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Plot Summary:
A farce about blackmailing, a kidney transplant operation performed at home, deviants and human relationships.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 104 min
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X-paroni (1964)
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Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both characters conveniently amnesiac, they start living each other's lives and dating each other's girlfriends, succeeding in their new roles better than in their original ones. Level-headed Kalle soon spots the bad guys who are after the Baron's money, and the Baron brings innovative ideas to the countryside.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 85 min
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Ralliraita (2009)
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This rollicking sports comedy from Finnish director Markku Polonen follows the exploits of Seppo 'Sladi' Pesonen, an ex-top-tiered race car driver now reduced to instructing students at a driving school. To relieve the monotony of this undesired career, Pesonen builds "Team Susan," a road rally team based at Pekkarinen's Garage in the Finnish countryside. Soon, Sladi's nephew Luumu arrives from Helsinki and learns of the team, his enthusiasm skyrockets and he hops on board with the assist of mechanic Suko. Yet the men encounter Machiavellian sabotage at the hands of the vile Torppo, the owner of the lot that contains Pekkarinen's Garage, who is determined to interfere with the plans of Team Susan.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 725
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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Hook, Line And Sinker (1969)
Plot Summary:
Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive (Jerry Lewis) goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake. This 1969 comedy, directed by George Marshall, also stars Anne Francis, Peter Lawford and Kathleen Freeman.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 895
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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Towards the Day of Doom (2014)
Plot Summary:
Four stories about Finnish life intersect. In the first story, the ex- bassist Tom makes a mistake. He calls the old band mate, drum artist Monkki Mähönen renovation of this property to the wife 's summer home. The story starts to get "kauhuelokuvamaisia" features the Monkki and the lady of the house Stina on a collision course. The following story wannabee - motorcycle gang and its leader Jouni humiliated in the village shop. Jouni decides to avenge the humiliation robbing trade. He is a tough movie freak and draws its revenge plan inspired by the famous action movies. In the third story of the journey of the yellow press, the early days of the sixties to mid. During the film has become known for bad behavior Helsinki fantasy and sci-fi director Kurt von "Kurre" Riikonen, which rises at the center of the fourth story.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
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Kummeli Stories (1995)
Plot Summary:
The war between Luxembourg and Finland sets the outline to a set of comedic stories about a rally team, gay couple's fishing trip, two hoodlums' last school days in the spring and a haunted hotel among others.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Sport
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min
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Novelle licenziose di vergini vogliose (1973)
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Boccaccio dreams of making a trip to hell and listening to the licentious tales of the damned: Story1: Two couples, unknown to each one of them agree for swinging, but each meets one's own spouse. Story2: A friar takes advantage, with deception, of a young bride obsessed with her insatiable husband. Story3: A merchant is absent from home by entrusting his wife to her nephew and she initiates him to sexual experiences. Story4: A husband has a homosexual relationship with one of his workers; the wife threatens the worker and requires too much sex from him and causes to his death. Story5: A husband entrusts his wife and daughter to a music teacher who is considered inverted and therefore inoffensive: he has relationships with two women separately and together.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, grindhouse, decamerotic
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Sergeant Körmy and the South Pacific (1992)
Plot Summary:
Finland is given the global nuclear launch codes and the enemy agents are trying to steal them. It's up to Sergeant First Class Körmy and his soldiers to protect the operation and the president.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Village People (2013)
Plot Summary:
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, the long-time president of the Republic of Finland, is scheduled to visit Alli’s Bar on his way to northern Finland. He is blindly worshiped and the nearer the visit draws, the more envy, competition and dirty tricks come to bear in this small town setting. No one is spared the brutality!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic
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Numbskull Emptybrook Loses His Memory (1982)
Plot Summary:
Uuno Turhapuro hits his head and loses his memory. Meanwhile, his friend Härski Hartikainen founds a new peace movement with unorthodox methods.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 82 min
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Sergeant Körmy and the Marshall's Stick (1990)
Plot Summary:
The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 111 min
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Dirty Bomb (2011)
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Lissu on 28-vuotias nuori nainen, joka työskentelee levy-yhtiön pr-managerina. Elokuvan alussa Lissu käy kehityskeskustelun esimiehensä, dramaattisen mogulin Martin Bakkan kanssa. Palkankorotusta odottava Lissu järkyttyy pahoin, kun Martin ilmoittaa Lissun olleen pettymys ja uhkaa häntä potkuilla – ellei hän selviä ”viimeisestä mahdollisuudesta”. Viimeinen mahdollisuus osoittautuu levy-yhtiön uudeksi salaiseksi projektiksi, josta puhutaan koodinimellä “Likainen pommi”. Koodinimen takaa paljastuu vanhempiensa levy-yhtiölle myymä 15-vuotias räävitön teinisensaatio PD, jonka alaisuuteen Lissu määrätään. PD on myös kaatumassa olevan levy-yhtiön viimeinen valttikortti. Tuossa tuokiossa Lissu on mukana paitsi todella värikkäässä projektissa, myös varsin omintakeisessa ”huipputiimissä”, jossa pärjää vain kovilla otteilla ja kieroilulla tai olemalla PD:n suosiossa.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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The Last Band in Lebanon (2016)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about three military band reservists who wake to discover that the Israeli army has withdrawn from Lebanon and left them behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 99 min
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Army Daze (1996)
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A Singaporean-made comedy about a group of 18 year old boys who are beginning the mandatory two-year military service in the Singapore army. Despite their different racial and family backgrounds, they discover many similarities and forge a friendship which would help ease their transition to the tough army routine.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Comedy
Country: Singapore
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Odd Job (1978)
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Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few setbacks and while he is trying to electrocute himself with a lamp, the door bell rings. An odd man in a leather coat asks if there are any odd jobs that he can perform. Arthur hires the man to kill him. The next day his wife returns, but the man he hired is still trying to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, spoof, parody
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Manay Po! (2006)
Plot Summary:
Manay Po tells the story of Luz, a small time jeweler who dreams of making it big so as to provide a better life for her family. Her life revolves around her brood of three, namely, Oscar, Orson and Orwell and her live-in boyfriend Gerry. With the help of her good friend and maid Maritess, Luz was able to raise her children normally despite the absence of a husband. In spite of her children's questionable sexualities, their family paints a picture of a happy family - a home filled with laughter and unconditional love.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
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Fingerpori (2019)
Plot Summary:
Live action comedy about a fictional town and it's uncommon people, based on a comic strip 'Fingerpori', by Pertti Jarla.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: double entendre
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Walk a Mile in My Pradas (2011)
Plot Summary:
A little Christmas magic causes two coworkers with contrasting lifestyles to switch sexual orientations.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, semi serious, independent film, queer cinema
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Die Aufschneider (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two hospitals that lie next to each other get told that only one will be kept open. Both have a few days to prove they're the better hospital. Thus, shenanigans arise between doctors, nurses and hospital directors.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Ultimatum (1999)
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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Kummeli Goldrush (1997)
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Psychiatric patient Elmeri knows about the existence of a gold treasure in Finnish Lapland, hidden there by his late father who somehow managed to capture it from withdrawing German troops on the last days of WW2. His openly gay nurse helps him escape from the mental institution, and the two men slowly find their way up north to reach the gold. On their way, the odd couple meets a cavalcade of even odder characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, parody, funny, light, clever, brutal, feel good
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Numbskull Emptybrook in the Army (1984)
Plot Summary:
Uuno is forced to complete his mandatory military service when it is revealed that he only spent one day in the army in his youth. As is typical of the Turhapuro series his family and friends become closely tied in with these events. His friends Härski Hartikainen and Sörsselssön return to the army for a refresher course and by chance Uuno's father-in-law, Councillor Tuura is made the Finnish Defence Minister. In one of the most memorable scenes, Uuno's wife, Elisabeth, dresses as Uuno and substitutes him for a day as Uuno has an apparently urgent meeting (at a restaurant) and while becoming lost in the woods with a malfunctioning radio, Tuura accidentally declares war on Sweden.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Beverly Kills (2005)
Plot Summary:
Whacked-out, muscle-bound, cross-dressing actor Beverly Jackson has been rejected for a role in Pride Playhouses nude theatrical production of "Balls Out." Furious, Beverly decides to form a diabolical cult of revenge! Meanwhile, back at the Playhouse, adorable employee Shane falls right into the arms of Ray, a lighting designer, and the two are swept into Beverly's bizarre scheme. Featuring lots of cuties, a hot romance and a twisted drag queen, you are guaranteed loads of laughs with this riotous comedy from the twisted mind of filmmaker Damion Dietz.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
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Fag Hag (1998)
Plot Summary:
Fag Hag is the touching inspirational story of how two hopeless no-talent losers find each other in a cruel world, and through the strength of their deep bond are empowered to become two hopeless no-talent losers. Featuring a tour de force performance cameo by Wil Wheaton (Stand by Me, TV’s Star Trek: Next Generation) as a Christian bookstore manager, Fag Hag pays homage to John Waters while launching a bold new message to the gay community. The film is set in Hope Springs, CA where we meet Destiny Rutt (Stephanie Orff; RESPECT MY ASS), a pathological liar and last place shoe-in for the first annual Miss Hope Springs Pageant. When Destiny meets Scott Bushey – a gay drifter whose ambition is to make it big as the worlds first white HIV-positive rap star “T-Cell”, the two make fast friends and resolve “to take this town of outdated gay guys by storm!”.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Jackpot (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kummelin Jackpot, was released in February 2006. It was about a divorced man portrayed by Silvennoinen, who realises a way to trick himself a jackpot in football betting.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage (2013)
Plot Summary:
The film follows Sanna, who sets out to document the countless ways there are to ruin a marriage for her doctoral thesis.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, melancholic, sentimental, captivating, sexual, sexy
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Adult Camp (2015)
Plot Summary:
Adult Camp is a comedy about the bumpy road to personal growth. A group of men and women, strangers to each other, choose to spend a different kind of summer holiday week by traveling to the beautiful Turku archipelago to participate in an inviting, upgraded version of an adult camp. When they discover that the galloping horses from the camp's sales video are just symbols of a free mind, and the guru of the camp takes off to witness his dog in labour, the participants are forced to examine themselves and each other to find the necessary elements for growth. Perhaps the camp doesn't fulfill its promise of the "most wonderful week of your life", but one thing's for sure - no one returns home the same.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 462
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining
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The Gay Deceivers (1969)
Plot Summary:
Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: political, controversial, cult classic, lgbt cinema, crying, homoerotic, independent film, freeze frame, gay cinema, cult film
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The Ritz (1976)
Plot Summary:
On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at the Ritz, a gay bathhouse where he is pursued amorously by "chubby chaser" Paul B. Price and by entertainer Googie Gomez who believes him to be a broadway producer. His guides through the Ritz are gatekeeper Abe, habitue Chris, and bellhop/go-go-boys Tiger and Duff. Squeaky-voiced detective Michael Brick and his employer Carmine do locate Gateano at the Ritz, as does his wife Vivian. Written by Ed Stephan.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, queer cinema
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Coming Out Party (2003)
Plot Summary:
"Coming Out Party" is a celebration of love, life and freedom as seven gay and lesbian comic storytellers share their personal stories of "coming out" to family, friends, and co-workers, and living "out" and proud. Features: Rene Hicks (World Comedy Tour 2002), Sabrina Matthews, John Riggi (“The Dennis Miller Show”), Dan Renzi (MTV’s “The Real World”), Jackie Beat, Terry Sweeney (“Saturday Night Live”), and Bob Smith.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags:
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Homo Promo (1991)
Plot Summary:
How did Hollywood pitch movies about gays and lesbians between 1956 and 1977? Here are theatrical trailers for 27 mainstream and art-house films, presented chronologically from "Tea and Sympathy" to "Outrageous!" More than half are films released between 1968 and 1972. Half are dramas and half are comedies, with farce dominating the films released after 1971. At least three advertise X-rated films: "The Killing of Sister George," "Midnight Cowboy," and Visconti's "The Damned." There's no voice-over commentary for this compilation, but it does include advertisements for snacks and one warning against public displays of affection aimed at "her" to control "him.".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: independent film