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Plot Summary:
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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My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (1999)
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Jake can only think of one thing after being dragged to the wedding of his girlfriend's best friend. How can he get out of it? On the advice of Wes, the out-and-proud best man, he pretends to be gay and gets caught kissing Wes. Little does Jake realize he's about to get caught up in a circle of jealousy and lies. Cliff, the groom, is getting married to help solidify his hunky, soap opera star image... and to stay closeted. Yep, he s gay. And his longtime boyfriend is none other than his best man. When Cliff and Wes get pictures taken of them in a compromising position (several, in fact) it looks as though his cover might be blown. Thrown into the mix is the bride's sex crazy mother and the nosy reporter-turned-wedding photographer with a sock puppet (pop icon Deborah Gibson). What ensues is a fun, quirky and modern comedy of errors that is sure to tickle your funny bone.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, neo screwball comedy
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Dancing Queen (1993)
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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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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Manay Po! 2 Overload (2008)
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Luzviminda Dimagiba (Cherry Pie Picache) and her three gay sons: Oscar (Polo Ravales), Orson (John Prats) and Orwell (Jiro Manio) are back! And now they want to add a new member to their outrageous family – a cute little baby to make their new home happy and complete! But babies don’t just really just fall from heaven or can be fetched from a river, so when the Dimagibas are figuring out this dilemma, Bette (Rufa Mae Quinto) – the ditzy baby maker just came right on time to provide the answer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
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The Ideal Man (1996)
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Marie, incapable of choosing between three marriage proposals, decides to give up. Circumstances mean that the three men meet. Far from being hostile, Stéphane, Fabrice and Paul console each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: intellectual, slapstick comedy
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Bridal Shower (2004)
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Three advertising executives are doomed to perpetually look for the right man. Tates, Katie and Sonia are all are stuck in a rut with love, sex and marriage. Tates will do whatever it takes to just to have the man she wants even if he is tangled in a messy annulment case and even if it takes her to shed a lot of money to have him. Katie found her love story with a macho dancer but is scared to let her friends know because of his unconventional job. So she tries to give him a more decent look for her friends to see. She also finds bodily insecurities because of her chubby physique. Sonia is the two-timing chick that finds her self pregnant while being with two men. She is in-love with a painter but finds more security with a rich man. Despite her strong feelings for the former, she chooses to be with the latter in order to provide better for her and her child.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 132 min
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What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022)
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Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic
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Titoo MBA (2014)
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A small town stud dreams of hitting the big time and making some big money. He tries out various schemes until he hits the jackpot as a gigolo, living a sort of double life that he keeps hidden from his wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 111 min
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Love Is a Four Letter Word (2007)
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Margaret and Martin Harper, both sixty years old, are filing for divorce, but plan to keep everything as civilized as possible. Complications arise when their respective attorneys, the equally cynical Emily Bennett and Kenton Rhodes, unexpectedly fall in love, throwing an extra kink into the proceedings both in and out of the courtroom.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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Status: Single (2009)
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At 30, Doris (Rufa Mae Quinto) can feel her biological clock ticking. For her, nothing can be worse than growing old, lonely and dying a virgin. She needs a man, and she needs one pronto! So to make her dream of walking down the aisle come true, she enlists the help of her best pal, Randy. Will Doris end up with the gorgeous Fil-Am bartender Hans , the intellectual Sean , or the zero self-esteem officemate Inaki? Or will she accept the fact that she’s destined to be single forever, and can be happy that way?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tagalog
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Kimmy Dora (2009)
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Kimmy and Dora (both Eugene Domingo) are identical twins but are as different as night and day. Kimmy is the smart, dictatorial type while Dora is the slow, dumb-wit sister. Kimmy has always been jealous of her sister as Johnson (Dingdong Dantes), the man she really likes, only has eyes for Dora. All hell breaks loose when their father(Ariel Ureta) gets a heart attack and makes Dora the majority owner of their family business if in case he dies. Kimmy thinks this is unfair and gets the help of their lawyer Harry (Baron Geisler) to take care of "business". A misunderstanding brings forth a plan to kill Dora but they kidnap Kimmy instead. Now Kimmy must find a way to get away from her captors while Dora must act as her tough sister and control their corporation in order to hide the truth from their father.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tagalog
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I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) (2008)
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Destiny. Is it beyond our control? Or do we make our own? These questions and other musings about the past and the future set the tone as we sail into the year's most anticipated film about love and life. Six people are brought together on a seven-day cruise that will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 94 min
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Can This Be Love (2005)
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University students Ryan and Daisy probably couldn’t be any more dissimilar, with Ryan splitting his time between his nursing studies and a part-time job and Daisy, a Korean exchange student, doing her best to blend in with an unfamiliar culture. At first, their differences ignite an intense dislike for each other, but eventually, they discover they have more in common than they think perhaps even love.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
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Stars Versus Me (2015)
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Elena a young girl brought up by a horoscope-addicted mother to have her life dictated by signs and omens. When Elena’s mother dies in a fire, she decides to wage war on the stars by doing the exact opposite of what her daily horoscope is dictating.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Of All the Things (2012)
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Muhlach plays the role of Umboy, a notary public attorney who earns a living by notarizing important documents and other papers, while Velasquez on the other hand plays the role of Berns, a professional documents fixer. Every time Berns needs the help of a notary public, she goes to Umboy to "legalized" everything. This "legalization" process of documents was somehow Umboy does not agree with Berns. Their different ideology and principles in life have created a cat-and-dog fight situation between the two. But what's supposed to be a misunderstanding between the two of them will likely to create a blossoming relationship. Bound with their principles in life, how do you think the two will end up together — to the dark side where both of them will be living a dishonest life where they fix documents illegally or to the light side where everything else is in correct and honest manner?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
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Desperadas 2 (2008)
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The story of Desperadas 2 is about four half-sisters - Isabella, Patricia, Stephanie, and Courtney - who have another big problems in their life. They also found out that they have another half-sister, Lugaluda.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
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Leo and Loree (1980)
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Ralph Malph from Philly moves to Hollywood with dreams of making it big, amazingly hooks up with starlet-to-be, loses starlet-to-be, gets back starlet-to-be, and becomes someone.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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Costa Brava (1995)
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In Barcelona, Anna is a tour guide working on her monologue, in which she's a Communist housewife whose lesbian neighbor is an object of curiosity. She's sent an audition tape to San Francisco's Another Stage. While giving a tour, she meets Montserrat, American, Jewish, teaching in Barcelona and unhappy with her job. Montserrat, claiming "I'm not a lesbian," approaches Anna; they start a relationship, and with occasional trips to the Costa Brava, it becomes a romance. Anna helps Montserrat find another job, but it's in the States. Their parting seems inevitable. They take a last trip to the Costa Brava and keep praying. Does God have a miracle in store?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, queer cinema
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Status: It's Complicated! (2013)
Plot Summary:
The movie is inspired by the 1979 classic sexy-comedy film Salawahan directed by Ishmael Bernal whom originally stars Rita Gomez, Mat Ranillo, Jay Ilagan, Rio Locsin, Sandy Andolong, and Bonching Miraflor.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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When I Met U (2009)
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A young woman and her pilot are stranded on a remote island after they crash land their plane. The two are contentious at first, but grow affectionate as they work together to survive. But when their rescue arrives, they are instantly brought back to the real world, where they're both in committed relationships.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: tagalog
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Kiss Me! (2017)
Plot Summary:
Claude falls in love with Cécile. She is convinced that she is the woman of her life unlike her mother who knows the tumultuous sentimental life of her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The D Word (2005)
Plot Summary:
A NYC parody of that 'other' Sapphic series. Dot, artistic director of a downtown theatre, and her partner of 7 years, Dina, a crunchy-granola dyke, are looking for a sperm donor to expand their family. They throw a party to find him amongst the guests of their close circle of friends: Daynisha, a closeted WNBA player; Dixie, a bisexual journalist into S & M; Drea, the resident Butch heart-throb and dog groomer; Dex, Dot's younger FTM musician sibling; Dim, their next door neighbor chess coach and his newly arrived girlfriend Dani, a playwright curious about life in NYC; and Daria, the proprietor of the Drunken Pussycat, a bar where everyone gathers to gossip and kvetch. All of them struggle through much dyke drama in the Big Apple.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Do I Love You? (2002)
Plot Summary:
'Do I Love You?' is a romantic philosophical comedy about life and the questions it throws at you.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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My Candidate (2016)
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A promising young politician who’s running for the senate. He then meets a female spin doctor who helps in orchestrating his campaign and giving him a new image. The first choice to play his leading lady is Jennylyn Mercado, since they’ve already proven that they have good chemistry together.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 101 min
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Why Not Me? (1999)
Plot Summary:
Four gay French expatriots share a business in Barcelona. When they and their parents are thrown together for a "coming out" party, another French Farce ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, queer cinema, hot
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Girl Play (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two real-life lesbian actresses meet by chance when they are cast as lovers in a local stage play, and end up actually falling in love. Robin, who is married to her girlfriend for half a dozen years, and Lacie, someone who never had a lasting relationship, are both cast to play lesbian lovers in a Los Angeles stage play. Innocently, the stage director, Gabriel runs the actresses through a series of rehearsals designed to "bring out the intimacy" in each performer. Soon the two women find themselves increasingly and undeniably attracted to each other and overcome with desire. They must ask themselves whether this relationship is manufactured, created for the sake of the "girl play", or is true love.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sexy, sentimental, sincere, touching, independent film, erotic, sensual, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Me, Myself & Her (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two women -- a restaurateur and an architect -- have a seemingly idyllic romantic relationship, until the latter encounters a man she had a fling with.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 901
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, tense, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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Momzillas (2013)
Plot Summary:
Maricel Soriano and Eugene Domingo co-star with Billy Crawford and Andi Eigenmann as lovers set to get married. However, theres one stumbling block: Their mothers (that is, Maricel and Eugene) are against it. The two moms are revealed to be mortal enemies because in their younger years they fell in love with the same man. The young lovers hatch a plan to reconcile their feuding moms. The tragedy: The mothers get lost in a remote island where they are forced to work together and settle their issues if they have to survive. They do become friends again. What they dont know is that their children are on the brink of separation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, light, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, tagalog
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It's in the Water (1997)
Plot Summary:
When hordes of gays and lesbians come out "of the closet" in the fictional town of Azalea Springs, Texas, intolerant residents go into a panic about the water supply.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, queer cinema
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Gray Matters (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sam and Gray are such a well-matched pair that it is difficult to believe they are brother and sister rather than husband and wife. They both share a love of 1940s movies and dancing, and when they meet Charlie, they have something else in common: They both fall in love with her. Sam must deal with unexpected feelings of jealousy, while Gray struggles to come to terms with her sexual orientation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, touching, humorous, clever, realistic, semi serious, independent film, stylized, erotic
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