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Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Tony Manero is a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who'd give anything to break out of his dead-end existence. In life, Tony is a peasant; on the disco dance floor, he's a king. As the soundtrack plays one Bee Gees hit after another, white-suited ...
Style: sexy, sentimental, rough, light, serious ...
Audience: date night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: dancing, disco, dance, nightclub, working class, dancer, music, love, dysfunctional family, slut, coming of age, slutty attitude ...
Time: 70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa
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The King of the Candle (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 166 min.
Story: Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from ...
Style: allegory, avant garde
Plot: economist, insanity, dictatorship, gay interest, rural setting, protest, anarchy, political satire, carnival, theater, transvestite, harassment ...
Place: rio de janeiro, sao paulo brazil
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The Martian Chronicles (1980)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: An adaptation of the set of Ray Bradbury short stories chronicling the colonisation of Mars.
Style: anthology, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, allegory
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mars, space exploration, lost civilization, martian, space, time travel, space travel, alien, cadet, alien disguised as human, new world, planet ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
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Far from Heaven (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Style: sincere, emotional, stylized, visual, depressing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: racism, gay husband, gay, homosexuality, housewife, infidelity, crumbling marriage, friendship, couples, forbidden love, african american, prejudice ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 2000s, year 2002, year 1957 ...
Place: connecticut, usa, miami, new england, baltimore
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Filth (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
Style: dark comedy, surreal, cynical, black comedy, sexual ...
Plot: addiction, insanity, dark humor, drug abuse, antisocial behavior, losing-it hero, corrupt cop, hallucination, murder, self destructing, cocaine, drug ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: scotland, hamburg germany, britain, edinburgh scotland
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The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special (2017)
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
Story: Set in a small suburban town on All Hallows’ Eve, the special centers on David Pumpkins and his skeleton sidekicks who show a young boy and his sister the true meaning of Halloween, answering none of their questions along the way.
Style: 2d animation
Plot: halloween, sketch, irreverence, child protagonist, bully, skeleton, pumpkin, magic, musical performance, working mom, trick or treating, halloween costume ...
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sometimes controversial but always hilarious, Robert Smigel's "TV Funhouse" cartoons have contained some of Saturday Night Live's most memorable material in recent years. Ace and Gary, "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" (voiced ...
Style: parody, adult animation, captivating, humorous, sketch comedy ...
Plot: friendship, adult humor, satire, joke, comedian, absurdism, surrealism, absurd humor, friend, superhero, sketch, political satire ...
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Great Catherine (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play.
Plot: royalty, royal family, russian empire, love triangle, queen, aristocrat, nobility, revolutionary war, sexuality, drunkenness, dancer, irreverence ...
Time: 18th century
Place: england, st. petersburg russia, russia, britain
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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Story: A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits ...
Style: sketch comedy, spoof, parody, live comedy
Plot: sketch, pop culture, celebrity, television, social satire, guest, joke, comedian, politics, irreverence, memories, entertainment ...
Time: 80s
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Better Living (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardship.
Style: black comedy, independent film, dark comedy
Plot: ex-cop, public defender, family reunited, excavation, basement, father daughter relationship, child abuse, husband wife relationship, sex, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sister sister relationship, priest ...
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Andy's Funhouse (1979)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story: This special was taped in 1977 but did not air until August 1979, on ABC. It featured most of Andy's famous gags, including Foreign Man/Latka and his Elvis Presley impersonation, as well as a host of unique segments (including a special ...
Style: spoof, sketch comedy, parody, post modern
Plot: surrealism, singing, satire, sketch, celebrity, social satire, absurdism, rock music, singer, interview, joke, monologue ...
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story: The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so culture-jamtastic that we're sorry we can't be there to hold your hand as you watch in ...
Plot: stoned, stoner, school, singing, beach, beer, swimming pool, prostitute, dancing, irreverence, videotaping, devil worship ...
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Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A three-hour prime-time special celebrating SNL '​s fortieth year on the air.
Style: parody, spoof, sketch comedy
Plot: talk show, guest, celebrity, anniversary, memories, entertainment, political satire, live performance, celebrity impersonation, satire, joke, television ...
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Teenagers from Uranus: Sloppy Seconds (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A bizarre mix of sketch comedy, music videos, skating, graffiti, and mayhem. As Earth faces an attack from outer space, their TV transmissions are taken over with an onslaught of visual destruction and outrageous humor.
Style: sketch comedy, parody
Plot: outer space, impersonation, satire, practical joke, political satire, comedy team, stupidity, stereotypes, politics, pop culture, sexual humor, sex ...
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Rabbit Test (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Style: mystic, spoof, independent film
Plot: pregnant man, christmas, teacher student romance, immigrant, abortion rights, bus, switching roles, girl, baby, women's rights, irreverence, nurse ...
Time: year 1978
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A collection of Tom Hanks sketches during his times hosting Saturday Night Live.
Style: parody, sketch comedy, spoof
Plot: sketch, celebrity impersonation, entertainment, irreverence, pop culture, comedian, social satire, celebrity, joke, satire, impersonation, archive footage
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Echo Park (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, touching, offbeat ...
Audience: date night
Plot: dream, stripper, single parent, actor's life, thirtysomething life, friends, couples, family relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, human nature, gender ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa, california, europe, austria
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Divine (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story: "La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio (Rabal) and Mamá Dorita (Jurado). They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they've abandoned the world, searching for a new spiritual life. ...
Style: thought provoking, surreal, serious, clever, offbeat ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: religion, religious fanaticism, brainwashing, prostitute, religions or cults, injustice, leadership, introspection, human nature, danger, heroes, clergy ...
Time: 50s
Place: latin america, mexico, israel, middle east
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Mystery Team (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, independent film, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, amateur detective, investigation, children, murder, farce, absurdism, escapades, school, friends, bowling, mysticism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new hampshire, usa
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Eat the Rich (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karprov and Spider plot to ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, semi serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot: restaurant, food, cannibal, cannibalism, waiter, rock and roll, serial killer, socialism, spy, pop music, gay subtext, politics ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: europe, london, england
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It's Your Turn, Laura (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Une journée dans la vie d'un groupe de femmes qui se retrouvent chaque semaine depuis quinze ans dans la salle d'attente d'un médecin qui prétend arriver à les faire maigrir.
Style: realistic, semi serious, talky, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: friendship, weight loss, group of friends, friends, eating disorder, couples, family relations, love and romance, society, gender, office, skin disease ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: canada, montreal
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Chappelle's Show (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Chappelle's Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by comedians Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting the show as well as starring in various sketches. Chappelle, Brennan and Michele Armour were the ...
Style: sketch comedy, humorous, witty, not serious, funny ...
Plot: marijuana, comedian, sketch, dark humor, racism, african american, interracial relations, guest, racial stereotype, media, artists and showbiz, black ...
Time: 2000s, y2k
Place: new york
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Stella (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Stella was a short-lived television series that originally ran from June 28, 2005 to August 30, 2005 on the American television channel Comedy Central, created by and starring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, the three members ...
Style: parody, not serious, surreal, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: stupidity, roommate, goofy hero, love and romance, everyday life, disorder, friends, couples, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, guest, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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The Kids in the Hall (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1988 to 1994 on CBC in Canada, ...
Style: sketch comedy, not serious, humorous, surreal, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sketch, disorder, media, artists and showbiz, goofy hero, workplace, workplace situations, satire, social satire, stereotypes, entertainment, stupidity ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada
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Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story: Mr. Show with Bob and David is an American sketch comedy series starring and hosted by Saturday Night Live writer/actor Bob Odenkirk and stand up comedian/actor David Cross. It aired on HBO from November 3, 1995 to December 28, 1998. Cross and ...
Style: sketch comedy, sitcom, surreal, funny, absurd ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sketch, satire, nihilism, variety show, comedian, silly humor, media, workplace, performer's life, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, goofy hero ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
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Designing Women (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Designing Women is an American television sitcom that centered on the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. It aired on the CBS television network from September 29, 1986 until ...
Style: sitcom, witty, realistic, sexy, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, looking for love, battle of the sexes, thirtysomething life, workplace situations, workplace, boss and employee, single parent, women, strong female presence, humour, feminist ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, atlanta georgia, georgia
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The State (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The State is a half-hour sketch-comedy television show, originally broadcast in the USA on MTV between December 17, 1993, and July 1, 1995. The show combined bizarre characters and scenarios to present sketches that won the favor of its target ...
Style: sketch comedy, slapstick, skit, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sketch, satire, comedian, homosexual, partner, violent content, sexual content, silly humor, misfit, nothing goes right, odd couple, nazism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American comedy horror animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. Its central plot revolves around a somewhat anthropomorphic pink/purple dog named Courage who lives with his owners, ...
Style: offbeat, adult cartoon, humorous, not serious, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, toddlers ...
Plot: animal life, imaginary, supernatural, villain, pets, transformation, human animal relationship, friendship, dark humor, magic, bravery, acid ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: kansas, usa
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That's My Bush! (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: That's My Bush! is an American comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central from April 4 to May 23, 2001. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, best known for also creating South Park, the series centers on the fictitious personal ...
Style: sitcom, parody, not serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: politics, political satire, american politics, goofy hero, head of state, couple relations, state affairs, media, political leader, u.s. president, stupidity, government ...
Time: 21st century
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The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's popular television shows Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days. The show was ...
Style: sketch comedy, not serious, realistic, exciting, biting ...
Plot: sketch, variety show, urban, black, satire, disorder, artists and showbiz, performer's life, media, lifestyle, society, interracial relations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
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