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Die Hart (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 8 min.
TV show
Story: Tired of being the comedic sidekick, Kevin Hart gets his wish when a famous director offers him his dream – to be a leading man action star – but there’s a catch: Kevin must first train at the world’s greatest action star school, run by a ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, captivating, funny, action comedy ...
Plot: actor, talent agent, actor's life, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, hopes, hostility, ambition, friendship, showbiz, dark humor, loss of control ...
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Hero at Large (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero ...
Style: offbeat, semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, exodus, unemployment, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, heroes, rescue, politics, crime fighter, anti hero, disorder, righting the wronged ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: new york
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I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Martin goes on an adventure with his 3 friends, Ballsy, Felcher and Bungle f*ck. Their mission? To travel to Hollywood to get Martin's movie made. Follow the awesome foursome as they encounter crocogators, Gangsters, Pirates, AIDS and many ...
Style: parody, sketch comedy, spoof
Plot: sketch, comedy club, improv, celebrity, pop culture, entertainment, social satire, monologue, celebrity impersonation, joke, satire, impersonation ...
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Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: A made for Showtime network comedy special with numerous skits and music starring Martin Short and featuring a number of his fellow SCTV cast members. The special has skits with characters such as Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Jerry Lewis, and many ...
Style: parody, sketch comedy, spoof
Plot: sketch, stand up comedy, satire, impersonation, celebrity, pop culture, monologue, live performance, celebrity impersonation, variety show, social satire, joke ...
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Don't Think Twice (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Style: entertaining, funny, emotional, talky, touching ...
Plot: friendship, hospital, interracial friendship, audition, breakup, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, flash forward, father son relationship, death of father, gift, restaurant, showbiz ...
Place: philadelphia, new york
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The Big Sick (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's ...
Style: romantic, sweet, feel good, romantic comedy, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot: comedian, illness, hospital, interracial love, arranged marriage, stand up comedy, love, relationships, interracial romance, cultural difference, character study, infection ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: chicago, pakistan, new york
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Father Figures (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
Style: light, feel good, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: twins, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, fraternal twins, craziness, mother son relationship, search for father, unknown father, road trip, fool, hitchhiker, escapades ...
Time: year 2017
Place: usa, new york, florida
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Wheeler (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of an aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. By embodying the title character under prosthetic make up, actor Stephen Dorff successfully infiltrates Music ...
Style: mockumentary, independent film
Plot: aspiring musician, american south, car crash, actress playing herself, musician, car accident, ranch, songwriter, cameraman, haunted by the past, recording studio, music industry ...
Time: year 2008
Place: nashville tennessee, texas, southern usa
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75 (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A car crash victim, humiliated housewife and two repressed teens are connected by their relationships with hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, existential, freeze frame ...
Audience: kids
Plot: double life, strong female character, social problems, doctor patient relationship, friendship between men, secret, secret life, organized crime, drug use, social realism, introspection, car accident ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: america, usa, midwest, ohio, kentucky ...
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Twin Dragon Encounter (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Identical twin brothers on vacation are faced with an unexpected battle when their getaway spot is invaded by mercenaries. Using their martial arts expertise, the twins wage war against the invaders in order to free their kidnapped girlfriends.
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, hostage situation, hostage, kidnapping, twins, thug, kung fu, karate, mercenary, actor playing himself
Time: year 1986
Place: canada
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To Be a Millionaire (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The terrorist Fors arrested after an attack on a OPEC meeting. Shortly afterwards town minister's daughter gets kidnapped by two men who require Fors be released and that he will flight phase to Albania. SÄPO agent Olsson will handle the case.
Plot: child kidnapping, murder, kidnapping, prime minister, ransom, police, kitten, nanny, asthmatic, journalist, actress playing herself, crazy ...
Place: eastern europe
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Total Frat Movie (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Charlie Martin, a JI whose fraternity gets kicked off campus after it takes the rap for a rival fraternity gone awry. Three years later, Charlie and the remaining brothers must throw the greatest rush event to recruit a new pledge class and bring ...
Style: funny, captivating, talky, intense, humorous ...
Plot: fraternity, frat party, college, party, friendship between men, conspiracy, secret mission, violent man, drunkenness, friend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Return of the Jonsson League (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Criminal trio strike at furniture store, discover a secret network for shipping computers to the Soviet Union.
Style: not serious, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot: heist, partner, disorder, criminal heroes, dishonesty, master criminal, farce, cons and scams, silly humor, secret, security guard, burglary ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 146 min.
Story: The film opens with the angel Cassiel (Otto Sander) standing on the statue of the Angel of Victory overlooking post-Cold War Berlin. Growing ever more despondent over his fate as a mere observer of human life, rather than a vital part of it, Cassiel ...
Style: atmospheric, existential, art house, philosophical, contemplative ...
Plot: angel, afterlife, redemption, rescue, loneliness, existentialism, heaven, visitor, spirituality, magic realism, couples, art ...
Time: 90s
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin, west berlin west germany
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Going Overboard (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.
Style: humorous, sex comedy, not serious, slapstick comedy, weeping ...
Plot: ship, sexual fantasy, vulgar woman, dictator, cruise ship, god, chase, cruise, friendship, bartender, meme, apocalypse ...
Time: 80s
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Def Comedy Jam (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Def Comedy Jam is a HBO television series produced by Russell Simmons. The series had its original run from July 1, 1992 to January 1, 1997. The show returned on HBO's fall lineup in 2006. Def Comedy Jam helped to launch the careers of several ...
Style: non fiction, live comedy
Plot: stand up comedy, concert, black, stand up comedian, stereotypes, live performance, hip hop, entertainment, rap, african american, joke, comedian ...
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Land Legs (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Dom, 36 years old, is a sailor on board of the fishing boat Petit Gael II from the port of Les Sables d'Olonne, a small town in western France. He is used to leave for the open sea for at least three weeks in a row. Despite of his absences, his ...
Style: psychological, touching, contemplative, thought provoking, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: fisherman, father son relationship, divorced man, children, father daughter relationship, teenager, family relations, moral dilemma, storytelling, parents and children, dog, social worker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Lost in Munich (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Sir "P" a 90 year old gray parrot, formerly living with Edouard Daladier, the French prime minister responsible for signing the Munich Treaty, comes to Prague to give his "account" of the past events. But can he do it, being just ...
Style: non-linear, sincere, humorous, captivating, tense ...
Plot: parrot, chase, journalist, interview, world war two, czech german relations, friendship, bird, talking bird, affair, irony, funeral ...
Time: year 2008, year 1938, 2000s
Place: central europe, prague
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Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story: Mike Tyson is taking the fight from the boxing ring to the streets … by solving mysteries! Aided by the Mike Tyson Mystery Team — the Ghost of the Marquess of Queensberry, Mike’s adopted Korean daughter and a pigeon who was once a man — Mike ...
Style: adult animation, not serious, humorous, adult cartoon, anime ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: investigation, ghost, heroes, unlikely partners, partner, danger, riddles and clues, ex boxer, team, father daughter relationship, based on real people, bird ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Important Things with Demetri Martin (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Important Things with Demetri Martin is a sketch-variety show that aired on Comedy Central starring comedian Demetri Martin. Each episode examined a single theme, the "important thing", such as timing, power, control and money. All ...
Style: realistic, witty, humorous, not serious, clever ...
Plot: comedian, musician, singer, stand up comedian, absurd humor, actor, artists and showbiz, society, talented, sketch, counterculture, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Comedians (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A veteran comedian is reluctantly paired with a younger, edgier comedian for a late-night comedy sketch show.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, mockumentary ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: comedian, artists and showbiz, ego clash, media, rivalry, workplace, showbiz, workplace situations, hunting, entertainment industry, actor playing himself
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Premium Blend (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Season 6 is hosted by Wanda Sykes and infused with all the excitement of a night at the clubs, this isn't ordinary stand-up; it's Premium Blend.
Style: non fiction, live comedy
Plot: disorder, society, artists and showbiz, hollywood, satire, stand up comedian, comedian, joke, live performance, stand up comedy, stand up, live audience ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
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The Uptown Comedy Club (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Style: sketch comedy
Plot: music, impersonation, stand up comedy, singer, guest, monologue, musician, ethnic humor, african american, stand up comedian, comedian, joke ...
Time: 90s
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Comedy Now! (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Comedy Now! is a Canadian comedy television series which debuted in 1997 featuring the newest in Canadian comedic talent. The show has won numerous Gemini Awards as well as many international awards. It is broadcast in Canada on The Comedy Network ...
Style: parody, offbeat, humorous, live comedy
Plot: workplace, society, social relations, music, state affairs, media, usa president, stand up comedy, pun, male female relationship, satire, impersonation ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada
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Bizarre (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: A half hour sketch comedy show that is not politically correct. It showcased the talents of veteran performers John Byner (the host) and Bob Einstein as Super Dave Osbourne.
Style: parody, not serious, realistic, clever, witty ...
Plot: sketch, satire, female nudity, profanity, silly humor, society, nudity, impersonation, variety show, breaking the fourth wall, absurd humor, joke ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- ...
Style: funny, humorous, not serious, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: couples, follow your dream, hidden identity, farce, taxi, culture clash, superhero, starting over, american dream, uninhibited rivalry, understanding, ex law enforcer ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, israel, middle east, usa, lebanon ...
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What Just Happened (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben (Robert De Niro) must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss (Catherine Keener) demands extensive ...
Style: stylized, melancholic, witty, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: filmmaking, movie business, hollywood, midlife crisis, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, showbiz, workplace, disagreement, workplace situations, satire, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, cannes
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, South Korea
Duration: 87 min.
Story: There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands ...
Style: funny, humorous, stylized, not serious, surreal ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: underwater, sea, friendship, danger, heroes, goofy hero, disorder, heroic mission, dishonesty, race against time, squid, ocean ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: pacific ocean
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Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes he has someone threatening his life so that he "wouldn't sweat the small stuff," each of them begins a series of pranks on the ...
Style: humorous, surreal, absurd, dark comedy, disgusting ...
Plot: magic, murder, creativity, brutality, prankster, psychopath, danger, dark humor, stalking, prank, faked death, chase ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
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This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical ...
Style: sketch comedy, parody, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: sketch, politics, satire, state affairs, artists and showbiz, society, media, celebrity culture, media satire, interview, live performance, topical humor ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: nova scotia, canada
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