Best movies like Someone Special
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Plot Summary:
A baseball player learns he has three months to live and drowns his sorrows at a bar, where the female bartender turns out to be a longtime admirer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, romantic, sad, romantic comedy
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Love, So Divine (2004)
Plot Summary:
Kyu-sik is a seminary student, who one day falls during a church service, dropping a precious, pope-blessed relic. As punishment, he and his comic relief friend Seon-dal are sent away to a small church in rural Korea to work in a sort of priest limbo until they get their act together.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, sincere, touching, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, semi serious, romantic
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Olpo Olpo Premer Golpo (2014)
Plot Summary:
Bishu got a phone call from Farid Chowdhury that a young man is coming to stop his daughter's marriage ceremony. Bishu is contracted to stop him coming to the marriage ceremony.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating
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Fly High (2006)
Plot Summary:
It's school festival day and Min-hyuk is busy dancing and singing. However, it is not the stage but a toilet that binds his destiny. He is bewitched by a daring high school girl, Mi-hyun, who comes into the men's room because the women's room is full. From that day on, Min-hyuk woos her, escorts her home at night, stuffs her locker with roses, and clears passages for her in the morning after a snow fall. For all his efforts, he doesn't get much more than a tender glance from Mi-hyun. When she suddenly vanishes "sorry" are the only words she leaves behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Never Said Goodbye (2016)
Plot Summary:
Junhao declares to go to Sicily to learn opera and ends the relationship with his fiancée, Xiaoyou. In disbelief, she determines to learn the truth behind his sudden decision. Lee Joon-gi has teamed up with Lin for his first Chinese film.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Hello, Schoolgirl (2008)
Plot Summary:
Kwon Yeon-woo is a thirty year old low-level civil servant who works in a district office; quite innocent for his age, he has been on numerous blind dates in an unsuccessful bid to find a wife. After moving into a new place, he begins to encounter a high school girl, Soo-yeong, on his way to work every morning, and she begins to develop feelings for him. Meanwhile, Kang Sook has just started working at the district office straight out of high school, and falls head over heels for older woman Kwon Ha-kyeong.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy
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This Time Around (2003)
Plot Summary:
We all wish we could change the past. For Mel that day has come. In junior high, Mel and Gabby (Sara Rue) were the biggest geeks. Of course, Mel had a crush on the most popular guy, Drew Hesler (Brian A. Green). When word spreads of Mel’s crush, he plays a cruel joke on her pretending to be interested, only to turn her down in front of the entire school. Eleven years later, our ugly ducklings are now swans and Mel is a PR executive. When Mel is assigned to handle the publicity for a new restaurant, she is shocked to discover that the owner is a handsome young entrepreneur named Drew Hesler.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, teen
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The Last 10 Years (2022)
Plot Summary:
The 20-year-old heroine learns that she only has 10 years to live due to an incurable disease of 1 in tens of thousands. She decided not to fall in love and not to be obsessed with living. But then, she met the hero at a local alumni association. Based on Kosaka Ruka's novel and also her true story. She died in 2017 at the age of 39 due to intractable disease.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, sweet
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Closer to Heaven (2009)
Plot Summary:
A funeral director meets a man who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease since he was young. The two fall in love and hope for a cure that can keep him alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Mylove Lost (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mario (Dani Rovira) and Olivia (Michelle Jenner) fall madly in love. One afternoon, considering that every relationship ends, they end up breaking up. During the big fight, Miamor, the street cat adopted by both and who only attends if they call him "Miamor" and speak to him in Valencian, escapes and disappears, like the love that united them. For a time Olivia will give him for dead, love and the cat, while Mario keeps him alive in secret. Like Schrodingüer's cat, the love between the two remains alive and dead at the same time until, one day when she seems to have finally risen, Olivia feels victimized by a deception and decides to declare to Mario the war, one in the that, as in the love that still breathes, everything can be worth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 702
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Sparks and Embers (2015)
Plot Summary:
Tom and Eloise meet in inauspicious circumstances, trapped in a stuck lift after Eloise has Tom fired. Nevertheless, sparks fly. 5 years later, they have broken up and Eloise is going back to France. Tom has 45 minutes to win her back.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy
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Rock & Love: You Can't Tame a Rockstar (2017)
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, humorous, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy
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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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Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (2001)
Plot Summary:
Nuvva Naaku Nachav (Telugu: నువ్వు నాకు నచ్చావ్, English: I Like You) is a Tollywood film which released on September 6, 2001. This film stars Venkatesh and Arti Agarwal in the lead roles. K. Vijaya Bhaskar directed this film. The film was remade in kannada as Gowramma starring Super star Upendra and Ramya and also in Tamil as Vaseegara starring Vijay and Sneha.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 184 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Opposites Attract (2015)
Plot Summary:
She's a divorce lawyer, single mother and perpetually at war against men, he is a couple's therapist, single and not looking, they meet and collide in a bourgeois and romantic Rome.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Clash of the Families (2011)
Plot Summary:
When cartoonist Hyun-joon falls in love with Da-hong, one of his fans, it sets up the archetypal battle between their two families, who are from rival regions. Hyun-joon comes from the politically liberal Honam region (North and South Jeolla) while Da-hong comes from the conservative Yeongnam region (North and South Gyeongsang). When the two declare their intention to marry, they are confronted with a seemingly endless number of barriers that threaten their happiness.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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One Small Problem (2020)
Plot Summary:
The love of his life hates kids. So when his 9-year-old daughter suggests she pretend to be his sister... what could go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, satirical
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Vaseegara (2003)
Plot Summary:
Bhupathi's father sends him to live under the guidance of his best friend, Viswanath, and find a job. He gets close to the family and falls in love with Viswanath's daughter, who is already engaged.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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First Kiss (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Turkish remake of 50 First Dates (2004).
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, remake of american film
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Just a Little Chemistry (2015)
Plot Summary:
Fan girl finds herself torn between the attraction for her film idol and her best male friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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The Truth About Lies (2018)
Plot Summary:
Gilby finds himself in a tangled web of lies when the truth proves to be too much to admit and even harder to accept.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, semi serious, thrilling
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Polyamory for Dummies (2021)
Plot Summary:
Satur and Tina are married, and Berta enters their life as a ‘unicorn.’ In the end, however, Satur is pushed out and Tina and Berta have an affair. Manu is a loser who tries to embark on a relationship with Amanda, who at the same time is involved with Alex, Claudia and Marta and Esteban, with whom they are all co-raising two children. Everyone seem to be living many different lives but all of them will have a lot to learn from each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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My New Sassy Girl (2016)
Plot Summary:
Gyun-woo is having difficulty forgetting the sassy girl. He then reunites with his childhood sweetheart, an elementary school classmate from China who was often teased about her broken Korean. They marry despite family opposition, and Gyun-woo has no idea what marriage has in store for him.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea, China
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Bewildered Bolbol (2010)
Plot Summary:
Bulbul meets a successful aristocratic girl named Yasmine, but she's not the romantic type he dreams of, at the same time he admires his cousin Hala for her calmness and kindness. In the middle of all this, the psychiatrist Amal shows up and he thinks of getting engaged to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy
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The Competition (2018)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy about a woman who thinks all people eventually cheat and a man who challenges her to a competition to prove that she's wrong.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy
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Love, Game, Match (2022)
Plot Summary:
When economics teacher and new-in-town Liz challenges her high school students to create business plans, she has no idea that the class winners will actually start their own matchmaking service! Asked to set up her own profile to help them kickstart their careers, as well as team up with handsome tennis coach Ted to organize the school carnival, Liz must navigate the dynamics of this new school, as well as the algorithms of her own heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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Finding Mr. Right 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Continuing the story of Beijing Meets Seattle I from 2013, the new movie has the couple fall in love again.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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My Old Classmate (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the summer of 1993, timid and shy Zhou Xiao Zhi meets her table partner. Sitting in the classroom’s infamous back row is troublemaker Lin Yi. They go through junior high, high school, and college years together. Lin Yi said to Zhou Xiaozhi: "One day, I’ll take you to a place that only belongs to us." Fast forward ten years.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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My Bossy Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
One day, during a university festival where people are often known to find a partner, the 3 incredibly single members of the robot club decide to attend. There the sloppy and timid Hwi-so meets a very aggressive girl by the name of Hye-jin. His romantic advances, which he learned through reading books and watching YouTube, finally wake up to make their move. But will two finally become one this fall?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, satirical, semi serious
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Hopeless Romantic (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man uses methods from romantic comedy movies to try and win back his ex-girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, emotional
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False Hopes (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ace photographer Thomas McKenzie's been seeking the perfect girl his entire life - yet when two women simultaneously capture his interest, he learns he may not have been seeking the kind of love which truly makes us whole.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing