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Plot Summary:
Richard Dacier owns a tour agency specialized on organizing safaris for European tourists eager to confront the African wild life. Actually, he took the job after his father and never went into the savanna by himself. As he owes big money to some mobster, he is compelled to convey a fake tourist, with a suspicious suitcase, toward Mozambic. To avoid suspicion from the authorities, he is supposed to tour a group of tourists as usual. The only problem - he is completely unexperienced as a guide!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, captivating
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Carry on Up the Jungle (1970)
Plot Summary:
The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the fearless hunter and guide. Prof. Tinkle is searching for the rare Oozalum bird. Everything is going swimmingly until a gorilla enters the camp, and then the party is captured by an all female tribe from Aphrodisia... Written by Simon N. McIntosh-Smit.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, spoof, parody, offbeat, humorous, not serious, independent film, campy
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Terrible Jungle (2020)
Plot Summary:
French Guyana, not so long ago. Eliott, a young and naive anthropology researcher, goes on an expedition to study the Otopis, a mysterious tribe from the Amazon rainforest. It is also an opportunity for him to get away from the grip of his possessive mother, Chantal de Bellabre, an ethnologist hated by the profession for her biased and cold-hearted practices. Arriving in the forest Elliot realizes the Otopis are not the “good savages” he had imagined. Alcoholic, violent, crooked: they will turn his expedition into real hell in the jungle. Fortunately, Chantal, consumed by remorse and worried about her son, decides to abandon her own expedition and goes looking for him in the jungle, with the help of the not so helpful Lieutenant-Commander Raspailles and his men.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, absurd, idiotic
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HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012)
Plot Summary:
When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery... With his resourceful local guide Pablito (Jamel Debbouze), D an has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium, Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating, touching
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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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Backpackers (2013)
Plot Summary:
Backpackers is a Canadian comedy web series, which aired in 2013 on CTV.ca and CW Seed. The series stars Dillon Casey and Noah Reid as Brandon and Ryan, two friends on a backpacking trip across Europe after Ryan and his girlfriend Beth (Meghan Heffern) experience cold feet over their pending engagement. Ryan's stolen journal is posted on the Internet and goes viral, sending Ryan, Brandon, and Brandon's brother Andrew (Giacomo Gianniotti) on another journey, to recover the journal and fulfill Ryan's dream of becoming a published author. The CW picked up the series for television broadcast, for which material from the web series was edited into four half-hour episodes, and six new episodes were produced. The series made its television premiere on July 14, 2014. On July 23, 2014, The CW removed Backpackers from its schedule after just two episodes, and released the remaining episode on CW Seed.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, feel good
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The Marquis (2011)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has remained a mystery. Two weeks before his release, an armed robber named Quentin Tasseau helps him escape and takes him to Manila so he can take part in a robbery whose mastermind requires the talents of the Marquis.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, realistic
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The Parisian B* (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thirty-year-old Camilla, born a bitch, realizes that she doesn't have the life she deserves and decides that the only destiny worthy of her is that of a royal princess.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, offbeat, realistic, not serious, biting, suspense
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Bangkok, We Have A Problem! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Serge Renart, a television journalist who's now a has-been, and Natacha Bison, a war reporter who has been laid off because she posed too much of a danger to her colleagues, find themselves forced to investigate a story together, which will take them to Thailand, in search of one of the best kept secrets of contemporary history. What really happened during the televised broadcast of the Apollo 11 mission, when man first walked on the moon?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, entertaining, light, realistic
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Special Correspondents (2009)
Plot Summary:
R2I, a famous news radio station, sends its best reporting duo to Iraq: Frank, journalist, and Poussin, sound engineer. Very quickly, millions of listeners follow their highly documented stories, reflecting the hot intensity of the fighting and the difficult survival of the population.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, captivating, melancholic
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Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past (2008)
Plot Summary:
MR. BONES 2: BACK FROM THE PAST, is the story of Hekule, the King of Kuvukiland who is given a gemstone by the dying Kunji Balanadin. The stone is cursed and causes Hekule to become possessed by the spirit of the mischievous Kunji. It is up Mr. Bones, the royal witch doctor to cure his King and get rid of this cursed stone by returning the gem to its home in an Indian fishing village.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, exciting, slapstick
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The Bunny Guards (2002)
Plot Summary:
A couple of slackers find an antique dagger and manage to free the gorgeous female warrior was imprisoned in it by an evil spell. An evil sorcerer is not happy by this turn of events and determines to possess both the blade and the warrior through a sacrificial ceremony. The two heroes manage to rescue the damsel in distress and defeat the wizard and his minions by employing skills mastered through hours of video game play.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, exciting, offbeat
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Adventures of Serial Buddies (2011)
Plot Summary:
Gregory is a devout Catholic who wants to kill evil people in order to grant them safe passage to heaven, Gary is an assembly worker at a trophy shop who wants to kill potential trophy winners, Graham is Gary's intern who will do anything to become a trophy maker and Vinny Van Go drives a road emergency van just to make friends. A coincidental encounter forces these four dim witted rejects to join forces and embark upon an idiotic and altogether hilarious road trip adventure - encountering the likes of skinheads, fraternity jocks, sorority babes, missing children, bikers, porn-stars, clowns, and Kathie Lee Gifford! If the boys aren't careful they might just become human, in what is "the very first serial killer buddy movie of all time.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, light, offbeat, realistic
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The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Plot Summary:
Misery is brought to a small group of Sho in the Kalahari desert in the form of a cola bottle. In his quest to throw the evil object over the edge of the earth, Xixo encounters Western "civilization," a haphazard doctor and a tyranical despot.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, feel good, intellectual, cult classic, slapstick, independent film, mockumentary, spectacular
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Ass Backwards (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends (Kate and Chloe) embark on a cross country trip back to their hometown to attempt to win a pageant that eluded them as children.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, underground film, independent film
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Little Indian, Big City (1994)
Plot Summary:
Stephen, an international trader, tracks down his ex-wife Patricia in some Amazonian backwater. He needs her consent to a divorce so that he can marry Charlotte. Unfortunately, he discovers a son he didn’t know he had – Mimi-Siku. The young jungle boy yearns to see Paris so Stephen reluctantly agrees to take him back home with him for a few days. How will Mimi-Siku react to life in the great metropolis?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, sexy, feel good, unusual plot structure, sweet, melancholic, splatter
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George of the Jungle 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
George and Ursula now have a son, George Junior, so Ursula's mother arrives to try and take them back to "civilization".
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, spoof, parody
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Recep Ivedik 5 (2017)
Plot Summary:
During his visit of condolence to Ismet's funeral, Recep Ivedik feels sorry about Ismet's remaining family members due to his latest unfinished job contract which would cause hard financial situation for the family. Therefore, Recep decides to finish Ismet's last job by replacing himself as a bus driver and to transport group of athletes. Although Recep and his accompanying friend Nurullah were expecting this could be a short trip, they learn that it is not because they have to transport young national athletes to sports organization in a foreign country. This becomes the beginning for them to have irreversible adventure. When they are on the road, unfortunate things happen and crisis appears for the team. Recep, who believes only in victory, takes control of the situation and develops his own methods in order to make the team successful while he face with all funny events.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, not serious, disgusting
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The Test (2013)
Plot Summary:
On the final test of a public tender for federal judge in Rio de Janeiro, the four finalists lawyers come from bizarre way: the gaucho Rogério Carlos (Fábio Porchat) comes surrounded woman dressed transvestites, the São Paulo Rezende (Rodrigo Pandolfo) ragamuffin on a motorcycle driven by attractive Martinha (Sabrina Sato), Caio Rio (Danton Mello) appears in a vehicle which falls handcuffed and escorted, and the Ceará Freitas (Anderson Di Rizzi) appears in an ambulance next to his pregnant wife Mariana (Carol Castro), entering the hall on a stretcher pushed by candomblé practitioners. The film then returns to a week before showing the quartet meeting and engaging in various confusions as they prepare for the race.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Recep Ivedik (2008)
Plot Summary:
A man finds the wallet of a rich man and takes a rigorous trip in an old car to return it, finding an old love and a new life of luxury awaiting.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, not serious, slapstick
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The Hole (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ambulance-chasing lawyers takes on the case of a convicted murderer who, just being released after doing 27 years in jail, claims he was innocent.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, light, feel good, offbeat, realistic
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Incontrôlable (2006)
Plot Summary:
Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, offbeat
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Sharp as Marbles (2008)
Plot Summary:
Albert isn't the brightest bulb on the block. But that's okay, he's got his best friends, George and Ernie to help him out. Only problem, they're just as dumb as he is.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good, witty, independent film
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The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
Plot Summary:
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having a few problems of their own.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, feel good, entertaining, light, talky, semi serious, slapstick, parody, mockumentary
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Lost in Thailand (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lost in Thailand is the story of two rival business managers, Xu (Xu Zheng) and Bo (Huang Bo), who are fighting over a revolutionary new in-house technology for control of their company. If Xu wins, his future will be secured. The critical task is to secure control over the shares of the chairman, who is at a retreat in Thailand. Xu catches the first plane to Bangkok, where he meets the happy-go-lucky Wang (Wang Baoqiang), an unexpected travel companion who will open his eyes to life's true priorities.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, touching, melancholic
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The Italian (2010)
Plot Summary:
Life smiles at Dino Fabrizzi,a cool forty-two-year old Italian. Not only is he the most successful salesman at The Maserati dealership in Nice but he has had a steady (and hot) relationship with Hélène,his girlfriend, who is beginning to contemplate marriage. To crown it all he is nearly certain to land a senior position at the dealership. But there is a tiny wee problem. The funny Italian is not Italian at all! His real name is Mourad and he is actually of Algerian origin. So, when to please his father (who does not know his son pretends to be Italian), he promises him to celebrate Ramadan he is bound to get into serious trouble.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Friendship! (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago. Together with his best friend, he starts the journey from New York with no money and the only word they ever learned in english-lessons: "friendship".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, melancholic
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Chatur Singh Two Star (2011)
Plot Summary:
Bumbling cop Chatur Singh is sent on a special mission to South Africa to solve a high profile case involving the murder of a politician and a cache of diamonds. But before he can redeem his botched up career he must deal with a bunch of loonies which include a crazy mafia don, a weird taxi driver, a hysterical boss and a pretty damsel in distress.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, suspenseful, realistic, not serious
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Party Crashers (2012)
Plot Summary:
"Party Crashers" chronicles the amusing encounter between Marco Polo (Marcelo Adnet), a Copacabana's trickster, and Beto (Eduardo Sterblitch), a boy passionate and somewhat pixilated, on the New Year's Eve in Rio. Together they crashes at parties and create a lot of confusion in search of the beautiful Laura.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Protect and Serve (2010)
Plot Summary:
A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, humorous, not serious, exciting
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The Adventures of Philibert, Captain Virgin (2011)
Plot Summary:
Philibert, a robust lad and eldest son of an artichoke farmer, stands out from the other boys in the village. Idealistic and ingenuous, he foresees for himself a glorious future in artichokes and is saving his virginity for an as-yet-unknown woman chosen for him by God. Before he dies, his father tells him that he isn't his real parent. Philibert's real father was a gentleman murdered in the most cowardly way by a man from Burgundy who is recognisable by a rose-shaped strawberry birthmark on his neck. With a pouch full of ideals and artichokes, Philibert leaves his village and gallops towards Burgundy, accompanied by Martin, his rather deceitful manservant. Philibert's courage, kindness, physical and moral purity will thus be severely tested when faced with the baseness and venality of villains and the temptation of women each more lustful than the last.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 470
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Czech Republic
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: parody, sentimental, realistic, feel good, humorous, not serious, offbeat, campy