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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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Starting Over (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sarah has dated Ben since freshman year of high school. The two went off to college together, where they stayed in their committed relationship, and following college moved together across the country. Shortly thereafter, Ben decided to break up with Sarah to live "the single life." In his logic, he got to keep their apartment and furniture and she had to move out that day. Still not really knowing anyone in this new city, Sarah must find a place to live. She does find a place and finds friends in her new roommates, Andrea and Natalie. While Sarah is trying to discover what it means to be single, Andrea is trying to help her find a new man, whether Sarah wants to or not. Natalie, having had a similar situation to Sarah in the past, acts as her encouragement to help her deal with the minefield of emotions following her break-up and trouble adapting to being single. Having had her entire life planned out, Sarah discovers how difficult it can be to meet that special someone through a.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, romantic, romantic comedy, exciting, tense
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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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The Youngsters (1984)
Plot Summary:
Experiencing the forbidden. Experiencing rejection. Hating your parents. Hating the world around you. Discovering what's hot. Discovering what's cool. Discovering your first true love. Discovering who you are. Growing up can be such a wild time. But not when you've got the best guys to hang out with. Five chaste young men immerse themselves in the superficialities and superfluity of adolescence over the course of their last year in high school. But as they make their gradual transition from boyhood to manhood, they realize it is their formidable bond that stands as the real deal.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, crying, tension, suspense
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Labor Pains (2000)
Plot Summary:
Sarah (Kyra Sedgwick) is a New York City columnist who falls in love with -- and quickly gets pregnant by -- Ryan (Rob Morrow), a free-spirited artist who promptly vanishes for eight months. Ryan, of course, has no idea he's going to be a father, and neither do her protective parents (Mary Tyler Moore and Robert Klein). The pregnancy is hidden until her zany best friend Lulu (Lela Rochon) spills the beans when Sarah is unable to sign the adoption papers while in the hospital during labor. When Ryan arrives at the hospital, he's confronted by Sarah, her parents, Lulu, the coming baby, and the woman Ryan is living with.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, melancholic, touching, captivating, independent film, exciting
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Working Girls (2010)
Plot Summary:
GMA Films and Viva Films are releasing a sequel to the 25-year old iconic sexy comedy film and they are calling it Working Girls 2010. The movie will include in the cast four of the original lead stars namely Maria Isabel Lopez, Gina Pareno, Carmi Martin and Rio Locsin. The remaining three are either abroad or not available.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, humorous
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Some Freaks (2016)
Plot Summary:
A charming romance develops between a boy with one eye and an overweight girl, though when she loses weight after going to college, their relationship is tested in devastating ways they never dreamed would happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, touching, humorous, captivating, romantic comedy, dark
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Drift (2000)
Plot Summary:
Man in relationship connects with another man and tries to make love-triangle work. (Canadian).
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sincere, touching, independent film, serious, realistic, contemplative, sexual, 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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It's Not You, It's Me (2004)
Plot Summary:
Thirty-year-old Javier (Diego Peretti) is a surgeon and in his free time works as a disc jockey. He decides to marry and move to the United States with his girlfriend María (Soledad Villamil). They make all their plans; they wed, and then María is the first to move and make contacts in their new home, while Javier packs up in Argentina and prepares to start his new life in the States. While he is on the way to the airport, he receives a call from María telling him that she is confused and has been seeing someone else.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, realistic, witty, offbeat, humorous, crying, neo screwball comedy
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Nate & Margaret (2012)
Plot Summary:
Nate, a 19 year old film student, and Margaret, a 52 year old spinster, are best friends in an odd, quirky, totally working kind of way... until Nate's audacious classmate Darla sets him up on a date with James. Nate's new life shakes apart his friendship with Margaret, just as she is trying to start a career as a stand-up comedian. Written by Anonymous (IMDB.com).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, emotional, light, captivating, independent film, realistic, semi serious, queer cinema
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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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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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You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)
Plot Summary:
Adolescence is like a heavy rain. Even though you catch a cold from it, you still look forward to experiencing it once again. Ko-Teng has several close friends who had a crush on Shen Chia-Yi. Those friends of Ko's thus moved in unison from Ching Chengs junior high school straight into the senior high school division in pursuit of her. Naughty in nature, Ko was ordered by their homeroom teacher to sit in front of honor student Shen for her to keep close tabs on him. The two hadn't hit it off at first but Ko gradually fell for Shen, who was always pressuring him to study hard. On the other hand, Shen became impressed by the contrasting values Ko represented. Ko started pursuing Shen but Shen remained hesitant.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, sentimental, touching, humorous, captivating, romantic, thought provoking, dramatic, romantic comedy, warmhearted
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The Significant Other (2018)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Joel Lamangan, “The Significant Other” follows the story of a rising fashion model (Erich Gonzales) who catches up and becomes BFFs with her catwalk idol (Lovi Poe). But all hell breaks lose when they realize that they are in love with the same man (Tom Rodriguez).
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: captivating, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, surprise ending
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Dean (2016)
Plot Summary:
A freelance illustrator in New York suffers a quarter-life crisis and leaves his home for the west coast.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, disturbing, semi autobiographical, independent film
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Colossal Youth (2018)
Plot Summary:
When his dream girl returns to school a hopeless romantic teen tries to win her heart, until he hits rock bottom and realizes his true love has been there all along.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, humorous, captivating
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The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
Plot Summary:
What is real and what is fiction? Faced with writer's block with his novel, Lewis Fielding turns to a film script about a woman finding herself after his wife Elizabeth returns from Baden Baden. She didn't quite find herself there but had a brief encounter in a lift with a German who says he is a poet. Now the German is in England, gets himself invited to tea where he claims he admires Fielding's books. Which one does he like the best? "Tom Jones." Amused at being confused with the other Fielding, the novelist works the German into the plot.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, thought provoking, humorous, captivating, clever, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky
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Sam the Man (2001)
Plot Summary:
Before he broke out with the J.D. Salinger-esque Tadpole in 2002, producer-turned-director Gary Winick filmed this little-seen relationship drama. Fisher Stevens stars as the title character, a writer with one novel under his belt who can't seem to deliver the follow-up. Instead, he spends his time compulsively cheating on his photographer girlfriend, Cass (Annabella Sciorra); giving the runaround to his agent, Richard (Ron Rifkin); and trying to keep his landlord, Murray (Luis Guzman), at bay.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sentimental, sincere, humorous, realistic, suspense, independent film, clever, talky, biting
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The Republic of Love (2003)
Plot Summary:
A thrice-divorced radio DJ meets the woman of his dreams but can he convince her of the truth of his feelings? An exploration of love, adapted from the novel by Pulitzer prize winning author Carol Shields.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic, sex comedy, humorous, gloomy, semi serious, crying
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Kiss Me You Fucking Moron (2013)
Plot Summary:
Some teenagers are ambitiously setting up a famous Jon Fosse-play. They hire a well known actor to be their mentor, unaware that he's going through a life crisis. Their new mentor chooses Vegard, promising footballer and local douchebag, to play the leading role.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, humorous, captivating
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Diary of An Ugly (2014)
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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I Used to Go Here (2020)
Plot Summary:
Following the launch of her new novel, 35-year-old writer Kate Conklin is invited to speak at her alma mater by her mentor and former professor. After accepting the invitation, Kate finds herself deeply enmeshed in the lives of an eccentric group of college students.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, contemplative, funny
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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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Engeyum Eppodhum (2011)
Plot Summary:
Engeyum Eppodhum revolves around a group of passengers traveling in two different buses, each having their own past and a reason for their travel. The most prominent among these passengers is the love track between Kathiresan (Jai), Manimegalai (Anjali) and the other between Vinay (Saravanandh) and Amudha (Ananya).Jai is a responsible young person who works as a mechanic and secretly loves his neighbour Anjali, but Anjali is an extremely practical girl and believes that love alone doesn't suffice life. The evolution of their love through these forms the crux of their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, sincere, feel good, inspirational, serious, realistic, tragic
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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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Good Old Daze (1994)
Plot Summary:
Ten years after their Upper Sixth, Bruno, Momo, Leon and Alain meet together in the waiting room of a maternity hospital. The father of the awaited baby is Tomasi, their best friend at that time, who died one month before due to an overdose. They remember their teenage, their laughs, their dreams, their stupid pranks... a description of the French youth in the middle of the seventies.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, humorous, realistic, witty, non-linear, semi serious, feel good, cult film
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The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
Plot Summary:
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, romantic, sweet, light, entertaining, witty, touching, sentimental, semi serious
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Kicking and Screaming (1995)
Plot Summary:
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: talky, humorous, independent film, depressing, melancholic, realistic, semi serious, clever, witty, mumblecore
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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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Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends being convinced that they are not in love search for each other's love.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, romantic, funny, light