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Plot Summary:
Fanny, a reporter specializing in social gossip, unwittingly stumbles upon an environmental scandal involving a powerful politician. When her not very subtle investigations draw too much attention, she is sent to a tiny off shore island for her own safety. Here she meets Hagen, an uncouth bird enthusiast. He is a man of few words and nearly driven to distraction by this newly arrived reporter woman with her endless chatter. Fanny, driven by her curiosity of a journalist, tries to find out more about Hagen and gradually realizes that there is much more to him than his rough exterior. When she confides in him and tells him her real reason for being on the island, they find that they have much in common.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
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Mr. Cinderella (2002)
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The story starts with Hakimi, a freelance scriptwriter who is on his way to send his 7-year-old daughter, Imelda, to his ex-wife's house on one stormy night. On the way there, he sees a sports car that just hit a tree. Hakimi stops his car and sees a girl is trapped in the car. He decides to help the girl, who is very badly hurt, and leaves her after calling the ambulance. He also doesn't realize that he accidentally left one of his shoes there. Meanwhile, Puteri Megawati, who is very thankful to the mysterious guy that saved her, meets Siti Shahirah, a member of the paparazzi that as usual, is looking for sensational news. The princess asks Siti to help her look for "Mr. Cinderella" (the man that helped her that night) and promises a reward of RM500,000. Who's the real "Mr. Cinderella"?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 104 min
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Love Your Female Neighbor! (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two young and attractive social workers/nuns bring fresh air into a city missionary station, but are also challenged by lust and money, offered by a millionaire.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Die Eisbombe (2008)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, suspense, exciting, contemplative
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After All (1999)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious news reporter refuses to let anything come between her and her dream of being an anchorwoman until a former lover she thought was out of her life returns.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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The Family Jewels (2003)
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Martin is the ambitious one in the family. He is poised to start on his doctorate, when he is diagnosed with testicular cancer and all his future plans begin to unravel. The removal of one testicle reduces the most immediate threat, but the cancer has already spread and Martin's doctor argues for an operation that would save him, but could also castrate him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 627
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Passion Island (2012)
Plot Summary:
The comedy of the year. This wannabe magical romance-drama is one of the most illogical films ever and the actors, if not director Kam Kwok-Leung, may be aware of it. Featuring CGI tears and paintings of corn-eating monkeys. The highlight: Chang Chen pretending to be Korean.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
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Der Willi-Busch-Report (1979)
Plot Summary:
Satire about German reunification.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min
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You're Not Alone (2007)
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Master painter Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Ms. Wellinek and her husband, and the German-Russian Jew Yevgenia have many things to live on: food, drink, an apartment. What they do not have is work. They all discover the yearning for a chance to start all over again and bring themselves back to life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1979)
Plot Summary:
A newspaper editor decides to send his girlfriend, who is also a reporter on the paper, undercover to try out for the cheerleading team for the Dallas Cowboys in order to do an "insider's" story.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
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Roman Holiday (1987)
Plot Summary:
TV movie remake of the 1953 original. A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Sosy Problems (2012)
Plot Summary:
The problems of 4 rich beautiful girls.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, serious, captivating, realistic, documentary filmmaking
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Sachertorte (2022)
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Karl meets Nini at a Berlin train station: it is love at first sight. But the few hours they spend together before she travels back to Vienna end in a mishap in which Karl loses her phone number. He decides to move to the Austrian capital to find his dream woman again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min
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Finding Sofia (2016)
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A conflicted animation filmmaker travels to Argentina chasing after a girl he met online, only to end up living with her and her intimidating boyfriend on an isolated island on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 112 min
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Beloved Berlin Wall (2009)
Plot Summary:
Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It takes only a slight mishap and a selfless act of chivalry and the two fall in love. But soon the Stasi believes they are witnessing the start of a revolt. This is the time of mass protests and East Germans taking refuge in the West German embassy in Prague after all. Franzi and Sascha have to find their ways to stand up for their love and strive for the impossible; to bring down the wall.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, captivating, semi serious
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Rabbit Without Ears 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two years have passed. There is a normal life, but handsome Ludo meets his old love, and Anna is very jealous.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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No Regrets (2001)
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This teenage drama deals with the emotional chaos of a high school graduate at the beginning of a new period of his life. 19-year-old Daniel is frustrated: he wants his great love Luca to be the "first" woman in his life, but she seems to be unreachable, so he is still a virgin. During his community service as a male nurse, his boss Anna falls in love with him and they finally have sex. Suddenly Luca is interested in Daniel.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Fisherman and His Wife (2005)
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A shared love of fish leads to a variety of romantic predicaments in this offbeat comedy from writer and director Doris Dörrie. Otto (Christian Ulmen) and Leo (Simon Verhoeven) are two men from Germany who have launched a successful business in which they import koi, the beautiful Japanese fish, for collectors in their native land. While on a business trip to Japan, Otto and Leo meet Ida (Alexandra Maria Lara), a German tourist who is studying fashion design. Ida begins traveling with the two men, and surprisingly develops an infatuation with the rumpled Otto instead of the handsome Leo. When Ida discovers she's pregnant with Otto's child, the two marry, and upon their return to Germany, Ida attempts to join in the business by creating a line of scarves decorated with koi patterns. However, the honeymoon proves short-lived, and Ida's presence creates a rift between Otto and Leo, as the latter sets up his own concern, raising koi with his new bride, Yoko (Young-Shin Kim).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, clever, semi serious
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My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
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David, a waiter, finds an unpublished manuscript in a dresser drawer. To impress a girl, he claims to be the author. When the novel becomes a best-seller the real author introduces himself in his life and begins to take-over David's life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Open the Wall (2014)
Plot Summary:
A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 858
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, light
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The Front Page (1974)
Plot Summary:
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: talky, light, humorous, hilarious, witty, captivating, period piece, cult classic, independent film, realistic
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The Good Neighbour (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Good Neighbour is a 2011 German film directed by Stephan Rick. It premiered in competition at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival and was screened at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival and the Hof International Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Shoppen (2006)
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An almost bombproof method of staying single is called "speed dating". 18 people participate in such an event. Nine men and nine women are sitting opposite each other in order to sell optimally under the pressure of time and to find a partner. They are looking for a date - and have nothing else in common. They talk about allergies, cappuccino, consumer behavior, buses and designer clothes: the list of serious embarrassments is long. Yet none of the lonely hearts has given up the hope of romance.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, surreal, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Barefoot (2005)
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A hedonistic bachelor, falls for an escaped mental patient. Til Schweiger comes up with a slickly-made off-the-wall romantic comedy drama "Barfuss" (Barefoot), his first solo directing effort in nearly a decade. Punchy, anti-establishment tone, with Schweiger playing a hedonistic bachelor - he is his rich family's black sheep - who falls for a suicidal mental patient (Johanna Wokalek). An offbeat, strangely tender love story develops as Nick struggles with responsibility for the first time in his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, touching, humorous, realistic, road movie, psychological, semi serious, crying, clever
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Broadcast News (1987)
Plot Summary:
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: realistic, talky, funny, romantic, melancholic, sentimental, semi serious, romantic comedy, clever, witty
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Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
Plot Summary:
Rainbow press reporter Ludo is sentenced to 8 months, but is released on probation. But he has to work 300 hours for a local daycare center and meets Anna who has unfinished business with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: light, witty, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, entertaining, emotional, spoof, erotic
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Posthumous (2014)
Plot Summary:
After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, light, captivating, feel good, grindhouse, neo screwball comedy
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13 Semesters (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Momo leaves his small home town to go to university, he is full of enthusiasm and confidence, but slowly the pressures of study and campus living begin to grind him down. Half way through his course he finds himself at a crossroads with both his relationship and studies.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Straight Talk (1992)
Plot Summary:
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: emotional, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, inspirational, retro, exciting, light
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Hero (1992)
Plot Summary:
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: harsh, sentimental, inspirational, touching, melancholic, satirical, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical
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He Said, She Said (1991)
Plot Summary:
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: entertaining, emotional, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic, sweet, clever, talky