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Plot Summary:
A young woman takes a job as a personal maid for a rich young man. The pair do not get along, but soon due to their classmates' games of love, their relationship grows more complicated than before.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, feel good, humorous, surprise ending, crying
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Tween Academy: Class of 2012 (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around 3 best of friends. Kara, the cosplayer and online retailer. George the boyish football wannabe, Enzo, the Mr. Fix-It.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: light, sincere, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, comic
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My Bestfriend's Girlfriend (2008)
Plot Summary:
Grace is a dancer who comes out of a huge cake in a stag party attended by Evo, who's surprised when he learns later that Grace is the girlfriend of his best friend. When Evo is dumped by his own girlfriend, he hires Grace to pretend to be his new girl to make Ehra jealous, leading to some unexpected complications.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Age of Summer (2018)
Plot Summary:
A determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Jr. Lifeguards of Hermosa Beach while juggling relationships and challenges in the summer of 1986.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, independent film, teen
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The Secret Ingredient (2020)
Plot Summary:
Small-town baker, Kelly, gets a big surprise when she is invited to compete on a Valentine's Day baking show in New York City - and an even bigger surprise when she runs into her ex-fiance.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, culinary, entertaining
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Husband Factor (2015)
Plot Summary:
A traditional Turkish woman tries to find love and is forced by her family members to get married.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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A Very Special Love (2008)
Plot Summary:
Laida Magtalas is a modern-day Belle who works hard to provide for her family while hoping that someday she will meet her prince charming and that they will live happily ever after together. That would-be prince charming is none other than "Miggy", the youngest member of the Montenegro clan — a well established family in the business world. Moony Laida's desire to finally meet Miggy leads her to apply as an Editorial Assistant at his newly launched men’s magazine, "Bachelor". In spite of the fact that a relationship with Miggy may prove to be a long shot, Laida revels working in such close proximity with the man of her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, tagalog, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Stop the Wedding (2016)
Plot Summary:
A meddling man and woman determined to stop a wedding for the good of the bride and groom instead wind up falling in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Life's Speed Bump (2006)
Plot Summary:
Seeking job opportunities, a young man arrives in Cairo and becomes increasingly involved with the family of a wealthy businessman.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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This Time (2016)
Plot Summary:
Childhood friends Coby and Ava, who only see each other during summer vacations. As time passes, the characters develop feelings for each other but having a relationship long-distance is a great challenge for both.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, touching, suspenseful
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A Christmas Village (2018)
Plot Summary:
Piper Jansen is a slick public relations genius and owner of her own company "Piper's Picks." After creating countless successful campaigns, she decides to use her grandmother's holiday recipes to write and launch a book of her own but, suddenly finds herself in the middle of a very public scandal that threatens the launch of the book as well as her business.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining
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Etiquette for Mistresses (2015)
Plot Summary:
A story and friendship of five wealthy and successful women Georgia, Chloe, Stella, Charley, and the newest in the group Ina. The four older women take Ina under their wing as they teach her the "rules" in their "secret" world. Most importantly, they teach Ina on how to go about their secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, crying, black comedy, learning
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For the Hopeless Romantic (2015)
Plot Summary:
A student writer struggles to find a happy ending for her romantic story when her own real life romance falls apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, suspenseful, humorous, inspirational, surprise ending, tension, suspense
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A Husband for Christmas (2016)
Plot Summary:
Brooke and Roger, two graphic designers in a soon-to-be-merged company, help one another by agreeing to a loveless marriage of convenience, suggested by their new boss. In the process, Brooke gets to upstage the sister who just announced her engagement to Brooke's ex-boyfriend during the holidays. But, with their “marriage” in question, will Brooke and Roger find a spark they didn’t know existed?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Can't Help Falling in Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
Gab de la Cuesta is a high-strung career woman who got recently engaged to her longtime boyfriend. Her well-planned life suddenly becomes complicated when she discovers that she is actually married to a total stranger.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tagalog, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Convenient Groom (2016)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Kate Lawrence, a celebrity relationship expert, plans to publicly announce her engagement to Bryan, a handsome and perfectly polished businessman. As Kate prepares to share the news, Bryan shocks her by breaking up with her and calling off the wedding. Wanting to save her from humiliation and protect her public image, Lucas Wright, Kate's childhood friend steps in and pretends to be Kate's fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, sweet
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Look Both Ways (2022)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of her college graduation, Natalie's life diverges into two parallel realities: one in which she becomes pregnant and must navigate motherhood as a young adult in her Texas hometown, the other in which she moves to LA to pursue her career. In both journeys throughout her twenties, Natalie experiences life-changing love, devastating heartbreak and rediscovers herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, realistic, touching, romantic comedy, feel good
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The New Romantic (2018)
Plot Summary:
Blake Conway, aspiring journalist, hopeless romantic. and frustrated with the lack of chivalrous guys her own age, a college senior gives up on dating for love to date an older man in exchange for gifts instead.As she documents the adventure in the hopes of winning a journalism award with a generous cash prize to escape looming student debt, she sets out on a quest to figure out if society is right to judge these women and if her own self worth comes with a price.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, psychological, light, sincere, sweet, romantic comedy
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Love and Debate (2006)
Plot Summary:
A girl goes to Harvard and joins the debate team. She has to deal with a ton of issues, from boyfriends, to ethnicity, to religion, to sexual assault.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, independent film, sexy, touching, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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Office Romance. Our time (2011)
Plot Summary:
Anatoli Yefremovich Novoseltsev works in a ratings company, whose director is an unattractive and bossy woman. An old friend of his, Yuri Grigorievich Samokhvalov, who gets appointed assistant director, wants to make Novoseltsev the manager but encounters objections from Ludmila Prokopievna Kalugina, the director. Samokhvalov then advises Novoseltsev to lightly hit on the boss. Ironically, Novoseltsev and Kalugina fall in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, touching, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, funny
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Do You Like Spring Bear? (2003)
Plot Summary:
A connected series of love notes scribbled in library art books convinces gawky grocery store clerk Hyun-chae that a mystery man - known only as 'Vincent' - is pursuing a relationship with her. Meanwhile, an infatuated pal from her high-school days - shy, quirky subway driver Dong-ha - relocated to Seoul to ACTUALLY pursue a relationship with her, which she rejects in favor of the ersatz paper chase provided by her mystery man, going so far as to pawn Dong-ha off on her friend at one point.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, offbeat, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Fabulous (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jagjinder Joginder, a wedding planner, brings together the dysfunctional family of businessman Bipin Arora while making arrangements for Bipin's daughter's destination wedding in London.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride (2008)
Plot Summary:
A wedding planner looks to persuade her mother not to marry a man she's only known for a brief period of time, until an unexpected development forces her to re-examine her feelings.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 828
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Talk Back and You're Dead (2014)
Plot Summary:
A promise, a girl, and a gangster.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, touching, surprise ending, crying
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Admission (2013)
Plot Summary:
Strait-laced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago. Soon, Portia finds herself bending the rules for Jeremiah, putting at risk the life she thought she always wanted – but in the process finding her way to a surprising and exhilarating life and romance she never dreamed of having.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, emotional, feel good, realistic, semi serious, light, cute, teen, sweet
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Plot Summary:
Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with a new boss, a strange contractor and the worst vacation of her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, Ireland, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, romantic comedy, funny, light, romantic, not serious, cute, teen, clever
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Second Act (2018)
Plot Summary:
Maya, a 40-year-old woman struggling with frustrations from unfulfilled dreams. Until, that is, she gets the chance to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts, and that it is never too late for a Second Act.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, inspirational, feel good, sweet, uplifting, funny, thought provoking, captivating, romantic comedy
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Tenure (2008)
Plot Summary:
Despite his outstanding intellect, associate professor Charlie Thurber is a chronic underachiever and has never received university tenure. Aided by his nutty best friend, Charlie launches a final effort to make the grade at Gray College. But a beautiful new teacher whose ascending star threatens to eclipse him shakes up Charlie's plans.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, independent film, hilarious
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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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Aisha (2010)
Plot Summary:
Aisha is a girl with a simple diktat - everyone's business is her business. Arjun is a boy with even a simpler set of beliefs - Aisha should mind her own business. Caught in the Delhi upper class world with its own set of social rules, Aisha navigates her world with a great sense of style and even greater optimism. Caught in her web are her best friend Pinky, the small town girl Shefali, the west Delhi boy Randhir and the hunk Dhruv. Aisha will make sure everyone dances to her tune. And all Arjun wants to do is disentangle that web and get Aisha out of an impending sticky mess. Who will succeed and who will succumb? Welcome to Aisha's fabulous world where playing cupid is as easy as 123...if only that Arjun would stay out of her way!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, entertaining, light, captivating, touching, realistic
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The Proposal (2009)
Plot Summary:
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 349000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, light, sweet, funny, romantic comedy, witty, sexy, cute, hilarious