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Plot Summary:
Comedy - Two strangers brush hands on a train and move in together days later, fabricating the history of their love as they go along. - Rebecca Spence, Janet Ulrich Brooks, Danny Goldring.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, independent film
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The Matchbreaker (2016)
Plot Summary:
When an idealistic romantic gets fired from his day job, he is offered a "one-time gig" to break up a girl's relationship for her disapproving parents. This "one-time" gig spreads through word-of-mouth and he ends up becoming a professional match-breaker. However, he ends up falling for one of his clients and must figure out how to balance his secret job with his love-life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, independent film
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Nobody Walks in L.A. (2016)
Plot Summary:
Nobody Walks in LA is the story of two old friends who, faced with decisions that cannot wait, put their lives on pause for a day and do the unthinkable.... walk around Los Angeles. Putting aside a failing engagement on the one hand and a cross country move on the other - Miles and Becca rediscover not just the streets of Los Angeles, but one another.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: romantic, mumblecore, romantic comedy, independent film
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Between Us (2016)
Plot Summary:
Longtime couple Henry and Dianne are afraid that if they finally tie the knot it would mean the end of their days as free-spirited urbanites. But a whirlwind night apart involving temptations from a duo of strangers will either make them realize why they are together in the first place or finally drive them apart forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, independent film
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End of the Line (1987)
Plot Summary:
When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, sentimental, touching, feel good, serious, realistic, witty
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Winter in Vail (2020)
Plot Summary:
Chelsea inherits a house in Vail. She meets Owen and gets a much needed break. Together, they put on Strudelfest to highlight the charm of Old Vail.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, realistic, light, humorous, romantic comedy
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A Wonderful Cloud (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Eugene’s ex-GF Katelyn lands in LA to disband their business, the two of them must negotiate between past tensions and future possibilities, in this raw bittersweet rom-com that walks the line between fiction and reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy
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Dirty Beautiful (2015)
Plot Summary:
A lonely artist brings a young drifter back to his tiny apartment to live with him. Between his obsessive tendencies and her non-stop drinking, something strange happens: they start to care for each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 877
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, romantic comedy
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The Boss's Daughter (2015)
Plot Summary:
40-year-old foreman Vital is chosen by Alix (25) as a guinea pig in the anonymous study she is carrying out in her father's factory. The boss's daughter soon finds herself falling under the spell of this reserved, enigmatic worker as he begins to open up to her, revealing his dreams of another life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, romantic comedy
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Christmas Getaway (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a reservation mix-up at a mountain resort forces a newly-single travel writer to share a cabin with a handsome widower and his precocious daughter over the holidays, their lives are transformed by the magic of Christmas and the unexpected power of love.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, light, sincere, feel good, romantic drama, romantic comedy
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Love Is Love Is Love (2020)
Plot Summary:
Three stories that explore love, commitment, and loyalty between couples and friends. "Two for Dinner" where a married couple temporarily living in two different locations are more separated than they think. "Sailing Lesson" about a long-married couple who spend a day on a sailboat rekindling their romance… and unexpected events arise. "Late Lunch" where a young woman who recently lost her mother gathers together a group of her mother’s friends to share memories, with surprising revelations.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, light, sincere, romantic, captivating, romantic drama, entertaining
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Jane Wants a Boyfriend (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young woman with Asperger's tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, emotional, humorous, captivating, funny, romantic comedy, independent film, fun
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10 Years (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, sweet, light, melancholic, semi serious, romantic comedy, funny, realistic, satirical
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This Thing with Sarah (2013)
Plot Summary:
A free-spirited surf instructor volunteers herself as a strictly sexual - or so she thinks - rebound for a heartbroken, down and out writer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, romantic, romantic comedy, indie film, sentimental, offbeat
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About Last Night... (1986)
Plot Summary:
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: romantic, erotic, sentimental, talky, funny, retro, sensual, sincere, clever, touching
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Trainwreck (2015)
Plot Summary:
Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, humorous, light, sexy, romantic comedy, teen, witty, independent film, grindhouse
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The Tomorrow Man (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other’s stuff.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, social, romantic comedy
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My Sassy Girl (2008)
Plot Summary:
A guy (Jesse Bradford) has his life planned out, until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman (Elisha Cuthbert).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy, touching, depressing, independent film
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Jersey Girl (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, feel good, sentimental, touching, sexy, sincere, humorous, entertaining, anamorphic
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The Break-Up (2006)
Plot Summary:
Cohabitating couple Gary and Brooke find their once-blissful romance on the rocks when petty spats about lemons and dirty dishes mushroom into an all-out battle for custody of their upscale Chicago condo. An escalating argument ensues as Gary and Brooke continue to live under the same roof, all while cooking up schemes to drive each other off the premises.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic, humorous, sentimental, romantic comedy, intense, cynical, light, dramatic, entertaining
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Picture Perfect (1997)
Plot Summary:
A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, light, talky, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy
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The Switch (2010)
Plot Summary:
An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, feel good, romantic comedy, cute, sweet, sentimental, funny, sincere, light
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Big Eden (2000)
Plot Summary:
Big Eden is a tiny fictional town in northwestern Montana, as Preston Sturges or Frank Capra might have envisioned it. Timber and Cowboy country. This is the story of Henry Hart, a successful New York Artist, who returns to the town of his childhood to care for the ailing grandfather who raised him. Back in Big Eden, Henry must come to terms with his relationship to Dean Stewart, his best friend.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, romantic comedy, sweet, feel good, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying
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Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
Plot Summary:
John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric treatment with Dr. Jack Mickler to cure him of his apparent delusion. But the psychiatric sessions have an unexpected effect on the psychiatric staff and, most profoundly, Dr Mickler, who rekindles the romance in his complacent marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, sweet, fairy tale, touching, sensual, talky, sentimental, realistic, humorous
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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Plot Summary:
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sentimental, sweet, funny, romantic comedy, sexy, light, cute, clever
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Dan in Real Life (2007)
Plot Summary:
Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, humorous, feel good, funny, sweet, entertaining, semi serious, light, emotional
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The Longest Week (2014)
Plot Summary:
As he eases into adulthood at the age of forty, Conrad Valmont, the over-educated, under-employed heir to the Valmont Hotel fortune, is cut off from his allowance following his parents abrupt divorce and tossed out into the unforgiving streets of the Upper West Side. Luckily, he is taken in by his old friend Dylan, and returns the favor by immediately falling for Dylan’s girlfriend Beatrice. As Conrad attempts to woo Beatrice while keeping both their relationship and his bank balance secret, Dylan tries to set him up with Jocelyn. Ever committed to the charade that he eventually finds difficult to maintain, Conrad quickly realizes his charm can only extend so far into debt. Now deep into an extensional reflection, will it take losing everything to make Conrad realize what he can truly become?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, humorous, light, sweet, entertaining, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Adam (2009)
Plot Summary:
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sincere, realistic, independent film, romantic, light, inspirational, sweet, heartbreaking
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While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Plot Summary:
A love story built on a misunderstanding. A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off the tracks after he's mugged. But while he's in a coma, his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, light, sentimental, feel good, romantic comedy, cute, touching, witty, heartbreaking
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Return to Me (2000)
Plot Summary:
It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob (Duchovny), a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. Once there, he's smitten instantly not with his date but with the sharp-witted waitress, Grace (Driver). Everything seems to be going great until an unbelievable truth is revealed, one that could easily break both of their hearts for good.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sentimental, touching, feel good, romantic comedy, romantic, entertaining, sweet, realistic, humorous
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Before We Go (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman who is robbed on her way to catch the 1:30 train to Boston is left stranded in New York City. She meets a man who helps her during the course of the night and the two form a romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sweet, light, witty, romantic comedy, cute, emotional, talky, humorous