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Plot Summary:
Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex, Glenda. She is a public defender remarried to a prosecutor, and we get a houseful of hijinks.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, sweet, entertaining, melancholic, feel good, realistic, semi serious, romantic, witty, funny
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Blind Date (1987)
Plot Summary:
When bachelor Walter Davis (Bruce Willis) is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates (Kim Basinger), a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted (Phil Hartman), tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning, and her behavior gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David (John Larroquette) relentlessly follows them around town.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic, feel good, humorous, slapstick, entertaining, sex comedy, slapstick comedy, realistic, witty
Similar in 88%
Best Friends (1982)
Plot Summary:
When a professional couple who have lived & worked together for many years finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpectedly funny and awkward difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends.".
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, biting, crying, weeping, sentimental, funny
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The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Plot Summary:
Three days into his Miami honeymoon, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms him in his opinion that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants Kelly instead.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: funny, clever, humorous, witty, talky, scary, cynical, sex comedy, independent film, feel good
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For Richer or Poorer (1997)
Plot Summary:
Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when they discover that their accountant has embezzled millions and pinned the blame on them. Forced to go on the lam, Brad and Caroline end up in an Amish area of Pennsylvania and decide to pose as members of the religious group to evade the IRS. As the two adapt to the simple Amish lifestyle, they begin to reconnect.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, detective, funny, light, romantic, sweet, suspense, entertaining
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Trial and Error (1997)
Plot Summary:
An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, melancholic, talky, feel good, not serious, romantic comedy, realistic, witty, independent film
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Foul Play (1978)
Plot Summary:
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic
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Legal Eagles (1986)
Plot Summary:
District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable painting, but as the women persuade Logan to investigate further and to cut some official corners, a much more sinister scenario starts to emerge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: entertaining, melancholic, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, clever, exciting, detective, sweet
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
Plot Summary:
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try to take credit for his act of love. Before long, Sergio and Garet become entangled in a zany love-quadrangle involving Hattie and Stephanie. Written by Brian Whiting.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic, sexy, clever
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The Marrying Man (1991)
Plot Summary:
Charley Pearl, wealthy heir and gadabout, is slated to marry Adele, the daughter of a Hollywood tycoon. But, during a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas, Charley strikes up a flirtation with nightclub crooner Vicki Anderson that soon leads to her bedroom. When the couple are discovered by Vicki's beau, infamous gangster Bugsy Siegel, he makes a surprising pronouncement -- they'd better marry, or Charley is a dead man.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, light, humorous, erotic, entertaining, captivating, offbeat, feel good, realistic
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Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Plot Summary:
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic, cute, clever, humorous, witty, talky, technicolor, feel good, realistic
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Any Wednesday (1966)
Plot Summary:
Ellen Gordon, a New York executive's mistress falls for the executive's young business associate when the young man is accidentally sent to use the apartment where the executive and his mistress get together every Wednesday. More complications arise when the executive's wife shows up with plans to redecorate the apartment.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, witty, sex comedy
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Micki + Maude (1984)
Plot Summary:
TV reporter Rob Salinger is married to Micki, but because she's always busy working, they hardly ever spend time together. One night at which he got stood up by Micki again, Rob meets cellist Maude and they soon get romanticly involved. When it turns out Maude is pregnant with his baby, Rob decides to marry Maude. When he's on the verge of telling Micki, she tells him she's pregnant, so he doesn't have the heart to leave her, but he marries Maude anyway. Now married to two pregnant women who don't know about each other, Rob has a busy time taking care of both and keep them from finding out.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, anamorphic, clever, feel good, realistic, witty, semi serious, erotic, scary
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Plot Summary:
Luther Heggs aspires to being a reporter for his small town newspaper. He gets his big break when the editor asks him to spend the night at the Simmons mansion that, 20 years before, was the site of a now famous murder-suicide. Luther's account of his wild, ghost-ridden night in the house leads Simmons to sue for libel, but with the aid of his friend Kelsey they determines what exactly happened.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, hilarious, scary, spooky, slapstick, slasher, horror comedy, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
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Two Much (1995)
Plot Summary:
A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin-brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, witty, anamorphic, realistic, semi serious, funny, inspirational, road movie
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Cactus Flower (1969)
Plot Summary:
Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston reconsiders marrying Toni, but he worries about her insistence on honesty. Having fabricated a wife and three children, Julian readily accepts when his devoted nurse, Stephanie, who has secretly loved Julian for years, offers to act as his wife and demand a divorce.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, humorous, witty, funny, feel good, semi serious, realistic, sweet, intense
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The Lonely Guy (1984)
Plot Summary:
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, melancholic, light, sentimental, realistic, feel good, funny, witty, romantic comedy
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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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The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Plot Summary:
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of a couple, Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, realistic, entertaining, romantic comedy, witty, not serious, funny, road movie
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Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Plot Summary:
When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, cult classic, humorous, witty, semi serious, funny, light, entertaining, sex comedy, light hearted
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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
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Pipe Dream (2002)
Plot Summary:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, clever, semi serious, independent film
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National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Plot Summary:
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 118000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, road movie, humorous, realistic, feel good, hilarious, cult classic, inspirational, entertaining, stylized
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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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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
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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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Life's an Itch (2012)
Plot Summary:
A married man reaches the point where he questions everything: career, creativity and even his marriage. Hilarious complications and temptations arise when his wife invites her open-minded (and very sexy) yoga instructor to stay in the guest house while she’s away on vacation with the kids.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, romantic, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, sexy, realistic, not serious
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Town & Country (2001)
Plot Summary:
Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps some with his wife Ellie, others with longtime friends Mona and her husband Griffin. Deciding which direction to take often leads to unexpected encounters with hilarious consequences.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, light, semi serious, realistic, clever, witty, talky, sexual, parody
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HouseSitter (1992)
Plot Summary:
After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up posing as his wife. Gwen's ruse is so effective that by the time Newton learns of his "marriage," the entire town feels like they know him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, funny, clever, absurd, romantic comedy, uplifting, entertaining
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Hollywood Ending (2002)
Plot Summary:
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, light, stylized, semi serious, realistic, psychological, funny, hilarious
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Nine Months (1995)
Plot Summary:
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, touching, humorous, romantic, melancholic, sentimental, sweet, semi serious, funny, hilarious