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Plot Summary:
Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl he helped deliver as a five year old boy when his neighbor went into emergency labor. Twenty-five years later, Danny returns to his hometown and finds the irresistible Anna Swann but she finds it easy to resist him since she is already engaged to dreamboat Eric, a very practical match. In pursuit of Anna, Danny finds himself entangled with each of the eccentric Swanns including blind, sheltered Nina, cynical sister Karen, big brother Bill and dramatic mother Grace as he fights to prove that fate should never be messed with and passion should never be practical.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sweet, light, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, talky, crying
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Plot Summary:
According to Spencer, She's the one... Everyone else thinks so too!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, sincere, melancholic, independent film, offbeat, crying
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
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Plot Summary:
The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak family (she has five children). Though she's happily married to Bolek, she is also having a long-time affair with Roman. Her young daughter Hala is having an affair with neighbour cop Russell and becomes pregnant by him. Russell is pressed hard to marry Hala.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
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Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, entertaining, talky, crying, light
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
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Guinevere (1999)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 61000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 32000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 56000
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IMDB Votes: 13000
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 81000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
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IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Votes: 42000
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IMDB Votes: 3000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 172000
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IMDB Votes: 106000
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 127000
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IMDB Votes: 21000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 78000
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IMDB Votes: 12000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Votes: 226000
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