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Plot Summary:
In 1943, a German commando conceals a large quantity of gold in an undersea cave on the coast of Corsica. Years later, Schlumpf, the sole survivor of the commando, returns to Corsica to recuperate the treasure -- with British and Soviet spies on his heels, and closely monitored by Dromard, from the French intelligence services. The monocled Dromard is convinced that he can outfox his opponents, but difficulties accumulate: despite his plump appearance, Herr Schlumpf is a sly fellow; Corsica is teeming with treasure hunters from various nationalities; and all parties readily resort to unnatural alliances, brazen treachery, and strong-arm tactics. Who will get the treasure?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister (1986)
Plot Summary:
Two members of the French Academy agree to help the attractive young veterinarian Esther investigate the suspicious death of her sister. Esther is convinced her brother-in-law is responsible, but soon it becomes apparent that those responsible are linked to the very highest echelons of power in the Vatican.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Monocle's Sour Laugh (1964)
Plot Summary:
A French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear aircraft carrier.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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Singapore, Singapore (1967)
Plot Summary:
Singapore, Singapore.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: medical horror
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Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere (1982)
Plot Summary:
Pasquale Bellachioma, the unfortunate Police Commissioner, creates a "master stroke" that can finally put it to light before their superiors, but the results is continuous failure.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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No Problem! (1975)
Plot Summary:
A man with a gunshot wound in the stomach comes to first house and collapses in Anita's apartment. A minute later he dies and the girl horrified by what happened, must look for somebody who would help her get rid of the corpse.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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The Black Monocle (1961)
Plot Summary:
The Marquis de Villemaur reunite strange visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the Third Reich. There is an Italian fascist, Heinrich; a German, Matthias; a Russian; and Dromard, a blind French war hero with a black monocle. - from IMDB.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Easy Down There! (1971)
Plot Summary:
A priest gets a little hot under the collar when the wife he thought was dead unexpectedly returns.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
Plot Summary:
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon after him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: spy comedy
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Tokyo Eyes (1998)
Plot Summary:
The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective finds that he's not the mad vigilante portrayed in newspapers.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, stylized, detective
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Let the Corpses Tan (2017)
Plot Summary:
Every summer, Luce, an eccentric 50-something painter, spends her time in a small and isolated township, which lies in ruins in southern France, surrounded by guests. This summer, these guests are Max Bernier (an old flame, author and alcoholic), her current squeeze (a lawyer named Bisorgueil), and three friends of his whom she has yet to meet: Rhino, Gros and Alex. After finishing their shopping in town, these three unknowns attack an armored truck and make off with 250 kg of gold. They then return to Luce's place, counting on her to hide them until the end of the summer... But certain events will throw a spanner in the works, and the hamlet will transform itself into a battlefield over the course of a very long and turbulent day.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: bloody, suspense, surreal, art house, hood, crime drama, visual, action thriller, poliziottesco, weird
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To Be a Millionaire (1980)
Plot Summary:
The terrorist Fors arrested after an attack on a OPEC meeting. Shortly afterwards town minister's daughter gets kidnapped by two men who require Fors be released and that he will flight phase to Albania. SÄPO agent Olsson will handle the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min
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13 Frightened Girls (1963)
Plot Summary:
While attending a Swiss school for diplomats' daughters, the teenage daughter of the American ambassador uses her access to various embassies to engage in espionage.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, microfilm
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Zits (1988)
Plot Summary:
Miss Maple, a music teacher, falls ill and a couple of kids try to get money for her treatment by selling Russians the blueprints of military airplanes. The trouble is - blueprints are from miniscule toy models. In middle of it all, teen hormones are working and there is some talk about first and second base.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
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Shooting Elizabeth (1992)
Plot Summary:
Before a man (Jeff Goldblum) can kill his nagging wife (Mimi Rogers) as planned, she disappears and he's charged with murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 643
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: black comedy, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Schneider vs. Bax (2015)
Plot Summary:
On his birthday, a hitman reluctantly takes on the easy task of killing a writer, only to find the job a lot more difficult than expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, humorous, suspense, slasher, dark comedy, transgressive, crying, weird
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Gunblast Vodka (2000)
Plot Summary:
Supermodel Everhart is kidnapped by bad guy Prochnow and rescued by good guy Otto in technopop action.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Poland, France
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Plot Summary:
When the spoiled son and newest wife of a billionaire patriarch plot to murder him, they form a psycho-sexual bond with their brutally handsome hitman as they kill and kill (and kill) in their quest for wealth and recognition.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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Cocaine Bear (2023)
Plot Summary:
An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, dark, horror comedy, creepy, disgusting, surprise ending, psychotronic, detective, black comedy, grindhouse
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Cry of the Cormoran (1971)
Plot Summary:
Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the object of interest of two thugs, Kruger and Mister K.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, cynical, tense, thought provoking, realistic
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The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
Plot Summary:
A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, parody, cult classic, colorful, spoof, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast
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The Great Spy Chase (1964)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
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Plot Summary:
Agent Lemmy Logan is investigating the case of a missing NASA scientist and discovers that an ex nazi is developing a new super weapon.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, eurospy
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Mindhorn (2016)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: parody, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, serious, surprise ending, crying, psychotronic
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Pattana Pravesham (1988)
Plot Summary:
Pattanapravesham movie is the sequel of Nadodikkattu. Just six months after the events of the prequel, C.I.D. Ramdas (Mohanlal) and C.I.D. Vijayan (Sreenivasan) who are called to Kerala to find the murderer of a police officer. The two incompetent and clueless men find themselves facing a dangerous crime syndicate that deals in drug trafficking. In addition, Anandan Nambiar (Thilakan) who is the man they put behind bars in Nadodikkattu, escapes from jail. Pattana Pravesham is a well-scripted mix of light comedy and poignant drama, just like its prequel.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags:
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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers (2005)
Plot Summary:
Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, weird
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Head Above Water (1996)
Plot Summary:
Judge George (Harvey Keitel) brings his young wife, Nathalie (Cameron Diaz), to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance (Craig Sheffer) -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie spends time with her ex, Kent (Billy Zane). When Kent ends up dead the next morning, Nathalie tries to hide the evidence before her husband gets home. After the body is found, the events of the previous night unravel, with unexpected revelations.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, dark comedy, funny, light, suspense, melancholic, absurd, talky, realistic
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Breathless (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband, Dale’s, criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tiny, to help her figure out what to do with Dale after his latest double-cross involving the theft of $100,000 from a bank.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Package (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a group of teenagers goes on a spring break camping trip, an unfortunate accident sets off a race to save their friend’s most prized possession.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: ironic, feel good, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny, sexy, dark comedy, teen