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 7.9
 4K
Pastewka (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Pastewka is a German television sitcom that began airing on German TV channel Sat.1 in 2005. The series, currently in its sixth season, is set in Cologne, with German actor Bastian Pastewka starring as a fictionalized version of himself. It has been ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, witty, cynical, not serious ...
Plot: comedian, family relations, everyday life, actor's life, private vs public, workplace, antisocial behavior, actor, workplace situations, showbiz, nothing goes right, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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 7.5
 94K
Midnight Run (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Style: road movie, funny, talky, humorous, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: road trip, on the road, buddy, organized crime, hitman, gangster, chase, bounty hunter, train, car chase, race against time, police surveillance ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, new york, arizona, manhattan new york city ...
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The War at Home (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The War at Home is an American sitcom created by Rob Lotterstein that ran from September 11, 2005 to April 22, 2007 on Fox. It follows the antics of a largely dysfunctional Long Island family. The show lasted for two full seasons but was not renewed ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, witty, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, teenage life, couple relations, youth, family values, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: long island, usa, new york
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 6.4
 88K
Spanglish (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, romantic, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: single parent, immigrant, food, life, infidelity, dysfunctional family, mother, relationship problems, parent child relationship, love and romance, parents and children, unfulfilled love ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, malibu california, mexico
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 6.5
 82K
Morning Glory (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news ...
Style: romantic, light, feel good, melancholic, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: workaholic, journalism, hotshot, media, work ethic, female protagonist, life philosophy, reporter, journalist, showbiz, relationship vs career, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa
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Men of a Certain Age (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 942 min.
TV show
Story: Men of a Certain Age is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on TNT on December 7, 2009. The hour-long program stars Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula as three best friends in their late forties dealing with the ...
Style: humorous, realistic, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot: group of friends, midlife crisis, friendship, family relations, bonding, family life, parenthood, old friend, salesman, age difference, marriage, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.
Style: feel good, funny, hilarious, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: time travel, party, time machine, friendship, profanity, changing the past or future, casual sex, ski resort, stoner, weed, nudity, stupidity ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: usa, chernobyl
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 6.3
 171K
Date Night (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves – and now a number of unsavoury ...
Style: romantic, funny, romantic comedy, light, hilarious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot: mistaken identity, corruption, marriage, gangster, night, multiple storylines, car chase, police investigation, twists and turns, taxi driver, district attorney, estranged couple ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, usa
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 7.1
 77K
Whatever Works (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into ...
Style: philosophical, romantic, feel good, funny, cynical ...
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, age difference, suicide attempt, homosexual, lifestyle change, eccentricity, polyamory, love and romance, storytelling, unlikely couple, character change, social climbing ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 8.3
 18K
In Treatment (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions and centering around Dr. Paul Weston, a psychotherapist who exhibits an insightful, reserved demeanor while treating his patients—but displays a crippling insecurity while ...
Style: psychological, captivating, emotional, tense, clever ...
Plot: psychologist, therapist, introspection, doctors and patients, psychotherapy, psychotherapist, patient, emotional breakdown, psychology, self involved, power relations, haunted by the past ...
Time: 2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
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Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
Style: sitcom, funny, humorous, dark comedy, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: antisocial behavior, comedian, bad luck, lifestyle, misunderstanding, mishap, socially awkward, career, everyday life, actress, actor, showbiz ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, 20th century, 2020s, 2000s ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 7.2
 313K
A Bug's Life (1998)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Style: computer animated, humorous, touching, 3d animation, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot: circus, ant, teamwork, friendship, good versus evil, villain, grasshopper, flea, kids and family, misfit, exile, toys ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place: texas
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Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, clever, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, alternate reality, inventor, changing the past or future, time loop, sent to the past, teenager, travel, alternate timeline, time, mad scientist ...
Time: future, year 2015, 20th century, 1950s, 2010s ...
Place: california, los angeles
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American Splendor (2003)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Style: realistic, stylized, dark comedy, independent film, sincere ...
Plot: artist, writer's life, biopic, depression, loneliness, superhero, art, loser, comic book, antisocial behavior, character study, childhood ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 60s ...
Place: usa, ohio, new york, cleveland ohio
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 6.9
 468K
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a ...
Style: humorous, funny, dark comedy, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: dark humor, obnoxious boss, comedy of errors, dentist, murder, boss, boss and employee, sexual harassment, workplace, plan gone awry, manipulation, farce ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 6.9
 247K
Rio (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a ...
Style: touching, humorous, entertaining, funny, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: bird, parrot, kids and family, jungle, animal, happy ending, friendship, good versus evil, fantasy world, childhood, talking animal, animal life ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 20th century, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, minnesota, brazil, south america, iran ...
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The Hangover Part II (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However, nothing goes as planned and Bangkok is the perfect setting ...
Style: funny, humorous, sex comedy, realistic, bad ending ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: wedding, party, bachelor party, road trip, hung over, strip club, friendship, weed, nudity, mishap, weirdo, memory loss ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, asia, thailand, usa, bangkok thailand ...
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 7.8
 40K
Happy Endings (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Happy Endings is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from April 13, 2011 to May 3, 2013. The show follows the dysfunctional adventures of six best friends living in Chicago.
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, touching ...
Plot: friendship, dating, group of friends, best friend, sibling relationship, lifestyle, friends, sexual tension, lgbt, gay, fiance fiancee relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
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 7.9
 35K
Bored to Death (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, ...
Style: witty, humorous, semi serious, detective, sitcom ...
Plot: investigation, depression, private detective, friendship, lifestyle change, drinking problem, amateur detective, lifestyle, secret, young man, suspicion, investigator ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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 8.3
 131K
30 Rock (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: 30 Rock is an American television comedy series that ran on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013, and was created by Tina Fey. The series, which is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live, takes place ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, parody, not serious, witty ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: workplace, employer employee relationship, female protagonist, showbiz, topical humor, comedian, pop culture, friendship, actor, feminist, nothing goes right, entertainment ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster ...
Style: computer animated, humorous, entertaining, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: global warming, creature, dinosaur, iceberg, friendship, talking animal, ice age, animal, mammoth, survival, teamwork, snow ...
Time: prehistory, prehistoric times, year 2006, 20th century, 2000s
Place: antarctic
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 8.7
 148K
Six Feet Under (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that run a funeral business.  When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as ...
Style: emotional, surreal, captivating, clever, dark comedy ...
Plot: funeral home, gay, dealing with death, gays and lesbians, dark humor, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, depression, hopes, family drama, lgbt, self discovery ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, syria
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Being John Malkovich (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for ...
Style: surreal, cerebral, mind bending, psychological, offbeat ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: surrealism, puppeteer, subconscious, psychology, philosophy, existentialism, satire, lesbianism, insanity, body swapping, mind control, magic realism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
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Back to the Future (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his ...
Style: feel good, exciting, light, funny, cult classic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, mad scientist, time loop, teenager, destiny, inventor, scientist, changing the past or future, time, fish out of water, high school ...
Time: future, 80s, 1950s, year 1985, year 1955 ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 8.6
 124K
The Newsroom (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of ...
Style: clever, political, realistic, sincere, dramatic ...
Plot: journalism, journalist, politics, news, workaholic, ambitious, rebellion, workplace, power of media, ethics, media coverage, idealism ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, syria, usa
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 7.7
 840K
The Hangover (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: buddies, party, bachelor party, friendship between men, comedy of errors, memory loss, weirdo, nothing goes right, hung over, friendship, friends, wedding ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, america, iran, north america ...
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 7.4
 547K
Juno (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
Style: funny, touching, sweet, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, pregnancy, adoption, teenager, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, high school, love and romance, female protagonist, teenage girl, strong female character, friendship ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: minnesota, usa
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 8.1
 722K
Trainspotting (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Style: disturbing, psychedelic, dark comedy, cult classic, black comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, counterculture, junkie, dark humor, life is a bitch, redemption, dialogue, subculture ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, england, britain ...
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 8.3
 1.1M
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and ...
Style: dark comedy, suspense, non-linear, stylized, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: heist, crime gone awry, robbery, gangster, gang, undercover cop, psychopath, dark hero, perfect crime, organized crime, violent, caper ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place: los angeles, usa, california, bolivia
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 8.1
 972K
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, ...
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, sweet, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: monster, friendship, imaginary, creature, imagination, children, fantasy world, friends, parallel world, rivalry, little girl, rivals ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: persia, himalaya
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