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Plot Summary:
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, romantic, light, satirical, humorous, romantic comedy, clever, witty, realistic
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Good Advice (2001)
Plot Summary:
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's important in life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy, independent film
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I Married a Dumbass (2016)
Plot Summary:
Florencia, a rising actress, ends up falling in love with her co-star, a famous film star. When they decide to marry, Florencia becomes aware that in reality she fell in love with the character and that her husband is indeed a real idiot.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy, neo screwball comedy
Similar in 80%
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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Full Frontal (2002)
Plot Summary:
A contemporary comedy set in Los Angeles, Full Frontal traces the complicated relationship among seven friends as they deal with the fragile connections that bind them together. Full Frontal takes place during a twenty-four hour period - a day in the life of missed connections.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: talky, entertaining, melancholic, non-linear, humorous, semi serious, witty, psychological, clever, offbeat
Similar in 81%
Modern Romance (1981)
Plot Summary:
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, funny, disturbing, intense, realistic, semi serious, clever, witty, talky
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The Big Picture (1989)
Plot Summary:
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, suspense, entertaining, melancholic, harsh, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, clever
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Soapdish (1991)
Plot Summary:
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson, and hiring her beautiful young niece, Lori Craven.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic, parody, humorous, witty, satirical, spoof, entertaining, soap opera, realistic
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Forget Paris (1995)
Plot Summary:
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches. The story is told in flashback by their friends at a restaurant waiting for them to arrive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, light, sweet, intense, touching, realistic, clever, witty, non fiction
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Bowfinger (1999)
Plot Summary:
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, witty, talky, light, feel good, not serious, spoof, hilarious
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Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by his fiancée (who dumped him), a man publishes a break-up handbook for men, becoming a bestselling author in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, romantic, entertaining, melancholic, talky, stylized, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Get Over It (2001)
Plot Summary:
When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the help of his best friend Felix's sister Kelly, he follows his ex into the school's spring musical. Thus ensues a love triangle loosely based upon Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", where Berke is only to find himself getting over Allison and beginning to fall for Kelly.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, feel good, romantic, teen, funny, light, sweet, entertaining, humorous, semi serious
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Sidewalks of New York (2001)
Plot Summary:
The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives, the film weaves a humorous and biting commentary on the game of love -- easy to start, hard to finish.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: witty, stylized, sexy, humorous, semi serious, independent film, clever, realistic, talky, erotic
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The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Plot Summary:
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: entertaining, touching, romantic, funny, light, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental, feel good, humorous
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Going the Distance (2010)
Plot Summary:
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. But just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy, light, sweet, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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That Old Feeling (1997)
Plot Summary:
A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and over the course of the next few days upsetting the newlywed's honeymoon.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexy, funny, light, humorous, feel good, romantic, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, fairy tale
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Runaway Bride (1999)
Plot Summary:
Ike Graham, New York columnist, writes his text always at the last minute. This time, a drunken man in his favourite bar tells Ike about Maggie Carpenter, a woman who always flees from her grooms in the last possible moment. Ike, who does not have the best opinion about females anyway, writes an offensive column without researching the subject thoroughly.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, romantic comedy, sweet, entertaining, cute, sentimental, touching
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Hollywood Ending (2002)
Plot Summary:
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, light, stylized, semi serious, realistic, psychological, funny, hilarious
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Hope Springs (2003)
Plot Summary:
British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a shoulder to cry on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy, a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has almost forgotten his old flame until Vera shows up with a surprise of her own.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, sweet, funny, feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching, romantic comedy, offbeat
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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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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Plot Summary:
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sentimental, sweet, funny, romantic comedy, sexy, light, cute, clever
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The Other Woman (2014)
Plot Summary:
After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, romantic, sexy, teen, romantic comedy, sweet, absurd
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He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
Plot Summary:
Remember that really cute guy who said he'd call – and didn't? Maybe he lost your number. Maybe he's in the hospital. Maybe he's awed by your beauty, brains or success. Or maybe... he's just not that into you.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 180000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, funny, sweet, romantic comedy, entertaining, feel good, light, humorous, cute
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The Accidental Husband (2008)
Plot Summary:
When radio love guru Dr Emma Lloyd convinces Patrick Sullivan's fiancée to dump him the week before their wedding. He sets about teaching her a lesson for interfering in other peoples lives that she knows nothing about. Things take a turn when he finds himself falling for the very person who ruined his life and everyone is going to have to learn a few lessons about 'Real Love'.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet, cute, entertaining, witty, funny, philosophical
Similar in 86%
27 Dresses (2008)
Plot Summary:
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet, cute, sentimental, funny, teen, humorous
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Just Go with It (2011)
Plot Summary:
A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 261000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy, light, hilarious, teen, sweet
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Notting Hill (1999)
Plot Summary:
William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 334000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, touching, light, romantic comedy, sentimental, sweet, humorous, sexy, cute
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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
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Serendipity (2001)
Plot Summary:
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet, light, witty, romantic comedy, cute, teen