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Plot Summary:
Kristoffer is a billboard hanger, 24 years old and carefree. When his girlfriend Elisabeth dumps him for the boss of her trend bureau, his life falls to pieces. He feels like a loser. By coincidence some of Kristoffer's video diaries end up with the producer of the popular talk show "Karsten Tonight" on TV2. A few weeks later Kristoffer's life has become TV entertainment. People love the sequences from his commune at Tøyen: Kristoffer's half-twisted view of his surroundings, his crazy best friend Geir, not to mention the weird web designer Stig Inge, who hasn't set foot outside the Tøyen shopping centre for two years. Kristoffer's future again looks bright, everyone likes him. But revealing your life on national television comes with a price tag. As Kristoffer's future in the TV business looks brighter and brighter, his friends start suffering. Geir's big secret is revealed, and Stig Inge's personal problems are much more serious than Kristoffer first thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious, buddy comedy, crying
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Mongoland (2001)
Plot Summary:
Pia is coming home for Christmas after traveling in England for about 6 months. She wants to catch up with her boyfriend, Kristoffer, who was supposed to have joined her on the trip, but backed out at the last minute. Finding him, however, is turning out to be quite a task. While searching, she meets several more or less disgruntled and dissatisfied people. And when Santa turns up things start happening.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, humorous, semi serious, cult classic, offbeat, neo screwball comedy, cult film
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According to Spencer (2001)
Plot Summary:
According to Spencer, She's the one... Everyone else thinks so too!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, sincere, melancholic, independent film, offbeat, crying
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Booked Out (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ailidh (Mirren Burke) has two loves in this world: spying on her neighbours and writing graphic novels. The arrival of Jacob (Rollo Weeks - Girl with a Pearl Earring), inspires Ailidh and she soon begins conjuring up increasingly elaborate plans to bump into him. Upstairs, Mrs Nicholls (Sylvia Syms - The Queen) provides Ailidh with a perfect opportunity and she soon has Jacob teaching Mrs Nicholls dead husband French. Unfortunately, Ailidh's romantic endeavours are disrupted when she realises she isn't the only girl in Jacob's life. Featuring compelling performances from an exceptional cast of actors, the debut feature from Bryan O'Neil is a funny, unique and heart-warming story of love, life and moving on.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, crying, independent film
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Sleepwalk with Me (2012)
Plot Summary:
A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, talky, surreal, semi serious, realistic, sexy, emotional, entertaining, intense
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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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Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)
Plot Summary:
Middle-class Parisian suburbs: Blanche and Lea, office worker and student, meet and become friends. Lea is going out with Fabien, but is thinking of leaving him. Blanche falls for Lea's handsome and witty friend Alexandre, but is tongue-tied whenever she meets him. Lea goes on holiday and Blanche, still smitten with the dashing Alexandre, begins to get to get know Fabien. A classic Rohmer moral tale.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, aesthetic, clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, crying, eighties
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Forgive and Forget (2000)
Plot Summary:
A jealousy erupts between two long-time friends as one is about to move in with his girlfriend. Now the friend must confront his long-hidden homosexuality. UK.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 676
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, emotional, realistic, semi serious, crying
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Some Girl (1998)
Plot Summary:
Four unstable twenty-something women search for long-term relationships in 1990s Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, talky, semi serious, independent film, clever, realistic
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Sam the Man (2001)
Plot Summary:
Before he broke out with the J.D. Salinger-esque Tadpole in 2002, producer-turned-director Gary Winick filmed this little-seen relationship drama. Fisher Stevens stars as the title character, a writer with one novel under his belt who can't seem to deliver the follow-up. Instead, he spends his time compulsively cheating on his photographer girlfriend, Cass (Annabella Sciorra); giving the runaround to his agent, Richard (Ron Rifkin); and trying to keep his landlord, Murray (Luis Guzman), at bay.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sentimental, sincere, humorous, realistic, suspense, independent film, clever, talky, biting
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Telling You (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two college graduates who find themselves stuck behind the counter of a pizza parlor while their friends move on struggle to find a new direction for their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying
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Almost Normal (2005)
Plot Summary:
A gay man approaching a mid-life crisis is tired of being different because he is gay. He wants to be normal. Suddenly he is yanked back in time to when he was in high school. But this time, the world is gay and to be straight is considered deviant behavior. Then something else happens. He meets a girl. And suddenly normal becomes ...well almost normal.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, queer cinema
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The Tao of Steve (2000)
Plot Summary:
Underachieving, overweight kindergarten teacher Dex finds a woman who forces him to reexamine his Zen-like system of seduction.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: philosophical, humorous, touching, feel good, semi serious, romantic, intellectual, romantic comedy, independent film, clever
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The Puffy Chair (2005)
Plot Summary:
Josh's life is pretty much in the toilet. He's a failed NYC indie rocker, and a failing booking agent. But he finds the potential of a small victory in a really bad idea. He decides to purchase a 1985 Lazy Boy on eBay, just like the one his dad had when Josh was a kid. He'll drive cross-country for the chair, staying with Emily at his brother's house on the way, and deliver it to his father as a surprise birthday gift. But when Rhett ends up coming along for the ride, it's three people and a giant purple puffy chair in a too-small van... and one of them has to go before the trip's end.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, road movie, melancholic, stylized, humorous, independent film, realistic, talky, indie film, funny
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200 Cigarettes (1999)
Plot Summary:
A collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: talky, witty, melancholic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, funny, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
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Love, etc. (1996)
Plot Summary:
A triangle: love, obsession, and choice. Pierre, a ladies' man who has little cash and no fixed residence, describes his best friend Benoît as the world's oldest 32-year-old. The shy, well-employed Benoît's life changes when he answers the personal ad of Marie, a 25-year-old who restores paintings. He's attracted to her and she likes his steady calm and his honest attention. They're soon a couple, and they include Pierre in their dinners, outings, and trips. What will happen when Pierre realizes that he too is in love with Marie?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, crying
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Bart Got a Room (2008)
Plot Summary:
Everyone is searching for love in director Brian Hecker's semi-autobiographical story. Danny Stein, a high school senior at the bottom of the social food chain, needs a prom date. As a cause of anxiety for Danny, Bart Beeber, the nerdiest guy in school, has already found a date -- and booked a hotel room. At the same time, Danny's divorced parents are both looking for relationships again.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, teen, offbeat, semi serious, independent film
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13 Semesters (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Momo leaves his small home town to go to university, he is full of enthusiasm and confidence, but slowly the pressures of study and campus living begin to grind him down. Half way through his course he finds himself at a crossroads with both his relationship and studies.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Blue Juice (1995)
Plot Summary:
JC is the hero of the Cornish surfing community. Staring thirty hard in the face, he fears that the wave that has carried him through a prolonged adolescence is heading for the rocks as his girlfriend pressures him for commitment and his friends contemplate growing up.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, realistic, entertaining, light, captivating, independent film, erotic, semi serious, romantic
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Burning Annie (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story of a college student with an "Annie Hall" addiction trying to make his new relationship work.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, witty, semi serious, clever, offbeat, realistic, talky, independent film
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Russian Dolls (2005)
Plot Summary:
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, feel good, humorous, witty, road movie, depressing, epic, clever, realistic
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Starter for 10 (2006)
Plot Summary:
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, witty, light, sweet, melancholic, touching, humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic
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Kicking and Screaming (1995)
Plot Summary:
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: talky, humorous, independent film, depressing, melancholic, realistic, semi serious, clever, witty, mumblecore
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Nearing Grace (2005)
Plot Summary:
Did you ever wish you could get the hottest girl in school? This is the story of how non-jock Henry (Gregory Smith) indeed gets the girl, Grace (Jordana Brewster), but not without complications.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Frenchmen 3 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Alex, Antoine and Manu meet Jean, a loner who ignores the pleasures of friendship. Little by little, they learn to know each other, to appreciate each other. Jean is moved by the complicity and affection that fuels the relationship with his new friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, light, feel good
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Love is Not Blind (2011)
Plot Summary:
Xiaoxian’s life is right on track. She has a steady job at an upscale wedding planning company, a cute apartment, and most importantly, a loving boyfriend of 7 years. Any day now, Xiaoxian is sure that he’ll pop the question. But everything comes crashing down when she discovers that he’s actually cheating on her— with her best friend. How could things go so wrong? Dumped and heartbroken, Xiaoxian is a total mess. It doesn’t help that she has to face perky brides every day. Things go from bad to worse until her sassy, but jaded, co-worker Jian intervenes. It’s not that Jian really cares. It’s more that he’s sick of witnessing her pathetic decline. Xiaoxian seriously needs to get a grip. 33 days into her breakup, Jian’s brand of tough love is working, but Xiaoxian still can’t help wondering: will she ever get a chance at love again?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, light, captivating, sentimental, semi serious
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Stockholm Boogie (2005)
Plot Summary:
We are following the two cousins and best friends, Jerka and Hoffa, during a typical night out in Stockholm. It's summertime and anything can happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, light, touching
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Love Breakups Zindagi (2011)
Plot Summary:
Love Breakups Zindagi is a movie which tries to answer the question related to love, breakups and life. A couple and many of their friends experience changes and challenges in their respective lives after attending a wedding.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, romantic, light