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Plot Summary:
Fourteen year old breakdancer and mischievous delinquent, Jonah Takalua, returns from Tonga to start a new life at Holy Cross High School. Dominating the playground with his gang Fobba-licious, amusing himself with endless filfthy jokes and a schoolyard rivalry with the Rangas, Jonah challenges the school system, getting himself into more trouble than ever before.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, sitcom, parody, mockumentary
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Plot Summary:
The Chaser's War on Everything was an Australian television satirical comedy series broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television station ABC1. It has won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Television Comedy Series. The cast perform sketches mocking social and political issues, and often feature comedic publicity stunts. The series is produced by the Australian satirical group, The Chaser, consisting of Chris Taylor, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, Andrew Hansen, and Chas Licciardello. Fellow Chaser members Dominic Knight and Charles Firth are not part of the regular on-screen cast. However, Knight is a writer, and Firth compiled roving reports for the show from the United States, until he left the group to start a satirical newspaper in mid-2007. The show premiered on 17 February 2006 and has since produced 58 episodes, broadcast over three seasons between 2006 to 2007 as well as during 2009. The first season was broadcast at an unstable late timeslot on Friday nights. The second and third seasons were broadcast in a more favourable timeslot of Wednesdays at 9 pm. The show did not return in 2008, but returned on 27 May 2009 for the third season featuring only ten episodes. Following the controversy of the "Make a Realistic Wish Foundation" sketch, the third season was reduced to 8 episodes, being suspended for 2 weeks.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, clever, cynical, not serious, parody, sketch comedy, mockumentary, offbeat, witty
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, humorous, realistic, not serious, sitcom, light, feel good, witty, captivating, biting
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We Can Be Heroes is a mockumentary TV series created and performed by comedian Chris Lilley. It follows the story of five unique Australians, who have each made a large achievement and been nominated by friends and family for the Australian of the Year award.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, sitcom, mockumentary, captivating, funny, offbeat, odd, campy
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sitcom, not serious, humorous, mockumentary, feel good, light, melancholic, realistic, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
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American Sophomore (2012)
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 173
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
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Country: Australia
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
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Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
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Parody of Game Of Thrones.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 271
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: USA
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 30000
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 33000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
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