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Plot Summary:
In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes to practice in the countryside. His series of odd court cases reveals more about the human condition than about law. In one of these litigations a wayward nephew has cheated his elderly aunt out of her savings. In court, the nephew insists the money was a gift, but his aunt explains she only gave him the money as a loan. Although the lawyer technically wins the case, everything of value seems lost in the meantime. His services are paid for in rabbits because the aunt has no currency, and in the end, the nephew cons his aunt into parting with her savings anyway. Other cases expose similar types of petty corruption.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min
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How to Dupe a Lawyer (1980)
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Attorney Horic is a specialist for cases connected with motoring. He approaches to his work unconventionally, he does not hesitate to search for evidence right in the terrain and he is willing to take various risks.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 76 min
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Dixie: Changing Habits TVM (1983)
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Dixie is caught operating a whore house, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Run Papa Run (2008)
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Run Papa Run is a 2008 Hong Kong comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Sylvia Chang, and based on a novel by Benny Li. It was produced by JCE Movies Limited, with Jackie Chan serving as an executive producer. Featuring an ensemble cast, the film stars Louis Koo as Lee Tin-Yun, a Triad boss who struggles to hide his criminal lifestyle when he is faced with raising his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min
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Rose Tinted Dreams (1977)
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An amiable picture about entering adulthood, great dreams, and the first - forbidden - love of a white postman, Jakub, and a pretty Gypsy girl, Jolanka. This is a poetic story, a mosaic of the playful world springing from the wild imagination of the village postman and its clash with the pragmatic mundane reality that finally beats the rosy dreams of the young protagonists. Director Dušan Hanák and screenwriter Dušan Dušek's most popular film has been cherished by critics as will as wide audiences at home and abroad.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 81 min
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Devilish Honeymoon (1970)
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Black comedy about a genius inventor and two young, smart and beautiful women. Both of them putting all their effort into getting the one man. This will inevitable lead to all sorts of mischief, crime and even a murder. This murder-comedy, shot at the dawn of normalization has intentionally broke off from any connection to the reality of its time. The director Zdeněk Podskalský has focused on creating intriguing story lines, revolving around the two endeavouring female characters who are fighting for the same man. Two competing parties are not only ready to kill the other, but also (if necessary) the potential groom. This film has enabled the members of the cast, composed mainly of the brightest stars of the Czech acting scene of that time, to show an incredible acting range, from the lightest comedy to the darkest cynical morbidity.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, detective, black comedy, dark comedy, poliziottesco, campy, cult film
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I, Distressing God (1969)
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Adolf (Miloš Kopecký), the irresistible seducer of women, is fond of Janicka (Hana Lelitová), a novice opera singer. The girl, however, prefers famous men and Adolf thus does not have a single chance with her. One day in a hospital, he meets a Greek partisan named Apostolek (Pavel Landovský) who impresses him with his spontaneity and ease in solving all problems, especially those with women. Adolf has an idea for a revenge. He makes Apostolek familiar with social manners, dresses him after the latest fashion and introduces him to Janicka as a Greek conductor. Janicka instantly falls in love with the made-up composer and Apostolek does no better.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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A Little Virtuous (1968)
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Ferdinand, a young photographer, meets Claire, a supposed cover girl, in a cafe. Although he is instantly attracted towards her, Ferdinand soon learns that she is a professional thief, working for a thug named Brady.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
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Law and Disorder (1974)
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In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops has had enough. They decide to take justice into their own hands. Things turn exciting and humorous. No hoodlum goes safe.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, tragicomedy, tragic ending, independent film, poliziottesco
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The Beggar's Opera (1991)
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Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original hugely successful 1728 political satire written by Englishman John Gay. Composers and writers have penned variations on it ever since. The most famous of these was A Threepenny Opera by Bertholt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Some things these compositions share in common is their setting among the poor and criminal classes, and the roguish character Macheath. This production is based on an adaptation of Gay's original by Vaclav Havel the freedom-fighter, writer and philosopher who became the first (and only) president of the united post-communist country of Czechoslovakia, and it retains many traces of its theatrical origins. Film reviewers were not too tolerant of what they called "slavish adherence" to the noted Czech writer's stage production, but theater, philosophy and history buffs may feel otherwise.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 94 min
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A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1989)
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Two friends have sex just for fun. One day they make a blood test, just for fun, and they discover that one of them has AIDS, not knowing who.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 129 min
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Un Quijote sin mancha (1969)
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A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
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The Cry (1964)
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While a woman is in the hospital preparing to deliver her child, her husband has all day to reflect upon his wife and their relationship. As he tends to his job as a television repairman, Slavek fondly remembers how he first met Ivana and the days they spent getting to know one another. Slavek also grows increasingly aware of the environment that surrounds him and questions the society his new child will be entering. Loaded with a repeated plea for social change, this is the first feature from Czech writer/director Jaromil Jires.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: freeze frame, non-linear
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Something Different (1963)
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Vera Chytilova wrote and directed this two-part story that took the Grand Prix at the Mannheim Film Festival. Part one deals with the rigorous training of Olympic champion gymnast Eva Bosakova. She contemplates retirement as she goes through a gruelling training schedule known only by world-class athletes. The second story concerns a housewife who is unappreciated and ignored by her husband. Done in a combination of feature and documentary styles, this is the first full-length effort from Vera Chytilova.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 848
Genere: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: avant garde
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Barrier (1966)
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A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 77 min
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It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick (1992)
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A satiric tragi-comedy about two women and their lover Robert who is an emigrant that keeps coming back. This film shows chaotic post-communist Europe after the fall of totalitarianism. Two opposite characters, women, meet during the Velvet Revolution in November 1989. Intellectual dissident Nona and a Communist secret police boss’ mistress Ester. They meet at an anti-regime demonstration and become friends. They don’t want anything to do with politics, both want to get married and have kids, but also get rich. Crazy plans and risky attempts to realize their shared dreams land them in many sticky situations in the post-revolution chaos. Too much money gets in the way of the power of friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 108 min
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Hubert the Smart Boy (1985)
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: crying, detective, poliziottesco
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When a feared judge of the French court, Xavier Racine, encounters a French-Danish juror, Ditte Lorensen-Coteret, at a murder trial, their shared past is slowly uncovered.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, sincere, humorous
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A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
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Stanislas Previne is a young sociologist, preparing a thesis on criminal women. He chooses Camille Bliss as his subject of study and begins to visit her in prison for interviews. Camille became acquainted with trouble at a young age and justifies her actions by "fate-bets." She is currently in prison for allegedly murdering one of her lovers. As she tells Stanislas of her life and love affairs, his interest in her grows to more than just professional. Can he resist her charm?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: art house, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, ambiguous ending, black comedy
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Pearls of the Deep (1965)
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A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling to the caustically observant to the casually romantic, but all have a cutting, wily view of the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 776
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anthology, avant garde, tragicomedy, fairy tale
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The Most Beautiful Age (1969)
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An artist's studio is descended upon by a group of retired men and a young mother who agree to model in the nude for money. Comedy ensues as the students and the local bureaucracy react to the models, all in need of extra money. Several running gags border on slapstick as the officials and the students don't know what to do with the nude models.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min
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Storyteller (2014)
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A loose adaption of Bára Nesvadbová's novel of the same name. A novel that lacks a dramatic line and concentrates on the flow of emotions and feelings of two injured and beloved women, two women that the aging lothario Mára came between. The theme of the entire book is the degree and limit of love, a right and ability to love several people simultaneously while hurting them at the same time. Written by Czech Film Center.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, suspense, melancholic, suspenseful, disturbing, non-linear, detective
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The Motive (2017)
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Álvaro is a poor man obsessed with the idea of writing 'high literature'. He starts provoking conflicts to write about them.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending, novela, surprise ending, tragicomedy, crying, dark comedy
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Noise (2007)
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A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, clever, freeze frame, political, dark comedy, offbeat, black comedy, psychological thriller
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The Sleepwalker Killing (1997)
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Mark Schall kills his mother-in-law and wounds his father-in-law in the middle of the night, then turns himself in. He claims, however, that he cannot remember the crime itself. His defense team finds evidence that suggests the crimes were committed while Mark was sleep walking. They build their defense around this theory.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: crying
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From the Hip (1987)
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Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anamorphic, psychological, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, funny, light, romantic, sexy
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Something for Everyone (1970)
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An opportunistic young man working as a servant to a European countess uses his sexual talents to better his station in life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, fairy tale
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Crazy in Alabama (1999)
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An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, intense, captivating, gothic, touching, realistic, semi serious, crying, road movie
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Twilight Gangsters (2010)
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For eight years three grandmothers saved their money for a VIP tour packages to Hawaii. The grandmothers have all had difficult experiences and used their dream vacation as a beacon of hope in their lives. The grandmothers then go to the bank to wire their money, but at that moment the bank is held up by robbers. The grandmothers lose their savings and the bank can't offer any assistance. It is at this moment that the grandmothers set off track the robbers down themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Happy New Year (1973)
Plot Summary:
Gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles Gérard), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of Van Cleef & Arpels, on the Croisette, in Cannes, the find the shop of a beautiful antiques dealer (Françoise Fabian) who befriends the group. The driver and the antiques dealer fall in love. He is friendly but unrefined, she is cultivated and independent, but discovers that talking with Simon shows up her vanity, and she desires a simple and clean love. The hold-up which had been planned for a long time by the driver is shown to be more sophisticated than his methods of seduction.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, non-linear, detective, freeze frame, poliziottesco
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A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Plot Summary:
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, contemplative, social, psychological, psychological thriller, philosophical, offbeat, neo noir, sad