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Plot Summary:
Three women use their newly formed sisterhood to fight against sexism, bad relationships and low self-esteem. Through embracing their wild adventures, they learn the secret to ultimate fulfillment.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, sex comedy
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Gentlemen's Relish (2001)
Plot Summary:
The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the point of giving up. It is only the support of his housekeeper, Violet Askey, that keeps him going and it is she who encourages him to switch to photography. Soon Swann has developed a healthy (and respectable) business with portraits of naked women in classical and exotic settings. However, the nature of Swann's new work is open to misinterpretation and he finds himself at the centre of a scandal involving the misuse of his pictures by a SOHO pornographer, and the focus of a campaign by suffragettes against the expoitation of women. At the same time, he loses the support of the loyal Violet, who leaps to the wrong conclusion about Swann's relationship with one of his models. When Violet then becomes involved in the suffragette and amti-pornography movements, it seems all may be lost for Swann - both professionally...and personally.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, period drama
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Requirements to Be a Normal Person (2015)
Plot Summary:
Maria is 30 years old, she is a peculiar person and has one goal: become a normal person. But first of all she must discover what is exactly this. Which kind of person is she? Is she a normal person? What does exactly means? That question goes deeper into her mind. After she lists every requirements, she proposes to reach them. In that journey she will find her brother's help, Alex, a 25 years old boy who is mentally challenged and achieves every list requirements. She meets Borja as well, a boy obsessed with diets and lose weight. They will make a curious pact: she helps him to live an active and healthy live, and he helps her to meet her goal: become a normal person.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Amsterdam (2022)
Plot Summary:
Just when long-time couple Nadia and Martín begin to consider separating, an adorable stray dog finds his way into their home, and the two attempt to care for the animal together.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
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Lan Kwai Fong 3 (2014)
Plot Summary:
Shin and Sara have been engaged for two years. They once had an argument and agree to have fun individually. Sara’s best friend Jeana who always has a soft spot on Shin, she then tried every means to seduce him. In the meanwhile, Jeana’s boyfriend Jacky is also getting close with Jolie who’s fun and wild. Lan Kwai Fong is as bustling as usual this weekend. The girls are all gathered to rock the clubs. Since Sara met the Korean hot guy Kim, the relationship between all of them started to change….
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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Miss Conception (2008)
Plot Summary:
Georgina is an ambitious young London professional who learns she has only one month left in which to conceive a child. After exhausting all possibilities with her baby-phobic boyfriend, Georgina turns to her wildly optimistic friend Clem, with whom she sets out to identify and "land" the perfect father for her child.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, tense, captivating, melancholic
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The Boy Downstairs (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex boyfriend's apartment building.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, romantic comedy
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Comali (2019)
Plot Summary:
A youngster in his mid-30s goes through a series of struggles after coming to terms with the fact that he was in coma for 16 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Showing Roots (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Miss Arizona (2018)
Plot Summary:
Rose Raynes was crowned Miss Arizona - 15 years ago. Now a bored housewife trapped in a less-than-ideal-marriage , and mourning the independence of her 10-year-old-son, Rose accepts an invitation to teach a life skills class at a women's shelter. Digging out the relics of her pageant queen past, Rose attempts to share her "Making Your Presence a Present" platform speech with a room of four disinterested women dodging abusive exes. But when trouble shows up at the shelter, what the women really need is for Rose's shiny Escalade to get them out of dodge. The five embark on an all-night adventure through L.A.'s darkest streets and wildest drag club as the women fight to survive, and in so doing, discover what they need most. This one's an anthem for any woman who's ever been told to sit still and be pretty. This one's for the marginalized. This one's for the girls.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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On The Edge (2001)
Plot Summary:
A compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling, anthology
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Bikini a Go Go (2004)
Plot Summary:
A misplaced necklace turns shy secretary Janet into a sex-starved dynamo, but evil sorceress Darvella makes a no-holds barred recovery effort.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, captivating, semi serious, sexploitation film
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Book of Love (2022)
Plot Summary:
Young, uptight English writer Henry’s novel is a resolute failure. He is delighted to find out his book is a surprise hit in Mexico but when he is invited there to promote it, he soon discovers why: his Spanish translator Maria has rewritten his dull book as an erotic novel. Henry is furious, and even more so when his publisher insists he and Maria conduct a book tour across Mexico together. Opposites attract and the chemistry between the couple ensures sparks fly.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, funny, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Taxi (2015)
Plot Summary:
Hamburg, mid 80s, Alex is a cabby. The sound is hard, pubs are dark and loud, people constantly argue about anything and everything, people smoke all the time, and not just cigarettes. Alex wants love and freedom and sleeps with Dietrich. It's far from being love, but the sex is okay. With Marc, a little person full of dignity, she finds more than that. The rest is struggles with her passengers, the indifferent and the doomed, brutes as other nuisances. This sort of life could go on and on, Alex could drive away from her own life and in doing so lose Marc and not getting rid of Dietrich. Wouldn't there be a small monkey with the same invincible desire for freedom as hers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Bounce Back (2016)
Plot Summary:
Father, author and relationship expert, Matthew Taylor is on a whirlwind book tour promoting his new best seller, The Bounce Back. He's got it all figured out until he meets the acerbic Kristin Peralta, a talk show circuit therapist who's convinced he's nothing but a charlatan. Matthew's life is turned upside down when he inadvertently falls for Kristin and has to face painful truth of his past relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 747
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic
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Baby on Board (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story of Angela -an ambitious, image-conscious businesswoman working for over-demanding boss Mary. When Angela becomes unexpectedly pregnant at the peak of her career, her life with her divorce attorney husband, Curtis, is turned upside-down.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, cute, sexy, sentimental, realistic, independent film
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Roar (2022)
Plot Summary:
Featuring an all-star cast, this genre-bending anthology series weaves together eight darkly comedic feminist fables that take unexpected approaches to subjects like gender roles, autonomy, and identity.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, humorous, mind blowing, thought provoking, dark comedy
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Amy's Orgasm (2001)
Plot Summary:
Amy is a single 29 year old Jewish woman. She wrote a successful self-help book about how women can't truly be in love and experience "mental orgasm." Her parents and acquaintances always try to give her advice. Eventually, she breaks her celibacy and starts dating a radio shock jock, who is known for hitting on his bimbo guests. Of all men, will she find in him the true love she never believed in.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, ironic, witty, humorous, semi serious, independent film, clever, talky, realistic, sex comedy
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Bewitching Attraction (2006)
Plot Summary:
The lovely and promiscuous textile professor Eun-sook has all the male professors wrapped around her finger. It also helps that she has slept with most of them. Eun-sook is also a member of an environmental awareness group. When the popular comic book artist Suk-gyu joins the group, he arouses the jealousy of Mr. YOO, one of the other member who fears that Suk-gyu will steal Eun-sook from him. It turns out that Eun-sook and Suk-gyu attended the same junior high school where they share a secret and tragic history. Back then, Eun-sook was Suk-gyu's older brother’s girlfriend. But after Eun-sook decides to sleep with Suk-gyu as well, the older brother's best friend dies in an accident in which both of them are involved. As the jealous MR.YOO starts to investigate Eun-sook and Suk-gyu's past, will their secret be kept? Will they get together again?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: erotic, humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, sexy, sex comedy
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Wingman Inc. (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a professional wingman falls for a professional man-eater, it's only a matter of time before they realize that they're in love with the competition.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing, sexy
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Andy (2019)
Plot Summary:
A lazy man becomes a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Fidaa (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two young people embark on a winding and rocky path to love after meeting at a wedding.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Miss Me This Christmas (2017)
Plot Summary:
Regina (Erica Ash) and Franklin (Redaric Williams) are seemingly the perfect couple, the toast of all their friends and married on Christmas Day six years ago at the famed Chesterton Hotel. At Thanksgiving, they have a huge fight and trusts are broken -- they decide to divorce. Their divorce will be final on Christmas Day. Regina decides to move in to her best friend Trish's (Eva Marcille) suite at The Chesterton Hotel.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Wilde Wedding (2017)
Plot Summary:
After a whirlwind courtship, retired movie star Eve Wilde prepares to marry her fourth husband, the renowned English writer Harold Alcott. Sparks soon begin to fly when Eve's first ex and other guests arrive at her estate for a weekend get-together.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, light
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Modern Persuasion (2020)
Plot Summary:
A single woman focused on her career in New York is forced to deal with the aftermath of a failed relationship when an ex-boyfriend is hired by her company.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Wednesdays Don't Exist (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three men and three women cross each others' paths at different times and places in Madrid during their daily life and amorous pursuits.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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The Competition (2018)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy about a woman who thinks all people eventually cheat and a man who challenges her to a competition to prove that she's wrong.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy
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Sex First, Love Second (2017)
Plot Summary:
Gong-soo works in an underwear company and has a crush on one of the new designers named Soo-yeon. Gong-soo is preparing a design PT for a major company when he decides to tell Soo-yeon how he feels about her. He looks for a chance to tell her but Chief Lee, a handsome and talented man gets in the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Finding Mr. Right 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Continuing the story of Beijing Meets Seattle I from 2013, the new movie has the couple fall in love again.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Unplugging (2022)
Plot Summary:
Think a rustic getaway with no cell service, Internet or social media is a romantic way to repair your marriage and sex life? Think again. Meet Dan and Jeanine Dewerson. The only spark in their bedroom is from the wall socket. Their daughter's best friend is her iPad. Dan's not going to take it anymore and plans a quiet, relaxing weekend in a remote mountain town. No kids, no phones, no social media, only clean fresh air and lots of romance. But what starts as the perfect weekend quickly becomes disastrous with unearthly encounters, strong edibles, cranky locals, and a pesky one-eyed dog. Without GPS to guide them or social media to stave off their boredom, Dan and Jeanine are forced to reconnect with each other. Can a "digital detox" really save their marriage and their sanity?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Hopeless Romantic (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man uses methods from romantic comedy movies to try and win back his ex-girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, emotional