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Plot Summary:
Giordano, an angel assigned to an orphan in Krakow, is two years into the job when his celestial overseers, citing budget cuts, initiate "Phase Two" without telling him. Some changes are good - they send him a nanny, the enterprising Irena; some are bad - his phone number to Heaven no longer works nor do his special powers; and some dismay him - he grows a penis. His closest friend tells him to get a woman, and Irena advises him on hygiene. He visits a therapist, Roma, and falls in love with her. She tells him its transference. Meanwhile, Giordano's celestial friends conspire to rid Roma of her boyfriend, clearing the way for Giordano to be his naive and engaging self.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min
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Zaky Chan (2005)
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Zaky, a lazy young man decides to work for his father's boss as a bodyguard to protect his stubborn daughter Shereen and her little brother. Soon he becomes a part of the family and a foe for Shereen's jealous boyfriend Hazem.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 114 min
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Sugared Cranberries (1995)
Plot Summary:
The actor of the provincial puppet theater comes to try his luck in Leningrad. He stops at his longtime friend - an imitation actor and a big joker. Willingly leaving a friend in his apartment for the night, a friend invites a “call girl” for the guest.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 76 min
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Hung Like a Horse (1997)
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He was already different even before he was born. His eccentric mother took fancy on horses during her conception, and this led to his being born with animal appeal. As he grew up, he became the object of people's curiosity. But the moment he became a full grown man, his strange physical endowment turned him into an object of desire. Girls and even gays fell under his incredibly wild sex appeal, and he got himself the reputation of being a ladies' man. Until he met the woman who would change his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
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American Adobo (2001)
Plot Summary:
The everyday struggles of people trying to bridge two cultures, as well as their attempt to find happiness in their new homeland. Tere (Cherrie Pie Picache), mid-forties and single, hosts a dinner for a friend visiting from Manila, Lorna. Invited are their New York City-based friends and former college classmates -- Mike (Christopher De Leon), a newspaper editor in his forties, Gerry (Ricky Davao), an advertising copywriter and closeted gay, and Marissa (Dina Bonnevie).
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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The Ideal Man (1996)
Plot Summary:
Marie, incapable of choosing between three marriage proposals, decides to give up. Circumstances mean that the three men meet. Far from being hostile, Stéphane, Fabrice and Paul console each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: intellectual, slapstick comedy
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Train for Hollywood (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high school goes for screen tests to the Film Academy. Rejected because of her crooked teeth she takes a job of selling beer on a train and starts writing to Billy Wilder, trying to be casted in his next movie. At the trains station she meets a would-be cinematographer who is color blind. They become friends sharing their dreams of going to Hollywood. One day she finds a goldfish trapped in a beer bottle: she sets her free and makes three wishes, not for herself but for her friends. To her surprise all of them come true. As a reward she gets a long awaited call from Billy Wilder. Written by Polish Cinema Database.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min
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Keep It in the Family (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two bratty lovers decide to pull the old screw-and-switch on their difficult parents.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film
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Love Stories (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student (Dominika Ostalowska) puts the teacher in an awkward spot when she reveals her love for him. An 11-year-old (Karolina Ostrozna) informs the priest that she's his daughter. The army officer is pleased when confronted by a past lover (Irina Alfiorowa). The drug dealer, taken prisoner, must decide whether or not to trust his wife (Katarzyna Figura) with his hidden loot. In the wrap-up, the elderly accountant (Jerzy Nowak) passes judgment on all four men. Stuhr acted in films by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, who had some input here by offering advice to Stuhr on this screenplay. Shown at the 1997 Venice Film Festival, this film is also known as Love Stories.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic
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Tulipany (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story of male friendship, vitality and the joy of living, even after turning 60 years old. When one of the three friends is taken to hospital, the others are there for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min
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The Movie Hero (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man believes his life is a movie watched by an audience only he can see.In his feature film debut, director Brad T. Gottfred delivers a spoof of cinema cliches with a memorable protagonist named Blake Gardner (Jeremy Sisto), who believes his life is a movie. Playing to an audience only he perceives -- and determined to entertain them. Blake recruits a comical black sidekick (Brian J. White), attempts to apprehend the bad guy (Peter Stormare) and begins romancing his court-appointed psychotherapist (Dina Meyer).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, entertaining, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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All Yours (2016)
Plot Summary:
Cass, a high-powered attorney and single mother of two, is on the hunt for a new nanny after her precocious kids ran off the last one.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 944
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, feel good, sweet, entertaining
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Jasminum (2006)
Plot Summary:
Dziejące się współcześnie "Jasminum" (łacińska nazwa jaśminu) opowiada historię tajemniczą i magiczną, pełną zmysłowych zapachów, wypełnioną szczególnym światłem jakie roztacza wokół siebie miłość. Klasztor, w którym toczy się akcja filmu, nie różniłby się od innych, gdyby nie fakt, że trzech mieszkających tam zakonników posiada pewną niezwykłą cechę. Każdy z nich pachnie innym, owocowym zapachem: jeden czeremchą, drugi czereśnią, a trzeci śliwą, a zapachy te mają szczególne właściwości... Pewnego dnia do klasztoru przyjeżdża młoda konserwatorka malarstwa, która otrzymuje zlecenie odnowienia tamtejszych obrazów. Natasza pojawia się w Jaśminowie wraz ze swoją 5-letnią córką Gienią. Urok i dociekliwość dziewczynki wprowadzają wiele zamętu w spokojne dotąd życie mnichów. W tej historii i ludzie i budynki i zapachy mają swoje tajemnice.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, mystic
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Enter Laughing (1967)
Plot Summary:
David Kolowitz, a nice young man living with his parents in New York City in 1938, works at a machine repair shop. His parents want David to study to become a pharmacist. But what he really wants is to be an actor like his idol, Ronald Colman. One day, at his friend Marvin's suggestion, David tries out for a part in a play, and gets it, despite his obvious lack of acting experience (not to mention ability). True, it's a rather small part in a low-rent production. Leading the troupe is a washed-up, alcoholic actor who hires David at the urging of his actress-daughter, who finds David "cute." To play his part, David must come up with his own costume - a tuxedo - and pay the house five dollars a week, ostensibly for tuition. But it is David's first acting job, one which calls for him to "enter laughing." And if it doesn't work out - well, there's always pharmacy school.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: semi autobiographical
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Laissons Lucie faire ! (2000)
Plot Summary:
Lucie makes her living selling bathing costumes on the beach at Marseilles. Her boyfriend Lucien wants to become a policeman, but is rejected and, instead, is recruited as a secret agent. The couple’s ten-year long relationship looks as if it might be over when Lucie starts to fantasize about another man and Lucien embarks on an impromptu affair with an American woman. Then Lucie discovers a book about the psychology of love and decides to put what she reads into practice.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: crying, sexual, sexy
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Letters to Santa 3 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Centered around a group of individuals, who come to experience magical moments over the course of one day. Full of the power of family, love and the spirit of forgiveness. Each individual comes to realize that Christmas, more than any other time of the year, is full of wonder and surprises.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, romantic, feel good, sweet, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy
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Letters to Santa (2011)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy set on Christmas Eve in Warsaw and centered around a series of characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, sentimental, captivating, disturbing, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Suddenly It's Magic (2012)
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The story depicts two star-crossed lovers: Marcus Hanson, a Thai superstar, and Joey Hermosa, a Filipina baker. When Marcus decides to fly to Philippines to escape from his career, he meets Joey. Even though their worlds collide, the two later fall in love. But their relationship is tested by conflicts from their worlds.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy
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French Exit (1995)
Plot Summary:
Davis meets Zina in a car wreck. Their immediate attraction for one another is put into jeopardy when they learn each is competing for the same writing job.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, crying, independent film, neo screwball comedy
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Dags (1998)
Plot Summary:
"Dag" is an Australian term for filthy wool on the hindquarters of a sheep. It also is a slang term for an uncouth person. Therefore this film is a look at several uncouth individuals. The men are all beer drinkers and dopers who wear Hawaiian shirts, long socks, and sandals. The women are all in tank tops and hot pants and constantly after sex, but never enjoy it. One of the men gets a wild idea to get in the Guiness Book of Records by having one of his mates rob his video store every night. During one of these robberies, the robber "kidnaps" a customer and begins a romance. Meanwhile all of the other "dags" are sleeping with one another behind each other's backs.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Leo and Loree (1980)
Plot Summary:
Ralph Malph from Philly moves to Hollywood with dreams of making it big, amazingly hooks up with starlet-to-be, loses starlet-to-be, gets back starlet-to-be, and becomes someone.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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All or Nothing (2017)
Plot Summary:
The lives of three best friends - Linda, Vanda and Edo - get all tangled by four attractive men.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, witty, crying, queer cinema
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Mouth to Mouth (1995)
Plot Summary:
For financial reasons an unemployed aspiring actor works for a phone-sex enterprise. One day he receives a call from the mysterious wife of one of his best clients.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, detective, erotic, parody, light, road movie
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Western (1997)
Plot Summary:
Catalonian Paco is a traveling rep for a shoe manufacturer. When he stops to pick up Russian emigree hitchhiker Nino, Paco soon finds himself on the side of the road with everything stolen out from under him. Local gift shop owner Marinette gives the Spaniard a lift. Their mutual attraction manifests itself quickly, and Paco, who was fired over the stolen-car episode, hangs around. When he happens to spot Nino in the same town, he beats up the scrawny Russian, who lands in the hospital. Oddly enough, this marks the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Paco and Nino soon take the trip down the road together.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, independent film
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Now You Know (2002)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of his bachelor party, a man learns his fiancee wants to call off the wedding. The unmarried couple returns to New Jersey to sort out their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, melancholic
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Because Why (1993)
Plot Summary:
Alex returns to Montreal after a five-year absence.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, sincere, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy
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Sol Goode (2003)
Plot Summary:
Sol Goode, a charismatic L.A. twenty-something, has always relied on charm, good looks, and fast talk to glide through life. But his luck may have run out; faced with eviction from his hipster apartment, totaling his car, and the threat of having to find a real job, Sol realizes that maybe the life he's been leading is no longer making him happy.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, feel good, semi serious, sex comedy, freeze frame
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Sordid Lives (2000)
Plot Summary:
"Sordid Lives" is about a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, the sister and her best friend (who live in delightfully kitschy homes), and the two daughters (one strait-laced and one quite a bit looser).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, compassionate, bad ending, talky, realistic, witty, feel good, semi serious, independent film, black comedy
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Naked in New York (1993)
Plot Summary:
Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, (watch for the facial expressions) and to whom you can turn to for help while facing life ('your parents, nyaa, I don't think so'). From there it flashes back to his memories of his parents, college, house across from a squirrel infested peanut factory, best friend, writing career and Joanne.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: clever, talky, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film, sexy, touching, enigmatic
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Ira & Abby (2006)
Plot Summary:
A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the Paris Health Club in New York City, and who suggests that they immediately get married to see how it will work out. Both of the student's parents are analysts, and they provide the happy couple with a gift certificate for a year of marriage counseling as a wedding present.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, witty, smart, offbeat, realistic, talky, not serious, independent film
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Love Is Eternal While It Lasts (2004)
Plot Summary:
Gilberto, 50enne, si fa coinvolgere in una cosiddetta speed-date, una gara in cui i protagonisti devono trovare un partner in 3 minuti. Arrestato, deve confessare tutto in presenza della moglie che lo sbatte fuori di casa. Rifugiatosi da amici scopre che il suo migliore amico è amante della moglie e comincia a tentare di avviare nuove relazioni che falliscono tutte.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining