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Plot Summary:
In the film, Solo is a down-on-his-luck writer who is encouraged by his psychiatrist to get a dog. Solo meets his love interest, who he assumes to be a dog owner when meeting her at a dog play park, but dog problems stand in their way.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic, independent film, offbeat
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Weekend Pass (1984)
Plot Summary:
Three rookie sailors who have just completed basic training are out on their first weekend pass. As they hit one bar after another, they soon forget everything the Navy ever taught them.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, grindhouse, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy, campy, cult film
Similar in 87%
Room to Rent (2000)
Plot Summary:
Ali is a young Egyptian screenwriter determined to succeed in London, where he has been a student. He loves the artistic and political freedom, the colours, the music, the individualism. But he has little money, his student visa is about to expire and he has been thrown out of his lodgings. And so Ali moves in with a succession of eccentric and colourful London flatmates: Mark, a photographer with a very individual style, Linda, a young, blonde, very sexy model and Marilyn Monroe impersonator, and Miss Stevenson who is convinced that Ali is the reincarnation of her long dead Egyptian lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, independent film, offbeat, sexual
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009)
Plot Summary:
Julian Marsh is an out of work ladies' man who lands a job directing a bizarre adaptation of Hamlet. After casting his best friend and his ex-girlfriend in the show, Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that explains the connection between Shakespeare, the Holy Grail and some seriously sexy vampires. It turns out that the play was actually written by a master vampire name Theo Horace and it's up to Julian to recover the Grail in order to reverse the vampire's curse...If only being undead wasn't so much God-damned fun!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 827
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, sexy, suspense, independent film, clever, offbeat
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Late Last Night (1999)
Plot Summary:
After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and intoxication. They start a cathartic ride through the city's underbelly.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy
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13 Moons (2002)
Plot Summary:
Can you solve the mystery of the 13 moons?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, absurd, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Martin & Orloff (2002)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a marketing man and his shrink. A suicide attempt and a softball game; A PHD-toting stripper and a deranged Desert Storm vet; A giant sparerib costume and the world's largest peenis; John Woo-style violence and Steel Magnolia-esque pathos. This is the story of Martin & Orloff.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 873
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: clever, realistic, independent film, offbeat, humorous, witty, not serious, biting, suspense, alternative comedy
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How to Make Love to a Woman (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Andy hears his girlfriend Lauren sigh after sex, he panics. But even with the help of his friends, porn stars and tantric experts, he continues to stumble in the bedroom, finally realizing that in order to give Lauren the 'O' word, he first needs to say the 'L' word. Starring Josh Meyers, Krysten Ritter, Ian Somerhalder, Jenna Jameson and Ken Jeong.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, not serious, feel good, light, absurd, disturbing, sex comedy, parody, offbeat
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Unemployed (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jamal and Dex are two hapless out of work actors who come to terms with reality when they realize they've been pursuing their dreams for over ten years and still haven't booked a single speaking role. When the two run out of cash and face eviction from their small apartment, they hit the pavement in search of a job. With no job experience, no skill set and little ambition, the audience gets a front row seat to this hilarious journey in which these two bad-luck prone losers can't seem to catch a break.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, slasher, realistic, independent film
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Surrender (1987)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself or just for his money.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Smile (1975)
Plot Summary:
It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital difficulties and Bob's son is up to some mischief. Could this year's pageant be in jeopardy?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, realistic, biting, satirical, funny, mockumentary, cult classic, clever, offbeat
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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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Heavy Petting (2007)
Plot Summary:
Charlie thinks he's met the perfect woman, but in order to be with her, he must first get past her dog. Just when he thinks all is lost, he realizes that he loves the dog too! Now he must do everything he can to keep them both.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sex comedy, independent film
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Cavemen (2013)
Plot Summary:
"Cavemen" is a comedic film with a slight edge of drama revolving around the lives of somewhat single, somewhat unemployed guys living in a warehouse converted to living quarters in the 'Arts District' of Downtown Los Angeles, California they are toiling adulthood and realities of love.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic, scenic, romantic comedy, independent film
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P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002)
Plot Summary:
With his life already in shambles -- his girlfriend just dumped him, he's lost his acting gig, and his cat is seriously ill -- sad-sack Jimmy Zoole (Steve Guttenberg) comes home New Year's Eve to find a gay burglar (Lombardo Boyar) looting his apartment. Taking the intruder hostage, Jimmy threatens to unleash his pent-up rage on the would-be thief but instead begins to bond with his captive.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, light, clever
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A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)
Plot Summary:
Charles Swan III, a successful graphic designer, has it all: fame, money and devilish charm that have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. But when a perplexing beauty named Ivana suddenly ends their relationship, Charles is left heartbroken. With the support of his loyal intimates - Kirby, Saul, and his sister, Izzy – Charles begins a delirious journey of self-reflection to try and come to terms with a life without Ivana. "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" is an unconventional melodrama told in a bold and playful style.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, stylized, independent film, whimsical
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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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100 Mile Rule (2002)
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: realistic, cynical, semi serious, humorous, clever
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Sherman's Way (2008)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric Olympic has-been who prefers leisure to work, finds himself stuck with a rigid pre-law Yale student with no time for wasting time. Between skinny-dipping and stealing cars, this odd-couple learn from each other that balance is the key to getting the girl, getting the job and getting a life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, offbeat
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Hard Breakers (2010)
Plot Summary:
Tired of the dating scene, Lindsay and Alexis take matters into their own hands, clubbing potential mates and dragging them back to their house.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, sentimental, feel good, captivating, melancholic, sexy, independent film, sex comedy
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Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)
Plot Summary:
"Muffin Top: A Love Story" is the story of Suzanne (Cathryn Michon) a Women's Studies Pop Culture professor at Malibu University, who studies images of women in the media for a living, and yet is made insecure by the constant parade of female perfection that is our airbrushed culture. She has been going through IVF treatments to get pregnant by her network executive husband (Diedrich Bader), but discovers on her birthday, that her husband has knocked up his younger, skinnier, co-worker (Haylie Duff) and wants a divorce. Happy Birthday! She goes on to find a more authentic version of who she really is, despite the delights of being suddenly single in Los Angeles, where low self-esteem for women is our number one export to the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 754
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, independent film
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Bug (2002)
Plot Summary:
A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a lost restaurant reservation, a drunken fender-bender, disruption of basic cable television service, and more than one relationship falling apart. One person's disaster becomes another's boon, and vice versa--because a man loses his job, a young girl becomes the lead ballerina in the school play, which in turn causes the death of a pet pig. These characters weave around Los Angeles and each other as seemingly mundane events fall into place, putting them on a collision course with a common fate and one heroic act of competence.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, semi serious, clever, offbeat, realistic, independent film, weird
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Beyond Therapy (1987)
Plot Summary:
Manhattanites Bruce and Prudence are each looking for a meaningful romantic relationship and have been encouraged by their psychiatrists to find someone through the personal ads. Their first meeting is disastrous, but they begin to hit it off during their second date. However, Bruce's bisexual, live-in lover does not want to share Bruce and is willing to do whatever it takes to keep him to himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, biting, sexual, sexy
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My New Gun (1992)
Plot Summary:
Debbie and Gerald's lives drastically change after they get a gun. Their mysterious neighbor, Skippy, becomes an important and transforming figure in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting, suspense
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2 Million Stupid Women (2009)
Plot Summary:
A handful of insults and fighting best friends, not quite the Birthday presents every girl hopes for. Melissa s not every girl. She is determined to collect insults from all of her past boyfriends before her birthday night is over. But her journey to rid herself of her bad hook-up karma leads to some pretty strange situations, and by the nights end she might just learn a thing or two about relationships. Will things start looking up for the insulted party girl, or will she be stuck with bad karma for another year?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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6 Month Rule (2011)
Plot Summary:
A womanizer teaches his clueless friend the rules about being single and avoiding emotional attachment.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, thought provoking
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Boy Toy (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jake: an unsuccessful - yet well endowed - underwear model in L.A, who finds a lucrative new line of work as a platonic escort for women of a certain age. But, just as he finds himself a deep-pocketed "sugar mama" in Barbra, he meets Norah: a stunning and laid back Yoga instructor. As Jake's success blooms, so does his love life; leading him to a crossroad that will change everything.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, not serious, funny, feel good, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, independent film
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Live Nude Girls (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Shane inherits a gentleman's club from his estranged uncle, he leaves his Midwestern home for Los Angeles. Run by a booze hound and employing a dozen out of control strippers, Shane must do everything he can to save the club from bankruptcy and maybe make history in the process.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, sensual, realistic
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Carpool Guy (2005)
Plot Summary:
Joel Goodman is a hotshot advertising executive angling for a promotion, but he feels stuck - not least of all in traffic. A seeming answer to his prayers comes in the form of a homeless man whom Joel pays to sit in his passenger seat so he can use the carpool lane. The two form an unexpected bond, and Joel comes to realize that sometimes changing lanes can change your life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, independent film, soap opera
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The Dog Who Saved Halloween (2011)
Plot Summary:
Zeus (voiced by Joey Lawrence) and the Bannister family have moved into a new home just in time for Halloween! When Zeus and George (Gary Valentine of "The King of Queens") decide to investigate a creepy neighbor (Lance Henriksen of Aliens), they discover a scary dog (voiced by Mayim Bialik of "Blossom" and "The Big Bang Theory"), a haunted house and form a surprising partnership with a familiar pair of bumbling burglars (Dean Cain and Joey "Coco" Diaz). Can Zeus bust some ghosts, find a missing cat and face his biggest fear, all in time to go trick or treating? Elisa Donovan ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") and Curtis Armstrong (Revenge of the Nerds) star in this all-new thrills & chills adventure from the creators of The Dog Who Saved Christmas and The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious
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2 B Perfectly Honest (2004)
Plot Summary:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has a son, is forced to consider the unthinkable - getting a real job.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious