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Plot Summary:
After inheriting a house on a Croatian island, a woman embarks on a spur-of-the-moment trip that reignites her joy in life and opens a door to new love.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good
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Maybe I Do (2023)
Plot Summary:
Michelle and Allen, who have reached the point in their relationship where they are considering next steps, decide to invite their parents to finally meet and to offer some understanding of why marriage works. Except the parents already know each other quite well, which leads to some very distinct opinions about the value of marriage.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo screwball comedy, adaptation directed by original author
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The Personals (1982)
Plot Summary:
A touching yet humorous tale of a divorced man searching for love in the personals column and finding out about life in the process. Directed by Peter Markle.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Tuesday Club (2022)
Plot Summary:
A sudden change forces Karin to re-evaluate her life. With the help of friends, food and passion she refuses to accept that life has an expiration date and takes the second chance she is given.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Bergman Island (2021)
Plot Summary:
An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for their upcoming films in an act of pilgrimage to the place that inspired Ingmar Bergman. As the summer and their screenplays advance, the lines between reality and fiction start to blur against the backdrop of the Island's wild landscape.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Brazil, UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: art house, psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic, cult classic, metafiction
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Anna Karenina (1967)
Plot Summary:
The film is based on the novel of the same name by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. “All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, ” goes the novel’s opening sentence. The melodrama centers around a tragic story of love and infidelity, the destiny of a woman who irrevocably changes her life for the sake of a passion. Anna Karenina finds it impossible to renounce her feelings for the loved one. She rejects the morals of society and tries to defend her right to love. Her husband bars Anna from her son, her acquaintances turn their backs on her… Starring in the title role was the famous Russian actress Tatiana Samoilova (“The Cranes Are Flying”).
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: spiritual
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Little Angel (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ramona lives her lonely life in Berlin working in a lipstick factory. One day she accidentally runs into Andrzei, a Polish mechanic illegally selling cigarettes in Germany during the weekend. One thing leads to another, and soon she finds herself pregnant. Then her life starts falling apart, when Andrzei tells her he already has a wife back in Poland and her baby dies shortly after its premature birth.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Story of My Wife (2021)
Plot Summary:
A sea captain makes a bet in a cafe with a friend that he will marry the first woman who walks in.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hungary, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, art house, weird
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Love After Love (1992)
Plot Summary:
Lola is an independent woman, a professional writer with 2 men on a string. Both men are married with children. When the men, and Lola, face having to make choices, Lola's comfortable life becomes less appealing.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, semi autobiographical
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Five Moments of Infidelity (2006)
Plot Summary:
A true to life sensual drama showing intense moments of infidelity across five different worlds in the same city; the sexy young things, who think they have nothing to lose; the upwardly mobile thirty-something couple bored with their perfect careers, house and family life; the gay pair in an open relationship with hidden rules; the frustrated urban duo mistaking familiarity for love; and the suburban family full of secrets and lies about to lose it all.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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You're Killing Me Susana (2016)
Plot Summary:
It is the journey of an educated man from Mexico City to the center of the United States, with its rigid society, its frigid winter, but most of all, it is an inner journey to face the contradictions between his love for his wife and the macho baggage he carries with him. It is a voyage of growth, funny and painful.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, feel good
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Fishbowl Wives (2022)
Plot Summary:
Due to an accident, Sakura Hiraga gave up on her dream. She is now married and her husband runs a hair salon. They live in a luxurious penthouse apartment. Her life seems glamorous and she is envied by everyone. What everyone does not know is that Sakura Hiraga is abused physically and verbally by her husband. She is unable to leave her situation. Sakura Hiraga considers herself a goldfish in a fishbowl. One day, due to a goldfish, she meets a man.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Marriage With a Liar (2010)
Plot Summary:
Kiki, a sexy and charming OL, will be married to her cop boyfriend Sean in a week. During the hen night, Kiki encounters a handsome photographer named Jack and falls head over heels for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Remember Me, My Love (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story of a normal Italian family in which come out the dreams of those who have lost their possibilities and of those who want to realize them. Carlo and Giulia are a married couple who have each given up their aspirations in order to live an average life. Their 19-year-old son, Paolo, is having trouble finding an identity, while their 18-year-old daughter, Valentina, has already figured out how to use sex to her advantage. The family goes through a crisis when Carlo begins having an affair, Giulia attempt to seduce the director of a local stage production she is in, and Valentina does what she does best to land an audition for a TV show.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, romantic, romantic drama, serious, emotional, realistic
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Black and White (2008)
Plot Summary:
Racial integration is Elena's profession and passion, not only filling her working day as a cultural mediator assisting immigrants, but spilling over into her home life as well. All too often her husband Carlo must attend charity events where he feels distinctly out of place. During one of these evenings, Carlo meets Nadine, a beautiful black woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Bye Bye Baby (1988)
Plot Summary:
Love triangles often provoke the most unpredictable behavior and "Bye Bye Baby" proves no exception to the rule. Will anybody end up happily in love at the end of this amorous debacle? One otrageous scene after another leads to a series of romantic escapades that will leave viewers bewitched, bewildered, and thoroughly entertained.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, cult film
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Saint Valentine's Day (2000)
Plot Summary:
On Valentine's Day exemplary husband, after seeing his wife on a business trip, decides to take a break from family life and invites a beautiful lady to his home. But his wife unexpectedly returned in the midst of a love idyll.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, touching, captivating
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Trust (2021)
Plot Summary:
Set in the glamour of the New York and Paris art scenes, gallery owner Brooke Gatwick and her newscaster husband Owen Shore, face temptation, jealousy, twists and mystery when two seductive newcomers enter their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, romantic, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
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The Gigolo (2015)
Plot Summary:
Fung looks like a super-heartthrob and was bon with a special endowment, making him the high school idol. He was expelled from school when he was caught fighting on campus. When his mom, the sole provider of his family with her poultry business, had to stop working due to her back problems, Fung decides to support his family financially. And from that moment, his life takes on a tumultuous change….
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: erotic, humorous, light, touching, captivating, sexy
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Marie-Jo and Her 2 Lovers (2002)
Plot Summary:
Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (French: Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 824
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: emotional, psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative
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Do not Tell me (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lena is happily married. From the strange man in the S-Bahn but such a pull goes out that she gets involved in a spontaneous infidelity. The stranger, Martin, also thought that the marriage with his wife was completely safe. Nevertheless, what should actually be written off as an adventure between Lena and Martin is becoming the projection screen for newly created needs and longings. Lena and Martin can not let go of each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Tonight You're Sleeping with Me (2023)
Plot Summary:
Stuck in a passionless marriage, a journalist must choose between her distant but loving husband and a younger ex-boyfriend who has reentered her life.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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The Trouble with Romance (2007)
Plot Summary:
A provocative, sexy and insightful exploration of relationships between men and women and why we all still yearn for love despite the trouble with romance.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, emotional, sexy, erotic, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film, touching
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All Night Long (1981)
Plot Summary:
Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that he stop having an affair with suburban housewife Cheryl Gibbons, who is a distant cousin, Cheryl tries to seduce George. At home, in front of his mother, Freddie accuses his dad of stealing his girl, because he found Cheryl serving George a meal in the middle of the night, while her husband Bobby was on duty at the fire station. George then separates from his wife Helen, quits his job, moves into a warehouse, and asks Cheryl to move in with him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, offbeat, sexual, sexy
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Meet My Valentine (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Tom learns that he has terminal brain cancer, he decides to find a replacement husband for his wife and a father to his daughter, before it is too late. Unbeknownst to his wife Valentine, Tom sets up an on-line dating profile for her, and realizes that he doesn't know much about her anymore. Tom endeavors to get to know Valentine, and learns why he fell in love with her all those years ago... just in time to say goodbye.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, disturbing, serious, emotional, realistic
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Addiction - When Nothing Is Enough (2004)
Plot Summary:
30-something Jonna, successful executive with cozy architect husband Niklas and two children, leads a double life. She is constantly on the lookout for quick casual sex. When she starts seeing handsome and rich young yacht owner Aleksi, things start going awry in her life. While her sister Sanna provides her with suitable alibis,sex therapist Nora tries to help her come to terms with her addiction.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, serious, realistic, sexual
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Escapades with Friends (2016)
Plot Summary:
Once during a party two friends get an idea: let's exchange wives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, erotic
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5 to 7 (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, independent film, captivating, romantic, romantic comedy, cute, teen, humorous, semi serious
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Come Undone (2010)
Plot Summary:
Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a man who longs for a stable longterm relationship with children, home, etc. Anna, feeling as though the fire has fizzled in that relationship takes up with co-worker Domenico and the two begin a passionate affair.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sincere, touching, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual, art house, explicit
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He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
Plot Summary:
Remember that really cute guy who said he'd call – and didn't? Maybe he lost your number. Maybe he's in the hospital. Maybe he's awed by your beauty, brains or success. Or maybe... he's just not that into you.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 180000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, funny, sweet, romantic comedy, entertaining, feel good, light, humorous, cute
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Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007)
Plot Summary:
Six newly-married, diverse, honeymooning couples face marital bliss and discord, finding out more about themselves, their significant others and life in this happy-go-lucky, quirky drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, offbeat