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Plot Summary:
Portland interior designer Julia Galvins (Jana Kramer) adopts a dog and seeks the help of expert and handsome dog trainer Owen Michaels (Kevin McGarry). When she is hired to design a nursery and a “puppery,” as well as plan a puppy shower fund-raiser for a pregnant client and her pregnant dog, Julia asks Owen’s advice, and their friendship just might turn into something more.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, sincere, touching, sweet, feel good
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Like Cats & Dogs (2017)
Plot Summary:
Spencer is a cat person. Laura is a dog person. Spencer is headed to a beach town to work on his thesis. Laura is coming to the same beach town to escape the shambles of her life. Their personalities couldn’t be more different, but when a reservation screw up lands them – and their pets – in the same vacation rental house, they all have to figure out how to get along with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, sincere, emotional
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Patrick (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sarah Francis is a young woman whose life is a bit of a mess. The last thing she needs is someone else to look after, let alone someone who dribbles, snores and eats from the kitchen trash. Yet, like it or not, her grandmother has left Sarah her prized possession, a very spoilt pug named Patrick. Surely she must have had her reasons?! Apparently not, as this four-legged friend proceeds to cause chaos in all aspects of Sarah’s life. But then something remarkable happens as Patrick, with all his stubby, stumpy attitude, begins to turn her life around.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: light, touching, entertaining, funny, romantic, sincere, feel good
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Letters to Santa 3 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Centered around a group of individuals, who come to experience magical moments over the course of one day. Full of the power of family, love and the spirit of forgiveness. Each individual comes to realize that Christmas, more than any other time of the year, is full of wonder and surprises.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, romantic, feel good, sweet, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy
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Cross Country Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
Former classmates Lina and Max are traveling home for the holidays, until a storm hits and they have to work together to make it home in time, no matter the mode of transportation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating, realistic, romantic comedy
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Eat, Play, Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
Veterinarian Dr. Carly Monroe makes it a habit to stop by the local dog shelter as often as possible because she loves dogs and secretly loves the shelter’s owner, Dan. Unfortunately, he has agreed to marry his glamorous TV personality girlfriend and move to the Big Apple. With Dan’s big move looming, his sister decides to take matters into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, emotional, realistic, talky, touching, sweet
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Love and Sunshine (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ally Craig has been fostering retired military dog, Sunshine, as she recovers from a broken engagement. But sparks fly again when Sunshine's military partner, Jake Terry, returns to claim the dog.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, uplifting, touching, feel good, sweet
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Beaus of Holly (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Holly boldly proposes to Phil, he confesses he needs to first work things out with a long-ago ex. Having booked a romantic holiday sleigh ride, despondent Holly pours her heart out to sleigh driver, Jake, who takes a refreshing interest in her, until Phil returns.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, humorous, melancholic, talky
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The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (2009)
Plot Summary:
Columnist Peyton MacGruder befriends a reader who sent her a note that inspires Peyton to reconsider the choices she's made and her reluctance to accept her boyfriend's marriage proposal.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, emotional, realistic, touching, serious
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Hometown Holiday (2018)
Plot Summary:
Krista is starting this New Year with a new business and a resolution to be more selective with who she dates. When Krista meets Ryan Rourke, an entertainment lawyer from LA, the two really hit it off. Ryan is in her hometown to sign a local rancher turned viral signing sensation as his new client. Now with Krista also in Rust Creek, maybe there is more of a reason to stick around. Both are holding onto things from their past and are forced to make some decisions if they truly want to be together.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating, realistic, 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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Who Gets the Dog? (2016)
Plot Summary:
A couple going through a divorce squabble over custody of their beloved dog.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet
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A Dog for Christmas (2015)
Plot Summary:
The entire family stays at Dave and Sandy's home for the holidays. Kassandra wants a puppy for Christmas, but Mom and Dad aren't ready for that. Will Santa grant Kassandra's only wish for Christmas?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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All You Need Is Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
When popular TV show host Dr. Love goes missing ahead of the annual Christmas special, a zany search for his replacement and holiday romance ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet
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While You Were Dating (2017)
Plot Summary:
A long-divorced couple are reunited on a blind date and agree to fix each other up with friends and colleagues. While fix-up after fix-up fails to work out for either of them, they begin to wonder if perhaps they aren't the right match for one another after all.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, touching, feel good, emotional
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A Novel Romance (2015)
Plot Summary:
Romance novelist Liam Bradley (Dylan Bruce) has already found massive success with three books written under the pen name Gabriel August, but he's mysteriously unknown to his legions of readers. With his first book written as a way to heal after a broken relationship, Liam has slowly become disheartened with writing strictly for romantic fantasy, something evident to a sweet, but honest, journalist who reviews books, Sophie Atkinson (Amy Acker), whom he meets by chance on a plane. The two begin a tentative relationship in Sophie’s home town of Portland, Oregon, where Liam has come to find inspiration for his newest entry. Liam’s agent puts him on the spot with a long-planned reveal of Gabriel August’s true identity, but Sophie doesn’t know of his public persona. The longer Liam avoids telling her the truth, the deeper a hole he digs for himself. Will their romance survive once his true identity comes to light?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, funny, light, sweet, emotional, romantic comedy, cute
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Walking the Dog (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kristie Simmons, an attorney, initiates a legal battle trying to get approval for a bike lane for the local residents. When Bill, a local veterinarian, informs her that a dog named Gidget needs a home, Kristie agrees. While out walking Gidget, Kristie meets Keith Amos, an attorney on assignment from Seattle, while he's walking his lovable dog, Simon. Keith is immediately smitten with Kristie, her initially pleasant reaction to him turns sour when she learns he is her opposing counsel in the bike lane case.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Seven Year Hitch (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer and Kevin are childhood best friends who have lived together, platonically, as adults for many years. When Jennifer decides to marry her cheating, manipulative boyfriend, Bryce Kevin has to stop the wedding to protect her from making, what he believes is, a terrible mistake. With a little help from his brother and neighbor Kevin discovers that he and Jennifer are already legally married due to common law, having lived together for seven years and, as such, Jennifer can not marry Bryce.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, heartfelt
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A Very Country Christmas Homecoming (2020)
Plot Summary:
The third movie in the A Very Country franchise. Zane and Jeannette return from their magical honeymoon to plan the perfect first Christmas as a family, but the arrival of Jeannette’s former father-in-law throws a wrench into all of their holiday planning.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, talky
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For Love or Money (2019)
Plot Summary:
What started off as a whirlwind romance takes an unexpected turn when Mark discovers his beautiful bride-to-be is plotting against him. In cahoots with an old school buddy, they hatch a plan to take half of Mark’s £20 million fortune and use it for their own happy ending. What they don’t realize is that Mark is one step ahead of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, funny, light, feel good, humorous, sweet
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Guess Who's Coming to Christmas (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jaded rock star Dax is found by New York paparazzi passed out in his car with a frozen holiday turkey in the passenger seat. In order to repair his tarnished image, Dax publicly agrees to grant a fan’s “Dear Santa” Christmas wish. To his dismay, his manager Jason drops Dax off in Cedar Grove, a Midwest small town, where he’s committed to spend a week and perform in a local holiday Christmas concert.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 850
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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A New Girl In Paris! (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tamara has been separated from Diego for two years. She finally leaves home to live the student adventure in Paris with his girlfriend Sam. In a galley apartment, they accept a cohabit with Wagner. Problem: Diego is part of the lot, and he is no more single.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, uplifting, feel good, humorous, sweet
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Bad Date Chronicles (2017)
Plot Summary:
Leigh runs the website "Bad Date Chronicles," which allows people to anonymously post horrible date experiences. When rival blogger Conner becomes the subject of one of her posts, they agree to date each other to see which one is the "bad dater.".
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, uplifting, feel good, humorous, sweet, emotional
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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, Surreal and Odd (2017)
Plot Summary:
If four couples meet at the same party, and a honey-sweet relationship begins between them, a surreal love out of nowhere... If every phase of the relationship is a situation comedy, where the sides get along well for a moment, only to quarrel the next... Can we then ask the question: Dear lovers, don’t you have anything to do with love?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, sincere, touching, captivating
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You're My Pet (2011)
Plot Summary:
A woman finds a man in a box in front of her home and takes him in. She jokingly says she wants to keep him as her pet since the man reminds her childhood dog. The man agrees. Later the woman discovers that the man is a dance prodigy. Complications arise when her old flame from college appears.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, sincere, feel good, touching, realistic, romantic, sex comedy, anime
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Lucky 7 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Before Amy Myer's mother died when Amy was 7, she planned out the little girl's life on a timeline, including the fact that Amy would marry her 7th boyfriend. When Amy falls in love with #6, she's thrown into a tailspin, because all of her mother's advice had worked perfectly. Now she must decide whether to follow her mother's advice and wait for #7, or follow her own heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, touching, feel good, semi serious, sweet, romantic drama
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You Choose! (2017)
Plot Summary:
Even at the age of 40, Juliette is used to other people making decisions for her. When she meets two guys she likes, she has to finally make her own decision.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, uplifting, feel good, humorous, sweet
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Christmas Eve (2015)
Plot Summary:
Hilarity, romance, and transcendence prevail after a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, touching, feel good, sweet, romantic, happy, christmas comedy
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Little Italy (2018)
Plot Summary:
Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, atmospheric, touching, humorous, captivating, sincere, funny, sentimental
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The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Plot Summary:
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: entertaining, touching, romantic, funny, light, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental, feel good, humorous