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Plot Summary:
A wannabe Hollywood player sets out to Americanize an Indian girl from the Himalayas.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic
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Meet Prince Charming (1999)
Plot Summary:
Jonathan 'Jack' Harris is a waiter, who hopes to start a newspaper called The Tribeca Times, after the part of Manhattan where he lives, and while struggling to find advertisers and stories decides to do one on Internet dating services, so he joins one and seems to have found a great match, maybe even a soul-mate. He doesn't know it's actually his apartment block neighbor, 29-year old magazine editor Samantha Feld -who only rolled into the thing because her friend and co-worker Jen thinks she needs a man and threw a party at Samantha's place- with whom he clashed from the start in daily life as they consider each-other noisy and inconsiderate. Yet, when they meet after e-mail bliss together and nothing but failed dates with others.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, romantic, erotic, sexy, independent film, humorous
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Amira & Sam (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sam, a soldier who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira when he visits her uncle, Bassam, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam and Sam have a special bond due to their time together in the war. Initially Amira does not trust him because he was an American soldier and her brother was killed by a bomb from American troops in the war. Sam's cousin, Charlie, asks Sam to help him with illegal hedge funds unbeknownst to Sam at the time. Amira is staying with her uncle Bassam since her father died. She sells bootlegged films on the street corner but is forced to stay with Sam after getting busted; immigration officials begin pursuing her. As the film progresses, Sam and Amira fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy, independent film
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Just Write (1997)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, witty, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, art house, independent film, realistic
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Train Man (2005)
Plot Summary:
Densha Otoko (translated as Train Man) is a Japanese movie based on the purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, existential, offbeat, realistic
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Hollywood Dreams (2006)
Plot Summary:
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor, though their relationship threatens to complicate her own obsessive goal of becoming a famous actress. The film perfectly captures the delightful and desperate lives of those chasing dreams in Hollywood: One day they are shuffling down a boardwalk with too many suitcases, and the next they are lounging in contemporary hillside homes with a view of the city. Though neither state is permanent the more desirable one fuels the dream. The story's extraordinary execution portrays Hollywood as the fantastic and insane place that it is. Written by Lane Kneedler, American Film Institute Magazine.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, psychological, emotional, sex comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, talky
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Pulling Strings (2013)
Plot Summary:
Rachel is an intelligent, modern-day woman constantly on the move. Primarily focused on her career as a diplomatic consul for the U.S. embassy, she's literally lived her life on the move, globe-trotting from city to city. Currently working in Mexico City and set to leave for London, Rachel's world turns upside down on the eve of her own goodbye party when she gets drunk and passes out on the street. Saved by Alejandro, a handsome Mariachi singer and single father, Rachel wakes up in his apartment with no recollection of how she got there. Nor does she remember that she rejected his visa the day before, which he desperately needs for his daughter. Romance unexpectedly blossoms between the two, but either sparks or fists will fly after she finds out his secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Ana Maria in Novela Land (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ana Maria is having a bad day until she magically switches places with the main character of her favorite telenovela. As she struggles to escape from Novela Land, Ana Maria finally understands why her real life was such a mess.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, telenovela
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Diary of a Tired Black Man (2008)
Plot Summary:
Diary of a Tired Black Man is a simple story about the complex relationships between black men and black women.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, independent film
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The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000)
Plot Summary:
Broadcast of a live performance of the Roundabout Theater Company's 2000 New York revival of the classic Kaufman-Hart comedy, about a famous (and famously acid-tongued) theater critic who is forced to stay in a Midwestern couple's home and the havoc that ensues.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, offbeat
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Au Revoir Taipei (2010)
Plot Summary:
Kai (Jack Yao), who works at his parent's noodle shop by day and spends his nights in a bookstore to learn French, decides to go to Paris after his girlfriend, who recently left for Paris, dumps him by phone. Then the local neighborhood mafia boss offers Kai a free plane ticket to Paris if he takes a mysterious package with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious, light hearted
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Born Yesterday (1993)
Plot Summary:
A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. Soon it becomes apparent to the reporter that she isn't so stupid after all, and things become more complicated as she begins questioning the papers her sugar daddy keeps getting her to sign, and the reporter begins falling in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, satirical, semi serious, witty, clever, talky, feel good, realistic, scary, sexy
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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
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Falling Up (2009)
Plot Summary:
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film
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Dorfman in Love (2011)
Plot Summary:
Unknowingly trapped in her role as caretaker of her unappreciative family, a young single woman desperately needs to get her own life. When she volunteers to cat sit at her unrequited love's downtown L.A loft, her world, as she knows it, changes forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, emotional, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, realistic, independent film
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The Great Wall Is a Great Wall (1986)
Plot Summary:
When computer programmer, Leo Fang, is passed up for promotion, he feels it is because he is Chinese, and quits. He takes his Chinese-American family to Mainland China to visit his relatives, the Chao's for a vacation. The clash of cultures, between the men, wives, and teenagers, leads to some confusion, and misunderstanding.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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The Wedding Photographer (2009)
Plot Summary:
When the factory in Molkom shuts down, Robin leaves his beloved hometown to try his luck in Stockholm as a wedding photographer. This experience changes not merely his outlook on life but also his hairstyle.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic
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Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)
Plot Summary:
High school loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987's Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, black comedy, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, intense
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Shades of Ray (2008)
Plot Summary:
American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his Caucasian girlfriend - who hasn't given him an answer. While trying to get his parents back together, Ray meets a South Asian girl of mixed descent, just like him, and must decide where his identity truly lies.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, informative, romantic comedy, independent film
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Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jack and Jill's Manifesto of Rules to Live By Rule 1 Be honest Rule 2 Believe in fairy tales Rule 3 Accept time as our friend Rule 4 Make sure the nooky is good Rule 5 Promote beauty. Wage a sustained campaign against ugliness Rule 6 Abandon the pursuit of happiness and its false promise Rule 7 Show compassion, except to pirates Rule 8 Less TV Rule 9 Always be willing to admit when you're wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, romantic, sad, realistic, semi serious, teen comedy
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All Relative (2014)
Plot Summary:
Things couldn't be going better for Harry and Grace, a young New York City couple in love, until Grace's mother turns Harry's world upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film
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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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Bigger Than the Sky (2005)
Plot Summary:
After being dumped by his girlfriend, a man stuck in a deadend life decides to audition for a small role in a local community theatre's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Despite having no experience as an actor, he lands the lead role, which wreaks havoc upon his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, spiritual, clever, realistic, talky, independent film
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The Other End of the Line (2007)
Plot Summary:
An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA, India
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, romantic, humorous, realistic, romantic comedy, sincere, captivating, sex comedy, multicultural
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Ramji Londonwaley (2005)
Plot Summary:
Ramji Tiwari and his sister, Parvati, had their parents pass away at an early age. Ramji is a skilled cook, and is familiar with all aspects of vegetarian cooking. He arranges Parvati's marriage with the Mishra family, promises to pay a large sum of dowry, which he manages to get by promising to get married to a wealthy man's daughter. On the day of Parvati's marriage, he finds out that his betrothed has eloped with her true lover, no dowry is coming in for Parvati's in-laws, shocked he goes to confide in Mishra, the father-in-law, who sarcastically gives him time to accumulate the money as well as a car for his son. A wedding guest, Pandey, is pleased with Ramji's cooking and offers him a job with his U.K.-based cousin, Vakil "Vicky" Chaubey, which Ramji reluctantly accepts.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, exciting
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Marigold (2007)
Plot Summary:
The film follows the story of Marigold Lexton, an American actress who gets stranded in Mumbai and lands a minor role in a Bollywood musical. She meets Prem, the film's choreographer, and undergoes a personal transformation as she experiences Bollywood firsthand.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA, India, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Fools Rush In (1997)
Plot Summary:
Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who, while enjoying a night on the town, meets Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek), a free-spirited Mexican-American photographer. Alex and Isabel are overtaken by lust at first sight and end up sp.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, sentimental, touching, romantic, romantic comedy, sweet, light, feel good, realistic
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Watching TV with the Red Chinese (2012)
Plot Summary:
In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, non-linear, independent film
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Walkaway (2010)
Plot Summary:
Walkaway, a light-comedy drama, mocks the clutches of social obligations on young Indian professionals settled in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 813
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Shanghai Calling (2012)
Plot Summary:
When ambitious New York attorney Sam is sent to Shanghai on assignment, he immediately stumbles into a legal mess that could end his career. With the help of a beautiful relocation specialist, a well-connected old-timer, a clever journalist, and a street-smart legal assistant, Sam might just save his job, find romance, and learn to appreciate the beauty and wonders of Shanghai. Written by Anonymous (IMDB.com).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, independent film
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My Faraway Bride (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story of Alex, a copy-writer dreaming of being an adventure novelist someday, who meets and romances Indian beauty Reena, while she is vacationing in California. Torn by her blossoming feelings for Alex and her Indian family values and obligations, Reena returns home without saying goodbye. Alex, distraught by the turn of events, decides to follow her to Mumbai and win her back.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic