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Plot Summary:
As young children, half-siblings Axel and Yanne are adopted to Norway. They are separated on arrival, he to material wealth on Oslo's west side, she to an average family on the east side. In contrast to her younger brother, Yanne remembers their journey to Norway, but she has no idea where he might be now.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, semi serious, captivating, realistic
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Out of Nature (2014)
Plot Summary:
Out of Nature is a journey inside Martins head. A family father in his 30s living in a small town of Norway. He feels alienated in his own life and longs to get away. Away from his job, away from his family, into the woods, up to the mountains. While spending a weekend alone on a hiking trip, he is forced to confront the way he lives his life. Out of Nature is an original, funny and tender film about how to take part in your own life as a husband, father and son.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: contemplative, semi serious, psychological, existential, humorous, captivating, educational, realistic, stylized
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Home for Christmas (2010)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamers Home for Christmas weaves together the lives of people struggling to find their way home on a Christmas Eve, beneath the colors of the Northern Lights. The plot unfolds during a few afternoon hours on Christmas Eve. The individual stories, which at times intertwine, are set in the small town Skogli. The characters in the stories cover a great range in age and life situations, representing both reconciliation with their own lives and strong frustration. Some show the will to understand and do something about their lives, while others have given up. Deeply tragic and melancholy aspects are mixed with humour and rather frivolous solutions.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, emotional, semi serious, non-linear, realistic, gloomy
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Punk's Not Dead (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of crotchety codgers attempt to revive the punk-rock band they all played in 17 years earlier in "Punk Is Not Dead".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 979
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, contemplative, tense, sincere, offbeat, semi serious, road movie
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Noodle (2007)
Plot Summary:
At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touching comic-drama in which two human beings -- as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Beijing -- accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, humorous, sweet, sentimental, touching, serious, uplifting
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Age of Panic (2013)
Plot Summary:
May 6, 2012. Cable news reporter Laetitia is covering the French presidential elections, while Vincent, her ex-husband, demands to see their two young daughters. It's a manic Sunday in Paris: two agitated girls, a frazzled babysitter, a needy new boyfriend, a grumpy lawyer and France cut in half!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, emotional, clever, semi serious
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Loitering with Intent (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, emotional, captivating, sentimental, realistic, witty, independent film, whimsical
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The Toy (1976)
Plot Summary:
When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, realistic, light, satirical, funny, semi serious, biting, suspense, neo screwball comedy
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Happy 140 (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends and family reunite at the fancy new holiday home of a woman who is about to turn 40.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, light, touching, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Lifelines (2008)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - Lifelines examines an extraordinarily stressful day in the life of a dysfunctional suburban family. Mom Nancy, a schoolteacher, is unable to handle the constant barrage of hostility from her three children. Husband Ira is ineffectual in helping his wife with her anxiety. Older son Mikey is barely able to express himself. Middle child Meghan flouts whatever restrictions her parents place on her, and youngest child Spencer, needs to be handcuffed to the car just to participate in family outings. - Jane Adams, Josh Pais, Joe Morton.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, emotional, realistic
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May in the Summer (2013)
Plot Summary:
A bride-to-be is forced to reevaluate her life when she reunites with her family in Jordan and finds herself confronted with the aftermath of her parents’ divorce.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 883
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Jordan, Qatar, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, realistic, emotional, semi serious, independent film
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Cheese and Jam (2003)
Plot Summary:
A story about a couple from the bottom of the social ladder, about smuggling refugees across borders and other 'suspect' things- it is, first and foremost, an attempt to tell a story about the worst in people, wherever they may be coming from.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, clever
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Life is All You Get (1997)
Plot Summary:
After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, offbeat, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Am I Beautiful? (1998)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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Cookie (2013)
Plot Summary:
Adeline's Chinese housekeeper suddenly disappears, leaving behind a little boy who doesn't speak a word of French. Helped by her sister, she takes care of the child and proceeds to locate the mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, realistic, semi serious
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The Italian (2010)
Plot Summary:
Life smiles at Dino Fabrizzi,a cool forty-two-year old Italian. Not only is he the most successful salesman at The Maserati dealership in Nice but he has had a steady (and hot) relationship with Hélène,his girlfriend, who is beginning to contemplate marriage. To crown it all he is nearly certain to land a senior position at the dealership. But there is a tiny wee problem. The funny Italian is not Italian at all! His real name is Mourad and he is actually of Algerian origin. So, when to please his father (who does not know his son pretends to be Italian), he promises him to celebrate Ramadan he is bound to get into serious trouble.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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An Ordinary Family (2011)
Plot Summary:
AN ORDINARY FAMILY is a humorous drama about one family, two brothers and a really big problem. Thomas Biederman is blindsided when his estranged brother, Seth, shows up unannounced to the annual family vacation… with his boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, psychological, captivating, independent film, sentimental, touching, realistic, talky, semi serious
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With Friends Like These (2007)
Plot Summary:
When Black Kelly gets back from New York, she discovers that more has changed than just her hair color while she's been away. Frederic found himself a girlfriend and plans to move. Kurt and Blonde Kelly live together with their one-year-old child. And Patrick's gone. Reunited with the old gang, Black Kelly realizes that life went on during her absence and that things will never be the same.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, contemplative
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A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on three brothers who, upon learning they only have a few days left to live, set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes. Hopper and Simmons are playing the brothers' father and uncle, respectively, while Caan is one of the brothers. Helfer is Caan's girlfriend, a woman with a dangerous past.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, contemplative, offbeat, realistic, witty
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Night Bus (2014)
Plot Summary:
The passengers on the Night Bus have many different stories -- some are lovers, some have dark secrets, some are looking for a fight, others are just trying to get through the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, contemplative, talky
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The New Country (2000)
Plot Summary:
A 15 year old Somalian boy meets a 40 year old Iranian man on a refugee camp in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. With the threat of deportation hanging over them they decide to the take their faiths in their own hands and together they go on a journey in the Swedish summer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 232 min
Plot tags: semi serious, realistic, captivating, tense, retro, road movie, humorous, exciting
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Caterina in the Big City (2003)
Plot Summary:
When her father, Giancarlo is transferred to Rome from the small country town of Montalto Di Castro, Caterina, a 12 years old girl, will discover her new classmates, a totally new world, an ambient extremely divided politically.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous
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Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)
Plot Summary:
After living 45 years in Germany, the Turkish Hüseyin Yilmaz, seventy, announces to his family that he has bought a house in Turkey and they should return to make the necessary reforms. The idea is unwelcome and causes very heated discussions. In addition, Canan, a granddaughter of Hüseyin, announces she is pregnant and the father is her English boyfriend, and no one knew anything. To comfort his cousin Cenk, a child of six years, who was humiliated at school and labeled as "foreign", Canan tells a fantastic story about how they left Turkey and went to Germany.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, sincere, intercultural, sentimental, semi serious
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Newlyweds (2011)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is upended by the arrivals of their respective sisters.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, sincere, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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Balls (2010)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, light, sentimental, touching, realistic, witty
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Pastor Jones: Heavenly Voices (2009)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - This entry in director Jean-Claude La Marre's Pastor Jones series sees the beleaguered clergyman coping with a gap in the church budget. When he can't make a payment on one of the church's loans, the pastor fears he may have to stop funding the choir, and turns to its two lead members (who happen to be quibbling siblings) to help save the day. Will they be able to put their pride aside and keep the choir together? - Jean-Claude La Marre, Nancy Bellany, Richardson Chery.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sincere
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Preggoland (2014)
Plot Summary:
A 35-year-old woman fakes being pregnant to fit in with her friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 826
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, offbeat, realistic
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Gone Too Far! (2013)
Plot Summary:
GONE TOO FAR follows two estranged teenage brothers over the course of a single day as they meet for the first time, and struggle to accept each other for who they are. Yemi can't wait for his big brother to join him on the estate in Peckham - but when Ikudayisi arrives from Nigeria wearing socks and sandals Yemi questions both his judgement and his African heritage. A day on the estate filled with danger and excitement teaches both of them the values of family and self respect.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Nigeria
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: uplifting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, psychological, sentimental, touching, realistic
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Brooklyn Lobster (2005)
Plot Summary:
Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric crew and serving the best seafood in the state.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, sentimental, sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious, semi autobiographical
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Daddy Cool: Join the Fun (2009)
Plot Summary:
So, what can happen at a funeral? Even, if it's the funeral of Daddy Cool Douglas Lazarus? It's in Goa, tears, sad speeches, melancholia... right? Wrong! When... The coffin makers deliver the wrong body, all hell breaks loose in this witty comedy starring Sunil Shetty and many of B-Town's rich and famous as they try and find the body of their beloved.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, realistic
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Mind the Gap (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two girls of different background, one a immigrant from Turkey and the other a girl that needs to get out of her fathers shadow both apply to the police academy were they become close friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious