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Plot Summary:
'Salt Mango Tree' explores certain systems at work in the current educational and social establishments and how aspirations are high to climb the haloed social ladder of the expected norm.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: educational
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Ivy + Bean: The Ghost That Had to Go (2022)
Plot Summary:
Cold, white mist. Clanking pipes. And an eerie voice that's coming from the drain. Is the school bathroom... haunted? Ivy and Bean are on the case!.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags:
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Indians from Vetrov (1979)
Plot Summary:
In the frontier village Vetrov boys from the children's home called Indians lead a bitter "war" with the local Símáks. Before a battle the Indians have a meeting in the sandpit with a smoke signaling. The smoke brings to the sandpit a frontier guard Tomás with a police dog Ranek. The children learn from Tomás that Rank served out and that it shall be destroyed. The nine-year old Fanda writes a letter to the "minister of the frontier guards" in which he asks to let Ranek live. To save Ranek's life he also visits the local frontier guard commander. In the end it is decided that children from the children's home may keep Ranek.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Billie Turf contra Kwel (1983)
Plot Summary:
Denheuvel boarding school. Billie Turf, the fattest student in the world, is always in conflict with Master Kwel. This time Turf studies hypnosis, pretends to be baroness and thieves arrive who have paid for the school fees.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Punyalan Agarbattis (2013)
Plot Summary:
Punyalan Agarbattis is the story of Joy Thakkolkaran, a young entrepreuner from Thrissur. His new business venture 'Punyalan Agarbattis' involves manufacturing agarbattis from elephant dung. Fragrance and quality of his incense sticks aside, its mosquito repellant capabilities too have pleased those who tried the samples. However, Joy suddenly has a new set of people and problems as 'Punyalan Agarbattis' comes to a halt.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: inspirational
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Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum (2013)
Plot Summary:
Gopan, a tourist guide's life takes a change as an unintentional statement by him lands his rival, Kuraichan, into the police station and ruins the later's family life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: social
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Romancham (2023)
Plot Summary:
Set in 2007, at Bengaluru, A game of Ouija board goes hilariously wrong when seven bachelors unexpectedly invite a spirit and try to make the best out of the situation.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags:
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Bhaskar The Rascal (2015)
Plot Summary:
Businessman Bhaskaran Pillai builds a large commercial empire until his wife dies. Under pressure from his son, Bhaskaran goes on a trip where he meets Hima, a small-business owner.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags:
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Boeing Boeing (1985)
Plot Summary:
The movie is an adaptation of the 1960 French play of the same name and is considered to be a cult comedy classic in Malayalam. It was also one of the first commercial successes of the Mohanlal-Mukesh-Priyadarashan team. Shyam (Mohanlal) is a struggling journalist who gets an opportunity to be the caretaker of a flat in the city. Even while engaged to his childhood sweetheart Sreekutty (Menaka); he uses his charms and resourcefulness to make three air-hostesses (Lissie, Ashwini, Madhuri) fall in love with him. With the help of his maid (Sukumari) and friend (Raju) he carefully manages their schedule in the flat so that none of his girlfriends meet each other. Life is good for Shyam, till his former colleague and friend Anil (Mukesh) comes to visit him.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: remake of american film
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Akkare Akkare Akkare (1990)
Plot Summary:
After Nadodikkattu (1987) and Pattana Pravesham (1988), CIDs Ramdas and Vijayan are back for another wacky adventure. After a priceless gold crown is stolen from India, Ramdas (Mohanlal) and Vijayan (Srinivasan) are sent to the United States to retrieve it. The only clues they have is a pseudonym ("Paul Barber") and a piece of a torn shirt. In the States, the two remain as helpless and clueless as they were in the two prequel films and realize that this is their toughest case yet. While Akkare Akkare Akkare is lacking in the poignant drama that made its predecessor films so endearing, it makes up for it by being the funniest movie in the trilogy. A Malayalam comedy classic that is still remembered more than 15 years after its release.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: detective
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Philips and the Monkey Pen (2013)
Plot Summary:
The film revolves around an eight-year old called Ryan Philip and his adventures with a magical pen called the Monkey Pen.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good
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Aadu 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Aadu 2 revolves around Shaji Pappan and his group of misfits, who take part in another tug-of-war contest to win the golden cup. But along the way they unwittingly get drawn into a deal gone wrong, which involves dangerous smugglers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
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Kilukkam Kilukilukkam (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kilukkam Kilukilukkam movie is a sequel of Kilukkam. Chandini (Kavya Madhavan) sees her father Krishnadas (Vijayaraghavan), Mayor of Cochin being killed by the rivals, but manages to escape from them and comes to Ooty. The needle of suspicion falls on Royichan (Kunjakko Bobban) and friend Appachan (Salim Kumar). So they shift to Ooty to escaper from Ooty. Besides Roy and Appa, Nischal captivated by the beauty of Chandini and try to impress her.Meanwhile Chandini goes missing. Rest of the story is how Jogi comes from foreign and teams up with other to trace and save Chandini.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
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Ittymaani: Made In China (2019)
Plot Summary:
The son of a popular martial arts expert, Manikkunnel Ittymaani is an impulsive man who keeps landing into trouble.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
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Poochakkoru Mookkuthi (1984)
Plot Summary:
Poochakkoru Mookkuthi movie tells Revathi (Menaka) who comes to the city from a small town in search of job and to have a good life and as it is with everyone her problem starts with finding a house. Shyam (Shankar) loves to become a popular singer. His parents are dead against his will. So he runs away from home and needs a shelter. Revathi accidentally meets Shyam who too is in search of a house through the common Milkboy, Chikku(Baiju). Chikku offers them both a house if they are ready to pose as husband and wife in front of the house owners.Supran (Poojapura Ravi), a lender, a miser who doesn.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
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Blue's Big City Adventure (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Josh gets the opportunity of a lifetime to audition for Rainbow Puppy’s Broadway musical, Josh and Blue skidoo to NYC for the very first time where they meet new friends and discover the magic of music, dance, and following one’s dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 707
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: educational
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Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964)
Plot Summary:
A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: spiritual, political, educational
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Recep Ivedik 7 (2022)
Plot Summary:
Recep and Nurullah decide to go village house, which is inherited from his grandma. Recep finds out the existence of a big project, that will damage the village and the surrounding forests. Villagers will fight against the project with Recep's leadership.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags:
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Christmas on Mistletoe Farm (2022)
Plot Summary:
After inheriting a farm at Christmas time, a widowed father makes a bumpy adjustment to village life — while his kids hatch a plan to stay there forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
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Mister Twister: Class of Fun (2012)
Plot Summary:
Based on the highly popular series of children books comes the cheerful film-comedy Teach! chronicling the funny misadventures of a young intern teacher at an elementary school.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Bro Daddy (2022)
Plot Summary:
John Kattady and his wife Annamma think about marrying off their son Eesho to Anna, who is the daughter of their long-time family friend Kurien. Eesho and Anna don’t act too impressed with each other, despite their parents’ interest in the alliance. Little do the families know what is going on behind the curtains in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: feel good
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Vellimoonga (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mamachan is a forty-year-old man, who gets involved in politics due to his father. He becomes a national leader and contests for elections. In the course of his work, he meets a young girl and falls in love with her. As fate would have it, she turns out to be the daughter of the woman he loved in his youth.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, political
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Katha Parayumbol (2007)
Plot Summary:
the film is about how a barber's life is turned upside down when a film unit comes to the village for a shoot, and the news spreads that superstar Ashok Raj (Mammootty) is the barber's childhood friend. The script also by Srinivasan is so layered that every frame has a comment to make about the world and every line of the dialogue, on the mores of the society. The craze for celebrities and the problems of leading a principled life are discussed without being preachy.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags:
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Meesa Madhavan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Madhavan (Dileep) is a clever thief who does robbery for a living. He is following the principles of his mentor Mullani Pappan (Mala Aravindan). Meesa Madhavan got his name by the popular saying that if Madhavan rolls his Mustache (Meesa in Malayalam) looking at someone, he will rob his house that night. His enemy was a local money lender Bhageerathan Pillai (Jagathy Sreekumar) who refused to give back his father's property. Madhavan falls in love in Bhageerathan Pillai's daughter Rukmini (Kavya Madhavan). The sub inspector in the village Eappen Pappachi (Indrajith) has an eye on Rukmini. He steals the idol from the local Temple with the intention of selling it and puts the blame on Madhavan. It becomes Madhavan's responsibility to find the culprits and he does that with his mentor's help and thus uniting with his girl friend.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags:
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Desingu Raja (2013)
Plot Summary:
Idhayakkani and Thamarai fall in love but their villages, Pulipatti and Kilipatti, have been at each other’s throats for 50 years. Kani hopes to bring peace with their marriage but unfortunately, Thamarai’s dad is killed by his villagers. And, now, she and her uncle Veerasamy want revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration:
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War of the Buttons (1962)
Plot Summary:
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: black and white, sincere, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, biting, suspense, cult film
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Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
A heartwarming, quintessentially British adventure for all the family, PUDSEY THE DOG: THE MOVIE follows cheeky London stray dog, Pudsey, who is quite happy being a lone ranger, looking out for number one, until he meets siblings Molly (Izzy Meikle-Small), George (Spike White) and Tommy (Malachy Knights). After losing their father, their mother Gail (Jessica Hynes) is moving the family to the sleepy village of Chuffington and Pudsey tags along, to the dismay of their landlord, Mr. Thorne (John Sessions), and his cat Faustus. As Pudsey starts to settle in with the family and realize what he was missing when he was alone, he stumbles across Thorne's evil plan and he determines to save them and the whole village.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 885
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, sincere, semi serious
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Mr. Donkey (2016)
Plot Summary:
From the same team that brought you “Goodbye Mr Loser” comes the hilarious dark comedy "Mr Donkey". In order to pay for the donkey that brings them water, a countryside village registers it as a teacher at its local school. But when the charity group that funds the school visits for an inspection, the village has to find ways to hide their secret.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School (2010)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - Bill Cobbs, Lee Meriwether, Blake Michael.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, serious, realistic
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Fidgety Bram (2012)
Plot Summary:
Fidgety Bram (seven years old) thinks a lot about the world around him. He is very much looking forward to enter the first grade. But then he ends up in the class of the strict teacher Mr. Fish. The straightfoward Mr. Fish doesn’t care about the inside world of the constantly moving around and unconcentrated little boy and does whatever it takes to make Bram do things the ‘right’ way.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Ducoboo 3 (2020)
Plot Summary:
Back to school for Ducobu, Léonie Gratin and Latouche. But this year, a major rival for Ducobu arrives at school: TGV, the king of cheating 3.0. While the financial situation of Saint-Potache becomes disastrous, the two dunces will have to unite their creativity to win a song contest and save their school.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious