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Plot Summary:
A paysan is mistaken for a millionaire to whom he looks exactly like.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 88 min
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Lotto (2006)
Plot Summary:
Jørgen manages the lotto club at the factory where he works. If you ask him, he would say he is a good person, even better than most. Then one day, he has to share a three million kroner jackpot with his friends, and his high morals are put to the test.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
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Joker's Wild (1992)
Plot Summary:
A jealous mobster chases a screenwriter, who likes his friend, from New York to the Caribbean.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Gift (2008)
Plot Summary:
A man who has recently lost his wife and forced to retire contemplates suicide. His friends take him on a trip to a senior resort, and invite his former sweetheart.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 108 min
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Goofballs (1987)
Plot Summary:
Another entry in the Canadian "Balls" comedy era, this time set in a golf resort.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, independent film, neo screwball comedy
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Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999)
Plot Summary:
The solitary and largely self-contained Augustin (Jean-Chretien Sibertin Blanc), on obscure young actor of bit-parts and advertisements, has but one ambition - to play the lead role in a Kung Fu epic. But hours of Kung Fu practice alone in his room are not enough. Augustin knows he must pack up and start a new life in China... or at least that part of China within bicycling distance: Chinatown in south-east Paris. There he meets Ling (Maggie Cheung), a young Chinese woman who practices ocupuncture, and little by little, Ling's needles awaken emotions in Augustin that his virginal body had never dreamed of. Where will this lead him? To Kung Fu stardom, maybe not, but to another destiny, a quirky but logical continuation of the same dream.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 89 min
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Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (1988)
Plot Summary:
In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly, get roped into helping foil a presidential assassination plot by an unlikely G-man-who just so happens to look like Alan's old college buddy, Freddie. But before "Freddie" can finger the real hired-gun-a cold-hearted killer with a penchant for using kitchen tools to do the deed-he, Alan, and Beverly must first rule out some strange and unusual suspects.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
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Charlots Go to Spain (1972)
Plot Summary:
Four friends from Paris are living misadventures of all sorts in Spain when their group of travelers is forced to split due to a travel scam.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Fool Moon (2008)
Plot Summary:
Une bande d'anciens copains de Sciences-Po, devenus de jeunes loups de la politique se retrouvent pour un week-end dans une maison isolée en Bretagne avec pour seul mot d'ordre: se détendre et surtout ne jamais parler politique. Mais la pleine lune, des voisins adeptes de mystérieux rites et le vieil Armagnac trouvé dans la cave vont les faire désavouer leur promesse, et tout va partir en live.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
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My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)
Plot Summary:
My Best Friend's Birthday is a partially lost black-and-white amateur film. The original cut was about 70 minutes long but due to a fire only 36 minutes of the film survived. It is about Mickey, who has been dumped by his girlfriend, and Clarence, who's trying to give his friend an unforgettable birthday.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: visual, cult classic, cult film
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Swim Team (1979)
Plot Summary:
A new swimming coach is hired to break a team's seven-year losing streak.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, teen sex comedy, independent film
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American Drive-In (1985)
Plot Summary:
The goings-on at a typical drive-in on a summer night.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, cult film
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Holiday Hotel (1978)
Plot Summary:
August in Brittany at a seaside hotel. Some guests are new, some come every year and are friends. The men nearing middle age fish and plan infidelities; their wives have surprises of their own in store. Teens fall in and out of love. Kids not yet teens have their own parties and friendships. In 11 months, most but not all will be back.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, hot
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Do Not Disturb (2016)
Plot Summary:
Anna's marriage is on the rocks after her husband John discovered she was having an affair with a much younger man. Confronted by her other half in the honeymoon suite of a Stratford-Upon-Avon hotel, Anna must try to save their marriage, deal with hapless hotel staff and come up with a plan to get through the experience. Unknown to either John or Anna, the suite’s bathroom is occupied by a semi-naked and comatose 21-year-old, who’s trying to sleep off a stag do.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration:
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Teddy Bear (1981)
Plot Summary:
The main character, nicknamed "Teddy Bear" by his friends and acquaintances, is a manager of a sports club in Poland. One day he is detained at the border just as his sport team is off to a tournament. It appears that somebody has torn out a few pages from his passport. It occurs to him that perhaps his ex-wife has done it in order to get her hands on their joint account in a London bank. Therefore, he has to get to London as soon as possible in order to transfer the money to a different bank. The solution is taking part in a movie, made by his friend. The script requires a double role, thus the search for another actor is announced. The double has to apply for the passport, and that is solved through a girlfriend who agrees to play the dope's new fiancée. At the engagement party he is slipped a drug, and Teddy Bear runs off to the airport with the false passport. On the plane, however, he meets his ex-wife.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, cult classic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, road movie, philosophical, sexy
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Starry Night (1999)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - Vincent Van Gogh comes back to life after being the recipient of a magic potion. He finds that his work has become quite valuable, and begins stealing his works. At the same time, he has a hard time getting anyone to believe he's really Van Gogh. - David Abbott, Lisa Waltz, Lou Wagner.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, detective
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The Old Maid (1972)
Plot Summary:
Muriel is a shy woman who bluffs and blusters around in order to hide her shyness and to protect her loneliness, even though she longs wistfully for a companion of some sort. She has been lonely so long that now she is an old maid and has never been wooed. In this gentle French film, Muriel gets a glimpse of romance when Gabriel walks into the seaside hotel she is vacationing in. His car has broken down, and he has to stay there for a few days while it is repaired. Hers is the only dinner table with room at it, and Gabriel cannot prevent himself from charming women. She is stiff with him at first, but soon they develop a friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)
Plot Summary:
A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evading capture.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slapstick, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, sitcom, semi serious, spoof, slapstick comedy, parody
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3 Sexy Girls in Tirol (1977)
Plot Summary:
Otto runs a hotel for tourists in Tyrol but has troubles both with the economy and with his wife Olga. After a trip to Stockholm he imports three Swedish blondes who eventually save Otto from disaster, both marital and financial.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy
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5 Star Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
When the Italian Premier and his companion find a dead body in his hotel suite, while on a trip to Hungary, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic situations as they try to avoid a scandal.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, captivating, satirical, dark comedy, happy
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The Seducers of Saint-Tropez (1983)
Plot Summary:
Four friends discover the pleasures of Saint-Tropez.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town (1980)
Plot Summary:
Andrea Damiani sends his wife Valeria off on a skiing holiday so he can spend time with his demanding mistress, Giulia. Little does he suspect that Valeria is having a rendezvous with a Count she recently met. However, Valeria does not know that 'Count' Giovanni is really just a manager's assistant, namely, Andrea's.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy
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Bikini Hotel (1997)
Plot Summary:
Samantha Vance inherits the Tiki Hotel when her father dies. She decides to fix it up but has problems drumming up business. Her friends throw a party at the hotel and an idea is born to make it the "Bikini Hotel" with all of the staff members wearing bikinis. This elicits jealousy in the nearby Regent Hotel who wish to turn Samantha's hotel into a parking lot. It all culminates in a competition where the winner gets to stay.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, sexy, independent film, teen sex comedy, hot
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Party 7 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the briefcase, another mobster sent to kill them, master voyeur Captain Banana and his new apprentice, The Mister Yellow. Who will end up with the money?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, disturbing, anime, avant garde
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A summer at the sea (2008)
Plot Summary:
The story is divided into seven parts focused on holiday, sun and sea.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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French Fried Vacation 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the same, and worse.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, sexual
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George and Mildred (1980)
Plot Summary:
Big screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper (Yootha Joyce, who died shortly after filming was completed) is determined to make husband George (Brian Roper) celebrate their wedding anniversary in style, at a posh hotel in London. However, upon arrival George is mistaken by a gangland criminal for a rival hitman, and soon the Ropers find themselves up to their necks in trouble on the wrong side of the law!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 744
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sitcom, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
Plot Summary:
Mike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a hit man sent to take out a mobster. Another is a lech looking for a little action with a woman he never met, whom he was set up with. And one of them was sent by his employer to inspect a property his boss wants to buy. All three men stay at the same hotel. But when the bellboy gets their names mixed up and gives info meant for someone else. So one of them meets a Realtor who will whatever she has to, to close the sale. And another follows a woman looking for romance. And another goes to the home of the mobster who thinks he's sent there to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, satirical, feel good, realistic, not serious, funny, clever, unusual plot structure, melancholic, surreal
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Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final (2016)
Plot Summary:
A classmate from Ushijima's middle school days, Takemoto, shows up. He was a kind man, but now is jobless and without a home. Adrift and unable to borrow money from Ushijima, Takemoto heads for Seiai Home where he can stay while doing work.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, satirical
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Funny Money (2006)
Plot Summary:
Henry Perkins, a mild-mannered accountant, accidentally trades briefcases with another man, to find out that there's a million dollars inside. Henry tells his unsuspecting wife of their new-found fortune, but she doesn't embrace it as well as he does. Soon they're joined by their best friends, a cop on the take, a cop on the hunt, and the dreaded Mr. Big, who has come to claim his money.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, witty, dark comedy, offbeat
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Hello Mr. Billionaire (2018)
Plot Summary:
A pathetic minor league Soccer Goalkeeper was given a task - to spend 1 Billion in thirty days, if successful he will get 30 Billion. However, he's not allowed to tell anyone about the task and he must not own any valuables by end of it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining, semi serious