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Plot Summary:
The Beachcombers is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that ran from October 1, 1972 to December 12, 1990 and is the longest-running dramatic series ever made for English-language Canadian television. In all, 387 episodes were produced.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
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Vollies (2021)
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The series centres on the Essex-West-Essex Fire Department, a smalltown volunteer fire department with too much time on their hands because their town never has any actual fires to fight.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration:
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She's the Mayor (2011)
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IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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TallBoyz (2019)
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Some up-and-coming comics explore friendship, race, masculinity, and more throught the sketches they perform across the country.The series stars Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair and Franco Nguyen.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy
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Fly by Night (1991)
Plot Summary:
Fly by Night is a Canadian adventure series co-produced by France, Canada and The United States that aired for one season in 1991 and was part of CBS' Crimetime After Primetime in the United States. The show stars David James Elliott as Mack, François Guétary as Jean-Philippe Pasteur, both pilots for a small time airline "Slick Air" owned by Sally Slick.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Adventure
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 52 min
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Crooks Ltd. (2015)
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Their dynasty goes back several hundred years. But instead of being noblemen, they're crooks. Now, after generations of respectable thievery, one family member dares to defect to the enemy: 21-year-old Betty, who's secretly joined the police force. After all, she knows what criminals think, how they feel and act. Her family's been supplying new and better criminals for centuries now. The family itself is intact, loving, and follows its own moral codex. The boss is Betty's dad Bruno; her mother is in charge of the, ahem, "Import/Export" side of the firm. Her brother Robbie prefers hands-on work with female clients, and grandpa Frans still basks in his reputation as King of the Underworld in the wild 70s. The only person Betty can be totally honest with is her best friend Carmen, who gives Betty her unadorned opinion on everything. Betty's criminal cases often intersect the goings-on of her family, like when drug smugglers hide drugs in the family's stolen cell phones. Trying to help her family without slipping into illegality and without her family's knowing anything about her real job is a tall order to fill. But Betty's so skillful at it that she'd make a great crook herself. It must be in the genes!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 48 min
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Reinikainen (1982)
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TV series Reinikainen follows the work and life of police officer Artturi Sakari Reinikainen. Seriesis a Tankki täyteen spin-off.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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The Tumultuous Adventures of Jack Carter (2003)
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Private detective Jack Carter is nothing if not eccentric: penniless, he lives, eats and sleeps at the office. When it comes to work, he accepts only those rare cases that intrigue him and leave other detectives mystified. No investigation is too strange or unusual to dishearten Carter.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective
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240-Robert (1979)
Plot Summary:
240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, vintage
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Top Coppers (2015)
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Top Coppers follows the adventures of cops John Mahogany and Mitch Rust, as they attempt to rid the fictional world of Justice City from its deranged criminal underworld. The universe and its characters are derived from the conventions of American and British cop shows of the Seventies and Eighties, from Starsky & Hutch to The Professionals, but is set in no specific time or country. With big, silly characters and hilarious stories, Top Coppers is filled with familiar tropes and references from the police and action genres, as well as drawing on relatable British situations, problems and relationships.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: spoof
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Harmony Cats (1992)
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Graham Braithwaite is a violinist in a B.C. symphony. Unfortunately the symphony folds and much to his horror and disdain, he's forced to get a gig with a country band as the bassist. He has to leave the city and his girlfriend, Jane, to tour the B.C. interior with Frank Hay and his band.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza (2015)
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Bakushu is an adviser in the "Clean Break Helpline" - a special unit in the Organized Crime Department at Tokyo Metropolitan Police which helps those who want to make a clean break from a gang group. Although she treats gang member clients like "scum", she goes far beyond her responsibility to help them quit the organization by getting a written agreement from the gang boss and finding jobs for them afterwards. Also, her colleague and a former detective at the Organized Crime Department, Mikajima Kakeru doesn't get along with Bakushu. One day, "Clean Break Helpline" receives a call from a client. He is the leader of a gang group under the umbrella of a designated organized crime group "Kanto Kifune Gumi", and claims that he already made an apology to the boss of Kanto Kifune Gumi, Tachibana Isao. The client says that his group has got in trouble because of Bakushu.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, semi serious
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The Strange Calls (2012)
Plot Summary:
City cop Toby Banks is demoted to night duty at Coolum Beach. He joins local eccentric Gregor to investigate the strange calls: phone calls that expose the paranormal mysteries of the town.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 821
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, sitcom, detective, not serious, urban fantasy
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Almost Heroes (2011)
Plot Summary:
Almost Heroes was a Canadian comedy TV series that premiered on Thursday, June 2, 2011 on Showcase, and ran for one season before being discontinued by Showcase at the beginning of the 2011 fall season. The series is centered on the lives of two brothers, Pete and Terry, played by Ryan Belleville and Paul Campbell, running their late father's comic book store, "The Silver Salmon". The series was created by brothers Jason Belleville and Ryan Belleville. The series also stars well-known Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie. Canadian comedian Fraser Young is one of the writers and story editors for the show.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, realistic, not serious
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The Hidden Fortress (2001)
Plot Summary:
Just like every other summer, the children of two camp-sites play "war". But, this summer it takes an interesting turn.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, thought provoking, touching, realistic
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Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007)
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Little Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom that aired on CBC, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It was filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Indian Head, Saskatchewan. The series was selected and showcased at the 2009 Dawn Breakers International Film Festival in Zurich. On April 2, 2012, the series finale to Little Mosque on the Prairie aired on the CBC. In May 2012, Hulu announced it would begin airing the series under the name Little Mosque in summer 2012. The series will make its U.S. syndication debut on Pivot beginning in August 2013.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, touching, not serious, humorous, realistic, witty
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Letterkenny (2016)
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Letterkenny follows Wayne, a good-ol’ country boy in Letterkenny, Ontario trying to protect his homegrown way of life on the farm, against a world that is constantly evolving around him. The residents of Letterkenny belong to one of three groups: Hicks, Skids, and Hockey Players. The three groups are constantly feuding with each other over seemingly trivial matters; often ending with someone getting their ass kicked.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, humorous, feel good, exciting, captivating, cult film
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Mudpit (2011)
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Four teens who are in a band called Mudpit decide to compete in a contest where the prize is a recording contract. They are drawn into a world that is part animated, part reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, anime, exciting
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The Red Green Show (1991)
Plot Summary:
The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006, on CBC. The Red Green Show is essentially a cross between a sitcom and a sketch comedy series, and is a parody of home improvement, do-it-yourself, fishing, and other outdoors shows. Reruns currently air on CBC Television, The Comedy Network, and various PBS stations. It was produced by S&S Productions, which is owned by Steve and Morag Smith, and directed by William G. Elliott.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, sketch comedy, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, sitcom
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Nissene i bingen (2021)
Plot Summary:
Norwegian Christmas calendar where 24 santas compete to be the last man standing.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration:
Plot tags: parody, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Dan for Mayor (2010)
Plot Summary:
Dan for Mayor is a Canadian television sitcom starring Fred Ewanuick that debuted on March 1, 2010 on CTV and The Comedy Network. It premiered the same night as Hiccups, a show created by Corner Gas star Brent Butt that also features fellow Corner Gas alumna Nancy Robertson. On June 7, 2010, both Dan for Mayor and Hiccups were renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on June 5, 2011. Neither show has been renewed for a third season.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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Pete Winning and the Pirates (2013)
Plot Summary:
Armed with laser guns and wit, Pete Winning and his rag-tag crew navigate a global-warming flooded Canada in the not-too-distant future, in search of the self-crowned evil Queen's coveted maps of the new world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, futuristic, captivating, exciting
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One Hit Die (2013)
Plot Summary:
Follow our group of first level adventurers on a quest to save the world from impending darkness, doom and destruction. Divergent personalities are destined to make any progress on the quest difficult, and things go from bad to worse when they encounter the dreaded goblins.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Due South (1994)
Plot Summary:
Due South is a Canadian crime drama series with elements of comedy. The series was created by Paul Haggis, produced by Alliance Communications, and stars Paul Gross, David Marciano, Gordon Pinsent, Beau Starr, Camilla Scott, Ramona Milano, and latterly Callum Keith Rennie. It ran for 68 episodes over four seasons, from 1994 to 1999. Set in Chicago, the show follows the adventures of Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Detective Raymond Vecchio of the Chicago Police Department to solve crimes, assisted by Fraser's companion Diefenbaker, a deaf white wolfdog. From season three, Fraser works with a Detective Stanley Kowalski, who is placed in the department to impersonate Detective Vecchio, who goes on an undercover assignment. The premise of such a working relationship is established in the pilot episode when Fraser is temporarily posted to Chicago to assist Vecchio in the investigation of the murder of Fraser's father, who was also of the RCMP. In the process of finding them, he also exposes an environmental corruption scandal involving some members of the RCMP, causing much embarrassment and loss of jobs in his native Northwest Territories, which leaves him persona non grata in Canada and within the RCMP and posted permanently to Chicago.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: humorous, detective, witty, buddy comedy, semi serious, homoerotic, realistic, suspenseful, campy
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Schitt's Creek (2015)
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Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, ironic, light, funny, realistic, feel good, captivating, satirical
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Detarame Hero (2013)
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Kuzumi Kenta is a lowlife moocher whose tendency to always do absolutely nothing because he thinks doing anything is troublesome, is a sure sign that he is NOT a hero. However, upon eating mysterious candy, Kenta discovers that his physical strength and sensory abilities are increased tenfold for exactly ten minutes. When a police officer, his best friend Tanba Shuiji, discovers this ability, Kenta is forced to use his newly found abilities for good.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Corner Gas (2004)
Plot Summary:
Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV, CTV Two and The Comedy Network in Canada. Deriving its name from the roadside gas station in the fictional town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, Corner Gas is the only gas station for 60 kilometres in any direction. Brent Leroy is the proprietor of the station and Wanda Dollard works at the station's convenience store as a retail assistant. An adjoining coffee shop, The Ruby, is owned by Lacey Burrows, who inherited it from her Aunt Ruby. The series completed its run following broadcast of its sixth season on April 13, 2009, with a total of 107 episodes. The show became an instant hit, averaging a million viewers per episode. Corner Gas has been the recipient of six Gemini Awards, and has been nominated almost 70 times for various awards. On April 6, 2009, Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall signed a proclamation that declared April 13, 2009, "Corner Gas Day" in Saskatchewan.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, witty
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The Countryside (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of urbanites flee the city for different reasons: existential, economic crisis, need for fresh air, search for peace, inspiration to compose ... The intention of these strangers is to settle in an abandoned town and start their lives from scratch, but when they arrive they discover that there are still some neighbors: rural people with a very different way of seeing life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 914
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, entertaining, light, captivating
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Kim's Convenience (2016)
Plot Summary:
The funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in downtown Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Kim ('Appa' and 'Umma') immigrated to Toronto in the 80's to set up shop near Regent Park and had two kids, Jung and Janet who are now young adults. However, when Jung was 16, he and Appa had a major falling out involving a physical fight, stolen money and Jung leaving home. Father and son have been estranged since.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, psychological, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating
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Pirates of the Great Salt Lake (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kirk Redgrave and Flint Weaver met only three weeks ago. But that hasn't stopped them from becoming the greatest pirates the Great Salt Lake has ever known. Still, pirate life isn't all that it's cracked up to be. For Kirk, it's a life of failure. For Flint, one without reward. That is until they stumble across a long lost treasure map that has the power to not only fulfill their wildest pirate dreams but curse them as well.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting, offbeat, semi serious, independent film
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Mohawk Girls (2010)
Plot Summary:
Four young women are figuring out how to be Mohawk in the 21st century, to find their place in the world and, of course, try to find love. But in a small world where you or your friends have dated everyone on the rez, or the hot new guy turns out to be your cousin, it ain’t that simple. Torn between family pressure, tradition, obligation and the intoxicating freedom of the “outside world,” this fabulous foursome is on a mission to find happiness… and to find themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, realistic