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Plot Summary:
Although Jason works as a department store clerk, he is also a reincarnated prince. Long ago, his beloved Jessie was snatched away from him by an evil wizard who used his powers to transform her into wooden statue. Now Jessie is in Jason's department store as a mannequin. When he encounters her, she awakens from her thousand-year sleep. They quickly revive their romance, but the evil wizard has been reincarnated as well, and he's up to no good.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, family comedy, independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious, postmodern, ridiculous, nostalgic
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You Cast A Spell On Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
Despite agreeing to an arranged marriage to a childhood friend, a successful businessman tries to track down a beautiful woman that he met at a Halloween party.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, romantic, scenic
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Christmas Cupid (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sloan is beautiful, stylish, and on the fast track to success at her public relations firm. After her client Caitlin ends up in a coma and becomes her own personal ghost of Christmas past, present, and future; she finds out first hand that her unethical ways needs to change and reuniting with a past jilted lover may be the answer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, teen, emotional, romantic comedy, christmas comedy, modern day adaptation
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How to Fall in Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
An accountant, who never quite grew out of his awkward teenage years, finds himself with a dating coach - she happens to be his high school crush as well. Thanks to his coach, he gets a pretty woman he has his sights on for some time, but realizes they are incompatible. Meanwhile, his dating lessons with his teenage crush reawaken old feelings. Not realizing the feelings are mutual, he finds himself unable to act on them due to his fear of being rejected by the one he truly loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, semi serious, realistic, heartfelt, humorous
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My Future Boyfriend (2011)
Plot Summary:
P-A-X-497/341, aka “Pax” , a curious young man from the well-ordered but loveless future, travels to present day New Orleans in search of romance novelist Elizabeth Barrett – whose book he has come upon during an archeological dig in the year 3127. Hoping Elizabeth can explain the concept of love to him, which is now nonexistent in his time, Pax embarks on an adventure filled with new discoveries. Elizabeth introduces Pax to life in the year 2011, filled with love, music and of course, destiny. When Pax doesn’t return to the future by the given deadline, Bob, his fellow scientist, travels back in time to find him. Meanwhile, as Elizabeth helps Pax learn about love, she ends up confiding in her colleague, played by Valerie Harper, about her own upcoming “surprise” engagement.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy
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12 Dates of Christmas (2011)
Plot Summary:
12 Dates of Christmas is a romantic comedy that follows Kate (Amy Smart), a young woman who re-lives the same first date on Christmas Eve over and over again. In an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve, Kate ends up ruining her blind date with Miles (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), a handsome guy she's been set up with. In a strange twist of fate, Kate is given the chance to re-live Christmas Eve twelve times! Kate decides to embrace what Christmas Eve has given her -- a loving family, great friends and Miles, who turns out to be a great guy! However, just as she seems to think she has gotten it right, the clock strikes midnight and Kate must live Christmas Eve once again. Under these weird new circumstances, Kate learns to take risks and enjoy what she's been given. Thanks to the gift of Christmas Eve, Kate finds happiness by finally trusting fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, sentimental, romantic, sweet
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The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Plot Summary:
When Bobby dies in a car accident he is not allowed to enter heaven but has to stay in one of the lower levels until he has worked enough as an guardian angel in order to deserve paradise. One of his jobs is Lenny, a gifted boy, who loves his schoolmate Sharon who is the most beautiful girl of the class. But she does not even notice him so that he is about to commit suicide. Bobby prevents this and dresses Lenny up making him a playboy and tough guy so that he gets what he wants although Bobby knows that this is not the best. Thinking that his job is done, Bobby realizes that Lenny's mother is his former girlfriend who has married another guy. Although not being allowed he makes himself visible to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, feel good, independent film, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, nostalgic
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The Butcher's Wife (1991)
Plot Summary:
A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and he takes her back to his butcher shop in New York city, where her powers tend to influence everyone she meets while working in the shop. Through her advice, she helps others and eventually finds the true man of her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, sweet, feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, psychotronic, fairy tale, inspirational
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Bewitched (2005)
Plot Summary:
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, humorous, witty, entertaining, satirical, romantic comedy, light, uplifting, teen
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The Bachelor (1999)
Plot Summary:
Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfather's will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, clever, smart, sentimental, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty
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Michael (1996)
Plot Summary:
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, uplifting, humorous, romantic, light, entertaining, road movie, sweet, spiritual, mind bending
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When We First Met (2018)
Plot Summary:
Noah spends the perfect first night with the girl of his dreams Avery but gets relegated to the friend zone. He spends the next three years wondering what went wrong - until he gets the unexpected chance to travel back in time and alter that night, and his fate, over and over again.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, captivating, romantic, funny, light, feel good, teen, ridiculous
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Prince Charming (2001)
Plot Summary:
After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, touching, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, mysterious, sex comedy, period piece, costume drama
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Splash (1984)
Plot Summary:
A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, fairy tale, touching, romantic, funny, romantic comedy, sweet, light, entertaining
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In Your Eyes (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's experiences, creating a bond that apparently can't be broken.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, sweet, romantic, cute, clever, enigmatic, witty, sincere, atmospheric
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Over Her Dead Body (2008)
Plot Summary:
After his fiancée, Kate, dies in an accident on their wedding day, veterinarian Henry grows depressed. To help him move on, his sister has him visit psychic Ashley and gives her Kate's diary. Ashley uses the journal's details to convincingly deliver the fake message that Kate wants Henry to move on. However, Kate's ghost is watching over Ashley and Henry. Furious when they fall for each other, she vows to sabotage their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, romantic, light, melancholic, funny, feel good, humorous, semi serious, cute, teen
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Forces of Nature (1999)
Plot Summary:
Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. He just barely catches the last plane, but a seagull flies into the engine as the plane is taking off. All later flights are cancelled because of an approaching hurricane, so he is forced to hitch a ride in a Geo Metro with an attractive but eccentric woman named Sara.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie, light, romantic, entertaining, feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, offbeat, realistic
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Mannequin (1987)
Plot Summary:
Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, cult classic, teen, romantic comedy, retro, family comedy, colorful, touching, feel good
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Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
Plot Summary:
Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal psychologist coworker Diane Farrow decide to test it on themselves. The awkward pair suddenly find themselves alluring to anyone they approach, but soon realize they are most attracted to each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, sweet, feel good, sex comedy, fairy tale, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, hilarious
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13 Going on 30 (2004)
Plot Summary:
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 210000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, light, funny, romantic comedy, sentimental, cute, teen, entertaining, sweet
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Just My Luck (2006)
Plot Summary:
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, entertaining, teen, cute, funny, humorous, slapstick, happy
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When in Rome (2010)
Plot Summary:
After fishing out coins from a water fountain in Italy, cynical New Yorker Beth Harper finds herself being wooed by several ardent suitors. As she deals with the attention, Beth tries to figure out whether a charming reporter really loves her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, funny, cute, humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, teen, hilarious
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Plot Summary:
When notorious womanizer Connor Mead attends his brother Paul's wedding, he is forced to re-evaluate his behavior as he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future, along with his deceased uncle. The experience changes his attitude and allows him to reconnect with his first and only love, Jenny.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, romantic comedy, funny, light, cute, teen, feel good, sentimental, philosophical
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Ella Enchanted (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, teen, entertaining, romantic, cute, romantic comedy, light, funny
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Cinderella (2021)
Plot Summary:
A modern reimagining of the traditional tale of the orphaned girl with an evil stepmother.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, inspirational, captivating, psychological, sincere, touching, feel good, costume drama, anamorphic, visual
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Just Like Heaven (2005)
Plot Summary:
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, fairy tale, romantic comedy, feel good, light, funny, touching, sweet, entertaining, humorous
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Big (1988)
Plot Summary:
A young boy, Josh Baskin makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman. What will he find out about this strange world?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 236000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, touching, funny, entertaining, humorous, captivating, clever, romantic comedy, cute
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It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006)
Plot Summary:
A visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's like to walk in the other's shoes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, teen, entertaining, funny, feel good, romantic comedy, cute, sweet, humorous, slapstick
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Stardust (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 282000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, light, dark fantasy, captivating, atmospheric, exciting, offbeat, scenic
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Kate & Leopold (2001)
Plot Summary:
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, light, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental, semi serious, funny, cute
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Penelope (2006)
Plot Summary:
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, light, sweet, touching, modern fairy tale, romantic comedy, cute, teen