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Plot Summary:
The American Embassy is an American drama series that aired on Fox from March to April 2002. The series was created by James D. Parriott, and executive produced by Danny DeVito.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Dial a Prayer (2015)
Plot Summary:
A troubled young woman working at a prayer call center makes a difference in other people's lives, forcing her to reconcile with her troubled past with the faith she brings out in others.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Single Drunk Female (2022)
Plot Summary:
A public flame-out at a New York media company forces 20-something alcoholic Samantha Fink to seize the only chance she has to sober up and avoid jail time: moving back home with her overbearing mother, Carol. Back in Greater Boston, Samantha restarts her life, working at the local grocery store while surrounded by all of the triggers that made her drink in the first place.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, funny
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Showing Roots (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Special Honors (2017)
Plot Summary:
Laura, 21, is determined to earn her High school diploma, just like anyone else. Except Laura is a bit different. She has Down syndrome. As she faces her own difficulties, she must also deal with the doubts of her loved ones and the occasional cruelty of her peers. Overcoming challenge after challenge between emotion and laughter, Laura battles for every inch of an opportunity that life tries to keep from her. Like a movie in which disability brings a fresh perspective on life challenges and the pursuit of happiness.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Austin Found (2017)
Plot Summary:
A woman who is fed up with her mundane lifestyle hatches a scheme to make her family instant celebrities by having her ex-boyfriend kidnap her 11-year-old daughter for a month.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Paris etc. (2017)
Plot Summary:
Five women and Paris. Five ways of being, crying, screaming and laughing, missing the bus, grinding teeth, enjoying, not enjoying, drinking too much, growing up, resisting, making a child or not, do not wanting to go home... Five ways to love. Five everyday heroines across Paris, from the start of the school year to the Christmas holidays.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Life & Beth (2022)
Plot Summary:
After an unexpected incident, Beth starts having flashbacks to her teen self and learns how she became who she is and who she wants to become.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, dark comedy
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The Wedding Bells (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Wedding Bells is an American television comedy-drama that ran on Fox from March 7 to April 6, 2007. The series was greenlighted after the network became interested in a series centered on wedding planners. The network approached David E. Kelley to create the show, and he essentially remade a rejected pilot he created for ABC in 2004 entitled DeMarco Affairs which starred Selma Blair, Lindsay Sloane and Sabrina Lloyd as three sisters who inherit a wedding planner service. Though the show had a moderately strong premiere, it faded in the ratings and was cancelled after seven episodes had been produced and five episodes were aired.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Miss Pilot (2013)
Plot Summary:
Haru Tezuka's parents run a bar in Kamata, Tokyo. She is honest and bright, but she can't lie which sometimes causes her to get in trouble. Haru finds it difficult to get a job. Haru then notices an application guideline from airline company ANA (All Nippon Airways). Haru, who never thought of working in the airline industry, decides to take a test for the airline company. She first attends a company presentation by ANA. There, she sees elite persons who have dreamed of becoming pilots for lengthy periods of time and airplane enthusiasts. She becomes overwhelmed by them. Haru is indecisive about whether she wants to go through with it, but she manages to barely pass her test. Now, Haru wants to become a pilot, but what awaits for her is harsh training.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Entourage (2016)
Plot Summary:
Young-Bin is a rising star actor in South Korea. He has been best friends with Ho-Jin, Joon and Geobook since they were all children. Young-Bin belongs to a management company with Kim Eun-Gab as the CEO.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star (2002)
Plot Summary:
My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star is an American comedy television series starring Oliver Hudson. The series premiered March 14, 2002 on The WB Television Network. It is based on the UK series The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Nina (2015)
Plot Summary:
At the age of 39, Nina finds herself a trainee nurse under the orders of Léo, a 15-year-younger "girl" with a difficult temperament, and Dr. Proust, who likes to scare her ... Not easy ! Especially for all, Nina is the wife of the boss, Costa Antonakis, his ex with whom nothing is really settled despite their divorce. But after healing Lily, their daughter, for ten years, nothing scares Nina! With years spent in hospitals in contact with doctors such as nurses and health-care aides, Nina, the daughter of a great internist and a renowned obstetrician, runs the risk of disappointing them to trace her own path in the hospital universe to which she can not really escape ... Listening and care as a profession of faith, the desire to live and love as a prescription.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: medical drama, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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The Agency (2020)
Plot Summary:
Dicle finds herself in an agency when she comes to Istanbul dreaming of becoming a filmmaker. There’s only place for stars, ego wars, greed, fame, money, hope and disappointment here. As Dicle struggles to exist in this glamorous world without losing her way... Her broken family ties start to bleed again. Her father who abandoned them before she was born is now one of the sharks of the industry and they are working in the same agency. And the magical lights of cinema start to shed light on Dicle’s first love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
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The Intern (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a miscarriage of justice that has led her behind bars, Constance Meyer has decided to take a new career path. At age 50, the farmer and mayor of her village became a student at the National School of the Judiciary.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Today's Webtoon (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story is about a woman who struggles together with her coworkers to mature into a true webtoon editor after joining the webtoon editorial department. On Ma Eum, who enters the webtoon editorial department after beating all odds. She has a large appetite, a great sense of smell, and cauliflower ears typical of a fighter as a former standing member for the judo national team. On Ma Eum had to quit her athletic career when an unfortunate accident during a match tore her ankle ligament, but she begins to dream anew when she coincidentally delivers food to the webtoon editorial department.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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On the Verge of Insanity (2021)
Plot Summary:
It follows the story of middle-aged office workers struggling to survive in a turbulent workplace.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Kkondae Intern (2020)
Plot Summary:
After graduation, Ka Yeol-Chan landed his first job at a company. His boss there, Lee Man-Shik, was a "kkondae" which refers to a rigid, old school type of person. He would force his old school ways of thinking on Ka Yeol-Chan. Due to Lee Man-Sik and his old school ways of thinking, Ka Yeol-Chan quit his job there. Ka Yeol-Chan then found a job at a ramen company. He worked very hard and was promoted unusually quickly, due to his radical planning and aggressive marketing. Ka Yeol-Chan now works as the chief of the sales and marketing department at the ramen company. His position actually wields the most power in the company. One day, Ka Yeol-Chan gets a senior age intern. That intern is Lee Man-Shik, who gave him such a hard time at his first job.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 32 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Take Care of Us, Captain (2012)
Plot Summary:
Take Care of Us, Captain is about a passionate co-pilot named Han Da-jin and the youngest pilot of a Boeing 747, Kim Yoon-sung.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Kitchen Brigade (2022)
Plot Summary:
Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hates the job then her passion for cuisine starts to change children's lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Baek-hee Has Returned (2016)
Plot Summary:
Yang Baek-Hee (Gang Ye-Won) returns to the quiet island Sumwol for the first time in 18 years. She has changed her identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, 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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Work Later, Drink Now (2021)
Plot Summary:
Three single women in 30s gather and talk about everyday life from work to love. Nothing is more important to them than enjoying a drink after work.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Run the World (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of a group of Black women who work, live, and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. They're not only surviving – but thriving together.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Liza on Demand (2018)
Plot Summary:
LIZA ON DEMAND is a half-hour, single camera comedy that follows the chaotic misadventures of Liza, a young woman in Los Angeles who is trying to make a career out of juggling various gig economy jobs — for lack of a better idea of what to do with her life. Meanwhile, Liza's best friends and roommates Oliver and Harlow try their best to both support and sometimes distract her.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, queer cinema
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Roar (2022)
Plot Summary:
Featuring an all-star cast, this genre-bending anthology series weaves together eight darkly comedic feminist fables that take unexpected approaches to subjects like gender roles, autonomy, and identity.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, humorous, mind blowing, thought provoking, dark comedy
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Legal High (2019)
Plot Summary:
A money-hungry lawyer and a righteous rookie become an unlikely courtroom duo in this remake of the Japanese series of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Special Labor Inspector Jo (2019)
Plot Summary:
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:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Danda Rin - The Labour Standards Inspector (2013)
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
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One Boat One World (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Dreamland of the Ocean cruise can accommodate 6000 guests and staff members, it is like a city in the sea. Visitors' joys and sorrows and staff members' struggles are presented in the same voyage. Security officer Ding Kai and tour leader Tian Yue meet and fall in love, colliding with travelers, colleagues and relatives.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, nautical