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Plot Summary:
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, neo western, light, sexy, feel good, suspense, entertaining
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Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)
Plot Summary:
Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Most of the townsfolk, particularly those on the school PTA, think she is a little too liberal so they're making things tough for her and her daughter. So she runs for the position of PTA President, which infuriates them. Stella decides to get revenge with the help of her friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, biting, sexual, sexy, suspense
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Basic Training (1985)
Plot Summary:
Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the Pentagon, and finds things pretty slack. Her boss seems to be more interested in getting into her pants than trying to find lost data on the Russians. Melinda resists his advances and begins working her way up in the Pentagon, finding subtle ways of getting her policies implemented by manipulating the slovenly males that populate the Pentagon, including finding a way to defuse the mounting conflict with the Russians.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sex comedy, feel good, light, independent film, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Martin & Orloff (2002)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a marketing man and his shrink. A suicide attempt and a softball game; A PHD-toting stripper and a deranged Desert Storm vet; A giant sparerib costume and the world's largest peenis; John Woo-style violence and Steel Magnolia-esque pathos. This is the story of Martin & Orloff.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 873
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: clever, realistic, independent film, offbeat, humorous, witty, not serious, biting, suspense, alternative comedy
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Beer (1985)
Plot Summary:
An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three losers who inadvertently prevent a robbery at a bar.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, slapstick, biting, independent film, spoof, parody, suspense
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Da' Booty Shop (2009)
Plot Summary:
Tyrone Johnson is in jail. As a result his sister Yolanda, an exotic dancer, inherits Tyrone's struggling hair salon business. She first sees the shop as a burden and waste of her time and puts the shop up for sale. But Yolanda eventually sees that the beauty biz could be a better future than the stripping biz, and changes her mind, angering the buyer, who retaliates with a vengeance. Yolanda decides to get her exotic dancing girlfriends together in order to keep the shop open... with a twist.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, offbeat, hood
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Two Hundred Thousand Dirty (2012)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to the monotonous, oppressive modern American byproduct of suburban sprawl: the urban strip-mall. Native to this environment and products of outdated pop culture are Rob (Mark Greenfield) and Manny (Coolio), the unsuccessful, unrefined and uncouth sales force behind Affordable Mattress. When new employee Isabelle (Rocío Verdejo) is hired in hopes of improving dismal sales, some things do change and after recruiting fellow strip-mall burnout Martin (C. Clayton Blackwell), she's got everyone working together to split a common goal - 200,000 dollars.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, independent film, dark comedy, realistic, biting, suspense, fable
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Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
Plot Summary:
A New York City bank teller becomes a media celebrity when he refuses to comply with his employer's demands that he shave his beard. Directed by Garson Kanin, this 1969 comedy stars Dick Van Dyke, Angie Dickinson, Rosemary Forsyth, Zohra Lampert, Carole Shelley, David Doyle, Elliott Reid, Pippa Scott, Connie Gilchrist, Roy Roberts and Peter Turgeon.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, biting, suspense
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Corporate Affairs (2008)
Plot Summary:
A family man (Meyer) recent promoted to middle management at work immerses himself in a world of questionable personal and professional ethics by a colleague (Scott).
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Fired Up (1997)
Plot Summary:
Fired Up is a short-lived 1997–1998 situation comedy airing on NBC. It lasted for two seasons and 28 episodes. The series, the first from Grammnet Productions, starred Sharon Lawrence and Leah Remini. The series was about a self-centered promotions executive and her mouthy assistant. The pair got fired from their jobs, and instead of getting other jobs, they teamed up to create a business as equal partners. The tagline of the series was "First she got fired, then she got fired up.".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Head Office (1985)
Plot Summary:
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices. "Saturday Night Live" writer-performer Michael O'Donoghue scripted this satire co-starring Danny DeVito and Jane Seymour.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, clever, biting, satirical, suspense, eighties
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Pink Lemonade (2006)
Plot Summary:
Ever have one of those nights where nothing seems to be going right? Ever have a job that made you ponder "this place would be fun if it didn't suck so much"? Welcome to food-service hell. Natalie, the waitress, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Her social life is in turmoil, and the endless barrage of customers just won't give her a break. Clint, the manager, isn't exactly a people-person. He's lewd, rude, and totally insensitive... until you get to know him. Kevin, the busboy, is a nice guy with a dark brooding secret. He's quirky and artistic, but don't light a match near this powder keg! Throw a couple of wise cracking trash-talkers and some inept thieves into the mix, and this is sure to be one night you'll never forget.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, sexy, offbeat, witty, hot
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The Boss' Wife (1986)
Plot Summary:
Daniel Stern stars as a stockbroker trying to climb the corporate ladder. There's only one thing stopping him...his boss' beautiful and flirtatious wife! THE BOSS' WIFE is a full-bodied, high-spirited, bedroom comedy about lust, love and lechery.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, buddy comedy
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Recep Ivedik 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
When his grandmother takes ill, foolish brute Recep tries to satisfy her wishes by getting a job and attempting to find a suitable wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, disgusting, slapstick
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Open Season (1995)
Plot Summary:
When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, sexy, clever, unusual plot structure, suspense, entertaining
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Killer Bud (2001)
Plot Summary:
After losing another job, two idiots embark on an adventure of mythic proportion: to acquire "Feed Bags," the discontinued entire-meal-in-a-bag, to impress their two equally dim-witted dates. When the only convenience store in town that carries the discontinued food item is found closed, Waylon and Buzz break in and can't break out.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, entertaining, spooky, independent film, realistic, cult film
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Lower Learning (2008)
Plot Summary:
Barry Goldwater Elementary is on the brink of collapse: the lowest test scores in the state, teachers who are either drunk or having sex on school grounds, and a principal who extorts money from parents. It's up to Tom, the down-on-his-luck vice-principal, to rally the lazy teachers, expose the principal's corruption, and turn the school around before an end of the day board decision.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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The Cult of Sincerity (2008)
Plot Summary:
A New York hipster sets out on a a quest to create the most sincere T-shirt ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, offbeat, independent film
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Happy Birthday, Harris Malden (2008)
Plot Summary:
Harris Malden wears his insecurity on his face in a curious disguise for everyone to see. No one in the neighborhood, not even his best friend Paul or his brother Melvin, has the heart to tell him how ridiculous he looks with the thick black line above his lip. Harris Malden fakes his facial hair, and as far as he's concerned, nobody can tell.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, touching, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)
Plot Summary:
Russell has been expelled from several schools for lewd, crude and nude conduct. Busterburger University is his last chance at education and satisfying his disappointed parents.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy, sexy, touching, captivating, cult classic, independent film, cynical
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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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Dumbbells (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dumbbells is a light-hearted buddy comedy set amongst a group of misfit employees that work in a struggling fitness center in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, realistic, independent film
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The Dinner Guest (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal Error ! Terrified at the idea of not being up to par, his wife Colette begs Alexandre, their neighbor to help. Communication guru, Alexander accepts the challenge and gives a makeover to the couple in twenty-four hours. Apartment, decoration, lifestyle, dinner menu, uniforms, culture... Everything !.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Haiku Tunnel (2001)
Plot Summary:
Josh is the consummate temp employee, avoiding all long-term connections and responsibilities, both at work and in his personal life. However, by the time his agency places him at the Schuyler & Mitchell law firm, Josh is tired of his temporary life and agrees to take a permanent position at the firm. Josh has difficulty adapting to his new lifestyle, which manifests in his inability to complete his simple initial task: mailing seventeen important letters.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, satirical, absurd, stylized, witty, semi serious, talky, offbeat, realistic
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The Smell of Success (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of salesmen threatens to go, as they say, into the toilet. Enter estranged daughter Rosemary, a high-class- cosmetics salesgirl, who steps in to take control. She is not sure she has a nose for the family business, but she is determined to make foul into profit. Little does she know that a ruthless, slick-talking fertilizer rep is plotting a takeover. Whether she likes it or not, she must trust her top salesman, Patrick Fitzpatrick, to devise a plan to regain Rose's rightful position on top of the heap.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, atmospheric, realistic, semi serious
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Carpool Guy (2005)
Plot Summary:
Joel Goodman is a hotshot advertising executive angling for a promotion, but he feels stuck - not least of all in traffic. A seeming answer to his prayers comes in the form of a homeless man whom Joel pays to sit in his passenger seat so he can use the carpool lane. The two form an unexpected bond, and Joel comes to realize that sometimes changing lanes can change your life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, independent film, soap opera
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Intern (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young, underappreciated intern at the ultra-hip magazine Skirt must learn to deal with kissy-face phoniness, model tantrums and bulimic editors, while trying to steal the heart of a dashing British art director from the grips of a supermodel.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, independent film
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Demoted (2011)
Plot Summary:
What go around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen (Astin and Vartan) who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss (Cross).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating
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Super Sucker (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two door to door vaccuum cleaner salesmen hilariously compete against each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, light, sex comedy
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Christmas in Compton (2012)
Plot Summary:
Big Earl, the owner of a Christmas tree lot in Compton, California runs into some trouble when his son Derrick crosses the line to prove to his father that he is a success.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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Family Plan (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charlie MacKenzie is an ambitious young career woman who stretches the truth in a job interview by professing to be married with a family. But her little white lie leads to a great big problem when her new boss moves next door. Desperate to maintain her ruse, Charlie “borrows” her best friend’s daughter and scrambles to find a husband-for-hire. When a charming actor accepts the role, Charlie’s charade just may lead her to true love!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, sincere, witty, family comedy