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Plot Summary:
Bride-to-be Jessie Patterson calls off her third engagement - during the ceremony! She swears off serious relationships, until she meets and is pursued by Aiden MacTiernan. Aiden, on the other hand, has bet his friends he is marriage material, and can find a fiancé in the four weeks leading up to Christmas. When Jessie and Aiden begin to fall for each other, Jessie must decide if she is ready for serious love, and Aiden must decide if his bet is worth risking his relationship with Jessie.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, light, sincere, cute, realistic, semi serious
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Betting On The Bride (2017)
Plot Summary:
A womanizer bets that he can get someone to accept his marriage proposal after dating them for just 30 days. What he doesn't know is that the woman he targeted has some serious commitment issues.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, sweet
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No Sleep 'Til Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie, a high-end event planner, lies awake nightly while her devoted fiancé Josh rests peacefully. When a sleep-deprived incident causes her to run into Billy, a low-key bartender who is just as sleepless and frustrated as she is, they discover that they can only fall asleep while next to each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, light, feel good, sweet, funny, emotional, sitcom, romantic comedy, christmas comedy
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Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the Snow (2015)
Plot Summary:
Stranded at an airport at Christmastime, Ashley Harrison accepts a ride from Dash Sutherland, who has just rented the last car in town. As the pair heads north, their adventures include car trouble, adopting a puppy and being secretly tailed by federal agents, who believe Ashley is up to no good. With a hint of romance gradually filling the air will these two fall in love or will their journey bring about an unexpected road bump to romance?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, road movie, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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The Nine Lives of Christmas (2014)
Plot Summary:
With Christmas approaching, a handsome fireman afraid of commitment adopts a stray cat and meets a beautiful veterinary student who challenges his decision to remain a confirmed bachelor.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Four Christmases and a Wedding (2017)
Plot Summary:
When event planner Chloe is hired to plan the local Christmas Festival, she is beyond thrilled to embrace the challenge. Professionally, everything is going great, but much to the dismay of her mother, Chloe confesses she has given up on ever finding Mr. Right. That all changes the night of the opening of the festival when she meets Evan. The two begin a whirlwind romance, but as Christmas Day nears, Chloe learns that Evan is being transferred overseas for work. What follows is three more Christmases where Chloe and Evan cross paths at the annual festival, but each year something - or someone - stands in the way of true love. Will a touch of Santa's magic on their fourth Christmas Eve finally bring them together?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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A Christmas Wedding (2006)
Plot Summary:
Emily (Sarah Paulson) and Ben (Eric Mabius) find their plans to marry on Christmas day coming apart at the seams when Ben is left to plan the wedding details after Emily is forced to go on a business trip. Though Emily, a perfectionist, is determined to have a fairytale wedding, she realizes that love is all that really matters when a freak storm threatens to keep her from making it home in time for the big day.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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A Cookie Cutter Christmas (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two longtime rivals and elementary school teachers duke it out during the holidays in a Christmas cookie bake-off, but their real feud ignites over a shared interest in a handsome single dad. With both determined to win the prize and the romance, their competitiveness could jeopardize what matters most this Christmas season.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Snow Bride (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a reporter encounters the eldest son of a famous political family at a mountain retreat, she winds up pretending to be his girlfriend over Christmas so he can save face with his family. Should she secretly expose newsworthy scoops about the famous family in order to save her job, or trust that she's falling in love for real? Stars Patricia Richardson and Katrina Law.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, romantic, emotional, realistic
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A Christmas Prince (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a reporter goes undercover as a nanny to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love - but will she be able to keep up her lie?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, sweet, romantic, captivating, disturbing, touching, thought provoking, compassionate, saga
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12 Dates of Christmas (2011)
Plot Summary:
12 Dates of Christmas is a romantic comedy that follows Kate (Amy Smart), a young woman who re-lives the same first date on Christmas Eve over and over again. In an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve, Kate ends up ruining her blind date with Miles (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), a handsome guy she's been set up with. In a strange twist of fate, Kate is given the chance to re-live Christmas Eve twelve times! Kate decides to embrace what Christmas Eve has given her -- a loving family, great friends and Miles, who turns out to be a great guy! However, just as she seems to think she has gotten it right, the clock strikes midnight and Kate must live Christmas Eve once again. Under these weird new circumstances, Kate learns to take risks and enjoy what she's been given. Thanks to the gift of Christmas Eve, Kate finds happiness by finally trusting fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, sentimental, romantic, sweet
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A December Bride (2016)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring interior designer Layla is dreading the Christmastime wedding of her cousin who’s marrying Layla’s ex-fiancé. Although Seth is the one responsible for introducing the bride and groom, she begrudgingly accepts his offer to be her date as she’s out of options. Seth gets carried away at the reception and announces they’re engaged, forcing a mortified Layla to keep up the pretense.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional, cute, romantic comedy
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Worth Winning (1989)
Plot Summary:
Taylor is a man who has no problems with women. So confident is he that he accepts a challenge from his friends: he has to secure proposals of marriage from three women of their choice.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, melancholic, talky, feel good, semi serious, humorous, witty, romantic comedy, realistic, sex comedy
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Nearlyweds (2013)
Plot Summary:
Revolves around three friends who have dream weddings only to find out that the pastor who married them failed to complete the key paperwork required to make them official.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cute
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A Royal Christmas (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young working girl with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fiancé announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at his family’s sprawling, royal castle, she must work hard to win over her disapproving and unaccepting future mother-in-law—the Queen—and find out if love truly can conquer all.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sweet, sentimental, colorful, realistic, cute, romantic comedy, colourful
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His and Her Christmas (2005)
Plot Summary:
Tom Lane is the star columnist for the media conglomerate owned San Francisco Sun newspaper. The company is thinking about increasing Tom's exposure by producing a new television show around him. Liz Madison is the advice columnist for the little read community newspaper, the Marin County Voice, which is a throwback to gentler times. Besides their journalistic occupations, one other similar aspect between Tom and Liz is that they are both currently single, with their friends and family doing whatever they can to find that special someone for their personal life. On November 2, the staff at the Voice learn that the Sun ownership has bought their newspaper, with the probable goal of folding it into the operations of the Sun. If this move does happen, the staff at the Voice will lose their jobs. To fight back, Liz decides to change her column to an editorial espousing the meaning of Christmas and the newspaper to the community.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, emotional
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Holiday Engagement (2011)
Plot Summary:
Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents, most specifically her judgmental mother, Meredith Burns, thus far without success. Part of that approval for Hillary is to marry the right man. That's why Hillary is so happy that she is engaged to successful lawyer Jason King, who she will bring home to meet the family for the first time at their Thanksgiving get-together weekend in a week's time. However, Hillary's life starts to fall apart when simultaneously she loses her part-time newspaper writing job when the newspaper itself folds, and Jason dumps her as he tries to focus on his career which is seemingly more important to him than Hillary. On the advice of her best friend Sophie, Hillary - who feels she can't go home without Jason, especially as her two sisters' lives seem to meet their mother's approval - decides.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, sweet, teen, christmas comedy, sentimental, touching, realistic
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For Better or For Worse (2014)
Plot Summary:
Wendy is finally settling in to single life after the death of her husband. She runs a successful wedding planning company with the help of her friend Roseanne. Wendy's business and values are challenged when Marco, a charming but irritating divorce attorney, opens shop right next door!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Matchmaker Santa (2012)
Plot Summary:
As a little girl, Melanie Hogan (Lacey Chabert) wished to find her own prince charming just like her parents found true love. Now an adult, Melanie is running her own bakery and dating a handsome CEO, Justin (Thad Luckinbill). Although things seem perfect when Justin asks Melanie to spend the holidays together at his beautiful lake house upstate—and meet his mother. Melanie finds herself spending more time with Justin’s best friend and loyal assistant, Dean (Adam Mayfield), who just might be harboring a secret crush on her. When complications arise that throw Melanie and Dean together over the holiday, will the two realize they're meant to be?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, sweet, captivating, cute, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy
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A Very Merry Mix-Up (2013)
Plot Summary:
Shop owner Alice Chapman is nervous to meet her future in-laws at Christmas, especially because she is arriving ahead of her new fiance Will Mitchum. Alices trip becomes more stressful when her luggage is lost and her phone is damaged, leaving her no way to find Wills family!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, christmas special, cute, sentimental, sexual, realistic, sexy
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Love at the Christmas Table (2012)
Plot Summary:
Family friends Sam and Kat spend every Christmas Eve at the Children's Table. They grow up together, sharing the highs and lows of young adulthood. And at thirty, Sam realizes that Kat is the one...but he's afraid that the past will get in the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, light, sweet, emotional, entertaining, cute, sentimental, humorous, realistic
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New Year's Eve (2011)
Plot Summary:
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, romantic comedy, touching, melancholic, teen, sweet, realistic, sentimental, humorous
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Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
Plot Summary:
Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal psychologist coworker Diane Farrow decide to test it on themselves. The awkward pair suddenly find themselves alluring to anyone they approach, but soon realize they are most attracted to each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, sweet, feel good, sex comedy, fairy tale, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, hilarious
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One Small Hitch (2013)
Plot Summary:
On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy. Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families, and a series of events causes them to pretend to be a couple and start planning a phony wedding. When the playacting begins to foster real feelings, the two must make some serious decisions: Split up and return to their lives in LA, or make a life as a couple back in Chicago?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: semi serious, romantic, feel good, sweet, captivating, satirical, romantic comedy, cute, touching, humorous
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A Christmas Kiss (2011)
Plot Summary:
Wendy Walton is the best designer in Boston... but no one knows it yet. Hoping to kick-start her career, Wendy has left work with the local theatre to take a job as an assistant to Priscilla Hall, the most prestigious designer in the city. Ms. Hall works Wendy around the clock, which is how Wendy finds herself trapped in an elevator late one night with an incredibly handsome stranger. Wendy and the mystery man share an impulsive, romantic, life changing kiss before the doors open and Wendy runs out, leaving him behind. The next day at work, Wendy answers the door to find the handsome gentleman standing in front of her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, sentimental, touching, semi serious, sincere, captivating, entertaining, romantic, sweet
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When in Rome (2010)
Plot Summary:
After fishing out coins from a water fountain in Italy, cynical New Yorker Beth Harper finds herself being wooed by several ardent suitors. As she deals with the attention, Beth tries to figure out whether a charming reporter really loves her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, funny, cute, humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, teen, hilarious
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The Back-up Plan (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, romantic comedy, sweet, feel good, touching, funny, teen, semi serious, cute
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Leap Year (2010)
Plot Summary:
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, touching, sexy, funny, sentimental, light, romantic comedy, humorous
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The Wedding Date (2005)
Plot Summary:
With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, light, sexy, sentimental, funny, romantic comedy, realistic, witty
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The Holiday (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two women, one (Cameron Diaz) from America and one (Kate Winslet) from Britain, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man (Jude Law, Jack Black) but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 311000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, sentimental, light, touching, humorous, romantic comedy, cute, funny
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Plot Summary:
An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man she can use for the experiment. Enter executive Ben Berry (Matthew McConaughey), who is so confident in his romantic prowess that he thinks he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. When Andie and Ben meet, their plans backfire.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 262000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, humorous, romantic comedy, entertaining, sweet, cute, teen, funny