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Plot Summary:
Based on Tommy Jaud's bestselling novel, this comedy focuses on a dispassionate clerk and his set-backs in life. 29-year-old Simon works in a phone shop, but his thoughts just circle around finding a new girl-friend after being left by his last one year ago. While his Croatian cleaner tries to procure him, his efforts to chat up women in clubs also fail. However, he finds the woman of his dreams (and mother of their future children) in his most hated coffee shop, although not having a clue how to win her heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexual, sexy, hot
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The Invisible Woman (2009)
Plot Summary:
A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, offbeat, sexual, sexy
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The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000)
Plot Summary:
Unimpressive, 24-year-old virgin, Eamonn (Kris Marshall) lives in Belfast with his mother, during the Troubles. Local girl, Mary Malloy (Tara O'Neil) decides that since she has probably slept with every man in town Eamonn should be next on her list. He proves to be quite a catch... and Mary gets pregnant even though she took precautions. A doctor discovers that Eamonn has a very high sperm count and, with the birth rate in Ireland decreasing, Millicent (Bronagh Gallagher) decides to hire out Eamonn to women whose husbands have been firing blanks; all with the blessing of the local Catholic church which sees it as morally better than artificial means.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, black comedy, sexy, hot
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Manta, Manta (1991)
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A not so clever guy called Berti with a Opel Manta (a low budget European sports-coupe from the '80s) gets competition in a street race from a guy with a fast Mercedes, and another slick guy with a Ferrari tries to get his hands on Bertis girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, light
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 929
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sexy, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, hot
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Madame Irma (2006)
Plot Summary:
Francis, who is in his forties, manages the French subsidiary of an American high-tech company. But the shareholders suddenly decide to close it. Depressed by the idea of being unemployed and the prospect of losing his second wife, Francis decides to consult a fortune-teller. The experience is a real eye-opener for him and the start of a new career: He pretends to be a fortune teller himself and turns into Madame Irma. How to explain that to his wife Clotilde?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, clever, offbeat, cynical
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Jesus Loves Me (2012)
Plot Summary:
A girl who always tends to fall in love with the wrong guy meets one who believes the world is coming to an end next Tuesday.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, touching, light, feel good, offbeat
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Speed-Dating (2009)
Plot Summary:
A high-energy romantic comedy that follows three bachelors, speeding through life and scheming on women. When it comes to the opposite sex, it’s about the “chase” and “finish line.” Dog (Chico Benymon, Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story) and Beaver (Leonard Robinson, TV’s Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out) spend their last dime on a nightclub, while Too Cool (Wesley Jonathan, Roll Bounce) devises the ultimate scheme to get women and money – SPEED-DATING!.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, sexy, independent film
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What Boys Like (2003)
Plot Summary:
While traveling to be the groomsmen in the wedding of their friend Scott, the wolf Dewey proposes two bets to his monogamist friend Jay: if he had sex along the weekend he would give his valuable convertible car to Jay; and if Jay did not score any woman in the same period, he would date Jay's sister. They arrive in a huge property with their loser friend Phil, and the trio is introduced to the bridesmaids. When Jay meets the fiancée Reese, he realizes that she is his former sweetheart and passion. Along the weekend, the bets and the love of Jay for Reese gets the guests into very complicated situations.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Group Sex (2010)
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Herman has a weakness for strip clubs. Donny has a thing for condiments and Tiffany is a newly celibate martial artist. These are Andy's new friends after he unsuspectingly follows his dream girl into a sexual addiction recovery group. At first this seems like the best possible news! However, Andy's professional and personal life begins to unravel as he deepens his ties to this lovable, but damaged group.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, humorous, semi serious, witty, parody, funny, realistic, independent film, crying
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V.O.S. (2009)
Plot Summary:
A game between four characters. A comedy about love and friendship. A film about the great lie of story telling that moves between reality and fiction.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, meta, realistic, witty
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Hard Breakers (2010)
Plot Summary:
Tired of the dating scene, Lindsay and Alexis take matters into their own hands, clubbing potential mates and dragging them back to their house.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, sentimental, feel good, captivating, melancholic, sexy, independent film, sex comedy
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See Jane Date (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jane Grant has just received an invitation to her younger cousin's wedding, and it's engraved with two of the most dreaded words a perpetually available sing can encounter: "plus guest." Come wedding day, Jane had better deliver. After all, she's already told everyone, including her meddlesome Aunt Ina and now-famous high school nemesis Natasha Nutley, that she's in a serious relationship. Now Jane has two months to find a guy to fit the lie, complete the guest list, and save face. If the series of miserable set-ups orchestrated by her well-meaning best friends Eloise and Amanda are any indication, Jane's in for big trouble. From the first date to blind date, from double date to last date, the match game is on - and with millions of men to pick from, Jane is sure to find Mr. Right, right?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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The Third Wheel (2002)
Plot Summary:
The clumsy and shy Stanley is a nice fellow, beloved by his colleagues in the office. He has a crush on the gorgeous new-hire Diana, but he has difficulties to get close to her. When Stanley finally invites Diana for a date, he hits the homeless Phil with his Taurus, and his planned night turns upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Wedding Fever in Campobello (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Jan decides to marry his girl-friend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, who is an Italian.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, realistic, feel good, captivating, semi serious
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Move (2012)
Plot Summary:
Eleven moving dates, eight friends: Philipp, Wiebke, Jessica, Maria, Swantje, Michael, Thomas, Dina – all in their twenties and mutually lonesome. And always searching: For a new city, a new job, an own apartment, a new, or even an old love. The search is never-ending, and so they repeatedly find themselves at a ritual gathering: someone moving. Boxes are shifted from one side of Berlin to the other, or the length and breadth of Germany, from one abode to the next as one life is exchanged for another. In 3 ZIMMER/KÜCHE/BAD, director Dietrich Brüggemann portrays existences in which relationships, social networks and backdrops are in a constant state of flux; where best friends are the only, and therefore the most valuable constant. Humorous sketches of the self-conception of a generation for whom moving has become the symbol of a life on the go.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, light, feel good, touching, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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My Last Five Girlfriends (2009)
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My Last Five Girlfriends traces the romantic journey of thirtysomething bachelor Duncan. As the film opens, the despondent Duncan is apparently preparing to take his own life, but not before taking the time to send a message to the last five women he dated. Taking the form of a whirlwind tour through Duncan World, the film is a comedic exploration of his failed relationships.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, clever, independent film
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29th and Gay (2005)
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Following a year in the life of James Sanchez, it's a story about a guy rapidly approaching thirty, who doesn't have a six-pack, full head of hair or a boyfriend. While his best friend Roxy, an actress-turned-activist, struggles with showing him there's life beyond the glitz of the disco ball, his other friend, Brandon, one of those gay boys comfortable in his own gay skin, works on getting James to at least talk to a boy. Feeling out of place in the world of circuit boys, caught between his Hispanic-American heritage and being gay, we watch James find his place in the world, realizing that life is in the journey, not the destination.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, sexy, feel good, independent film, sexual
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Plot Summary:
The comedy about men and their struggles in life and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, not serious
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Plot Summary:
The life of a young couple.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexy, sexual, hot
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Singles (2003)
Plot Summary:
Na-nan has known best pals Dong-mi and Jung-joon since childhood, and now the trio shares the ups and downs of their turbulent single lives together. But everything gets turned on end when Dong-mi and Jung-joon end up in bed! Should the longtime friends make it official or call it a mistake? Na-nan has a job offer and a marriage proposal from the charming Soo-heon to consider, and her twenties are fast coming to end.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, sexual
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Girls on Top (2001)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of three teenage girls - Inken, Vicky and Lena - and their quest to have their first orgasm.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, humorous, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, sex comedy, touching, realistic, sexual, erotic
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Men in the City 2 (2011)
Plot Summary:
The sequel of the "Men in the city" movie which reunites all the characters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good
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On the Edge (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young game designer falls in love with an older woman and suddenly his whole life turns upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Falling for Mala (2015)
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Maria Laura "Mala" is an actress with little luck, but she is successful working for other women, seducing their boyfriends to know if they are faithful or not. But everything changes when her dream to perform in her acting career depends on a job to be performed with Santiago who breaks the pattern and shakes her professional convictions.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, captivating, light
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How to Seduce Difficult Women (2009)
Plot Summary:
Philippe, a French-American writer living in Manhattan, decides to take on ten relationship-challenged men to help them learn the art of seduction.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, sexy, realistic, witty, erotic, talky, sex comedy
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6 Month Rule (2011)
Plot Summary:
A womanizer teaches his clueless friend the rules about being single and avoiding emotional attachment.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, thought provoking
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Confirmed bachelor Paul falls for Iris, who’s unfortunately as good as married. Although his friends have women problems of their own, and all end up moving into Paul’s apartment, they concoct a daring plan to help Paul save Iris from marrying the wrong man.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
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BachelorMan (2003)
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In these times of enlightened sexual politics, Ted Davis is a scoring machine. He's got the rap, the charm and his little black book weighs several pounds. Ted has become a guru to his buddies who can only aspire in awe to his greatness. This is a man's man, a ladies man, a super-hero: He's Ted Davis: "BachelorMan".
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
Robin Givens, Miguel Nunez, and Bobby Valentino star in this faith-based romantic drama about Thea Johnson, terribly desperate to be married to her longtime boyfriend Jamar. When he takes too long to propose, she decides to propose to him instead. Thea creates an elaborate proposal, but is thwarted by his reluctance. An obsessed ex-boyfriend, married & single friends, and Thea s father & pastor all take part in the tug of war for her heart.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 92
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Plot Summary:
An unemployed young man finds his life turned upside down when he falls in love with a beautiful actress.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: Italy
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Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, clever