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Plot Summary:
Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford (Craig Ferguson) leaves Glasgow with a film crew to capture the event. When he learns he's a mere audience member, Crawford must find a way to become the mane event. Abhorrent Norwegian Stig is his stiff-as-gel competition. Drew Carey and others make cameo appearances in this hysterical mockumentar.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, clever, humorous, witty, talky, offbeat, feel good, realistic, not serious, parody
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The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006)
Plot Summary:
Tongue-in-cheek look at 20-something singles clubbing and partying in L.A. Voice-over narration, charts and graphs, and visits to a research laboratory punctuate the story of a single night when groups of friends go out, drink alcohol, take drugs, dance and talk, and look for someone to go home with.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, mockumentary, feel good, psychedelic, stylized, realistic, sexual, independent film
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Dealin' with Idiots (2013)
Plot Summary:
Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, a famous comedian, decides to get to know the colorful parents and coaches of the team better in an attempt to find the inspiration for his next movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, realistic, not serious, funny, offbeat, cynical, independent film, biting, suspense
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Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary (2007)
Plot Summary:
The hardest group you've never heard of is back. Gangsta Rap is a mockumentary based on a group of over the hill gangster rappers (circa NWA), trying to make a comeback. Its a hilarious look at the soft underbelly of hard core hip hop.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, mockumentary, parody, captivating, independent film, clever, offbeat, realistic
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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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Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury (2011)
Plot Summary:
In this unearthed lost movie from 1990 that the studio deemed too terrible to release, a Vietnam Veteran Sal Bando(Sorbo), tortured by his past as a Poolboy returns home to Van Nuys, California, and a country he doesn't recognize, in which it seems only Mexicans run pool-cleaning companies. Bando sets off on a brutal mission to reclaim his "rightful" vocation and enact revenge on the man(Trejo) who killed his wife and son.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, rough, realistic, erotic, offbeat, campy
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Death and Texas (2004)
Plot Summary:
Barefoot Bobby Briggs, the legendary running back for the Austin Steers was today sentenced to die for his role in the armed robbery/murder at a downtown Stop 'n Go convenience store... It's five years later, and Bobby's appeals have all but run out, and the Austin Steers are - once again - on the march to the Superbowl, with a lock on the playoffs, when their wide receiver has a season ending injury. With their playoff hopes in shambles, the Governor of Texas controversially offers Bobby a furlough -- from death row -- to help rescue the Steers' post-season hopes, and even play in the Superbowl.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, mockumentary, dark comedy, offbeat, black comedy
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Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats (2014)
Plot Summary:
Standup special filmed live at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, talky, captivating, offbeat, realistic, not serious, independent film
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Midgets Vs. Mascots (2009)
Plot Summary:
This documentary follows 10 contestants as they compete for 1 million dollars in prize money.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 722
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, offbeat, independent film, slapstick, mockumentary, fake documentary
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Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004)
Plot Summary:
Caught cheating and banned for ten years, Bobby Dukes, paintball's first superstar, returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, not serious, mockumentary, indie film, parody, spoof
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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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People Like Us (1999)
Plot Summary:
People Like Us was a British radio and TV comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer. Originally a radio show for BBC Radio 4 in three series from 1995 to 1997, it was made into a television series for BBC Two that aired from September 1999 to June 2000.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, parody, spoof, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fake documentary
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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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The Flying Scissors (2009)
Plot Summary:
Comedy starring Mason Pettit, Matthew Arkin, Devin Ratray.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, mockumentary, offbeat, independent film
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Closing Escrow (2007)
Plot Summary:
Three quirky families seeking to buy their next home collide when trying to purchase the same property. The bidding war tests the limits of their marriages and the resolve of their agents.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, humorous, cynical, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles (2013)
Plot Summary:
In her first-ever HBO solo special, Sarah Silverman takes the stage for an evening of adults-only stand-up comedy. Taped live in front of an intimate audience of 39 fans at Largo, a music and comedy club in Los Angeles, Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles features Silverman taking aim at such subjects as cell-phone porn, crazy religions, specialty deodorants, terrible roommates, eyebrow waxing, her 19-year-old dog, Obama and Republicans, having babies, Pixar movies, the miracle of existence, and more.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, not serious, clever, offbeat, talky, independent film, biting
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Noobz (2012)
Plot Summary:
Four friends hit the road to LA to compete in the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship, but will they be able to compete with the worst hangovers of their lives?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, not serious, light, independent film
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Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
Plot Summary:
A host of real-life celebrities - including Hugh Hefner, Stan Lee, and Kevin Smith - journey into the world of comic book fandom! Documentary filmmaker Donald Swan heads to the world's largest comic book convention where he encounters a culture of craziness that he's totally unprepared for.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: witty, parody, humorous, not serious, mockumentary, feel good, light, melancholic, offbeat, exciting
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Magicians (2007)
Plot Summary:
A pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, funny, clever, offbeat, realistic
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The Don's Analyst (1997)
Plot Summary:
Don Vito Leoni, the Godfather, is clinically depressed. The world has changed and he hasn't. He'd like to retire, but if he left the "family business" to his two idiot sons, they'd be dead in a minute. So he decides to go legit, which convinces everyone that he must be completely off the deep end. To preserve their cushy lives, his dysfuntional family conspires to get him some psycho-therepy. So his boys kidnap a "piasan" shrink and order him to "fix" their father. This film, which premired on Showtime, pre-dated the very similarly plotted "Analyze This" by over a year.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, not serious
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The Grand (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, mockumentary, entertaining, clever, not serious, offbeat, realistic, independent film, fast
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Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Way of the Tosser (2007)
Plot Summary:
This hilarious genre-bending comedy follows Gary Brewer, along with girlfriend Holly Brewer (no relation), and best friend Trevor Morehouse as Gary quests to reign supreme at the 2006 Rock, Paper, Scissors World Championships.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, mockumentary, offbeat
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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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Brüno (2009)
Plot Summary:
Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, funny, parody, humorous, controversial, stylized, sex comedy, hilarious, sexual, absurd
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Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Plot Summary:
When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the personals, he notices GWM. And thinking it "Guy with Money," he heads to the Village and the apartment of gay actor Warren (Barrile), who's in desperate need of this month's rent.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, talky, offbeat, feel good, realistic, witty, semi serious, funny, light
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For Your Consideration (2006)
Plot Summary:
Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, parody, humorous, talky, not serious, dark comedy, hilarious, clever, witty, 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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Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Plot Summary:
Corky St. Clair is a director, actor and dancer in Blaine, Missouri. When it comes time to celebrate Blaine's 150th anniversary, Corky resolves to bring down the house in Broadway style in this hilarious mockumentary from the people who brought you "This is Spinal Tap!".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, funny, parody, independent film, clever, humorous, witty, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic
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Not Another Not Another Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
In this non- stop hilarious ride we follow a struggling Movie Studio that is willing to do anything to make a buck even if it means ruining its reputation, and running the Movie Industry into the ground. This film has everything that an audience wants from a LAUGH OUT LOUD COMEDY by taking a no-holds barred attack on the Spoof Genre from Blockbuster Action movies to Dramas and Documentaries to Popular Television shows.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, spoof, mockumentary, parody, ironic, witty, independent film, offbeat
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Bowfinger (1999)
Plot Summary:
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, witty, talky, light, feel good, not serious, spoof, hilarious