experience.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 994
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, funny, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, happy