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Barfi! (2012)
Plot Summary:
He is cute. He's shrewd. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can't speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Cos he can't! Next summer ride a rollercoaster of emotions with Barfii - the Chalu Chaplin!
Duration: 151 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: mute or deaf, true love, autism, love, love and romance, beautiful scenery, lovers, love triangle, loneliness, wedding, destiny, happy ending, young woman, society, young man, heartwarming, bittersweet, deaf, hindu, wedding planning, love story, relationships, motivation, railway, meditation
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 364000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: children, coming of age, adolescence, camp, island, first love, boy scout, orphan, youth, search party, summer camp, journey, social misfits, childhood, small town sheriff, camping, young love, childhood sweetheart, dysfunctional family, boy, lovers on the run, teenage love, letter, scout, misfit
Vicky Donor (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Baldev Chaddha (Anu Kapoor), a well qualified fertility expert, runs a fertility clinic and a sperm bank in Dariyaganj, New Delhi, that guarantees a high quality and specialized sperm for the purpose. Unfortunately he has more failed cases to his credit than successes. A healthy, high performing donor is the need of the hour. Vicky Arora (Ayushmann Khurrana), a young, good-looking, Punjabi boy from Lajpat Nagar, is the only son and of no financial support to Dolly, a widow, who runs a small beauty parlor from home. A chance encounter between them convinces Dr. Chaddha that Vicky could be THE donor he has been looking for. Dr. Chaddha persuades him to become a donor, but in the meantime Vicky has found his love interest in Ashima Roy (Yami Gautam), a pretty Bengali girl. Will Vicky's past as a sperm donor come in the way of true love?
Duration: 126 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: unsuccessful, fall in love, slacker, wooing, clinic, living with parents, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, hindu, friendship, sperm donor, love and romance, wedding preparations and rituals, beauty salon, marriage, punjabi, doctor, masturbation, sperm bank, artificial insemination, fertility clinic, bollywood, hindi, bengali, young people, romance
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Plot Summary:
After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 734000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: mental illness, bipolar disorder, love, family drama, depression, life philosophy, adaptation, social misfits, supportive parent, male female friendship, father son relationship, happy ending, psychology, young widow, mentally unstable, dysfunctional family, unhappy marriage, adultery, restraining order, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, superstition, mental breakdown, promiscuous past, unfaithful wife
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
Plot Summary:
The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Plot tags: grief, terminal illness, depression, relationships, love story, love, cancer, musician, character study, honest, mental illness, parenthood, life philosophy, tragic event, loss of daughter, coping, love affair, family problems, acceptance, fighting illness, dying, couple relations, music, passion, melancholy
Laurence Anyways (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self: a woman
Duration: 168 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Plot tags: transsexual, transsexuality, lgbt, impossible love, lgbtq, couple relations, transgender, follow your dream, lesbian, lgbtqi, amor, desire, couples, gender, poetry, desire for fame, relationships, transvestite, sexuality, society, showdown, sex, music, passion, writers
Miss Lovely (2012)
Plot Summary:
A meeting with a struggling actress (Niharika Singh) gives a mild-mannered filmmaker (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) the idea to break away from his controlling brother (Anil George) and direct a feature of his own
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: filmmaking, artists and showbiz, family relations, siblings relations, film industry, aspiring actress, fall in love, danger, erotica, murder, hindu, brother brother relationship, sleazy, police, actress, drunkenness, film producer, ferry, dead woman, asian indian, gangster, bollywood, film within a film, hindi, beating
A Royal Affair (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever
Duration: 137 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany
Plot tags: queen, love affair, royal family, love triangle, adultery, political intrigue, aristocracy, coup d'etat, royalty, royal court, infidelity, king, tragic love, high society, politics, marriage, nobility, unfaithful wife, freedom, love, secret love, revolution, marital rape, cheating on husband, insanity
Les Misérables (2012)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption
Duration: 158 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 342000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: rebellion, redemption, orphan, suicide, army, parole, historical character, revolution, adaptation, father daughter relationship, dying man, prostitute, broadway, society, historical event, convict, prostitution, haunted by the past, dancing, music, obsessive quest, betrayal, self sacrifice, brothel, destiny
Rust and Bone (2012)
Plot Summary:
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Plot tags: disability, love, depression, female nudity, illegal fistfight, sex with neighbor, opposites attract, disabled person, redemption, ex boxer, amputee, orca, relationships, family drama, complex characters, boxing, family relations, tragic event, single parent, killer whale, human spirit, unlikely couple, parent child relationship, coming of age, love affair
Frances Ha (2012)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks
Duration: 86 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Brazil
Plot tags: female friendship, relationships, best friend, bittersweet, loneliness, female protagonist, dancer, coming of age, self discovery, direction and purpose, friendship, melancholy, dancing, existentialism, life philosophy, follow your dream, dark humor, obsession, urban setting, dating, roommate, dancer's life, hipster, friends, profanity
Twice Born (2012)
Plot Summary:
Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago
Duration: 127 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, Spain
Plot tags: power of love, redemption, balkan war, rape, parents and children, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, family relations, single parent, hopes, suicide, italian soldier, love, war, european, sex, women, sexual abuse, wartime, humanity, conscience, bosnian war, conflict, sexual harassment, war on terror
Stuck in Love. (2012)
Plot Summary:
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: writer's life, coming of age, teenage love, casual sex, relationships, youth, writers, love, marriage, dating, love story, family relations, depression, complex characters, parenthood, unhappiness, family life, passion, obsession, high school, family drama, heartwarming, writer's block, teenager, dysfunctional family
Ruby Sparks (2012)
Plot Summary:
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 105000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: loneliness, writer's block, bittersweet, writers, dream, redheaded woman, destiny, mental illness, life philosophy, novelist, manic pixie dream girl, success, supernatural, career, family relations, love and romance, imaginary character, hipster, fictional reality, insanity, lifestyle, writer's life, hopes, couple relations, psychology
The Sessions (2012)
Plot Summary:
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Green (Helen Hunt) to lose his virginity
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: disability, near death experience, first sexual experience, loss of virginity, sexual activity, male virgin, sexuality, virginity, sexual awakening, erotica, oral sex, nudity, priest, therapist, misfit, life changing experience, hopes, female nudity, masturbation, orgasm, ejaculation, woman on top, relationships, nude, fear
Broken (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: innocence lost, mental illness, dysfunctional family, neighbor, youth, friendship, single father, arrest, au pair, single parent, false accusation, death of daughter, solace, dishonesty, father daughter relationship, teacher, nanny, lie, false accusation of rape, fear of commitment, coping, life turned upside down, coming of age, diabetes, first love
Lore (2012)
Plot Summary:
After her Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore leads her younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos, she encounters mysterious Jewish refugee Thomas, who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire. To live, she must trust someone she was taught to hate and face the darkness within herself
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia, Germany, UK
Plot tags: nazi, world war two, survival, holocaust, coming of age, nazism, war, youth, children, hitler, child as adult, world war, on the road, family relations, escapades, society, danger, siblings relations, human nature, against humanity, occupation, post war, politics, adolescence, war crime
Pitch Perfect (2012)
Plot Summary:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 326000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: music, youth, competition, female friendship, college life, teenager, college, rivalry, female protagonist, singing competition, friends, music band, audition, contests and competitions, lifestyle, social relations, training, student, follow your dream, women, artists and showbiz, ambition, singer, believe in yourself, dancing
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Dracula catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but the party really starts when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and changes everything!
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 275000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: vampire, hotel, monster, dracula, creature, father daughter relationship, mummy, love and romance, supernatural, supernatural romance, magic, werewolf, frankenstein, witch, female vampire, single father, bigfoot, zombie, good versus evil, magical creature, invisible man, love, teenage love, parents and children, frankenstein's monster
Now Is Good (2012)
Plot Summary:
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: cancer, terminal illness, teenager, dying, youth, teenage love, love and romance, fighting illness, last wish, dealing with death, virginity, depression, relationships, life & death, bucket list, love, unfulfillment, bittersweet, death, first sex, friendship, coming of age, hospital, family drama, best friend
The Sapphires (2012)
Plot Summary:
It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Plot tags: girl group, vietnam war, friendship, biopic, music band, family relations, lifestyle, musician's life, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, goodhearted, musical tour, women, music, indigenous people, sister sister relationship, soldier, spirituality, self discovery, girl power, dancing, musician, racism, female protagonist
Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
Plot Summary:
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: shakespeare, love, manipulation, twists and turns, obsession, love affair, matchmaking, opposites attract, comedy of errors, verbal byplay, love and romance, couples, estate, battle of the sexes, sex, wedding planning, farce, friendship, friendship between men, hate, ruse, truth, affection, true love, ship
The Words (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: writers, writer's life, guilt, white male black female relationship, literature, book, survival, relationships, passion, life, love story, life philosophy, success, mentor, publisher, aspiring writer, love and romance, ambition, moral dilemma, lifestyle change, identity crisis, ambitious, haunted by the past, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel
Duration: 86 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, time machine, loneliness, intern, self discovery, love, journalism, social misfits, mental illness, fall in love, character study, escapades, interview, newspaper, adult virgin, time, writers, philosophy, happy ending, existentialism, magic realism, hipster, bittersweet, charm, secrets
Populaire (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1958, Populaire focuses on Rose Pamphyle, who lives with her widowed father and is destined to marry a son of the local mechanic. Rose travels out of town and applies for a secretarial job with an insurance agency run by Louis Échard. Louis learns that Rose can type with extraordinary speed -- using only two fingers -- and he tells her to compete in a speed-typing competition if she wants the job
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: France, Belgium
Plot tags: fall in love, secretary, boss and employee, receptionist, employer employee relationship, love and romance, workplace, competition, ambition, love story, contests and competitions, happy ending, workplace romance, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rise to the top, relationship vs career, manipulation, mentor, destiny, lady, post war, couples, flirting, humour
The Vow (2012)
Plot Summary:
Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 202000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Brazil, UK, China
Plot tags: memory loss, love story, love, love and romance, amnesia, relationships, true love, marriage, couple relations, wooing, power of love, destiny, hopes, couples, family drama, newlyweds, high school, accident, memory, husband wife relationship, win over, wedding, coma, teenager, passion
Quartet (2012)
Plot Summary:
The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, Quartet is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and former wife of one of the residents. Expect poignancy and plenty of laughs
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: elderly, opera, aging, retirement home, retired, reconciliation, concert, old age, musician, friendship, music, human spirit, rehearsal, retirement, divorced couple, classical music, musician's life, artists and showbiz, dementia, ex husband ex wife relationship, musical performance, retirement home life, social relations, bittersweet, love
I Want You (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to "Three Steps Above Heaven". The sexy Gin (Clara Lago) is the new love of Hache (Mario Casas), but this can not forget his former girlfriend (Maria Valverde), so the love triangle is inevitable
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Plot tags: teenage love, fall in love, love affair, loss of friend, young love, love triangle, friendship, rebel, love and romance, starting over, haunted by the past, overcoming, hopes, motorcycle, young adult, love, dating, teenager, dancing, relationships, summer, love story, photographer, motor sport, boxing
Hitchcock (2012)
Plot Summary:
Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: biopic, showbiz, obsession, secrets, filmmaking, hollywood, investigation, manipulation, love and romance, talented, couple relations, dream, artists and showbiz, marriage, twists and turns, violence, murder, adultery, infidelity, magical, old man, cinema, post war, professional, darkness
The First Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, Dave and Aubrey find themselves at the same party. When both head outside to get some air, they meet. A casual conversation sparks an instant connection, and, over the course of a weekend, things turn magical, romantic, complicated, and funny as Aubrey and Dave discover what it's like to fall in love for the first time
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: high school, teenager, youth, love, first love, love and romance, teenage love, first sex, teenage life, virginity, teenage girl, virgin, love story, friendship, fall in love, school, happy ending, best friends in love, loss of virginity, teenage sex, teenage boy, coming of age, teenage sexuality, awkwardness, high school student