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Plot Summary:
Anna lives with her father Karl someplace in the outskirts of northern Norway. Karl killed his ex-wife and threw her newborn coloured child into the sea when he discovered that she obviously had been unfaithful. Now Karl is being haunted by her ghost and is developing a serious drinking problem. Anna is looking for the love of her life, but there aren't many bachelors around - until they discovers another small family on the other side of the mountain. They meet a semi-alcoholized widow on Karl's age, her son Peder, and her black adopted son, Ante, that arrived from the sea on a piece of wood.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, dark comedy, captivating, suspenseful, offbeat, surreal, cult classic, surprise ending, black comedy
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It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010)
Plot Summary:
Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, romantic, captivating, entertaining, melancholic, offbeat
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The Reverse (2009)
Plot Summary:
A story about women, set in the present and in 1950s Warsaw. Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty lacks a man in her life. Her mother knows all about it and tries at all costs to find her daughter a good candidate for a husband. The whole situation is controlled by the grandmother, an eccentric lady with a sharp tongue from whom no secrets can be kept.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, romantic comedy, clever, offbeat, realistic
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Junk Mail (1997)
Plot Summary:
Dimwitted, somewhat misanthropic Oslo mail carrier Roy's quiet life changes dramatically on the day he steals a set of keys and lets himself into the apartment of a deaf woman who seems to be in trouble with a psychotic criminal. Though he doesn't know it at the time, his and her fate are about to intertwine and this is not going to be to his benefit.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, cult classic, humorous, black comedy, experimental, cult horror, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
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A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)
Plot Summary:
After serving a 12-year sentence for killing the man that slept with his wife, a man ponders whether he should try and reconcile with his family, or take revenge on those who turned him in.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, captivating, psychological, tense, funny, depressing, dark, cult classic
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Miss Meadows (2014)
Plot Summary:
Miss Meadows is a school teacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows, bad behavior is simply unforgivable.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, cynical, semi serious, offbeat, black comedy, crime drama, independent film, humorous, realistic, biting
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Tricked (2012)
Plot Summary:
During his 50th birthday party thrown by his wife, Remco's life takes a turn for the worse. His business partners are scheming behind his back to sell him and his former mistress shows up pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, sexy, erotic, talky, fast, experimental, disgusting
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He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2002)
Plot Summary:
A man dies in a freak accident on a golf course only to learn he must perform one last good deed to get into heaven.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, offbeat
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Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Plot Summary:
A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: black comedy, humorous, witty, light, atmospheric, talky, captivating, feel good, semi serious, dark comedy
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The Happy Housewife (2010)
Plot Summary:
Lea is an immaculate 30-something wife whose husband’s job in real estate allows her an enviably glossy lifestyle. The word ‘emancipation’ simply isn't in her vocabulary and as long as the money rolls in, all is rosy. So, when Harry Jr. arrives, she is a little traumatized at having to swap canapés for nappies.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, captivating, semi serious, psychological, realistic
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Nobel Son (2007)
Plot Summary:
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: semi serious, suspenseful, dark comedy, suspense, black comedy, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, fast
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No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Plot Summary:
Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: detective, dark comedy, clever, suspenseful, retro, spooky, black comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Novocaine (2001)
Plot Summary:
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, suspenseful, tricky, humorous, captivating, clever, suspense, cult classic, offbeat
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Leaves of Grass (2009)
Plot Summary:
An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, stylized, intense, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, clever, witty
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Remember Me, My Love (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story of a normal Italian family in which come out the dreams of those who have lost their possibilities and of those who want to realize them. Carlo and Giulia are a married couple who have each given up their aspirations in order to live an average life. Their 19-year-old son, Paolo, is having trouble finding an identity, while their 18-year-old daughter, Valentina, has already figured out how to use sex to her advantage. The family goes through a crisis when Carlo begins having an affair, Giulia attempt to seduce the director of a local stage production she is in, and Valentina does what she does best to land an audition for a TV show.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, romantic, romantic drama, serious, emotional, realistic
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Zero Effect (1998)
Plot Summary:
Daryl Zero is a private investigator. Along with his assistant, Steve Arlo he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Though a master investigator, when he is not working, Zero doesn't know what to do with himself. He has no social skills, writes bad music, and drives Arlo crazy. In his latest case, Zero must find out who is blackmailing a rich executive, and when his client won't tell him, why.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: detective, neo noir, dark comedy, cult classic, witty, black comedy, sincere, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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A Little Help (2010)
Plot Summary:
It's a movie for everyone whose life has been thrown off-course, out of whack, or simply not turned out the way they planned it. In other words, it's a movie for everyone, period. Set in suburban Long Island in the summer of 2002, with the psychic wounds of 9/11 still fresh, A Little Help is a story that takes a comic, searching and profoundly empathetic look at a few pivotal months in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer)-an ordinary woman whose life suddenly flies off the rails-and her heroic efforts to re-establish a sense of security and normalcy for herself and her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, romantic, romantic comedy, offbeat, independent film
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Denial (1998)
Plot Summary:
Couples split up after a comment at an LA dinner party sets up arguments about how truthful partners are in their relationships.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, independent film, talky, sexual, sex comedy, sexy
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Everyone (2004)
Plot Summary:
The perfect gay couple are having a wedding in their backyard and they've invited the family and all their emotional baggage.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, sentimental, light, touching, realistic, semi serious, sexual, crying, independent film
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Rancid Aluminum (2000)
Plot Summary:
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is bust and the only way out is to do business with the Russian mafia. His life and heart are on the line when he leave to restore the fortunes of the family firm.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, tense, sad, offbeat, realistic, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Petunia (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story of a family whose growth is stunted... a family that learns how to love themselves while loving each other (a little too much).
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: semi serious, realistic, tense, touching, captivating, biting, exciting, suspense, queer cinema
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To Return (2006)
Plot Summary:
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) works and lives Madrid with her husband Paco and daughter Paula. Her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas) lives nearby and they both miss their mother Irene (Carmen Maura), who died several years ago in a house fire along with their father. A former neighbor from their hometown reports that she has seen the ghost of Irene and both daughters do not believe her. After a murder and a family tragedy, Irene's spirit materializes around her daughters to help comfort them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: black comedy, emotional, dark comedy, touching, hispanic, psychological, humorous, stylized, erotic, visual
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Montenegro (1981)
Plot Summary:
Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, sexy, cult classic, humorous, surreal, sex comedy, black comedy, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Polish Wedding (1998)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak family (she has five children). Though she's happily married to Bolek, she is also having a long-time affair with Roman. Her young daughter Hala is having an affair with neighbour cop Russell and becomes pregnant by him. Russell is pressed hard to marry Hala.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: light, melancholic, sentimental, touching, semi serious, realistic, talky, stylized, independent film, clever
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The Oranges (2011)
Plot Summary:
A man's (Hugh Laurie) affair with his friend's much-younger daughter (Leighton Meester) throws two neighboring families into turmoil.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, romantic, melancholic, light, psychological, romantic comedy, cynical
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Trust (1990)
Plot Summary:
After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, retro
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Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
Plot Summary:
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: emotional, talky, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sad, gloomy, independent film, black comedy
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Jonny Vang (2003)
Plot Summary:
Three friends since childhood are trying to work out their complicated relationships. Jonny tries to be best friends with Magnus, Magnus tries to be married to Tuva, and Tuva tries to have sex with Jonny.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, dark, dark comedy, cult classic, sexual, sexy, cult film
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With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)
Plot Summary:
Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, dark comedy, black comedy, atmospheric, intellectual, stylized, scary, humorous
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Betty Fisher and Other Stories (2001)
Plot Summary:
Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot arranges to kidnap another child, Jose, to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole is looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend Francois and some of his criminal cohorts.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, stylized, tense, harsh, emotional, realistic, suspenseful, sincere, serious, depressing
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Intermission (2003)
Plot Summary:
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, touching, melancholic, witty, black comedy, semi serious, cult classic, realistic, intense