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Plot Summary:
Rosa, is a prostitute who inherited the profession from Antonia, her mother, who thinks she is Sara Montiel and turns her daily life in a hell. Rosa does not know how to be happy. She just can not. But the unexpected arrival of a new member to her particular (and absurd) family will give her a unique opportunity to achieve happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, disgusting
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A Stroke of Luck (2016)
Plot Summary:
Villaviciosa de al Lado is a peaceful town stuck in time, living exclusively of the fame of a 200 years-old spa. Therefore, city hall's debts threatens to close the spa and ruin all town. Their salvation becomes when suddenly mayor Anselmo and the rest of members of city hall realize that they won the Christmas Lottery. But their happiness turns in horror after to discover that the prize belongs to a serial number distributed by the town's brothel, causing the suspicion of the wives and fear of the husbands after a TV interview where Mari, brothel's owner, claims that the almost men of the town will have prize from the lottery. Wanting a way to charge the prize to save the town without having to suffer the anger of their respective women, Anselmo, Ricardo, César, Juandi and Paco plots a plan in order to steal the money from the brothel, meanwhile Mari tries reconcile her stranded life and restore the memory of her deceased father, a former mayor.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, entertaining
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Spanish Shame (2017)
Plot Summary:
Is a show about a wedding photographer, Jesús, who in fact wants to be an "artistic photographer", and his complicated relationship with his girlfriend Nuria. In his efforts to devote himself to art and to keep afloat his family and social relationships, Jesús will show an unusual ability to mess up constantly, without a break, and it gets worse and worse every time.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: ironic, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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An Optical Illusion (2020)
Plot Summary:
A couple from Burgos, Alfredo and Teresa, travel to New York where they intend to “switch off” and do all of the things listed in the guidebook. But the moment they land, they start to notice signs, some subtle and others rather less so, that in fact they’re not in the city sold to them by the travel agency. So where are they?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating
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A Remarkable Tale (2019)
Plot Summary:
The residents of an isolated town look to revive their home's identity when a group of foreigners unexpectedly arrive, bringing culture shock with them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Crash Test Aglaé (2017)
Plot Summary:
Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be relocated abroad, she accepts, to everyone's surprise, to go to India in order to hold on to her job. Accompanied by two colleagues, she sets out on a perilous road trip to the other side of the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, tense, light, feel good, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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Webcam (2015)
Plot Summary:
A college student begins working as a cam girl, with support from her best friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sexy, feel good, unusual plot structure
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Lady Luck (2017)
Plot Summary:
Through their individual trials and turbulence, three strangers are drawn together under one roof.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Very Private Life of Mister Sim (2015)
Plot Summary:
François Sim considers himself worthless and he may have good reasons for that. Hasn't he lost his job as well as his wife Caroline? Isn't he unable to relate to Lucy, his teenage daughter? Didn't he, when he was eighteen miss out on passion whereas the sexy, gorgeous Luigia opened her arms to him?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, contemplative, road movie
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Mom Squad (2019)
Plot Summary:
New mother Line is living the high life in Hong Kong with husband Bjørn when she discovers that he has been unfaithful to her with their Filipino nanny, so Line takes her baby son and heads back to her old hometown in southern Funen.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Bad Seeds (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jacques is an actor who runs away to the countryside to escape his gambling debts. He meets Simon, a rough and wily farmer who manipulates him into a business relationship. After a difficult start, the men help each other grow marijuana. They happen to meet Francesca, a sharp young woman who soon embraces their venture. By the time they get to the winter harvest, the three have learned to live together, but outside forces threaten the delicate balance of their little business.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, sexy, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining, gay cinema
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Os Sete Gatinhos (1980)
Plot Summary:
Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic
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Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis. The four spouses of their daughters, David, Rachid, Chao and Charles decided to leave France for various reasons. Here they are imagining their lives elsewhere.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, light, humorous, sincere, captivating, romantic comedy
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Off Course to China (2019)
Plot Summary:
Braulio after his misadventures in Berlin, moves to Hong Kong along with Rafa and Hakan in search of new opportunities. However, it is not easy to succeed in a land where language, culture and customs are very different from Europe.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Happy 140 (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends and family reunite at the fancy new holiday home of a woman who is about to turn 40.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, light, touching, captivating, suspense, realistic
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A Month of Sundays (2015)
Plot Summary:
Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – apart from the fact that she died the year before.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, humorous, psychological, light, feel good, independent film
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A Skeleton in the Closet (2020)
Plot Summary:
Manuel goes back to his hometown for his parents’ wedding anniversary, but he actually wants to ask money to move to Denmark with his boyfriend. Last time he saw his family, he came out of the closet. Since then, their relationship became tense. Manuel’s plans get ruined when his boyfriend dumps him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining, contemplative, queer cinema
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Landline (2017)
Plot Summary:
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, art house
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Family Law (2006)
Plot Summary:
A man in his thirties does not want to be like his father, but that seems to be unavoidable.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, light, emotional, humorous, realistic
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Hi, Are You Alone? (1995)
Plot Summary:
Nina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian and conservative man. Trini is of the same age and has lost her mother. For both Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer and therefore they go on a risky voyage to the Costa del Sol at the south of Spain.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, captivating, light, feel good, humorous
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Adopt a Daddy (2019)
Plot Summary:
Damien is a pawn in a primary school, and leads a quiet life. To rescue one of his young students, Bahzad, and his mother from imminent expulsion from the land, Damien reconnects with his parents' militant past and convinces his sister Mélanie, who has become a formidable business lawyer, her best friend Rudy and a bunch of unlikely pals to accompany him in his new fight. Together, they will break the law by solidarity. And very quickly to be completely exceeded.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, entertaining, funny, sincere, humorous, captivating
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Ventoux (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, light, feel good, humorous, contemplative
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The Weasel's Tale (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, semi serious
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The Thing About My Folks (2005)
Plot Summary:
Ben's dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben's mother (Sam's wife of 46 years), that she has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that's for sale. The day trip turns into a road trip while dad and son explore their past, their relationship, and why Sam's wife might have left him. The road trip includes fishing, drinking, playing pool, sleeping under the stars, and frank discussion. Anger simmers close at hand, as do love and hope. Where Sam's wife is - and why she left - leads to the movie's resolution.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: talky, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Confessions of a Womanizer (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ritchie is the epitome of everything wrong with modern man: a pompous, foul-mouthed idiot, driven only to get the latest girl of the week Something changes after his first real relationship that includes Ritchie's two favorite things: frequent condomless sex and freshly baked cookies. Through his "confessions," we learn his womanizing goes much deeper, fueled by a scar caused years ago. But leave it to his new best friend, a transgendered prostitute named Ginger, to help Ritchie work through these psychological issues.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, teen, independent film, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy
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I'd Like to Be Alone Now (2019)
Plot Summary:
After losing his wife and three kids, all Kyle wants is to mourn in peace. Unfortunately, his family insists on helping him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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Breaking & Exiting (2018)
Plot Summary:
Harry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, sending both of them into a darkly comedic journey of self discovery and love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, independent film
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Kisses for Everyone (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three students are sent by their families to Cadiz in 1965, his last chance to pass and become what is expected of them. The appearance of some dancers disrupts their commitments: boys lose the course and girls, their work. But together they learn to decide their future.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching, manga, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Dad for Rent (2014)
Plot Summary:
A unemployed father, due to his laziness, is supported by his wife. Their daughter decides to put their lazy dad up for rent on a secondhand site.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Chicken Girls: The Movie (2018)
Plot Summary:
With a new principal in town and the Spring Fling in jeopardy, Rhyme and the Chicken Girls must band together to save the dance.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, entertaining, contemplative
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2 Francs, 40 Pesetas (2014)
Plot Summary:
Madrid, 1974. Six years have passed since Martin and his family have returned to Spain from Switzerland. A visit to their adopted country will bring complications.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, sentimental, realistic