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Plot Summary:
A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
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Collaborator (2011)
Plot Summary:
A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his former neighbor, a right-wing ex-con.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, witty, light, realistic, independent film
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Trust Me (2010)
Plot Summary:
A comical fresco on human misdemeanors and betrayals... A film about our right to not be perfect.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, atmospheric, captivating, offbeat, realistic
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Village of the Stone Roller (1995)
Plot Summary:
Pekka (Martti Suosalo) saapuu pitkästä aikaa kotiseudulleen pieneen Jerusalemin kylään juhlistamaan kylän viimeisiä häitä. Hänen oma avioliittonsa näyttää ajautuneen umpikujaan. Kylän väki kokoontuu valmistelemaan tätä viimeistä tapahtumaa, ja yhteen kesäiseen vuorokauteen tuntuu tiivistyvän koko ihmiselon katkeransuloinen kirjo iloineen ja suruineen. Maaseudun kuvaus on nostalgista ja herkkää, ja tarinan dialogi osuvaa. Markku Pölönen on käsikirjoittanut ja ohjannut tämän Heikki Turusen kirjaan perustuvan elokuvan joutsenlauluksi elämänmuodolle joka loppui 70-luvun maaltamuuton myötä.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 981
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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Kill Your Darlings (2006)
Plot Summary:
A desperate young writer is lured on a wild ride through the desert by a mysterious woman in this darkly comic take on the all-American road trip. Along the way they cross paths with a hapless mobster, a 6 foot transvestite and a lovesick housewife, all on the way to their celebrity TV shrink in Las Vegas... Things quickly spiral out of control into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game... a writer's frantic search for inspiration becomes intertwined with a motley crew of quirky characters seeking love and adventure at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, semi serious, humorous, realistic, independent film, offbeat, cynical, biting, suspense
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Don Peyote (2014)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 956
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, semi serious, captivating, psychological, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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The Waiters (2006)
Plot Summary:
Taylor Starks and his co-workers, all aspiring actors, toil in a Los Angeles restaurant while "waiting" for their big break.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Bolivar Is Me (2002)
Plot Summary:
Santiago Miranda¸ an actor representing Bolivar in a television series¸ leaves furious recording because it disagrees with the scripts they oblige die Bolívar¸ against the wall. Between the lucidity and the madness¸ Miranda really acts as a Bolívar prepared to perform any act that allows to conclude the unifying of the Liberator task and as an actor which seeks to rewrite reality to make it look to the dreams of Simón Bolívar.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, realistic, metafiction, soap opera, biting, parody, suspense
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Gloriously Wasted (2012)
Plot Summary:
Juha Berg is a 30-year-old hopeless drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki. Juha doesn't have the first intention of changing his way of life - just the opposite. He really enjoys sundry sexual relationships, adrenalin-inducing violence and, of course, alcohol for which he gets money even if by collecting bottles. But the hilarity in a drunken haze soon gets a run for its money as the passionate Juha falls in love with his AA group leader. The relationship with Tiina progresses quickly to dating and Juha has to make pivotal decisions. Juha has to begin balancing between maintaining a functional intimate relationship and his old lifestyle. Juha's best friend Kristian does his best to sabotage the relationship, and Juha's shaky decision to stay sober is further hindered by Mikael, an expert on German erotica. But how far can you go before there is only one solution left?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Loitering with Intent (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, emotional, captivating, sentimental, realistic, witty, independent film, whimsical
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How to Be a Woman and Not Die Trying (1991)
Plot Summary:
Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Over the course of a year, we follow her through her discontents: Antonio's lateness, his fatigue when she wants to make love, his insistence on her company when she prefers solitude, his treating her work as less important than his, his casual and cruel dismissal of her opinions, her boss assigning her an incompetent editor, bartenders ignoring her, her passage into middle age. She can be feisty and edgy, which sometimes gets in the way of what would make her happy. And she regularly threatens to leave Antonio. Will she, and on what terms? What will he do?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Mr. Write (1994)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring writer (with no talent) gets a job on a TV commercial, falls for an advertising executive.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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True Enough (2007)
Plot Summary:
Anne is an attractive woman on the cusp of middle age trying in vain to divide her time fairly between her demanding job as a television presenter and her family. Her colleagues and friends have similar problems though.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, sexual
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Daughters, Daughters (1973)
Plot Summary:
In this Israeli comedy, a father is afraid that after having sired eight daughters, that he will never produce a son.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Personal Tailor (2013)
Plot Summary:
From the director of Back to 1942, Feng Xiaogang, comes PERSONAL TAILOR, one of the most unique films you'll see in this upcoming holiday season. Imagine a team that will sacrifice themselves for your dream at any cost -- but only if that dream makes you a better person. And only if that dream lasts a single day... What would your dream be? Where would you go? What would you do? And after that single day, what would happen to you?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, stylized, semi serious, realistic, biting, suspense
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Write & Wrong (2007)
Plot Summary:
They say with age comes wisdom, but unfortunately, in Hollywood, no one seems to care. Quickly approaching her fiftieth birthday, talented and once-famous screenwriter Byrdie has lately had a hard time finding work in the movie biz. As she's aged, the industry hasn't, and the new regime isn't interested in what a maturing wordsmith has to say. In desperation, Byrdie dreams up a script-selling scheme, enlisting her attractive nephew Jason, a car salesman, to pitch her work as his own. The ruse is a wild success: All the key players eat up his charm, and her scripts soon become the hottest thing in town! But once she's proved she's still got it, can Byrdie keep up this pretense - and watch someone else reap all the glory for her hard work? Kirstie Alley lights up the screen in this feel-good movie about one woman's quest to prove that life isn't over at a certain age and that youth doesn't have the market on worth.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good
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A Matter of Heart (2009)
Plot Summary:
Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. Alberto is a gregarious joker - and chain smoker - who has a strong effect on the impressionable Angelo. However, as one of the men's condition deteriorates, the other becomes more deeply involved in his personal life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 875
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat
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Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' (2005)
Plot Summary:
An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, sitcom
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In Custody (1994)
Plot Summary:
Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of extinction as political trends and modernization obscure its contributions to Indian culture. Merchant 's treatment is wry and good humored , as his characters - an aging Urdu poet (Shashi Kapoor) and a worshipful young college lecturer - clash despite their shared passion for the beauty of words. Anita Desai adapted her novel with Shahrukh Husain, incorporating poems by Urdu author Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The movie won the President of India Gold Medal for Best Picture in 1994.(http://www.merchantivory.com/custody.html).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 391
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: insightful, parallel cinema, clever, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, biting, surprise ending, suspense
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The Blue Tooth Virgin (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two writers must face a dilemma that is common to anyone who has ever had an artistic friend: what happens when you have to give feedback, and the news isn't good? Sam, an aspiring screenwriter, and David, a successful magazine editor, have been pals for years. When David doesn't appreciate Sam's latest attempt, it opens a fissure in their friendship, one that spreads through the rest of their lives. Ultimately, both men must reevaluate their motivations to write, their need for praise and validation, and what it means to see yourself as you actually are.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film, sentimental, witty
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The Ape (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment occupied by a walking, talking, foul-mouthed ape in a Hawaiian shirt and Converse High Tops.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, tense, offbeat, cynical, biting, exciting, suspense
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Mistress (1992)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, light, captivating, cult classic, exciting, independent film, realistic, witty, talky
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Monster in a Box (1992)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, witty, talky, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychological, tense, philosophical
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Confessions of a Womanizer (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ritchie is the epitome of everything wrong with modern man: a pompous, foul-mouthed idiot, driven only to get the latest girl of the week Something changes after his first real relationship that includes Ritchie's two favorite things: frequent condomless sex and freshly baked cookies. Through his "confessions," we learn his womanizing goes much deeper, fueled by a scar caused years ago. But leave it to his new best friend, a transgendered prostitute named Ginger, to help Ritchie work through these psychological issues.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, teen, independent film, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy
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The Passion (2010)
Plot Summary:
To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, realistic
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Hits (2014)
Plot Summary:
A talentless teen will do anything to get on TV's "The Voice." Meanwhile, her father, a municipal worker, creates an uproar when a video of his rants at City Hall goes viral.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, independent film, biting, suspense
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Not Another Happy Ending (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too damn happy and she can't write when she's happy.The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realises he's in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, romantic, sexual, romantic comedy, independent film, sexy
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One-Way Ticket to Mombasa (2002)
Plot Summary:
Pete loses his consciousness while playing in a pop band. The diagnosis is harsh and the doctor cannot say for sure whether Pete will celebrate his 18th birthday. One night, encouraged by the vodka on Jusa's 18th birthday, Pete confesses his love to Kata, his dream girl. Together with Jusa, they go to Lapland where Kata has her summer job. In Jusa's wild company, Pete experiences something which he never felt before as they decide to take a trip to Mombasa via Lapland.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: road movie, sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, offbeat
Similar in 78%
Jake Squared (2013)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker sets out to make a new project in order to figure out how he's screwed up every relationship he's ever had.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, contemplative, semi serious, light, captivating, offbeat, mind bending, realistic, independent film
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The Rum Diary (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s “The Lost Generation,” Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman, Chenaults and her fiancée Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals. It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: stylized, sexy, light, surreal, humorous, ironic, cult classic, offbeat, talky, scenic
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The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, psychological, funny, inspirational, romantic, feel good