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Plot Summary:
Every city-dweller daydreams about dropping out of the rat-race and moving to the country. Every country-dweller wonders what it might be like to try their luck in the 'Big Smoke'. Always Greener is the story of two families who actually dare to give it a go.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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Baikonur (2011)
Plot Summary:
“Whatever falls from heaven, you may keep.” So goes the unwritten law of the Kazakh steppes. A law avidly adhered to by the inhabitants of a small village, who collect the space debris that falls downrange from the nearby Baikonur space station. The last two youthful members of the village are the radio operator Iskander, known as Gagarin, and the spirited Nazira. While Nazira finds it increasing difficult to conceal her love for Iskander by means of her unconventional behaviour, Iskander is evidently not only crazy about Baikonur and the vastness of outer space, but also deeply smitten with the beautiful French astronaut Julie Mahé, whose journey to the stars he wistfully follows on television.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
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The Village Is Burning, and the Grandmother Is Combing Her Hair (2007)
Plot Summary:
Selo gori, a baba se češlja is a television series in Serbia. First aired in 2007, the show quickly gained national fame with episodes in its third season averaging approximately 2.9 million viewers. The show was aired on RTS1.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Serbia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing
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The Book Group (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Book Group is a comedy drama that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 2002 and 2003 and ran for two series. It was written and directed by the American-born Glasgow resident Annie Griffin, who also wrote and directed Festival. It was the winner of two BAFTA Scotland awards. In January 2006, it was announced that screenwriter Andrew Davies would make a feature film adaptation of The Book Group for Film 4, but the project was never started.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, talky, sex comedy
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Robson Arms (2005)
Plot Summary:
Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications. The show is a comedy-drama anthology organized around the Robson Arms, an apartment building in Vancouver, at the fictional address of 951 Pendrell Street. Each of the show's episodes focuses principally on a different tenant of the building, although the core cast members interact in minor roles throughout the series. The show was created to fulfill a licensing requirement of CTV's Vancouver station, CIVT, which originally promised, as an independent station, to produce 20 episodes of an anthology series entitled The Storytellers. Only ten such episodes were produced. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission did not agree that CIVT's new network programming supplanted this commitment and asked the station to fulfill its promise. CTV believed the anthology would be more successful as a series with common characters, and Robson Arms was the result. Two of the show's regular cast members, Gabrielle Miller and Fred Ewanuick, appeared in this series concurrent with their continuing roles in another CTV production, Corner Gas.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, sitcom, anthology, realistic
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On Our Own (1994)
Plot Summary:
On Our Own is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1994 until April 14, 1995. The series stars Ralph Louis Harris and six real life siblings: Jazz, Jocqui, Jake, Jojo, Jurnee, and Jussie Smollett. The series was created and executive produced by David W. Duclon, one of the executive producers of Family Matters. The series was also produced by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, who developed the show. Suzanne dePasse and Suzanne Coston were additional executive producers, with Duclon's longtime colleague Gary Menteer acting as co-executive producer. The series was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, with associates Lightkeeper Productions and dePasse Entertainment. On Our Own was the first Miller/Boyett sitcom to be produced by Warner Bros. Television for its entire run.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Solsidan (2010)
Plot Summary:
Solsidan is a Swedish television comedy series that premiered on 29 January 2010 on TV4. The series is named after a small part of Saltsjöbaden called Solsidan. It revolves around Alex and Anna who are expecting their first child and have just moved to Alex's childhood home in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm County. Alex tries to get Anna to enjoy herself, and at the same time spend time with his childhood friend Fredde. Ten episodes were scheduled to air in the first season. A second ten-episode season premiered 16 January 2011.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom
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Mapp & Lucia (2014)
Plot Summary:
1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, historical drama, period piece
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Men in Trees (2006)
Plot Summary:
Men in Trees is an American romantic television comedy-drama series which premiered on September 12, 2006 on ABC and starred Anne Heche who played relationship coach Marin Frist. The series was set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska and concerned Marin Frist's misadventures in relationships. The premise showed at least superficial similarities to the HBO television series Sex and the City, which also featured a romantically-oriented, female writer. The protagonist's apparent "fish-out-of-water" feeling in a remote, small, Alaskan town can be likened to CBS's Northern Exposure. The protagonists in both series were New Yorkers thrust into small town Alaska societies. Filming for the series was based in Squamish, British Columbia. Five episodes of the first production season, which were not yet shown on ABC, debuted in New Zealand on the TV2 network in June 2007 and July 2007. The five carryover episodes aired on ABC after the first episode of the second production season, beginning October 19. Men In Trees was cancelled on May 4, 2008. Its final episodes aired in the summer of 2008 as a burnoff.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, clever, sex comedy
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Life After Fat (2013)
Plot Summary:
Life After Fat is a comedy-drama web series filmed in New York City, focusing on Maddie, a 24 year old thrift store employee who loses 90 lbs over the course of a year. For the first time in her life, she feels noticed, and attractive, which ends up being far more complicated than she thought. But the more things fall apart, the closer she is to finding her true self worth. Life After Fat isn't about how inspiring it is to drop a lot of weight, nor is it a message for everyone to love themselves exactly as they are. Instead, it's an exploration of the changes we make and why we make them, as much as it is a statement on the oftentimes laughable madness that is being a severely confused 20-something living in a massive city.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious, psychological, captivating, tragicomedy, humorous
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Homicide Hills (2008)
Plot Summary:
Mord mit Aussicht is a German satirical crime comedy television series, produced by ARD, following the adventures of Sophie Haas, a detective from the city that takes a job in the fictional country village of Hengasch. Much of the humour of the series derives from the clichés of both city and provincial lives, in a similar manner to the English comedy crime series Midsomer Murders.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, fun
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Corner Gas (2004)
Plot Summary:
Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV, CTV Two and The Comedy Network in Canada. Deriving its name from the roadside gas station in the fictional town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, Corner Gas is the only gas station for 60 kilometres in any direction. Brent Leroy is the proprietor of the station and Wanda Dollard works at the station's convenience store as a retail assistant. An adjoining coffee shop, The Ruby, is owned by Lacey Burrows, who inherited it from her Aunt Ruby. The series completed its run following broadcast of its sixth season on April 13, 2009, with a total of 107 episodes. The show became an instant hit, averaging a million viewers per episode. Corner Gas has been the recipient of six Gemini Awards, and has been nominated almost 70 times for various awards. On April 6, 2009, Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall signed a proclamation that declared April 13, 2009, "Corner Gas Day" in Saskatchewan.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, witty
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In the House (1995)
Plot Summary:
In the House is an American sitcom that premiered on April 10, 1995 on NBC. The series moved to UPN after its second season, where it remained for an additional three seasons until it was canceled on August 11, 1999. In the House starred LL Cool J and Maia Campbell.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, sweet, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Ed (2000)
Plot Summary:
After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm, Ed Stevens moves back to his small hometown of Stuckeyville where he buys the local bowling alley and attempts to win the heart of his high school crush.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, funny, realistic, telenovela, fun, nostalgic
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Freddie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Freddie is a television sitcom created by, and starring, Freddie Prinze, Jr. that aired from October 5, 2005 to April 12, 2006. Freddie is inspired by Prinze Jr.'s real life, growing up in a house filled with women. His lifelong friend, Conrad Jackson, co-created this series with Prinze, along with executive producers Bruce Helford and Bruce Rasmussen.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious
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NY-LON (2004)
Plot Summary:
Michael and Edie are worlds apart. He's a Londoner, a city high flyer; she's a New Yorker, immersed in the indie music scene. One chance look, one coincidence in a million, and both their worlds are changed forever. Can you have a relationship when you are 3000 miles apart, from completely different backgrounds, and separated by a common language? A transatlantic cast comes together to tell this story of long distance love, the story of Edie, Michael, their friends, their worlds.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Jack & Jill (1999)
Plot Summary:
A lighthearted romantic comedy about post-collegiate life, love and career in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, talky, sexual
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One Day in Europe (2005)
Plot Summary:
One day in Europe shows stories set in four European countries. All of them involve thievery in some way or the other. The protagonists are strangers in the respective country. For none of them their stay turns out as planned.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany, Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious
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The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000)
Plot Summary:
Broadcast of a live performance of the Roundabout Theater Company's 2000 New York revival of the classic Kaufman-Hart comedy, about a famous (and famously acid-tongued) theater critic who is forced to stay in a Midwestern couple's home and the havoc that ensues.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, offbeat
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Rikky and Pete (1988)
Plot Summary:
Rikky (Nina Landis) and her brother Pete (Stephen Kearney) struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small town Australia.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Three Businessmen (1998)
Plot Summary:
An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by train in Liverpool. Similarly, a very proper British art dealer (Alex Cox), who specializes in African art, arrives in the same hotel. The two meet in the hotel's abandoned restaurant and decide to set off in finding an evening meal, which becomes problematic immediately when the Brit reveals he is vegetarian. While following their pursuit of a mutually acceptable meal, the main point of the film is their discourse en route to their various attempts at an eatery.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, surreal, semi serious, odd
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Homeland (2013)
Plot Summary:
Farid, a young 26-year-old Frenchman, must travel to Algeria to save his father's house. While discovering this country in which he had never before set foot, he succumbs to the charms of a host of astonishing characters whose humour and simplicity affect him deeply. Amongst these is his cousin, a bright and lively young man who has the dream of one day going to France.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Belgium
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie
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The Girl from Paris (2001)
Plot Summary:
Sandrine, a woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave her work in computers and become a farmer. She takes the required practice for two years, and after that she buys an isolated farm from Adrien, an old farmer who decides it's time to retire. However, Adrien wants to stay a few more months before moving away from the farm, and the rough winter finds them together.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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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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The Great Wall Is a Great Wall (1986)
Plot Summary:
When computer programmer, Leo Fang, is passed up for promotion, he feels it is because he is Chinese, and quits. He takes his Chinese-American family to Mainland China to visit his relatives, the Chao's for a vacation. The clash of cultures, between the men, wives, and teenagers, leads to some confusion, and misunderstanding.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Here and There (2009)
Plot Summary:
Here and There (Serbian: Tamo i ovde) is a Serbian film which was premiered at the Belgrade Film Festival FEST 2009. Here and There follows two interconnected stories on two different continents. Robert (Thornton), a depressed New Yorker, tries to make quick cash and ends up in Serbia, where instead of money he finds his soul. At the same time, a young Serbian immigrant, Branko (Trifunović), struggles in an unforgiving New York, desperately trying to bring his girlfriend from Serbia to the United States. Mirijana Karanović plays Branko's mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia, USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, cynical
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Paris of the North (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seeking shelter from the trials and tribulations of city life, Hugi has built a quiet existence for himself in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere. Here, he passes his days jogging, attending AA meetings and taking Portuguese lessons online. But when Hugi’s estranged, boozy father shows up out of the blue, the precarious balance he has worked so hard to achieve is tested to the limit.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, France, Denmark
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, contemplative
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I Just Want My Pants Back (2012)
Plot Summary:
I Just Want My Pants Back is an American comedy-drama that premiered with a special sneak peek on August 28, 2011 on MTV, with the series airing the new episodes beginning on February 2, 2012. The series is based on David J. Rosen's 2007 novel of the same name. On May 16, 2012, MTV cancelled the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good
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Northern Exposure (1990)
Plot Summary:
After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, touching, feel good, surreal, semi serious, medical drama, psychological, inspirational
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Watching TV with the Red Chinese (2012)
Plot Summary:
In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, non-linear, independent film
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The Jasmine Vine in Seethamma's Courtyard (2013)
Plot Summary:
Brothers Peddodu and Chinnodu are unemployed and do not get along well due to their contrasting natures. They have problems marrying the women they love before an accident changes their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, inspirational, sad