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Plot Summary:
GMA Films and Viva Films are releasing a sequel to the 25-year old iconic sexy comedy film and they are calling it Working Girls 2010. The movie will include in the cast four of the original lead stars namely Maria Isabel Lopez, Gina Pareno, Carmi Martin and Rio Locsin. The remaining three are either abroad or not available.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, humorous
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My House Husband - Ikaw Na! (2011)
Plot Summary:
Nothing prepared ROD (Ryan Agoncillo ) and MIA ALVAREZ (Judy Ann Santos) for the major changes that took place in their lives. ROD worked as a manager of a bank while MIA opted to remain a housewife taking care of their two children — MIGO and KAYE — with an occasional sideline of selling insurance. MIA gave up her promising career in sales because ROD wanted to be the padre de familia. For ROD, it was the role of the man to provide for his wife and children … in the same manner that there was a clear cut delineation as to what are the duties of a husband from that of the wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative, soap opera
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Working Girls (1984)
Plot Summary:
Women cope with various problems while earning a living in the city.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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To Wed or Not (2011)
Plot Summary:
Toni and Uge play close cousins in this movie. One is trying to end her marriage and the other trying to get married. Together they will discover and rediscover the most important lessons on staying married and getting married.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, captivating
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The Woman in the Septic Tank (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story of Mila, a mother from the slums, who out of desperation to survive, has sold her child to a pedophile.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, captivating, light, entertaining, surprise ending, tagalog, offbeat, realistic, neorealism
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Sosy Problems (2012)
Plot Summary:
The problems of 4 rich beautiful girls.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, serious, captivating, realistic, documentary filmmaking
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Your Only Mother: This Is The Last! (2010)
Plot Summary:
A few months after Ina left the position as the President of the Philippines, she is back in the media limelight as she releases a book of her life in her journey as a mother to her children and as a mother to the people of the Philippines. Ina now lives a simple life with her beloved children, together with her long-time best friend, Rowena.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, parody, independent film, queer cinema
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Lousy Bastards (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers got separated after their first love for the same girl. Richard Rohan is an ex-soldier taking care of his two daughters living in a small town. His brother Mikulas Rohan is a neurosurgery expert living in the capital. Both of them have something which the other one doesn't. We follow their separate lives, their everyday mistakes, their memories to slowly reveal the core of their grudge. Inevitable decisions lead to their most important choice in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic
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In My Life (2009)
Plot Summary:
Shirley is a woman who wants to be in control of everything. Working as a librarian in a public school, a firm "Sshhh!" from her makes the students tremble in fear. But in her family, her unwarranted intervention in the lives of her children and their families keeps her emotionally detached from them. Realizing that she has lost the command she once had, she goes to New York to reunite with Mark , her estranged gay son who is now suffering from colon cancer. But Shirley doesn't know this and living with Mark in New York comes with a cost. She has to live with her son's lover Noel who is an illegal immigrant. Everything is going right until circumstances forces Shirley to go back to the Philippines. Now that she's back with her family, she realizes that something is wrong she is not happy.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, sincere, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tagalog, queer cinema
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Fool Circle (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two, very different, brothers are reunited for their father's funeral. But, when they arrive at the crematorium nobody is there, not even the corpse, except for Chloe who introduces herself as their sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 606
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, melancholic, sincere, captivating, exciting
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All the Wrong Reasons (2013)
Plot Summary:
An ensemble film about four everyday people: a store manager, a security guard, a fire fighter and a clerk who struggle in the aftermath of trauma.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, serious, realistic, captivating, teen, inspirational
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The Only Mother (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story evolves around the ups and downs of being a single mother, Ina the main protaganist. Her three husbands leave her with 12 children and a financial problems that she needs to shoulder. Simple plot with a hilarious cast. Packed with laughs and tear-jerker scenes with movie/commercial spoofs, surely Ang Tanging Ina will make your heart delight.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining, inspirational, tagalog
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Dirty Tricks (2000)
Plot Summary:
Martin Clunes plays Edward, an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Seemingly charming and thoughtful, Edward is really a calculating liar and manipulator. A series of events triggered at a dinner party leads Edward down a very precarious and hilarious path.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: humorous, serious, captivating, realistic, erotic, thrilling
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The Inheritance (2001)
Plot Summary:
Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia – find themselves forced to divide much more than a spacious apartment in Copacabana. While dividing the articles – from the apartment’s sale to splitting a toy tea set – the sisters compare options, destinies, lifestyles, expectations. The divergences are inevitable, because they’ve followed very different tracks. The turbulent sale of the apartment represents a turning point in their lives: they know they have never been so deeply involved as accomplices, or as sisters.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, serious, emotional, realistic
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The Classic (2001)
Plot Summary:
A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
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The Last Stand (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Last Stand, a drama that chronicles the life of four very different people attempting success as performers in Los Angeles until life becomes too much to handle.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, tragicomedy, talky, semi serious, independent film, dark comedy
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For the Hopeless Romantic (2015)
Plot Summary:
A student writer struggles to find a happy ending for her romantic story when her own real life romance falls apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, suspenseful, humorous, inspirational, surprise ending, tension, suspense
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Radio Star (2006)
Plot Summary:
Once a famous singer, Choi Gon is reduced to doing gigs in cafes after being involved in a scandal. When Choi Gon gets arrested after an argument, Park Minsu, his manager, seeks help from a director of a radio station, who agrees, with a condition.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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The Wedding (2004)
Plot Summary:
Wojnar is a wealthy man who is marrying off his beautiful daughter Kasia, in a small town in present day Poland. Wojnar had to bribe the groom with a fancy car, since Kasia was pregnant by another man. At the end of the ceremony, the car is delivered by a gangster, who immediately demands the promised money and the deed to land from Kasia's grandfather. Unfortunately grandpa is unwilling to let go of the land. Meanwhile each of the workers at the reception demand to be paid, so Wojnar, who is very reluctant to part with his money, tries to haggle and bribe his way out of all the situations.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, realistic
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Bajland (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jan Rydel is a contender for the office of the President of the Republic of Poland. He is in conflict with TV journalists, and when he finally gets on the air, he sits with his back to the camera. However, its ratings are high.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, serious, captivating, realistic
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The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
Plot Summary:
A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will of her husband. An elderly woman decides she wants to buy all the things she always wanted but could never get.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: touching, talky, stylized, thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, entertaining, allegory
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Turn the Beat Around (2010)
Plot Summary:
An idealist young dancer named Zoe tackles the difficult issue of resurrecting disco dancing in today’s music business. She meets hostility beyond resistance on every dance floor where she spins and twirls. Fortunately, she has at least one ally, a nightclub owner and visionary named Michael who shares her zeal for the long-ago dance craze. With money to burn, Michael arranges for Zoe to test market bringing back disco, even with rival choreographers like Malika. Soon dance takes a two-step in the wrong direction when hard-hearted Malika and Michael start vying to become Zoe’s dance partner.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, touching, offbeat, serious, realistic
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2 Jacks (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director, whose persona commands respect and adoration from his fans. Can his son, Jack Jr. maintain his legacy?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, sentimental, serious, realistic, non-linear, independent film
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Abel (2010)
Plot Summary:
When 9-year-old Abel assumes his absent father's role as man of the house, he garners his family's respect, and life resumes a comfortable rhythm -- until a man arrives at the house, claiming he's the long-lost patriarch.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, light, humorous, captivating, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
Plot Summary:
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, captivating, realistic, stylized, sentimental, touching, factual, entertaining, independent film
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Hippocrates (2014)
Plot Summary:
Benjamin is meant to be a great doctor, he’s certain of it. But his first experience as a junior doctor in the hospital ward where his father works doesn’t turn out the way he hoped it would. Responsibility is overwhelming, his father is all but present, and his co-junior partner, a foreign doctor, is far more experimented than he is. This internship will force Benjamin to confront his limits… and start his way to adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, semi serious, captivating, social, humorous, contemplative
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Three Quarter Moon (2011)
Plot Summary:
Hartmut Mackowiak, a German taxi driver, tries to help 6 year old Turkish girl to find her mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, serious, realistic, melancholic, tense, captivating
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Dysfunctional Friends (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of college friends are reunited after the death of their very successful friend. The will dictates that each person will receive a large sum of money if they can all successfully stay in his mansion for a week. If one person leaves, everyone forfeits the money.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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Confessions of a Womanizer (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ritchie is the epitome of everything wrong with modern man: a pompous, foul-mouthed idiot, driven only to get the latest girl of the week Something changes after his first real relationship that includes Ritchie's two favorite things: frequent condomless sex and freshly baked cookies. Through his "confessions," we learn his womanizing goes much deeper, fueled by a scar caused years ago. But leave it to his new best friend, a transgendered prostitute named Ginger, to help Ritchie work through these psychological issues.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, teen, independent film, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy
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Doors of Glory (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young man joins a team of experimented door-to-door salesmen, who teach him how to sell an expensive encyclopedia to modest homes that have no use for it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, talky
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It Was the Son (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, another son, takes the car out and damages the car door.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, light, humorous, serious, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy