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Plot Summary:
Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for picking the winning horses' names out of the paper while shining shoes. When word gets around, though, everyone wants a piece of the action.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, fable, cult film
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Continental Divide (1981)
Plot Summary:
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, romantic, sexy, touching
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A Love You (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a drunken evening and an unforgettable night with a total stranger, Manu wakes up alone to find a message on his arm giving him an appointment in Avignon. Convinced that the appointment is with the dreamy woman from the night before, he is ready to do anything to find her again.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sincere, entertaining, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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The Movie Hero (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man believes his life is a movie watched by an audience only he can see.In his feature film debut, director Brad T. Gottfred delivers a spoof of cinema cliches with a memorable protagonist named Blake Gardner (Jeremy Sisto), who believes his life is a movie. Playing to an audience only he perceives -- and determined to entertain them. Blake recruits a comical black sidekick (Brian J. White), attempts to apprehend the bad guy (Peter Stormare) and begins romancing his court-appointed psychotherapist (Dina Meyer).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, entertaining, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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End of the Line (1987)
Plot Summary:
When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, sentimental, touching, feel good, serious, realistic, witty
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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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Booted (2011)
Plot Summary:
Booted is a comedy with heart about Will Kelinsky, a charming deadbeat who meets his inevitable fate when his car gets booted in downtown Philadelphia due to a vast sum of unpaid parking tickets. Now he's stranded with a backseat of spoiling groceries, a massive parking ticket, and a fed up girlfriend back at home. Doing what any reasonable man would do, Will converts his immobilized car into a booming hot dog stand in an attempt to make enough money to pay off his fines before his fed-up girlfriend leaves him for good. But to do so, he'll have to contend with low-rent mobsters, an army of hungry homeless people, and one angry meter maid. Booted is a surprisingly heartfelt story about realizing what's most important in life and the things you'll do to get it.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Popcorn and Ice Cream (1978)
Plot Summary:
Gesa loses her vacation money in a warehouse bed while having sex with her boyfriend. When she realizes the money is gone, they return to the warehouse, but the beds have all been picked up for delivery. They immediately set off by train to follow the money.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, slapstick comedy, teen comedy
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Roundabout American (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young French chef with a fondness for America and a life in shambles pushes the limits of the American Dream by converting a Chicago pizza shop into an escort-service for the super-rich with the help of a suburban slacker who dwells in his parents' basement.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sexy, realistic, independent film, light, captivating, humorous
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Paternity (1981)
Plot Summary:
A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
Plot Summary:
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, cult film
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Leo and Loree (1980)
Plot Summary:
Ralph Malph from Philly moves to Hollywood with dreams of making it big, amazingly hooks up with starlet-to-be, loses starlet-to-be, gets back starlet-to-be, and becomes someone.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Osso Bucco (2008)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in his favorite restaurant during the worst snow storm in Chicago history, Jelly Dinotto, a lovable, misfit mobster, has one night to escape the family business and win the heart of Megan the woman of his dreams. The problem? Jelly and his trigger-happy cousin, Nick, discover that two underachieving detectives are also trapped in the restaurant with a warrant for their arrest. Sparks soon begin to fly, pistols light up, and the power in the restaurant goes out. Sanity is restored as Megan mysteriously finds herself in charge with the only remaining loaded gun. As the snow continues to fall, Jelly must ultimately choose between the life he knows and the woman he loves in this engaging dark, romantic mobster comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, atmospheric, realistic, semi serious
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Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
Plot Summary:
Arthur (Dudley Moore), that irrepressible drunk, tries to sober up -- and get a job -- in this sequel to the 1981 smash hit. Meanwhile, the father of the girl Arthur stood up at the altar in the first film is conniving to trick the hapless boozer into marrying his daughter so he can gain entrée to Arthur's $750 million fortune.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: slapstick, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, scary, funny, light, romantic, clever
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Hugo Pool (1997)
Plot Summary:
Hugo Pool is a quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: melancholic, semi serious, humorous, realistic, talky, independent film, clever, offbeat, witty, crying
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Poison Ivy (1985)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage summer camp counselors struggle with their younger campers, providing a variety of humorous situations and romantic encounters.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, cult film
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Baptists at Our Barbecue (2004)
Plot Summary:
"Baptists at Our Barbecue" is the comedic story of the small town of Longwinded, USA, a divided, feuding town of 262 Mormons and 262 Baptists. It's also a love story, about one man who will try anything to end the ridiculous feud, bring the town together, and keep the peace-loving girl of his dreams from leaving town.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, semi serious, humorous, realistic, offbeat, contemplative
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Back Roads (1981)
Plot Summary:
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, talky, hispanic, campy
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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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Nature of Love (2020)
Plot Summary:
City girl Katie is writing a magazine feature on a glamping resort. Far from sporty, she faces her fears trying the camp’s activities with help from Will, a rugged outdoorsman and nature guide.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a New England Christmas decorating competition searches for the town with the most Christmas spirit, the Mayors of East and West Riverton go all out to get their towns to the top of the holiday heap.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, gay cinema
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Agata and the Storm (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story of a middle-aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her energy levels registering in bursts of electrical interference - causing lightbulbs, traffic lights, toasters and computers to spontaneously spark and malfunction.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, Switzerland, UK, France
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, tense, melancholic, sweet, crying, detective
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Chasing Papi (2003)
Plot Summary:
Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women -- impassioned waitress Cici, meticulous lawyer Lorena and bored socialite Patricia -- spiral out of control, he suffers a mental breakdown. His doctor recommends that he choose just one girlfriend -- but can he choose in time before they discover his deception?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, exciting, light, rough
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My Secret Valentine (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young woman takes advice from the chalkboard notes that her mysterious house rental tenant leaves when a slick sales rep arrives with plans to buy her family’s prized winery.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, emotional
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Only the Lonely (1991)
Plot Summary:
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, light, sweet, melancholic, semi serious, sincere, humorous, feel good, entertaining
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Faith, Hope & Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Faith, a recent divorcee, enters a dance contest to save her dance studio, where she meets Jimmy and starts rediscovering her faith and dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Resort to Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring pop star Erica ends up as the entertainment at her ex-fiancé’s wedding after reluctantly taking a gig at a luxurious island resort while in the wake of a music career meltdown.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, romantic, romantic comedy
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Who Made the Potatoe Salad? (2006)
Plot Summary:
An urban romantic comedy about a young San Diego policeman who travels to Los Angeles with his fiance to meet her dysfunctional family and announce their engagement.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: black comedy, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing
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Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Plot Summary:
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, parody, harsh, stylized, feel good, semi serious, cult classic, hilarious, teen
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Made in Heaven (1987)
Plot Summary:
A romantic, occasionally funny, drama about two souls who consummate their marriage literally in "Heaven". Mike Shea, in his first life dies as a young man performing a heroic rescue. Shortly after arriving in "Heaven" he meets a new soul, Annie Packert, who has never lived on Earth before. The drama centers around their separation soon after being wedded and the burning question is whether they will reunite on Earth before time runs out or whether they are fated to eternal soul-searching.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, offbeat, spiritual, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale, independent film, sentimental, light, romantic
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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