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Plot Summary:
Entrusted by her sister, Tante Maya brings her trusted but rustic employees, Yos and Melki, from Sumba to manage a hotel in Anyer. She is also tasked to choose the new manager from among the three senior employees, Oci, Sudung and Randi. The previously well-run hotel runs into problems when the employees compete for Tante Maya's attention and approval.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 45 min
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Fourth Star (2014)
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Stepán (Václav Neuzil) got a job as a second night receptionist in a three star Hotel Meteor on the periphery of Prague. He'd like to get along with the colleagues and not attract the attention of his superiors. But how is he supposed to do that, when he desperately falls in love with Pavlínka (Martha Issová), who works as a day receptionist? The see each other only in the moment when the shifts change! On top of that, Pavlínka is not interested in Stepán but in the aggressive hotel maintenance man David (David Novotný). He is in turn interested in two things only: how has his beloved Sparta played and how to avoid the exhausting erotic interest of his superior, the ambitious hotel manager Tereza (Lenka Krobotová). Tereza does her best to improve the quality of the hotel and get the long-wished-for fourth star. This concern clashes with the selfishness, indolence, laziness, acquisitiveness and cunning of the subordinates. Of all the hotel employees, the fourth star is of the least interest to her ex-husband Theodor (Martin Mysicka), the director of the hotel. His only interest is to perfect his skills in playing the Chinese game of mahjong. Tereza's efforts are being thwarted by the personal interests of other subordinates, too: the ambitious and treacherous cook Smutný (Jaroslav Plesl) craves the position of the chef, the melancholic chef Tichý (Miroslav Krobot) struggles with losing his taste as a result of work accident, the day receptionist Frantisek (Ivan Trojan) deals with the underworld and consorts with the dangerous criminal Major ('Pavel Simcik'), the hotel prostitute Libuska (Klára Melísková) trains a junior lacrosse team, the hotel taxi driver Jindra (Marek Taclík) is a gay with a strong maternal instinct and Jirina the barmaid (Simona Babcáková) has a deficit. In the course of series' season we watch in suspense whether the hotel manages - despite the clash of the employees' personal interests - to get the fourth star in the end, and the more refined and solvent clientèle with it. And is something like that even in the interest of the mysterious Chinese hotel owner?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 28 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 63
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 30
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Comedy, Drama
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 152
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
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A floundering writer becomes a revered advice columnist while her own life is falling apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
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The manager of Pegasus Market, Moon Seok-goo, is worried about the store’s decreasing sales. One day Jeong Bok-dong, a former executive of the conglomerate Daema Group, gets demoted to Pegasus Market. Seok-goo is excited because he believes that Bok-dong will bring Pegasus Market back to life. However, Bok-dong has other plans; He is furious about his demotion and plans to ruin Pegasus Market entirely and get back at Daema Group. But things don’t exactly pan out. No matter how hard Bok-dong tries to sabotage Pegsus Market, its sales keep getting better and better. Will Bok-dong be able to get his revenge?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 112
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 150
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
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In Texas, Mo straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and a pending asylum request while hustling to support his Palestinian family.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 385
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Country: Georgia
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 70
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 20
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
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Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Kotaro Lives Alone (2021)
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Shin Karino is an unpopular manga writer and he is single. He lives in an apartment complex that has a rule forbidding children from living there. One day, Shin Karino's doorbell rings. When he opens his apartment door, he sees a small boy. The boy is 5-year-old Kotaro Sato. Kotaro Sato tells Shin Karino that he moved into the neighborhood. Shin Karino makes a weird face, because of the rule of his apartment complex. Kotaro Sato says that he lives by himself. At first, Shin Karino is annoyed by Kotaro Sato, but residents of the apartment building, including Shin Karino, become attached to Kotaro Sato.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Film starring Bodil Jørgensen, Rosalinde Mynster and Merete Mærkedahl about the people at a beachfront hotel.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 50 min
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Taking place 25 years after the original British smash hit, the same band of brothers navigate the post-industrial city of Sheffield and society's crumbling healthcare, education, and employment sectors.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
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Special Labor Inspector Jo (2019)
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Jo Jin-Gab was once a promising judo athlete. He protested against corruption at a game and he was kicked out of the sport. After that, Jo Jin-Gab became a gym teacher. Again, he could not control his anger against the son of the school's chairman. Jo Jin-Gab was once again kicked out of his profession. Jo Jin-Gab then successfully pass the exam to become a public officer. Working as a public officer, he does not have to worry about being kicked out of his job. He tries to live peacefully, but he is then transferred to work as a labor inspector at the Ministry of Employment and Labor. Facing many people who wield their power unjustly, Jo Jin-Gab reverts back to his old self.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Plot Summary:
Labor Standards Inspectors... are you aware of their existence? For the sake of the 52 million actively employed people across the nation, the government had set up this body to help ensure that there is safety at workplaces. Danda Rin, is an example of a very diligent and strict inspector. She doesn't compromise when it comes to the rules. The story opens with the transfer of Danda Rin to the new Labor Standards Inspector office. "She had caused her boss at her ex-office to go bald!!" is the rumor that accompanies her to her new office. Danda Rin is someone who doesn't do things in half measures, which is totally unlike the laidback male colleagues in the office. "Unpaid overtime", "Managers in name only", "Power harassment by managers"; these are all the things she fights against!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, detective