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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him ...
Style:
controversial, humorous, absurd, parody, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satire, dark humor, racism, stupidity, travel, culture clash, toilet humor, stereotypes, road trip, dumb, fish out of water, masturbation ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, kazakhstan, usa, los angeles, washington d.c. ...
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2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, Mexico, France, Turkey, Denmark, USA, Switzerland, Greece
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged captain. What first appeared Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, captivating, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cruise ship, shipwreck, satire, model, class differences, cruise, fashion model, social satire, yacht, rich, ship, stranded on an island ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Heine Wittgenstein is a pint-sized man given a monumental task. He's recently hired by the King of Grannzreich to whip four of his five sons into royalty material as their tutor. At first glance, the princes have all the allure and refinement ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
kingdom, mentor protege relationship, satire, tutor, teacher, prince, teenage life, royal family, mentor, teenager, palace, royalty ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A spoof of all the "found-footage/documentary style" films released in recent years.
Style:
parody, spoof, satirical, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, stupidity, domestic disturbance, danger, found footage, satire, brutality, nothing goes right, disorder, imaginary, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1988, year 2012, year 2013, 80s, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
From the creators of Scary Movie and Date Movie comes this tongue-in-cheek parody of the sword-and-sandal epics, dubbed Meet the Spartans. The 20th Century Fox production was written and directed by the filmmaking team of Jason Friedberg and Aaron ...
Style:
parody, slapstick, satirical, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
goofy hero, homoeroticism, stupidity, satire, breakdance, oracle, male male relationship, queen, celebrity, heroic mission, army, heroes ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
ancient greece, greece
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, cerebral, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
satire, cold war, military, nuclear war, nuclear threat, nuclear explosion, u.s. air force, nuclear holocaust, nuclear bomb, doomsday, anti war, absurdism ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1942, 1930s
Place:
soviet union, washington d.c., persia, united kingdom, england ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', ...
Style:
funny, satirical, humorous, entertaining, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, farce, violence, stupidity, stoner, sexual humor, sarcasm, culture clash, hip hop culture, silly humor, politics, dumb ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, jamaica ...
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50K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ex-special operative MacGruber (Forte) is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Kilmer), who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, DC.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, satirical, spoof ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
undercover, dumb, satire, sarcasm, hotshot hero, danger, escapades, chases and races, uninhibited rivalry, stoner, secret agent, gross out humor ...
Time:
year 2010, 80s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa, las vegas, colorado ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
As the only relative to take over the Royal throne, a down on his luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Style:
funny, feel good, satirical, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
fish out of water, culture clash, love and romance, american abroad, king, nobility, head of state, goofy hero, rise to the top, love at first sight, dishonesty, misfit ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
england, usa, europe, buckingham palace, las vegas ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
Style:
adult animation, funny, humorous, satirical, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
goofy hero, adult humor, pig, snow, parents and children, save the day, irreverent, strangulation, nude boy, nude young male, life philosophy, redemption ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, seattle, usa, oregon
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
Free-spirited toucan Tuca and self-doubting song thrush Bertie are best friends -- and birds -- who guide each other through life's ups and downs.
Style:
adult animation, entertaining, satirical, humorous, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, friendship, satire, addiction, adult humor, anthropomorphism, feminist, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, women, butt, slice of life ...
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306K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Three office workers strike back at their evil employers by hatching a hapless attempt to embezzle money.
Style:
cult classic, dark comedy, laugh out loud, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
date night, kids, adult
Plot:
workplace, dark humor, office, computer, friendship, satire, embezzlement, corporate world, rebelliousness, waitress, obnoxious boss, workplace situations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, y2k
Place:
texas, dallas texas, austin texas, usa, mexico
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22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Octave is the master of the universe. Octave exercises the profession of copywriter. Today he decides what you will want tomorrow. For him, “man is a product like everything else.” Octave works for the world’s largest advertising agency, Ross ...
Style:
psychedelic, satirical, humorous, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
advertising, drug abuse, nouveau riche, society, greed, lifestyle, advertising agency, advertising executive, corporate world, behavior control, layoff, media satire ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, miami
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Cayman Islands, Ireland, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".
Style:
funny, romantic, satirical, humorous, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
starlet, sarcasm, love story, workplace romance, journalist, love triangle, rags to riches, obsession, fashion, rise to the top, overnight success, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, britain, usa, london, england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bourgeois convention is demolished in Luis Buñuel’s surrealist gem. Featuring an elegant soiree with guests seated at toilet bowls, poker-playing monks using religious medals as chips, and police officers looking for a missing girl who is right ...
Style:
surreal, satirical, humorous, art house, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, surrealism, sadomasochism, monk, chaos, religion, courtroom, society, mistaken identity, greed, visceral, estrangement ...
Time:
20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, spain
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink white Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events ...
Style:
black comedy, absurd, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bowling, dialogue, mistaken identity, slacker, hippie, weed, marijuana, great dialogue, laziness, dream, twists and turns, heart attack ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1991
Place:
los angeles, iraq, america, arizona, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.
Style:
sexy, satirical, entertaining, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
couples, hippie, nudist, couple relations, commune, infidelity, marijuana, skinny dipping, counterculture, hopes, nudism, free love ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
new york, georgia, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.
Style:
satirical, stylized, atmospheric, period piece, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nazi, gay, fascism, lgbtq, cabaret, gay interest, decadence, world war two, closeted homosexual, dancing, politics, lgbt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
berlin germany, europe, germany, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Old Prof. Preobrazhensky and his young colleague Dr. Bormental inserted the human's hypophysis into a dog's brain. Couple of weeks later the dog became "human looking". The main question is "Is anybody who is looking like a ...
Style:
satirical, philosophical, intellectual, thought provoking, humorous ...
Plot:
medical experiment, communism, life philosophy, dog, experiment gone awry, society, obsession, adaptation, humanity, idealism, mentor, doctors and patients ...
Time:
1930s, 80s, 1920s
Place:
russia, ussr, soviet union, moscow russia, eastern europe
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29K
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave ...
Style:
satirical, surreal, humorous, witty, funny ...
Plot:
tourist, nothing goes right, culture clash, skyscraper, airport, chaos, farce, goofy hero, misfit, city life, human existence, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
Style:
horror comedy, dark comedy, humorous, funny, parody ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, dark humor, zombie apocalypse, pub, zombie outbreak, zombie attack, satire, zombie violence, eaten alive, supernatural, siege, flesh eating zombie ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, y2k, 21st century
Place:
london, britain, europe, england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the ...
Style:
parody, spoof, satirical, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, mime, showbiz, hollywood, creativity, actor's life, comeback, alcohol abuse, disorder, artists and showbiz, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s ...
Place:
usa, california, new york, los angeles, manhattan new york city
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433K
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, humorous, cult classic, parody ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
religion, monty python, satire, mistaken identity, absurdism, ancient rome, dark humor, medieval, ancient, roman empire, god, sarcasm ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, biblical epic, 20th century, year 1979 ...
Place:
jerusalem, palestine, ancient greece, greece, middle east ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A team of reality TV paranormal investigators go to Mexico's most haunted house in the pursuit of better ratings. However, when the true dark secrets of the mansion begin to reveal themselves, the hapless team quickly discover that this house ...
Style:
sexy, satirical, not serious, funny, bleak ...
Plot:
relationships, stupidity, ghost, haunted house, supernatural, danger, team, friendship, supernatural power, domestic disturbance, disorder, demon ...
Place:
mexico, kyoto japan
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A satirical half-hour series from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen exploring the diverse individuals, from the infamous to the unknown across the political and cultural spectrum, who populate our unique nation.
Style:
satirical, humorous, captivating, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
satire, social satire, politics, social issues, social problems, talk show, voodoo, parents, sketch, military industrial complex, american culture, chauvinism ...
Place:
america
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah...”
During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she ...
Style:
anime, satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
musician, satire, rock band, music, introvert, shyness, music band, direction and purpose, social anxiety, high school student, rock, rock music ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young man is stood up at the altar. His overprotective mother decides to join him is what would have been his honeymoon, so as not to waste the trip. He ails while his mum enjoys the trip of her life.
Style:
satirical, feel good, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
honeymoon, mother, son, mother love, family relations, domineering mother, family problems, satire, relationships, relationship problems, lifestyle, wedding ceremony ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Wakana Gojo is a high school boy who wants to become a kashirashi--a master craftsman who makes traditional Japanese Hina dolls. Though he's gung-ho about the craft, he knows nothing about the latest trends, and has a hard time fitting in with ...
Style:
anime, satirical, erotic, ecchi, semi serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
slice of life, cosplay, relationships, romantic relationship, love affair, satire, romantic friendship, love story, adolescence, schoolgirl, school, love interest ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three gutsy kids from a rapidly gentrifying Bronx neighborhood stumble upon a sinister plot to suck all the life from their beloved community.
Style:
satirical, not serious, humorous, ironic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, dark humor, satire, adventurer, fight, neighborhood, friendship between teens, racial stereotype, teenage life, friends, social satire ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city
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