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Plot Summary:
Meliton Beltadze only son Reziko opera singer, has neither the talent nor the desire, but for the sake of the mother's grandmother and studied at the Conservatoire. Reziko first test of the household could not steal a father and son reveals. Melitoni troubled his friend, the director complained to the toy factory and asks the child to receive a temporary work. Factory Reziko true talent is revealed, its currently outstanding dolls quickly attracts attention. Factory accidentally found his calling with the young man that finds here first.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Dollybirds (1997)
Plot Summary:
The movie is set in the actual "Ki Mit Tud?" talent contest in 1962. In reality the contest in dance music category was won by an army brass band. "Omega" which later became one of the most successful Hungarian rock bands came out in the second place.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: cult classic, parody, independent film, cult film
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Marriage... Greek Style (1964)
Plot Summary:
Mina is dreaming of becoming a painter and Petros works in a company. They meet and fall in love during the carnival, but later lose contact. They meet again without recognizing each other and eventually get married. However they have no idea how hard marriage is.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy
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Meeting in Mountains (1966)
Plot Summary:
A film crew arrives in mountainous Khevsureti region. Lali Mindeli, a famous pop singer and the film star who wants to know more about her character, walks around in traditional Khevsurian costume and rides horses. During the making of the film she meets Vakhtang, an engineer but instead of introducing herself as herself she tells him that she’s Mindeli’s twin sister Mzavinar. Vakhtang fells in love with the woman and is ready to move to Khevsureti. It makes Lali to realize that she’s playing a risky game with him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Action, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Londre (1966)
Plot Summary:
the movie about Londre.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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You Cannot See What I Had Seen (1965)
Plot Summary:
the film about gueta.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: crying
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Rainbow Around the Sun (2008)
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Zachary Blasto, a hard-drinking, talented songwriter and performer, envisions madcap musical fantasies in order to avoid dealing with the downward spiral of his personal life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: avant garde, independent film
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Apollo Goes on Holiday (1968)
Plot Summary:
Prince Jan is spying on beautiful tour guide Elena from his helicopter while touring Greece. He escapes from his entourage and joins the girl's group, posing as a humble visitor. The two fall in love, but Prince Jan, knowing that he has duties and responsibilities to his country, leaves her, never revealing his true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Greece, Sweden
Duration: 88 min
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Don't Play Us Cheap (1972)
Plot Summary:
Film version of Melvin Van Peebles' Broadway musical. A pair of devil-bats take human form and crash a Harlem house party in an attempt to break it up. But somehow, their attempts to ruin the party fail.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious, black cinema, cult film
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Fiance Was Not Good Enough (1961)
Plot Summary:
Bichiko experiencing strong mother that her son throughout the village serves as a care-free claims. Bichiko studies and do not care about his girlfriend Nani prefers. Nani's father, did not want to hear vardens udiplomo fiancée, the daughter of suitable bridegrooms agronomist Nicholas presumption. Nani decides Bichiko abduction, but by the hands of his father will be forgiven. The case in favor of Bichiko is up, as it turns out it was a misunderstanding under vardenis sole protector. Varden will understand that people are Bichiko Charming and grooms will not reject.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crying
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Happy Romance (1972)
Plot Summary:
Countryman Dato falls in love with uptown girl Eka. But, their romance faces difficulties due to Dato's revolver-like lighter, which Eka's tough father mixes with a real gun.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 71 min
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I Do Bidoo Bidoo (2012)
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Rock Polotan (Concepcion) and Tracy Fuentebella (Dos Santos) are teenage sweethearts and both nursing students in a university in Manila are in love and full of dreams. A youthful indiscretion leads them to early parenthood, a situation they face squarely, and quite maturely, by planning to get married. They shortly realize, however, that the problem behind their wedding plans has less to do with themselves than with their own parents.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, light, sincere, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Everything's the Wrong Way (1982)
Plot Summary:
A story about a guy and a girl who decided to get married.They want to have their own place and live without parents. They search for apartment to live together because they can't live without each other, they're seriously falling in love, but parents are getting tougher to deal with and they forbid her to see him. He comes up with a plan to sneak into her house pretending to be her English girl-teacher named Olga with two long braids and funny voice.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: teen comedy
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Racha, My Love (1977)
Plot Summary:
The movie about Racha - most beautiful place in Georgia.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Musical, Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min
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Khevsurian Ballad (1966)
Plot Summary:
When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he is sheltered at his father’s friend. After fifteen year he gets back to Khevsureti. A talented painter, he spends most of his time doing sketches of nature and people. There he meets a local beauty, Mzekala and fells in love with her but finds out that Torghva is also in love with her. Enraged by Imeda’s impudence Torghva calls him for a sword fight and is killed by Imeda. To avoid another round of blood revenge, the villagers let Imeda and Mzekala out of the village but someone who wants Imeda’s blood finds it out and follows them.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
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Janwar (1965)
Plot Summary:
The wealthy patriarch of a Mumbai family learns more than wants to about his own origins after his refusal to accept his sons' chosen spouses drives them and his own wife away.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 247 min
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Melodies of the Vera Quarter (1973)
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This musical is based on old Georgian vaudevilles and plays. The early 20th century. Old Tiflis is in confusion and turmoil. A mysterious fairy is helping the poor Pavle’s family: real wood is burning in his old, neglected fireplace, wherein a pot with meat would suddenly appear. The good fairy is impersonated by laundress Vardo who helps not only the poor Pavle, but other families in this quarter as well. Vardo is known to many people in the town, but no one ever suspected that she was capable of performing miracles. The film’s colorful folk melodies, merry songs and fiery dances leave no viewer indifferent. Starring in the leading role is the great Georgian actress Sofiko Chiaureli.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 742
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 98 min
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Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion (1962)
Plot Summary:
Film is based on one of the most popular novels of N. Dumbadze.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crying
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Truffaldino from Bergamo (1977)
Plot Summary:
A funny musical comedy based on the famous theater play "Servant of Two Masters" by Carlo Goldoni.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, feel good, entertaining, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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It All Started by Chance (1993)
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A middle class couple crisis. A love story between a young blue collar guy an a Philippine girl. The lives of four people get closer in nowadays Rome.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: soap opera
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A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes, to visit the places they loved in the movies. During her first stop in Scotland at the beautiful estate she stays in, she meets the innkeeper who changes her life forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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At Long Last Love (1975)
Plot Summary:
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
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Goddess (2013)
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Elspeth Dickens dreams of finding her "voice" despite being stuck in an isolated farmhouse with her twin toddlers. A web-cam becomes her pathway to fame and fortune, but at a price.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Follow That Dream (1962)
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When the Kwimper family car runs out of gas on a new Florida highway and an officous state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He and his son Toby and their "adopted" children - Holly, Ariadne and the twins - start their own little community along a strip of the roadside.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
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Madly in Love (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young man from Sri Lanka, living in Switzerland, loves a Swiss woman, whom he met at the Restaurant he works at. But his parents have already set the engagement with a Tamil woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Switzerland
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Thiruchitrambalam (2022)
Plot Summary:
A guy-next-door tries to find romance in his life while also dealing with his personal problems. How long will it be before he realises what he is looking for is right next to him?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 131 min
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Not on the Lips (2003)
Plot Summary:
A musical drawing room farce set in Paris in October, 1925. Gilberte, in middle-age, flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were more demonstrative. He's negotiating a deal with an American, Eric Thomson, who turns out to be Gilberte's first husband from an annulled and secret stateside marriage. Along with her sister Arlette, Gilberte begs Eric not to tell Georges about the marriage. Meanwhile, a young artist, Charly, pursues Gilberte while Arlette tries to match him with the young Huguette, who loves him. Will Eric play along or try to re-win Gilberte's affection? Can Gilberte play one off against another? And who will manage to kiss whom on the lips?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, clever, offbeat, stylized
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My God Father (2020)
Plot Summary:
Got, a young and energetic racing man who hates his father. There is a reason for him to warp back in the year 1998, just a year before he was born, Got met his young father when he was Godfather.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: light, funny, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Western (1997)
Plot Summary:
Catalonian Paco is a traveling rep for a shoe manufacturer. When he stops to pick up Russian emigree hitchhiker Nino, Paco soon finds himself on the side of the road with everything stolen out from under him. Local gift shop owner Marinette gives the Spaniard a lift. Their mutual attraction manifests itself quickly, and Paco, who was fired over the stolen-car episode, hangs around. When he happens to spot Nino in the same town, he beats up the scrawny Russian, who lands in the hospital. Oddly enough, this marks the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Paco and Nino soon take the trip down the road together.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, independent film
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Bobby (1973)
Plot Summary:
Raja is the 18-year-old son of a wealthy Bombay businessman who suffers from his parents coldness and neglect. Shortly after finishing school he meets Bobby, the 16-year-old daughter of a poor Christian fisherman. They fall head over heels for each other, but they'll need everything they have to defend their love as their families won't accept them marrying each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: romantic, mesmerizing, touching, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Plot Summary:
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, witty, feel good, sexy, scary, romantic comedy, cult classic, independent film, sentimental