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Plot Summary:
Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, talky, semi serious, sexy, intense, sad, cult classic
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The Last Joint Venture (2008)
Plot Summary:
The decade of the hippies is at an end and the 80's are approaching fast. Carl and Robert are two doped out guys who lives in harmony with the world around them and let life pass by in an eternal hash high. They have been peddling hashish for a decade, hitting an all time high with this last batch: 45 Kilos of pure, high grade Nepalese Hashish. Following the delivery, the police are on their tail.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, disturbing, exciting, entertaining, surreal, cult classic, surprise ending, dark comedy, cult film
Similar in 79%
Doc Martin (2001)
Plot Summary:
Doc Martin tells the tale of Martin Clunes' character in the film, in the months leading up to the Saving Grace story. Martin Bamford is a heart-broken London obstetrician, in a jealous rage after he finds out that his wife has been sleeping with three of his buddies. He escapes to a small Cornish fishing village, which he grows surprisingly attached to, and is extremely reluctant to return with his cheating wife when she comes to pick him up. Although he has only been looking for a week's R & R, Dr Bamford stumbles across a network of secrets in the village of Port Isaac, and finds himself embroiled in the most exciting scandal the village has seen for centuries.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, sincere, feel good
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Widows' Peak (1994)
Plot Summary:
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals while also falling in with the son of the community's leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, surprise ending, slasher, realistic, semi serious, biting, independent film, light, romantic
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2014)
Plot Summary:
A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, sexy, intercultural, cult classic
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Lammbock (2001)
Plot Summary:
Stefan and Kai have good going business, self-grown cannabis screened as pizza delivering service. For now they only have to deal with plant-louses.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, witty, talky, semi serious, realistic, stylized, tragicomedy, suspenseful
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Keeping Mum (2005)
Plot Summary:
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, witty, light, funny, humorous, feel good, offbeat, realistic, art house
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Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
Plot Summary:
Danny Masterson (TV's 'That '70s Show') leads a hilarious ensemble cast in a tale about two hapless stoners who get involved in a scheme to rip off a shady character named Mr. Big after the duo sours on rehab.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny, realistic
Similar in 79%
Live Free or Die (2006)
Plot Summary:
It's not the crime, it's the cover-up. In small-town, hard-scrabble New Hampshire, foul-mouthed all-talk slacker John "Rugged" Rudgate fancies himself a criminal. When a local plumber stares him down at a pub, Rugged vows revenge, pouring brake fluid in the man's water supply. When the man dies from unrelated causes, Rugged and his side-kick, the even dimmer Jeff, try to cover up what they think i.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, suspenseful, semi serious, hilarious, independent film, realistic, entertaining, offbeat, tense
Similar in 76%
Paulette (2012)
Plot Summary:
Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, realistic, psychedelic, feel good
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The Dope (2003)
Plot Summary:
Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of marijuana that was engineered by the Nazis. Their decision to begin selling the stuff leads to a variety of people chasing after them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, feel good, offbeat
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Nice Dreams (1981)
Plot Summary:
Cheech and Chong house sit for a marijuana grower and rip off the crop. Stalked by keystone-style cops, Los Guys have a series of encounters with L.A. area characters even weirder than themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, humorous, psychedelic, sex comedy, hispanic, realistic, witty, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
Similar in 83%
9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)
Plot Summary:
The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 Dead Gay Guys is a high-camp send-up of gay stereotypes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, queer cinema, campy
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Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
Set in a separate storyline not related to the "Trailer Park Boys" Television show, but with the same lovable characters. The boys get arrested for robbing an ATM machine and spend 18 months in jail. When the get out, they decide to pull off "The Big Dirty" which is to steal a large amount of coins because they are untraceable and quit their life of crime forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, stylized, humorous, witty, semi serious, funny, cult classic, hilarious, epic, dark comedy
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We're No Angels (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two escaped cons only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, clever, exciting, light, captivating, entertaining, sexy, cult classic, realistic
Similar in 87%
High Times Potluck (2002)
Plot Summary:
High Times' Pot Luck is an upbeat pot caper that centers around a mobster who discovers the magic of marijuana.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, cynical, semi serious, clever, offbeat, realistic, dark comedy
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Love, Honor and Obey (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his way into the toughest gang in North London. Hungry for action, Jonny sparks a feud between Ray's gang and a rival firm in South London headed by drug kingpin Sean and his lieutenant Matthew.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: brutal, semi serious, humorous, realistic, offbeat, independent film, funny, sexy, clever, enigmatic
Similar in 81%
How High 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
When two jobless friends discover a hidden weed bible and the ultimate bud, they think that they’ve got it made…with 'seed' money to start a new snack delivery app. But, when nearly all of their stash and weed bible are stolen, the two potpreneurs set off on an outrageous, mind-bending adventure through Atlanta to find them. Stoned with supernatural powers, they search 'high' and low, stopping at nothing to recover their ticket to starting a legit business.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, absurd, buddy comedy, ridiculous
Similar in 79%
Go (1999)
Plot Summary:
Told from three perspectives, a story of a bunch of young Californians trying to get some cash, do and deal some drugs, score money and sex in Las Vegas, and generally experience the rush of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, non-linear, independent film, sexy, funny, absurd, intense
Similar in 90%
Half Baked (1998)
Plot Summary:
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: funny, hilarious, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, hood, slapstick comedy, mysterious, black comedy, independent film
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How High (2001)
Plot Summary:
Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, hood, talky, cult classic, hilarious, entertaining, romantic, mysterious
Similar in 81%
Waking Ned Devine (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, Ireland, France, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, touching, offbeat, inspirational, sad, anamorphic, realistic
Similar in 88%
Smiley Face (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jane (Anna Faris), a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana. Even though she already has a good start on the day's planned drug use, she eats her roommate's pot-laced cupcakes and embarks on a series of misadventures all over Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, funny, absurd, talky, stylized, not serious, feel good, cult classic, independent film
Similar in 88%
Nuns on the Run (1990)
Plot Summary:
Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B&C decide to steal the money for themselves, but when their escape doesn't go to plan, they have to seek refuge in a Nuns' teacher training school.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, independent film, offbeat, realistic, not serious, exciting, parody
Similar in 76%
I Got the Hook Up (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two broke buddies feel lucky when they come upon a truckload of cellular phones and begin selling them out of the back of their van. Trouble arises though, when the phones develop faults. The two friends then not only have to deal with unsatisfied customers but also the FBI.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, hood, semi serious, black comedy, entertaining, realistic, stylized, buddy comedy
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Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Plot Summary:
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, inspirational, touching, tricky, hilarious, witty, captivating, semi serious
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High Road (2011)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Matt Walsh, a co-founding member of world-renowned comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade, High Road showcases a totally improvised script about Glenn “Fitz” Fitzgerald (James Pumphrey), a young man whose loyalties are split among his band, his girlfriend Monica(Abby Elliottt) and selling drugs. After his band breaks up, Fitz finds himself dealing drugs out of his garage and bonding with 16-year-old neighborhood kid Jimmy (Dylan O’Brien). As his former band mates (Zach Woods, Matt L. Jones, Lizzy Caplan) begin finding success and one of his drug deals goes awry, Fitz hits the road with Jimmy. Amid car chases, guns, broken bones, sassy cabbies and a suspicious doctor (Horatio Sanz), Fitz has to navigate their way to safe harbor--and he doesn’t even know about the surprise Monica has in store for him back home!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, indie film, realistic, independent film, alternative comedy
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Super Troopers (2001)
Plot Summary:
Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, witty, talky, not serious, parody, slapstick, cult classic, hilarious
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Horrible Bosses (2011)
Plot Summary:
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 465000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, black comedy, dark comedy, entertaining, sexy, hilarious, parody, witty, realistic
Similar in 81%
Snatch (2000)
Plot Summary:
The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the search for a stolen diamond, and the other about a boxing promoter who’s having trouble with a psychotic gangster.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 894000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, witty, clever, dark comedy, humorous, neo noir, non-linear, black comedy, cynical
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Plot Summary:
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 607000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, clever, witty, cynical, black comedy, entertaining, funny, exciting, neo noir