Best movies like Eat, Play, Love
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Plot Summary:
Veterinarian Dr. Carly Monroe makes it a habit to stop by the local dog shelter as often as possible because she loves dogs and secretly loves the shelter’s owner, Dan. Unfortunately, he has agreed to marry his glamorous TV personality girlfriend and move to the Big Apple. With Dan’s big move looming, his sister decides to take matters into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, emotional, realistic, talky, touching, sweet
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The Clue to Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Ambitious journalist Audrey Harper heads to Hope Cove to write an article on the town’s local newspaper – if she does well, she’s up for a big promotion. While there, she meets the charming and handsome Editor in Chief Morgan Cooper, who helps her as she uncovers the true identity of the paper’s beloved love advice columnist Ask Aunt Hope, famous in the town for healing broken hearts.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Love on Trend (2021)
Plot Summary:
When Allie Ederling left her small town to move to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer, little did she imagine that the city had big plans for her… and for her heart!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (2009)
Plot Summary:
Columnist Peyton MacGruder befriends a reader who sent her a note that inspires Peyton to reconsider the choices she's made and her reluctance to accept her boyfriend's marriage proposal.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, emotional, realistic, touching, serious
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Our Dream Wedding (2021)
Plot Summary:
Commitment-shy Haley is as anti-marriage as it gets, but when she tries on her grandma’s ‘magical’ wedding veil, she’s transported to her future, where she and long-term boyfriend Scott are happily married with two beautiful children. Shocked, Haley tracks down her family to make sense of her vision and her view on love is changed for good. Is Haley ready to take the veil off – and is she finally ready for what will come after?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, romantic drama
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Closest Love To Heaven (2017)
Plot Summary:
Nino is a quiet outcast with only a bird for a friend. Kira is a popular boy with a big secret. Even though they live next to each other, they have never spoken. But when Nino learns Kira's secret, everything begins to change, and what starts as a hesitant friendship grows into something more... but how long can it last?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 750
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, uplifting, touching, sweet, shoujo
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Beyond the Memories (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carries a painful experience from his past. When Roku was an elementary school student, a girl who was with him got into an accident and died. Because of that incident, Roku carries a heavy sense of guilt. When they meet, time, frozen since that day, begins to tick again.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, dramatic, talky, shoujo
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All You Need Is Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
When popular TV show host Dr. Love goes missing ahead of the annual Christmas special, a zany search for his replacement and holiday romance ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet
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How to Fall in Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
An accountant, who never quite grew out of his awkward teenage years, finds himself with a dating coach - she happens to be his high school crush as well. Thanks to his coach, he gets a pretty woman he has his sights on for some time, but realizes they are incompatible. Meanwhile, his dating lessons with his teenage crush reawaken old feelings. Not realizing the feelings are mutual, he finds himself unable to act on them due to his fear of being rejected by the one he truly loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, semi serious, realistic, heartfelt, humorous
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A Very Country Christmas Homecoming (2020)
Plot Summary:
The third movie in the A Very Country franchise. Zane and Jeannette return from their magical honeymoon to plan the perfect first Christmas as a family, but the arrival of Jeannette’s former father-in-law throws a wrench into all of their holiday planning.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, talky
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Harvest Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young widow and her nine year-old son spend a week at her family’s pear farm in Washington state, where they both fall in love with small town farm life, and she falls for the guy who has been managing the farm.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, light, captivating, entertaining
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Once Upon A Holiday (2015)
Plot Summary:
When an actual, honest-to-goodness royal princess runs off from her official obligations and duties for a couple of days to see how the other half lives, she winds up falling for a good Samaritan who is unaware of her real identity during the holiday season. Will her true love still feel the same way once he learns the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, feel good, exciting, light, touching, sweet
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Bad Date Chronicles (2017)
Plot Summary:
Leigh runs the website "Bad Date Chronicles," which allows people to anonymously post horrible date experiences. When rival blogger Conner becomes the subject of one of her posts, they agree to date each other to see which one is the "bad dater.".
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, uplifting, feel good, humorous, sweet, emotional
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Farm to Fork to Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Alice, a young and talented sous chef at NY's top restaurant, receives an invitation to judge a food competition for a prestigious annual fundraiser.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic
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Random Encounters (2013)
Plot Summary:
What seems to be a chance encounter one day at a coffee shop leads to a full-fledged romance, but the couple must fight for their relationship to survive the craziness that is show business.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 765
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious
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Love Affair (1994)
Plot Summary:
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship sent to take them to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up but the other doesn't. However, a chance meeting brings them together again.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, emotional, romantic, light, sweet, romantic comedy, talky, sex comedy, serious
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The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Plot Summary:
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: entertaining, touching, romantic, funny, light, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental, feel good, humorous
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Going the Distance (2010)
Plot Summary:
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. But just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy, light, sweet, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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One Small Hitch (2013)
Plot Summary:
On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy. Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families, and a series of events causes them to pretend to be a couple and start planning a phony wedding. When the playacting begins to foster real feelings, the two must make some serious decisions: Split up and return to their lives in LA, or make a life as a couple back in Chicago?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: semi serious, romantic, feel good, sweet, captivating, satirical, romantic comedy, cute, touching, humorous
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Snowkissed (2021)
Plot Summary:
A travel-averse journalist chases her dream assignment where she unwillingly finds herself mentoring a handsome B&B owner who wants to be a tour guide.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining
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Joy For Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
When her family firm’s annual Christmas toy drive is in jeopardy, Holly Silver must convince pro athlete Jack Kane to be the public face of the campaign to help save it. As Noelle helps Jack rediscover the meaning of Christmas, Holly reconnects with her own family traditions. While Jack and Holly go through challenges of making Christmas dreams for others come true, they discover kindred spirits in each other and the potential for the gift of romance this holiday season.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Bride Wars (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, humorous, funny, romantic comedy, teen, sentimental, cute, entertaining, semi serious
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The Back-up Plan (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, romantic comedy, sweet, feel good, touching, funny, teen, semi serious, cute
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Dear John (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, sweet, touching, emotional, romantic drama, teen, tear jerker, sad, realistic
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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
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The Wedding Planner (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mary Fiore, San Francisco's premiere wedding planner is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client, wealthy Fran Donnolly. As Mary continues making the wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, sentimental, cute, humorous, feel good, entertaining, sincere, captivating
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27 Dresses (2008)
Plot Summary:
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet, cute, sentimental, funny, teen, humorous
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The Holiday (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two women, one (Cameron Diaz) from America and one (Kate Winslet) from Britain, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man (Jude Law, Jack Black) but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 311000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, sentimental, light, touching, humorous, romantic comedy, cute, funny
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Plot Summary:
An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man she can use for the experiment. Enter executive Ben Berry (Matthew McConaughey), who is so confident in his romantic prowess that he thinks he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. When Andie and Ben meet, their plans backfire.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 262000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, humorous, romantic comedy, entertaining, sweet, cute, teen, funny
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Love, Rosie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more? Based on Cecelia Ahern's bestselling novel, LOVE, ROSIE is a heart-warming, modern comedy-of-errors posing the ultimate question: do we really only get one shot at true love?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, sentimental, cute, teen, emotional, tear jerker, light, feel good, romantic comedy
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Serendipity (2001)
Plot Summary:
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet, light, witty, romantic comedy, cute, teen