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Plot Summary:
In the desert outside Cactus Gulch, Arizona, Buzzard and Betty Jean Wall live in a trailer decorated in Hawaiian themes. Betty's trying to get pregnant. Buzz wants to market "Cammo," a sun block lotion that looks like camouflage; but financing is tough to find and Betty thinks he should get a real job. Buzz's half-brother Turkey, a murderous psychopath, escapes from jail, comes to the trailer, ties up Buzz, kidnaps Betty, steals $10,000 they've just won from Publisher's Clearing Hut's Lucky Loser drawing, and heads for Mexico. Buzz is untied by Maya, an ex-girlfriend who's now a TV reporter in search of a story. They pick up Turk's trail and set out to rescue Betty.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, neo screwball comedy
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Shoot the Duke (2009)
Plot Summary:
When mardukas switches sides,the order to whack him is given pretty fast,but who can you trust to really shoot the duke?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags:
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Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the C.I.A. (1994)
Plot Summary:
Professional assassin Drew Fontaine puts her talents to her own ends to pay off those involved in killing her Buddhist mentor and maybe in the disappearance of her father. Amongst those in the frame are a crowd of somewhat dysfunctional lesbian-led Nazis, an energetic Chinatown gang, and an overly laid-back porn-king playboy. Could be pretty messy.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, spoof, parody, campy, cult film
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Bitter Harvest (1993)
Plot Summary:
Travis has just buried his father, when Kelly, an attractive hitchhiker walks into his life. At the same time, another attractive blonde, Jolene, starts taking an interest in Travis. Both women are secretly after something.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, surprise ending, neo noir, twist ending, tension, suspense
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Hotwire (1980)
Plot Summary:
Car thieves go to work.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Superagente Makey (2020)
Plot Summary:
Makey is a humble police officer that, unexpectedly, gets caught in the middle of a dangerous international drug operation in the Costa del Sol, Spain.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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They Call Me Macho Woman! (1989)
Plot Summary:
A young widow on a trip to the backwoods stumbles upon the operation of a gang of drug smugglers. They attempt to kill her in order to keep their operation a secret, but she turns out to be more resourceful than they thought, and starts to turn the tables on them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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The Four Deuces (1975)
Plot Summary:
This is a tongue-in-cheek crime melodrama that became a 'Late Late Show' fixture in the 1980s, according to the DVD sleeve, Jack Palance plays Vic Morono, a high-ranking Prohibition-era mobster with a weakness for women who is waging an ongoing war with rival hoodlum Chico Hamilton (Warren Berlinger). Vic falls for gorgeous blonde Wendy (Carol Lynley). The film's title refers to the name of his speakeasy, and to his gang, which consists of himself, Wendy, and a brace comic-relief hoodlums. The Four Deuces opens with cartoon credits, and attempts a stylish comic strip look. Expecting some wit upon seeing the name Don Martin in the credits will drive you stark raving nuts - this is not the cartoonist who worked for "Mad" magazine. Light bondage and female flesh scenes might have upped ratings for those 1980s "Late Late Show" airings. Perhaps most notable is the that Ms. Lynley and Mr. Berlinger worked much more memorably together in the stage and film versions of Blue Denim.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Fortress of Amerikkka (1989)
Plot Summary:
John Whitecloud, a criminal rebel, is out for revenge against a corrupt Sheriff and a militia run by a crazed General.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, sexploitation film, cult film
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Under the Gun (1987)
Plot Summary:
A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles. Mike rushes to LA and finds that his brother has been murdered and his brother Tony's girlfriend gunned down right in front of him. Mike quickly learns Tony was a courier for an arms smuggler, Simon Stone (John Russell). When Mike meets Stone's lawyer, Samantha Richardson (Vanessa Williams), the two team up to bring down Stone's arms smuggling empire. However, Mike's infatuation with Samantha keeps putting them in greater danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Good Girls Don't (1993)
Plot Summary:
Brash and gutsy stripper Bettina and mousy secretary Jeannie are framed for a murder they didn't commit. The radically contrasting distaff duo go on the lam in a red convertible with a half million dollars in cash in a briefcase. Various folks on both sides of the law give hot pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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D.C. Cab (1983)
Plot Summary:
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sex comedy, action comedy, realistic, semi serious, feel good, unusual plot structure, entertaining, slasher
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The Greater Good Company (2013)
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Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: independent film
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Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1969)
Plot Summary:
Harry (a corrupt sheriff) and his Chicano deputy hunt an Apache who is about to go to the authorities with the news Harry is smuggling marijuana. Harry makes love to Raquel (a prostitute) and Cherry (a nurse). The women also has an erotic encounter between themselves. Harry's boss gets it off with Raquel and Cherry, too. Uschi Digard romps around the desert naked.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: sexual, erotic, sensual, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, cult film
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Aadhavan (2009)
Plot Summary:
A professional assassin is tasked with the murder of a prominent local judge; however, after a series of failed attempts, he is forced to deal with complications and old relationships arising from his troubled past.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
Plot Summary:
Three strippers seeking thrills encounter a young couple in the desert. After dispatching the boyfriend, they take the girl hostage and begin scheming on a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert, reputedly hiding a tidy sum of cash. They become house guests of the old man and try and seduce the sons in an attempt to locate the money, not realizing that the old man has a few sinister intentions of his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, erotic, road movie, sexy, surreal, cult classic, absurd, art house, independent film, psychotronic
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One Tough Cop (1998)
Plot Summary:
A detective tries to remain loyal to his partner, and his best friend - a mobster.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, rough, bleak, realistic, sexy, bad ending
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American Strays (1996)
Plot Summary:
The desert can be a lonely place for the people who live there or for those who are traveling through. It is also the teller of different stories including the story of a traveling salesman whose only commodity is death and the story of a young man who finds that the death that he wishes for is difficult to find. Others are just traveling through, on their way to another place when they stop to eat at Red's Desert Oasis. The food may not be great, and the waitress may be surly, but those who stopped at Red's will find that they are involved in the showdown of their life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, black comedy, independent film, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious, road movie
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Supercon (2018)
Plot Summary:
A ragtag group of former TV stars and comic book artists who make their living working at conventions decide to steal the loot from a crooked promoter and an overbearing former TV icon.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: action comedy, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Don't Get Caught (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dre & Icy, two friends who, while on their annual road trip, make a wrong turn and discover a marijuana farm run by an old ruthless hillbilly. Thinking they've hit the jackpot, the two clear out the farm and head back to the city to sell their score. Little do they realize, the hillbilly is determined to get his crop back and has put a $100,000 bounty on their heads! It's a race against time for Dre & Icy, with one main goal. DON'T GET CAUGHT!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, hood
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The Hyperions (2022)
Plot Summary:
In 1960, Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum invented the Titan badge - a device that enables humans to have a particular super power. He took in three down-on-their-luck youths, creating an unusual family of superheroes and they quickly rose to fame and prestige. Over time, however, the commercial family fractured and the Professor replaced the team with a new set of super hero teens. Cut to 1979, when two of the original superheroes are all grown up and wanting their Titan badges back, even if it means robbing the Professor's museum and taking a few hostages accidentally.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good, surreal
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S*P*Y*S (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two CIA bunglers (Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould) botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, spy comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, not serious, spoof
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Shoot the Hero (2010)
Plot Summary:
A 30-something couple unintentionally become involved in a botched jewel heist while shopping for wedding rings.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, realistic, offbeat, independent film, fast
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MacGruber (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ex-special operative MacGruber (Forte) is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Kilmer), who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, DC.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, spoof, humorous, satirical, not serious, action comedy, sexy, skit, romantic comedy
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Tooken (2015)
Plot Summary:
Spoof of the "Taken" franchise. An ex-CIA agent who is now a mall security guard discovers that things are being taken from him. He must team up with his mom, also an ex-CIA agent, to defeat his rival and save his family.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, exciting, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Cat Run (2011)
Plot Summary:
When a sexy, high-end escort holds the key evidence to a scandalous government cover-up, two bumbling young detectives become her unlikely protectors from a ruthless assassin hired to silence her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, stylized, captivating, sexy, erotic, perverse, black comedy, offbeat
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Nothing to Lose (1997)
Plot Summary:
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, entertaining, absurd, buddy comedy, light, feel good, black comedy
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Bird on a Wire (1990)
Plot Summary:
A FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years, now an old flame has recognised him and the bad guys are back for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, road movie, realistic, suspenseful, humorous, light, action comedy, clever, breathtaking
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Spy (2015)
Plot Summary:
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 255000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, action comedy, spoof, entertaining, hilarious, absurd, witty, exciting
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Deadpool (2016)
Plot Summary:
Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, entertaining, absurd, humorous, funny, parody, action comedy, dark comedy, witty
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2 Guns (2013)
Plot Summary:
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 223000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy, entertaining, funny, humorous, crime drama, action adventure, light, visually appealing