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Plot Summary:
French philosopher Denis Diderot produces the first encyclopedia while indulging in 18th-century decadence.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, captivating, sex comedy, clever, realistic, period piece, beautiful, campy
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My Uncle Benjamin (1969)
Plot Summary:
Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage does not fit in with Benjamin's spirit of independence. For the same reason he resists the efforts of his sister Bettine to marry him off to Arabelle, the daughter of old Dr. Minxit. Benjamin does agree to go and meet the girl. But that evening his sister finds him at the inn together with Manette, who is arrested by her father. So she decides to go with Benjamin herself. But as result of an incident with the fat Marquis puts paid to the expedition. Benjamin is subjected by the Marquis to a humiliating practical joke. Benjamin is determined to got his revenge. He succeeds thanks to the gorgeous Vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé, who also helps Manette with her problems against her father. But Benjamin is now arrested by the Marquis.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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The Dumbfounded King (1991)
Plot Summary:
Spain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The King (Gabino Diego) is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa (Laura del Sol), the most beautiful prostitute of the town and Court. After that, he also wants to see the Queen (Anne Roussel) naked. However, the King, despite the opposition and the scandal of the Church, will not stop until he reaches his wishes.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Comedy, History
Country: Spain, France, Portugal
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: manga, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy, masterpiece
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Agamenon: The Film (2012)
Plot Summary:
The trajectory of the clumsy reporter Agamenon Mendes Pereira, always present in key events of history, his biggest scoops and his eternal love for Isaura, who survives his unexpected travels around the world, in search of news and fame.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Comedy, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, mockumentary, fake documentary
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Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
Plot Summary:
An account of the adventures of two sets of identical twins, badly scrambled at birth, on the eve of the French Revolution. One set is haughty and aristocratic, the other poor and somewhat dim. They find themselves involved in palace intrigues as history happens around them. Based, very loosely, on Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities," Dumas's "The Corsican Brothers," etc.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, black comedy, humorous, witty, political, surreal, surprise ending, spoof, realistic
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A Crime in Paradise (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, fairy tale, offbeat, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy
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Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Plot Summary:
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychedelic, surreal, controversial, cult classic, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty
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The Players (2012)
Plot Summary:
Eight short films explore the subject of male infidelity. Serial cheaters, Fred and Greg, spend a night on the town doing what they do best, and with absolutely no regrets. The duo play various characters in assorted extracurricular situations, ranging from sexist to the darker sides of carnal desires.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexual, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy, erotic, light, art house, black comedy, anthology
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The Sex Adventures of the Three Musketeers (1971)
Plot Summary:
An "adults only" retelling of the legend of the Three Musketeers.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sensual, sex comedy, erotic, psychotronic, spoof, grindhouse, parody, sexploitation film
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French Fried Vacation 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the same, and worse.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, sexual
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Sextape (2018)
Plot Summary:
-In the absence of her sister Rim, what was Yasmina doing in a parking with Salim and Majid, their cronies? If Rim knows nothing, it is because Yasmina done everything for it that she does not find out. What therefore? The unmentionable - the worst - The shame XXL, the all immortalized by Salim in a video potentially very volatile.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, light, sincere, sexy, entertaining, contemplative
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Absolutely Fabulous (2001)
Plot Summary:
The wildly popular British television show Absolutely Fabulous gets a Francophonic makeover with this film version directed by Gabriel Aghion. In this go around, Josiane Balasko and Nathalie Baye play the incorrigible Eddie and Patsy, who leave no impulse unenacted and no lust unsated -- be it for sex or the latest in designer clothing. Waking up from a night of drunken debauchery, the two dip right into a feast of champagne and caviar, much to the irritation of Eddie's elegant mother and her resentful daughter. As Eddie stretches an appalling pair of leopard-print leotards (complete with matching shoes, purse, and hat) over her massive rear end, she and Patsy learn of a handsome young Rollerblading delivery boy who quickly becomes the object of their lust. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy, offbeat, sexual, black comedy, slapstick comedy, sexy
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Ferdinando and Carolina (1999)
Plot Summary:
On his death bed in the 1820s, King Ferdinando I of Naples tries to escape the ghosts of his bloody kingship by remembering his younger days, when he was allowed to go hunting and have fun, and inventing love games. Then he was obliged to marry Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political marriage: unexpectedly, they became happy lovers, until court power games divided them, and a different historical season arrived.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Comedy, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, epic, realistic, semi serious, hot
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Bowling (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in Carhaix, in the heart of Brittany. A small hospital, with a calm maternity clinic, where few births take place. Mathilde, a mid-wife, Firmine, a pediatric nurse, and Louise, the owner of the Carhaix bowling alley, are all friends and lead a happy existence. Catherine, director of the establishment's Human Resources, is sent to restructure the hospital and, most importantly, to eventually shut down the maternity clinic, which is losing money. Four women whose age, personalities, and origins are different, but who will form a quartet overflowing with humanity and humor as they join forces to save the clinic. Life, love, friendship, Brittany and... bowling.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)
Plot Summary:
Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated during his life, Goltzius seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. In return, he promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of illustrating the Old Testament’s biblical stories. Erotic tales of Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Samson and Deliah and John the Baptist and Salome. To tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius and his printing company will offer to perform dramatisations of these erotic stories for his court.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, History
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, Croatia, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, avant garde, art house, cult classic
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Longwave (2013)
Plot Summary:
It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus trip with Bob, sound engineer approaching retirement. The projects financed by Switzerland prove to be calamitous and the workers’ revolution that suddenly breaks out doesn’t help, obliging our heroes to disregard first the radio’s management, and then their own codes of conduct.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France, Portugal
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, witty, semi serious, realistic
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Hello, Goodbye (2008)
Plot Summary:
French film icons Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star in this romantic comedy about a Parisian couple in their fifties who share a comfortable life, a beautiful home, a posh country club and a midlife crisis. Following a dream vacation to Israel where Alain (Depardieu) explores his Jewish roots, Gisèle (Ardant) insists they change their life and move to Tel Aviv. While Gisèle, a Jewish convert, finds her new life inspiring; Alain fights to embrace Hebrew, Jewish tradition and a new circumcision. Will Alain and Gisèle learn whether Shalom represents Hello or Goodbye?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, offbeat, realistic
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Marquise (1997)
Plot Summary:
Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, who wrote roles especially for her; but her fate, in the end, is a tragic one.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sexy, costume drama, historical drama, serious, captivating, realistic, sexual, period drama, baroque
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Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)
Plot Summary:
Félix, disguised as Father Christmas, hands out leaflets advertising a sexy Christmas party. His place is taken by an African Santa Claus and he returns to his caravan only to find his girlfriend Josette about to leave him. When he comes after her, she takes refuge at "SOS Distress", run by two neurotics, Thérèse and Pierre.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, cult classic, black comedy, humorous, witty, anthology, clever, offbeat, realistic
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Boudu (2005)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, realistic, biting, suspense
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Marquis de Sade (1989)
Plot Summary:
In pre-French Revolution Bastille, the Marquis is held being unjustly accused of working to overthrow the king. While his talking penis, Colin, longs for action, Marquis himself only desires to write his deviant stories in peace.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: experimental, surreal, dark, disturbing, controversial, psychotronic, sex comedy, anime, costume drama, erotic
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Hard Off (1999)
Plot Summary:
Claude, an auctioneer in his 50s, forms with Marie a couple united for fifteen years and still in love. However, in the intimacy, and in spite of a desire always alive, Claude has problems of erection. While Marie agrees with a smile of these failures, Claude becomes angry and decides to consult a specialist. There followed various medical examinations which Marie mocks gently. To reassure himself, he decides to seduce other women. While on a business trip to Geneva, he gets the Viagra pill, but his attempt at seduction fails. On his return to Paris, Marie, more seductive than ever, strives to make him forget his age and his weaknesses.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy, sexual, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy
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The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Plot Summary:
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: surreal, anthology, disturbing, controversial, erotic, art house, neorealism, clever, humorous, semi serious
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What a Drag (1996)
Plot Summary:
A closeted gay man's attempt to "act straight" for the sake of his job has unexpected consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, hot, campy
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Actors (2000)
Plot Summary:
Les Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot water, the story of a conspiracy against actors, the story of aging actors whose careers are slowly less active than they used to be, but a stunning tribute to French actors and their cinema.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, surreal, clever, contemplative, talky, cynical, metafiction
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Ridicule (1996)
Plot Summary:
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, witty, talky, period piece, intelligent, sweet, anthology, anamorphic, historical drama
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Inkognitiv (2012)
Plot Summary:
Drama based of the classic book with the same name. Marcus and Trand explore their youth together.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, light, sexy, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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A House of Your Dreams (2006)
Plot Summary:
On a mission to loosen up, a miser's sets about buying a house in the country for his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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An Earthy Paradise for the Eyes (2009)
Plot Summary:
Adolescence is always a difficult time; it is doubly so for Gábina. For one thing, she is growing up in the normalization years of the 1970s, and then she also has to face the reality that her father is a well-known actor disavowed by the regime. Although he abandoned the family years before, his existence casts an ominous shadow over the lives of not only Gábina, but also her older sister and mother, who are trying to find a civilized way through the social mire of the times.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous, talky, biting, suspense
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French Twist (1995)
Plot Summary:
After learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, humorous, sex comedy, surprise ending, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic