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Plot Summary:
Richie, a sneaker sole designer, and his cousin Evan, a brain surgeon, are spending this weekend with their girlfriends in Atlantic City. When one of them ends up with a $436,000 jackpot, sour grapes is what results. Even though Richie uses two quarters from Evan to win the progressive jackpot, he sees no connection with that and sharing the jackpot. This ignites a hilarious, runaway chain of even.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, semi serious, witty, dark comedy, clever, black comedy, offbeat, realistic, cynical
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The Nugget (2002)
Plot Summary:
'The Nugget' looks at how instant wealth suddenly changes the lives of three working class men - not necessarily for the better, but always with hilarious consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting
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The Living Wake (2007)
Plot Summary:
“The Living Wake” is a dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to take him around on a bicycle powered rickshaw. In a final attempt to probe life’s deepest mysteries, Binew endures one ridiculous trial after the next. He concludes his day with a final performance, his living wake. On a makeshift stage in an open field, Binew’s friends and enemies gather to witness his madness one final time.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 965
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, suspense, black comedy, offbeat, independent film
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Life in the Fast Lane (1998)
Plot Summary:
Black comedy about an obsessive street graffiti artist, who falls obsessively in love with a frustrated artist he meets. Unfortunately, rather than trying to meet with her in a conventional way, he decides to mail himself to her with the help of a pet shop owner. Unfortunately, when he arrives, she is with another man, who immediately makes love to her against the box.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, surreal, witty, cynical, semi serious, slapstick
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Mr. Wrong (1996)
Plot Summary:
A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, erotic, scary, funny
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Jinxed! (1982)
Plot Summary:
Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer, around the western U.S. Harold has a jinx on Willie and can't lose with him. Bonita and Willie meet and fall for each other and plot to do away with Harold and collect on his life insurance.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, cult film
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Late Last Night (1999)
Plot Summary:
After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and intoxication. They start a cathartic ride through the city's underbelly.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy
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The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994)
Plot Summary:
While working on a documentary on his old neighborhood, a young film school graduate shifts the focus of his production onto the disappearance of a local resident and the strange characters who are conducting the search to find him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, absurd, humorous, surreal, independent film, realistic, witty, semi serious, surprise ending, detective
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Dirty Work (1998)
Plot Summary:
Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant. The dirty duo brings down a movie theater manager and hires hookers to pose as dead bodies during a live TV ad. When a wealthy developer hires the guys to trash a building (so that he can have it condemned), problems arise and a feud ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, melancholic, talky, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, witty, black comedy, slapstick comedy
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More of Me (2007)
Plot Summary:
Alice is your typical modern woman, juggling her demanding roles as a mother of twins, a loving wife and a successful career woman. She struggles to keep all the balls in the air, until the day it all becomes too much for one person to handle and she splits into three separate versions of herself — each stepping in to take over part of her life. While at first the new Alices are perfect as the ultimate sexy wife, super mommy, and ultra-focused executive, Alice soon realizes that her whole self may be far greater than just her parts. She needs to get herself back together, and quickly.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: realistic, witty, humorous, semi serious, ridiculous
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The Alarmist (1997)
Plot Summary:
Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, black comedy, independent film, realistic, cynical, semi serious, light, romantic, sexy, clever
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American Cowslip (2009)
Plot Summary:
In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan's life as he struggles to find purpose at a time when it might be too late to even matter.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, cynical, dark comedy, clever, offbeat, witty, independent film
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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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Blue in the Face (1995)
Plot Summary:
Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, witty, talky, mumblecore, art house, colorful, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Never Been Thawed (2005)
Plot Summary:
A hilarious mockumentary about the delicious hobby of frozen food collecting and Christian rock band, The Christers. The film follows the Mesa Frozen Entree Enthusiast's Club as they plan their first Frozen Entree Enthusiasts Convention.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, cynical, not serious, mockumentary, clever, offbeat, realistic, biting, suspense
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Comic Book Villains (2002)
Plot Summary:
When word hits the street that a nearby elderly gentleman has a cache of old, rare, and very valuable mint condition comic books, rival comic book shop owners Raymond McGillicuddy (Donal Logue) and Norman Link (Michael Rapaport) both set out to be the first to buy them. But when the old man declines to sell, the former friends turn into enemies, and a friendly rivalry becomes tainted with greed and turns to murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, dark comedy, cynical, clever, entertaining, black comedy, anime, offbeat, realistic
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Floundering (1994)
Plot Summary:
When a young man's unemployment benefits run out, the IRS freezes his bank account, and his druggie brother needs help, things can't get any worse...until he discovers his girlfriend is cheating on him!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, absurd, light, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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Turf (2013)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). They meet up regularly at a Parisian bookmakers’, their favourite haunt. Tired of frittering away the little spare cash they have, they agree to give up gambling. But no sooner have they taken this pledge than Fate intervenes, in the guise of the turf king, Monsieur Paul. The latter persuades the four friends to buy a champion racehorse, not knowing that it is in fact an old nag….
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Hijacking Hollywood (1997)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring director working as a lowly production assistant, conspires with his aspiring producer roommate to steal the reels of a mega budgeted film he's working on.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, black comedy
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Hollywood Palms (2001)
Plot Summary:
Set entirely in the Hollywood Palms apartment building and its yard, this movie shows how people there live and interact with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, biting, suspense
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Shut Up and Shoot Me (2005)
Plot Summary:
Colin Frampton is an Englishman who never stops worrying, not even on holiday in Prague. When Colin's wife is accidentally squashed by a statue, he decides that he can't face life without her. So Colin bribes Pavel to help him die. An unlikely friendship develops as Pavel's plans for Colin's death spin out of control, attracting the violent interest of local gangster Karel Karlovic.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, dark comedy, offbeat
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On the Run (1999)
Plot Summary:
Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from prison, Albert's quiet existence is permanently disrupted. what ensues is one long, crazy night in New York that will change both their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Portugal, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, biting, black comedy, dark comedy, suspense
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Getting Away with Murder (1996)
Plot Summary:
When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, independent film, cynical, black comedy, funny, light
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Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! (1977)
Plot Summary:
The film is the immediate continuation of Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, released the previous year. Having fortuitously discovered a photograph in which Marthe embraces someone unknown, clothed with a chequed jacket, Étienne Dorsay becomes jealous, and imagines various stratagems to identify the lover. In the meantime, Étienne and his friends acquire a weekend house for a very low price. As in the previous work, the film is largely narrated by the character Étienne, whose tone shifts with the reality of the images. The film contains a certain number of allusions to the films of Blake Edwards (the Pink Panther series).
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, sex comedy, sexual, sexy, hot
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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
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My New Gun (1992)
Plot Summary:
Debbie and Gerald's lives drastically change after they get a gun. Their mysterious neighbor, Skippy, becomes an important and transforming figure in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Pretty Bird (2008)
Plot Summary:
A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of American dreams and delusions.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, light, captivating, melancholic, independent film, exciting
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Night Shift (1982)
Plot Summary:
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, talky, intense, witty, semi serious, offbeat, sex comedy, grindhouse
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The Hustle (2008)
Plot Summary:
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at the opportunity that might save his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, entertaining, black comedy, independent film
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Chain of Fools (2000)
Plot Summary:
An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, clever, witty, funny, light, absurd, dark comedy, cynical, stylized, realistic
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Sprung (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her into bed the same evening. When Adina finds out that she's been fooled, she becomes Clyde's worst enemy. Meanwhile Montel and Brandy fall in love and plan to marry, and Adina and Clyde try to do everything to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: black comedy, humorous, slapstick, independent film, clever, realistic, witty, semi serious, biting, parody