Best tv shows like The Lovers
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Plot Summary:
Janet is a foul-mouthed, hilarious, Belfast supermarket worker who doesn’t care about anything, including her life. Seamus is a handsome, self-centered, political broadcaster with what looks to be a perfect London life and a celebrity girlfriend. When they unexpectedly meet, they instantly clash – and yet also find themselves inextricably drawn to each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Jerk (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jerk follows the life of acclaimed stand up Tim Renkow, who plays a heightened version of himself; an American art school dropout who needs to get a visa to stay in the UK. The only problem is that Tim has cerebral palsy. This means that people judge him… all the time. Although usually they judge him wrongly, because what they don’t realise is that inside that severely disabled, vulnerable body is a bit of an asshole.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Rain Dogs (2023)
Plot Summary:
A wild and punky tale of a mother's love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Coma, Period. (2009)
Plot Summary:
Dan Humford had an accident. Now he's in a coma, forever caught in the infinite white canvas of his own mind, where he's haunted by memories, personal insecurities, and sometimes candy bars, old girlfriends, and a fetus.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: dark, dark comedy, existential
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Schulz Saves America (2020)
Plot Summary:
Comedian Andrew Schulz takes on the year's most divisive topics in this fearlessly unfiltered and irreverent four-part special.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: cynical, dark comedy, witty
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Mr. Midnight: Beware the Monsters (2022)
Plot Summary:
A once-average teen and his friends become paranormal detective and document their adventures in an online blog under the pseudonym “Mr. Midnight.”.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Singapore
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Tiny Cinema (2022)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious stranger tells the twisted tale of seemingly unconnected strangers caught in a series of otherworldly events whose lives will change in incredible ways forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, horror comedy
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Cheap Shots (1988)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a sleazy hotel, along with his friend, decides to videotape a room that is rented by a sexually active couple. Inadvertently recording their murders, the men are soon faced with a dilemma as the killers come looking for the tape.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film
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Based on a True Story (2023)
Plot Summary:
The lives of a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star unexpectedly collide, exposing America’s obsession with true crime, murder and the slow-close toilet seat.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, horror comedy
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Everybody Hates Johan (2022)
Plot Summary:
Johan, a loner with horses and explosives, is never accepted by the local community. We follow his struggle for belonging in the village and the lifelong, unrequited love for the girl next door, which he accidentally blew up in his youth.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, iconic
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Camping (2016)
Plot Summary:
Follow the events of a week’s holiday where a group of old friends meet to celebrate one of their landmark birthdays. But as the days unfold, tensions and emotions start to rise….
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, dark comedy
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Catterick (2004)
Plot Summary:
Catterick, aka Vic and Bob in Catterick, is a surreal 2004 BBC situation comedy in 6 episodes, written by and starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, with Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lucas, Morwenna Banks, Tim Healy, Mark Benton and Charlie Higson. The series was originally broadcast on BBC Three and later rerun on BBC2. Reeves has said that the BBC do not want another series of Catterick, though he may produce a spin-off centring on the DI Fowler character. Catterick is arguably Vic and Bob's darkest and most bizarre programme to date, balancing their typically odd, idiosyncratic comedy with some genuinely dark scenes. It plays like a darkly comic road movie, albeit full of Vic and Bob's bizarre, often inscrutable and frequently silly humour. Catterick is probably Vic and Bob's most uncompromising show since their notorious and frequently baffling 1999 sketch series Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer, from which most of the characters are taken. It is in some ways stylistically similar to their short film The Weekenders first broadcast in 1992 on British television as part of Channel 4's "Bunch of Five" series. The series is named after Catterick in North Yorkshire, Britain's largest army base. It is about 10 miles away from Darlington where Vic Reeves grew up. It is also about 20 miles away from Middlesbrough where Bob Mortimer grew up.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, surreal, dark comedy
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Flatbush Misdemeanors (2021)
Plot Summary:
Neighborhood best friends and urban millennials Dan and Kevin hilariously climb the ladder to nowhere in Flatbush, Brooklyn. But even inside the losing, they find there are little wins that come from tackling hipsters, mental health issues and the rising tide of gentrification.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, dark comedy
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Tutunamayanlar (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tarik, who has never worked in his life, falls in love with Irem in a job interview. Having no place to go, Irem comes to the neighborhood where Tarik lives and starts to work at the book cafe in the neighborhood. Irem's dream is to be successful, to establish her own business and to return to her old days one day.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: parody, absurd, black comedy, dark comedy
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Weekends at the DL (2005)
Plot Summary:
Weekends at the D.L. was a talk show on Comedy Central, created in July 2005. In a typical episode, host D. L. Hughley entertains guests around a coffee table, where they drink wine and smoke stogies on the D.L. Comedy skits, both live and in the form of short video clips, were also featured in the program. The show aired Friday and Saturday at 10PM EST until January 2006, when it was canceled due to low ratings.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: black comedy, sketch comedy, dark comedy
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The Other Black Girl (2023)
Plot Summary:
Nella, an editorial assistant, is tired of being the only black girl at her company, so she’s excited when Hazel is hired. But as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Good Grief (2021)
Plot Summary:
Two very different sisters inherit a funeral home - and its eccentric employees - from their koro. While Ellie is determined to uphold her grandfather's legacy, Gwen can't wait to get to Bali and become a DJ. Can they figure out their lives while staring death in the face?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration:
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Reaction & Review (2011)
Plot Summary:
A heavy-set man records himself as he watches movies for the first time, and then reviews the movie almost immediately afterwards.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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The Bad Guy (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of Nino Scotellaro, a Sicilian public prosecutor who devoted his entire life to fighting against the mafia and is suddenly accused of being one of the very men he has always fought against. After being condemned, and with nothing left to lose, Nino decides to pull off a Machiavellian revenge plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Corner Office (2022)
Plot Summary:
In this office satire, Orson, a straight-laced employee, retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues. But why does this seem to upset them so much?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Tales of the Lockdown (2020)
Plot Summary:
An apprentice hit man who wants to surpass his mentor, two friends whom everyone except themselves sees as a couple, a Real Madrid football player about to embark on an acting career, a serial killer with a heart who finds his soul mate and a corrupt landowner cornered when a “parcel” arrives at his door make up these five self-contained stories, ranging from romantic comedy to drama, as well as terror, dark humour and thriller.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Grotesco (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Swedish sketch comedy show bordering on satire, absurdist and surrealism with socialist zombie outbreaks, refugee crisis musicals and the misogynist conspiracies of male comedians.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 822
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: parody, black comedy, dark comedy
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Take Me to Tarzana (2021)
Plot Summary:
After learning their company has been illicitly spying, collecting and selling data on them, three millennial friends band together to fight back against a lecherous boss and the company's maniacal, Tarzan-obsessed CEO.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, dark comedy, romantic comedy
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Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987)
Plot Summary:
BBC sitcom starring former The Young Ones stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as its three title characters respectively. It was written by Ben Elton with additional material credited to Mayall. One series of six half-hour episodes was produced (although the notion of a second series is played upon in the final episode, and the continuity announcer on the last installment says "...and Filthy, Rich and Catflap will return next year." They didn't.).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 204 min
Plot tags: sitcom, cult classic, surreal, dark comedy, alternative comedy
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On Hiatus with Monty Geer (2016)
Plot Summary:
A single-camera comedy featuring Monty Geer and various friends who find themselves in trouble whether it's forgetting Mother's Day or selling both kidneys to buy the newest iPhone.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: parody, political, slapstick comedy, dark comedy
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Game On (1995)
Plot Summary:
A 1990s flat-share sitcom which, in its tales of the sexual adventures and misadventures of three twenty-somethings living under the same roof, featured more than a dash of crudity. Matthew, a wealthy, workshy landlord who, because of a strange phobia, never leaves the flat. Martin and Matthew have been friends since schooldays and Mandy's connection is by way of her best friend Claudia, Martin's sister. Mandy is a bright young woman who wants to better herself and is tired of being treated as a sex object, yet she still tends to find herself jumping into bed with inappropriate men. Both Matthew and Martin are obsessed with sex but neither is conspicuously successful in the field.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, dark comedy
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Real Rob (2015)
Plot Summary:
Centers around comedian Rob Schneider's real life while living in Hollywood.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, sincere, realistic, sitcom, dark comedy, independent film, mockumentary
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The Jack and Triumph Show (2015)
Plot Summary:
The series will feature Jack McBrayer playing a version of himself who was the child star of a Lassie-like series and Triumph, the dog who went into the world of decadence and took Jack with him. 15 years later, Jack managed to put his life together until Triumph came back into his life. The live-action series will be created by Robert S. Smigel, Michael Koman and David Feldman.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, sitcom, dark comedy, offbeat, independent film
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Everything Wrong with... (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jeremy, a movie goer, reviews movies and points out mistakes.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy
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The Green Glove Gang (2022)
Plot Summary:
When their latest heist goes wrong, three older female burglars evade officials by hiding out in a nursing home — where they uncover a sinister secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 917
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Whitney (2011)
Plot Summary:
Whitney is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 22, 2011 to March 27, 2013. The series originally aired in the 9:30 pm /8:30 pm Thursday night timeslot. The show stars Whitney Cummings and is based on her real-life experience and her comedy routines. On September 25, 2011, the pilot of Whitney was multipurposed on various NBCUniversal networks, including Oxygen, E!, Style, and Bravo; it last aired on E!. On May 9, 2013, Whitney was canceled by NBC.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, dark comedy, romantic comedy