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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy
Country: Slovakia
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Two Cops in Trouble (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two crazy Dominican cops and a disciplined FBI agent join forces to investigate an international criminal network.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Prescription Police (2006)
Plot Summary:
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, detective
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Recipe for Crime (2010)
Plot Summary:
I delitti del cuoco is an Italian television series.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, detective
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The Good Cop (2015)
Plot Summary:
Danny Confino is a full-time cop, during one of the police's worst times. A period in which its image is at a low ebb, they are ousted every week, harassed by commanders twice a week, budgets are cut and complaints against police are piled up in DIP offices. He returns to his parents' home in order to live there temporarily, but the temporary becomes permanent and Danny finds that life at home is superior to any crime scene.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Harina (2022)
Plot Summary:
The misadventures of Lieutenant Harina and his partner, Officer Ramírez, a very special police couple, who find themselves with the opportunity of a lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Kontio & Parmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Veteran police lieutenant Kontio will have to work closely with a new partner, a much younger female officer Parmas. Small Town Police Department of Valkeakoski, Finland, will never be the same.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Finland
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Last Cop (2015)
Plot Summary:
Police Captain opens his eyes on the hospital bed and finds out that the wound he received on the job put him in a coma - for 20 years. Since 1995, the world has changed.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 39 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, funny, light, detective
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The Crew (2021)
Plot Summary:
When the owner of the fictional NASCAR Bobby Spencer Racing team steps down and passes the team off to his daughter Catherine, the crew chief has to protect himself and his crew from her attempts to modernize.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Detarame Hero (2013)
Plot Summary:
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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The Chairman's Ear (2017)
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic
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The Delivery Man (2015)
Plot Summary:
Matthew decides to leave his job and train to become a male midwife on a busy maternity ward. He is soon joined by best friend and former policeman friend Ian who joins as the hospital security guard.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom
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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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MPD: Animal Unit (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tomozo Sudo is a detective. Due to an incident, he is excluded from investigative work. He is then assigned to work in a division responsible for taking care of animals whose owners are suspects or missing. Keiko Usuki is a police constable and works in the same division. She loves animals more than humans. Keiko develops inferences from clues from animals left behind at crime scenes. Tomozo and Keiko work together to solve cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Makarov and The Girls (2021)
Plot Summary:
The head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Butovo region, Makarov, is completely replaced by the personnel as a result of a conflict with the leadership. Instead of experienced male cops, four young students are singled out.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sitcom, light, humorous, feel good, entertaining
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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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Better Call Saul Employee Training (2017)
Plot Summary:
Better Call Saul's Emmy-Award winning Employee Training digital series.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Short, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Hardware (2003)
Plot Summary:
Hardware is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 2003 to 2004. Starring Martin Freeman, it was written and created by Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly. The show's opening theme was A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Anchored (2015)
Plot Summary:
Comedy about the daily lives of a semiluxury cruise's crew and the committed situations that will lead their life together in this vast floating city. Thus we find the captain of the ship and its new manager who is his former hated partner; the inept former manager trying to recover his position; a high class passenger forced by circumstances to live with the workers of the ship; a cleaning worker so class-conscious; a security chief with many social prejudices sharing cabin with an ex-waiter; a Chinese-Catalan in love with is country of origin and totally given to the manager; a nitwit cheerleader who still expects success on stage and the captain and manager's teenage daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Checkout (2018)
Plot Summary:
A comic series telling the tale of a failing supermarket in a backwards town and following the daily events that take place within the supermarket. The series goes into the details of everything we don’t know about the behind the scenes occurrences in the supermarket – the relationships between the employees forced to work in a place they feel no loyalty for, the customers with their baseless and petty demands, the management’s abusive attitude towards the employees, and the private lives of the workers at the bottom of the employment hierarchy.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sitcom, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical
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Peter Kay's Car Share (2015)
Plot Summary:
John Redmond and Kayleigh Kitson have been thrown together in a company car share scheme, forcing their paths to cross. Each trip brings fresh insight into John and Kayleigh's lives, with twists and turns in their unlikely relationship.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, buddy comedy, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Work Matters (2012)
Plot Summary:
A dysfunctional office faces hilarious obstacles in this Hungarian rendering of "The Office".
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 837
Genere: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Stupid, Stupid Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
Stupid, Stupid Man is an Australian television comedy which originally aired on TV1. It is set in the office of a fictional men's magazine COQ, parodying such men's magazines as FHM and Ralph. The first season began broadcasting on 14 November 2006, and a second season began on 11 December 2007. On 29 January 2008, the final episode of the show aired, and it was cancelled.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom
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Acapulco (2021)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-something Máximo Gallardo's dreams comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime as a cabana boy at the hottest resort in Acapulco. He soon realizes the job is far more complicated than he ever imagined and in order to succeed, he must learn to navigate a demanding clientele, a mercurial mentor, and a complicated home life, without losing his way to shortcuts or temptations.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Bloods (2021)
Plot Summary:
When tough-acting loner paramedic Maleek is paired with over-friendly divorcee Wendy, their partnership looks dead on arrival. But pretty soon they're giving each other life support.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom
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La escuelita (2004)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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YG Future Strategy Office (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kpop star Seungri, BIGBANG youngest member, tries to lead a team of blumbing staff at YG's Future Strategy Office in this mockumentary sitcom.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, mockumentary
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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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Famalam (2018)
Plot Summary:
Famalam shines a comedic light on everything - from alien encounters in the outer reaches of the galaxy to what happens when a man is left on his own in a house for 10 minutes holding only a phone and a remote. With a dazzling array of accents, cultural observations and colourful costumes, Famalam gives us a glimpse of the latest Nollywood blockbuster, reveals who might be responsible for internet spam and introduces us to the real rulers of the world - spoiler alert - it's not the G20.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
Plot Summary:
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 349000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, funny, detective, hilarious, captivating, light, intellectual, feel good
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Resident Advisors (2015)
Plot Summary:
Resident Advisors is an outrageous comedy set in the most hormonally-overloaded, sexually active, out-of-control workplace in the world: a college dorm. The show follows a group of resident assistants as they navigate sex, drugs, and midterms.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 858
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious