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Plot Summary:
Rising politician Robert Chiltern once sold secret information and is now being blackmailed by Laura Evely. She has proof and it will damage his career and marriage severely. Chiltern calls in the help of his friend Arthur Goring.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: satirical, independent film, period drama
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Gentlemen's Relish (2001)
Plot Summary:
The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the point of giving up. It is only the support of his housekeeper, Violet Askey, that keeps him going and it is she who encourages him to switch to photography. Soon Swann has developed a healthy (and respectable) business with portraits of naked women in classical and exotic settings. However, the nature of Swann's new work is open to misinterpretation and he finds himself at the centre of a scandal involving the misuse of his pictures by a SOHO pornographer, and the focus of a campaign by suffragettes against the expoitation of women. At the same time, he loses the support of the loyal Violet, who leaps to the wrong conclusion about Swann's relationship with one of his models. When Violet then becomes involved in the suffragette and amti-pornography movements, it seems all may be lost for Swann - both professionally...and personally.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, period drama
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Hijra in Between (2018)
Plot Summary:
After facing an irresistible change, what is she? Still him? Two women with different personalities have unexpectedly become the best sisters - He Xizhen, Liu Wanting, who like the above students at the same time, but in fact Wen Haosheng has long noticed Liu Wanting, in the hope of his friend, Yu Ting When the twins entered the relationship, the three also formed an intimate triangular relationship until an accident caused Wan Ting to discover that she had a double sexuality, and at this moment she must choose to live as one of the genders. Wan Ting unexpectedly refused to let the twins and Xi Zhen get caught off guard. After many years, Xi Zhen and the twins appeared a pure-looking boy, Liu Ting.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspenseful, semi serious
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We Need to Talk About Kieran (2011)
Plot Summary:
Turning down an offer from Harvard, bumbling genius Kieran Edwards opts to follow his true love Juliet to The University of Nottingham. Within days of arriving, he finds her in bed with a muscular sportsman. Heartbroken and vulnerable, Kieran finds himself as the unlikely student of a pick up guru. Using an array of unorthodox techniques, Kieran immerses himself in a new area of study with geeky enthusiasm. To the surprise of his teacher and his contemporaries, Kieran becomes a phenomenon on the Nottingham dating scene. As his success levels soar out of control, Kieran's studies and morals begin to suffer. Can the friendship of an unusual course tutor tempt him out of the late night bars and back into the library?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Pink Tush Girl (1978)
Plot Summary:
Yuko's boyfriend dumps her just after they have her first sexual experience, so she runs away from her Tokyo home to the western coast of Japan in order to straighten out her feelings. Following behind her on her journey is her friend Rena, who is trying to track Yuko down and find out if she is all right. As Rena traces Yuko's steps, always missing her by a day or two, she discovers that her friend has decided to drop her inhibitions and begin enjoying herself with every man she encounters.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic
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An Ideal Husband (1981)
Plot Summary:
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs. Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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For The Love Of Ada (1972)
Plot Summary:
Walter and Ada Bingley are celebrating their first wedding anniversary unaware that their friends and family are planning a surprise party for them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Mrs. Hanka's Diary (1963)
Plot Summary:
The young and beautiful wife of a prominent diplomat complains of boredom. To change her monotonous life, she has an affair, through which she gets entangled in intrigues and espionage affairs. (telemagazyn.pl).
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: detective
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Carry on Loving (1966)
Plot Summary:
Widower Ramlal lives a wealthy lifestyle near Poona, India along with two daughters and a son. His daughter, Malti, is a Science Graduate; Nirmala, a matriculate, and the son, Atma, who wants his dad to finance a Hindi film which he himself will produce under the banner of 'Wah Wah Productions'.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Enter Laughing (1967)
Plot Summary:
David Kolowitz, a nice young man living with his parents in New York City in 1938, works at a machine repair shop. His parents want David to study to become a pharmacist. But what he really wants is to be an actor like his idol, Ronald Colman. One day, at his friend Marvin's suggestion, David tries out for a part in a play, and gets it, despite his obvious lack of acting experience (not to mention ability). True, it's a rather small part in a low-rent production. Leading the troupe is a washed-up, alcoholic actor who hires David at the urging of his actress-daughter, who finds David "cute." To play his part, David must come up with his own costume - a tuxedo - and pay the house five dollars a week, ostensibly for tuition. But it is David's first acting job, one which calls for him to "enter laughing." And if it doesn't work out - well, there's always pharmacy school.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: semi autobiographical
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All in a Night's Work (1961)
Plot Summary:
Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine star in this sweet 1961 comedy about Tony Ryder (Martin), who takes over the duties of magazine publisher when his uncle dies suddenly, supposedly while spending time with a mistress. Worried that the news will besmirch his magazine's wholesome reputation, Tony hires a detective to find out who the mistress is, but mistakenly identifies the publication's researcher, Katie Robbins (MacLaine), as the secret lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 942
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: retro, technicolor, sexy, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, vintage
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Fireworks (1997)
Plot Summary:
Ottone is a shopkeeper in a pet-shop. During a trip to the Maldives, he tells a psychoanalyst his history with women. Mara had left him for a butcher; Barbara, his best friend, betrays her man and leaves him; Luna, beautiful and rich, wants him just for sex; Lorenza, the owner of the shop, would like to run away with him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Women Talking Dirty (1999)
Plot Summary:
A lively, outspoken single mother develops an unlikely friendship with a shy cartoonist.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 815
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, touching, humorous, realistic, contemplative, talky, semi serious, independent film
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The Bobo (1967)
Plot Summary:
Unsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. He finally persuades a devious local impresario to book him, but only on the condition that Juan first manages to spend an evening with Olimpia, a "shrewd merciless beauty" who seems effortlessly to collect apartments and Maserati sports cars while leaving a trail of broken hearts behind her. Juan approaches the challenge by pretending to her he is an emissary for a rich count. Written by Jeremy Perkins.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 958
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Billy Liar (1963)
Plot Summary:
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, romantic comedy, touching, offbeat, semi serious, independent film
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Paperback Hero (1999)
Plot Summary:
Jack Willis is a handsome roadtrain driver with a secret - he has just become a top-selling romance novelist. However, being a 'man's man' in the Australian outlook, to avoid embarrassment, he needs a name, a woman's name - and he chooses that of his best friend, Ruby Vale. He must do some fancy footwork to continue the charade when the glamorous city publisher, Ziggy, arrives in dusty outback Lucktown to sign 'Ruby Vale' to a major book deal. Ruby agrees to help Jack though it's for her own gain as well - the publisher will pay for her coming wedding (with Hamish, Jack's buddy). Accompanied by Jack, Ruby goes to Sydney to meet the media, appear on TV and cocktail parties, etc. Gradually, Jack realizes that he has fallen in love with Ruby, while Ruby is also touched by Jack's novel. However, Hamish arrives in Sydney a few days later and asks both of them to stop all these foolish things.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, happy, independent film, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Among Giants (1998)
Plot Summary:
A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tension wires outside Sheffield. Ray's crew of men are friends, especially Ray with Steve, a young Romeo. Into the mix comes Gerry, an Australian with a spirit of adventure and mountain climbing skills. She wants a job, and against the others' advice, who don't want a woman on the job, Ray hires her. Then she and Ray fall in love. He asks her to marry him, gives her a ring. Steve's jealous; Ray's ex-wife complains that he spends on Gerry, not his own kids, and she predicts that Gerry won't stay around. Plus, there's pressure to finish the job fast. Economics, romance, and wanderlust spark the end.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: melancholic, intense, sincere, emotional, social, bleak, humorous, realistic, semi serious, erotic
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Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)
Plot Summary:
At the suggestion of a friend, gay Leo (Kevin McKidd) enters therapy after many failed relationships make him fear for his social life. In a group session (led by Simon Callow), Leo comes clean about his feelings for a straight member of the group (James Purefoy), which leads to an affair between the two. The situation becomes further complicated by the appearance of Leo's high school sweetheart (Jennifer Ehle), who still has feelings for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: witty, independent film, homoerotic, sentimental, clever, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, erotic
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Mouth to Mouth (1995)
Plot Summary:
For financial reasons an unemployed aspiring actor works for a phone-sex enterprise. One day he receives a call from the mysterious wife of one of his best clients.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, detective, erotic, parody, light, road movie
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Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Plot Summary:
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: period piece, offbeat, humorous, talky, avant garde, cult classic, historical drama, sentimental, touching, feel good
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An Ideal Husband (1999)
Plot Summary:
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: entertaining, period piece, humorous, talky, realistic, semi serious, costume drama, romantic comedy, spiritual, clever
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The Very Thought of You (1998)
Plot Summary:
Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, the narrative moving backwards and forwards gradually filling in the gaps until we see the whole picture.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, sweet, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, clever, witty
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A Good Woman (2004)
Plot Summary:
Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar Wilde play Lady Windemere's Fan.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: stylized, light, period piece, semi serious, witty, clever, retro, cult classic, romantic drama, realistic
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All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (2007)
Plot Summary:
Anthea is 25, single, hates her job – and all her friends are leaving Brisbane. Should she follow the herd to Sydney or London? Is there anything worth staying for now that her best friend Michael finally has a girlfriend? This film tells a universal story about finding your place and yourself.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, offbeat, sexual, sexy
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Easy Virtue (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: witty, sexy, stylized, light, melancholic, period piece, realistic, humorous, semi serious, funny
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Born Yesterday (1993)
Plot Summary:
A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. Soon it becomes apparent to the reporter that she isn't so stupid after all, and things become more complicated as she begins questioning the papers her sugar daddy keeps getting her to sign, and the reporter begins falling in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, satirical, semi serious, witty, clever, talky, feel good, realistic, scary, sexy
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Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
Plot Summary:
England, 1932. Today is Dolly Thatcham's wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances that accompany such gatherings. Trouble soon appears in the shape of Joseph, Dolly's lover from the previous summer, who throws her feelings into turmoil. But Dolly's mother will not allow her carefully laid plans for her daughter's future to be threatened.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, semi serious, sweet, captivating, entertaining, heartbreaking, period piece, humorous, stylized
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Plot Summary:
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, light, romantic, humorous, emotional, period piece, semi serious, sweet, witty, sexy
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A Chaster Marriage (2016)
Plot Summary:
In love with Duygu, as well as with his favorite football team, Zafer is one of those grown-up men who never really grow up. One day, he finds himself forced into a marriage by his father, and despite his many funny attempts to get out of the marriage, Zafer’s plans yield no result. Can Zafer understand the meaning of true love before the final whistle blows?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Mansfield Park (1999)
Plot Summary:
This fun and sexy comedy tells a timelessly entertaining story where wealthy, secret passions and mischievous women put love to the test.. When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society. But while Fanny learns "their" ways, she also enlightens them with a wit and sparkle all her own!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: period piece, witty, costume drama, romantic, sexy, atmospheric, breathtaking, educational, happy, romantic drama
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The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: entertaining, period piece, feel good, witty, costume drama, melancholic, romantic, stylized, humorous, realistic