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 7.3
 538
Akiba Maid War (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Pig ...
Style: anime, semi serious, satirical, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: maid, female protagonist, workplace, absurdism, chambermaid, ambition, coworker, workplace situations, satire, organized crime, urban, mafia ...
Time: year 1999
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 7.7
 1K
Quacks (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A raucous comedy set in Victorian London about four medical pioneers fighting to make a mark on the world.
Style: sitcom, captivating, semi serious, satirical, period piece ...
Plot: victorian england, medicine, surgery, satire, hospital, surgeon, doctor, absurdism, absurd humor, competitor, ambition, desire for fame ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: london
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 4.4
 731
The Sex Trip (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a shallow womanizer refuses a mysterious homeless woman's request for a kiss, he wakes up the next morning to discover he's been changed into a woman.
Style: sex comedy, light, ironic, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: body swapping, gender bending, switching bodies, macho man, sexy woman, womanizer, absurdism, sexuality, male female relationship, understanding, sexual attraction, battle of the sexes ...
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 6.1
 7K
Skins (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A story about four spanish people who see themselves as freaks and seldom go outside...
Style: disturbing, tragicomedy, surreal, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: body horror, love triangle, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, outcast, self mutilation, surrealism, absurdism, psychiatrist, social misfits, society, relationship problems ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, year 2017
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 3.5
 260
B.C. Butcher (2016)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
Story: When a tribe of cavewomen imparts cruel justice on one of their own their fate takes a turn for the worst. After discovering and falling in love with the corpse sacrificed by the girl-gang, a lone wandering giant of pre-historic mythos is inspired ...
Style: slasher, psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, monster, death, absurdism, blood, violence, revenge, creature feature, supernatural, deadly creature, evil, rescue ...
Time: prehistoric times, stone age, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Brand New Testament (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 114 min.
Story: God lives in Brussels. On earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she ...
Style: philosophical, surreal, dark comedy, meditative, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: goddess, god, father daughter relationship, religion, life & death, humanity, greed, irreverent, existentialism, destiny, death, satire ...
Time: year 2015
Place: france, brussels belgium
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The Chris Gethard Show (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Chris Gethard hosts a panel of comedians and weirdos who participate in weird games, take calls from listeners, and generally put on a bizarre weekly spectacle.
Style: humorous, talky, clever, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: talk show, comedian, stand up comedian, silly humor, improv, absurd humor, live performance, absurdism, joke, guest, theater, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 5.3
 1K
Superstar (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An average guy who works in a recycling plant wakes up one morning to discover that he's become inexplicably famous.
Style: satirical, cynical, tragicomedy, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: love hate relationship, life turned upside down, media, media satire, disorder, price of fame, celebrity, fame, fish out of water, internet, television, media circus ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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Lady Dynamite (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A single-camera half-hour comedy based on what Maria Bamford has accepted to be "her life." It's the sometimes surreal story of a woman who loses — and then finds — her s**t.
Style: light, feel good, funny, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot: satire, female protagonist, bipolar disorder, absurd humor, surrealism, absurdism, woman, humour, social problems, female comedian, self discovery, lifestyle ...
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 6.7
 5K
Airbag (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Portugal, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Mommy's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner Villambrosa finds the ring. Meanwhile Villambrosa's rival ...
Style: road movie, humorous, semi serious, manga, cult classic ...
Plot: gangster, buddies, unlikely criminals, partner, nothing goes right, disorder, obsessive quest, prostitute, car chase, absurdism, lgbt, friends ...
Time: 90s
Place: spain, europe
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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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Brighton Wok: The Legend of Ganja Boxing (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Vafan Cuolo the Italian Ninja takes over Brighton with his milita of kung-fu fighters. Ryu, a young man just out of a care home, is surprised to discover that he is Brighton's last hope. Ryu is the Chosen One and he must find The Ganja Master, ...
Style: neo noir, epic, exciting, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kung fu, drug addict, ninja, betrayal, murder, spy, psychopath, revenge, supernatural power, police, sacrifice, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: brighton, london
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Morituris: Legions of the Dead (2011)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Rome, in 73 B.C. Spartacus led the rebellion of 200 gladiators wich saw them opposed to the inhumanity which Rome had forced them into. During the riot they resisted for a long time against the roman soldiers. Few against a whole army. Some of them ...
Style: slasher, bleak, dark, scary, brutal ...
Plot: sadist, held captive, sexual sadism, darkness, serial killer, brutality, revenge, torture, evil man, violence, absurdism, massacre ...
Place: italy
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Zvyozdniy vors (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In the year of 2221 Professor Chasharskiy leads an expedition to another planets through tunnel in Earth on the Scarab spaceship which is a modified winter service vehicle.
Style: parody, absurd, thought provoking, exciting, captivating
Plot: alien, surrealism, planet earth, astronaut, party, absurdism, conspiracy theory, gang, dream, robot, monkey, street gang ...
Time: future, distant future
Place: soviet union
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 6.9
 3K
Loiter Squad (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Loiter Squad is an American sketch comedy television series starring Tyler, The Creator, Jasper Dolphin, Taco Bennett, and Lionel Boyce from the Los Angeles hip hop group Odd Future. The show regularly features other members of the group as well. ...
Style: not serious, surreal, humorous, slapstick, independent film ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: hip hop culture, joke, prank, silly humor, friends, buddies, disorder, sketch, absurdism, talk show, profanity, rap ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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Crazy Kingdom (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Story: By some quirk of fate, the two small-time thieves and the spoiled princess find themselves in the Black Forest full of magic beings who believe that everyone has a chance to mend his ways. However, sometimes even the best intentions need to take a ...
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic, crying
Plot: criminal, kingdom, royal family, mother daughter relationship, friendship between men, friend, princess, husband wife relationship, friendship, king, absurd humor, absurdism ...
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Journey to Rome (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: There are as many stories in the world as there are people, and Vasek, a timid guard at a gallery who becomes a reluctant painting thief, hears plenty of them on his train trip to Rome. This multilevel comedy road movie (on a train) and quest for ...
Style: psychotronic, humorous, tense, light, captivating ...
Plot: planning, heist, train, absurdism, absurd humor, disguise, painting, robbery, society, human nature, escapades, heist gone wrong ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, rome italy, prague
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 5.2
 210
Wilson City (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Comedy inspired by paperback crime novels tells the story of an adventurous search for a mysterious murderer who just after the end of the First World War has begun a rampage in Wilson City, a jerkwater town somewhere in Eastern Europe. The ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, exciting, slapstick, poliziottesco ...
Plot: conspiracy, ambition, painter, absurd humor, murder, disguise, absurdism, car chase, delusion, father son relationship, painting, doctor ...
Time: year 1919, 1910s, year 1918
Place: slovakia, central europe
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 5.2
 607
Deadball (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and ...
Style: enigmatic, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, death of father, violence, baseball, juvenile delinquent, 17 year old, baseball team, japanese woman, mysterious death, teen violence, governor, death of brother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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 8.0
 13
Meanwhile... (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A colorful and off-beat sketch comedy series combining nostalgic elements of television with modern, slightly offensive, characters and situations. Performances by MEANWHILE, a diverse sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles.
Style: sexy, not serious, realistic, surreal, humorous ...
Plot: silly humor, profanity, friendship, gay, homosexual, stereotypes, sexual humor, absurdism, family relations, cross dressing, fake commercial
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Meet the Hollowheads (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The Hollowheads are a strange, futuristic family that live in a Jetsons type world complete with many cool gadgets. Henry is hoping for a promotion at the slime factory in which he works and decides to bring his boss home for dinner and to meet the ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, atmospheric, psychedelic, surreal ...
Plot: eccentric family, dark humor, nothing goes right, disorder, society, workplace situations, suburbs, social satire, husband wife relationship, family dinner, absurdism, boss ...
Time: future, 80s
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 6.1
 70
Secrets (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After long decades of exile, a leftist former activist returns to Chile to settle accounts with his conscience, related to the death of a colleague and political hero . The task of Atalibar (Sergio Hernandez) is to reveal his secret. But his view ...
Style: humorous, light, unusual plot structure, feel good, dark comedy ...
Plot: transvestite, absurdism, traitor, secret, mother daughter relationship, assassination, dishonesty, old love, mother son relationship, dialogue, prostitute, hotel ...
Place: chile, santiago chile, paris france
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Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When the prehistoric warm-water beast the Crocosaurus crosses paths with that cold-water monster the Mega Shark, all hell breaks loose in the oceans as the world's top scientists explore every option to halt the aquatic frenzy. Swallowing ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, natural horror, psychotronic, mockbuster ...
Plot: shark, creature feature, monster, giant animal, government agent, battles, giant monster, kaiju, crocodile, rivalry, escapades, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: congo, florida, hawaii, africa, caribbean
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 6.5
 290K
Zoolander (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic "he's so hot right now" Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the ...
Style: funny, humorous, parody, light, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: conspiracy, fashion model, male model, brainwashing, satire, fashion, assassination, dumb, stoner, fame, president, comedy of errors ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, malaysia
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 7.0
 128K
Mallrats (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.
Style: entertaining, humorous, funny, talky, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: slacker, jay and silent bob, friendship, youth, weed, superhero, coming of age, one day, love and romance, bare butt, videotaped sex, dumped by girlfriend ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, minnesota, usa, new jersey
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Battlefield Baseball (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Battlefield Baseball is a tough game--it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their opponents on the Seido High team know they don't have a ...
Style: suspense, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, splatter ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: zombie, baseball, martial arts, uninhibited rivalry, supernatural, underdog, teenage life, sport team, imaginary, vengeance, deadly creature, heroes ...
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 3.3
 3K
Ghost Shark (2013)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Last Fourth of July, teenager Christy Bruce disappeared from a high school beach party. Her severed arm washed ashore a day later. Drunken sea captain Blaise Shaw became a hero to the small seaside community of Harmony after killing the great white ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, semi serious, natural horror, suspense ...
Plot: shark, ghost, dangerous animal, supernatural, chaos, danger, shark attack, water, killer animal, animal attack, killer shark, absurdism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Xavier: Renegade Angel (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story: The show follows Xavier, a rather strange-looking faun-like wanderer/seeker (complete with snake hand, backwards knees, a beak and six nipples) who is traveling across the land to find out the truth about his mysterious and uncertain origin. Xavier ...
Style: adult animation, surreal, witty, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: surrealism, self discovery, adventurer, absurd humor, hopes, nothing goes right, escapades, goofy hero, misfit, disorder, imaginary, satire ...
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Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Nick Swardson's Pretend Time was a TV sketch comedy show created by and starring comedian and actor Nick Swardson. The show premiered on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 10 p.m. EST on Comedy Central and ran for two seasons, with the final ...
Style: not serious, humorous, parody, light, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stand up comedian, silly humor, artists and showbiz, goofy hero, androids and robots, disorder, vulgar, sexual humor, toilet humor, absurdism, sex, comedian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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New York Stand-Up Show (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Chicks dig a British accent so either learn from the real deal or prepare to swoon when the Daily Show's John Oliver headlines his own series featuring wildly original stand-up sets from the likes of Eugene Mirman and Brian Posehn. Cheerio, ...
Style: talky, realistic, not serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: comedian, stand up comedian, disorder, showbiz, lifestyle, performer's life, introspection, artists and showbiz, liberal, culture clash, theater, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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