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Plot Summary:
To fulfill his mother’s dying wish and avoid being removed from her will, an inflexible bachelor hires an actress to play his fiancée.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min
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Beyond the Universe (2022)
Plot Summary:
While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags:
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5X Comedy (2021)
Plot Summary:
Five independent stories centering on a theme of isolation.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min
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Four to Dinner (2022)
Plot Summary:
In this rom-com challenging the concept of soulmates, parallel storylines portray four single friends as they pair up in different couple combinations.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: happy
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All the Fault of Paradise (1985)
Plot Summary:
A former convict discovers that his son has been adopted by a couple living on the mountains and tries to establish a contact with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
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30 Nights with My Ex (2022)
Plot Summary:
At the request of his daughter, Turbo is reluctantly forced to open his doors for 30 days to his emotionally fragile and eccentric ex-wife, Loba, following a prolonged stay at a mental hospital. As old feelings reemerge, Turbo and Loba find themselves at the center of a perfect storm that could set them on an odyssey of rediscovery… or send them both back to the madhouse.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 95 min
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Dae Jang-Geum Is Watching (2018)
Plot Summary:
The show follows the hectic lives, romantic relationships, and love for food of three siblings, Han San Hae, Han Jin Mi, and Han Jung Shik, supposed modern-day decedents of the legendary Dae Jang Geum.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
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Train for Hollywood (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high school goes for screen tests to the Film Academy. Rejected because of her crooked teeth she takes a job of selling beer on a train and starts writing to Billy Wilder, trying to be casted in his next movie. At the trains station she meets a would-be cinematographer who is color blind. They become friends sharing their dreams of going to Hollywood. One day she finds a goldfish trapped in a beer bottle: she sets her free and makes three wishes, not for herself but for her friends. To her surprise all of them come true. As a reward she gets a long awaited call from Billy Wilder. Written by Polish Cinema Database.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min
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The Marriage App (2022)
Plot Summary:
Tangled in a troubled marriage, a frustrated couple finds hope in a watch-based app that rewards good deeds — until unhealthy obsessiveness takes over.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 101 min
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Stuck with You (2022)
Plot Summary:
En route to a party, two strangers get stuck in an elevator on New Year's Eve — and find themselves connecting in unexpected ways.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy
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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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At Midnight (2023)
Plot Summary:
Alejandro's life is disrupted when actress Sophie Wilder stays at his hotel. To their surprise, the two fall for one another, meeting at midnight.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Plot Summary:
Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sweet, touching, emotional, sentimental, clever, entertaining, cult classic, romantic, funny
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Squared Love Everlasting (2023)
Plot Summary:
Monika and Enzo's whirlwind romance heads toward a fairy-tale ending until a bombshell revelation changes everything.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Nervous Ticks (1992)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a man (Bill Pullman), who is on the run after his mistress (Julie Brown) confesses to her husband (Peter Boyle) that the two of them have been having an affair.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, dark comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003)
Plot Summary:
Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, emotional, funny, sexual, sexy, fun
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Trap.com (2011)
Plot Summary:
Exposed by his girlfriend through a video on the Internet, Bruno tries to revive his reputation, but all he can do is get into a series of traps (Cilada, in Portuguese). Cilada.com is a comedy about love and betrayal that shows the power of the Internet to transform small intimacies and slips in fame and constraints globalized.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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Little Book of Love (1997)
Plot Summary:
Luiza is an architect who just got out of a ruined relationship. Gabriel is a biologist and he has finished a long-term marriage with divorce. When they both meet, chances that they can do well together are not that big. But they will try to, even if their friends Barata (a convict bachelor totally skeptical when it comes to love) and Marta (a mathematic analyst who wishes that human relations were just as exact as numbers are). Written by Pedro Aguiar.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Love Wedding Repeat (2020)
Plot Summary:
While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, light, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, hilarious
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Mr. Fix It (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lance Valenteen (David Boreanaz) makes a living as "Mr. Fix It," a man who gets hired by men that have just recently been dumped by their girlfriend. Lance dates the guys' ex-girlfriend and becomes the worst date possible, sending the girl back into her ex-boyfriends arms. But when Lance gets hired by Bill Smith (Pat Healy) to get Sophia Fiori (Alana De La Garza) back, Lance, for the first time, starts falling for one of his marks.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious
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See Jane Date (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jane Grant has just received an invitation to her younger cousin's wedding, and it's engraved with two of the most dreaded words a perpetually available sing can encounter: "plus guest." Come wedding day, Jane had better deliver. After all, she's already told everyone, including her meddlesome Aunt Ina and now-famous high school nemesis Natasha Nutley, that she's in a serious relationship. Now Jane has two months to find a guy to fit the lie, complete the guest list, and save face. If the series of miserable set-ups orchestrated by her well-meaning best friends Eloise and Amanda are any indication, Jane's in for big trouble. From the first date to blind date, from double date to last date, the match game is on - and with millions of men to pick from, Jane is sure to find Mr. Right, right?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student (2021)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends embark on a life-changing adventure abroad as exchange students.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, intercultural, inter cultural
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The Knot (2012)
Plot Summary:
A couple endures a series of mishaps right before their wedding day.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 963
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy
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Romeo and Juliet Get Married (2005)
Plot Summary:
The tomboyish, outgoing Julieta is the daughter of a member of the Palmeiras soccer club board. She is constantly frustrated by what she sees as institutional bias against women in soccer. One day while watching her beloved Palmeiras, she is struck by a handsome man, Romeu, that she sees rooting for the Palmeiras' chief rivals, the Corinthians. After meeting the same man again in the middle of eye exam, Julieta and Romeu quickly become a couple. However, in order to avoid incurring the wrath of her parents, Romeu is forced to pretend to be an adoring Palmeiras fan, an increasingly difficult task for the die-hard Corinthiano.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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This Is Not a Film (2003)
Plot Summary:
New Yorker Michael Connor attempts to find the woman who left him by making a film about her, hoping that someone (maybe you?) will recognize his ex and convince her to get back together with him. To help the viewer understand who he is and why his girlfriend left, Michael opts to re-enact his failed relationship for the camera. He hires an actress to portray his ex-girlfriend, and during the process of filming she quickly and mercilessly points out all of his mistakes, blunders and inadequacies as a boyfriend. "This Is Not a Film" is a romantic comedy about making mistakes and recognizing them in the most painful way possible--by making them over and over again.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, talky, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film, offbeat
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Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Successful at work, Fernanda is an example of women of the third millennium, free to make their choices and independent. Yet in her personal life she finds herself struggling to find a husband. Like other women of her generation, Fernanda put her personal life on hold to devote herself to her career and now suddenly feels her love life situation has become an emergency. Being single at 39 is quite different from being single at 29, after all "the fertile egg has an expiration date"!.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sacha is a real seducer, a man with no ties or emotional or professional. Charlotte is a modern and independent woman, but barely has time to care for their three children. While Sacha and Charlotte are, at first glance, two incompatible beings, when they meet soon discover that they are quite complementary and need each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, offbeat, feel good
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Cyrano Agency (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Cyrano Agency is a dating agency which helps people who can't date to have a love life. The agency staff try helping their clients without being noticed. The agency's representatives Byeong-hoon and Min-yeong are giving their best to pair up their client, Sang-yong, with his love interest named Hee-joong. But when Byeong-hun sees Hee-joong's profile, he begins to doubt their abilities. Will "Cyrano Agency" succeed in their mission?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sad, romantic comedy
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America's Sweethearts (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, romantic, light, satirical, humorous, romantic comedy, clever, witty, realistic
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A Perfect Pairing (2022)
Plot Summary:
To land a major client, an LA wine exec travels to an Australian sheep station, where she signs on as a ranch hand and hits it off with a rugged local.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, romantic comedy
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Just Short of Perfect (2021)
Plot Summary:
A divorced lawyer falls for a charismatic cardiologist. But when their difference in size leads to family friction, is she ready to listen to her heart?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing