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Plot Summary:
Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film version of her memoirs.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, grindhouse, independent film, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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The Woman Chaser (1999)
Plot Summary:
A 1950s used-car salesman (Patrick Warburton) wants to make a low-budget film about a trucker who accidentally runs down a child.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 701
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexual, neo noir, independent film, parody, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexy
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The Happy Hooker (1975)
Plot Summary:
Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts liberally sampling the local male talent. After a while she decides to make her pleasure her business too, and as her reputation grows she graduates to a high-class bordello. Soon she realises she has the right talents to make a real success of a place of her own.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy
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The Pool Boys (2009)
Plot Summary:
A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, captivating, sex comedy, exciting, hot
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Diary of a Hooker (1971)
Plot Summary:
Controversial director Paul Verhoeven made his feature-film debut with this Dutch comedy-drama about two prostitutes working in the Amsterdam Red Light district, and the many strange and unusual men they meet through their work. Also known as Diary Of A Hooker, Business is Business, and Any Special Way, Wat Zien Ik? was based on the short stories of Albert Mol; the film was photographed by Jan de Bont, who later went on to become a successful director himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy, psychological, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, sexual, sexy, hot
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The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)
Plot Summary:
The world's most famous madame is called to Washington to testify before Congress.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, anime, grindhouse, independent film, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, parody
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Heat (1972)
Plot Summary:
Former child star Joe Davis (Joe Dallesandro), reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he meets, including Jessica Todd (Andrea Feldman), a tightly wound feminist who has recently come out as a lesbian. When Jessica's mother, Sally (Sylvia Miles), an emotionally needy has-been actress, meets Joe, she moves him into her enormous, tacky mansion as her new boy toy and attempts to get him acting work.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: cult classic, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual, underground film, independent film, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Percy (1971)
Plot Summary:
Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man, but refuse to tell him the full story of the organ's origin. So Edwin begins a search which takes him to the philanderer's wife - and also to his many, many girlfriends.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, psychotronic, sexy
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Hollywood High Part II (1981)
Plot Summary:
It's another year at Hollywood High and the students are upholding the standards of their school. It's the end of the semester and finals are near, but that doesn't stop the girls of Hollywood High from having fun. From the pool to the beach, they cavort with their boyfriends, drink, and smoke a joint or two. But the fun stops when a teacher keeps one of the guys after school for some personal tutoring.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy
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The Seniors (1978)
Plot Summary:
Four college seniors open a bogus sex clinic, which unexpectedly mushrooms into a multi-million dollar business. Featuring a young Dennis Quaid in one of his earliest roles and Alan Reed (the original voice of Fred Flintstone) in his final film appearance.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, grindhouse, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy, hot
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Love Shack (2010)
Plot Summary:
A dysfunctional family of adult film stars reunites for a memorial porn shoot following the death of legendary producer Mo Saltzman. Along the way, the film's hapless director must contend with dueling divas, bickering couples, emotionally-scarred tag-team brothers, and a dominatrix with low self-esteem. Given its all-star cast and lofty pedigree, the film should be the greatest porno of all time.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, humorous, not serious, light, captivating, sex comedy, parody, sexy, realistic, sexual
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The Godfather of Green Bay (2005)
Plot Summary:
Joe Keegan is the 'Rocky' of stand-up comedy. A fifteen-year comedy veteran who was pegged for stardom early on in his career but has blown every major audition he has ever had in legendary fashion. Fresh off a recent fiasco with a heckler that included a broken nose, Joe's friend Kenny tells him he can get them an audition for 'The Tonight Show' and that it's 'a can't miss.' The one catch is that it's at a roadside bar in tiny Pine Lake, Wisconsin, hometown of Tonight Show Talent scout, Harvey Skorik who never misses 'Rocktoberfest.' Having doubts but needing a break from L.A., Joe reluctantly agrees to go. Arriving in Wisconsin, Joe bombs his first night on stage when local emcee Dug sabotages him. Joe cannot get a break until he encounters his former high school English teacher, the beautiful Molly Mahoney who is also at a crossroads in her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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She Wants Me (2012)
Plot Summary:
A neurotic writer working on his new film gets into a tricky situation when an A-list actress shows interest in the role intended for his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, sincere, independent film
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Stuntmen (2009)
Plot Summary:
When the industry's two biggest stuntmen are nominated for Stuntman of the Year, an over-ambitious documentarian reignites a dormant rivalry between the two men that results in an all out press war.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting, mockumentary
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Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)
Plot Summary:
A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, entertaining, dark comedy, sex comedy, realistic, sexual, sexy, bloody
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Nickelodeon (1976)
Plot Summary:
Going from a lawyer to a writer, and then to a film director, is the career path on which we find the bashful Leo Harrigan. But Leo has problems as well, such as being hopelessly smitten with his leading lady, who chooses to reward his attentions by getting herself hitched to Harrigan's vulgar leading man, Buck Greenaway! This movie is based, extremely loosely, on the early career on Cecil B. De Mille. - Written by Alfred Jingle.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tracey Ullman's comedy special features the one-and-only 'Ruby Romaine'--the memorable character from HBO's 'Tracey Takes On.' After an illustrious career, veteran Hollywood makeup artist Ruby has decided to call it quits. Or has she? In her trailer, Ruby tells a series of hilarious tales and explains why she reconsidered her retirement. With Debbie Reynolds, Jane Kaczmarek.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, parody, talky, independent film, spoof
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He's Way More Famous Than You (2013)
Plot Summary:
When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her agent and her career in one fell swoop she finally realizes that something in her life has got to change... she has to become WAY MORE FAMOUS! Armed with a stolen script and two pitchers of sangria, Halley enlists the help of her brother Ryan and his boyfriend to make her own movie, starring herself (of course) as herself, and any A-list celebrity she can land along the way.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 811
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, realistic
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These Old Broads (2001)
Plot Summary:
"These Old Broads" is a 2001 television film written by Carrie Fisher and starring her mother Debbie Reynolds, as well as Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, and Elizabeth Taylor in her final starring film role. Network television executive Gavin (Nestor Carbonell) hopes to reunite celebrated Hollywood stars Piper Grayson (Reynolds), Kate Westbourne (MacLaine), and Addie Holden (Collins) in a TV special after their 1960s movie musical "Boy Crazy" is re-released in the 1990s. Though the three women share the same agent, Beryl Mason (Taylor), Gavin's seemingly insurmountable obstacle is that they all cannot stand each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, biting, suspense
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The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Film Crew gives a commentary track to Walk the Angry Beach (1968), aka Hollywood After Dark, featuring Rue McClanahan as a stripper. Beloved, sassy Golden Girl Rue McClanahan stars as an unbeloved, depressive stripper who wants to become a movie star but can’t get any roles better than, say “Stripper #3” in Mondo Topless. But love is in the air, mingling with LA smog, as Rue falls for assistant junkyard attendee Tony, played by Anthony Vorno (Sweet trash, Jailbait Babysitter). Surprisingly, things go wrong and one of them turns up dead. There’s plenty of dimly-lit Burlesque dancing on a bare, presumable filthy stage, plus pale, hairy men in tight swimsuits, and drug-laced creepy sex! HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! It’s up to the Film Crew to turn this bleak cautionary tale into a hilarious, um, cautionary tale. Lunch is provided.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: parody, atmospheric, humorous, realistic, not serious, sexy, offbeat, sexual, campy
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Beach Movie (1998)
Plot Summary:
Link is torn between the two loves of his life: surfing, and his girlfriend Sunny. He's also got to deal with an angry landlady who's threatening to evict him if he doesn't start paying his rent. When three rich but clueless newcomers move into town and immediately start striking out with the dozens of bikini-clad beauties on the local beach, Link sees a possible solution to his cash problems: offer the trio lessons in how to become pick-up artists.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, sexual, teen sex comedy
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I Want Candy (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two hopeful lads from Leatherhead trying to break into the movies stumble upon the opportunity of a lifetime. Frustrated by their arty film teacher, wannabe producer Joe and his talented but neurotic director friend Baggy head to London to sell what they know is a script made of gold.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, humorous, not serious, light, erotic, parody, funny, teen, sexy
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Doctor Detroit (1983)
Plot Summary:
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, cult classic, sexy, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Ride (1998)
Plot Summary:
A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience, as they end up learning things about each other they had not previously known.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 819
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: hood, black comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
Plot Summary:
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy, campy
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Getting It On (1983)
Plot Summary:
Comedy about a voyeur teenager.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy, grindhouse, independent film, hot
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Hardbodies (1984)
Plot Summary:
Three middle-aged daddies visit California to have a marvelous time at the beach. When they learn that a nice apartment and an expensive cabriolet isn't enough for them to score with the chicks, they employ a student to help them. At first he's as disgusted of them and his job as his girlfriend, but soon they find out how to use the situation to everyone's benefit.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, sexy, erotic, funny, entertaining, psychotronic, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Finding Bliss (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jody Balaban, an aspiring filmmaker, is fresh to L.A. with New York film school accolades and the dream of making her movie. Unable to get a job where she can use the skills she so finely honed, Jody must edit adult entertainment to make ends meet. The uncompromising desire to make her movie, leads Jody to secretly film in the porn studio facilities at night - until she is caught in the act.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, sexy, offbeat, sexual, sex comedy, hot
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Brother's Justice (2010)
Plot Summary:
Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts action star.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 554
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, mockumentary, funny, light, feel good, independent film, fun
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The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
Plot Summary:
Jeff and Mari Thompson have been married for fifteen years. Although their marriage is not perfect, they are seemingly happy in their married and family life. But all their married friends seem to be getting divorced or separated. These newly single friends try to convince both Jeff and Mari - together and individually - that divorce is the way to go. Even if they do decide to remarry, it will be an inevitability that that marriage too will end in divorce. And divorce can even re-energize the love in an otherwise stale marriage. In light of these assertions by their friends, Jeff and Mari do evaluate their marriage. Their friends also place each of them in potentially compromising positions, despite the fact that they still are married. Will Jeff and Mari's marriage be able to withstand all this outside pressure?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 722
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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Pittsburgh (2006)
Plot Summary:
Jeff Goldblum put his Hollywood actor life on hold to star alongside his new girlfriend in a Pittsburgh regional theater production of The Music Man. Co-directors Bradley and LaBrache tread a surprisingly elegant line between genuine documentary and outright self-parody improv in this deliciously deadpan comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, mockumentary, clever, talky