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Plot Summary:
Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty and Julia couldn't be less alike, but a flame is ignited...touching off a firestorm of love and conflict.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, touching, feel good, hood, erotic, christian film, romantic, independent film, emotional
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I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, uplifting, sad, black comedy, crying, black cinema
Similar in 86%
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charles McCarter and his wife Helen are about to celebrate their 18th-wedding anniversary when Helen comes home to find her clothes packed up in a U-Haul van parked in the driveway. Charles is divorcing Her. Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, an old woman who doesn't take any lip from anyone. Madea helps Helen through these tough times by showing her what is really important in life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: emotional, humorous, entertaining, inspirational, intense, sentimental, funny, light, thought provoking, sad
Similar in 89%
Meet the Browns (2008)
Plot Summary:
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street.But when she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met.Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral. But nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed...and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.The story is adapted by Tyler Perry from his stage play "Meet the Browns." Perry will portray Madea and Uncle Joe in the film.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, not serious, uplifting, black comedy, romantic comedy, independent film, black cinema, adaptation directed by original author
Similar in 88%
The Family That Preys (2008)
Plot Summary:
Alice Pratt, a hard working Christian woman, raised her two daughters while managing a simple diner of her own. Her snobbish and arrogant daughter Andrea graduated in Economic Science and works in a construction corporation while her sister Pam stayed with Alice and worked in the diner. Andrea is married to construction worker Chris, who works in the same corporation as his wife but dreams of starting up his own business. However she is being unfaithful to him - with their boss William Cartwright. William is the son of Alice's best friend, the wealthy Charlotte Cartwright. While Alice travels with Charlotte on a road trip, the ambition and infidelity of William triggers a series of events that will affect relationships in both families.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, crying, black cinema
Similar in 84%
Stella (1990)
Plot Summary:
Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the perfect mother-daughter pair.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, sentimental, captivating, sad, touching, realistic, sexual, erotic, romantic
Similar in 80%
Good Deeds (2012)
Plot Summary:
Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, semi serious, romantic, black comedy, romantic drama, humorous, realistic
Similar in 76%
A Madea Christmas (2013)
Plot Summary:
Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: christmas special, light, sincere, feel good, captivating, christian film, happy, sentimental, humorous, realistic
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Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
Plot Summary:
The film is about the difficulty of maintaining a solid relationship in modern times. Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their annual week-long reunion, but the mood shifts when one couple's infidelity comes to light. Secrets are revealed and each couple begins to question their own marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: melancholic, sentimental, realistic, humorous, talky, semi serious, touching, christian film, black comedy, hood
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Cupid & Cate (2000)
Plot Summary:
Cate has a small boutique where she sells vintage clothes. She is dating some snob whose mother thinks that Cate is a second class citizen because of her line of work. Harry meets Cate and they fall in love instantly. Francesca is a doctor who finds out that he has cancer, and tells Cate so that she would break up with Harry.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 800
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, erotic, sex comedy, soap opera, contemplative
Similar in 81%
Don't Let Me Drown (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, touching, serious, gloomy, independent film
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If Loving You Is Wrong (2014)
Plot Summary:
Follow the relationships of a group of husbands and wives that live and love on the same street. While the neighbors come from very different backgrounds, their lives are similar – raising children, dealing with exes, worrying about money and keeping romance in their relationships. But just below the surface — secrets, lies and deception threaten to destroy what they have built.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, soap opera, captivating
Similar in 86%
Guinevere (1999)
Plot Summary:
A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, independent film, sentimental, touching, romantic, emotional, romantic drama, dark, arthurian, erotic
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Disappearing Acts (2000)
Plot Summary:
Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own business. The two meet and fall in love and during the course of the stormy relationship, they both come to some startling conclusions about love and each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, sentimental, talky, romantic
Similar in 86%
Not Easily Broken (2009)
Plot Summary:
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, emotional, realistic, serious, inspirational, romantic, independent film, romantic drama
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Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)
Plot Summary:
High school loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987's Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, black comedy, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, intense
Similar in 78%
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
Plot Summary:
Based upon Tyler Perry's acclaimed stage production, Madea's Family Reunion continues the adventures of Southern matriarch Madea. She has just been court ordered to be in charge of Nikki, a rebellious runaway, her nieces, Lisa and Vanessa, are suffering relationship trouble, and through it all, she has to organize her family reunion.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, uplifting, realistic, touching, semi serious, romantic, christian film, funny, black comedy
Similar in 86%
Mississippi Masala (1991)
Plot Summary:
An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, talky, realistic, touching, serious, sexy, emotional, sex comedy, multicultural
Similar in 90%
Jungle Fever (1991)
Plot Summary:
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, emotional, realistic, controversial, hood, sentimental, captivating, scary, touching
Similar in 89%
Gabriela (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mike is romantic and persistent, a social worker at a psychiatric clinic who falls for a new intern. Gabriela is passionate; she's also engaged; although her love for her fiance Patrick seems more fraternal than erotic, she has an overwhelming sense of obligation to marry him. Mike gets dubious counsel from a colleague, Douglas, who's seems to have a new relationship weekly, and from his unhappy brother. She gets advice from her supervisor, whose long-term marriage ended badly. Gabriela can't seem to say no to Mike, except when he asks her to end her engagement. She heads home to Mexico to introduce Patrick to her family. What's Mike to do? Will anything change her mind?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, erotic, romantic, sexy, romantic drama, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Similar in 77%
Jersey Girl (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, feel good, sentimental, touching, sexy, sincere, humorous, entertaining, anamorphic
Similar in 75%
Untamed Heart (1993)
Plot Summary:
Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner, helps fight off the assailants, and she begins a relationship with him -- but not all their fellow Minnesotans are happy for them. Meanwhile, the couple face their own difficulties when Caroline finds about Adam's past, including his unique health condition.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, feel good, sad, sweet, crying, heartbreaking, inspirational, uplifting
Similar in 83%
Hope Floats (1998)
Plot Summary:
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, light, sad, sweet, emotional, melancholic, intense, feel good
Similar in 85%
Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
Plot Summary:
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, christian film, romantic, black comedy, black cinema
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Plot Summary:
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, end as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love - even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, romantic comedy, touching, erotic, hood, feel good, humorous, realistic, talky
Similar in 78%
Love Jones (1997)
Plot Summary:
Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, light, sentimental, talky, hood, romantic drama, erotic, cult classic, independent film
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Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Plot Summary:
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, sexy, sweet, melancholic, sentimental, sincere, humorous, romantic, hood, clever
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Poetic Justice (1993)
Plot Summary:
In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. A mail carrier invites a few friends along for a long overnight delivery run.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: road movie, hood, touching, realistic, sentimental, sincere, serious, emotional, compassionate, erotic
Similar in 77%
Deliver Us from Eva (2003)
Plot Summary:
Eva Dandridge is a very uptight young woman who constantly meddles in the affairs of her sisters and their husbands. Her in-laws, who are tired of Eva interfering in their lives, decide to set her up with someone so she can leave them alone. They end up paying Ray, the local "playboy," $5,000 to date her. The plan goes by smoothly, but troubles comes when Ray actually falls in love with Eva.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic comedy, funny, light, romantic, humorous, teen, erotic, black comedy, hood
Similar in 79%
A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
Plot Summary:
World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, realistic, sentimental, uplifting, sweet, tear jerker, emotional, epic, cult classic
Similar in 79%
The Choice (2016)
Plot Summary:
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, sweet, scenic, sentimental, serious, realistic, tear jerker, romantic comedy