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Plot Summary:
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, retro, romantic comedy, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, witty, semi serious
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Off Beat (1986)
Plot Summary:
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Willie & Phil (1980)
Plot Summary:
Loosely inspired by Truffaut's JULES ET JIM, this comedy-drama follows the experiences of two friends who fall in love with the same woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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The Great New Wonderful (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, clever, touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, witty, contemplative, semi serious
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Green Card (1990)
Plot Summary:
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Australia, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, light, romantic, sentimental, retro, entertaining, happy, touching, feel good, humorous
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, semi autobiographical
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About Last Night... (1986)
Plot Summary:
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: romantic, erotic, sentimental, talky, funny, retro, sensual, sincere, clever, touching
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Touch and Go (1986)
Plot Summary:
An ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother. A romantic plot ensues, as well as a confrontation with the gang leaders.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, sincere, emotional, light, captivating, independent film, touching, realistic, semi serious
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David & Layla (2005)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by a true story, sparks fly when a Jew and a Muslim fall in love in New York. David (David Moscow), TV host of "Sex & Happiness", becomes smitten with the voluptuous Layla (Shiva Rose) - a mysterious, sensual dancer who turns out to be a refugee. David's reckless pursuit of Layla sets off an unveiling of the similarities and contrasts of their ancient cultures. His lust grows into love as he discovers in stunning Layla a sensitive, intelligent war survivor with a rich culture that echoes his own. But their families are dead set against their unlikely romance. Faced with deportation, Layla must choose.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, sincere, touching, witty, semi serious, independent film, slapstick comedy, neo screwball comedy
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Letter to Brezhnev (1985)
Plot Summary:
The factories, pubs, clubs, hotels and streets of 1980s Liverpool form the backdrop for this tale of love, friendship, sex and a letter to the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev. Two Liverpool lasses, Teresa and Elaine meet two Russian sailors, Sergei and Peter and hook up for a night of fun and frolics. Teresa is looking for sex and a smile, Elaine wants love, romance and the dream of a life far away from the grime of the Liverpool docklands. A classic British romantic comedy filled with new wave tunes, 80s fashion, a little politics and a lot of heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: retro, comedy drama, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, eighties
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Blume in Love (1973)
Plot Summary:
Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife. Gedorge Segal plays a divorce lawyer who is divorced himself after his wife (Susan Anspach) catches him cheating on her. She, in turn, moves on and falls into an easy-going relationship with an even more easy-going musician (Kris Kristofferson in one of his first film roles). But Blume chooses this moment to fall back in love with his ex-wife (Marsha Mason) and begins to woo her anew.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic comedy, sentimental, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, stylized, semi serious
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200 Cigarettes (1999)
Plot Summary:
A collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: talky, witty, melancholic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, funny, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
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Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
Plot Summary:
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: emotional, talky, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sad, gloomy, independent film, black comedy
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An Unmarried Woman (1978)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sentimental, psychological, touching, humorous, emotional, sincere, semi serious, retro, independent film, romantic comedy
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Harry and Tonto (1974)
Plot Summary:
Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s living in the Upper West Side of New York City where his late wife and he raised his children--where he's lived all his life. When the building he lives in is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States, visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: road movie, depressing, sentimental, touching, realistic, funny, romantic comedy, uplifting, thought provoking, feel good
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Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)
Plot Summary:
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a relationship with one of them disrupt the delicate balance of their friendship?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, sincere, witty, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy
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Party Girl (1995)
Plot Summary:
Although Mary has little income, she still finds ways to spend her nights at clubs. After being arrested for throwing an illegal rave, she asks her aunt Judy for bail money. Judy then finds Mary a job at her library so that Mary can repay her. Initially, Mary finds the job as a clerk boring and stifling, and prefers to get to know a street food vendor whom she likes. However, Mary must refocus her life once she loses her job and apartment.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, surprise ending, clever
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Cocktail (1988)
Plot Summary:
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style. Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money. He leaves his artist girlfriend Jordan Mooney for Bonnie, a wealthy, high-powered executive. Brian soon must chose between the two, as he evaluates his options.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, entertaining, romantic comedy, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, romantic, stylized, suspense, retro
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Amar Akbar & Tony (2015)
Plot Summary:
Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives and loves of three childhood friends through twists and turns as the characters face sudden and unforeseen changes to their idealistic and trouble-free young lives. With hilarious and sometimes tragic consequences, the brotherly bond shared by the trio is forced to come to terms with some unexpected challenges. Interracial marriage, near fatal accidents and stints in prison will test old friendships and family values. A coming of age comedy drama showing the absurdities of life can also be the most amusing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty
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Frankie and Johnny (1991)
Plot Summary:
When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, Frankie develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, light, sweet, feel good, humorous, romantic comedy, talky, captivating, retro
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The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Plot Summary:
Paula McFadden knows: In romance, actors all follow the same stage instruction: Exit. Without warning, her actor boyfriend split today for a movie role and sublet their Manhattan apartment. The new tenant's name: Elliot Garfield. Profession: actor. Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason deliver comedy, zingy repartee and bitter-to-best romance in The Goodbye Girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, funny, sweet, sentimental, touching, witty, comedy drama, feel good, humorous, realistic
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Plot Summary:
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, end as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love - even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, romantic comedy, touching, erotic, hood, feel good, humorous, realistic, talky
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Chinese Puzzle (2013)
Plot Summary:
Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, Belgium
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, feel good, romantic, unusual plot structure, sweet, entertaining, realistic, witty, intense
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Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jessica, a Jewish copy editor living and working in New York City, is plagued by failed blind dates with men, and decides to answer a newspaper's personal advertisement. The advertisement has been placed by 'lesbian-curious' Helen Cooper, a thirtysomething art gallerist.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, feel good, humorous, romantic comedy, independent film, realistic, talky, sex comedy, offbeat
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Saving Face (2004)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sexy, humorous, romantic comedy, intercultural, realistic, witty, lgbt cinema, sex comedy
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New York, I Love You (2008)
Plot Summary:
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Bahrain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: melancholic, sexy, sweet, anthology, feel good, talky, romantic comedy, realistic, atmospheric, touching
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The Fisher King (1991)
Plot Summary:
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, inspirational, compassionate, disturbing, dark comedy, clever, melancholic, cerebral, thought provoking
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Watching TV with the Red Chinese (2012)
Plot Summary:
In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, non-linear, independent film
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Ten Inch Hero (2007)
Plot Summary:
Four friends search for love and happiness while working at a California sandwich shop.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, sentimental, witty, realistic, humorous, funny, intense, sweet, teen sex comedy
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Before We Go (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman who is robbed on her way to catch the 1:30 train to Boston is left stranded in New York City. She meets a man who helps her during the course of the night and the two form a romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sweet, light, witty, romantic comedy, cute, emotional, talky, humorous
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The Terminal (2004)
Plot Summary:
Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. While quarantined in the transit lounge until authorities can figure out what to do with him, Viktor simply goes on living – and courts romance with a beautiful flight attendant.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 486000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, sweet, feel good, motivational, sentimental, emotional, light, inspirational, entertaining