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Plot Summary:
On the heels of a professional and personal setback, Atlanta chef Emma travels to Hawaii, where she meets Ben, a reclusive surf instructor.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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Utanför din dörr (2002)
Plot Summary:
After losing his parents in an accident, André quits his job and moves to a small town.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min
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Love on Fire (2022)
Plot Summary:
Gia Summers is ready to start again with a promising new job, a new lakeside neighborhood, and a brand new home! After moving in, Gia soon forms an unexpected friendship with her next door neighbor, firefighter and single dad Jim Dunlap, whose love for barbecuing is equalled only by Gia's passion for cooking.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
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The BBQ (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dazza's passion in life is barbecuing, but unfortunately he accidentally gives his neighbours food poisoning. To make amends, he receives tutelage from a Scottish chef, and together they enter an international barbecue competition.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min
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Serving Up the Holidays (2021)
Plot Summary:
Scarlett is a chef and co-owner of a restaurant. This year, her best friend buys her a ticket to a holiday cooking getaway, where Scarlett will relearn festive cooking, and maybe find love in a handsome rival chef from her past.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
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The Wedding Veil Legacy (2022)
Plot Summary:
Trаcy meets Nick in the third instаllment of the trilogy, аnd he helps her sаve аn originаl drаft of The New Colossus in exchаnge for her helping him run his restаurаnt. Trаcy begins to feel uneаsy аs they get closer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
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Partly Sunny (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two young guys in a bar hit on the woman they fancy by sending one of them over who tells her that the other one is terminally ill.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min
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The Lost Recipe (2021)
Plot Summary:
A struggling chef travels to the past to learn the secrets of a renowned restaurant chain, and comes back to the present with a stolen recipe-one.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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A Christmas Reunion (2015)
Plot Summary:
A Madison Avenue executive, Amy, discovers an unusual Christmas surprise when she inherits her Aunt’s hometown bakery. The real surprise comes when she learns the other half of the bakery was left to her long-ago boyfriend, Jack. Unresolved personal issues resurface between them, as the exes return home to co-manage the store, along with its traditional holiday cookie bake-off.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
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Baking Spirits Bright (2021)
Plot Summary:
Mira Varma takes pride in her family's business of making fruitcakes, despite the decline in its popularity of once being America's most-gifted holiday confection. When Mira's parents decide to hire Brady Phillips and his high-powered marketing company to boost sales for the holidays, Mira must fight to hold on to the heart of the company she loves so much.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
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Sappy Holiday (2022)
Plot Summary:
When a hard-working but uninspired sous chef accidentally discovers her boyfriend is going to propose to her on Christmas Eve, she begins doubting their future together; especially when a handsome maple farmer rescues her from a snowstorm.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
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The Chateau Meroux (2011)
Plot Summary:
Marla Sokoloff of ”The Practice” stars as Wendy, a smart single woman in the big city who’s never been able to find a good job or decent relationship. But when her estranged father dies, Wendy suddenly inherits a beautiful – yet struggling – Napa Valley winery. Now with the help of her best friend (Amanda Righetti of ”The Mentalist” and ”The O.C.”), Wendy will have to deal with a local winemaker (Barry Watson of ”Samantha Who?” and ”7th Heaven”) and his father, a shrewd competitor (Christopher Lloyd) who’s trying to crush her vineyard. Can a girl who’s grown used to a life of sour grapes learn to discover delicious new pleasures – and maybe even love – in the most unexpected places?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, captivating, light, feel good, serious, independent film, romantic comedy
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All of My Heart (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young caterer’s life suddenly changes course when she inherits a country home and learns she must share it with a career obsessed Wall Street trader. At first, these opposites do not attract, but feelings begin to change when they find themselves having to work side-by-side to restore their newly acquired home.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, humorous, light, captivating, cute, romantic comedy
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The Sweetest Christmas (2017)
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After breaking up with her long-term boyfriend just before the holidays, passionate baker Kylie reconnects with her high school sweetheart, Nick. Thanks to their newly rekindled friendship, Kylie uses Nick’s restaurant to prepare for a gingerbread baking competition with a large cash prize that would help her open her own bakery.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, romantic comedy
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A Taste of Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Natalie (Anni Krueger) learns her cousin Francesca (Nia Vardalos) must cancel the Christmas Eve opening of her new Italian restaurant, Natalie’s heart goes out to all of the guests who were planning on attending. Since no one should be alone on Christmas, Natalie decides to make the opening happen any way she can. However, the attractive but pessimistic Chef Stefano (Gilles Marini) believes it’s impossible – there are only three days until Christmas! But Natalie insists that problems are just opportunities in disguise and soon she convinces Stefano that they can do it. At first, these opposites do not attract, but feelings begin to change when they find themselves working side-by-side. With Stefano’s help Natalie learns that cooking, like Christmas, isn’t about perfection…it’s about sharing it with the ones you love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, inspirational, atmospheric, touching, sweet
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Cooking with Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
Optimistic and cheerful TV producer, Kelly, doesn’t have time for love. Bad boy celebrity chef, Stephen, doesn’t have time for anything besides cooking. Fun with a side of love ensues as Kelly and Stephen are paired on a children's cooking show.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Moonlight in Vermont (2017)
Plot Summary:
After fast-paced New York City high-end real estate broker Fiona Rangely (Lacey Chabert) gets dumped by her boyfriend, she escapes to her family’s quaint Vermont Inn for a few days to slow down and evaluate her life. When her ex-boyfriend Nate shows up at the Inn with a brand new girlfriend, Fiona quickly devises a plan to win him back: pretend the handsome and very laid- back head chef Derek (Carlo Marks) is her new boyfriend! Much to the surprise of Derek --and to Fiona herself-- in pretending to be in love, she realizes that she’s been thrown a curveball: sometimes the best things in life are worth the wait.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, emotional
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Pumpkin Pie Wars (2016)
Plot Summary:
Competing bakery owners, Faye McKenzie and Lydia Harper have been feuding for years with the Lake Shore County Harvest Festival’s annual pumpkin pie bake-off at the center of it all. The winner not only gets bragging rights and a trophy, but a substantial boost to her business, as well. This year, however, the women are passing the torch to their respective children, Casey and Sam, and when romantic sparks fly between them, this bake-off promises to be one to remember.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining, culinary, romantic comedy
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Off the Menu (2018)
Plot Summary:
An unlikely heir to a Mexican fast-food franchise goes 'cuisine' hunting for the next culinary big thing, and finds himself in a small, dusty New Mexican town where foodies come from all over to salivate over the culinary treats of a local, authentic, and feisty female chef.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Deliver by Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
Bakery owner Molly meets Josh, a widower who recently moved to town with his young son, but she is also charmed by a mysterious client whom she’s never met in person and she doesn’t realize that they’re the same man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, inspirational, romantic, sweet, gay cinema
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My Secret Valentine (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young woman takes advice from the chalkboard notes that her mysterious house rental tenant leaves when a slick sales rep arrives with plans to buy her family’s prized winery.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, emotional
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Valentine in the Vineyard (2019)
Plot Summary:
As partners in life and professional winemaking, Frankie Baldwin and Nate DeLuca have different personality types and styles. They’ve just gotten engaged when Frankie’s cousin Lexi and Nate’s brother Marco spring the news that they are getting married – and on Valentine’s Day. Agreeing to keep their plans a secret, Frankie and Nate offer to host Lexi and Marco’s big day.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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A Dash of Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young woman who dreams of opening her own restaurant lands a job at a prominent restaurant whose head chef becomes her unlikely ally when the restaurant's unscrupulous owner, a Master Chef herself, plots to return the place to its former glory by presenting her new assistant's recipes as her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining
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Love and Lemons (2013)
Plot Summary:
Agnes has most things in life: a family who are always there for her, a good job in the restaurant industry, a boyfriend who loves her, and a best friend whom she knows inside out. Or does she? All of a sudden things begin to crumble, one by one, and soon nothing is as it was.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, extraordinary
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All of My Heart: The Wedding (2018)
Plot Summary:
Brian and Jenny are planning their wedding at the Inn where they fell in love. When a distant relative arrives and stakes their claim to the Inn, Brian and Jenny must find a way to save their beloved Inn or risk having to sell.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining
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Slightly Single in L.A. (2013)
Plot Summary:
Dale Squire is a hip, quirky, independent single gal living in the glossy city of Los Angeles. After several failed attempts in quasi-relationships, Dale concludes that finding a meaningful relationship in L.A. is impossible. But being anti-social is tough for any young girl in Hollywood. With Jill's frantic wedding right around the corner, Dale finds herself reflecting on the significance of marriage, and the mutual respect needed for a successful relationship. When Zach, a successful heartthrob rock star and old friend of Dale's finds his way back into her life, Dale slowly starts to think that maybe finding love in L.A. is possible - the only problem is that her realization might have come too late, leaving Dale in a silent love triangle, with no way out. Written by Will, Christie.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, feel good, semi serious, realistic, independent film
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Just Add Romance (2019)
Plot Summary:
When Kelly and Jason, exact opposites, compete on a famed cooking show for the chance at their own restaurant, what will matter more – their culinary careers or their potential love?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, light, sweet, emotional, romantic comedy, culinary
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Just Desserts (2004)
Plot Summary:
Marco Poloni's family owns a bakery in the Bronx and it seems that they have fallen on hard times and his family is considering selling the bakery. Marco then decides to enter a baking competition hoping that the money and publicity will help them. But he needs a partner, so her asks Grace Carpenter, the baker of restaurant, but unfortunately they started off on the wrong foot, but she agrees. So they go to the competition and things seem to be looking good except for a few complications. One of the other contestant Jacques du Jacques is Marco's former classmate at the Academy, whom he says betrayed him. Emil, one of the judges, is Marco's former instructor at the Academy whom he did not leave a good impression on. And Marco's temper. So will they be able to pull it off. And at the same time Marco finds himself attracted to her but she already has a boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy
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Matchmaker Santa (2012)
Plot Summary:
As a little girl, Melanie Hogan (Lacey Chabert) wished to find her own prince charming just like her parents found true love. Now an adult, Melanie is running her own bakery and dating a handsome CEO, Justin (Thad Luckinbill). Although things seem perfect when Justin asks Melanie to spend the holidays together at his beautiful lake house upstate—and meet his mother. Melanie finds herself spending more time with Justin’s best friend and loyal assistant, Dean (Adam Mayfield), who just might be harboring a secret crush on her. When complications arise that throw Melanie and Dean together over the holiday, will the two realize they're meant to be?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, sweet, captivating, cute, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy
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Love & Coffee (2016)
Plot Summary:
Zoe Walker is a food scientist who's been sent to Colombia to design a coffee flavor that appeals to millennials. In the village of Salento, Zoe meets Diego Valdez, a local plantation owner who is reluctant to work with her at first, but allows Zoe to use his coffee beans so long as she helps him with the final harvest. As Zoe spends time working the land with Diego, romance begins to brew despite their very different roots.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Colombia, USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining
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Love's Kitchen (2011)
Plot Summary:
Rob Haley (Dougray Scott), an up-and-coming chef and restaurateur in London, is grief-stricken when he loses his wife. With encouragement from his infamous friend and real life TV Chef Gordon Ramsay, Rob decides to spice up his life by turning a run-down country pub into a gourmet restaurant. His food catches the eye - and taste buds - of beautiful American food critic Kate Templeton (Claire Forlani) and they soon both write a recipe for love that leaves both their hearts - and their stomachs - in full.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, culinary, realistic