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Plot Summary:
Shun Nakahara directs this comic take on Sidney Lumet's 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men. Just as in that earlier work, this film takes place in a jury room and takes place in real time. The film opens as the jury is about to acquit the defendant -- a bar hostess who pushed her ex-husband path of an oncoming truck, supposedly in self-defense. Just as everyone seems to be in agreement over the woman's innocence, one bespectacled juror (Kazuyuki Aijima) -- no one is given names in this film -- voices second thoughts. Slowly, like an inversion of Henry Fonda's character in the earlier film, he sets about convincing his fellow jurors -- a group of nice folks who don't like thinking ill of people -- that the defendant is in fact a cold-blooded killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: parody, surprise ending
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Servitude (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of frustrated waiters at a kitschy steakhouse take over their restaurant for one final, glorious, revenge-filled night when they discover they are all about to be fired.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Romeo & Julio (2009)
Plot Summary:
Break-dance trash musical comedy/parody based on William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy
Country: Croatia
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: parody
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Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2001)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by Neil Simon's early career experience as a junior writer for Your Show of Shows, the play focuses on Sid Caesar/Jackie Gleason-like Max Prince, the star of a weekly comedy-variety show circa 1953, and his staff, including Simon's alter-ego Lucas Brickman, who maintains a running commentary on the writing, fighting, and wacky antics which take place in the writers' room.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
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The Thin Pink Line (1998)
Plot Summary:
In this mockumentary, a film team in search of a new documentary project determines to find a wrongfully imprisoned death-row inmate. Enter Chauncey Ledbetter, the quirky, potentially gay, prisoner convicted of murdering his high school show choir teacher. As filming of the documentary progresses, evidence increases that Chauncey might be guilty after all. Will the team prove Chauncey's innocence before his impending execution or will this be the end of him? The title is a humorous reference to Errol Morris’ documentary The Thin Blue Line, which raised questions about the conviction of a prison inmate on death-row.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: parody, mockumentary, flamboyance
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Serafino (1968)
Plot Summary:
Serafino a young and innocent shepherd inherits a huge fortune. He immediately spends the entire sum in presents for his friends. For this reason he is believed mad, and his uncle decides to legally forbid him to take any decision about his fortune. Serafino liaison with his cousin drive him few steps to marry. Tired of this entire situation Serafino finally decides to come back to the mountains by his sheep.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Roughing It: An Improvised Comedy (2010)
Plot Summary:
A film crew looking for big foot. A boy scout troop lost for three days, a group of friends balancing out the burial of their friend with their alcohol consumption, and a guy trying to get back his girl (while dressed in a gorilla costume). Everything comes together for a hilarious, completely improvised comedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody
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The Big Fox (1988)
Plot Summary:
Ugo Maria Volpone is a very rich shipowner. He dissimulates to be close to die in order to have the attention of three of his friends: Corvino, Voltore and Corbaccio. The three accepts every kind of humiliation and money loss in order to inherit all Volpone's fortune. Volpone hires a new servant, Mosca. Together the two start to realize new jokes and extortions to the three greedy fake friends. Who will win the inheritance?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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The Great American Sex Scandal (1990)
Plot Summary:
Film highlighting the courtroom antics of the jury.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
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I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow (2013)
Plot Summary:
41-year-old Shizuo Daikoku (Shinichi Tsutsumi) suddenly quits his job at a company to become a mangaka. His family and friends become involved in his new pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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While the Cat's Away... (1972)
Plot Summary:
A suburban housewife has a crapton of lovers, and a reporter tries to get a story on that.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Planet of the Erotic Ape (2002)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist creates a device that transports him to a world where women rule. They keep all the men locked away, and have their sexual needs fulfilled by the local ape population. Soon the women force the newest male in their midst to help them find the biggest, most powerful ape available.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: parody
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Murder Can Hurt You (1980)
Plot Summary:
Spoof of TV crime dramas. Someone is murdering all the great detectives and cops, and it's up to the remaining few to find the killer and stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: parody, detective, spoof
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three men perform the entire 37 play canon from William Shakespeare in under two hours. A lot of quick costume changes and even more laughs.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 804
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody
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University of Laughs (2004)
Plot Summary:
In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
Plot Summary:
The second televised production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with Helen Mirren in the cast, although this time in a different role (Titania). In the 1968 production, which was released to movie theatres in Europe, but premiered in the U.S. on CBS-TV, Ms. Mirren played Hermia.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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The Comedy of Errors (1983)
Plot Summary:
Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Too bad that Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will instantly put to death any Syracusean found within their borders unless a ransome's paid. Meanwhile, the son, Antipholus, and his servant, Dromio (also an identical twin), keep running into strangers who seem to know them.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min
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The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet (1969)
Plot Summary:
Romeo and Juliet love each other, but they also love everyone else in town.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: parody, sex comedy, independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick, grindhouse
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Spic-O-Rama (1993)
Plot Summary:
John Leguizamo's follow-up to Mambo Mouth.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, sketch comedy, one man show
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Pleasure at the Hot Spring (1981)
Plot Summary:
As rumors spread about a hidden treasure worth 300 billion yen buried somewhere underneath a mountain hot spring resort large numbers of people flock to the local inn hotel managed by a madam with 2 things on their mind.....treasure hunting in the daytime and sex hunting in the night time. The geishas at the inn have their hands full as the inn is fully booked. The rumors even attract a shrewd rich tycoon named Yagisawa to the inn. Yagisawa immediately makes an offer to buy the inn at 80 million yen which is considered too low by the madam. However when "news" that some gold pieces have been unearthed Yagisawa agrees to buy the inn at madams asking price of 100 million yen. Is this a con job or are the buried treasures real?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags:
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Ushijima the Loan Shark 2 (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ushijima runs Kaukau Fiance, a black market lending agency which scourges its clients with interest rates as high as 50% for 10 days. Ushijima chases down his debtors, who normally come from the bottom of society, with ruthless efficacy.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags:
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Spanish Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
Grandes dosis de humor, ingeniosos guiños a nuestro cine patrio más reciente, un elenco artístico altamente ligado a la comedia y una elevada reserva de sorpresas constituyen los ingredientes de esta disparatada comedia: Spanish Movie.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, slapstick, light, feel good, slapstick comedy, offbeat, horror spoof
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But who killed Pamela Rose? (2003)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, light, feel good, realistic, suspenseful, detective, spoof
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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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Nympho Diver: G-String Festival (1981)
Plot Summary:
A once thriving Japanese village is in dire need of young, beautiful ladies to help with diving duties. Times are tough and the current diver is definitely no spring chicken, so the mayor’s son finds some beautiful maidens to fill the position. Plot quickly takes a back seat, as the arrival of the new recruits gets a rise out of the village’s male members. Let the sex games begin! Culminating in a celebration in which the new diving girls parade around in their tiny bathing suits to bring in cash-laden tourists, this film is a crazy, comedic take on timeless Japanese traditions.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: sexploitation film
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Psychic Kusuo (2017)
Plot Summary:
To the average person, psychic abilities might seem a blessing; for Kusuo Saiki, however, this couldn't be further from the truth. Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, he finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a curse. As all the inconveniences his powers cause constantly pile up, all Kusuo aims for is an ordinary, hassle-free life—a life where ignorance is bliss. Unfortunately, the life of a psychic is far from quiet. Though Kusuo tries to stay out of the spotlight by keeping his powers a secret from his classmates, he ends up inadvertently attracting the attention of many odd characters, such as the empty-headed Riki Nendou and the delusional Shun Kaidou. Forced to deal with the craziness of the people around him, Kusuo comes to learn that the ordinary life he has been striving for is a lot more difficult to achieve than expected.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, psychotronic, exciting
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Principal: Am I In a Love Story? (2018)
Plot Summary:
After her parents divorced, Shima Sumitomo lived with her mother. She felt uncomfortable living with her stepfather and she was unable to hang out with people at her high school. Shima Sumitomo decides to move to Hokkaido where her father lives. At her new high school in Hokkaido, she meets classmate Gen Tatebayashi and Wao Sakurai. They are the two most popular boys at her school. A principle of her school is that "Gen and Wao are for everyone." If anyone breaks the rule, that person will be ostracized. Even so, Shima Sumitomo gets closer to Gen and Wao.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining
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The Magic Hour (2008)
Plot Summary:
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman -- an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Superfast! (2015)
Plot Summary:
Undercover cop Lucas White joins Vin Serento's LA gang of illegal street racers. They are fast and they are furious and they plan to double cross LA crime kingpin Juan Carlos de la Sol who hides his cash in a downtown Taco Bell. The gang's outrageous plan is as daring as it is ridiculous and will see them towing the whole damn restaurant, at crazy speeds.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, feel good, entertaining, light, realistic, fast
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Mastergate (1992)
Plot Summary:
A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and double-dealing government operatives, satirizing the Watergate hearings of 1972-1973.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Plot Summary:
A radio play is going to go on air at a Tokyo radio station. It is a weepy melodrama written by housewife Miyako, who is the winner of the competition run by the station. Suddenly, the hot-tempered lead actress Nokko decides she wants the name of her character to be Mary Jane and not Ritsuko. That leads to the chain of events which changes the play completely.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick, neo screwball comedy