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Plot Summary:
The landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive at an archipelago and have to spend Midsummer among the fancy rich boat people, their yachts and summer houses.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Who Pulled the Plug? (1981)
Plot Summary:
To secure an order for 1 000 cruise ships from an Arab prince, two companies have to compete by racing each other by canal from Stockholm to Gothenburg. A small family owned company on the brink of bankruptcy is pitted against their major competitor and they both have to resort to dirty tricks in order to reach the goal line first. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, eighties
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The Stig-Helmer Story (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Stig-Helmer Story is a 2011 Swedish comedy film directed by Lasse Åberg. The film is the sixth in the series about Stig-Helmer Olsson.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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One-Week Bachelors (1982)
Plot Summary:
Gary's wife going away and he drives her to the airport. Gary has planned a week of hard work but at the airport he met Lasse, and then becomes nothing that Gary had in mind. An unlikely friendship develops between the two, and Gary succeed in the week causing a car crash, losing one of Lasse's children, get involved in a robbery and even missed his own architectural exhibition in which he will hold the opening speech.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 745
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, eighties
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Bingo Bongo (1982)
Plot Summary:
The ape-man, found somewhere in the jungles of Congo, transferred to Milan and named Bingo Bongo. The only one who believes in the human qualities of him is Laura, a woman anthropologist , so their affection for each other even grows to love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, captivating, exciting, parody, offbeat
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Charter Trip 2 (1985)
Plot Summary:
Stig-Helmer takes another vacation with his norwegian friend Ole. This time it's time for a skiing vacation in the Alps. Of course, Stig-Helmer has never learnt downhill skiing, but he attends a ski school. And together they manage to charm two women also on vacation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious
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The Call-up (1979)
Plot Summary:
It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, biting, suspense
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Package Tour or Can You Get Fish and Chips at the Flamenco (1980)
Plot Summary:
Stig-Helmer and Ole Bramserud on a trip to the Canary Islands for Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: hilarious, humorous, realistic, offbeat, semi serious, feel good, sentimental, funny, clever, touching
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Ernest Rides Again (1993)
Plot Summary:
Buffoonish Ernest and his dimwitted pal Abner unearth a huge cannon reputed to contain the crown jewels of England.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, independent film, humorous, semi serious
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A Bit of Tom Jones? (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a late night bar, Henry is approached by a mysterious woman who offers to sell him the severed "manhood" of Wales' greatest vocal entertainer. Believing he can make a fortune selling the infamous appendage on to obsessive fans, Henry stumps up the cash. To help find the right buyer, Henry teams up with his slightly dodgy best friend Teddy and together the two head off on an insane journey that leads them deep into the secret world of celebrity body part trading.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat
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The Accidental Golfer (1991)
Plot Summary:
I bet anyone can get better at golf than you are in one week, a golfer says to her golfing businessman for a boyfriend in a quarrel. Unfortunately Stig-Helmer is standing nearby when the boyfriend accepts the bet, and he is chosen to be the competitor. Stig-Helmer has never played the game before, but his Norwegian friend Ole promises to help him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Mystics (2003)
Plot Summary:
A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Docking the Boat (1965)
Plot Summary:
A group of party goers have trouble getting their boat ashore on a small island. The inhabitants of the island try to help, often with the help of an old sailor, and the results are absurd and hilarious.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, dark, dark comedy, humorous, realistic, not serious
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The Anderssons Hit the Road (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sune and his family discovers an old painting that could be worth a fortune. There's only one problem, it lacks a signature. Follow the Anderssons in a wacky roadtrip through Europe, filled with crazy fun.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, not serious, humorous, light, slapstick
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The Kings of Mykonos (2010)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to the highly successful Australian comedy THE WOG BOY - starring Nick Giannopoulous and Vince Colosimo as best mates Steve and Frank. The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2 picks up a few years after the original and things aren't going so well for the 'Wog Boy'; he's lost his true love (a '69 Valiant Pacer) and all his assets because he trusted Tony the Yugoslav. Steve's best mate Frank has lost touch with the ladies after a messy divorce. But fortue, as ever, favours the 'Wog' when Steve discovers that he has inherited a beach worth millions on the resort island of Mykonos from an uncle he never met.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia, Greece
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, realistic
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Would I Lie to You? 3 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Eddie, Dov, Yvan et les autres… Nos chaleureux amis ont migré du Sentier moribond à la banlieue florissante d’Aubervilliers… Là où les vieux entrepreneurs juifs ont laissé le terrain à de jeunes grossistes chinois courageux et dynamiques… La petite bande est toujours aussi soudée, solidaire que lors des épisodes précédents, et la vie suit son cours, au gré des petits évènements familiaux et des affaires. Dov semble toujours frivole, Eddie entreprenant, Yvan transi, Karine désinvolte, Sandra résolue, Chochana naïve, Serge irresponsable et mythomane. Quant à Patrick, il est amoureux et l’heureuse élue est loin d’être facile d’accès. Tout irait pour le mieux jusqu’à ce qu’un vent mauvais apporte son lot d’adversité compromettant sérieusement la cohésion du groupe. Succomberont-ils sous l’orage à la zizanie, ou bien, une fois de plus, à force d’entraide, de ruses et d’habileté, triompheront-ils de la crise avec panache ?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic
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iParty with Victorious (2011)
Plot Summary:
Carly is enjoying life with her new boyfriend Steven Carson, a home-schooled boy with divorced parents who spends part of his life in Los Angeles. What she doesn't know is that while in Los Angeles, Steven has another girlfriend, a student at Hollywood Arts High School named Tori Vega. An internet search makes Carly's friends suspicious of her new beau, and sends them on an LA road trip to a party at the home of Kenan Thompson in an attempt find out whether or not he's cheating on her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country:
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending
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Moon in a Bottle (2007)
Plot Summary:
Zeta has a month to hand in a novel she has been commissioned to write and every day she searches for inspiration among the strange customers who are regulars at the Café Rossignol. There she becomes close to Alicia, a pretty waitress who doesn't want to fall in love; she gets to know Pascal, the owner of the bar and a cabaret artist who is nervously waiting for the arrival of his old friends and lovers Irene and Kurt. Or she leaves with Don José another regular who is tormented by a letter he doesn't dare to open. They all want to change their lives. The moment has come to be brave and try to do the impossible. Can they put the moon in a bottle..?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Sune's Summer (1993)
Plot Summary:
It's summer and Sune Anderssons family is planning a holiday in Greece. Sunes father, Rudolf is sulking because then he won't be able to go on his beloved fishing trip. But after seeing how much the Greek trip is going to cost, he comes up with a great idea: Let's go on a camping trip instead. A lot is happens during this trip and after a while Rudolf discovers that the camping trip might not be as cheat as he thought.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, not serious, semi serious
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Camping (2006)
Plot Summary:
Plastic surgeon Michel Saint-Josse is on his way to Spain where he hopes to spend a stress-free holiday in a luxury hotel with his teenage daughter Vanessa. When his car breaks down near a camping, Michel accepts the offer of help from an extrovert gigolo camper named Patrick Chirac. Whilst their car is being repaired, Michel and Vanessa agree to stay in Patrick’s well proportioned tent, not knowing that, thanks to a series of mishaps, it will be their home for several days.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Anderssons in Greece (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sune is back! Together with his little brother Håkan Bråkan, big sister Anna, mother Karin and dad Rudolf, Sune embarks on a summer holiday trip to Greece. As every summer before, the family plans to spend their vacation in Myggträsk. Then the most unexpected happens, Rudolf books a charter trip to Greece. The family is overjoyed but the questions about the trip are many. Once in Greece the catastrophes pile up. Sune looses his girl charming powers, Håkan Bråkan really does'nt like Julle in the kids group, Karin becomes more and more annoyed with Rudolf. Meantime, Rudolf discovers that the trip is all inclusive and the possibilities that comes with that.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good, entertaining, melancholic, slapstick, exciting
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The Boatniks (1970)
Plot Summary:
Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him from falling for pretty Kate Fairchild, a young woman who runs a sailing school. Of course the way he expresses his deep sympathy for the lady leaves to be desired. And the situation does not improve when a trio of bumbling jewel thieves interferes.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 839
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, slapstick, vintage, cult film
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Ernest Goes to Africa (1997)
Plot Summary:
The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest fits the bill. After the bad guys come looking for the stolen diamonds and kidnap Rene, all of her fantasies come true as Ernest has to go to Africa to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, feel good, semi serious, parody, funny, light, road movie, unusual plot structure, entertaining
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Stella Street (2004)
Plot Summary:
Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Roger Moore all live on a quiet street in Surbiton and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards run their corner shop - who knew?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, clever, realistic, parody, mockumentary, offbeat, biting, suspense
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Freebird (2008)
Plot Summary:
A Rock and Roll Road Movie Comedy set in Wales.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light, captivating
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Life's a Beach (2012)
Plot Summary:
Darren gets stood up on the day of his wedding and uses his vacation tickets with his best friend, RJ, to spend his "honeymoon" at a Club Med-style resort.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, sexy, realistic, independent film
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Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
Plot Summary:
While trying to avoid an obsessed girl, rocker Drake Parker meets a young girl, who makes him promise to give her family the best Christmas ever. Later, at the Premiere's first ever Christmas party, a group of teens start to make trouble. Concerned, Josh, Drake's stepbrother, calls the cops about a disturbance, but they are confused and think the entire party is the disturbance, and even arrest the kind Josh. Requiring Josh's help to keep his promise, Drake tries to break his brother out of prison, but is caught. At court, the judge decides that the two must give the girl and her foster family the best Christmas ever, or face years in jail. They face many problems along the way, including Officer Perry, a strict detective that hates Christmas; a colorful group of foster children; and a wild wood chipper. It is up to Drake and Josh to save Christmas for the good-hearted children, or face the consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christmas special, semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, buddy comedy
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The Anderssons Rock the Mountains (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Svensson family goes on a ski-vacation during the winter holiday. Sune, the family flirt girl-charmer, is yet again pulled into a difficult relationship and his father Rudolf is pushed into difficulty parent challenges while the little brother Håkan is up to no good. The big sister being ashamed of her family and the mother Karin tries to glue the family together and enjoy their vacation.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, slapstick
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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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Balls (2010)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, light, sentimental, touching, realistic, witty
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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
Plot Summary:
James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara star as Roger and Peggy Hobbs, a St. Louis couple with a large brood who desire a seaside vacation. Renting a cottage by the ocean is just the first step in a summer fraught with disasters, including a couch potato son, a shy daughter with newly installed braces, a pair of grown daughters who have married badly, and a local yachtsman with eyes for Peggy. Not to mention the ramshackle state of the shoreline abode, Roger and Peggy's new grandparent status, and incidents involving a sexy neighbor, a sailboat regatta and bird watching. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: black and white, humorous, retro, feel good, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic, road movie