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Plot Summary:
A small farm town in Kentucky bands together to convince Dingus, the village idiot, that he will be competing in the Summer Olympic Games and that the event will be held in their town of Anvil County (Population: 43).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
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The Idiot (2014)
Plot Summary:
The locals of a small farm town band together to convince Dingus, the village idiot, that he will compete in the summer Olympics, an event that will be held in their community.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 27
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Duration: 94 min
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POP-U-larity! (2012)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to Penskeegee's 25th Annual POP-U-larity singing contest! Join our celebrity host, Marcellas Reynolds from the hit reality show 'Big Brother,' as our contestants compete to become Penskeegee's most POP-U-lar person! This years competitors include four-time diva champion Katrina Whitman aided by her loyal gay assistant Sebastian, cowboy Charlene Hornsby and her new age musical therapist Celeste, and housewife Marcia Anderson singing with her edgy performance artist son, Darque. Our contestants come from all walks of life and some from no walks of life. Each performance is as unique as the package it comes in. Because whatever they decide to do... There's no wrong way to be POP-U-lar!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: mockumentary
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Tofu Pro-Wrestling (2017)
Plot Summary:
Miyawaki Yohei was a professional wrestler, who opened his own tofu shop after his retirement. He always tried to get his daughter Sakura interested in Pro Wrestling, but she never cared for it. Then the day came when he unexpectedly died, and Sakura inherited his dojo and tofu shop. Yasagi Eiichirou claims Sakura's father died without having paid his debt to her and the only way Sakura can repay this debt is if she wins the WIP "World Idol Pro Wrestling" championship. Together with his father's assistant, Yokoyama Yui, she opens the dojo again and trains together with her friends and girls from school.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
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The Fortune Buddies (2011)
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Lam Luk (Cho-lam Wong), Jit Sau (Johnson Lee), Fook Cheung (Louis Yuen) are three unemployed friends who come together to help Lam Luk get married. After Lam Luk proposed to his girlfriend (Fiona Sit), his future father-in-law (Eric Tsang) stipulated that he will allow the marriage only if Lam Luk can come up with $500,000 for the downpayment of their future apartment. The three friends must now do everything they can to come up with the money ….
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
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LiebesLuder (2000)
Plot Summary:
Meschede, Sauerland, Germany. In this little village, which is practically off any map, life goes at a slow pace. No issues of the wide world are much of a matter here. Until that one day, when Ina gets off the bus. She's a blonde, cute elf, just like one from a fairytale. After seducing several men from the village and blackmailing them all with her (fake) pregnancy, she's about to be shown how things are handled in Meschede. The victims of her play plan to kidnap her and beat her up a little, just to make sure. The plan goes terribly wrong and the former friends now face each other in mistrust. Also, Ina's attraction doesn't decrease at all.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Great Seduction (2023)
Plot Summary:
When a golden opportunity arises to boost the fortunes of a forgotten fishing town, its residents set out to trick their way to making it happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min
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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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The Village of Simpletons (1981)
Plot Summary:
A vignette of stories from the small town of Pölhölä, known as the Village of Simpletons.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 87 min
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Konopielka (1982)
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Kaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. The village is once visited by a couple of wanderers, and strange things start to happen afterward. A new schoolteacher is sent to the area. She stirs erotic fantasies in Kaziuk. In a stir of frustration Kaziuk cuts down a family tree - a sacrilegious act in the eyes of his family. Going a step further and using a scythe for cutting the rye instead of a sickle brings the whole village against him.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 886
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min
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What Happened Last Night (2016)
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College students Danny and Sarah wake up one morning in bed next to each other after a night of hard partying, with no recollection of what happened the night before or how they met. Now it's up to them to figure it out.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Pick Up Your Belongings (1983)
Plot Summary:
Pierre Cohen, a sophisticated Parisian psychologist, goes to his brother's farm in order to protect it from very hostile local landowners.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
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The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992)
Plot Summary:
The rough Redneck may inherit from Stepfather a Million Dolars so the fun can begin.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min
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Walk Like a Panther (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining
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A Stroke of Luck (2016)
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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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Happy Go Lucky (1972)
Plot Summary:
A sadly humorous story about a Siberian tractor driver, Ivan Rastorguyev (Vasili Shukshin), traveling with his wife (Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina) to a Black Sea resort, and about their first visit to Moscow.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
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Recep Ivedik 7 (2022)
Plot Summary:
Recep and Nurullah decide to go village house, which is inherited from his grandma. Recep finds out the existence of a big project, that will damage the village and the surrounding forests. Villagers will fight against the project with Recep's leadership.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 133 min
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Home Is Where the Hart Is (1987)
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Nurse and con artist Belle Haimes (Valri Bromfield) lives with her dull-witted husband Rex Haimes (Stephen E. Miller) in the Hart Mansion in British Columbia. There she cares for the invalid, 103 year-old Slim Hart, aka Pappy, (Joe Austin) and his wife, Minnie (Enid Saunders) who is in a coma. Waking up from a sleep, Belle is not enthusiastic about returning to her job and overhears the night nurse (Leslie Jones) reading a postcard from the Hart's two twin boys, Martin Hart (Eric Christmas) and Art Hart (Ted Stidder) that they will be returning home soon. Belle plots the death of old Mrs. Hart and the kidnapping of Old Pappy but things don't go quite according to plan.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Chokeslam (2016)
Plot Summary:
A mild-mannered deli clerk finally gets a second chance to pursue his high school sweetheart, a notorious female professional wrestler, when she returns for their ten-year reunion.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Corner Gas: The Movie (2014)
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It’s been a few years, and there’s still not a lot going on 40 kilometers from nowhere. But that’s all about to change as the fine folks of Dog River, Saskatchewan face their biggest crisis ever. Brent and the gang discover that the town’s been badly mismanaged, leaving residents with little choice but to pack up and leave. As residents make one last rally to save Dog River as they know it, they discover a devious plan by a corporate chain that would change life for Dog Riverites forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, cynical, not serious, offbeat
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My Internship in Canada (2015)
Plot Summary:
Guibord is an independent Member of Parliament who represents Prescott-Makadewà-Rapides-aux Outardes, a vast county in Northern Quebec. As the entire country watches, Guibord unwillingly finds himself in the awkward position of holding the decisive vote to determine whether Canada will go to war. Accompanied by his wife, his daughter and an idealistic intern from Haiti named Sovereign, Guibord travels across his district in order to consult his constituents. While groups of lobbyists get involved in a debate that spins out of control, the MP will have to face his own conscience. 'My Internship in Canada' is a biting political satire in which politicians, citizens and lobbyists go head-to-head tearing democracy to shreds. Film starring Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard and Mardy Men.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, light, feel good, political
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New Waterford Girl (1999)
Plot Summary:
A gifted teenager, dreaming of life beyond her small town, becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, sentimental, touching, semi serious, funny, light, road movie, sexy
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Hallelujah! (2009)
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Following his release from a seven-year stretch in prison, Mario Diccara discovers that his affairs with the underworld aren't completely settled. His brother Patrick, a priest, suggests that he stays with elderly Father Etienne in a small village in Ardeche until the conflict blows over. But their plan takes an unexpected turn when Father Etienne dies.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
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Idiot in Paris (1967)
Plot Summary:
Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest market of Paris (the "Halles"). The poor man is completely lost, but the meat merchant Dessertine takes him under his wings when he hears that Goubi was likewise 'raised by the State'.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Masquerades (2008)
Plot Summary:
Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers. Screwing up his carefully maintained image is his headstrong, narcoleptic sister Rym who falls asleep anywhere and whom the village is convinced will end up a spinster. One evening, Mounir returns from town drunk and announces that he's found a suitor for his sister. The fake story snowballs and snowballs until the suitor morphs into a rich, blonde Australian. The village begins preparing for the wedding in earnest - but without a bridegroom in sight.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Comedy
Country: Algeria, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, offbeat, contemplative
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Desingu Raja (2013)
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Idhayakkani and Thamarai fall in love but their villages, Pulipatti and Kilipatti, have been at each other’s throats for 50 years. Kani hopes to bring peace with their marriage but unfortunately, Thamarai’s dad is killed by his villagers. And, now, she and her uncle Veerasamy want revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration:
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3 Days of Normal (2012)
Plot Summary:
3 Days of Normal follows the story of straight-laced deputy Bill Morgan who is quite content literally living within the quaint boundaries of Washington, New Hampshire. Bill’s stable and rather uneventful life is thrown for a loop when he finds and arrests a woman, Nikki Gold, passed out in her car from inebriation. Unbeknownst to him, the woman happens to be a popular movie actress longing for some normalcy in her hectic life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, independent film, realistic, semi serious
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Oh, What a Night (1992)
Plot Summary:
During the summer of 1955, seventeen-year-old Eric Hansen embarks on a journey in his new town, a journey which will change his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, emotional, independent film, touching, realistic
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The Closer You Get (2000)
Plot Summary:
Irish bachelors take out an ad in the Miami Herald, looking for love.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy
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The Grand Seduction (2013)
Plot Summary:
A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor’s time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor Murray French has no choice but to pull out all the stops and begin The Grand Seduction.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: semi serious, inspirational, entertaining, offbeat, novela, touching, realistic, stylized, feel good, captivating
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St. Daisy (2012)
Plot Summary:
The snow is staying away from the Bavarian ski village of Haunzenberg, and so are the skiers. Business is failing and so is Georg's relationship with Emilie. During his attempt to reignite the fires of passion, the wooden cross in the next room falls down, crushing Emilie's very Catholic mother Daisy. Wracked with guilt, Georg and his drinking buddies hatch a plan to have Daisy canonized by the Church, hoping to save both the village and his relationship. Everything goes according to plan until the Vatican sends a Priest to examine the miracles of Saint Daisy... Written by Anthony Parkhurst.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 795
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, touching, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy