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Plot Summary:
A couple leaves for a vacation on a tropical island and finds happiness and love... just not with each-other.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy
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Only You (1992)
Plot Summary:
Dumped by his fiancee, Clifford Godfrey goes on vacation anyway where he ends up torn between a sober party girl and his travel agent.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, light, romantic, entertaining, independent film, realistic
Similar in 82%
Sunset Cove (1978)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the school year, a group of students head out to Sunset Cove and do everything they can to save their favourite beach.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, grindhouse, sexy, independent film, hot
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Pacific Banana (1981)
Plot Summary:
The story of a pair of Australian pilots working for a small South Pacific airline. Paul, a wildly successful womanizer, leaving conquests at every port and Martin, sad and lonely in his search for a true love. Together, they... well, they don't do much of anything besides chase girls on various Polynesian islands.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, independent film, hot
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Where the Boys Are (1984)
Plot Summary:
Four curvy college co-eds head south to Ft. Lauderdale on a spring break fun-seeking trek in this free wheeling comedy that's an 80's update on the original film! Carole (Lorna Luft, Grease 2), taking a separate vacation from her steady, winds up as a contender in a Hot Bod Contest! Jennie (Lisa Hartman, Knots Landing) is doubly lucky, courted by both a rich, classic pianist as well as a devil-may-care rocker (Russell Todd, Chopping Mall).
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, slasher, sexploitation film, hot
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Second Honeymoon (2001)
Plot Summary:
A couple, secretly on the verge of announcing plans to divorce, reluctantly depart for a second honeymoon after their family surprises them with a tropical trip as a gift for their 20th wedding anniversary.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Au Pair II (2001)
Plot Summary:
A father and the former nanny to his children prepare a merger between his company and a European conglomerate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, captivating, entertaining, teen
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Wedding Bell Blues (1996)
Plot Summary:
Micki, Tanya and Jasmine have 24 hours to get divorced. There's just one problem...They're still single. When Jasmine, Tanya and Micki decide they'd rather be divorced than unmarried, they take off to Las Vegas in search of the perfect ex. In the tangled web that follows, Micki lassos a cowboy, Tanya acquires a rich businessman, and Jasmine finds true love in the arms of a regular guy. The result is an outrageous comedy of love, marriage and misadventure. As intelligent as it is absurd, Wedding Bell Blues pokes great fun at the twists and turns of modern love, with outstanding performances from a talented young cast, including Illeana Douglas, Paulina Porizkova and Julie Warner, it is without a doubt one of the year's most hilarious movies.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy
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A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Plot Summary:
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, sexy, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic, sex comedy, sketch comedy, hot
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Bros (2022)
Plot Summary:
Two emotionally unavailable men attempt a relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: art house, romantic comedy, crying, sex comedy, lgbt cinema, interesting, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Move Over, Darling (1963)
Plot Summary:
Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years. Nicky, wanting to move on with his life, has Ellen declared legally dead. Part of that moving on includes getting remarried, this time to a young woman named Bianca Steele, who, for their honeymoon, he plans to take to the same Monterrey resort where he and Ellen spent their honeymoon. On that very same day, Ellen is dropped off in Los Angeles by the Navy, who rescued her from the South Pacific island where she was stranded for the past five years. She asks the Navy not to publicize her rescue nor notify Nicky as she wants to do so herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: technicolor, slapstick comedy, clever, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, romantic comedy
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Miracle Beach (1992)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy set in the Southern California beach scene. Down on his luck, Scotty McKay becomes the master of a very lonely genie, who brings him wealth, power and true love. Miracles can happen!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexy, humorous, not serious, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, cult film
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The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)
Plot Summary:
After inheriting a failing bikini shop, two recent grads decide to make a go of it. One, in the hopes of building it into a successful business, the other, in the hopes of getting to look at lots of women in (and out) of swimsuits. As they try more and more outrageous ways of drumming up business, their antics begin attracting some unwanted attention. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, touching, humorous, not serious, realistic, sex comedy, entertaining, cult classic, independent film, sexual
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Swept Away (2002)
Plot Summary:
Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, light, romantic, melancholic, sensual, semi serious, erotic, dark, clever
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Nina Takes a Lover (1994)
Plot Summary:
Laura San Giacomo stars in this sexy comedy about adultery. When Nina's (San Giacomo) husband goes out of town for several weeks on a business trip, Nina hooks up with a photographer. Told from a reporter's point of view, his interviews with Nina and the photographer provide comic insights. Stars Laura San Giacomo, Paul Rhys, Michael O'Keefe, Fisher Stevens and more.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, surprise ending, romantic comedy, romantic drama, erotic
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Bikini Summer (1991)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends are hired to redecorate a beach house while the elderly owners are out of town for the summer. Redecorating is the last thing on their minds, and a wild bikini filled summer is had by all. An imposter-photographer, a bikini designer, an all girl metal-band, and the token environmentalist all join forces in staging a riotous Bikini Contest... much to the consternation of the local D.A., and her loyal cadre of policemen.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, independent film, erotic, humorous, realistic, not serious, teen sex comedy, hot
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10 Rules for Sleeping Around (2013)
Plot Summary:
By following ten simple rules, 20-somethings Vince and Cameron spice up their relationship by sleeping around. But when their straitlaced friends get engaged, their relationship gets turned upside down. To put the rules to the test, they will go on the road to the Hamptons to crash the biggest party of the year where love triangles collide and off-the-wall mayhem ensues.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, not serious, light, entertaining, sincere, touching, melancholic, realistic, independent film
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The Teenie Weenie Bikini Squad (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sexy secret agents go undercover (and under the covers) at an erotic magazine to catch a saboteur.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, erotic, sex comedy, sexploitation film
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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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Blame It on Rio (1984)
Plot Summary:
Matthew Hollis is man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Matthew falls for his best friend's amorous daughter named Jennifer, they embark on a secret, if slightly one-sided relationship. Jennifer's father is furious when he finds out about the 'older man' in his daughter's life, and sets out to hunt him down with the aid of Matthew!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, suspense, sweet, melancholic, humorous, semi serious, sex comedy, funny, sexy, entertaining
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My Father the Hero (1994)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, remake of french film, cult film
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Whipped (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three to one may sound like fairly good odds, but it depends on the game. When the "one" is one very irresistible woman and the "three" are three hopelessly smitten guys, the deck is pretty stacked. In the battle of the sexes, the first rule is to never underestimate the power of a woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, funny, talky, semi serious, sexual, independent film, realistic, witty, surprise ending
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Sexy Movie (2003)
Plot Summary:
A guy wanting a Hollywood career decides to make a porn film in the meantime.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, sexy, realistic, intense
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People in Swimsuits Aren't (Necessarily) Shallow (2001)
Plot Summary:
A week on St-Martin with vacationing Parisians. Camille surprises her lover Philippe, who's with his wife and children. Lonely Laurette, a secretary, hopes to meet a man. Aziz brings his enthusiastic brother Rafik because his boss had two tickets he couldn't use. Lovers Pauline and the pregnant, cranky Anita find their vacation complicated by an ex-lover of Pauline's. The playboy Jimmy is the hotel M.C., and Carla, free-spirited and sensual, coaches Laurette in the ways of seduction. She is hot and cold to these wiles, alternately attracting and putting off Aziz, hoping Jimmy will try to seduce her, and afraid he might. By week's end, with the help of Camille's diary, we'll know the outcomes.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, sexual
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Private School (1983)
Plot Summary:
Private-school student Christine loves Jim. But her classmate, Jordan, is also vying for Jim's attention and trying to end his relationship with Christine. Meanwhile, Jim's friend Bubba embarks on a series of sexual escapades, including dressing up as a woman to access the girls' locker room. Despite Jim and Christine's efforts to spend some time alone, various shenanigans and schemes interfere.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, humorous, sex comedy, sexy, semi serious, erotic, cult classic, sexual, entertaining, feel good
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Escapades with Friends (2016)
Plot Summary:
Once during a party two friends get an idea: let's exchange wives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, erotic
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Seeing Other People (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two months shy of their wedding, a couple decide to allow each other last flings until their wedding.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, humorous, semi serious, funny, witty, sex comedy, clever, realistic, crying
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Booty Call (1997)
Plot Summary:
Rushon is sexually pent-up and ready to take thing things to the next level with his girlfriend, Nikki. But when he calls for a date, she asks to make it a double -- bringing along her brash friend Lysterine, whom Rushon sets up with his lewd buddy, Bunz. Things go better than expected. As the evening transitions from the restaurant to the bedroom, the two men go on a madcap search for what will surely make the night complete: condoms.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, black comedy, sexual, hood, romantic comedy, realistic, witty, semi serious, sex comedy
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The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
Plot Summary:
Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila. But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger realizes he’s jumped the gun.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, not serious, romantic, hilarious, sexy, feel good, absurd, sex comedy, romantic comedy
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The To Do List (2013)
Plot Summary:
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, teen, teen sex comedy, sexual, funny, erotic, sex comedy, semi serious, witty
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Friends with Benefits (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Finding that they have much in common, the two become fast friends. Feeling jaded by a number of broken romances, Dylan and Jamie decide that they are ready to quit looking for true love and focus on having fun. However, complications unfold when the two best pals add sex to their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 389000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, sweet, light, sexual, funny, romantic comedy, sex comedy, witty, erotic