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Plot Summary:
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, light, sentimental, romantic comedy, touching, scenic, non fiction, cult classic
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Dream for an Insomniac (1996)
Plot Summary:
A girl with insomnia who works in a coffee house has impossibly high standards for her love and fears she will never meet a worthy man. Then in walks a new employee and they click - until she discovers he has a girlfriend. Undaunted, she moves to L.A. with a friend sure that he will dump the girlfriend and follow her. She puts all her faith in fate and hopes for the best.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sweet, entertaining, light, melancholic, feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy
Similar in 86%
For Love or Money (1993)
Plot Summary:
New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With a few weeks left before his option on the site runs out, Doug agrees to help wealthy Christian Hanover conceal his affair with salesgirl Andy Hart from his wife. Despite his own attraction to Andy, Doug tries to stay focused on getting Christian to invest $3 million in his project.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: entertaining, romantic, talky, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, light hearted, colorful
Similar in 86%
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
Plot Summary:
Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant her boyfriend has kicked her out. She accidentaly ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hosptial to find out that it's been assumed that she's Patricia. Hugh's mother takes her in and she falls in love with Hugh's brother Bill. Just when she thinks everything is going her way, her ex-boyfriend shows up.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sweet, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, fairy tale, light
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Frankie and Johnny (1991)
Plot Summary:
When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, Frankie develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, light, sweet, feel good, humorous, romantic comedy, talky, captivating, retro
Similar in 76%
How Do You Know (2010)
Plot Summary:
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, witty, romantic comedy, sweet, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, cute
Similar in 89%
Picture Perfect (1997)
Plot Summary:
A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, light, talky, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy
Similar in 89%
A Lot Like Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, sweet, light, feel good, melancholic, realistic, sexy, touching, humorous
Similar in 84%
The Switch (2010)
Plot Summary:
An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, feel good, romantic comedy, cute, sweet, sentimental, funny, sincere, light
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Sabrina (1995)
Plot Summary:
An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, sentimental, light, fairy tale, romantic comedy, cute, clever, sad
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One Fine Day (1996)
Plot Summary:
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, entertaining, romantic, romantic comedy, touching, humorous, sweet, witty, uplifting
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Moonstruck (1987)
Plot Summary:
Cher is devastatingly funny, sinuous and beautiful as Loretta, an unlucky-in-love Italian widow who finds romance through the intervention of the Manhattan moon. With her wedding to a close friend just weeks away, she meets - and falls hopelessly in love with - his younger brother (Cage)!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, sentimental, light, touching, humorous, sweet, melancholic, romantic comedy, clever
Similar in 88%
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Plot Summary:
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sentimental, sweet, funny, romantic comedy, sexy, light, cute, clever
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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
Similar in 89%
Last Holiday (2006)
Plot Summary:
After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational, romantic, light, sweet, semi serious, romantic comedy, surprise ending
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Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Plot Summary:
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother, Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, romantic comedy, light, touching, intense, humorous, funny, romantic drama
Similar in 79%
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Plot Summary:
Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, sweet, sentimental, touching, romantic, emotional, intense, inspirational
Similar in 77%
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Plot Summary:
A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 258000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, sweet, romantic, funny, sentimental, witty, romantic comedy, touching, realistic
Similar in 83%
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Plot Summary:
A love story built on a misunderstanding. A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off the tracks after he's mugged. But while he's in a coma, his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, light, sentimental, feel good, romantic comedy, cute, touching, witty, heartbreaking
Similar in 83%
Something Borrowed (2011)
Plot Summary:
Though Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) is a successful attorney and a loyal, generous friend, she is still single. After one drink too many at her 30th-birthday celebration, Rachel unexpectedly falls into bed with her longtime crush, Dex -- who happens to be engaged to her best friend, Darcy (Kate Hudson). Ramifications of the liaison threaten to destroy the women's lifelong friendship, while Ethan (John Krasinski), Rachel's confidant, harbors a potentially explosive secret of his own.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, feel good, sexy, light, entertaining, funny, semi serious, sentimental, humorous
Similar in 81%
Return to Me (2000)
Plot Summary:
It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob (Duchovny), a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. Once there, he's smitten instantly not with his date but with the sharp-witted waitress, Grace (Driver). Everything seems to be going great until an unbelievable truth is revealed, one that could easily break both of their hearts for good.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sentimental, touching, feel good, romantic comedy, romantic, entertaining, sweet, realistic, humorous
Similar in 86%
Before We Go (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman who is robbed on her way to catch the 1:30 train to Boston is left stranded in New York City. She meets a man who helps her during the course of the night and the two form a romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sweet, light, witty, romantic comedy, cute, emotional, talky, humorous
Similar in 90%
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, sentimental, feel good, romantic comedy, fairy tale, teen, cute, political
Similar in 76%
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young boy who tries to set his dad up on a date after the death of his mother. He calls into a radio station to talk about his dad’s loneliness which soon leads the dad into meeting a Journalist Annie who flies to Seattle to write a story about the boy and his dad. Yet Annie ends up with more than just a story in this popular romantic comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 187000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational, light, romantic comedy, funny, sweet, emotional
Similar in 84%
Pretty Woman (1990)
Plot Summary:
When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood sex worker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 348000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, sweet, sentimental, romantic comedy, inspirational, cute, teen, funny, light
Similar in 87%
Notting Hill (1999)
Plot Summary:
William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 334000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, touching, light, romantic comedy, sentimental, sweet, humorous, sexy, cute
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Letters to Juliet (2010)
Plot Summary:
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, scenic, feel good, romantic comedy, teen, cute, sweet, semi serious, heartbreaking
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The Wedding Date (2005)
Plot Summary:
With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, light, sexy, sentimental, funny, romantic comedy, realistic, witty
Similar in 82%
The Family Man (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 117000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental, sincere, contemplative, romantic, humorous, romantic comedy
Similar in 75%
You've Got Mail (1998)
Plot Summary:
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet – both blissfully unaware that he's putting her out of business.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 226000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, touching, sentimental, light, romantic, entertaining, humorous, cute, inspirational
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Serendipity (2001)
Plot Summary:
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet, light, witty, romantic comedy, cute, teen