Best movies like Anything Else
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Plot Summary:
Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda He has heard the phrase that life is like "anything else," but soon he finds that life with the unpredictable Amanda isn't like anything else at all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: melancholic, witty, sentimental, touching, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, romantic, clever
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Wedding Daze (2006)
Plot Summary:
After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that both have been looking for all along.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic, romantic, hilarious, teen, indie film
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A Rainy Day in New York (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend; once they arrive they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, colorful, humorous, disturbing, atmospheric, feel good, sweet, controversial, artsy
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Kettle of Fish (2006)
Plot Summary:
A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy are on hand to provide perspective.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: witty, humorous, semi serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, realistic, talky, sexual, sexy
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Fading Gigolo (2013)
Plot Summary:
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, touching, witty, romantic, semi serious, talky, sexual, intense, feel good
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This Is Not a Film (2003)
Plot Summary:
New Yorker Michael Connor attempts to find the woman who left him by making a film about her, hoping that someone (maybe you?) will recognize his ex and convince her to get back together with him. To help the viewer understand who he is and why his girlfriend left, Michael opts to re-enact his failed relationship for the camera. He hires an actress to portray his ex-girlfriend, and during the process of filming she quickly and mercilessly points out all of his mistakes, blunders and inadequacies as a boyfriend. "This Is Not a Film" is a romantic comedy about making mistakes and recognizing them in the most painful way possible--by making them over and over again.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, talky, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film, offbeat
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The Answer Man (2009)
Plot Summary:
Twenty years ago, Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels) wrote a book about spirituality that became wildly popular. These days, he's a curmudgeonly recluse who only enjoys the company of his chiropractor, Elizabeth (Lauren Graham). As Elizabeth's warmth starts to melt Arlen's cold heart, he comes to realize what love really means.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, romantic, sweet, sex comedy, existential
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Mr. Jealousy (1997)
Plot Summary:
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he discovers that her most recent ex is successful novelist Dashiell Frank. Lester begins attending the same group therapy sessions as Dashiell to learn about Ramona's past with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, witty, talky, realistic, semi serious, funny, romantic, sexy
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Ceremony (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sam Davis convinces his former best friend to spend a weekend with him to rekindle their friendship at an elegant beachside estate owned by a famous documentary filmmaker. However, it soon becomes clear that Sam is secretly infatuated with his ex, Zoe, who is now the filmmaker’s fiancée, and that his true intention is to thwart their impending nuptials. As Sam’s plan begins to unravel, he is forced to realize how complicated love and friendship can be.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, romantic, sexy, artsy, indie film, witty
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Never Again (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman who have pledged never to fall in love again meet in a gay bar.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, witty, semi serious, romantic, independent film, romantic comedy, realistic
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Pipe Dream (2002)
Plot Summary:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, clever, semi serious, independent film
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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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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to follow the advice of a psychic. Sally, the daughter of Alfie and Helena, is unhappy in her marriage and develops a crush on her boss, while her husband, Roy, falls for a woman engaged to be married.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexy, talky, witty, romantic, melancholic, stylized, humorous, semi serious, clever, thought provoking
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New York Stories (1989)
Plot Summary:
Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents to reconciliate; third, by Allen, is a witty piece of comedy about the impossibility of getting rid of the son's role.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: anthology, talky, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, witty, clever, stylized, black comedy
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Plot Summary:
Centred around a weekend party at the home of inventor Andrew Hobbs and his wife Adrian, attended by randy doctor Maxwell Jordan, his nurse Dulcy, renowned philosopher Dr.Leopold Sturgis and his fiancée, this is a light comedy concerning their various emotional, intellectual and sexual entanglements, loosely based on Ingmar Bergman's 'Smiles of a Summer Night'.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, clever, humorous, talky, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, romantic comedy, feel good
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Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Plot Summary:
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte), whose career is on the rebound.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: black and white, funny, clever, touching, humorous, witty, talky, postmodern, mind blowing, independent film
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Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Plot Summary:
A mild mannered film critic is dumped by his wife and his ego is crushed. His hero persona is the tough guy played by Humphrey Bogart in many of his movies and the apparition of Bogart begins showing up to give him advice. With the encouragement of his two married friends, he actually tries dating again, with less than satisfactory results, until he relaxes.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, witty, talky, parody, scary, sad, neurotic, sex comedy, existential
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Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Plot Summary:
This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, surreal, cult classic, funny, independent film, clever, black comedy, dark comedy, existential
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Alice (1990)
Plot Summary:
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental herbalist who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, melancholic, sentimental, touching, humorous, thought provoking, independent film, offbeat, feel good, contemplative
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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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To Rome with Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, surreal, ironic, sexy, light, anthology, funny, contemplative, postmodern
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Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Plot Summary:
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, funny, humorous, talky, witty, sexy, touching, feel good, semi serious, captivating
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Manhattan (1979)
Plot Summary:
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: black and white, romantic, humorous, visually stunning, meditative, sincere, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, ironic
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Irrational Man (2015)
Plot Summary:
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: philosophical, romantic, suspense, talky, psychological, enigmatic, melancholic, realistic, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Annie Hall (1977)
Plot Summary:
In the city of New York, comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 275000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: philosophical, romantic comedy, non-linear, romantic, humorous, funny, ironic, semi serious, sincere, realistic
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Husbands and Wives (1992)
Plot Summary:
When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. So while Jack and Sally try to go on and meet new people, the marriage of Gabe and Judy gets more and more strained, and they begin to find themselves being attracted to other people.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: realistic, talky, melancholic, sincere, semi serious, romantic, philosophical, clever, bleak, witty
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The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Plot Summary:
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mudane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, humorous, surreal, touching, sweet, melancholic, feel good, semi serious, bleak
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Nine Months (1995)
Plot Summary:
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, touching, humorous, romantic, melancholic, sentimental, sweet, semi serious, funny, hilarious
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Two Can Play That Game (2001)
Plot Summary:
Vivica A. Fox sizzles as a woman scorned who plans to get her man back by any means necessary. In this comedy about players and those who "get played." As corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith, Fox thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend (Morris Chestnut) from straying - until he discovers a greener pasture, Shanté's archrival (Gabrielle Union).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, sexy, satirical, romantic comedy, feel good, clever, talky, black comedy, hood
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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Plot Summary:
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, witty, feel good, sexy, scary, romantic comedy, cult classic, independent film, sentimental
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Whatever Works (2009)
Plot Summary:
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works.".
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: philosophical, romantic, feel good, funny, cynical, clever, intellectual, witty, talky, light