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Plot Summary:
Two mismatched personal trainers' lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, talky, stylized, intense, touching, humorous, semi serious, sexy, funny, cult classic
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Fast Food Fast Women (2000)
Plot Summary:
How important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 35, stuck in a long-term affair going nowhere. Paul is a widower, facing old age alone. Bella's mother sets her up with Bruno, a novelist/cabbie who likes to bed-hop and whose ex-wife expects their two children to stay with him for awhile. While Bruno learns some maturity from his young daughter, Paul answers a personals ad placed by a "widow, 60." The two couples - along with one of Paul's older pals and a Jungian stripper - sort out how to initiate a relationship these days, what to do when someone you like disappoints you, and when to tell the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, emotional, melancholic, intense, sentimental, clever, stylized, sweet, humorous, realistic
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The Sweeter Side of Life (2013)
Plot Summary:
Pampered Manhattan housewife Desiree Harper has it all. That is until her husband unexpectedly dumps her for his acupuncturist. Faced with an airtight prenup, Desiree reluctantly lands a job making cupcakes at her father's bakery in Flemington, NJ. She soon discovers there's more to life than 5th Avenue and true love can be even sweeter in small town America.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic, sincere, captivating, funny, light, feel good, entertaining, touching, offbeat
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Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2007)
Plot Summary:
Are all relationships based on lies? Jake Bianski runs a fish market in north Boston, surrounded by Italians. For years, he's carried a torch for Isabella, an ex-girlfriend now married with three children and no interest in Jake. Yet, he tells everyone she's his girlfriend, including Marisa, a veterinarian his employees set him up with at the Italian singles club. She's interested in him until he tells her about his girlfriend, then he's persistent in asking her to be his friend. As the friendship bumps along, Jake realizes that reality may be better than fantasy, but what if Isabella changes her mind about Jake, and what if it comes out that Marisa, like Jake, isn't Italian?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, independent film
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A Case of You (2013)
Plot Summary:
Young writer Sam has a crush on Birdie, the cute and quirky barista at his local coffee shop. When his conventional attempts to woo her crash and burn, he takes his efforts online, creating an Internet profile embellished with all of the details that would make him Birdie’s dream guy. When the harebrained scheme is a surprise success and Birdie falls for his exaggerated alter ego, Sam must keep up the act or lose his dream girl forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, thought provoking, feel good, happy, humorous, independent film
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The Pallbearer (1996)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never met Bill and neither have his incredulous friends. So when Tom foolishly agrees to give the eulogy at Bill's funeral, it sets him on a collision course with Ruth -- who is revealed to be Bill's oversexed mother -- and Julie DeMarco, the longtime crush Tom hasn't seen since they were teens.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, independent film, offbeat, realistic, witty, melancholic, light
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A Smile Like Yours (1997)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a couple who cannot conceive a baby.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: melancholic, intense, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic
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Finding Bliss (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jody Balaban, an aspiring filmmaker, is fresh to L.A. with New York film school accolades and the dream of making her movie. Unable to get a job where she can use the skills she so finely honed, Jody must edit adult entertainment to make ends meet. The uncompromising desire to make her movie, leads Jody to secretly film in the porn studio facilities at night - until she is caught in the act.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, sexy, offbeat, sexual, sex comedy, hot
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The Good Guy (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all. Beth falls hard for Tommy, a sexy, young Wall Street hot-shot. But just as everything seems to be falling into place, complications arise in the form of Tommy's sensitive and handsome co-worker Daniel. Beth soon learns that the game of love in the big city is a lot like Wall Street -- high risk, high reward and everybody has an angle.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, witty, semi serious, romantic, sex comedy, indie film, romantic comedy, independent film, feel good, sexy
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Whipped (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three to one may sound like fairly good odds, but it depends on the game. When the "one" is one very irresistible woman and the "three" are three hopelessly smitten guys, the deck is pretty stacked. In the battle of the sexes, the first rule is to never underestimate the power of a woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, funny, talky, semi serious, sexual, independent film, realistic, witty, surprise ending
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Ed's Next Move (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ed lives in Wisconsin. He's just been dumped by his girlfriend, so he moves to New York City for a big change...but will he ever find love again? He loves his new job studying the genetics of different strains of rice. Then Ed meets Lee, a quirky singer. She's just what Ed thinks he's looking for, and she's available...or is she?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, talky, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, inspirational, romantic
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Modern Romance (1981)
Plot Summary:
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, funny, disturbing, intense, realistic, semi serious, clever, witty, talky
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The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
Plot Summary:
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, funny, entertaining, cult classic, retro
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If Lucy Fell (1996)
Plot Summary:
Joe and Lucy are roommates and best friends. Lucy, whose love life is embarrassingly dull, convinces Joe, who is infatuated with a neighbor he's never met, that if they don't have stable romances within a month, they must jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, sweet, melancholic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, offbeat, funny
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Confessions of an American Bride (2005)
Plot Summary:
Young career woman Samantha 'Sam' Hoyt gets swept off her feet by Benjamin 'Ben' Rosen, who romances her better then anyone before, so she jumps at the offer of becoming his fiancée. If Ben thought a girls typical obsession with the perfect wedding was testing, she soon proves a particularly bad case, and before he gets used to that meeting each-others parents complicates things gravely, as Jewish and church wedding traditions don't exactly mix easily. They take their time preparing while living together. Then fate strikes again: the key man from the client of her firms advertising campaign is Luke Stinson, the perfect gay at college whom she could never date because of a rather serious fall just when they could have kissed. Luke proves still as irresistible, gorgeous, charming, easy-going and simply too sexy for any female not to lust for at first sight, and.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, feel good, semi serious
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Cake (2005)
Plot Summary:
A travel writer improves her love life when she becomes an editor for her father's wedding magazine.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Mutual Appreciation (2005)
Plot Summary:
Alan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band for New York, and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of distractions, including the attraction to his good friend's girlfriend. Film of the "Mumblecore" genre.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, sincere, touching, humorous, witty, black and white, independent film, romantic, romantic comedy, clever
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Haiku Tunnel (2001)
Plot Summary:
Josh is the consummate temp employee, avoiding all long-term connections and responsibilities, both at work and in his personal life. However, by the time his agency places him at the Schuyler & Mitchell law firm, Josh is tired of his temporary life and agrees to take a permanent position at the firm. Josh has difficulty adapting to his new lifestyle, which manifests in his inability to complete his simple initial task: mailing seventeen important letters.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, satirical, absurd, stylized, witty, semi serious, talky, offbeat, realistic
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Intern (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young, underappreciated intern at the ultra-hip magazine Skirt must learn to deal with kissy-face phoniness, model tantrums and bulimic editors, while trying to steal the heart of a dashing British art director from the grips of a supermodel.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, independent film
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In the Weeds (2000)
Plot Summary:
It's Martha's first night as a waitress in an upscale New York restaurant. Veteran Chloe shows her the ropes and introduces her to the lives of the restaurant staff. Adam, a hopeful playwright, suffers for his art while dealing with a very indecisive (ex-?)girlfriend. Marlon is a cocky young actor, certain that his big break is just around the corner. When the restaurant's obnoxious owner, Simon, brings a special client in for dinner, pressures mount until an explosion seems inevitable.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, sex comedy, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005)
Plot Summary:
Social satire based on the best-seller by Adele Lang humorously chronicles the life of Katya Livingston, a self-centered, obnoxious and conceited 28-year-old ad sales exec who won't let anything or anyone stand in her way in getting to the top of the San Francisco social ladder.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental
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I Hate Valentine's Day (2009)
Plot Summary:
A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateur in town.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sincere, sweet, touching, romantic comedy, exciting
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Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by his fiancée (who dumped him), a man publishes a break-up handbook for men, becoming a bestselling author in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, romantic, entertaining, melancholic, talky, stylized, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Sidewalks of New York (2001)
Plot Summary:
The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives, the film weaves a humorous and biting commentary on the game of love -- easy to start, hard to finish.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: witty, stylized, sexy, humorous, semi serious, independent film, clever, realistic, talky, erotic
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Picture Perfect (1997)
Plot Summary:
A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, light, talky, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy
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The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Plot Summary:
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: entertaining, touching, romantic, funny, light, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental, feel good, humorous
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I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
Plot Summary:
A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, light, romantic, humorous, witty, romantic comedy, inspirational, feel good, teen
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Funny Ha Ha (2002)
Plot Summary:
Unsure of what to do next, 23-year-old Marnie tries her best to navigate life after college in this romantic comedy. Still partying like there's no tomorrow, Marnie drags herself out of bed for her miserable temp job and can't decide whether she's wasting her time going after best buddy Alex, who doesn't seem to be interested.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, clever, touching, humorous, sentimental, art house, cult classic, sincere, realistic, witty
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My Best Friend's Girl (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Dustin's girlfriend, Alexis, breaks up with him, he employs his best buddy, Tank, to take her out on the worst rebound date imaginable in the hopes that it will send her running back into his arms. But when Tank begins to really fall for Alexis, he finds himself in an impossible position.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, sexy, sweet, teen, feel good, romantic comedy, sentimental, realistic, not serious
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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
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Whatever Works (2009)
Plot Summary:
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works.".
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: philosophical, romantic, feel good, funny, cynical, clever, intellectual, witty, talky, light