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Plot Summary:
Maurizio works in a dubbing studio and puts sound effects into cartoons. One day his hands turn into cartoon ones, with a life of their own.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, independent film, humorous, semi serious, sexual, sexy, 2d animation, hot
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Destiny to Order (1989)
Plot Summary:
A writer starts running into the characters he's created in real life. Alberta is his fantasy woman, who starts out as a sexy rock singer. However, when the bad guy in his novel (played by Michael Ironside) gets his hands on the manuscript and starts making changes of his own, they are all in for a wild ride.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, cult film
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His Majesty Minor (2007)
Plot Summary:
Dans une île imaginaire perdue en Mer Egée, aux temps très lointains d'avant Homère, Minor, mi-homme mi-cochon, orphelin et muet, file des jours tranquilles dans la douce tiédeur de la porcherie en compagnie de sa bonne amie la Truie. Au cours d'une escapade en forêt mythologique, il fait la rencontre d'un des personnages les plus influents de son époque, le Dieu Pan - alias Satyre, qui l'initie à sa manière de bouc aux imprévus du paganisme.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 964
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, offbeat
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Ratataplan (1979)
Plot Summary:
Misadventures of Colombo, an engineer in Milano. He is the only winner of an admission test for a job, and just for this reason he isn't hired. So he becomes a barman, and he discovers a special formula that turns simple water into the "Immortality drink". He is robbed of the magic water copyright. So he tries to set up a theatrical company, but the first show is a fiasco. Since finding a normal job seems a mission impossible, he tries to set the sentimental side of his life. He targets the most beautiful girl of his building, and for her he builds a robot able to dance like Tony Manero (John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever (1977)). The robot gets drunk (!). It is another fiasco. So he targets an ugly girl and finally with her succeeds to live his surreal world for ever.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, silent, silent film
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I Made a Splash (1980)
Plot Summary:
Three girls share a flat in Milano in the '80s. Luisa is a beginner actress dreaming about a career in the show business, Angela is university student and Carlina a part-time teacher. One day Maurizio go to visit them. Maurizio is fallen asleep in front of television when he was six years old and woke up just since few days after twenty! He doesn't speak at all and obviously he is very strange. The life of the three girls will change turning into a surreal experience.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Party Animal (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Party Animal is a documentary-style comedy about a sex-starved man, Pondo Sinatra, a 26-year-old college student whom everyone agrees is doomed to die a virgin. Desperate to break what seems to be a cosmic curse, he tries ever more bizarre schemes to seduce one the sexy, scantily-clad women who seem to be everywhere, taunting him and enjoying his misery. Despite his best efforts, however, he is rejected everywhere, even at the local cathouse. When Pondo threatens to kill himself, Studley, his ladykilling best friend, tries to help him in his quest to "get him a little", as does Studley's mentor, a wise old janitor named Elbow.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, cult classic, parody, mockumentary, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious
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In and Out (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two couples, Pierre and Aimée, Éric and Pénélope, all share four years of friendship without cloud. Only concern, Penelope and Pierre have become lovers ... The situation becoming untenable, they decide to break. But after a final night of passionate love, fate plays a trick on them: Peter and Penelope each wake up in the body of the other! To protect their secrecy, they each find themselves having to live the life of the other. This is the beginning of the complications.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Room to Rent (2000)
Plot Summary:
Ali is a young Egyptian screenwriter determined to succeed in London, where he has been a student. He loves the artistic and political freedom, the colours, the music, the individualism. But he has little money, his student visa is about to expire and he has been thrown out of his lodgings. And so Ali moves in with a succession of eccentric and colourful London flatmates: Mark, a photographer with a very individual style, Linda, a young, blonde, very sexy model and Marilyn Monroe impersonator, and Miss Stevenson who is convinced that Ali is the reincarnation of her long dead Egyptian lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, independent film, offbeat, sexual
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Bikini Summer III: South Beach Heat (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jamie is a makeup artist for a local bikini contest on the beautiful South Beach of Miami. Her life appears to be falling apart when her boyfriend leaves her in a jealous rage. Her wild and gorgeous friends, Dev and Bink, convince her to be a contestant in the contest while her ex-boyfriend's bumbling private detective hilariously tries to track her. In a transformation of innocence to high-profile model, Jamie heats up Miami at South Beach.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, sexy, independent film, teen sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, hot
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Bankers Also Have Souls (1982)
Plot Summary:
Gregoire is retiring after many years with the same bank, and his collegues surprise him with the gift of a beautiful call girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Plot Summary:
Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970s Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana, marry but must hide it from her employer; plus, they need a room of their own. A billboard of Anita Ekberg provocatively selling milk gives a prudish crusader for public decency more than he can handle. The wife of a count whose escapades with call girls make the front page of the papers decides to work to prove her independence, but what is she qualified to do? A buxom carnival-booth manager who owes back taxes offers herself for one night in a lottery: a nerdy sacristan and a jealous cowboy make for a lovers' triangle. In each, women take charge, but not always happily.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 205 min
Plot tags: anthology, art house, political, neorealism, sexy, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
Plot Summary:
In a small city of Brazil, Flor (a very good looking woman) marries Vadinho, a very handsome and erotic man. Once married she finds he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking to her neighbours but he takes all her money to gamble. One day he dies. Flor misses the goods of the marriage so she marries again with a very correct gentleman - the owner of the drugstore (Teodoro). Now she's very happy with her man, but misses the erotic moments with her previous husband. Then the ghost of Vadhino comes to earth to chase her.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, manga, humorous, semi serious, sexual
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Post Coitum (2004)
Plot Summary:
This adult comedy looks at the complex, intermingled sexual relationships between a bunch of diverse characters - a barmaid, a part-time prostitute, a hippy, a rocker, a medical student and a confused virgin!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, semi serious, humorous, realistic, offbeat, sexual, experimental, slapstick comedy, hot
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Wirey Spindell (1999)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of his wedding, a Manhattanite takes a whimsical look back at his formative years and sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, hot
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Hank and Mike (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two blue-collar Easter Bunnies get fired and try their hand at an assortment of odd jobs, failing at each. Fighting depression, debt and eventually each other, their lives start to unravel until they realize that without their job they are nothing.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, captivating, erotic, dark comedy, independent film, offbeat, realistic, sexual
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Hollywood High Part II (1981)
Plot Summary:
It's another year at Hollywood High and the students are upholding the standards of their school. It's the end of the semester and finals are near, but that doesn't stop the girls of Hollywood High from having fun. From the pool to the beach, they cavort with their boyfriends, drink, and smoke a joint or two. But the fun stops when a teacher keeps one of the guys after school for some personal tutoring.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy
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The Seniors (1978)
Plot Summary:
Four college seniors open a bogus sex clinic, which unexpectedly mushrooms into a multi-million dollar business. Featuring a young Dennis Quaid in one of his earliest roles and Alan Reed (the original voice of Fred Flintstone) in his final film appearance.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, grindhouse, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy, hot
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Interview (1987)
Plot Summary:
Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: art house, neorealism, mockumentary, sentimental, humorous, realistic, surreal, stylized, semi serious, meta
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Cavegirl (1985)
Plot Summary:
On a class excursion to a cave with stone age paintings the clumsy Rex gets lost. A mysterious crystal opens a gateway in time and sets him back to the stone ages, where he meets a group of prehistoric fellows and the gorgeous Eba. While teaching her English and doing some pseudo-research on her fellows, his main goal is to get her sleeping with him. However the curiosity of the clan chief disturbs his attempts.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 911
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, independent film, humorous, not serious, sexual, eighties, hot, cult film
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The Night Before the Exams Today (2007)
Plot Summary:
Reunites the same cast, reprising their characters from the 2006 original film, but transplants them from the 1980s to the Italy of 2006. This leap allows the filmmaker to compare and contrast youth culture across generations, from the era of the call box to the era of cell phones, text messages and onli.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexy
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GamerZ (2005)
Plot Summary:
A quirky love triangle comedy set in Glasgow in the weird, wonderful world of fantasy role-playing games.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: semi serious, futuristic, captivating, offbeat, humorous, gothic, teen comedy
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Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
Plot Summary:
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy, campy
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All About My Bush (2007)
Plot Summary:
Allt om min buske är en sexkomedi i trädgårdsmiljö om oväntade kärleksförbindelser och avgrundsdjup svartsjuka. Det vackra och välbärgade paret Nils och Karin flyttar in med sin dotter Barbro i det exklusiva villaområdet. I huset intill med den botaniska trädgården bor systrarna Isabel och Lily. Systrarna sköter trädgården och livnär sig på att arrangera guidade turer genom den artrika floran. Mötet med systrarna blir omvälvande för Nils och Karin när deras ordnade tillvaro och noggrant formgivna livsstil ställs på ända. Någon vandaliserar plötsligt den prunkande trädgården och oanade naturkrafter frigörs när jakten på kärlek och trädgårdssabotörer tar sin början.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, sexual
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Escort in love (2011)
Plot Summary:
35 year old Alice has a husband and a son. Her life seems a beautiful dream, but it soon turns out to be a nightmare. Her husband dies in a car accident and her lawyer tells her that she is on her uppers. The only way she finds to earn money in short time is to do the oldest job in history.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, captivating, entertaining, happy
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City of Women (1980)
Plot Summary:
A businessman finds himself trapped at a hotel and threatened by women en masse.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: surreal, satirical, art house, cerebral, atmospheric, mind bending, psychedelic, cult classic, clever, offbeat
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Help! My In-Laws Are Vampires! (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young couple blossoms without her getting to know his family until she becomes pregnant. He then paints such an unflattering portrait of his relatives that prompts her to reply: "you talk as if they were monsters!" Little does she know.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, semi serious
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The Ages of Love (2011)
Plot Summary:
Roberto is a young and ambitious lawyer who is going to marry Sara. His whole life is perfectly planned out. During a expropriation which he is in charge of, he meets Micol, a gorgeous and provocative young woman from a small village in Tuscany. This is when things start to get complicated... Fabio, a famous anchorman, has been the perfect husband for twenty five years. At a party one night, he meets Eliana, a femme fatale full of surprises. This one-night stand proves to be more than what he bargained for when she refuses to leave... Adrian is an American art history professor who moved to Rome after his divorce. He is friends with Augusto, the building's concierge, whose ebullient daughter Viola is about to disrupt his peaceful existence and relight his fire.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sexy, touching, humorous, semi serious, social, realistic, contemplative, sexual, anthology
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Santa Maradona (2001)
Plot Summary:
An unemployed young man finds his life turned upside down when he falls in love with a beautiful actress.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, clever
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Cool World (1992)
Plot Summary:
Jack Deebs is a cartoonist who is due to be released from jail. His comic book "Cool World" describes a zany world populated by "doodles" (cartoon characters) and "noids" (humanoids). What Jack didn't realize is that Cool World really does exist, and a "doodle" scientist has just perfected a machine which links Cool World with our world. Intrigued at seeing his creating come to life, Jack is nonetheless wary as he knows that not everything in Cool World is exactly friendly.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, adult animation, anime, cult classic, surreal, stylized, mind bending, controversial, humorous, witty
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Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Plot Summary:
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, funny, humorous, talky, witty, sexy, touching, feel good, semi serious, captivating