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Plot Summary:
An upbeat comedy about three boys that escape from Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland in the 1980s to fulfill their dreams in the free world.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Estonia, Finland, Latvia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, contemplative
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Super (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sonu, his sister, Sasha, and their friend, Akhil, live a poor lifestyle in India. While Sasha has given her heart to Akhil, he treats her as a close friend and confidant. Times get so tough, that the trio conspire to carry out robberies, and end up doing so - quite successfully, eluding the authorities. When Sashs finds out that Akhil does not love her, she threatens to kill herself and misunderstandings break out between the three. Subsequently, they part ways, and a short time later Sonu is informed that Sasha is dead. Years later, a young woman, Dr. Sri Vidya, enters Sonu's life and he befriends her and her dad, so much so that he even aids them financially.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags:
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Men at Arms (2005)
Plot Summary:
A fake historic epic on the Middle Ages and Estonia's not-so-glorious past.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 882
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Estonia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, absurd
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Juan & Ted: Wanted (2000)
Plot Summary:
Fugitives Juan and Ted have tried to mend their ways after they bolted jail to escape execution from the hands of Hepe and Langku.They found work as school bus driver and conductor. They developed special bond with their bus riders who have problems of their own.One day they went out of town to ease their worries. But the parents of the children panicked and called up the school administrators.And just when they least expected, Hepe and Langku showed up to reveal their true identities.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Jackpot (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kummelin Jackpot, was released in February 2006. It was about a divorced man portrayed by Silvennoinen, who realises a way to trick himself a jackpot in football betting.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Get the Goat (2021)
Plot Summary:
Bruceuilis, a policeman from the countryside, is assigned to rescue Celestina, a goat considered heritage of his small city, and travels to São Paulo. There, he meets police clerk Trindade, who decides to venture out into the field, even though it is not his specialty.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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The Devil Dared Me To (2007)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of daredevil stuntman Randy Cambell and his quest to follow in his late father's footsteps and become New Zealand's greatest daredevil stuntman by performing the ultimate daredevil stunt: jumping across Cook Strait in a rocket car!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 900
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, funny, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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Flip a Coin (2004)
Plot Summary:
CASPER and PHILIP two friends in their mid twenties, share a flat and spend most of their time chasing after girls. They chat girls up together, then flip a coin about who gets to pursue her. PHILIP always wins, but CASPER is the lucky one with the ladies. Then MARIE turns up. She is French, beautiful and leads the guys on, playing their game. Through a fun series of events the quirky romance triangle turns into a scheme, to rob the house where MARIE does Au-Pair work Written by T. Papperskorgen.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, independent film, realistic, semi serious
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Chor Machaaye Shor (2002)
Plot Summary:
Fortunately, before his arrest Shyam manages to hide the diamonds at a nearby construction site, intending to return for it as soon as he gets out of prison. Two years pass and Shyam's release date arrives. Returning to his ill-gotten gains, he is horrified to discover that what was once a building site is now a new police headquarters with his stolen diamonds forming part of the foundation. Shyam decides to create and play the role of Inspector Ram and soon becomes the favourite of ACP Ranbir Singh (Paresh Rawal) at the police station. But life is not that easy going for the imposter who quickly comes to the attention of the ever suspicious Inspector Pande (Om Puri). Amidst all this mayhem Ram actually finds time to romance Inspector Ranjita (Bipasha Basu). But he also plays the character of Shyam with Ranbir's daughter, Komal (Shilpa Shetty). Soon they become lovers. Whilst Ram/ Shyam is busy with his hectic love life, other criminals, Tito (Ashish Vidhyarthi) and Tony (Rajat Bedi).
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, remake of american film
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A Bad Idea Gone Wrong (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two would-be thieves forge a surprising relationship with an unexpected housesitter when they accidentally trap themselves in a house they just broke into.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, interesting
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Queen of Amsterdam (2013)
Plot Summary:
Chez Nous is a feel good comedy and the name of a cafe in the heart of Amsterdam that is on the brink of being closed.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, queer cinema
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Skills Like This (2007)
Plot Summary:
Max Solomon faces the awful truth that he will never be a writer. So, in a desperate attempt to find his true calling, he turns to crime. In this inventive comedy, three friends have their lives turned upside down when one of them realizes that larceny might be his best skill.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Supercon (2018)
Plot Summary:
A ragtag group of former TV stars and comic book artists who make their living working at conventions decide to steal the loot from a crooked promoter and an overbearing former TV icon.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: action comedy, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Crazy Famous (2017)
Plot Summary:
A fame obsessed average Joe escapes a mental institution with a band of misfits for one last desperate attempt to be famous.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, humorous, entertaining
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Exit (2019)
Plot Summary:
When an unknown toxic gas strikes Seoul in an unprecedented act of terror, Yong-nam has just met Eui-ju from college by chance at his mother's birthday banquet. The city falls under sudden noxious gas attack and together, they must escape the panic-stricken city.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, teen comedy, disaster movie
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OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, satirical, spoof, psychotronic, parody
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Don't Get Caught (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dre & Icy, two friends who, while on their annual road trip, make a wrong turn and discover a marijuana farm run by an old ruthless hillbilly. Thinking they've hit the jackpot, the two clear out the farm and head back to the city to sell their score. Little do they realize, the hillbilly is determined to get his crop back and has put a $100,000 bounty on their heads! It's a race against time for Dre & Icy, with one main goal. DON'T GET CAUGHT!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, hood
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Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP (2020)
Plot Summary:
Top National Security agent and zoophobe Tae-ju suddenly receives an ability to talk to the animals after a freak accident?!.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, captivating
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Mac Daddy's Vegas Adventure (2017)
Plot Summary:
After Mac Daddy decides to quit being an international ladies man, two of his best pupils (Diego and Damon), who have been trained by him in the arts of seduction, decide to take over. Damon and Diego take their game to Vegas to become international ladies men. But Damon ends up hitting on the wrong woman, and both Damon and Diego get involved with the most dangerous Italian Mafia in Vegas. Now Mac Daddy must come back into the game, to help save their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Codename: Jackal (2012)
Plot Summary:
A legendary assassin takes on an elimination task targeting the famous pop singer. She succeeds in kidnapping the singer but is hesitant to kill him, while he is hesitant to run away.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Hyperions (2022)
Plot Summary:
In 1960, Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum invented the Titan badge - a device that enables humans to have a particular super power. He took in three down-on-their-luck youths, creating an unusual family of superheroes and they quickly rose to fame and prestige. Over time, however, the commercial family fractured and the Professor replaced the team with a new set of super hero teens. Cut to 1979, when two of the original superheroes are all grown up and wanting their Titan badges back, even if it means robbing the Professor's museum and taking a few hostages accidentally.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good, surreal
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Cop Secret (2021)
Plot Summary:
When Bússi, Iceland's toughest cop, is forced to work with a new partner to solve a series of bank robberies, the pressure to close the case as soon as possible proves too much for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: art house, exciting, tense, captivating, satirical, disturbing, gay cinema
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Going by the Book (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jeong Do-man is a low-ranking traffic cop whose tendency to do things "by the book" sometimes gets him in trouble, such as when he pulls over his new boss, newly instated police chief Lee Seung-man, and issues him with a traffic ticket. Though surprised and annoyed by the unexpected fine, the police chief has bigger problems; the town of Sampo has been hit by a string of bank robberies, and to reassure the public he decides to carry out a realistic drill which will demonstrate the police force's capability. Do-man is chosen to act out the part of the bank robber, but with his usual fastidious attention to detail he sets out to commit the perfect crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, interesting
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We Still Steal the Old Way (2016)
Plot Summary:
The explosive follow-up to We Still Kill The Old Way (2014). Regarded as the best in the business, The Archer Gang is an aging criminal outfit who carry out a daring robbery, but are caught mid-heist. They are sentenced to do time in Britain's toughest prison. Once inside, they encounter their old nemesis Slick Vic Farrow (Billy Murray) who is intent on murdering the gang. The old-school criminals need to use all their wits to stage a daring escape, while dodging Slick Vic, and setting in motion a chain of events which leads to an explosive prison riot.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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Three Fugitives (1989)
Plot Summary:
On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, road movie, sentimental, humorous, detective, exciting, feel good, realistic, semi serious, fast
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The 2 Usual Idiots (2012)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to 2011 film "I soliti idioti".
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Carnaval (2021)
Plot Summary:
After a breakup, an influencer takes her friends on a free trip to Bahia's vibrant Carnival, where she learns life's not just about social media likes.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Full Speed (2016)
Plot Summary:
A family together with their grandpa go on a vacation, when their new car won't stop and it nearly escapes crashing into a hundred cars.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, funny, road movie, light, humorous
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Job: The Last Grey Cell (2006)
Plot Summary:
A story of three friends - Adi, Pele and Chemik, who experience many adventures.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Bachelor Days Are Over (2011)
Plot Summary:
Arnaud nicknamed "Cui Cui" no longer knows which way to look. He is about to marry Anna but he is not sure he really loves her. To make matters worse, he falls in love during the stag party he has with his friends. And Léa, a nightclub singer, is obviously the woman of his dreams. What to do? Cancel the wedding and create a scandal but be able to live with a woman he loves truly and loves him in return? Or be a good boy and not disappoint the company but say farewell to happiness. For four days, Arnaud goes to and fro aimlessly between Anna and Léa, between his eccentric sister and his self-centered mother, between hope and depression.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, contemplative, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Double-D Avenger (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three of the biggest and bustiest Russ Meyer stars - Kitten Natividad, Haji, and Raven De La Croix - make a comeback in 'The Double-D Avenger,' the first in a series of sexy action/comedy feature films by William Winckler Productions. Big, busty Chastity Knott must use her new amazing abilities as the super-stacked costumed crime fighter, the Double-D Avenger, to stop villainous bikini bar owner Al Purplewood and his sexy, murderous strippers.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, sexy, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, independent film, weird