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Plot Summary:
A working-class boy falls for a girl from a wealthy family, and must compete for her with a rich boy who also wants her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags:
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Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
Plot Summary:
Tammy becomes a nurse's aid to care for an old rich woman and causes romantic commotion in the life of Dr. Mark Cheswick.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 783
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: cute
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I Love You Too (2009)
Plot Summary:
Have you ever been tempted to fall in love with your best friend? Well meet Whitney. When she is down on her luck with guys she turns to the one person who understands her, Dawson. His advice wasn't doing nothing but taking her heart. For Whitney finding love is hard but for Charles and Vanessa keeping love is the hardest. Charles and Vanessa is the image of a couple with deep love and wealth. All the time apart from each other leads Charles to devilish temptation. After spending a lot of time with his sexy business partner, Mrs. Denis, and his breathtaking secretary he gives into temptation. His life gets turn upside down when he decides to engage in a sexual encounter with one of the two. Charles quickly sees everything he worked so hard for is about to vanish in the blink of an eye. Will he get himself out of this disarray? This group of Miami's elite will go through all the modern day trial and tribulation. As they are facing obstacles, each of them must use every tactic possible.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, hispanic, student film, post modern
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One 4 All (1999)
Plot Summary:
Olivia, Irina and Masha are improving their acting skills. They no longer believe in Prince Charming, and their career is waning. Olivia works at the front desk at the airport and offers a wonderful plan: he would do so that friends will be aboard the Paris - New York plane and will sit next to wealthy men. Their task is to seduce the rich and pull them out of money. But the fraudsters do not suspect that Comissaire Bayard and his young assistant are closely watching them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: crying
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When Almonds Blossomed (1972)
Plot Summary:
Zura, a son of a rich businessman, steals a car of his father’s friend to amuse his classmates. When informed about it, the school principal discards him from the bike tournament. Nevertheless, Zura’s father manages to persuade her to allow his son to participate and even succeeds in bribing his championship. Zura’s classmates know that he became a champion undeservedly but can’t do anything about it. Only Khatuna, his alleged girlfriend, and Lexo, Zura’s friend, dare to protest against it. Their lack of loyalty enrages Zura and in the rush of the blood he crashes his father’s car. The accident takes Laxo’s life. Zura’s father does his best to save his son from deserved punishment but the first one against his decision is Zura himself.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Romance, Sport
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags:
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Christmas Full of Grace (2022)
Plot Summary:
After discovering a betrayal, Carlinhos takes a fun stranger to accompany him on Christmas. But Graça proves to be a madwoman capable of bringing the traditional family home down.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 745
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Out of the City (2000)
Plot Summary:
A computer programmer and his son are going out of the city for vacation.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Prom Pact (2023)
Plot Summary:
It's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts tutoring basketball all-star Graham, she must re-evaluate whether her dream school is worth the cost of everything she believes in.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: teen comedy
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Frida - Straight from the Heart (1991)
Plot Summary:
Frida, aged 13, has discovered a book by psychoanalyst Erich Fromm called "The art of loving". Using it as a reference she sets out to better the love lives of her family and friends. But love works in mysterious ways.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags:
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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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Alpha Males Experiment (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Ethan, the needy nice guy, is dumped by his fiancée, he asks his misogynist older brother, Kyle, to help him win her back.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, independent film, cult film
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It All Started by Chance (1993)
Plot Summary:
A middle class couple crisis. A love story between a young blue collar guy an a Philippine girl. The lives of four people get closer in nowadays Rome.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: soap opera
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Booted (2011)
Plot Summary:
Booted is a comedy with heart about Will Kelinsky, a charming deadbeat who meets his inevitable fate when his car gets booted in downtown Philadelphia due to a vast sum of unpaid parking tickets. Now he's stranded with a backseat of spoiling groceries, a massive parking ticket, and a fed up girlfriend back at home. Doing what any reasonable man would do, Will converts his immobilized car into a booming hot dog stand in an attempt to make enough money to pay off his fines before his fed-up girlfriend leaves him for good. But to do so, he'll have to contend with low-rent mobsters, an army of hungry homeless people, and one angry meter maid. Booted is a surprisingly heartfelt story about realizing what's most important in life and the things you'll do to get it.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
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How to Commit Marriage (1969)
Plot Summary:
A young couple decide to live together and they wind up having a baby. They decide they should give the baby up for adoption. The baby's Mother's parents wind up adopting the baby using a fake name.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Then Came You (2020)
Plot Summary:
A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes, to visit the places they loved in the movies. During her first stop in Scotland at the beautiful estate she stays in, she meets the innkeeper who changes her life forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Choose Love (2023)
Plot Summary:
The steady boyfriend. The one who got away. The charming rock star. Who will Cami choose? In this interactive rom-com, her love life is in your hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, interactive
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Kill Me If You Dare (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kill Me Darling is the story of a couple who decide to kill each other. Okan and Demet are married couple for 5 years. However, despite their years together, their relationship is not very good. The love of the two started like a fairy tale, continued with great excitement and reached a happy end. However, as their lives began to become ordinary after marriage, that sense of excitement within the couple began to die. At the end of 5 years, they become overwhelmed by each other. Even though they want different lives, the young couple, who cannot express it and start to become nervous to each other without making a sound, become a victim of a great misunderstanding on their wedding anniversary. As a result of the mistake, the husband and wife of 5 years decide to kill each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, light, romantic, romantic comedy
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Leo and Loree (1980)
Plot Summary:
Ralph Malph from Philly moves to Hollywood with dreams of making it big, amazingly hooks up with starlet-to-be, loses starlet-to-be, gets back starlet-to-be, and becomes someone.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Spinout (1966)
Plot Summary:
Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Cross My Heart (1987)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman go out on a "big" third date. He's ashamed to admit he just lost his job, and she's afraid he'll run away if he finds out that she has a kid. Small lies lead to bigger ones and the night gets crazy very soon.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: retro, sex comedy, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy, cult film
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Back to School (1986)
Plot Summary:
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, talky, semi serious, witty, hilarious, clever, sex comedy, sexual
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I Will... I Will... For Now (1976)
Plot Summary:
Elliot Gould stars as Les Bingham, who takes umbrage that his ex-wife Katie (Diane Keaton) has a new love in life. What Les doesn't realize is that her new paramour is lawyer Lou Springer (Paul Sorvino). When Katie's sister Sally (Candy Clark) arrives and tells the two about her new, hip '70s marriage contract, Les and Katie decide to try to get together again under a more liberal marriage contract, like Katie's sister. But, unfortunately for the couple, the contract is planted with the seeds of self-destruction, having been drafted by Lou.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Wedding Every Weekend (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nate and Brooke are going to the same four weddings, four weekends in a row. To avoid the singles tables and set-ups, they agree to go together as "wedding buddies." But what starts as a friendship soon becomes something deeper.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, light, romantic, touching, humorous, talky
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The Wedding Pact (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends in college Mitch and Elizabeth make a pact that if in ten years after graduation they are both not married they will marry each other. Ten years later Mitch (still single) finds out Elizabeth never got married so he decides to travel across the country, find her and follow through on their pact. What he soon realizes is it wont be a simple as he thought.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, teen, happy, humorous, realistic, stylized
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Herman U.S.A. (2001)
Plot Summary:
In this quirky romantic comedy inspired by a true story, an influx of women invade the small town of Herman, Minn., to get their hands on a surplus of bachelors yearning for female companionship. When the persuasive "cry from the heart" of Herman's lonely men becomes a big-time news story, it unwittingly attracts a swarm of single women from 38 states and four different foreign countries, adding 1,500 residents to the tiny hamlet of 485.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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The Main Event (1979)
Plot Summary:
Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take Kid Natural, (Eddie Scanlon) who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, spoof, parody, light, inspirational, romantic
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One Crazy Summer (1986)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, hilarious, colorful, teen sex comedy, sincere, offbeat, realistic
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Overboard (2018)
Plot Summary:
A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. A remake of the 1987 comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, light, funny, feel good, romantic comedy, sweet, entertaining, soap opera, neo screwball comedy
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Love Is Eternal While It Lasts (2004)
Plot Summary:
Gilberto, 50enne, si fa coinvolgere in una cosiddetta speed-date, una gara in cui i protagonisti devono trovare un partner in 3 minuti. Arrestato, deve confessare tutto in presenza della moglie che lo sbatte fuori di casa. Rifugiatosi da amici scopre che il suo migliore amico è amante della moglie e comincia a tentare di avviare nuove relazioni che falliscono tutte.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Un novio para mi mujer (2022)
Plot Summary:
Diego wants to separate from his wife, Lucía, but he doesn't know how to tell her. He is fed up with her neuroses and constant complaints about him, and he has long since lost the spark that made him fall in love. Unable to say it to her face, he turns to Cuervo Flores, a famous seducer "from before", who will try to make Lucía fall in love so that she will be the one to end her marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Wimbledon (2004)
Plot Summary:
A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him, he meets a young player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, inspirational, light, sweet, stylized, touching, humorous, semi serious