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Plot Summary:
The magical Mole Antonelliana (the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy) is the setting for a very unlikely love story. One fateful evening the museum's timid night watchman, comes to the aid of an enchanting young fast-food cook on the run from the police. The museum's dreamy kingdom of silent movie characters becomes a sanctuary for her as she awaits rescue by her devilish boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, captivating, semi serious, clever, realistic, independent film
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Hello! How Are You? (2010)
Plot Summary:
Musician Gabriel and dimpled dry-cleaning proprietress Gabriela live like two strangers who no longer see each other. But in humorous contrast to their staid, passionless lives, characters in a constant state of sexual arousal surround them. Their libidinous teen son, whose hilarious voiceover commentary intermittently provides important narrative information, prides himself on being the high school stud and aspires to a career in porn. Gabriela's sexy employee switches boyfriends the way she changes clothes. And despite being married, Gabriel's colleague is working his way through the female members of their orchestra. Ultimately, the two Gabys find their virtual affairs reconnect them with their own desires, but in a way less movie-fantasy and more satisfyingly real-life. Written by Palm Springs Internation Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, atmospheric, realistic, sexual, sexy
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
Plot Summary:
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try to take credit for his act of love. Before long, Sergio and Garet become entangled in a zany love-quadrangle involving Hattie and Stephanie. Written by Brian Whiting.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic, sexy, clever
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Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
Plot Summary:
Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, sexy, realistic, semi serious, feel good, hot
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My First Wedding (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young lady about to get married realizes that she has a problem: she fantasizes about every man she sees. She goes to confess at church but unknowingly confesses to a young man who is not a priest. He agrees to help her, but falls in love with her along the way. Unfortunately she still thinks he is a priest.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, melancholic, romantic, romantic comedy, exciting
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The Shrink Is In (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young woman impersonates a shrink to win over her Prince Charming.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, realistic
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Manual of Love 2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Four episodes. Nicola, paralyzed after a car crash, falls in love for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela, a young couple unfit to have child, fly to Barcelona for a specialized treatment for fertility. Filippo and Fosco, two gays, decide to marry. Ernesto, waiter in an important restaurant has a liaison with Cecilia the new young Spanish help in cuisine.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, UK, Australia, France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, light, captivating, sexy, saga, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, anthology
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Look for a Star (2009)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy construction mogul Sam Ching (Andy Lau) and cabaret dancer Milan Sit (Qi Shu) fall madly in love with one another despite the class differences that would keep many couples apart. However, what Sit doesn't know is that Ching is the man responsible for razing a building representing cherished memories from her childhood. Can they live happily ever after if this secret gets out?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1996)
Plot Summary:
A woman seduces a hotel janitor to gain access to the famous musicians coming into town.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, witty, semi serious, neo screwball comedy
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The Story of My Life (2004)
Plot Summary:
Raphael is a ghostwriter who takes a job writing for famous footy player Kevin. To his delight and his girlfriend, Murials horror, Kevins current girlfriend is an old (easily rekindled) flame of Raphaels. A freak accident leaves a close friend dead and Raphael is forced to reconsider his priorities.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, funny, captivating, entertaining, light, romantic, feel good, realistic
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Unresolved Sexual Tension (2010)
Plot Summary:
University Professor Juanjo falls into a tailspin of depression and confusion after being dumped by his girlfriend. Convinced that he is being manipulated by her, he persuades his boldest student, Nico, to help him regain his former love. However, their seemingly simple plan ends up being a perverse game.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexual
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A NY Thing (2009)
Plot Summary:
Masquerading as another man, Antoine flies to New York for a three-day stay and promptly falls in love with Alice, who's dating someone else. When that doesn't work out for him, Antoine turns to the city itself for inspiration.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, mumblecore, offbeat
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Mediterranean Food (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sofia's story, the best chef the world, and the two men who helped her to become a legend.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, clever, realistic, witty
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Just a Father (2008)
Plot Summary:
No overview.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 470
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, emotional, psychological, sincere, funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous
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A second Chance (2001)
Plot Summary:
Julia and Moises fell in love and got married when they were young, idealistic, and passionate; now in their 30s, their marriage has cooled and their lives have sunken into the mediocrity they had sought to avoid. This realization inspires a quest to regain the lost dreams of their youth, which is complicated when a handsome student begins to pursue Julia. She begins an affair with the fiery young activist that may just put the excitement back into her marriage. This is a funny and insightful exploration of the intricacies of relationships, love, and idealism, and Jesus Ochoa as Moises turns in a stellar performance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, sexual
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A Business Affair (1994)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when she wants to write a novel. Later she is swept off her feet by Alecs publisher, Vanni Corso, and leaves Alec for Vanni. She writes another novel and Vanni tells her he doesn't think the book will sell. Both of their actions are an indication of their vanity and fear of losing her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, USA, Romania
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, thought provoking, captivating, entertaining, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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I'm Staying (2003)
Plot Summary:
A love triangle between a businessman, his wife, and a writer.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 777
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic
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Love and Magnets (2004)
Plot Summary:
Back in Montréal after spending five years in Guatemala, Julie moves in with her elder sister, Jeanne, a chronic liar and woman of rather loose sexual morals... Disillusioned with love, Jeanne is nevertheless engaged to Noël. However, Jeanne and Noël lead separate lives, and only communicate by leaving each other messages on the fridge.Everything suddenly becomes very complicated. Jeanne compels Julie to take up with Noël so she can have a fling with a passionate musician. Noël, meanwhile, sets Julie up with Michel -- without Jeanne's knowledge. Julie mixes things up even further. Egged on by her friend Marie-Ève, she alters the contents of the messages on the fridge in an attempt to breathe new life into Jeanne and Noël's relationship. Along the way, she also begins to fall for the seductive Michel. The tables are turned on everyone... In the game of love and truth, illusion leads to betrayal, but love conquers all.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious
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You Stupid Man (2002)
Plot Summary:
After a man finally gets over his former girlfriend, who has moved to Los Angeles and become a television star, and falls in love with another woman, the former girlfriend's show is canceled and she wants him back.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, independent film
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The Ages of Love (2011)
Plot Summary:
Roberto is a young and ambitious lawyer who is going to marry Sara. His whole life is perfectly planned out. During a expropriation which he is in charge of, he meets Micol, a gorgeous and provocative young woman from a small village in Tuscany. This is when things start to get complicated... Fabio, a famous anchorman, has been the perfect husband for twenty five years. At a party one night, he meets Eliana, a femme fatale full of surprises. This one-night stand proves to be more than what he bargained for when she refuses to leave... Adrian is an American art history professor who moved to Rome after his divorce. He is friends with Augusto, the building's concierge, whose ebullient daughter Viola is about to disrupt his peaceful existence and relight his fire.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sexy, touching, humorous, semi serious, social, realistic, contemplative, sexual, anthology
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I Kissed a Girl (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jérémie, 34, wakes up in an apartment he doesn't know, next to a woman he doesn't know. She is Adna, a stunning Swedish woman who is as funny as she is sweet. Is this the beginning of a fairy tale? Not quite, since Jérémie is about to get married—to Antoine.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, realistic
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Easy Sex, Sad Movies (2014)
Plot Summary:
Buenos Aires screenwriter Pablo is hired to write a new romantic comedy. As he begins his story, he visualizes his characters living in Madrid. Pablo creates a meet-cute between Marina and Víctor, a cute couple in Madrid who are soon totally in love. Yet as Pablo gets more and more into the script, he finds it difficult to separate his movie characters from what is happening in his own real life – specifically, his own love life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Blume in Love (1973)
Plot Summary:
Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife. Gedorge Segal plays a divorce lawyer who is divorced himself after his wife (Susan Anspach) catches him cheating on her. She, in turn, moves on and falls into an easy-going relationship with an even more easy-going musician (Kris Kristofferson in one of his first film roles). But Blume chooses this moment to fall back in love with his ex-wife (Marsha Mason) and begins to woo her anew.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic comedy, sentimental, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, stylized, semi serious
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Many Kisses Later (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ex is a 2009 film directed and co-written by Fausto Brizzi and interpreted by a rich and large cast of characters. The film, produced by Italian International Film, in co-production with the French company and Mes Films in collaboration with RAI Cinema. It was released February 6, 2009 in Italian cinema and has been recognized as "national cultural interest" by the Directorate General for Cinema of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, light, captivating, sentimental, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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New Low (2010)
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Wendell, a neurotic, aimless twentysomething, struggles to figure out which girl he really belongs with: Joanna, the best girl he's ever known, or Vicky, the worst. His friend, Dave, helps him sort through his thoughts as Wendell discovers not only who he should be with, but who he truly is under all that neuroses.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, mumblecore, feel good, semi serious, light, captivating, independent film, sentimental, clever, realistic
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Lost and Found (2008)
Plot Summary:
TV writer Ji-ho (Jin-hie Park) has been secretly in love with Min-woo (Ki-woo Lee) for the last 10 years. After a night of binge-drinking, she wakes up to face the worst day of her life. She wakes up to find that she has just gotten fired for low viewer ratings. On her way home her purse then gets snatched and Ji-ho pursues the thief. Then suddenly, when things seem that they can’t go any worse, Ji-ho gets hit by a car. But the chain of unfortunate events suddenly turns out to be a God-sent present. The man who hit her with the car turns out to be the very man she’s been in love with all these years, Min-woo. She then pretends to have amnesia ….
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious
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Manual of Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
Four intertwined episodes on the joys and sorrows of love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, sexy, saga, realistic, anthology
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The Mystery of Happiness (2014)
Plot Summary:
Life-long business partners Santiago and Eugenio understand each other without words, care for each other, and need each other. When Eugenio vanishes without a clue, Santiago and Laura, Eugenio’s wife, join forces to solve the mystery of his disappearance. What they discover is neither what they set out to find nor what you would expect, and their shared journey becomes a surprising and lighthearted meditation on friendship, love, and loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky
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Incantato (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Pope's tailor sends his son, a virgin at 35, to Bologna hoping he will find a woman. Nello, a classicist moved by the romantic poetry of Ovid, proves to be a good teacher and also falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful Angela Gardini. Angela, herself recently blind and then spurned by her fiancé, uses Nello: she hopes her former lover will become jealous and return to her. Nello obliges, his head full of poetry and in love at last; he's happy to be near her, knowing that she, before her disability, wouldn't have looked twice at him. Bologna or Rome, teaching or stitching, love or solitude - will Nello make choices?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Darling Trap (2014)
Plot Summary:
Clémence is pathologically jealous. Gabriel has asked her to marry him. To test whether he is faithful, unbeknownst to him she arranges that he crosses paths with beautiful Olivia.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious
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A Couch in New York (1996)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Both don't know each other and both find themselves deeply involved into the social settings of the other, because the decision to change their flats is made overnight. Could be the perfect amusement, but suddenly Henry finds himself beaten up by Beatrice' lover and Beatrice is considered to be Dr. Harriston's substitute by his clients.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sweet, melancholic, light, feel good, humorous, clever, witty, offbeat, realistic, semi serious