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Plot Summary:
Dancing Queen is a 1993 British romantic comedy film starring Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham Carter. It follows the misfortune of Neil (Mayall), a bridegroom trying to get back to his bride with the help of his newfound friend Pandora/Julie (Bonham Carter) the stripper. It was the third episode of the first series of the Granada Television series Rik Mayall Presents.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Looking for an Angel (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three men share nothing but the same name: Angel Flores Fuentes. When a woman in search for her lost true love opens the telephone book, she has no option but to send a desperate love message to the three, hoping to obtain a response from the "real one". The men who are not the "real" Angel Flores Fuentes, believe that the message was left by a different woman, their own lost or impossible love.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark comedy
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A Fountain for Susan (1999)
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African Ibrahim Maiga is a renowned R&B artist, who lives in Europe. One day he receives a letter from his father, the chief of Ibrahim's tribe that he must marry Nene. She has been married off to him since their childhood. Ibrahim dislikes the idea and he asks his fan Zuzana to accompany him to Africa as his supposed wife, so the wedding can be cancelled. Things are getting difficult when the chief doesn't want to cancel the wedding and Zuzana falls in love with Michael, a journalist who is writing a report about Ibrahim's tribe.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 98 min
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Hochzeit in Rom (2017)
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On business trip in Milan, Bavarian architect Max Hauser falls in love with strong-willed waitress Bianca, who is fired for speaking up to his rude colleagues. When he proposes, she runs, but he traces her to Rome, where he finds she's actually the multi-titled rebellious daughter of impoverished prince and count Vibaldo D'Arcadia and his snobbish silver spoon wife Gioia, who inhabit a stunning but slowly derelict renaissance palace. When Max asks for her hand, she hastily accepts, and after getting the matriarchal blessing of the countess-mother Donna Costanza, Max invites his parents, egalitarian dentist Walter Hauser and wine merchant Eva and Zahnarzt to attend his socialite wedding. Max is not amused to find his father cornered by his mistress, flight attendant Xenia who demands Waleter's divorce, a secret they will painfully fail to keep under control, yet the parents refuse to spoil their son's wedding, but the palatial maid gets wind of half the story and confides into the.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 89 min
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My Kuya's Wedding (2007)
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Inseparable as siblings, Jeff and Kat grew up very close to each other through thick and thin. Kat being overzealous and very wary of girls who likes her brother Jeff. Her Kuya simply means the world to her. Years later, Kat is all grown-up and lovely, and soon awaits her Kuyas return after four years of hard work from abroad. But all this excitement of a sibling reunion is foiled at the airport upon sight of Heidi, Kats worst nightmare and her brothers fiancée. Fueled with envy, Kat embarks on an all-out scheme to pull out all the stops to their impending wedding with the help of her gay bestfriend of all seasons. However, as Kat schemes to freeze the marital icing off her siblings cake, she finds herself falling for the charms of an evicted reality show superstar - Aris who happens to be Heidis brother. As she desperately clings to her last semblance of family, her Kuya Jeff, will Kat be able to stop this bridezilla from snatching away her only Kuya in her life?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 116 min
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Abgeschminkt! (1993)
Plot Summary:
An original satire about women of the 90s in search of the men of their dreams. Franzy believes she's through with men, but desperately needs new amorous story lines for the comic strip she writes for a newspaper. So she observes her friend Maischa struggling to satisfy her need for love -- and someone who knows how to install her new shelf. Since joiner Klaus demands too much attention, she sets her eyes on the good-looking footballer Rene.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 55 min
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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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Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk (2017)
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A young Jehovah's Witness believes the ultimate punishment will be inflicted upon him for typical teenage activity. His life is rather grim until infatuation with a friend's older sister opens his eyes.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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One Night Only (1984)
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A group of female friends get together with some hired "ladies of the evening", and make some quick cash for throwing a raunchy party for the local hockey team.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy
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Maria into Life (2022)
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Maria is a cleaning lady, who is reserved, shy and clumsy. When she is assigned to the School of Fine Arts, she meets Hubert, the school's whimsical guardian. There she discovers a fascinating place where freedom, creativity and daring reign.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
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Zika's Dynasty (1985)
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Misa is already a teenager but with little interest in girls and much for his violin. Two granddads, Zika and Milan, are worried for their grandson who may 'deviate' like Steven from "Dynasty", the show they like to watch. That's why they decide to introduce him better to their attractive housekeeper.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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Carry on Loving (1966)
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Widower Ramlal lives a wealthy lifestyle near Poona, India along with two daughters and a son. His daughter, Malti, is a Science Graduate; Nirmala, a matriculate, and the son, Atma, who wants his dad to finance a Hindi film which he himself will produce under the banner of 'Wah Wah Productions'.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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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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Fidibus (2006)
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Kalle, a nice middleclass kid, who because of a debt and old friendship ends up as a 'fidibus', a gofer, for the hash baron Paten. But only until Paten is anything but innocently jailed and asks Kalle to mind the store while he is gone. No one touches Paten's money, Paten's car or, least of all, Paten's girl, Saby, who is dumber than water.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 107 min
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Angst (2000)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring horror movie writer searches for love in a world of heartache, desperation and fluffy toys.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min
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Snakes and Ladders (1996)
Plot Summary:
A wry story of female friendship: Jean and Kate, two "nearing-thirty" street performers, find the ups and downs of life and love amid the pubs and music scene of modern day Dublin.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Ireland, Germany, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Popcorn and Ice Cream (1978)
Plot Summary:
Gesa loses her vacation money in a warehouse bed while having sex with her boyfriend. When she realizes the money is gone, they return to the warehouse, but the beds have all been picked up for delivery. They immediately set off by train to follow the money.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, slapstick comedy, teen comedy
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Desperadas (2007)
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The story is about four beautiful half-sisters - Isabella, Courtney, Stephanie and Patricia - who have problems in their personal life. Isabella has issues with commitment, Stephanie is having problems with her husband Richard, Courtney's boyfriend Patrick becomes a Born again Christian and Patricia publishes her new sex book much to the dismay of her husband who's having trouble with their relationship as a couple.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 102 min
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Women Talking Dirty (1999)
Plot Summary:
A lively, outspoken single mother develops an unlikely friendship with a shy cartoonist.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 815
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, touching, humorous, realistic, contemplative, talky, semi serious, independent film
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The Revengers' Comedies (1998)
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After saving each other from jumping off a bridge, Henry Bell (Sam Neill) and Karen Knightly (Helena Bonham Carter) plot to avenge the people who drove them to suicide. Henry will ruin the life of the woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) who married Karen's boyfriend, while Karen will work as a secretary for the man (Steve Coogan) who took Henry's job. Whether revenge will be sweet – or bittersweet – is anyone's guess.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: hilarious, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, surprise ending, independent film, black comedy
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Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy (1976)
Plot Summary:
It's a tidal wave of laughs When "CHESTY" puts her deadly weapons into action!.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, sexploitation film
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Wilderness Therapy (2022)
Plot Summary:
Deep in the Pyrenees, two close friends at rock bottom have the idea of the century: to pull themselves of their misery, they will launch a horse trekking tour, a voyage through the mountains for tourists in search of nature, silence and adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
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It Happened in Saint-Tropez (2013)
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Zef’s stormy relationship with his brother Roni is further aggravated when Roni marries his daughter just as he is attending to his wife’s funeral. The two brothers have never got on with each other. One is faithful to his religion, the other lives only for the present. Between London, Paris, Saint-Tropez and New York, a series of confrontations and betrayals threatens to drive the family further apart, but out of this confusion will come a great love story, perhaps even two.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious
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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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Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Plot Summary:
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: period piece, offbeat, humorous, talky, avant garde, cult classic, historical drama, sentimental, touching, feel good
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The Knot (2012)
Plot Summary:
A couple endures a series of mishaps right before their wedding day.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 963
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy
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A Merry War (1997)
Plot Summary:
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: cult classic, clever, humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, independent film, sexy, thought provoking, intellectual
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The Theory of Flight (1998)
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A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be de-flowered before her death. The man, struggling to maintain his relationship with his girl friend, declines but offers to help pay for a gigolo to do the deed. The following events play off the inherent comedy and drama of the circumstances.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, emotional, melancholic, erotic, cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic, crying
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Backyard Wedding (2010)
Plot Summary:
Kim Tyler grew up loving her next-door neighbor, Evan Slauson. Now she's all set to have the wedding of her dreams to stable Jeffrey in her parents' backyard, but her ex-husband, and first love—whose parents still live next door—keeps popping up causing her to seriously question her big plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, sweet, entertaining, cult classic, romantic drama
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The Wedding Ringer (2015)
Plot Summary:
Doug Harris is a loveable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams, Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan, owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. What ensues is a hilarious wedding charade as they try to pull off the big con, and an unexpected budding bromance between Doug and his fake best man Jimmy.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, humorous, funny, not serious, witty, absurd, hilarious, light, black comedy
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Conversations with Other Women (2005)
Plot Summary:
Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception for the privacy of a hotel room, the unnamed pair explore the choices of the past that led them to the present.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sexy, heartbreaking, light, emotional, melancholic, sincere, touching, humorous, romantic, witty