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Plot Summary:
Rolondo (Jorge Sanz), a marine biologist who specializes in sexual behavior of the mussels, has rented a house in Tenerife that, to his surprise, when he comes, he discovers inhabited by a beautiful woman, Paula (Leticia Brédice) paradigm for all disorders. Paula is in need of money and convinces Rolondo to accompany her to a poker game, so she can quickly get the money to leave the house and leave him alone with his mussels. Rolondo with the passing hours falls for her, but discovers that Paula likes women ... forcing him to take a drastic decision.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, neo screwball comedy
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My Heart Goes Boom! (2020)
Plot Summary:
Spain, 1970s. While a cruel dictatorship rules an eternally grey country through fear, violence, repression and censorship, María, a young dancer, dreams of bringing bright colours into her life and the lives of others, as she makes her way towards personal freedom and pursues her crazy dream of becoming a TV star; a very funny journey in which she will be comforted by the pop songs of the incomparable Italian singer and dancer Raffaella Carrà.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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My Name Is Tanino (2002)
Plot Summary:
During a sunny Sicilian summer Tanino has a sweet and tender story with Sally, a young American tourist. But when summer is over, Sally flies back to the States forgetting Tanino and her camera. He instead cannot forget the girl and he decides to go to the States with the excuse of bringing back her the camera and to see the dreamland of any Sicilian. Tanino will discover that dreams don't always match with reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, contemplative
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Till I Met You (2006)
Plot Summary:
Señor Manuel is an elderly gentleman who falls in love with the charming Luisa, a confidence trickster posing as a rich socialite. In preparation for their upcoming wedding, Señor Manuel takes Luisa back to see his hacienda and introduces his new fiancé to the staff. Among which is Gabriel, Manuel's right-hand man, who is not only well respected by the town’s people, but is also the one person that Señor Manuel trusts the most. Likewise, Gabriel cares deeply for the old man and is very protective of the haciendero; so much so that during the initial meeting, the fiercely devoted Gabriel immediately becomes suspicious that Luisa is a fake and is only after Señor Manuel’s money.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, tagalog
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Olpo Olpo Premer Golpo (2014)
Plot Summary:
Bishu got a phone call from Farid Chowdhury that a young man is coming to stop his daughter's marriage ceremony. Bishu is contracted to stop him coming to the marriage ceremony.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating
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Meant to Be (2010)
Plot Summary:
A delightful romantic comedy about about a guardian angel who falls for the young woman he is protecting.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sexy
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The Surprise (2015)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric multimillionaire signs an agreement to have his life ended. While selecting his coffin he meets a young woman who has signed up for the same arrangement. Trouble ensues when the couple falls in love and wishes to get out of the contract.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: light, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic, sweet
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Kiss Me! (2017)
Plot Summary:
Claude falls in love with Cécile. She is convinced that she is the woman of her life unlike her mother who knows the tumultuous sentimental life of her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, 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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Heterosexual Jill (2013)
Plot Summary:
A self-proclaimed "ex-lesbian," Jill hunts down her ex-girlfriend Jamie to prove to herself that she is no longer attracted to her. "Heterosexual Jill" is a satire about sexuality where nothing is as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sex comedy
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Lion's Heart (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ivana Cornejo is just getting used to being single again after her divorce three years ago. After an exasperating call from her ex-husband, she throws her cell phone away. Fortunately, the man who finds it calls her to return it, and to her amusement they have an instant rapport. The man on the other end of the phone is León Godoy, a renowned architect with a charming voice and a charismatic personality. They schedule a date so that he can return the cell phone. When León arrives, Ivana is surprised: he is everything she had imagined, except for one unexpected and startling detail... he’s only 4'5" tall.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, sincere, romantic, entertaining, romantic comedy, sentimental, realistic
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Fool for Love (2010)
Plot Summary:
Typically you know what you are getting into when you go see a movie billed as "romantic comedy." And often they lack romance or comedy and sometimes both. Not to mention that the simplicity of the characters often make the movie very predictable. That said, romantic comedies often don't work overall and viewers are left with a few good moments here or there. All that is said to explain what you won't find in "Fool For Love." That is because the two main characters, in particular Dustin Nguyen's character "Dung" have a complexity to them that creates a real life foundation from which the romance and comedy can be built.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Mylove Lost (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mario (Dani Rovira) and Olivia (Michelle Jenner) fall madly in love. One afternoon, considering that every relationship ends, they end up breaking up. During the big fight, Miamor, the street cat adopted by both and who only attends if they call him "Miamor" and speak to him in Valencian, escapes and disappears, like the love that united them. For a time Olivia will give him for dead, love and the cat, while Mario keeps him alive in secret. Like Schrodingüer's cat, the love between the two remains alive and dead at the same time until, one day when she seems to have finally risen, Olivia feels victimized by a deception and decides to declare to Mario the war, one in the that, as in the love that still breathes, everything can be worth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 702
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Something About Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Opposites Isa and Ruben are totally in love and over the moon with each other. Until Mr. Perfect steps into Isa's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Love Fiction (2012)
Plot Summary:
A writer looking for inspiration finds a perfect muse in a girl. After much work, he makes her his girlfriend. But then he starts to get tired of her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Squared Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
A celebrity journalist and renowned womanizer starts to rethink his life choices after he falls for a mysterious model who leads a double life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, tense, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (2001)
Plot Summary:
Nuvva Naaku Nachav (Telugu: నువ్వు నాకు నచ్చావ్, English: I Like You) is a Tollywood film which released on September 6, 2001. This film stars Venkatesh and Arti Agarwal in the lead roles. K. Vijaya Bhaskar directed this film. The film was remade in kannada as Gowramma starring Super star Upendra and Ramya and also in Tamil as Vaseegara starring Vijay and Sneha.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 184 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Opposites Attract (2015)
Plot Summary:
She's a divorce lawyer, single mother and perpetually at war against men, he is a couple's therapist, single and not looking, they meet and collide in a bourgeois and romantic Rome.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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First Kiss (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Turkish remake of 50 First Dates (2004).
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, remake of american film
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3 Guys, 1 Girl, 2 Weddings (2004)
Plot Summary:
Romance meets farce against the backdrop of a quiet campaign to legalize gay marriage. Laurent loves his roommate Dan, who's straight and a playboy. Laurent can't bring himself to tell Dan, but is content to share a flat and to party with him. Then Camille comes along, Dan falls hard, and Laurent is beside himself: he tries to sabotage the relationship, but each effort backfires. After Dan moves in with Camille, Laurent enlists the help of Sam, his new lesbian flatmate, and Nick, a long-time gay friend. As the lovers head toward marriage, Laurent becomes more desperate. His efforts may be having an effect, if not on Dan, then on Camille. Which love will triumph?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Friendzone (2021)
Plot Summary:
Hopeful romantic Thibault believes his luck could change when sparks fly between him and Rose. But can he go from bestie to boyfriend?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic
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My Fake Boyfriend (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets the real love of his life, and breaking up with his fake boyfriend proves hard to do.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy, gay cinema, queer cinema
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The Venus Effect (2021)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy about Liv, who is at the beginning of her 20s. She is very close to her parents and working in the family greengrocer business when, against all expectation, she falls in love with a spirited and somewhat older rainbow girl, Andrea. Andrea claims to be suffering from stress. But in reality, she is heartbroken and has sought refuge at her uncle’s apple plantation. Liv’s encounter with Andrea becomes the catalyst for a divorce, the loss of a friendship and an identity crisis that ultimately shatters their love. But in a rebellion against her parents, Liv realises that love is mutable and that a family may assume many forms.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Starting Up Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young finance executive inherits her uncle's mountain cabin only to discover that he also left half of it to the ruggedly handsome handyman that had been caring for it.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Truth About Lies (2018)
Plot Summary:
Gilby finds himself in a tangled web of lies when the truth proves to be too much to admit and even harder to accept.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, semi serious, thrilling
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Joy For Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
When her family firm’s annual Christmas toy drive is in jeopardy, Holly Silver must convince pro athlete Jack Kane to be the public face of the campaign to help save it. As Noelle helps Jack rediscover the meaning of Christmas, Holly reconnects with her own family traditions. While Jack and Holly go through challenges of making Christmas dreams for others come true, they discover kindred spirits in each other and the potential for the gift of romance this holiday season.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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My New Sassy Girl (2016)
Plot Summary:
Gyun-woo is having difficulty forgetting the sassy girl. He then reunites with his childhood sweetheart, an elementary school classmate from China who was often teased about her broken Korean. They marry despite family opposition, and Gyun-woo has no idea what marriage has in store for him.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea, China
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Loving Only You (2015)
Plot Summary:
Lukewarm wedding acquires a new meaning when the father of the groom rekindles his long-time love for the mother of the bride.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, queer cinema
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The Competition (2018)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy about a woman who thinks all people eventually cheat and a man who challenges her to a competition to prove that she's wrong.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy
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Gray Matters (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sam and Gray are such a well-matched pair that it is difficult to believe they are brother and sister rather than husband and wife. They both share a love of 1940s movies and dancing, and when they meet Charlie, they have something else in common: They both fall in love with her. Sam must deal with unexpected feelings of jealousy, while Gray struggles to come to terms with her sexual orientation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, touching, humorous, clever, realistic, semi serious, independent film, stylized, erotic
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Macho Man (2015)
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