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Plot Summary:
Recent retiree Takeshi rediscovers his passion for food and life by getting in touch with his inner warrior and eating what he truly desires.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, dorama
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Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001)
Plot Summary:
All Aussie Adventures is an Australian mockumentary television series that parodied the travel-adventure genre. Glenn Robbins plays Russell Coight, a survival and wildlife expert who charts his disastrous travels through Australia, spreading misinformation and causing accidents. The series ran on the Ten Network from 5 August 2001 to 29 September 2002. There was also a 14 November 2004 telemovie, Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge, which featured minor celebrities joining Coight in the outback.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, mockumentary, slapstick
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Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman (2017)
Plot Summary:
A stoic book salesman leads a double life as he plays hooky from work to write his sweets blog. In his journey to attain a glimpse of sweets heaven Kantaro samples various Japanese and Western sweets.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sitcom
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40 Years Young (2022)
Plot Summary:
After turning 40, César is invited to a culinary contest in Cancún, but a bitter discovery threatens to destroy his family as well as his chances to win the competition.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, satirical, semi serious
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Blue Flame (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the early 1980's, Moyuru is a student at an art school in Osaka. He is full of passion and desire in his pursuit to become a manga writer. He also doesn't lack confidence in his abilities. Morinaga Tonko is Honoo's senior at school and the manager of the badminton team which Honoo belongs to. Right before summer vacation, Moyuru makes a decision. He decides to take his manga manuscripts to a publishing company in Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, anime, manga, seinen, shounen
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Gochisousan (2013)
Plot Summary:
Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka, as she lives as a mother and wife in Osaka.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: funny, light, sincere, uplifting, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, asadora
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Samurai Sensei (2015)
Plot Summary:
Takechi Hanpeita, a samurai from Bakumatsu period time-travels 150 years to modern day Japan.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle (2010)
Plot Summary:
"Le Grand Chef 2" begins with the Korean president visiting the Japanese Prime Minister and becoming involved in a heated debate over the origins of kimchi. The Japanese Prime Minister makes the bold claim that kimchi is an original Japanese dish which sets off the Korean president. Upon the Korean's president return home he sets upon a globalization plan for kimchi, which includes a nationwide "Kimchi Contest". Then, a lady named Jang-eun (Kim Jung-Eun) and her step-brother Sung-Chan (Jin Goo) compete in the Kimchi dish contest, with both siblings using their mother's kimchi recipe.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Run The Burbs (2022)
Plot Summary:
Run the Burbs follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian-Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Superwog (2017)
Plot Summary:
Follow Superwog and best friend Johnny as their misadventures cause Superwog's primitive, highly-strung father stress as he battles to keep his delusional, but loyal wife happy.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective - (2012)
Plot Summary:
Tsukiko Otonashi is a fashionista who is too beautiful to be a detective. She is also intrigued by urban legends so much so that she believes all crimes are somehow linked to these legends. She even conducts her investigations in such a way as to prove them to be true. Tsukiko also likes to make use of whatever she can. She especially likes to enlist the help of crime lab officer Hitoro Katsuura, who happens to have a crush on her. Many other unique characters will make appearances as she investigates the crimes related to urban legends, using odd and exquisite techniques.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, detective, sad
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Afro Tanaka (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hiroshi Tanaka moves to Tokyo after being laid off from his job.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Cooking with Valkyries (2019)
Plot Summary:
Join the table with Valkyries this summer for a feast of mouth-watering food and heartwarming memories.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Comedy
Country: China, Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Adult School (2017)
Plot Summary:
To solve the country's low birthrate problem, the Japanese government set up Otona Kōkō (Adult High School). Adults over 30 with no sexual experience are forcibly enrolled into Otona Kōkō by the government. Eito Arakawa is a 30-year-old single man. He graduated from a prestigious university and works at a bank. He has received recognition for his work there. He is also physically attractive, but he has never had sex. One day, he receives an entrance guide to Otona Kōkō.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Happy Mitan (2016)
Plot Summary:
During the early Qing Dynasty an unimportant man accidentally becomes an undercover agent for a rebel group fighting the new regime. Hijinks ensue as he tries to accomplish his assigned missions.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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I Polykatoikia (2008)
Plot Summary:
I Polykatoikia, is a popular Greek Comedy television series, originally broadcast on Mega Channel and lasting for three seasons, from October 6, 2008 until May 27, 2011. It consists of 132 episodes. The script of each of the first 90 episodes was taken from the Spanish series "Aqui no hay quien viva".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, sitcom, semi serious
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The Restaurant with Problems (2015)
Plot Summary:
Tamako works for a company in the restaurant business. She experiences betrayal from Makoto, a chef she recently hired. Rumors then spread at work about her. Tamako decides enough is enough and quits her job. She decides to open a restaurant and run it from a woman's perspective. Tamako soon learns that Makoto has opened a luxurious restaurant across the street from her modest restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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We're Millennials. Got a problem? (2016)
Plot Summary:
Drama series depicts the lives of three men born in 1987 and oppose irrational things of the world through work, love, and friendship. The men are from the "yutori generation", when the Japanese government reformed the education system, emphasizing a pressure-free environment referred to as yutori education.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom, semi serious
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Super City (2011)
Plot Summary:
Super City was a New Zealand television comedy series starring Madeleine Sami. Season one was directed by Taika Waititi while season two was directed by Oscar Kightley.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom, semi serious
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Mintaapák (2019)
Plot Summary:
Four fathers are dealing with the difficulty of parenthood.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Dignity of Special Temporary Staff (2007)
Plot Summary:
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Abby's (2019)
Plot Summary:
The best bar in San Diego is an unlicensed, makeshift bar nestled in Abby's backyard. There are rules at Abby's: no cell phones, not even to "look something up," earning a seat at the bar takes time, and losing a challenge means drinking a limey, sugary "not-beer" drink.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, semi serious
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As If (2021)
Plot Summary:
Yılmaz and İlkkan are two friends who are constantly fighting each other. Their biggest feature is always being able to do things that will turn their ordinary lives upside down. They magnify small events incredibly and give you a nervous breakdown. They are the embodiment of the misfortunes, strange events and despair we experience every day.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, dark comedy, buddy comedy
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Dice (2016)
Plot Summary:
Hickory, dickory, dock — the Dice Man's back and he's ready to rock. The semi-true stories of Andrew Dice Clay, whose unique brand of humor often gets him in trouble. Once on top, the comedian now must work to resurrect his career, pay his gambling debts, manage his sons’ rock band, fend off old fans and keep his family afloat.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store tells the story of part-time convenience store worker Matsukoma, and the new part-time worker, Tomoharu Nii, nicknamed Nietzsche-sensei. Despite Matsukoma’s enthusiastic approach to his job, his teachings are lost on Nietzche-sensei, who, much like his namesake, has a bleaker outlook on things.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Still Game (2002)
Plot Summary:
Cult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's (Old Age Pensioners) Jack and Victor and their views on how it used to be in the old days and how bad it is now in the fictional town of Craiglang.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Your and My Secret (2005)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around high school student Akira Uehara, sensitive and demure by nature. Despite that he has a large crush on the most feared and violent girl in school-Nanako Momoi, who seems fragile and cute, until she opens her mouth. One day, Uehara is made to go to Momoi's house where he meets her mad scientist grandfather and unwillingly becomes the test subject for one of his machines. Accidentally, Momoi alsogets tangled in the experiment and the two end up switching bodies. To make matters worse Momoi in Uehara's body breaks the machine (which will cost 2mil. yen to fix) as she would like more time in this body thus beginning their world full of debts and troubles.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 17 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, dorama, sexy
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One Way or Another (2020)
Plot Summary:
Former best friends Hache and Belen reunite in Malasana, the hippest neighborhood in Madrid. Hache is freshly single and still mourning the demise of her relationship, while Belen is a struggling actor. As they fumble their way through unexpected setbacks, dating mishaps, and apartment woes, they soon realize that life is better together.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 473
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Lady Dynamite (2016)
Plot Summary:
A single-camera half-hour comedy based on what Maria Bamford has accepted to be "her life." It's the sometimes surreal story of a woman who loses — and then finds — her s**t.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat
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Three Busy Debras (2020)
Plot Summary:
Debra, Debra, and Debra are three very busy women who are all named Debra. They live in the affluent suburb of Lemoncurd and do lots of interesting activities, which keep them very busy.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, weird
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Saving My Stupid Youth (2014)
Plot Summary:
Heisuke teaches at his alma mater, an all-boy’s Buddhist high school and leads a very ordinary life, except for the fact that he is still tortured by the memory of an unfortunate incident that took place there involving him and his school 14 years ago. In hopes of closure, he strikes upon a plan to jointly hold this year’s Culture Festival with a nearby girl’s school, with which there are chilly relations. Determined at all costs to make the event a success, Heisuke finds himself dealing with a constant stream of problems along the way.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sexy