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Plot Summary:
In a summer holiday, a father (Mr. Kuk) with his children (Ku Fung and Little Kuk-Ku) has decided to open a noodle bar on a 2-month lease. He has great expectations for his noodle business. Kuk Fung quickly falls in love with Carlily (Kuk Fung's friend). Meanwhile, Little Kuk-ku has met a new friend, Wo who is working at the noodle bar. As the vacation is going, the nodle bar has to be closed. Mr Kuk's business performance didn't come up to his expectations, but it ends up with two puppy loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: crying
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Father's Day (1996)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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The Bachelor's Swan Song (1989)
Plot Summary:
Kenny and Maggie, lovers of long standing, have been scrimping and saving for their marriage. One day Maggie suspects that she is pregnant, and suggests an early wedding. Kenny is thunder struck as he has just lost his every cent in the stock market.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Ahwak (2015)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Sherif who works as a plastic surgeon, gets to know a young lady whom he falls in love with. But when he is introduced to her single mum he falls in love with her instead. Trying his best ways to get her attention.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Dances with Dragon (1991)
Plot Summary:
Aaron, a young, successful Chinese businessman, drifts on to a rural island after a scuba accident. Mistaken for an illegal immigrant, he is forced to take refuge in a small, family-run grocery store. Enjoying the riches to rags transition, he tells nobody his true identity, and falls in love with the grocery store owner's daughter, Yvonne. But while Aaron enjoys his life of anonymity, Yvonne covets the chance to escape her poverty. Meanwhile, in Aaron's absense, a plot has been hatched to take over his company. Are Aaron's and Yvonne's lives too different to find happiness together?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Sunset Cove (1978)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the school year, a group of students head out to Sunset Cove and do everything they can to save their favourite beach.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, grindhouse, sexy, independent film, hot
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One 4 All (1999)
Plot Summary:
Olivia, Irina and Masha are improving their acting skills. They no longer believe in Prince Charming, and their career is waning. Olivia works at the front desk at the airport and offers a wonderful plan: he would do so that friends will be aboard the Paris - New York plane and will sit next to wealthy men. Their task is to seduce the rich and pull them out of money. But the fraudsters do not suspect that Comissaire Bayard and his young assistant are closely watching them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: crying
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Sex and the Beauties (2004)
Plot Summary:
We have Carina Lau has Selina the lead actress who is a psychoanalyst, who hang out with her friends (Athena Chu has a erotic story for woman, Yoyo Mung has a multi-restaurant owner who like the danger side, and Pinky Cheung whose dad is a triad boss goes retirement and know how to fight). The story begin when Selina ex came to her and ask her to take care of her wild daughter (Cecilia Cheung in another bizarre look) and tried to cure her wild behaviour. Well the rest of the storyline consist of the 4 woman and there relationship with the guys, we have Tony Leung Ka Fai going after Carina Lau, Athena Chu going after Edisen Chen, Picky Cheung going after Andy Hui, and Lu Yi going after Yoyo Mung.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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La Brassiere (2001)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong bra company breaks tradition by hiring two men, Johnny and Wayne, to design an "ultimate bra" in 3 months.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, sexy, offbeat, realistic, fast, crying, motion capture
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Tender Souls (2001)
Plot Summary:
50-something bachelor Jacques gets more than he bargained for when he invites student Claire over for a disastrous date.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Quiz Lady (2023)
Plot Summary:
A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny, must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a wild, cross-country trek to get the cash the only way they know how: by turning Anne into a bona-fide gameshow champion.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy
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Walk Don't Run (1966)
Plot Summary:
British industrialist Sir William Rutland - "Bill" to his friends - is in Tokyo on a business trip during the time of the Summer Olympic Games there in 1964. Having actually arrived in Tokyo two days before his original planned arrival, he has problems finding a hotel room because of the Olympics. Spotting an ad posted on a British Embassy message board of a room available to sublet, Bill is able to wrangle his way into the apartment of Christine Easton, who is renting out the sitting room of her one-bedroom apartment as a bedroom for the duration of the Olympics. Bill's short-term living situation in Christine's sitting room is despite her solely wanting a female roommate.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, funny, light, romantic, sexy, clever
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Kimmy Dora (2009)
Plot Summary:
Kimmy and Dora (both Eugene Domingo) are identical twins but are as different as night and day. Kimmy is the smart, dictatorial type while Dora is the slow, dumb-wit sister. Kimmy has always been jealous of her sister as Johnson (Dingdong Dantes), the man she really likes, only has eyes for Dora. All hell breaks loose when their father(Ariel Ureta) gets a heart attack and makes Dora the majority owner of their family business if in case he dies. Kimmy thinks this is unfair and gets the help of their lawyer Harry (Baron Geisler) to take care of "business". A misunderstanding brings forth a plan to kill Dora but they kidnap Kimmy instead. Now Kimmy must find a way to get away from her captors while Dora must act as her tough sister and control their corporation in order to hide the truth from their father.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tagalog
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Rolling to You (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jocelyn is a selfish and misogynist businessman. He tries to seduce a young pretty woman by pretending to be handicapped, till the day he meets her sister, who is also in a wheelchair.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, humorous, captivating, feel good, neo screwball comedy
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Lan Kwai Fong 3 (2014)
Plot Summary:
Shin and Sara have been engaged for two years. They once had an argument and agree to have fun individually. Sara’s best friend Jeana who always has a soft spot on Shin, she then tried every means to seduce him. In the meanwhile, Jeana’s boyfriend Jacky is also getting close with Jolie who’s fun and wild. Lan Kwai Fong is as bustling as usual this weekend. The girls are all gathered to rock the clubs. Since Sara met the Korean hot guy Kim, the relationship between all of them started to change….
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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The Shopaholics (2006)
Plot Summary:
Compulsive disorders plague Hong Kong: Fong Fong Fong, a foundling who's now a nurse, is a shopaholic who seeks psychiatric help from Kan Yan (Choosey) Lee, who's frozen by an inability to choose. Into the mix come Kung Fu (Richie) Ho, a wealthy man who is stingy but also will buy anything someone else wants, and Ding Dong Ding, Lee's binge-eating bargain-shopping ex-girlfriend who reappears in hopes Lee will now choose her. Both men propose to both women who say yes to both. Family and friends are inept at helping to sort it out, and even if the four get the wedding vows straight, will anyone be cured? Does Hong Kong need more than a Prozac?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Hatley High (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Canadian teen comedy Hatley High sends up high school sports rituals by placing a most unlikely competitive game at the center of its story: that of chess. Tommy (Nicholas Wright) is a new arrival in his parents' hometown of Hatley, whose mother recently died. He discovers, after the fact, that his mom was once a chess pro and thus a legend in the community. Tommy's chess-fixated peers accept him almost instantly, inferring that he must have inherited his dear mother's skills, but in time Tommy carves out a niche for himself independently of his mom's legacy, and strikes up an enduring romance with Hyacinthe (Rachelle Lefevre) a "chess cheerleader." Two fictional British filmmakers "frame" the tale by filming it for a documentary that they are producing, and thus provide witty, ongoing narration.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 462
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, offbeat, realistic
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French for Beginners (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story of Henrik, who takes part in a student exchange program with France. The only reason for this journey is to conquer the heart of his dream girl. Wild Partys, exciting trips, a crazy host family and of course his trouble with the French language turn the - at first unmeant - holidays into a memorable summer.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen comedy
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Good Times, Bed Times (2003)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Carrie (Sammi Cheng), who plays a tabloid reporter who is doing a story on pin up police officer Paul Ko (Louis Koo). The word around is that he is impotent and Carrie is looking for the truth. Of course, from there you are looking to see if they will hook up. Also here are Raymond (Lau Ching Wan) as Carrie's ex, a judge and a very young looking Charlene Choi, who plays Tabbie, who wants to live with Raymond. In a small but fun interlude, the always great Sandra Ng plays Bobo.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Love for All Seasons (2003)
Plot Summary:
May is a martial artist and Chinese medicine practitioner who resides in a temple in Omei mountain. Under the threat of her lovelorn master, Misery, she decides to seek the help of infamous womanizer, Tiger Hung, who she had helped earlier, in order to experience heartbreak and master the "Heartbroken Sword" technique to defeat her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, realistic
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Beyond the Memories (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carries a painful experience from his past. When Roku was an elementary school student, a girl who was with him got into an accident and died. Because of that incident, Roku carries a heavy sense of guilt. When they meet, time, frozen since that day, begins to tick again.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, dramatic, talky, shoujo
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All's Well, Ends Well 2011 (2011)
Plot Summary:
The follow-up to 2009's All's Well Ends Well, with returning stars Louis Koo, Sandra Ng, and Ronald Cheng delivering Lunar New Year period comedy shenanigans for 2010. Angelababy makes a cute appearance in this farce about mistaken identity and star-crossed lovers.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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Look for a Star (2009)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy construction mogul Sam Ching (Andy Lau) and cabaret dancer Milan Sit (Qi Shu) fall madly in love with one another despite the class differences that would keep many couples apart. However, what Sit doesn't know is that Ching is the man responsible for razing a building representing cherished memories from her childhood. Can they live happily ever after if this secret gets out?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Dog Park (1998)
Plot Summary:
Sex comedy takes a look at contemporary dating mores and hypothesizes that the new dating location may be the dog walk in the park. A mild-mannered man loses his present girl friend to another man. His attraction to a kid's TV show hostess goes nowhere because of her obsession with her dog, Peanut. He then gets hooked up with an overly exuberant blonde who overwhelms him. He even lost his collie, Mogley, when his girl friend moved out. In a funny sub-plot, the collie is going to a doggie psychiatrist who determines the dog is being traumatized by his mistress' sexual antics. Jeri and Jeff are best friends whose constant smooching simply makes the leads life less comfortable.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, crying, sex comedy
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Cut Sleeve Boys (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two British Chinese gay men decides to re-examine their lives following a death of their friend. Mel sleeps around whilst rejecting the love of Todd and Ash decides to cross dress to find his knight in shining armour.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexy, offbeat, humorous, biting, sexual, crying
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Magic Kitchen (2004)
Plot Summary:
Yau (Sammi Cheng) is a successful chef and owner of a restaurant which is located in a flat called Magical Kitchen which is more like a home rather than like a restaurant. In a tale told by Yau's mother, that she would be haunted by a family curse overshadowing three generations, which destines her (Yau) to fail in every relationship. On a tour of the Iron Chef TV show in Japan, Yau is at the crossroads between her love life and career.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, clever, realistic, talky, semi serious, sexual
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Love on a Diet (2001)
Plot Summary:
Sammi Cheng plays Mimi Mo, a young exchange student to Japan who met and fell in love with a budding pianist, Kurokawa, played by Rikiya Kurokawa. Kurokawa eventually leaves to study music in the USA and returns to Japan as a famous musician. Meanwhile, Mimi has dealt with her depression by eating and weights over 300lbs and Kurokawa doesn't recognize her. Mimi eventually meets Fatty (Andy Lau) who helps her lose the weight so she can fulfill her promise of meeting Kurokawa made 10 years earlier. But then they fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sad
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AV (2005)
Plot Summary:
The story of four soon-to-be-college grads who are about to embark on the big adventure known as life. The foursome concoct an elaborate plan to hire a Japanese porn actress (or "AV Girl") for a fake film. Then they'll have sex with her. What could go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 769
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, sexy, touching, realistic, sexual
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Love on the Rocks (2004)
Plot Summary:
Wong is shocked to learn from his girlfriend Annie (Leung) that she wants to break up. He decides to go online and seek help from love experts on the net. He finds Crystal, a 19-year old self-proclaimed love advisor who has never been actually involved in a relationship. As she assists Wong by telling him to revisit all of his ex-girlfriends in order to find out the root of his problems, the two of them also find themselves falling for one another.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Love Hurts (2009)
Plot Summary:
After his wife leaves him, middle-aged Ben Bingham slips into a funk and refuses to change out of his pajamas. Justin, Ben's 17-year-old son, has the cure for what ails his depressed dad: he gives Ben a makeover and pushes him out into the singles scene. Soon Ben is the most popular guy in town, but when Justin falls in love for the first time, Ben must refocus his priorities and set about trying to win back his wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, feel good, romantic, touching, realistic, witty
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Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015)
Plot Summary:
An attraction forms when a Chinese American girl visiting Hong Kong for the first time meets an American expat who shows her the way, but timing may not quite be on their side.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: ambiguous ending, thought provoking, sentimental, sincere, captivating, independent film, romantic, romantic comedy