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Plot Summary:
The dramatic story of a woman's struggle to discover the identity of her grandchild's father. The grandmother becomes obsessed with discovering the identity of the man who fathered her daughter's child.The naive daughter is of little help with her mother with the search, which turns into a dangerous journey, filled with unexpected events. The mother is forced to face and overcome her own dark secrets and deepest fears, and her struggles provide her daughter with a new sense of hope and understanding of her own life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating
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Money Is Not Everything (2001)
Plot Summary:
Bohaterem filmu jest 50-letni biznesmen Tomasz Adamczyk, który chce zrezygnować z prowadzenia interesów w branży winiarskiej i poświęcić się swojej pasji życiowej filozofii. Pomysł ten nie przypada do gustu jego wspólnikowi. Do tego wszystkiego Tomasz ulega wypadkowi i zostaje wzięty jako zakładnik przez miłośników produkowanego przez siebie wina.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating
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The Night Before Christmas (2022)
Plot Summary:
It follows an estranged mother and her daughter as they get caught in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve and are forced to take refuge inside a church. They meet a handsome pastor and a music teacher who motivate them to reconnect.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Holy Lands (2017)
Plot Summary:
When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry (James Caan) suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica (Rosanna Arquette) is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), as well as her own.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Israel, Iceland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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A Bump Along the Way (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a fun-loving, middle-aged single mom accidentally gets pregnant, her prim teenage daughter is scandalized. But mother and daughter slowly reverse roles as the pregnancy progresses.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 576
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, not serious
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Mi mejor enemigo (2005)
Plot Summary:
After losing their bearings, a group of Chilean soldiers learns some lessons about their enemy's humanity in this dark comedy set during the 1970s war between Chile and Argentina. Digging in where they are, the troop soon discovers a nearby Argentinean platoon. Unsure how to handle the situation, the two groups start passing notes via a stray dog, and eventually achieve a wary camaraderie.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile, Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: semi serious, tragicomedy, realistic, captivating, sincere, thought provoking, clever, bleak, biting, suspense
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Just to Be Sure (2017)
Plot Summary:
Erwan, a strapping Breton who clears mines for a living, is shaken when he discovers that his father is not his father. Despite his affection for the man who raised him, he quietly sets out to find his biological father, and succeeds in locating Joseph, an endearing old codger he takes a liking to. Just when things look settled, another unexpected “bomb” hits Erwan in the form of Anna, an elusive nymph.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Mommies, Happy New Year! (2012)
Plot Summary:
A continuation of a famous Russian comedy "Mamy" ("Mommies").
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, feel good, thought provoking
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Intimate Strangers (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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The New King of Comedy (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young woman strives to pursue the actors' dream despite being an extra and stand-in.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sincere, thought provoking, captivating
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Rodney King (2017)
Plot Summary:
25 years ago, four LAPD officers were acquitted in a state court for beating King, sparking three days of rioting that left 53 people dead. Now, around the anniversary, this Spike Lee-produced one-man show (Roger Guenver Smith) will be streaming on Netflix. A complex, semi-tragic figure, King drowned in 2012. His life was rarely smooth, or simple – its telling makes for a sober, moving watch.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, one man show
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Desire Street (2011)
Plot Summary:
A family (mother, daughter and son) tries to survive their loneliness and obsessions by going through different sexual experiences and relationships with a new neighbour, a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, China, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: touching, exciting, sincere, humorous, psychological, captivating, social, noir, queer cinema
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Bootleg Dad (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ian discovers that André, a former soap opera star and current alcoholic is his real father. Ian decides to go work at his ruined mascot business where he finds a place populated by extravagant people and discovers the meaning of fatherhood.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining
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The First Beautiful Thing (2010)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later. Bruno ends up living in Milan after managing to escape from Livorno and his mother. He will return to his hometown at the end of the film to be at his mother’s side during her very last days.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, psychological, sexy, sentimental, complex
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Silent Night (2017)
Plot Summary:
Adam unexpectedly visits his family house at Christmas after a few years of working abroad. No family member knows about his secret plans and the real reasons of his visit.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing
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The Day We Met (1990)
Plot Summary:
After being called for his mandatory yearly Israeli army reserve duty, Arik Schwartzman finds himself looking for a uniform wearing serial rapist. He is aided by Natalie, a young female soldier who looks for her lost father.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (2018)
Plot Summary:
A star of hunting videos strives to bond with his 12-year-old son on a wilderness trip but learns familial connections can't be forced.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sincere, light, touching, humorous, captivating, cult classic
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We Accept Miracles (2015)
Plot Summary:
Fulvio is the only one of the three brothers to have left the village to go to work in the city. Deputy chief of staff in a large company, he dismisses people without remorse until he gets fired himself and after being jailed for beating his superior, is entrusted to his brother, who's a pastor in the village where they grew up. Forced into a place far from the modern world, Fulvio decides to help the local church in crisis by inventing a miracle that makes everyone believe that the saint's statue weeps. Tourists and pilgrims rush to the village and are filling the pockets of local businesses until the Vatican decides to send someone to certify the event. Fulvio must confess the scam, but the entire village will rise to convince the envoys of the Holy City for the veracity of the invented miracle.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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The Man with Hare Ears (2020)
Plot Summary:
Josef is a writer aged sixty, who thinks that nothing can surprise him any more. One evening, though, his phone rings and he finds himself caught up in a series of events that turn his world upside-down. His best friend – also a writer – tries to commit suicide; his young girlfriend Katka tells him she’s pregnant; and the man with hare ears – his alter ego from one of his stories – appears to him in everyday situations.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, surreal
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Christmas Rematch (2004)
Plot Summary:
17 years after Regalo di Natale the same 5 players for a new challenge. Who can trust who?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 900
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Holy Mess (2015)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about the new alternative family and how different family situations and relationships come to a head during the premier family weekend.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious, lgbt cinema, gay cinema
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The Pope's Toilet (2007)
Plot Summary:
A small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Uruguay, Brazil, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, captivating, hispanic, biting, suspense
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One for the Road (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures and meet a cast of colorful characters. Their journey fundamentally alters each characters' sense of self and their place in the world. There is, indeed, life after 80.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, satirical, road movie
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The Carer (2016)
Plot Summary:
Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage. Legendary actor, Sir Michael Gifford suffers from an incurable disease, and has one desire: be left alone. When Dorottya becomes his carer they both hope their wish will be fulfilled.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, inspirational, touching
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Invisibles (2018)
Plot Summary:
Following a city councils decision, a women's shelter will soon be closed and social workers have only three months to accommodate the residents.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, social
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Father Figures (2017)
Plot Summary:
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, road movie, anamorphic
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The Quitter (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a failed baseball player's ex-girlfriend moves back to the neighborhood with her seven-year-old daughter, he realizes he carries more regrets than how he handled his baseball career.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, touching, realistic, independent film
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I'd Like to Be Alone Now (2019)
Plot Summary:
After losing his wife and three kids, all Kyle wants is to mourn in peace. Unfortunately, his family insists on helping him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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Feyzo, the Polite One (1978)
Plot Summary:
A feudal village in Southeastern Turkey in 1970's. A poor peasant, Feyzo returns from military service dreaming about getting married to Gülo, the love of his life.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: political, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Lapland (2011)
Plot Summary:
Recently widowed Eileen Lewis,son Pete and his wife Mandy and daughter Paula with her spouse Ray,plus the grandchildren, leave Birkenhead to spend Christmas in Lapland.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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The Roommates Party (2015)
Plot Summary:
An unusually cold winter forces the french government to push the best housed people to accommodate some poor fellow citizens. The decree called "Le Grand Partage" creates some trouble among the residents of a Paris upscale apartment block.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, satirical