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Plot Summary:
Philosophic fairy tale about kind modest man whose shadow one day leaves him only to come alive and become his sinister treacherous antagonist.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: allegory
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Nowhere Man (1961)
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In a young anthropologist's dream, he brings a member of the imaginary mountain tribe called Tapi to Moscow, in order to save him from being eaten by other tribesmen as well as to prove the tribe's existence to academia. The main character is probably based on Yeti.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 81 min
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Neptune's Holiday (1986)
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A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min
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Wolves Cry Under the Moon (1997)
Plot Summary:
Episodic drama from Taiwan. Was nominated for nine awards at the Golden Horse Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: anthology, road movie, allegory, black comedy
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Mack the Knife (1989)
Plot Summary:
In the 19th century London, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal and they decide to get married. Her family strongly disapproves so her father "the king of thieves" gets the gangster arrested.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: independent film
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California Tango (2010)
Plot Summary:
Political differences and personal issues divide a small California coastal community. As the town unravels, several larger-than-life characters step up to intercede.
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Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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Friend (1988)
Plot Summary:
Looking for the money for a drink, an alcoholic gets a Newfoundland dog as a present from a stranger at a bird fair. He'll soon find out that the animal is not only able to speak, but to get him to give up drinking as well. Now he's determined to get rid of the dog, but that won't be an easy task.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, sincere, touching
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How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea (1989)
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In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena (Natalya Negoda) manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Once there, she is the object of many (married) men's attentions, which leads to one of the funnier moments in the film. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanich (Alexei Zharkov) who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union, Italy
Duration: 115 min
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A Bride from the North (1975)
Plot Summary:
Popular musical comedy satirising Russian-Armenian relations, featuring Arno Babadzhanyan's hits. Artak has served his military service in the Russian countryside where he meets Valya. But Valya's mother refuses to send her only daughter to “these far highlands, where earthquakes happen all the time”. Artak is forced to ask his contrasting and numerous relatives –Armenian villagers– to visit a remote Russian village to bring a bride to Armenia.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 75 min
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Ten (1971)
Plot Summary:
Musical tale about a struggle between a good Scientist and his evil Shadow.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: allegory, fairy tale
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The Queen and I (2018)
Plot Summary:
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags:
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A Trap for Lonely Man (1990)
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Daniel Corban reports his wife Elizabeth missing to the police. A priest arrives and says he has found her. When he brings her in, Corban insists she is not his wife. When several other people arrive and verify she is Elizabeth, Daniel feel's he is loosing the grip on reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Night, the Prowler (1978)
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Felicity Bannister is a young woman living in the shadow of her overpowering mother. Her oppression is her worst enemy until the day she is attacked by an intruder who breaks into her bedroom and forces Felicity into action. The tables are suddenly turned and Felicity transforms from the helpless victim into a ruthless renegade in search of trouble, driven by the anarchic thrill of malevolence.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Leaving (2011)
Plot Summary:
A bitter sweet comedy that follows a highly appointed Chancellor who set to step down from his position after years of service to his country. With just two last days left to enjoy his palatial villa before he is finally evicted, his situation gradually goes from bad to worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: allegory
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Forgotten Tune for the Flute (1987)
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A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart. This unpleasant incident provided an opportunity to meet a nurse named Lida. However, their stormy love affair ended, with Filimonov returning to normal life and an unloved wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: sentimental, melancholic, romantic, uplifting, touching, sexy
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Truffaldino from Bergamo (1977)
Plot Summary:
A funny musical comedy based on the famous theater play "Servant of Two Masters" by Carlo Goldoni.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, feel good, entertaining, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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An Umbrella for Lovers (1986)
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Kraskov and Vera have long loved each other. They are unable to part, however, and connect their destinies can not and have already accepted the circumstances of life: he has a family, three children. A chance meeting in Moscow with a young couple, familiar with the rest in the South, pushes them to a decisive step….
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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My Favorite Clown (1987)
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Sergei is a professional clown in the circus, and he knows how to make people happy. He is adopting the six-year old boy Vanka from a foster home. Sergei is a good man, who can provide unconditional love. But Sergei's wife suddenly separates from him, and Sergei is left alone with the tough decision to make.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min
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Idlers of the Fertile Valley (1978)
Plot Summary:
In this black comedy, the men in a lovely mansion slowly give in to a kind of terminal sloth after they are freed from the need to actually work. The father takes to his bed after his hernia acts up and never leaves it. Of his three sons, only one wants to do much about leaving, and he does in fact cross the front threshold of the house with his lover, who is also the maid. However, before he has gotten very far, he is very tired, and goes to sleep where he stands. One of the sons outdoes them all by sleeping literally all the time. He is not in a coma -- he is just very, very lazy and tired. Some critics have viewed this film as a sharply delineated social satire.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: allegory, black comedy, cult film
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Love & Peace (2015)
Plot Summary:
A man, who once dreamed of becoming a punk rocker, is working as a low salaryman at a musical instrument parts company. He's secretly in love with his colleague. One day, he finds a little turtle on the rooftop, naming it Pikadon.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983)
Plot Summary:
An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: absurd
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Pokrov Gates (1983)
Plot Summary:
Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Khobotov's new fiancé. All these people live in one apartment and their lives constantly touch each other's.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: tragicomedy, humorous, entertaining
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To Kill a Dragon (1988)
Plot Summary:
Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot comes to save the beautiful Elsa. Lancelot can only win, if all people become free from fear, that is feeding the Dragon's power. Dragon's multiple personalities, ranging from a "dragon" to a "samurai" to a "Nazi", scare the hell out of all people, except Lancelot. Finally Dragon drops all his masks, to become the most dangerous of his incarnations - "himself". And the battle begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, Soviet Union
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, unusual plot structure, allegory
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An Ordinary Miracle (1979)
Plot Summary:
A wizard invents characters who all come to life and start to arrive at his house: a King, his servants, a princes, a bear trapped in a man's body - the usual lot. The Plot mainly rotates around the bear, who the wizard had turned into a man. The Bear, who wishes to be a bear once again, can turn into his old self if he were to kiss a princess. It gets complicated when he falls in love with that princess, that arrived at the wizard's house. For how can they be together, if a single kiss will destroy their love?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, touching, entertaining, fairy tale, unusual plot structure, surprise ending
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Kral Ubu (1996)
Plot Summary:
A cruel picture of the ways in which human beings acquire power and then cling to it. The story of Father Ubu, an idiot who climbs over the bodies of the dead to his royal post, is presented with a touch of the grotesque where naive comic elements meet black humor. Using a human touch, the film- makers were able to transform the original into a film aimed at a contemporary audience while remaining faithful to the vision of Father Ubu and Mother Ubu venturing everything in their efforts to seize power and mammon.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, allegory, dark comedy, urban fantasy, campy
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Rhinoceros (1974)
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Originally an absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco, Rhinoceros tells the story of a French town plagued by rhinoceroses. These are not ordinary rhinoceroses, but people who have been victims of "rhinoceritis." Or is it something else entirely? But, why are they turning into rhinoceroses and what is Ionesco trying to tell us about society?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: surreal, independent film, offbeat, humorous, witty, disturbing, contemplative, talky, cynical, semi serious
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The Most Beautiful Age (1969)
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An artist's studio is descended upon by a group of retired men and a young mother who agree to model in the nude for money. Comedy ensues as the students and the local bureaucracy react to the models, all in need of extra money. Several running gags border on slapstick as the officials and the students don't know what to do with the nude models.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Timon of Athens (1981)
Plot Summary:
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags:
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Office Romance (1977)
Plot Summary:
Anatoli Yefremovich Novoseltsev works in a statistics institution, whose director is an unattractive and bossy woman. An old friend of his, Yuri Grigorievich Samokhvalov, who gets appointed assistant director of the institution, wants to make Novoseltsev the head of the department but encounters objections from Ludmila Prokopievna Kalugina, the director. Samokhvalov then advises Novoseltsev to lightly hit on the boss. Ironically, Novoseltsev and Kalugina fall in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, funny, humorous
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Afonya (1975)
Plot Summary:
The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character "Afonya" Borshev is a plumber, who spends his life partying with "buddies", many of whom he doesn't even remember after nights of heavy drinking. His wife leaves him, his boss places him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. Afonya met Katya at a dance club, yet didn't pay her much attention. But she is the one, who can save him... In this movie Daneliya achieves a perfect balance of satire and drama. Quotes from the movie gained a cult status in USSR.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, sincere, satirical, ironic
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It's a Summer Film! (2020)
Plot Summary:
Barefoot and her friends decide to make a samurai movie, gather a unique cast and staff for the production, and try to screen it at their school festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing