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Plot Summary:
Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: surreal, experimental, humorous, not serious, mindfuck, black comedy, philosophical, underground film, fast paced, existential
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Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie (2017)
Plot Summary:
LA homicide detective Gene Handsome's knack for solving mysteries is matched only by his inability to make sense of his own problems.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, colorful, detective, colourful
Similar in 85%
Clean Slate (1994)
Plot Summary:
Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, melancholic, witty, talky, semi serious, detective, independent film, psychological, funny
Similar in 80%
Keep an Eye Out (2018)
Plot Summary:
Police officer's at a station must solve a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, absurd, light, captivating, surprise ending
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Steak (2007)
Plot Summary:
A French comedy with comedians Eric & Ramzy made by Quentin Dupieux a.k.a. Mr. Oizo.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, surreal, not serious, offbeat, slapstick comedy, slapstick, freeze frame, dark comedy
Similar in 77%
Wrong Cops (2013)
Plot Summary:
A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Russia, USA, Belgium, Portugal
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, entertaining, disturbing, black comedy, social, surreal, underground film, freeze frame
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The Forbidden Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, mindfuck, philosophical, mind bending, dark, art house, avant garde, experimental, weird
Similar in 80%
Schizopolis (1996)
Plot Summary:
A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surreal, experimental, black comedy, psychedelic, parody, confusing, cerebral, cult classic, mind bending, clever
Similar in 87%
Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
Plot Summary:
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, humorous, stylized, semi serious, sketch comedy, cult classic, mind blowing, psychological, mind bending
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The Wonders (2013)
Plot Summary:
Avi Nesher's new film tracks the complex relationship between a Jerusalem Graffiti artist and a mysterious modern day prophet who is imprisoned in an abandoned apartment across the Artist's window.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Israel
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, humorous, witty, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Similar in 81%
Avida (2006)
Plot Summary:
The kidnapping of a plump billionaire's dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. The wealthy woman takes advantage of the situation to make them fullfil her last wishes.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 662
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, semi serious, absurd, psychedelic, fairy tale, offbeat, experimental, avant garde, dark comedy
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2 Alone in Paris (2008)
Plot Summary:
A bumbling Paris policeman is doggedly determined to capture the master thief that repeatedly eludes him, even when they're the last two men on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, entertaining, offbeat, not serious
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Upright Citizens Brigade: Asssscat (2008)
Plot Summary:
On the heels of their enormously popular TV show, the Upright Citizens Brigade (Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh) bring you Asssscat - an unparalleled improv comedy juggernaut. Beginning with a suggestion from the audience, a guest monologist tells a story that kicks off a series of high-octane improvised sketches. From medical marijuana to embarrassing sexual encounters, no topic is off limits to the renegade performers who have helped make Asssscat one of the longest running improv shows in the history of the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, clever, realistic, parody, offbeat, independent film, spoof, sketch comedy, live comedy
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Reality (2014)
Plot Summary:
A wanna-be director is given 48 hours by a producer to find the best groan of pain, worthy of an Oscar, as the only condition to back his film.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: mind bending, surreal, absurd, humorous, mindfuck, psychedelic, black comedy, cerebral, cult classic, mind blowing
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The Overnight (2015)
Plot Summary:
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, sex comedy, independent film, dark comedy, enigmatic, surreal, talky, tricky, semi serious
Similar in 84%
Friction (2010)
Plot Summary:
Filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to a private high school where he writes a script about a real couple and the student who comes between them.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, semi serious, captivating, psychological, enigmatic, teen, independent film, mind bending, offbeat
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Dark and Stormy Night (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find themselves being murdered by a mysterious phantom while two rival reporters compete for the story.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 768
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, suspenseful, not serious, captivating, black and white, offbeat, retro, spoof, spooky
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I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Plot Summary:
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: surreal, philosophical, psychological, humorous, witty, intellectual, funny, non-linear, spiritual, existential
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The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (2011)
Plot Summary:
Subversive humor and childlike wonder based on both Reubens' original stage show, "The Pee-wee Herman Show," and the Emmy-winning Saturday morning TV show, "Pee-wee's Playhouse.".
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 845
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, offbeat, surreal, not serious, independent film, slapstick, campy
Similar in 84%
Mystery Team (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, independent film, light, feel good, detective, spoof, offbeat, realistic
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The Birthday Boys (2013)
Plot Summary:
"The Birthday Boys" is a scripted original sketch comedy, executive produced by Bob Odenkirk ("Breaking Bad", "Mr. Show") and Ben Stiller ("The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", "Zoolander"). The series features the Los Angeles comedy group of the same name (UCB Theatre Los Angeles, Just for Laughs Festival) along with Odenkirk and is in the classic vein of absurd/silly/smart/funny variety shows ("Mr. Show", Monty Python), featuring sketches that twist real-life moments and cultural touchstones.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy, humorous, realistic, surreal, not serious, dark comedy, skit, offbeat, independent film, slapstick comedy
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Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Adventures Of Noel And His Friends Smooth, Andy Warhol And Dolly.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, experimental, surreal, not serious, stylized, parody, absurd, offbeat, avant garde, spoof
Similar in 81%
Bartleby (2001)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" told in the setting of a modern office.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy, art house, black comedy, cult classic, atmospheric, clever, offbeat
Similar in 87%
Symbol (2009)
Plot Summary:
A Japanese man wakes up alone in a brightly illuminated white room with no windows or doors. When he presses a mysteriously phallic protuberance that appears on one wall, a pink toothbrush materializes from nowhere, clattering to the floor and setting in motion a genuinely bizarre chain of events. Soon the imprisoned man is engaged in absurd and hilarious attempts to escape the gleaming room, releasing random objects from the walls, creating a life sized mouse trap game in which a rope, a toilet plunger and an earthenware jug full of sushi might just be the keys to his escape. Meanwhile, in a dusty town, a green masked Mexican wrestler known as Escargot Man prepares for an important match.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surreal, not serious, mind bending, deep, mindfuck, philosophical, psychedelic, absurd, disturbing, art house
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The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000)
Plot Summary:
The last day of creation. A stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from. By the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: surreal, exciting, mind bending, humorous, futuristic, suspenseful, semi serious, disturbing, clever, offbeat
Similar in 81%
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Plot Summary:
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, talky, humorous, art house, philosophical, satirical, absurd, meditative
Similar in 87%
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Plot Summary:
Bourgeois convention is demolished in Luis Buñuel’s surrealist gem. Featuring an elegant soiree with guests seated at toilet bowls, poker-playing monks using religious medals as chips, and police officers looking for a missing girl who is right under their noses, this perverse, playfully absurd comedy of non sequiturs deftly compiles many of the themes that preoccupied Buñuel throughout his career—from the hypocrisy of conventional morality to the arbitrariness of social arrangements.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, art house, atmospheric, disturbing, meditative, talky, dark comedy, thought provoking, witty
Similar in 78%
Rubber (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the California desert, the adventures of a telepathic killer-tire, mysteriously attracted by a very pretty girl, as witnessed by incredulous onlookers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: absurd, parody, surreal, horror comedy, road movie, melancholic, dark comedy, semi serious, clever, bloody
Similar in 76%
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, surreal, entertaining, funny, cult classic, offbeat, slapstick, weird
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Plot Summary:
A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: surreal, dark fantasy, fairy tale, offbeat, stylized, cerebral, enigmatic, absurd, atmospheric, psychedelic
Similar in 76%
The Bothersome Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway, Iceland
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, enigmatic, psychological, psychedelic, philosophical, mindfuck, art house, suspenseful, dark comedy, dark