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Plot Summary:
A verité-satire, The Festival is an ensemble comedy, told from the perspective of fictional IFC documentarian, Cookie. Cookie's subject: Rufus Marquez, a quixotic young director embarking on his virgin voyage to the prestigious Mountain United Film Festival (MUFF.) The Film is The Unreasonable Truth of Butterflies. The goal is a distribution deal. And the pressure is on. Rufus - unprepared for the excess of schmoozing activities - maneuvers an assortment of pretentious filmmakers, salivating distributors and smile-for-the-camera festival VIPs. The problem is, no one has seen his film - and the more no one sees it, the hotter the buzz becomes. As her bosses close in, Cookie loses her objectivity and Rufus loses his film - literally - as his masterpiece goes missing.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: mockumentary
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Decoys (2020)
Plot Summary:
Five duck decoy carvers from Alberta pursue their dreams of winning the illustrious (their words) Northern Alberta Carving Cup.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: mockumentary
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Like Mother, Like Daughter (2021)
Plot Summary:
What does the teenage daughter and the divorced mom have in common? Surprisingly lot. Both are looking for true love and themselves. Both have to face the insecurities of modern women and the endless demands we have for ourselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration:
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Trop (2017)
Plot Summary:
The existence of two sisters is jostled when the youngest, Anaïs, joins her eldest, Isabelle, in Montreal (Canada). What seems like a happy reunion is a little less funny when Isabelle finds out that her little sister is living with bipolar disorder.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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Girls at Arms (1975)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about girls joining the army in Denmark. Marianne joins to keep up a long family tradition as her brother won't. Both her brother and her boyfriend find her decision difficult to accept.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min
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Ham & Cheese (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two talentless actors attempt to make it in the cruel world of showbiz. Without an ounce of talent between the two of them and their only strength being persistence, they'll do almost anything to attain their dream. Except let it go.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Guts (1999)
Plot Summary:
A frustrated screenwriter incorporates the wild events he's become part of into his current script.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Kristian (2009)
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags:
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Seduction Squad (1972)
Plot Summary:
Jane Birkin, Bernadette Lafont, Elisabeth Wiener and Emma Cohen are 4 pretty girls rooming together. After witnessing and accidentally helping several thugs get away with a heist, the women notice through their telescope that the stolen loot is in the apartment right across the street! They plan their own burglary of the already stolen loot in this lighthearted caper comedy with a bit of nudity! Serge Gainsbourg did the bouncy score.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Housewives on the Job (1973)
Plot Summary:
German sex comedy.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: fake documentary
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Bar Esperanza (1983)
Plot Summary:
Group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, doomed to be closed to give way to the construction of a big building. Intellectuals, artists, night-people in general join forces to try to avoid its demolition. Among its costumers, we find Ana, an actress, her husband Zeca, an intellectual type in crisis about his work for TV, artists, newspapermen, a female researcher, and a couple who's always quarrelling, only to be reconciled moments later.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags:
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New Eden (2020)
Plot Summary:
Former cult leaders turned convicts, Katherine Wryfield and Grace Lee are interviewed about New Eden for the first time in a decade by two unseen documentarians. Using archival footage, interviews, and news clips, they begin to take us through the events that transformed New Eden from a feminist utopia into a drug addled, alien-worshipping disaster space…not to mention the murders.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: parody, spoof, mockumentary
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Take It Out In Trade (1970)
Plot Summary:
A couple hire a detective to locate their missing daughter. He finds her in a "house of ill-repute.".
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: detective, psychotronic
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What If? (2011)
Plot Summary:
A sketch show with each sketch beginning with the question “what if.” A roller coaster of sketches that immerses you in life as it almost could be.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Hen (1994)
Plot Summary:
Yoshida Chizuru is the sexiest co-ed in her class. Secretly, she's been appearing in TV commercials - despite the fact that students are forbidden from working. But one of her professors has uncovered her secret and hopes to use this information to his advantage. Yoshida's got plans of her own, and has no intention of giving up her acting career.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: sexy, manga
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Die Rache der Ostfriesen (1974)
Plot Summary:
Bavarian sex comedy from Germany.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: erotic
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The Hitler Tapes (1994)
Plot Summary:
Did they really come from Hitler?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy, sexploitation film, cult film
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Bizarre (1979)
Plot Summary:
A half hour sketch comedy show that is not politically correct. It showcased the talents of veteran performers John Byner (the host) and Bob Einstein as Super Dave Osbourne.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: parody, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, spoof, sketch comedy
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Sugar Highs (2022)
Plot Summary:
Three roommates who can’t make rent would rather get high than work menial jobs. So they set out to find sugar daddies to pay their bills.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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All in Good Taste (1983)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker is upset to find out that his wholesome script about an orphan and his dog has been warped into a film about ... strippers?!!.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Hostess in Heat (1973)
Plot Summary:
Young women make for the best hosts in this sexploitation film from Erwin Dietrich. A series of short stories (similar to the German "Report" films) that show young women in various sexual situations who enjoy playing host to their male and female visitors.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, West Germany
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy
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I Love Dick (2016)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from the lauded feminist novel and set in a colorful academic community in Marfa, Texas, this is the story of a struggling married couple, Chris and Sylvere, and their obsession with a charismatic professor named Dick. Told in Rashomon-style shifts of POV, the series charts the unraveling of a marriage, the awakening of an artist and the deification of a reluctant messiah.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, clever, hilarious, queer cinema
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That 70's Girl (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two sisters, Ashleigh and Jennifer, have been conned out of their money. They need a house-mate to share living costs. They get more than they bargained for with cute hippie chick Petal and her lesbian lover Mandy.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tv series pilot
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Desparate Parents (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mockumentary about the conservative Lepic family and their neighbors the liberal Boulay family, who are good friends. Their biggest point of contention is how they educate their children.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 662
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, sitcom, mockumentary
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Barbelle (2017)
Plot Summary:
Barbelle follows the story of a newly famous Toronto based pop-star duo, Veronica Vale and Alice O'Hara, whose meteoric rise to stardom has led to a blitzkrieg on their personal lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration:
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The Business (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Business is a Canadian television series, which airs on The Movie Network in Canada and IFC in the United States. The plot of the show centres on Vic Morgan, an adult film director of a low-budget softcore pornographic series similar to Girls Gone Wild. He attempts to become a legitimate film maker after having converted to Judaism to be successful in the entertainment industry. Season one depicts the production of his first independent film and the difficulties along the way with an undisciplined production staff, poorly skilled actors, and an eccentric Japanese investor. Season two follows the company following the success of its first film as they search for a follow-up project. The series is filmed and produced in Montreal by Philms Pictures, and has a predominantly Canadian cast.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, not serious, mockumentary, fake documentary
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Bare Naked Survivor (2001)
Plot Summary:
Spoofing the hit television series Survivor, six young women are sent to a tropical island along with game show host Cliff Probate (Lenny Juliano).
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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Cheeky Business (2020)
Plot Summary:
1980. The Videotex messaging service arrives in France. From the depths of their Parisian suburbs, Simon, Toni and Stéphanie, three students, will seize this technological innovation and challenge their enmity to draw a revolutionary idea: the first erotic chat service.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 230 min
Plot tags:
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Sensitive Skin (2014)
Plot Summary:
Davina and her husband Al try to revamp their lives as they struggle with the uncertainties of middle age.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, witty
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Alpine Passion (1974)
Plot Summary:
Village elders attempting to upgrade their village status to 'Marktgemeinde' - which for some unexplained reason would resolve their financial difficulties. To achieve this they need to increase the number of village inhabitants.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic
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Naked Josh (2004)
Plot Summary:
Naked Josh was a Canadian television series broadcast on Showcase. The show starred David Julian Hirsh as Josh Gould, a university professor in Montreal who, although he teaches a sexual anthropology course, struggles to understand the ever-shifting rules and expectations of the dating scene. It premiered in the 2004-2005 television season with eight half hour episodes. It aired for a total of three seasons, however the last episode aired on July 18, 2006, and Showcase has announced that the show will not be renewed. The show's first season briefly appeared on the Oxygen Network in the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, semi serious