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Plot Summary:
American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his Caucasian girlfriend - who hasn't given him an answer. While trying to get his parents back together, Ray meets a South Asian girl of mixed descent, just like him, and must decide where his identity truly lies.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, informative, romantic comedy, independent film
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Coming Soon (2014)
Plot Summary:
Pirated DVD seller Zafer who is formerly an extra in movies; swore to give up illegal works when his wife wanted to get divorce. To win his family back, he and his old-fashioned crew decided to make a movie called "Summit - The End Of Evil" which is a fantastic science fiction movie and couldn't be shot since 1977. A funny, entertaining and emotional journey awaits him who waded into this adventure with his unqualified crew.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Irene in Time (2009)
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A film about the complex relationships between fathers and daughters, and the potential lifelong consequences of those relationships.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, clever, touching, humorous, serious, realistic, talky, independent film
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Suzie Gold (2004)
Plot Summary:
Suzie Gold is a twentysomething torn between the nice Jewish boy her family is keen on and the non-Jewish boy she loves.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 651
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, touching
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Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire (1999)
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Two brothers share a house in LA's Fairfax district: Tony's a feckless actor, Chris is an accountant. Both are in relationships on rocky ground. As these emotions swirl, Tony meets his US Postal Service letter carrier, a single mom named Kathy who's come to LA from Wyoming with her daughter, a budding actress. Chris meets Anna, an Italian beauty working in the States for a few months wrangling animals on movie sets. Chris also befriends Clive, an aging and crusty man whose longing for his recently-deceased wife is a portrait of true love. Can Clive's example help Chris sort out his love life, and can Tony grow up enough to see the possibilities with Kathy and her daughter?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, light, thought provoking
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David & Layla (2005)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by a true story, sparks fly when a Jew and a Muslim fall in love in New York. David (David Moscow), TV host of "Sex & Happiness", becomes smitten with the voluptuous Layla (Shiva Rose) - a mysterious, sensual dancer who turns out to be a refugee. David's reckless pursuit of Layla sets off an unveiling of the similarities and contrasts of their ancient cultures. His lust grows into love as he discovers in stunning Layla a sensitive, intelligent war survivor with a rich culture that echoes his own. But their families are dead set against their unlikely romance. Faced with deportation, Layla must choose.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, sincere, touching, witty, semi serious, independent film, slapstick comedy, neo screwball comedy
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From Prada to Nada (2011)
Plot Summary:
A whimsical fish-out-of-water story of two spoiled sisters: Nora (Camilla Belle), a law student, and Mary (Alexa Vega), an undergrad party girl, living with their father in a luxurious mansion in Beverly Hills. Mary has become so "90210" she refuses to admit she is of Mexican decent. When dad suddenly passes away, their posh lives are turned upside down. They discover they have been left penniless and are forced to move into their estranged aunt Aurelia's (Adriana Barraza) modest but lively home in the Latino-centric Boyle Heights neighborhood of East LA.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen, independent film, heartbreaking, romantic, hispanic
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Luke and Brie Are on a First Date (2008)
Plot Summary:
It is the first date of Luke and Brie. They will spend the night together at bars, parties and streets of Los Angeles. The risk of a first encounter, and the relentless pursuit of naturalness, will make their relationship dance between flirting and misunderstandings.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, touching, realistic, independent film
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Yvonne is a divorced middle-aged Chinese immigrant who thinks her life is over, and she is doomed to spend the rest of her days as a slave to her large and eccentric family. Suddenly, romance enters her life and Yvonne gets a long deferred chance for true love. However, she falls for the last person a Chinese family would ever accept, Jose, a Mexican-American dentist. It doesnt matter what race or culture youre from, deep down inside we are the same. And from this lesson Yvonne and her family begin to love each other for who they are and to accept Jose into the family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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Bacon on the Side (2010)
Plot Summary:
Djalil Boudaoud and Justine Lacroix are a surgeon and a television reporter who enter a romantic relationship despite the objections of their families to the cultural gap.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, sentimental, touching, realistic
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Finding Joy (2013)
Plot Summary:
Pompous and self-absorbed Kyle, is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly unravels forcing him to return home to his wildly eccentric family with his tail between his legs. Life at home begins to show signs of improvement when Kyle meets the spunky, vivacious girl across the street who recruits Kyle to help her make the world a better place, making him feel alive for the first time in ages and inspiring his writing. But its short-lived. Joys been told shes going to die soon and wants Kyle to write her obituary.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, offbeat
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Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013)
Plot Summary:
A middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 738
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, light, feel good
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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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Shirin in Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
Despite being engaged to a successful Iranian plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Shirin finds herself falling for a mysterious young man who lives in a lighthouse in northern California.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, sentimental, realistic, independent film
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Borders of Love (2004)
Plot Summary:
Yabancı Damat, is a popular Turkish TV series distributed by Erler Film with 106 episodes in total. It deals with the relationship between a young Greek man Niko and a Turkish girl Nazlı, and the problems encountered in an intercultural marriage. Its comedic tone and play on historic Greco-Turkish antagonism made it a huge hit in both Turkey and Greece, as well as making stars out of the leading actors. The episodes are shot in Turkey and Greece. The music is Turkish and Greek. The series ran from November 12, 2004 through June 15, 2007 on the Turkish channel Kanal D Friday evenings at 20:00 hrs. The Greek channel Mega TV broadcast it from July 4, 2005. The first season was shown on a daily basis at 23:00 hrs, the second season was shown every Monday at 21:00. The third season was split, half of the episodes where shown Saturdays of 2007 at 21:00 and the other half episodes are shown in 2008, every Saturday at 17:00. The series used to have great success, especially when the first season was shown. The ratings of the third season are very low, so the channel decided to move the series in the evening schedule. The Bulgarian channel bTV broadcasts it since August 29, 2009 daily at 17:00 hrs. with the title Brak s chujdenets. The series was also dubbed into Arabic with the title Al-Gharib and aired in March 2009 on MBC+ Drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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All Relative (2014)
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Things couldn't be going better for Harry and Grace, a young New York City couple in love, until Grace's mother turns Harry's world upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film
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Katrine is to be married. Her fiancé is gorgeous, their appartment is luxurious and her future in-laws are wealthy. Katrine only has one problem: she sometimes finds it difficult to tell the truth, and this sends her on a round-about jaunt with an old friend, Thomsen, who has just barged in unannounced from Kenya and who wants to return a favour and help Katrine with her wedding preparations. A labyrinthal excursion takes place. Tomorrow is another day, the wedding day!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 960
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The story of a woman who loves her dog more than her husband. And then her husband loses the dog.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, feel good, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, humorous, independent film, detective
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Let's Ruin It with Babies (2014)
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Channing has it all: a beautiful home, a rock star lifestyle, and a loving husband intent on ruining it all by knocking her up.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, independent film, sexy
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Bridal Fever (2008)
Plot Summary:
It’s a race to the altar when a steamy romance novelist with a long line of torrid romances – and ex-husbands – sets out to help a single woman ditch her bridesmaid dresses once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic
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The Mystery of Happiness (2014)
Plot Summary:
Life-long business partners Santiago and Eugenio understand each other without words, care for each other, and need each other. When Eugenio vanishes without a clue, Santiago and Laura, Eugenio’s wife, join forces to solve the mystery of his disappearance. What they discover is neither what they set out to find nor what you would expect, and their shared journey becomes a surprising and lighthearted meditation on friendship, love, and loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky
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Total Chaos (2014)
Plot Summary:
Total Siyapaa is an upcoming Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Eshvar Niwas and written by Neeraj Pandey.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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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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Black Coffee (2014)
Plot Summary:
Robert picked the wrong time to meet his soul mate! After being fired from his own father's company, he feels like his luck has run out - until Morgan enters into his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, feel good, captivating, light, erotic, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Our Family Wedding (2010)
Plot Summary:
The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic, black comedy, hispanic, independent film
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The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)
Plot Summary:
A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Sebastian is very lucky with women, going to parties and getting drunk every night. His mother asks him to change his way of life but he refuses to stop partying and meeting new women. One day, after one night of serious partying he wakes up with a beautiful woman named Alexa. He realizes he got married to her, but he can't remember anything about it. And being married is a serious problem for a man like him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
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Carolina is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola, Mika Boorem, Randy Quaid, and Jennifer Coolidge. Lisa Sheridan has a cameo role in the film, and Barbara Eden has the uncredited part of Daphne. It is set in Los Angeles, California. Shot in 2003, the film failed to find a distributor and was released direct-to-video in 2005.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
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Walkaway, a light-comedy drama, mocks the clutches of social obligations on young Indian professionals settled in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 813
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Country: USA
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Motherhood is a comedy written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann, and stars Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver. Shot on location in New York’s West Village, focuses on the dilemmas of motherhood, such as marriage, work, and self, shown in the trials and tribulations of one pivotal day.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious, independent film, neurotic
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The story of Alex, a copy-writer dreaming of being an adventure novelist someday, who meets and romances Indian beauty Reena, while she is vacationing in California. Torn by her blossoming feelings for Alex and her Indian family values and obligations, Reena returns home without saying goodbye. Alex, distraught by the turn of events, decides to follow her to Mumbai and win her back.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic