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Plot Summary:
Lonely Neal attempts to get over a recent break-up by responding to "Missed Connections" ads on Craigslist, then swooping in like a knight in shining armor when the expected guy fails to show up at the scheduled meeting. For a while the Neal's plan works great, but when he tries it on Jane, she proves that women are just as crafty as men when it comes to playing the dating game.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Nick and Jane (1997)
Plot Summary:
N.Y. corporate Jane discovers her boyfriend John in bed with another woman, leaves building enraged and jumps into cab. Her driver is Nick. Jane and her friend Vickie have a plan - to make John jealous, they'll give Nick a false corporate identity and pass him off as Jane's new boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, neo screwball comedy
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After years of organizing fashion in the city, Lauren decides to move home. In exchange for her organizing services, mover Rob makes it his mission to help her see the beauty of Seattle.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 945
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, visually appealing
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Hank and Asha (2013)
Plot Summary:
An Indian student in Prague and a lonely New Yorker correspond online through video letters. A voyeuristic love story about aching for human connection in a hyper-connected world.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 473
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, witty, indie film, independent film
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Plot Summary:
Breakups happen. Boy meets girl. Boy likes girl; girl likes boy. Boy and girl decide to sleep with 3 other people first, to avoid the rebound relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, romantic comedy
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Plot Summary:
When Ethan, the needy nice guy, is dumped by his fiancée, he asks his misogynist older brother, Kyle, to help him win her back.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, independent film, cult film
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, sweet, witty
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, crying
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Plot Summary:
Pierre, widowed and retired, has not been out of his house for two years. He discovers the joys of the internet thanks to Alex, a young man hired by his daughter to teach him the basics of computer science. On a meeting place, a charming young woman, Flora63, seduced by the romanticism of Pierre, offers her a first date. Lovers, Pierre is back. But on his profile he put a picture of Alex and not his own. Pierre must convince the young man to meet Flora in his place.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Austria
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, humorous, touching, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, neo screwball comedy
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 136 min
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The Good Guy (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all. Beth falls hard for Tommy, a sexy, young Wall Street hot-shot. But just as everything seems to be falling into place, complications arise in the form of Tommy's sensitive and handsome co-worker Daniel. Beth soon learns that the game of love in the big city is a lot like Wall Street -- high risk, high reward and everybody has an angle.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
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Plot Summary:
A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, sentimental, thought provoking, touching
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 36000
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Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, clever, offbeat, contemplative, light
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 53000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 61000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 73000
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 30000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 60000
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Country: USA
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Two men write anonymous love letters to test if their wives are faithful. When their wives actually respond, the two men are left in a fix of what to do.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 50
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Country: Singapore
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Plot Summary:
A single woman focused on her career in New York is forced to deal with the aftermath of a failed relationship when an ex-boyfriend is hired by her company.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 955
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 490
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 64000
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 275000
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Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 172000
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 124000
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An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man she can use for the experiment. Enter executive Ben Berry (Matthew McConaughey), who is so confident in his romantic prowess that he thinks he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. When Andie and Ben meet, their plans backfire.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 262000
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IMDB Votes: 331000
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