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Plot Summary:
New Yorker Zoe Hart has it all figured out - after graduating top of her class from medical school, she'll follow in her father's footsteps and become a cardio-thoracic surgeon. But when her dreams fall apart, Zoe decides to work at a small practice in Bluebell, Alabama.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sentimental, humorous, light, semi serious, teen, captivating, talky, medical drama
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About a Boy (2014)
Plot Summary:
Will Freeman lives a charmed existence as the ultimate man-child. After writing a hit song, he was granted a life of free time, free love and freedom from financial woes. He's single, unemployed and loving it. So imagine his surprise when Fiona, a needy single mom and her oddly charming 11-year-old son, Marcus, move in next door and disrupt his perfect world. When Marcus begins dropping by his home unannounced, Will's not so sure about being a kid's new best friend, until, of course, Will discovers that women find single dads irresistible. That changes everything and a deal is struck: Marcus will pretend to be Will's son and, in return, Marcus is allowed to chill at Will's house. Before he realizes it, Will starts to enjoy the visits and even finds himself looking out for the kid. In fact, this newfound friendship may very well teach him a thing or two that he never imagined possible - about himself and caring for others.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, touching, feel good, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Doc Martin (2004)
Plot Summary:
Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr. Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace. The show is set in the fictional seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, England, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn. Five series aired between 2004 and 2011, together with a feature-length special that aired on Christmas Day 2006. Series 6 began airing on ITV on 2 September 2013.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: witty, clever, sincere, cynical, humorous, funny, sitcom, crime drama, hilarious, medical drama
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Men in Trees (2006)
Plot Summary:
Men in Trees is an American romantic television comedy-drama series which premiered on September 12, 2006 on ABC and starred Anne Heche who played relationship coach Marin Frist. The series was set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska and concerned Marin Frist's misadventures in relationships. The premise showed at least superficial similarities to the HBO television series Sex and the City, which also featured a romantically-oriented, female writer. The protagonist's apparent "fish-out-of-water" feeling in a remote, small, Alaskan town can be likened to CBS's Northern Exposure. The protagonists in both series were New Yorkers thrust into small town Alaska societies. Filming for the series was based in Squamish, British Columbia. Five episodes of the first production season, which were not yet shown on ABC, debuted in New Zealand on the TV2 network in June 2007 and July 2007. The five carryover episodes aired on ABC after the first episode of the second production season, beginning October 19. Men In Trees was cancelled on May 4, 2008. Its final episodes aired in the summer of 2008 as a burnoff.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, clever, sex comedy
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Cedar Cove (2013)
Plot Summary:
Judge Olivia Lockhart is considered the community's guiding light in the picturesque, coastal town of Cedar Cove, Washington. But like everyone else, Olivia fights the uphill battle of balancing career with family and finding love, all the while doing her best to care for the township she calls home. Based on best-selling author Debbie Macomber’s beloved book series.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, serious, touching, captivating, realistic, contemplative
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Virgin River (2019)
Plot Summary:
After seeing an ad for a midwife, a recently divorced big-city nurse moves to the redwood forests of California, where she meets an intriguing man.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, sincere, entertaining, erotic, sensual, romantic drama, surprise ending
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Doctor Doctor (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of Hugh Knight, a rising heart surgeon who is gifted, charming and infallible. He is a hedonist who, due to his sheer talent, believes he can live outside the rules. His "work hard, play harder" philosophy is about to come back and bite him.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, emotional, ironic, semi serious, entertaining
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Cougar Town (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jules Cobb is a mom in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter. Along for the journey is her son, her ex-husband, her husband/neighbor and her friends who together make up her dysfunctional, but supportive and caring extended family... even if they have a funny way of showing it sometimes.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, light, sexy, sexual, entertaining, realistic, humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating
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Emily in Paris (2020)
Plot Summary:
When ambitious Chicago marketing exec Emily unexpectedly lands her dream job in Paris, she embraces a new life as she juggles work, friends and romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic, sweet, touching, uplifting, feel good, romantic comedy, corny
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A Madea Christmas (2013)
Plot Summary:
Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: christmas special, light, sincere, feel good, captivating, christian film, happy, sentimental, humorous, realistic
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Bunheads (2012)
Plot Summary:
Michelle, a Las Vegas showgirl, impulsively marries a man, moves to his sleepy coastal town, and takes an uneasy role at her new mother-in-law's dance school.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky, idiotic
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Good Trouble (2019)
Plot Summary:
After moving to The Coterie in Downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana Foster realize that living on their own is not all that it’s cracked up to be.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: light, emotional, semi serious, psychological, sincere, sweet, captivating, inspirational
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United States of Tara (2009)
Plot Summary:
United States of Tara is an American television comedy-drama created by Diablo Cody, which began airing on Showtime in 2009. The series follows the life of Tara, a suburban housewife and mother coping with dissociative identity disorder.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy, medical drama, sitcom, anime, offbeat, independent film
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Everwood (2002)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado. There he becomes a small-town doctor and learns parenting on the fly as he raises his talented but resentful 15-year-old son Ephram and his 9-year-old daughter Delia.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, serious, sincere, rough, suspenseful, medical drama, teen, light hearted
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One Tree Hill (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, this teen-driven drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. And both boys are the son of former college ball player, Dan Scott, whose long ago choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him long into his life with wife Deb, and their son Nathan. Until now, Dan has managed to keep his two sons far from each other. But the past and present collide sharply when Tree Hill's basketball coach recruits Lucas for his team, much to the chagrin of Nathan and Daddy Dan. And the siblings natural rivalry only intensifies when they set their sights on the same girl, Peyton Sawyer. The residue of the past lingers far into the future for the residents of Tree Hill, even as a new generation is rising. Tree Hill follows the lives and loves of these two brothers, their friends and their family as they navigate high school, marriage, and finally... adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, touching, teen, soap opera, feel good, sweet, entertaining, action adventure
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Good Witch (2015)
Plot Summary:
Cassie Nightingale, Middleton’s favorite enchantress, and her young-teenage daughter Grace, who shares that same special intuition as her mom, welcome Dr. Sam Radford and his son to town. When the New York transplants move in next to the Grey House, they are immediately spellbound by the mother-daughter duo next door, but Sam and Cassie quickly find they may not see eye to eye. With her signature charm, Cassie attempts to bring everyone together, ensuring all of Middleton is in for new changes, big surprises and, of course, a little bit of magic! "Good Witch” is based on Bell’s beloved character Cassie, the raven-haired enchantress who kept audiences spellbound for seven installments of Hallmark Channel's longest-running and highest-rated original movie franchise of all time.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, semi serious, light, colorful, sentimental, humorous, colourful
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October Road (2007)
Plot Summary:
When Nick Garrett was 18, he packed up his truck and said goodbye for a summer road trip that turned into 10 years of being away. He has since become a literary celebrity in New York, living off the fame and fortune of his best-selling novel and movie, based on his hometown friends. To the literary world, Nick defined a generation, but to his hometown, he betrayed them by sharing secrets. Now, without inspiration for a new book, Nick returns to his hometown to find that feelings toward him have changed.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
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When Calls The Heart (2014)
Plot Summary:
Elizabeth Thatcher, a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, serious, soap opera, period piece, light, romantic, captivating, inspirational
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The O.C. (2003)
Plot Summary:
The series centers on Ryan Atwood, a troubled youth from a broken home who is adopted by the wealthy and philanthropic Sandy and Kirsten Cohen. Ryan and his surrogate brother Seth, a socially awkward yet quick-witted teenager, deal with life as outsiders in the high-class world of Newport Beach. Ryan and Seth spend much time navigating their relationships with girl-next-door Marissa Cooper, Seth's childhood crush Summer Roberts, and the fast-talking loner Taylor Townsend. Story lines deal with the culture clash between the idealistic Cohen family and the shallow, materialistic, and closed-minded community in which they reside. The series includes elements of postmodernism, and functions as a mixture of melodrama and comedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: touching, soap opera, witty, teen, exciting, entertaining, sad, anime, serious, realistic
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Northern Exposure (1990)
Plot Summary:
After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, touching, feel good, surreal, semi serious, medical drama, psychological, inspirational
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Pan Am (2011)
Plot Summary:
Pan Am is an American period drama television series created by writer Jack Orman. Named for the iconic Pan American World Airways, the series features the pilots and stewardesses of the airline as it operated in the early 1960s at the beginning of the commercial Jet Age.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, stylized, serious, romantic, retro, entertaining, anime, costume drama, historical drama
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Murphy's Romance (1985)
Plot Summary:
Emma is a divorced woman with a teen aged boy who moves into a small town and tries to make a go of a horse ranch. Murphy is the town druggist who steers business her way. Things are going along predictably until her ex husband shows up, needing a place to stay. The three of them form an intricate circle, Emma's son liking Murphy, but desperately wanting his father back.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, hilarious, light, romantic, road movie
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Life As We Know It (2004)
Plot Summary:
See life through the eyes of Dino, Ben, and Jonathan -- three teens experiencing the joys and pains of growing up. Although different in many ways, these guys have one main thing in common -- women. Together, their attitudes about women are challenged, and they discover there's more to life than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, melancholic, sentimental, romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Gossip Girl (2007)
Plot Summary:
Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, 2007 to December 17, 2012. Narrated by the omniscient blogger "Gossip Girl," voiced by Kristen Bell, the series revolves around the lives of privileged young adults on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 189000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: romantic, soap opera, talky, stylized, serious, witty, teen, erotic, sexy, intellectual
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Desperate Housewives (2004)
Plot Summary:
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama-mystery series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired Sundays at 9 P.M. Eastern/8 P.M. Central, on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012. Executive producer Cherry served as showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee, Joey Murphy, David Grossman, and Larry Shaw. The main setting of the show was Wisteria Lane, a street in the fictional American town of 'Fairview' in the fictional 'Eagle State'. The show followed the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of a dead neighbor who committed suicide in the very first episode. The storyline covers thirteen years of the women's lives over eight seasons, set between the years 2004–2008, and later 2013–2017. They worked through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their — at the surface — beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood. The show featured an ensemble cast, headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp, and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis. Brenda Strong narrated the show as the deceased Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: witty, humorous, sexy, soap opera, sexual, stylized, exciting, cynical, biting, cliffhanger
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Eureka (2006)
Plot Summary:
The sleep Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there. When the denizens of the town unleash on unknown scientific creation, Carter jumps in to try to restore order and consequently learns of one of the country's best kept secrets.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: futuristic, clever, light, humorous, exciting, funny, uplifting, offbeat, detective, anime
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Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Plot Summary:
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 333000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: medical drama, sentimental, sincere, captivating, erotic, cliffhanger, inspirational, bloody, entertaining, dramatic
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New in Town (2009)
Plot Summary:
Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment – in the middle of nowhere – to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straight-forward assignment becomes a life-changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and, most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, sweet, light, entertaining, romantic, romantic comedy, cute, teen, philosophical
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Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
Plot Summary:
New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, sentimental, sweet, romantic comedy, cute, sexy, light, teen, humorous
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Gilmore Girls (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 143000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: realistic, feel good, humorous, witty, talky, semi serious, light, satirical, deep, comedy drama
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Life as We Know It (2010)
Plot Summary:
After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, entertaining, romantic comedy, cute, funny, feel good, humorous, semi serious, teen