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Plot Summary:
A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spoofed television programming and commercials.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, light, sketch comedy
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
Plot Summary:
Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution". In the tradition of films like Groove Tube (1974), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), and Saturday Night Live.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, sketch comedy, mondo, anthology, parody, independent film, offbeat, realistic, witty, cynical
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The Underground Comedy Movie (1999)
Plot Summary:
A series of comedic short films guaranteed to offend.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy, sexy, parody, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, absurd, underground film
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A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! (2008)
Plot Summary:
Hark! The Herald Pundit Sings! America’s favorite Christmas tradition is now on DVD! Families have gathered around the TV to enjoy Stephen Colbert’s Christmas specials every year since 2008. Now, you can experience the joy over and over! Join Stephen and his friends—Toby Keith, Elvis Costello, John Legend, Feist, Willie Nelson, and Jon Stewart —for a yuletide evening of song, dance and nog-induced dementia. (Parental discretion is advised.) Remember, every time you buy a copy of Stephen Colbert’s Christmas Special, an angel gets his wings.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, talky, independent film, biting, parody
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Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004)
Plot Summary:
Caught cheating and banned for ten years, Bobby Dukes, paintball's first superstar, returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, not serious, mockumentary, indie film, parody, spoof
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Never Been Thawed (2005)
Plot Summary:
A hilarious mockumentary about the delicious hobby of frozen food collecting and Christian rock band, The Christers. The film follows the Mesa Frozen Entree Enthusiast's Club as they plan their first Frozen Entree Enthusiasts Convention.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, cynical, not serious, mockumentary, clever, offbeat, realistic, biting, suspense
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The Onion Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits losers hardest". This compilation of bogus news stories, celebrity profiles, movie trailers and skits come courtesy of the ace satirists at The Onion.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, spoof, black comedy, satirical, cult classic, dark comedy, humorous, witty, sketch comedy
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Jay and Silent Bob Get Irish: The Swearing o' The Green! (2013)
Plot Summary:
You may see one show, but you haven't senn them all! Following on from the amazingly successful JAY AND SILENT BOB TEA BAGGING IN THE UK, Fast-talking, foul mouthed Jay and his "hetero life partner' Silent Bob return with their second instalment of their highly peaised, extremely dynamic live comedy show, Jay & Silent Bob Get Old Mach II.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, realistic, witty, talky
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My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
This film is a spoof along the lines of "Scary Movie" and "Not Another Teen Movie." It includes parodies of some of the indie film world's most renowned movies such as "Memento," "Pulp Fiction," "Magnolia," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Amelie," "Run Lola Run," "El Mariachi," "The Good Girl," "Pi," "Swingers" and many others.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, spoof, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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WTF (2014)
Plot Summary:
Rémi Gaillard is the real character of the World network, troll, provocateur, one of the biggest-selling comic actor in Europe. One and a half milliards of viewing and millions of fans. A day came, and he decided to steady down: got married, settled down on work on a parking place, promised a pregnant wife, that also «goes away to the decree» and gives up the pranks. But how to deafen talent and disorderly conduct of fantasy?. Fans can not assume his care. Gaillard returns.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, entertaining, realistic, slapstick
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Stag (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ken Andrews (Faison) has been the orchestrator of the hazing pranks at all of his buddies' stags - elaborate, hilarious pranks that have left many emotional scars and a few physical ones. And now today is Ken's stag! He nervously awaits the fate that his pals surely have in store for him, comforted only by the knowledge that Carl (Pat Thornton) will be there to watch his back. That is, so long as Carl can extract himself from the Hollywood celebrity, Veronica (Amurri). Ken will soon discover that payback is worse than he could ever imagine. Written by Brett Heard.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 859
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good
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The Bogus Witch Project (2000)
Plot Summary:
A series of short films spoofing "The Blair Witch Project.".
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, light, entertaining, spoof, offbeat, horror spoof
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Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
Plot Summary:
A host of real-life celebrities - including Hugh Hefner, Stan Lee, and Kevin Smith - journey into the world of comic book fandom! Documentary filmmaker Donald Swan heads to the world's largest comic book convention where he encounters a culture of craziness that he's totally unprepared for.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: witty, parody, humorous, not serious, mockumentary, feel good, light, melancholic, offbeat, exciting
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Nobody Knows Anything! (2003)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring filmmaker learns that success in Hollywood doesn't come as easy as she suspected as she attempts to discover the formula to success. When the guidance of her helpful has-been uncle fails to pave the way, Sarah Wilder must seek the advice of such Hollywood heavies as Mike Meyers, Ben Stiller, and Fred Willard -- only to discover that the old adage is true and Nobody Knows Anything about how to succeed in the cutthroat world of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light, melancholic, independent film, clever, biting, suspense
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Movers & Shakers (1985)
Plot Summary:
Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a dying friend. He undertakes to make a major movie using the title - if not the content - of a best-selling sex manual "Love in Sex". Enlisting the help of depressed screenwriter Herb Derman and rather off-centre director Sid Spokane to try and come up with an idea or two, Joe soon wishes he was not one of those people who always try to keep their promises.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, campy
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Magicians (2007)
Plot Summary:
A pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, funny, clever, offbeat, realistic
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Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union is an American sketch-comedy series starring comedian Tracey Ullman. The series was written by Ullman along with Hollywood satirist Bruce Wagner. Gail Parent and Craig DiGregorio acted as contributing writers to the series' first season. On May 17, 2010, it was announced that State of the Union would not be returning for a fourth season. Producers stated that they felt that the show had "run its course.".
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, not serious, light, feel good
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The Groove Tube (1974)
Plot Summary:
Chevy Chase makes his film debut in this riotous collection of live skits. Directed by Ken Shapiro and featuring Chase, Richard Belzer and others, The Groove Tube mocks TV Land and its trappings by spoofing kids' shows -- from a marijuana-smoking Koko the Clown who resides in Make Believe Land, to Safety Sam, the penis with a plan who gleefully informs the audience of the perils of casual sex.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, sketch comedy, surreal, cult classic, clever, offbeat, independent film
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Adventures of Serial Buddies (2011)
Plot Summary:
Gregory is a devout Catholic who wants to kill evil people in order to grant them safe passage to heaven, Gary is an assembly worker at a trophy shop who wants to kill potential trophy winners, Graham is Gary's intern who will do anything to become a trophy maker and Vinny Van Go drives a road emergency van just to make friends. A coincidental encounter forces these four dim witted rejects to join forces and embark upon an idiotic and altogether hilarious road trip adventure - encountering the likes of skinheads, fraternity jocks, sorority babes, missing children, bikers, porn-stars, clowns, and Kathie Lee Gifford! If the boys aren't careful they might just become human, in what is "the very first serial killer buddy movie of all time.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, light, offbeat, realistic
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Universal Remote (2007)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Murphy takes the lead for this comedy concerning two best friends sent hurtling through a politically-incorrect television landscape thanks to a magical remote control that redefines the concept of interactive entertainment. Now, with each change of the channel, the shows get more bizarre, leaving hapless knuckleheads Bubba and Leroy scrambling to find a way back into the real world.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, light, feel good, fast
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Bam Margera Presents: Where The #$&% Is Santa? (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a trip to Finland to find the perfect Christmas gift for his wife, Missy, skateboarding superstar MTV personality Bam Margera is struck by inspiration to find the elusive Santa clause.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, exciting, offbeat, slapstick
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Living Will... (2010)
Plot Summary:
Will's best friend and roommate Belcher, (Ryan Dunn) a party bum slacker, returns from the dead as a cocky, mischievous, and perverted ghost. He soon discovers his cousin, Krista, has shacked up and moved in with his best friend, Will. Belcher will do anything and everything to destroy this relationship and get his prank buddy back.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, light, captivating, sensual, independent film
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Reality & Stuff (2003)
Plot Summary:
COMEDY/MOCKUMENTARY - (2005) CAN'T GET TOO MUCH REALITY TV? CAN'T GET ENOUGH REALITY TV? You know the drill! Eight strangers are chosen to live in a house and have their lives recorded.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good, mockumentary, offbeat
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (2004)
Plot Summary:
A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, light, sketch comedy
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The Independent (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. The film spoofs independent directors and independent film. The film features Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, and cameos by Anne Meara, Ron Howard, Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, John Lydon, Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Fred Dryer, Jonathan Katz, Fred Williamson, Karen Black, Nick Cassavetes, Julie Strain and adult film actress Ginger Lynn. The fictional career of Morty Fineman (Stiller) is said to have made 427 films. It is not specified as to whether he directed them all, or if it refers to films produced or written by the Fineman character.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, light, satirical, cult classic, witty, mockumentary, stylized, offbeat, realistic
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Not Another Not Another Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
In this non- stop hilarious ride we follow a struggling Movie Studio that is willing to do anything to make a buck even if it means ruining its reputation, and running the Movie Industry into the ground. This film has everything that an audience wants from a LAUGH OUT LOUD COMEDY by taking a no-holds barred attack on the Spoof Genre from Blockbuster Action movies to Dramas and Documentaries to Popular Television shows.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, spoof, mockumentary, parody, ironic, witty, independent film, offbeat
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Killer Bud (2001)
Plot Summary:
After losing another job, two idiots embark on an adventure of mythic proportion: to acquire "Feed Bags," the discontinued entire-meal-in-a-bag, to impress their two equally dim-witted dates. When the only convenience store in town that carries the discontinued food item is found closed, Waylon and Buzz break in and can't break out.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, entertaining, spooky, independent film, realistic, cult film
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House Party: Tonight's the Night (2013)
Plot Summary:
A pair of high school rappers have two major goals - make music and get hot girls. The best way to get both is to throw the biggest and best house party ever! The night of the party, one of the boys is grounded by his parents, so it's up to his best friend to break him out of his house confinement and get the party started.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, light, feel good, realistic, independent film, black cinema
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Wake Up Ron Burgundy (2004)
Plot Summary:
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, absurd, humorous, not serious, slapstick, exciting, realistic, sexy, clever
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Dirty Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
An outrageous cut-rate producer, Charlie LaRue (Christopher Meloni) is about to fulfill his lifelong dream to make a movie about the most offensive, dirtiest jokes ever told.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, sketch comedy, light, feel good, realistic, hot
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Demoted (2011)
Plot Summary:
What go around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen (Astin and Vartan) who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss (Cross).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating