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Plot Summary:
Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracles' with the help of his friend and manager, Jane, and their entourage. One of their trucks breaks down in Rustwater, a town in desperate need of rain to save their crops. While waiting for spare parts, Jonas decides to hold a revival meeting in the town. The local sheriff, Will Braverman, is skeptical and tries to prevent his town and its people from being conned. However a local disabled boy, Boyd, believes Jonas could make him walk again. Events in Rustwater make Jonas examine his own faith and doubts.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: light, melancholic, semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, romantic comedy, inspirational, christian film
Best tv shows and movies like Leap of Faith (1992):
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Me Again (2012)
Plot Summary:
Things don't go as expected when a disenchanted pastor wishes for a different life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 888
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: christian film, feel good, uplifting, humorous, semi serious, spiritual
Similar in 89%
Miffo (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tobias is the new, idealistic priest in a suburb but he soon learns that his flock is quite uninterested in Christianity. However, he befriends Carolina, a chain smoking woman his age, wheelchair-bound since birth. It is opposites attract although their backgrounds are different.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, emotional, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, sexual
Similar in 78%
Trial and Error (1997)
Plot Summary:
An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, melancholic, talky, feel good, not serious, romantic comedy, realistic, witty, independent film
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The Apostle (1997)
Plot Summary:
After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: biblical, christian film, spiritual, independent film, realistic, talky, philosophical, gothic, indie film, psychological
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charles McCarter and his wife Helen are about to celebrate their 18th-wedding anniversary when Helen comes home to find her clothes packed up in a U-Haul van parked in the driveway. Charles is divorcing Her. Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, an old woman who doesn't take any lip from anyone. Madea helps Helen through these tough times by showing her what is really important in life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: emotional, humorous, entertaining, inspirational, intense, sentimental, funny, light, thought provoking, sad
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The Lonely Guy (1984)
Plot Summary:
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, melancholic, light, sentimental, realistic, feel good, funny, witty, romantic comedy
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Tortilla Heaven (2007)
Plot Summary:
Isidor's Tortilla Heaven is the best restaurant in New Mexico maybe even the world. But though his tortillas are scrumptious, his enchiladas divine, Isidor has never made a dime. Why? He lives in Falfurrias, population 73. One Sunday, while all the town, including his wife and son, are piously praying mass, a miracle occurs. Upon one of his famous, hand-made tortillas appears the face of Jesus Christ.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, independent film, touching, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Touch (1997)
Plot Summary:
When Juvenal, a presumed miracle worker, appears on the scene Bill Hill attempts to exploit him but his plans go astray with the untimely intervention of August Murray and the developing relationship between Juvenal and Lynn Faulkner.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, realistic, witty, semi serious, clever, humorous, talky, sex comedy, offbeat, independent film
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Keeping the Faith (2000)
Plot Summary:
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, touching, funny, feel good, realistic, talky, semi serious, light, romantic comedy
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Forget Paris (1995)
Plot Summary:
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches. The story is told in flashback by their friends at a restaurant waiting for them to arrive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, light, sweet, intense, touching, realistic, clever, witty, non fiction
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The Singles Ward (2002)
Plot Summary:
When Jonathan Jordan gets divorced he's thrust back into the world of being a single Mormon - a world who's ultimate goal is eternal marriage. Struggling to fit in, Jonathan decides to stop going to church only to be pursued by the members of the local singles ward who want to reactivate him. Nothing works until Jonathan falls for Cammie Giles, the ward activities director. Suddenly, going to church becomes much more appealing, But is he going for the right reasons?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, romantic, captivating, entertaining, independent film, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Divine Intervention (2007)
Plot Summary:
Reverend Robert Gibbs is a young, hip pastor who temporarily takes over the helm of a Fundamentalist Baptist church while his predecessor Reverend Matthews recovers from a stroke. While trying to impress Reverend Matthews, Gibbs has to win the approval of his congregation, the Deacon board, and most importantly Reverend Matthews? daughter Divine, who has recently lost her faith in God.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, christian film, spiritual, black comedy, offbeat, realistic
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Christian Mingle (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young, modern single woman enters the world of online dating looking for an instant soul mate.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: christian film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, inspirational, disgusting, independent film
Similar in 86%
Brother White (2012)
Plot Summary:
Synopsis James White (White) is one of dozens of associate pastors at a mega church in Southern California under the tutelage of television evangelist Johnny Kingman (Wise). He always longed to have his own church and jumps at the opportunity to become pastor of the impoverished Divine Faith Apostolic Church in Atlanta. His wife and two children aren’t very enthusiastic about his assignment. Neither is the congregation itself, but they will have to learn to trust each other and pull together to save the church from a corrupt banker anxious to foreclose. It will take a musical miracle, supplied by BeBe Winans himself, to save them all in this heartfelt, family-friendly comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, humorous, semi serious, captivating, christian film, realistic
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Making Mr. Right (2008)
Plot Summary:
Eddie, a poor street conman, has his 'guess in which briefcase' trick ruined by Manhattan lifestyle magazine deputy editor Hallie Galloway. Due to a bet with her boss, she must transform Eddie into a dashingly eligible bachelor for a charity auction. In order to pay back his generous benefactor, restaurateur Angelo, Eddie accepts. He not only proves a quick learner and born charmer, the gentleman in him awakes and so does love in their harts. But their true pasts catch up.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexy, feel good, captivating, light, sexual
Similar in 76%
Straight Talk (1992)
Plot Summary:
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: emotional, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, inspirational, retro, exciting, light
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Passionada (2002)
Plot Summary:
The film is a romantic comedy about a Portuguese widow whose husband had been a fisherman who died at sea. The widow's teenage daughter wants to be a professional gambler and she convinces her mother to date a British man whose new in town. The widow falls for the Brit, who pretends to be in the fishing business but is actually a professional gambler. The naive daughter gets into some trouble.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic
Similar in 75%
Bigger Than the Sky (2005)
Plot Summary:
After being dumped by his girlfriend, a man stuck in a deadend life decides to audition for a small role in a local community theatre's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Despite having no experience as an actor, he lands the lead role, which wreaks havoc upon his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, spiritual, clever, realistic, talky, independent film
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My Sassy Girl (2008)
Plot Summary:
A guy (Jesse Bradford) has his life planned out, until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman (Elisha Cuthbert).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy, touching, depressing, independent film
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Hero (1992)
Plot Summary:
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: harsh, sentimental, inspirational, touching, melancholic, satirical, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical
Similar in 88%
HouseSitter (1992)
Plot Summary:
After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up posing as his wife. Gwen's ruse is so effective that by the time Newton learns of his "marriage," the entire town feels like they know him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, funny, clever, absurd, romantic comedy, uplifting, entertaining
Similar in 82%
Thanks for Sharing (2012)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon: sex addiction.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, melancholic, intense, compassionate, humorous, captivating, romantic comedy, light, spiritual
Similar in 89%
Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, period piece, light, humorous, romantic comedy, cute, semi serious, clever, witty, talky
Similar in 82%
L.A. Story (1991)
Plot Summary:
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, cult classic, clever, touching, humorous, surreal, witty, talky, satirical
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Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
Plot Summary:
Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, intense, feel good, humorous, semi serious, philosophical, spiritual, existential, hilarious
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As Good as It Gets (1997)
Plot Summary:
New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 314000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, sweet, emotional, sentimental, inspirational, romantic comedy, psychological, funny, romantic
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Old Fashioned (2014)
Plot Summary:
A romantic-drama, OLD FASHIONED centers on Clay Walsh, a former frat boy who gives up his carousing and now runs an antique shop in a small Midwestern college town. There, he has become notorious for his lofty and outdated theories on love and romance. When Amber Hewson, a free-spirited young woman with a restless soul, drifts into the area and rents the apartment above his shop, she finds herself surprisingly drawn to his noble ideas, which are new and intriguing to her. And Clay, though he tries to fight and deny it, simply cannot resist being attracted to her spontaneous and passionate embrace of life. Ultimately, Clay must step out from behind his relational theories, and Amber must overcome her own fears and deep wounds, as the two of them, together, attempt the impossible: an “old-fashioned” courtship in contemporary America.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, sentimental, uplifting, semi serious, christian film, independent film, disgusting, emotional
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It's Complicated (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her life – just when she thought she had it all figured out.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, light, romantic, humorous, witty, funny, entertaining, romantic comedy, sex comedy
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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
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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