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Plot Summary:
A diverse group of young women navigate their lives through the male-dominated world of skateboarding in New York City. Inspired by the critically acclaimed film Skate Kitchen.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: motivational, sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, queer cinema
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Alone Together (2018)
Plot Summary:
Esther and Benji are platonic best friends who want nothing more than to be accepted by the vain and status-obsessed culture of Los Angeles. Despite their sometimes contentious relationship, when push comes to shove, they’ve got each other’s back … And they have nobody else to hang out with.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, satirical, psychological, humorous, captivating
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Skate Kitchen (2018)
Plot Summary:
Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Brazil
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, social, art house, art film, teen, aesthetic, interesting
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We Are Lady Parts (2021)
Plot Summary:
An anarchic, laugh-out-loud music comedy following a Muslim female punk band called Lady Parts, tracking the highs and lows of the band members as seen through the eyes of Amina Hussein — a geeky doctorate student who is recruited to be their unlikely lead guitarist.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good, sitcom, queer cinema
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Maude (1972)
Plot Summary:
Maude is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 22, 1978. Maude stars Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York with her fourth husband, household appliance store owner Walter Findlay. Maude embraced the tenets of women's liberation, always voted for Democratic Party candidates, strongly supported legal abortion, and advocated for civil rights and racial and gender equality. However, her overbearing and sometimes domineering personality often got her into trouble when speaking out on these issues. The program was a spin-off of All in the Family, on which Beatrice Arthur had first played the character of Maude, Edith Bunker's cousin; like All in the Family, Maude was a sitcom with topical storylines created by producer Norman Lear. Unusual for a U.S. sitcom, several episodes featured only the characters of Maude and Walter, in what amounted to half-hour "two-hander" teleplays. Season 4's "The Analyst" was a solo episode for Bea Arthur, who delivered a soul-searching, episode-length monologue to an unseen psychiatrist.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, controversial, cynical, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Grace and Frankie (2015)
Plot Summary:
Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - when their husbands leave them for each other. Together, they must face starting over in their 70s in a 21st century world.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, realistic, light, touching, sweet, grindhouse, not serious, buddy comedy, queer cinema
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Broad City (2014)
Plot Summary:
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, not serious, talky, buddy comedy, humorous, funny, realistic, light, dark comedy, hilarious
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Better Things (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sam Fox is a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters – Max, Frankie and Duke – in Los Angeles. She is mom, dad, referee and the cops.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sincere, light, humorous, sitcom, uplifting, touching, captivating, clever, dark, family comedy
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GLOW (2017)
Plot Summary:
In 1980s LA, a crew of misfits reinvent themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: funny, breathtaking, captivating, erotic, entertaining, epic, social, period piece, sensual, hilarious
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Hacks (2021)
Plot Summary:
Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, comedy drama, dark comedy, queer cinema
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn’t think even existed anymore.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, light, humorous, sincere, funny, entertaining, tense, serious, hilarious, captivating
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She's Gotta Have It (2017)
Plot Summary:
Nola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three lovers. A new take on Spike Lee's film, in 10 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: erotic, sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious, sensual, queer cinema
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In Gayle We Trust (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nestled somewhere in the middle of America, Maple Grove is populated with a host of colorful characters, and they all turn to one person for insurance needs, counseling and much more. Though an insurance agent by trade, Gayle Evans has become the default cure-all for the small town, as her pleasant disposition and sound advice has made her a go-to resource in the lives of her clients.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, realistic
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Exes & Ohs (2007)
Plot Summary:
Exes & Ohs is an American and Canadian cable TV series that was launched on Logo on October 8, 2007, and Showcase in Canada. The show centres around the dating life of Jennifer, a lesbian documentary filmmaker with a vivid fantasy life and a floundering career. Jennifer is looking for Ms. Right but must navigate the rules of lesbian dating life, most of which she learns the hard way. Fortunately, her friends are there to help: Sam, a sexy commitment-phobe who flips women faster than real estate; Chris and Kris, a lesbian couple expanding both their pet accessory business and their family; and Crutch, a young musician who wants to be taken seriously but still has some growing up to do. The series is based on the short film The Ten Rules: A Lesbian Survival Guide, created and written by Michelle Paradise, and directed by Lee Friedlander. It is shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada but is set in Seattle. The show's second season was pushed back various times. AfterEllen.com stated that it would not premiere until 2010. It was later set to premiere on June 29, 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexy, sexual, queer cinema
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Kate & Allie (1984)
Plot Summary:
Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable response from critics and viewers alike easily convinced CBS to commit to a full season in the fall of 1984. The series was created by Sherry Coben.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Chewing Gum (2015)
Plot Summary:
The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family. Oh, and obvs her boyfriend!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, hilarious
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Harlem (2021)
Plot Summary:
Four stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a hopeless romantic fashion designer. Together, they level up into the next phase of their careers, relationships, and big city dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Gentefied (2020)
Plot Summary:
Three Latinx cousins navigate their differences as they work to keep their grandfather's taco shop afloat in their rapidly gentrifying L.A. neighborhood.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, sincere, queer cinema
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Trinkets (2019)
Plot Summary:
A grieving teen finds an unexpected connection with two classmates at her new high school after they all land in the same Shoplifters Anonymous group.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, juvenile, queer cinema
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Everything Sucks! (2018)
Plot Summary:
It's 1996 in a town called Boring, Oregon, where high school misfits in the AV and drama clubs brave the ups and downs of teenage emotions in the VHS era.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, stylized, cult classic, colorful, light, queer cinema, colourful
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Atypical (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence and upends his family.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, humorous, funny, saga, hilarious, teen, comedy drama, touching, emotional
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One Day at a Time (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, humorous, captivating, funny, light, entertaining, sweet, children's program, hilarious
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Bottoms (2023)
Plot Summary:
Two unpopular queer girls in their senior year start a fight club to try to impress and hook up with cheerleaders so they can lose their virginities before graduation.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: witty, sex comedy, dark comedy, queer cinema, teen comedy
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Do Revenge (2022)
Plot Summary:
A dethroned queen bee at a posh private high school strikes a secret deal with an unassuming new student to enact revenge on one another’s enemies.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: light, action thriller, teen, dark comedy, teen comedy, queer cinema, campy
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Booksmart (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, cult classic, teen, sentimental, light, captivating, inspirational, romantic
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The Bold Type (2017)
Plot Summary:
A glimpse into the outrageous lives and loves of those responsible for a global women's magazine. Their struggles are about finding your identity, managing friendships and getting your heart broken, all while wearing the perfect jeans to flatter any body type. Inspired by the life of Cosmopolitan editor in chief Joanna Coles.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: feel good, sincere, light, sentimental, queer cinema
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Twenties (2020)
Plot Summary:
Hattie, a queer African American woman, hangs out with her two straight best friends Mari and Nia, in Los Angeles as they try to figure out life, love and the professional world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, queer cinema
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Girlfriends (2000)
Plot Summary:
Girlfriends is an American comedy-drama sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2000, on UPN and aired on UPN's successor network, The CW, before being cancelled in 2008. The final episode aired on February 11, 2008. When Girlfriends returned in fall 2007 for its eighth season, it became the longest-running live-action sitcom on network television that was on air that year, as well as one of the highest-rated scripted shows on television among African American adults and women 18-34, including its spin-off The Game.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, captivating, light, sincere, feel good, entertaining
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Work in Progress (2019)
Plot Summary:
Abby is a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly lead her to a vibrantly transformative relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, sincere, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, queer cinema
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A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
Plot Summary:
A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests presenting sketches performed by a core cast of black women.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: satirical, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, sketch comedy
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The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)
Plot Summary:
Follow four college roommates as they arrive at New England’s prestigious Essex College. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating as they live out their new, free lives on campus.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: sexual, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sex comedy, semi serious, sexy, teen comedy