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Plot Summary:
The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, hilarious, exciting, captivating, feel good, surprise ending, offbeat, realistic
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Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer (1976)
Plot Summary:
Sergio Konstanza, a Swindler, owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky army reserve unit whose Seargent is engaged to one of Mr. Hasson's Daughters.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: cult classic, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, weird, cult film
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Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving (2013)
Plot Summary:
Karen is on first visit to new boyfriend's parents when she discovers something odd about his eating habits.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, contemplative, sketch comedy, spoof
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Ah Boys To Men (Part 1) (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ah Boys to Men (新兵正传) is a 2012–2013 Singaporean two-part comedy film produced and directed by Jack Neo, written by Neo and Link Sng and starring Wang Wei Liang, Noah Yap, Joshua Tan and Maxi Lim. It revolves around a group of army recruits in National Service in Singapore.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Comedy
Country: Singapore
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, thought provoking
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
Plot Summary:
Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution". In the tradition of films like Groove Tube (1974), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), and Saturday Night Live.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, sketch comedy, mondo, anthology, parody, independent film, offbeat, realistic, witty, cynical
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Upright Citizens Brigade: Asssscat (2008)
Plot Summary:
On the heels of their enormously popular TV show, the Upright Citizens Brigade (Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh) bring you Asssscat - an unparalleled improv comedy juggernaut. Beginning with a suggestion from the audience, a guest monologist tells a story that kicks off a series of high-octane improvised sketches. From medical marijuana to embarrassing sexual encounters, no topic is off limits to the renegade performers who have helped make Asssscat one of the longest running improv shows in the history of the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, clever, realistic, parody, offbeat, independent film, spoof, sketch comedy, live comedy
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Who's Got the Action? (1962)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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School for Scoundrels (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young guy short on luck, enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when his teacher has the same agenda.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, absurd, light, hilarious, not serious, stylized, parody, entertaining, anamorphic
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Stripes (1981)
Plot Summary:
John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the U.S. Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, cult classic, intense, not serious, hilarious, sex comedy, funny, light, parody
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The Ladies Man (2000)
Plot Summary:
Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie, is fired from his Chicago gig. Leon gets a letter from a former lover promising a life of wealth, but he doesn't know who she is. Can Leon find his secret sugar-mama? What about Julie?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, witty, hood, sexual, skit, realistic, not serious, fast, sex comedy
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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, spoof, parody, humorous, light, cult classic, exciting, captivating, spooky, offbeat
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (1998)
Plot Summary:
A collection of Steve Martin's best skits.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 962
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, parody, spoof, sketch comedy
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Three Amigos (1986)
Plot Summary:
Three unemployed actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to replay their bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, parody, feel good, light, talky, not serious, spoof, slapstick, cult classic
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Down Periscope (1996)
Plot Summary:
Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the enemy flagship in the upcoming war games … and to make matters even worse, Dodge's crew is a band of idiots even more incompetent that he is!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, not serious, witty, light, funny, spoof, cult classic, realistic, exciting
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Universal Remote (2007)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Murphy takes the lead for this comedy concerning two best friends sent hurtling through a politically-incorrect television landscape thanks to a magical remote control that redefines the concept of interactive entertainment. Now, with each change of the channel, the shows get more bizarre, leaving hapless knuckleheads Bubba and Leroy scrambling to find a way back into the real world.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, light, feel good, fast
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Hot Shots! (1991)
Plot Summary:
Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, spoof, light, funny, absurd, hilarious, melancholic, talky, not serious
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Chasers (1994)
Plot Summary:
Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, intense, light, humorous, semi serious, realistic, romantic, independent film, erotic, feel good
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A Very Brady Sequel (1996)
Plot Summary:
A man claiming to be Carol Brady's long-lost first husband, Roy Martin, shows up at the suburban Brady residence one evening. An impostor, the man is actually determined to steal the Bradys' familiar horse statue, a $20-million ancient Asian artifact.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, satirical, entertaining, cult classic, feel good, witty, not serious, light
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The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Plot Summary:
The original 70's TV family is now placed in the 1990's, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, satirical, funny, feel good, cult classic, spoof, clever, realistic, witty
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The Jerk (1979)
Plot Summary:
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick, hilarious, clever, humorous, inspirational, feel good, entertaining, surprise ending, offbeat
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Noises Off... (1992)
Plot Summary:
A travelling theater group has so much action going on behind-the-scenes it almost ruins the performances.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, feel good, light, witty, talky, metafiction, offbeat, romantic comedy, realistic
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Spies Like Us (1985)
Plot Summary:
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, suspense, parody, spoof, realistic, not serious, cult classic, hilarious
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Duplex (2003)
Plot Summary:
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, hilarious, black comedy, stylized, feel good, entertaining, funny, romantic comedy, slapstick
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The Big Year (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, scenic, semi serious, hilarious, thought provoking, inspirational, uplifting, art house
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The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Plot Summary:
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of a couple, Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, realistic, entertaining, romantic comedy, witty, not serious, funny, road movie
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Coneheads (1993)
Plot Summary:
With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France! As the odd "Saturday Night Live" characters settle into middle-class life in this feature-length comedy, a neighbor admires their daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, absurd, not serious, satirical, feel good, skit, cult classic, offbeat
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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Plot Summary:
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: absurd, offbeat, humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, light, clever, not serious, parody
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Major Payne (1995)
Plot Summary:
Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, parody, absurd, light, clever, cult classic, hilarious, feel good, hood
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Mixed Nuts (1994)
Plot Summary:
The events focus around a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick, humorous, christmas comedy, entertaining, offbeat, feel good, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Vegas Vacation (1997)
Plot Summary:
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, slapstick, not serious, feel good, dark comedy, scenic, offbeat
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Beef (2014)
Plot Summary:
BEEF is a comedic spin on a real person courtroom show. Set in a NY deli, BEEF revolves around Lou, his family, and the cases he settles. People march in with a "beef" for Lou to solve with old-school advice, simple justice, or a fine cut of meat.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic