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Plot Summary:
Academy Award Winner Javier Bardem stars as Blanco, proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: social, tragicomedy, black comedy, dark comedy
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Everyday God Kisses Us on the Mouth (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dumitru is a two-faceted killer: he kills animals and called a hunter, and kills people, and branded as an assassin. Dumitru is just out of prison, for the first time since the fall of communism. Even on the train taking him home, he is planning to return to his past practices as he is involved in a blood thirsty card game with some gypsies. The game turns out badly, and one of those making up the table is killed. He starts on a flight again, this time, bound for his home town, where he finds his wife pregnant by his own brother. Blind with a thirst for vengeance, Dumitru commits one more murder that unleashes a sequence of new crimes and makes him into a wanted serial killer. Life becomes a burden that is too heavy for Dumitru who decides to abbreviate his existence. However, he soon discovers he does not hold all power over himself. God has other plans for him and condemns to him to stay alive. Written by Gonz30.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, semi serious, humorous, black comedy
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Taiwan Canasta (1985)
Plot Summary:
Once one of the leaders of the 1968 protests, Sasa Belopoljanski is now an out-of-work architect who makes "movers" for living, some funny little mediapan mobiles which nobody takes seriously but him. Dreaming about the honest world free of corruption, Sasa deliberately refused all kinds of work that didn't fit into his revolutionary ideas. Eventually he crosses the path of a group of men involved in construction business, which he sees as a chance for his long-awaited professional success. But these people have other plans.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: game show
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Buone notizie (1979)
Plot Summary:
Giancarlo Giannini stars as the nameless hero, a disaffected media executive who spends his days watching violent programming on the six television screens in his office and his evenings neglecting his frustrated wife at home. An encounter with an apparently delusional old friend who claims to be in mortal danger, and the friend’s alluring nymphomaniac wife, provides a temporary respite from drab routine.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, black comedy, dark comedy
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Nowhere in Moravia (2014)
Plot Summary:
When not serving regulars at a pub in the middle of a sleepy northern Moravian village, thirtysomething Maruna spends time with hesitant Jura and naïve outsider Olin – or fighting with her imperious mother. Lightened with a touch of black humor, this laconic village drama is the directorial debut of the artistic director of Prague’s Dejvice Theater who gave the members of his ensemble a one-of-a-kind acting opportunity in film.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, dark comedy
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The Magnificent Cuckold (1964)
Plot Summary:
The Magnificent Cuckold is about a hat tycoon who is ecstatically, if not hungrily, in love with his youthful wife. It is all blissful, that is, until our man, middle-aged and somewhat of a square among his blasé, upper-class friends to whom cuckoldry is a common practice, is seduced by one of them. At this point doubts and suspicions, like conscience, begin to plague him. If he could succumb to extramarital confections, why not his gorgeous mate? Quickly his love for his spouse degenerates beyond obsessive, into the realm of maniacal. He becomes madly concerned that his wife is cheating on him --even though she is not being unfaithful. When he looks at her it becomes obvious to him that she is a very attractive woman. And, all the men around her must be dying to be with her. Gnawed by jealously, he will imagine variations on nabbing her and her lover in flagrante delicto.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: black and white, sexy, hot
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As Luck Would Have It (2011)
Plot Summary:
Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with his wife. However, instead of the hotel, he finds a museum built around the Roman theater in the city. While walking through the ruins, he has an accident, an iron rod sticks into his head and leaves him completely paralyzed. If he tries to move he would die. Roberto becomes the focus of the media, which will change his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, melancholic, sincere, rough, touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, dark comedy, humorous
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Carmina and Amen (2014)
Plot Summary:
After her husband dies, Carmina keeps it a secret until a check that he had been expecting comes in.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, melancholic, exciting
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Men Suddenly in Black (2003)
Plot Summary:
Four men attempt to fool around as much as they can before their wives return from a 14-hour Buddhism trip to Thailand.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, black comedy
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The Contestant (2007)
Plot Summary:
Martín's lucky hit when he wins the most lucrative prize in television history puts his life upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, ironic, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, social, anthropological, game show, weird
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Among Adults (2006)
Plot Summary:
Six women and six men. Twelve adults who love, lie, manipulate, cheat, trust and break up. So goes life.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sex comedy
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Golden Balls (1993)
Plot Summary:
Benito González is a flamboyant engineer in Melilla, with a brash and pushy personality. His dream is to build the tallest building ever in the region. After his girlfriend leaves him, he devotes himself entirely to his ambitions, deciding to let nothing get in his way. He marries the daughter of a billionaire, intending to use her father's money to realise his project. Benito waltzes his way through a career of excess, fetishes and deceptions, but the personal conflicts he unleashes ultimately send his life spiraling down to disaster.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, light, humorous, captivating, ironic, sexy, manga, sensual, touching, serious
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The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
Plot Summary:
Mimi is a Sicilian dockworker who loses his job when he votes against the Mafia candidate in what he thinks is a secret ballot. He leaves his wife behind and goes to Turin, where he meets and moves in with Fiore, a street vendor and Communist organizer. They have a child, he works non-union jobs, and again he comes to the Mafia's attention. This time they're impressed, promoting him to a supervisor's job back in Sicily. He must keep Fiore and the child a secret, which is fine with Fiore, as long as he never makes love to his wife. He doesn't, and when she becomes pregnant, he knows he's a cuckold. His personal revenge and the Mafia's tentacles then intertwine in tragicomic ways.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: black comedy, political, cult classic, sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, sitcom
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Shiva Baby (2020)
Plot Summary:
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: emotional, disturbing, talky, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, psychological thriller, social, independent film
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Princesses (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in Spain, the story is about friendship and love in the world of prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, disturbing, erotic, captivating, social, hispanic, touching, realistic
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The Adjuster (1991)
Plot Summary:
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, witty, semi serious, erotic, entertaining, dark comedy, disturbing, sexy, social, anamorphic
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The Executioner (1963)
Plot Summary:
An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, social, tense, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, black comedy, suspense
Similar in 79%
To Return (2006)
Plot Summary:
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) works and lives Madrid with her husband Paco and daughter Paula. Her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas) lives nearby and they both miss their mother Irene (Carmen Maura), who died several years ago in a house fire along with their father. A former neighbor from their hometown reports that she has seen the ghost of Irene and both daughters do not believe her. After a murder and a family tragedy, Irene's spirit materializes around her daughters to help comfort them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: black comedy, emotional, dark comedy, touching, hispanic, psychological, humorous, stylized, erotic, visual
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Plot Summary:
Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, enigmatic, melancholic, talky, feel good, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, visual, hilarious
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Placido (1961)
Plot Summary:
In a small spanish town, a group of old ladies decide to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "Sit a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless person dining with them that night. The celebrations also include a parade, and in it we find Plácido, the humble owner of a three-wheeler, whose family is forced to live in a public lavatory because of the lack of money to pay the rent, and who has to pay the second bill of his vehicle before midnight or else he will lose it.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: social, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Dark Habits (1983)
Plot Summary:
A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, erotic, social, surreal, manga, hispanic, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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The New Age (1994)
Plot Summary:
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find meaning to their empty lives, they follow various New Age gurus and other such groups. Eventually, they hit rock bottom and have to make some hard decisions.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: satirical, melancholic, meditative, disturbing, humorous, cynical, realistic, witty, semi serious, cult classic
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Louise hires a contract killer (2008)
Plot Summary:
In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man to liquidate their boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, captivating, light, entertaining, political, offbeat, realistic, not serious
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Truman (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Julián receives an unexpected visit in Madrid from his lifelong friend Tomás, who now lives in Canada, the encounter is bittersweet. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Julián is focused on putting his affairs in order, while Tomás is still grasping at hope. For four intense days, the two men, accompanied by Julián's faithful dog, Truman, tour the city, sharing emotional, hilarious and surprising moments.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, light, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, sentimental, social, hispanic, existential, sensitive
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Mondays in the Sun (2002)
Plot Summary:
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and the unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not. The gap between them is widening and he is fearful that she will leave him for a co-worker. Despite arthritic legs, Ana endures night shifts at a fish factory and thinks her looks are now lost. Not everyone seems to agree including her boss. Lino, an aging family man doggedly pursuing positions beyond his qualifications. The oldest member of the group, Amador, has degenerated into alcoholism after being abandoned by his wife; maintaining an increasingly transparent pretense that his wife will soon return from holiday.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, realistic, political, psychological, serious, feel good, bleak, comedy drama, social
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Shampoo (1975)
Plot Summary:
George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairstylist whose uncontrolled libido stands between him and his ambitions. He wants the security of a relationship. He wants to be a hairdressing "star" and open his own salon. But the fact that he beds down with the wife, daughter and mistress of a potential backer doesn't help. It also does little for his relationship with his current girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, stylized, cult classic, witty, biting, sexual, funny, dark comedy, entertaining, meta
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The Efficiency Expert (1991)
Plot Summary:
Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: clever, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Death at a Funeral (2010)
Plot Summary:
Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, black comedy, dark comedy, hilarious, melancholic, absurd, talky, humorous, not serious, rough
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Live Flesh (1997)
Plot Summary:
A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, intense, atmospheric, emotional, erotic, serious, realistic, visual, neo noir
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What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
Plot Summary:
Almodóvar has described his fourth film as a homage to Italian Neorealism, although this tribute also involves jokes about paedophilia, prostitution, and a telekenetic child. The film, set in the towerblocks around Madrid, depicts female frustration and family breakdown.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, surreal, stylized, black comedy, mind bending, psychedelic, social, hispanic, offbeat, humorous
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Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Plot Summary:
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 227000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: black comedy, entertaining, dark comedy, political, humorous, funny, satirical, hilarious, feel good, indie film