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Plot Summary:
April has a problem. Whenever she gets anything like passionate with a guy all sorts of things seem to spontaneously combust. The only men she meets more then once are firefighters. Actually, it's Mom's way of trying to keep her little girl to herself, but new boyfriend Andy is having none of such nonsense. So the heat's on. Unfortunately it's Fluffy the cat who keeps getting caught in the middle.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, semi serious
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They All Laughed (1981)
Plot Summary:
A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Cross My Heart (1987)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman go out on a "big" third date. He's ashamed to admit he just lost his job, and she's afraid he'll run away if he finds out that she has a kid. Small lies lead to bigger ones and the night gets crazy very soon.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: retro, sex comedy, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy, cult film
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In the Mood (1987)
Plot Summary:
When 15-year-old Sonny Wisecarver has an affair with his older neighbor Francine and then runs off to marry her, a stern judge has the union annulled. Then, when Sonny finds himself before the same judge after getting involved with another woman in her 20s, the publicity from this case makes him the object of affection for millions of young women.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, sexy, hot, nostalgic
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Let It Snow (1999)
Plot Summary:
Our two young lovers meet on a series of snowy days in high school. Years later they reconnect in Manhattan, but life is more complicated. Sarah sleeps with her beeper. James goes to "open-mike therapy". As Sarah plans her wedding to someone else, James prays for snow and a second chance at first love.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, sincere, clever, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, contemplative, talky
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The Journey (2007)
Plot Summary:
Steve, a young slacker is forced to grow up when his girlfriend Rhona leaves for Mexico to study archeology. Steve resolves to go on a journey to find his love.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Pyrates (1991)
Plot Summary:
As soon as they meet Ari and Sam get into a pretty passionate - and combustible - relationship. Indeed, the scenes of their rendezvous often seem reminiscent of the Chicago Fire. But the course of true flaming lust never runs true, and as they try to handle their all-consuming passion their two best friends endlessly meet to compare notes on developments.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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It Takes Two (1988)
Plot Summary:
Travis is due to marry Stephanie in a few days when he is convinced by beautiful saleswoman Jonni to buy a fancy sports car. The car looks good, but it turns out to be a piece of junk. Travis is determined to get satisfaction and he and Jonni hit the road to confront the crooked car dealer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 902
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Anja & Viktor (2001)
Plot Summary:
Highschool sweethearts Anja and Viktor find themselves in a lesser state of love when Anja graduates and gets a job in the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, offbeat, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Under the Boardwalk (1988)
Plot Summary:
It is the final weekend of summer and a group of Californian teenagers are looking forward to an upcoming surf contest. Rival gangs the 'Vals' and the 'Lowks' are confident that they will take home the trophy, but things become complicated when Reef Yorpin - leader of the Lawks - discovers his sister Allie has fallen in love with 'Val' surfer Nick after meeting at a beach party.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Smooch (2011)
Plot Summary:
An imaginative youngster (Kiernan Shipka) comes across an amnesiac prince (Simon Kassianides), who she believes is a fairy-tale figure. Convinced the man would be perfect for her widowed mom (Kellie Martin), she launches a plan to set the two up, starting by tricking her mom into hiring him as the new nanny. Directed by Ron Oliver.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, light, entertaining
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The (UN)perfect Guy (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a future in which human-like androids have become commonplace companions and servants, one, with a handsome male appearance, finds its owner's feelings difficult to understand and her desires impossible to fulfill.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, funny, touching, humorous, captivating, feel good, sweet
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My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Ethan arrives at the airport just in time to declare his undying love for his girlfriend, love appears to have conquered all. The scene, however, is really the ending of Ethan's novel, which his agent calls "unrealistic." Ethan soon meets a waitress, Jesse, and falls in love with her despite her growing devotion to Troy, a charming businessman. But the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, romantic, sex comedy, indie film, independent film, surprise ending, twist ending
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Enemies of Laughter (2000)
Plot Summary:
Nerdy-looking Paul (David Paymer) is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal (Judge Reinhold) has an idea that might turn things around when he decides to film Paul's life and turn his romantic disasters into a comedic documentary. When a beautiful young director (Rosalind Chao) decides to produce the real-life romantic comedy, Paul realizes that Cupid may be poised with his bow and arrow.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, sitcom, independent film
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Perfect Romance (2004)
Plot Summary:
The mother of a young divorcee places an ad on her daughter's behalf on a lonely hearts internet website but the person who responds fits her own ideal of a suitable partner. The daughter is still hung up on her musician ex-husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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See Jane Date (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jane Grant has just received an invitation to her younger cousin's wedding, and it's engraved with two of the most dreaded words a perpetually available sing can encounter: "plus guest." Come wedding day, Jane had better deliver. After all, she's already told everyone, including her meddlesome Aunt Ina and now-famous high school nemesis Natasha Nutley, that she's in a serious relationship. Now Jane has two months to find a guy to fit the lie, complete the guest list, and save face. If the series of miserable set-ups orchestrated by her well-meaning best friends Eloise and Amanda are any indication, Jane's in for big trouble. From the first date to blind date, from double date to last date, the match game is on - and with millions of men to pick from, Jane is sure to find Mr. Right, right?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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16 to Life (2009)
Plot Summary:
Romantic comedy. A small town teenager's angst about sexual inexperience drives a comic quest for love and understanding on a birthday to end all birthdays.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, romantic, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Milk Money (1994)
Plot Summary:
Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, and V realizes the suburbs are the perfect place to hide. But things get a lot more complicated when V falls in love with Tom, a single father who is unaware of her real profession.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting, sentimental, funny, light
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Dry Spell (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sasha tries to get her soon-to-be ex husband Kyle laid so she can move on with her sex life guilt-free.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, realistic, light, feel good, semi serious
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Joy of Sex (1984)
Plot Summary:
Teenager Leslie Hindenberg, mistakenly believing she has just weeks to live, decides she will lose her virginity before she dies.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 922
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, sex comedy, erotic, sexual, sexy, entertaining, absurd, light
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Gregoire Moulin vs. Humanity (2001)
Plot Summary:
Grégoire Moulin, a shy accountant, sets up a blind date with a dance teacher at a bar. What he needed to do was just to cross the road. But it didn't happen to be as easy as it seems especially because of the final game of French soccer championship the very same night!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, offbeat, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Novel Romance (2006)
Plot Summary:
Book editor Max Normane can perfect anyone’s story apart from her own. Highly successful but highly single, she comes up with a novel plan: a publication in exchange for a sperm donation. But will she get her happy ending?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, independent film
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Secret Admirer (1985)
Plot Summary:
When high-school heartthrob Michael receives an unsigned love letter, he assumes it's from knock-out prom queen Deborah Anne instead of pretty honor student Toni. And when Michael accidentally misplaces the letter, the juicy jottings soon make their way into the hands of the whole neighborhood, touching off a scandalously sexy soap opera of mixed-up motives, mistaken identities and wrong emotions.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, light, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, crying, independent film, weeping, sex comedy
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Happy Together (1989)
Plot Summary:
Christopher is an ambitious college freshman, striving to become a writer. Through a computer fault he's assigned the same room as Alex, a real party freak and... a girl! He's annoyed and tries to get a different room as soon as possible, but when he learns to know her, he also starts to like her. She not only improves his sexual life, but also his writing skills.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, melancholic, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, funny, atmospheric
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American High School (2009)
Plot Summary:
Small lives begin at the end of high school for this surreal society. A senior who married young must contend with her life, love, and pursuit of individuality and femininity in a narcissistic, misogynistic world of irony. Gwen Adams, her husband Holden, and school rival Hilary complete the love triangle as Principal Mann makes their lives living hell.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, teen sex comedy, teen, sexual, sex comedy, hot
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Passionada (2002)
Plot Summary:
The film is a romantic comedy about a Portuguese widow whose husband had been a fisherman who died at sea. The widow's teenage daughter wants to be a professional gambler and she convinces her mother to date a British man whose new in town. The widow falls for the Brit, who pretends to be in the fishing business but is actually a professional gambler. The naive daughter gets into some trouble.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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One Crazy Summer (1986)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, hilarious, colorful, teen sex comedy, sincere, offbeat, realistic
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Beauty & the Briefcase (2010)
Plot Summary:
A freelance writer looking for romance sells a story to Cosmopolitan magazine about finding love in the workplace and goes undercover at a Finance Company.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, teen, romantic comedy, romantic drama, romantic, sentimental, realistic
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Little Italy (2018)
Plot Summary:
Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, atmospheric, touching, humorous, captivating, sincere, funny, sentimental
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Swiped (2018)
Plot Summary:
James, a college freshman and computer genius, is enlisted by his womanizing roommate, Lance, to code the ultimate hook-up app. But when James discovers that his divorced mother is using the app, unexpected consequences ensue.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, humorous, colorful, colourful
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Sixteen Candles (1984)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girls deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, sweet, teen, humorous, romantic, sentimental, funny, romantic comedy, light