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Plot Summary:
A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. A remake of the 1987 comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, light, funny, feel good, romantic comedy, sweet, entertaining, soap opera, neo screwball comedy
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Ticket to Paradise (2022)
Plot Summary:
A divorced couple teams up and travels to Bali to stop their daughter from making the same mistake they think they made 25 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, romantic, satirical, cute, feel good, neo screwball comedy
Similar in 85%
Lost & Found (1999)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about finding your true love at any price. Dylan Ramsey resorts to snatching his beautiful neighbor's dog so he can spend time with her while they go on a phantom dog hunt. Succeeding in his plan, Dylan goes to return the pooch, only to discover that it has hidden Dylan's best friend's diamond ring. Written by WARNER BROS.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic, sweet, entertaining, funny, light, sexy, sentimental, feel good, witty
Similar in 80%
Love, Guaranteed (2020)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer takes on a new client that wants to sue a dating website because it guarantees love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy
Similar in 84%
Set It Up (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two overworked assistants with nasty bosses try to get their supervisors out of their hair.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy, realistic, sweet, teen
Similar in 80%
Overboard (1987)
Plot Summary:
Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, sentimental, funny, realistic, hilarious, entertaining, romantic, romantic comedy, cute
Similar in 84%
Can You Keep a Secret? (2019)
Plot Summary:
Emma Corrigan, a girl with a few secrets on a turbulent plane ride, thinks she’s about to die, Emma spills them all to the handsome stranger sitting next to her. At least, she thought he was a stranger. But then, her company’s young and elusive CEO, arrives at the office. It’s him. And he knows every single humiliating detail about Emma.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, captivating, funny, feel good, humorous
Similar in 75%
Monster-in-Law (2005)
Plot Summary:
Office temp Charlotte Cantilini thinks she's found Mr. Right when she starts dating gorgeous surgeon Dr. Kevin Fields. But there's a problem standing in the way of everlasting bliss: Kevin's overbearing and controlling mother, Viola. Fearing she'll lose her son's affections forever, Viola decides to break up the happy couple by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, entertaining, romantic comedy, light, humorous, feel good, teen, philosophical, emotional
Similar in 80%
Because I Said So (2007)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, funny, entertaining, cute, sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy, teen
Similar in 76%
The Valet (2022)
Plot Summary:
World famous movie star Olivia faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent. The hard-working valet Antonio accidentally appears in the same photo and is enlisted to pose as Olivia’s new boyfriend as a cover-up. This ruse with Olivia thrusts Antonio into the spotlight and unexpected chaos.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, funny, buddy comedy, remake of french film
Similar in 87%
Cousins (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two couples go to a mutual friends wedding, and end up swapping partners.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, romantic, sentimental, light, sweet, entertaining, feel good, touching, offbeat
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Heartbreakers (2001)
Plot Summary:
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, light, hilarious, humorous, sweet, cute, clever, witty, sexy
Similar in 86%
Mr. Deeds (2002)
Plot Summary:
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, humorous, romantic comedy, hilarious, light, not serious, romantic, slapstick, predictable
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Blended (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attractions grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, romantic, light, sweet, humorous, romantic comedy, hilarious, entertaining, cute
Similar in 77%
The Rebound (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sandy, upon discovering her husband's infidelity while watching her son's birthday video, leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. She gets an apartment that's above a coffee house where she befriends one of the workers, Aram, a guy whose wife only married him so she could get a green card. Aram's family thinks he's wasting his life and education by working in the coffee house. Soon after moving into the apartment, Sandy hires Aram to be her nanny while she takes on work for the first time since her children where born. It isn't long when Aram and Sandy find they get along wonderfully and start to date. But the question is: is their relationship real or is it, in fact, just a rebound for both of them?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, entertaining, funny, sexy, humorous, teen, sex comedy, psychological
Similar in 89%
The Back-up Plan (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, romantic comedy, sweet, feel good, touching, funny, teen, semi serious, cute
Similar in 82%
The Other Woman (2014)
Plot Summary:
After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, romantic, sexy, teen, romantic comedy, sweet, absurd
Similar in 77%
Just Friends (2005)
Plot Summary:
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, light, funny, humorous, romantic comedy, sweet, hilarious, teen, captivating
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What's Your Number? (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ally Darling (Anna Faris) is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, sexy, romantic, humorous, funny, romantic comedy, light, sweet, cute, teen
Similar in 80%
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, sentimental, feel good, romantic comedy, fairy tale, teen, cute, political
Similar in 86%
The Accidental Husband (2008)
Plot Summary:
When radio love guru Dr Emma Lloyd convinces Patrick Sullivan's fiancée to dump him the week before their wedding. He sets about teaching her a lesson for interfering in other peoples lives that she knows nothing about. Things take a turn when he finds himself falling for the very person who ruined his life and everyone is going to have to learn a few lessons about 'Real Love'.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet, cute, entertaining, witty, funny, philosophical
Similar in 88%
What Happens in Vegas (2008)
Plot Summary:
During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 185000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, funny, sweet, teen, light, entertaining, cute, hilarious
Similar in 79%
Pretty Woman (1990)
Plot Summary:
When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood sex worker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 348000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, sweet, sentimental, romantic comedy, inspirational, cute, teen, funny, light
Similar in 82%
Heartbreaker (2010)
Plot Summary:
Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Monaco, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, sentimental, sexy, sweet, heartbreaking, light, unusual plot structure, not serious, entertaining
Similar in 82%
27 Dresses (2008)
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
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet, cute, sentimental, funny, teen, humorous
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Just Go with It (2011)
Plot Summary:
A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 261000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy, light, hilarious, teen, sweet
Similar in 85%
50 First Dates (2004)
Plot Summary:
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 375000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sentimental, touching, funny, romantic comedy, entertaining, humorous, cute, hilarious
Similar in 78%
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Plot Summary:
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, funny, romantic comedy, cute, feel good, entertaining, witty, sentimental
Similar in 78%
The Proposal (2009)
Plot Summary:
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 349000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, light, sweet, funny, romantic comedy, witty, sexy, cute, hilarious
Similar in 81%
The Wedding Date (2005)
Plot Summary:
With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, light, sexy, sentimental, funny, romantic comedy, realistic, witty
Similar in 86%
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Plot Summary:
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
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, humorous, romantic comedy, entertaining, sweet, cute, teen, funny