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Plot Summary:
Alex, a lovable, unassuming dog trainer is in love with a great woman - Katherine - smart, talented, from a good family. Katherine adores Alex's quirky sense of humor, honesty and capacity to listen. Having decided to pop the question, Alex is blindsided when Katherine produces a detailed list of well-thought-out "improvements" she feels will tweak Alex on their way to becoming the ideal couple. Alex instinctively rejects the suggestion that he needs to change anything. But with the threat of a new competitor, Alex decides to "do the list." Guided by a coterie of friends that include: Dave, Alex's loyal childhood buddy, best female friend Lily, her husband Michael, and their 8 year old son, Nicky, Alex's journey has him reconsider and question his beliefs, values and world.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating
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Plot Summary:
Amy Tyler has planned the perfect surprise vacation for her boyfriend Josh Merit. But the real surprise is on her when he breaks things off on their anniversary. Stuck with reservations in her ex-boyfriend's name, Amy's two best friends suggest if Amy can't change the tickets ... why not change the guy?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, scenic
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Desperados (2020)
Plot Summary:
A panicked young woman and her two best friends fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. On arrival, they run into her former beau, who soon gets caught up in their frantic scheme.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good
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Enemies of Laughter (2000)
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Nerdy-looking Paul (David Paymer) is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal (Judge Reinhold) has an idea that might turn things around when he decides to film Paul's life and turn his romantic disasters into a comedic documentary. When a beautiful young director (Rosalind Chao) decides to produce the real-life romantic comedy, Paul realizes that Cupid may be poised with his bow and arrow.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, sitcom, independent film
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Plot Summary:
The mother of a young divorcee places an ad on her daughter's behalf on a lonely hearts internet website but the person who responds fits her own ideal of a suitable partner. The daughter is still hung up on her musician ex-husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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A Christmas Arrangement (2018)
Plot Summary:
Flower shop owner Poppy enters the annual holiday floral show for a chance to win the grand prize but standing in her way of victory is Garrett, the underappreciated protégé of florist extraordinaire, Blair. While Poppy and Garrett’s rivalry heats up on the flower show floor, an undeniable romance begins amidst a whimsical holiday backdrop.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional
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Love Wedding Repeat (2020)
Plot Summary:
While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, light, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, hilarious
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Love, Take Two (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lily produces a wedding reality show, but her success driven world is flipped when her ex, Scott, is cast as groom-to-be. Lily must revisit her past if she's to find her own happily ever after.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 675
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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This Time Around (2003)
Plot Summary:
We all wish we could change the past. For Mel that day has come. In junior high, Mel and Gabby (Sara Rue) were the biggest geeks. Of course, Mel had a crush on the most popular guy, Drew Hesler (Brian A. Green). When word spreads of Mel’s crush, he plays a cruel joke on her pretending to be interested, only to turn her down in front of the entire school. Eleven years later, our ugly ducklings are now swans and Mel is a PR executive. When Mel is assigned to handle the publicity for a new restaurant, she is shocked to discover that the owner is a handsome young entrepreneur named Drew Hesler.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, teen
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The Right One (2021)
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Sara, a novelist struggling with writer's block, needs inspiration — and finds it when she serendipitously meets Godfrey, a down-on-his-luck oddball who constantly changes personas and alter egos in order to cope with his past and avoid reality. Just as Godfrey begins to open up to Sara, he discovers that she’s been using him as inspiration for her next novel, and he vanishes from her life. Did Sara just lose the man of her dreams, or will she be able to find him and make things right?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Taste of You (2014)
Plot Summary:
It depicts the lives of several groups of characters interacting at the beach of Forte dei Marmi during the mid-1980s.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, happy
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Hotel Belgrade (2020)
Plot Summary:
Paul is a wealthy heir and owner of the prestigious Belgrade Hotel. When into his world The Belgrade mafia, crazy bride, old love and quirky family are involved, his leisurely life turns into an adventure where anything is possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good, humorous, touching
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Brother Nature (2016)
Plot Summary:
Roger, a straight-laced politician has big plans to propose to his dream girl at her family's lake house. But everything goes awry when he meets his potential brother-in-law Todd: a full-time camp counselor with a heart of gold and a wild sense of fun, pining to be Roger's best friend, and ultimately catapulting him into a series of unfortunate events. As Roger tries to take a stand amidst outrageous fishing excursions, propulsive water jetpacks and American history-themed musicals, he realizes that being a part of a new family may be more difficult than he'd thought.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Mission Pays Basque (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sibylle, a young Parisian with long teeth, intends to shine in her new job by buying a hardware store in the Basque Country to set up a supermarket. She imagines that she has "rolled" the old owner but the latter is under curatorship. Sibylle must therefore deal with Ramon, the nephew, to recover his money and sign as soon as possible. Otherwise, the ejection seat is assured. She will soon realize that the Basques do not intend to let themselves be made by a Parisian, however pretty she is.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Worst Week of My Life (2011)
Plot Summary:
Seven days before his wedding, a man must contend with a series of never-ending disasters.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Wedding Pact (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends in college Mitch and Elizabeth make a pact that if in ten years after graduation they are both not married they will marry each other. Ten years later Mitch (still single) finds out Elizabeth never got married so he decides to travel across the country, find her and follow through on their pact. What he soon realizes is it wont be a simple as he thought.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, teen, happy, humorous, realistic, stylized
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, entertaining, black comedy, realistic
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, entertaining, romantic, romantic comedy, realistic, talky, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
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Valentina seems to have the perfect life in New York, with a perfect job and a perfect boyfriend, Jason Tate—far, far away from her scandalous political family in Mexico. When Jason proposes to her and wants to go to home to meet the family she has been keeping a secret, her two worlds clash. Adding to the hilarious chaos, her family brings her ex, Angel, into the picture and convinces Valentina to go along with a sham marriage to him in an effort to stop further negative press as her father runs for re-election. In the end, Valentina must choose where her heart belongs.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating
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The Man On Her Mind (2014)
Plot Summary:
Nellie is a seemingly prim young woman who is conducting a clandestine affair with Jack, a super-suave, fast-talking lawyer. It doesn't matter that the pair seems mismatched because Jack doesn't really exist; he is a figment of Nellie’s imagination--someone she dreamed up out of bits and pieces of Leonard, a somewhat bland man with whom she had a blind date months earlier. Meanwhile, we meet Leonard, and learn that he too has an imaginary lover, whom he has fashioned after the attractive attributes of Nellie. When the two characters come together again, they are forced to compare and contrast their ideal—but, sadly, nonexistent--partners, with their flesh and blood counterparts. The question is, will Nellie choose the man on her mind over the man in her arms?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, entertaining, offbeat, independent film
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Lost in Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Greece
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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Tea & Sangria (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jilted in Madrid, a bewildered Englishman must learn to live and love again - the Spanish way.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Spain
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Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Bitter/Sweet (2009)
Plot Summary:
American businessman Brian Chandler has a perfect life with a great job and beautiful fiancée. When his boss, renegade coffee mogul Calvert Jenkins sends him to Thailand to inspect a crop for purchase, Brian meets Ticha, a beautiful Bangkok executive who has long-since given up on the prospects of finding love.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Thailand, USA
Duration: 106 min
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Faith, Hope & Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Faith, a recent divorcee, enters a dance contest to save her dance studio, where she meets Jimmy and starts rediscovering her faith and dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Plot Summary:
Brandon Craig is a regular guy who loves split pea soup and happens to be in monogamous relationships with three amazing women: Monique, his photo editor boss; Wendy, an undercover cop; and Franki, host of the popular Internet show Missleblast. Brandon knows he must eventually choose between them, but when all three women wind up in the same place at the same time to sample Brandon's favorite soup, his love life boils over. Even though there are lots of flavors to choose from - you just can't have 'em all!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 55
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Country: USA
Duration:
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Plot Summary:
When a struggling writer meets a superstitious Portuguese beauty, he has no idea that his life and luck are both about to change. A romantic comedy about cross-cultural relationships.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
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Divorce French Style (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ariane, a young French violinist, accepts the marriage proposal of Christen, an irresistible conductor. Only problem: she's a little bit ... married! Separated for two years with Nino, an Italian teacher with a strong character, she manages to convince him to follow her to Paris to divorce in 8 days flat. But their trip in the city of love looks much more eventful than expected.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 635
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Plot Summary:
A German man fells in love with a Turkish woman and changes his lifestyle for her family.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Plot Summary:
Ace photographer Thomas McKenzie's been seeking the perfect girl his entire life - yet when two women simultaneously capture his interest, he learns he may not have been seeking the kind of love which truly makes us whole.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing