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Plot Summary:
The story follows the lives of two girls living together and their separate love lives as they struggle to find and maintain their new relationships. The movie mainly focuses on pretty girl Lee Hee-Jin (Shin Min-a). Hee-Jin is a hair stylist working at a salon when she meets an old classmate from junior high school. Kang Ji-Suk (Jo In-Seong) meets up with Hee-Jin when he arrives at her salon for a hair cut. The pair ends up deciding to try dating for a month to see how things go. All goes well in the beginning until Ji-Suks first love shows up. Sung-Hae (Ham Eun-Jeong) invites Ji-Suk over to a reunion party with their old junior high school friends. Hee-Jin ends up tagging along. But she feels excluded and uncomfortable while Ji-Suk and Sung-Hae are hitting it off.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: touching, suspense, romantic, romantic comedy, exciting, contemplative
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Beyond the Fire (2009)
Plot Summary:
From tragedy comes a burning love, but can passion survive the torment of a sinister past.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, touching, captivating, psychological
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I Am Not What You Want (2002)
Plot Summary:
Rick was kicked out of his home because of his homosexuality, and takes refuge in the home of his friend Mark. Living under the same roof, these youths realize they have more in common than they thought. But will it lead to heartwarming or heartbreak?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, touching, serious
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Christmas in the Rockies (2020)
Plot Summary:
Katie Jolly is a driven young woman with aspirations to leave her small town of Homewood and the family business behind for a career in New York City. Katie’s dreams come to a halt when her father’s sudden injury leaves the future of the company on her shoulders. Saddled with Jolly Lumber’s looming financial troubles, she must also navigate the complexities of love and family as well as the pressure to win the annual Lumberjack Competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, touching, sweet, captivating
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Love on the Vines (2017)
Plot Summary:
When overworked lawyer Diana’s (Margo Harshman) uncle, Hugh, passes away she’s called back to his vineyard to settle his estate. Hugh has left half of his Golden Range Winery & Vineyard to Diana and half to Seth (Steve Talley), his right hand man and Diana’s ex-boyfriend. Hugh’s final request is that the two work the next harvest together, set to begin in a few weeks. Neither is happy at the arrangement but they begrudgingly agree. Furthermore, neighboring competitor Grant Garritson (Jack Wagner) threatens to drive a wedge into Diana and Seth’s already shaky relationship. They have a short window to figure it all out so that they both get what they ultimately want.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, romantic
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Love Takes Flight (2019)
Plot Summary:
A workaholic hospital director is forced to re-examine her rigid lifestyle when a free-wheeling EMS pilot enters her life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Love to the Rescue (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two single parents come head to head when their kids want to adopt the same dog. Agreeing to co-foster, free-spirited Kate and type-A Eric must work together to find the dog's forever home.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: entertaining, sincere, touching, captivating, tear jerker
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Cheese in the Trap (2018)
Plot Summary:
Movie is based on the popular webcomic “Cheese in the Trap” by Soonkki which was previously adapted in the 2016 television drama series “Cheese in the Trap.”.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, humorous, semi serious, dorama
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The Wedding Ring (2021)
Plot Summary:
Kate Sterling’s entire life is about proposals. As a jewelry designer she’s created rings for more happy couples than she can count, however none for herself yet. At her sister’s marriage, Kate is given a second change to connect with her childhood sweetheart. Now she has to decide whether their feelings have changed, or if the wedding will re-kindle the sparks that once united them; giving Kate the ring she’s been waiting for her whole life!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, romantic, feel good, sweet
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2 Gentlemen of Verona (2018)
Plot Summary:
In this modern setting for the Shakespeare classic, two small-town boys head to the big city looking for adventure and romance. But when they both fall for the same girl, friends become rivals.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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A Guide to Second Date Sex (2019)
Plot Summary:
Laura and Ryan are perfect for each other: they both love Meryl Streep, have been totally destroyed by previous relationships, and they have no idea what they are supposed to do tonight. They also both know that they'll have to pretend to be completely different to how they've ever been previously, in the hope of getting it right this time. How bad can a second date really go and what is there to lose? Ryan and Laura are about to find out.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, light, feel good, humorous, sweet, sex comedy
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What She Likes (2021)
Plot Summary:
An emotional coming-of-age drama centered around Andou Jun, a gay student who is not out. He accepts a confession from his fujoshi classmate Miura Sae and they start dating. However, Jun is also seeing Makoto, but fails to tell Sae about his male lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, 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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My Perfect Romance (2018)
Plot Summary:
Newly appointed CEO of Robinson Tech, Wes Robinson, is looking for new ideas to boost the company's sales. Vivian Blair, a program developer, shares a dating algorithm she has been working on called My Perfect Match. Wes sees potential and an opportunity to turn the company around and launches the service. When the pair is challenged to use My Perfect Match themselves to find love, this algorithm shows some interesting results.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sweet, sentimental, romantic, touching, feel good
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Marmalade Boy (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two sets of parents divorce and marry each other, while their children Miki and Yuu are caught in the middle and start falling for each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, suspense, contemplative, manga, romantic, unusual plot structure, weird
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Never and Again (2021)
Plot Summary:
Kevin and Jasmine who, as two teenagers with equal passion for each other's dreams - his love for football and hers for music - fall head over heels in love with each other but tragedy and one horrible lapse in judgment tears them apart. Many years later, Kevin (Long) and Jasmine (Boutte), have to trust one another after their paths cross again. Is their first love strong enough for them to save each other now?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Match Made in Mistletoe (2021)
Plot Summary:
When talented interior designer Emily Barnes is hired by a foreign embassy in D.C. to decorate for their annual holiday charity ball, the newly appointed ambassador Magnus Andersson's "minimalist" approach creates a roadblock between them. As Emily's undeniable love for the holiday season begins to thaw his heart, an unexpected romance begins between the two.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, talky
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Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride (2018)
Plot Summary:
It’s a full Valentine’s Day weekend at the Inn when Olivia and Mick host Mick’s sister Bonnie and her finance Sean, Mick’s daughter Julie and her boyfriend Wyatt, and Olivia’s mother Nora and her boyfriend Johnny. Bonnie brings her new fiancé Sean, and they plan to marry at the Inn that weekend, and Julie announces she plans to drop out of college to pursue her passion for cooking. While Olivia plans the wedding, Mick expresses his concerns to both Bonnie about the distant Sean, and to Julie about dropping out of college. Wyatt, too, is troubled by Julie’s decision to leave college, and the two have a fight that may end their relationship. As the wedding approaches, Sean reveals a secret that he has been keeping all weekend, and Johnny has a surprise of his own in store.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: emotional, psychological, romantic, touching, melancholic, talky
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Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance (2016)
Plot Summary:
John and Abby Reynolds are a married couple who have been together since their days as high school sweethearts—when John was a football hero and Abby dreamed of becoming a writer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, touching, feel good, sweet, romantic drama
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Bad Boy (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kayla, at the age of seventeen, moves to a foreign city with her rich father, whom she saw for the first time in her life. Then she falls in love with a bad boy. Meriç is a child who chooses to live alone among solid walls and darkness. Kayla trusts a man for the first time. But there are different obstacles that are waiting for them among their pathway of love.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet
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Please Teach Me English (2003)
Plot Summary:
As shy, awkward and, frankly, nerdy as she is, 25 year old public official Na Young-ju has little hope of landing a boyfriend. But then a game of chance designates her as the member of her office staff who will take English courses—much to her horror. In the same class, she encounters show salesman Park Moon-su, who fancies himself a dashing ladies’ man. He’s studying English in part to communicate with his long-lost American sister, but mostly for the purpose of wielding exotic pick-up lines, and is soon deploying them at the less-than-impressed Cathy, the pretty Australian teaching the class. But while Park flirts with Cathy, it’s Young-ju who finds herself mooning after the handsome if self-absorbed fellow.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, realistic
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Christmas In Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)
Plot Summary:
A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, sweet, emotional, gay cinema
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Learning to Love Again (2020)
Plot Summary:
After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend and losing her job, Jane reluctantly heads home to the small town she grew up in. But on her way there, she stops to help a stranger in need who ends up helping her believe in herself— and love— again.After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend and losing her job, Jane reluctantly heads home to the small town she grew up in. But on her way there, she stops to help a stranger in need who ends up helping her believe in herself— and love— again.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, romantic, touching, captivating, melancholic, talky, entertaining
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Hollywood Dirt (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hollywood arrives in force to Quincy, the small town where the secret Crown Cola billionaire's live. They want to film about the billionaire's and how they made their fortunes. Summer Jenkins, who was the town pariah, joins forces with the scout, Ben, and finds filming locations, extras, lessons with the town officials and house owners, etc. When Cole Masten arrives, they hate each other, but sparks fly. Cole is running from a nasty divorce, yet is captivated by Summer. Summer is dying to leave town to get away from the gossip. This is a great story about Southern customs, a Southern girl, and a Hollywood star who finds his lady.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, captivating, erotic
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Love Locks (2017)
Plot Summary:
Lindsey Wilson first found love in the romantic city of Paris when she was a university student studying art there. Now, twenty years later, she is returning to the City of Light to take her daughter on an adventure there. With a little inspiration from the city's famed "love locks" on its scenic bridges, the adventure proves to be a journey of romance and rediscovery for the divorced Lindsey when she reconnects with her college flame in Paris and finds that her first love just might be the lasting love of her life after all.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Hrid Majharey (2014)
Plot Summary:
An affair that begins one rainy evening on a lonely Calcutta street. And ends on yet another rainy evening in the Andaman Islands. A journey dotted by love, jealousy and destiny, it is loosely inspired by the works of William Shakespeare.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, suspense
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Comfort (2016)
Plot Summary:
Cameron is a nighttime courier with a heart of gold and a secret. Dusk to dawn, he makes deliveries all over the Los Angeles area. A skilled chef, he's saving for his own food truck, but he's too busy taking care of other people to put his own dreams first. When his next pickup turns out to be Jasmine, the attractive, headstrong daughter of a client, the ensuing sparks light up the night sky. Will this chance encounter be just another delivery, or will it change his life forever?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy, independent film
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Heart of the Holidays (2020)
Plot Summary:
After her life in New York unexpectedly falls apart, powerhouse stockbroker Sam Wallace returns to her small town for the holidays and reconnects with her high school sweetheart who helps reignite her humanitarian spirit just in time to help their community on Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Farm to Fork to Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Alice, a young and talented sous chef at NY's top restaurant, receives an invitation to judge a food competition for a prestigious annual fundraiser.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic
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The Valentine Competition (2021)
Plot Summary:
When 600 pallets of flowers are ordered by accident, Jack teams up with Catherine, creating a contest. The contest asks residents of Valentine, Oregon, to design the best Valentine's Day Garden ever, for a chance to win a back yard makeover.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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More Than Blue (2009)
Plot Summary:
A terminally ill man tries to find a suitable husband for the friend he has loved since childhood.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sentimental, sad, depressing, romantic comedy