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Plot Summary:
A magician meets a weird girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: romantic, semi serious, stylized, captivating, touching, romantic comedy, horror comedy, cult classic, offbeat, crying
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May Who? (2015)
Plot Summary:
Pong is a high-school geek who belongs to a group of high school outcasts known as the “Invisibles”, and enjoys letting his imagination run wild by drawing cartoons. May-Who is also one of the “Invisibles” and has an extraordinary secret: an ability to discharge electricity like a Tesla coil. Whenever her heart beats faster than 120 beats per minute her body releases a powerful electricity charge. Pong accidentally learns about this and promises to keep it a secret in exchange for helping each other win over their own high-school crushes.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, sincere, romantic, hilarious, crying, psychotronic, romantic comedy, urban fantasy
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Women in running (2019)
Plot Summary:
Women on the Run. Vera has lived a wonderful life with Jindrich, and she is fully determined to fulfill his last wish - running a marathon. The emancipated and spirited mother of three daughters doesn't think that doing so will be a problem. She and her daughters will split up the route into four parts, and they'll overcome the over 42-kilometer-long challenge as a family relay team. Of course, the fact that neither of them has ever ran even a meter poses no problem.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 827
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, witty, crying, detective
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Horror Stories 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
In an insurance company, Yoon, who is an outsider, has a power to see people’s past and read their minds. Mr. Park, Yoon’s boss, assumes that she has some kind of special power, decides to test her ability. At very late night when everyone has gone home, Mr. Park brings Yoon to a storage room where there are full of case reports. Among them, Mr. Park picks three doubtful cases. He asks Yoon to tell him what exactly happened. Yoon, who senses some dark aura wandering around him, tells the story of each case. Every time Yoon finishes each case, the dark aura gets darker and bigger and Yoon tries to warn Mr. Park about it. Would Mr. Park able to escape from the dark aura?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, dark fantasy, dark fairy tale
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School Spirit (1985)
Plot Summary:
The only thing keeping Billy Batson from the girl of his dreams is one little condom -- or rather the lack of one. Lucky Billy finds one at an all-night roadhouse -- but speeding back to his girl, he is killed in a head-on collision with a truck. Now invisible, Billy must find his sweetheart and rekindle her fire -- but when he comes back to school as a ghost, his first stop is the girl's locker room, and he's beginning to "see" all the possibilities!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, dark comedy, cult classic, independent film, crying, psychotronic, teen sex comedy, urban fantasy, teen comedy
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The Callback Queen (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the cut-throat London film industry a vivacious actress chasing her big break struggles to maintain her integrity in the face of the director's advances.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, sex comedy, romantic, crying
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Love at Second Sight (2019)
Plot Summary:
Overnight, Raphael finds himself immersed in a world where he has never met Olivia, the woman of his life. How is he going to reconquer his wife, who has become a complete stranger?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, touching, humorous, feel good, sweet, romantic comedy, crying, urban fantasy
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Bring It On, Ghost (2016)
Plot Summary:
Hyun-Ji studied for her 19 years before she died in an accident. She is now a ghost and has wandered around the world for several years. Hyun-Ji then meets exorcist Park Bong-Pal. Hyun-Ji and Bong-Pal listens to various stories from ghosts and sends them to the otherworld.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: mystical, romantic, dorama, humorous, tense, captivating, dark, mysterious, suspenseful, scenic
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The Wedding Unplanner (2020)
Plot Summary:
Marina is a woman in her thirties who works organizing weddings. Not because she is an inveterate romantic just because, as she says, "when people are in love, they don't care about money". Unlike her customers, she enjoys a life without ties or commitments, until the moment when she falls in love with Carlos. The problem is not only he is about to get married, but also his fiancee is Marina's childhood friend and they have hired her as their Wedding Planner.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, crying, slapstick comedy, freeze frame, remake of french film
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Please Teach Me English (2003)
Plot Summary:
As shy, awkward and, frankly, nerdy as she is, 25 year old public official Na Young-ju has little hope of landing a boyfriend. But then a game of chance designates her as the member of her office staff who will take English courses—much to her horror. In the same class, she encounters show salesman Park Moon-su, who fancies himself a dashing ladies’ man. He’s studying English in part to communicate with his long-lost American sister, but mostly for the purpose of wielding exotic pick-up lines, and is soon deploying them at the less-than-impressed Cathy, the pretty Australian teaching the class. But while Park flirts with Cathy, it’s Young-ju who finds herself mooning after the handsome if self-absorbed fellow.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, realistic
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Bad Johnson (2014)
Plot Summary:
Women are practically throwing themselves at Rich and he can’t seem to control himself. But he continually blames his penis, which seems to have a mind of its own. After ruining yet another promising relationship with Jamie, Rich has finally had enough and wishes his penis would just leave him alone. The next morning, Rich wakes up to find his wish has come true and his johnson is no longer on his body. Even worse, Rich is shocked to discover that his penis has taken human form.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, independent film, sexy, light, absurd, teen, happy, action adventure, offbeat
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Master's Sun (2013)
Plot Summary:
Joo Joong-won is the arrogant, greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a supermall and a hotel. "Ghost whisperer” Tae Gong-shil, is a misunderstood outcast who can't keep a boyfriend or a job since a near death experience left her seeing needy ghosts. She feels compelled to help them resolve their earthly issues so they can move on to the afterlife... and he feels compelled to think she's crazy. Soon their lives merge into a complicated web of hijinx, misunderstandings, and... yes, love.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: captivating, emotional, romantic, dorama, semi serious, suspenseful
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A Korean Odyssey (2017)
Plot Summary:
A self-serving mythical creature's bid for invincibility backfires when he finds himself at the mercy of a woman who can see otherworldly beings.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, funny, captivating, light, dorama, dark fantasy, anime, romantic drama, urban fantasy
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Teen Vamp (1989)
Plot Summary:
An unimpressive, boring high-school geek is bitten and contracts vampirical symptoms, transforming him into a confident coolio.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, scary, suspense, crying, psychotronic, independent film, freeze frame, dark comedy, horror comedy, urban fantasy
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What Men Want (2018)
Plot Summary:
The charismatic and self-confident man, Karel Král, is the editor-in-chief of men's magazine. Although a chauvinistic type, he is very popular with women. However, he struggles in his personal life. He frequently argues with his ex-wife over their 17 year-old daughter Julie, who despises his new way of life. Then the consequences of his behavior catch up with him. He loses his job, and the editor-in-chief position is given to a young and beautiful woman. But his bad luck does not end there. After another fight with his ex-wife and daughter, and a woman driver crashing into his car, Karel and his best friend Cestmír have an evening of binge drinking. During the wild night, he expresses a wish to be a woman. When he wakes up the next morning he discovers that his wish has been granted.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 462
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, witty, crying, psychotronic, urban fantasy
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Love at First Hiccup (2009)
Plot Summary:
A high school romantic comedy about freshman Victor who has contracted a case of Anya-itis, (acute and incurable love passion for high school senior Anja.) And why shouldn't he?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, teen sex comedy, feel good, light, captivating, sentimental, romantic, sensual, heartfelt, realistic
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My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
Plot Summary:
Young student finds himself being transformed to a vampire after a night with a quite attractive female vampire. First, he does not quite believe it himself, but with the help of a 300 year old teacher and the handbook "vampirism - a guide to an alternative lifestyle", he finds out that blood does not taste as bad as he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, exciting, tense, captivating, dark comedy, independent film, psychotronic, freeze frame
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Extra Ordinary (2019)
Plot Summary:
A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Ireland, Belgium
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, scary, feel good, humorous, suspenseful, disturbing, funny, suspense, dark, surreal
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Warm Bodies (2013)
Plot Summary:
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 241000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, offbeat, teen, funny, cute, horror comedy, feel good, apocalyptic, sentimental
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Out Of My League (2020)
Plot Summary:
Marta may be an orphan, and she may be affected by a lethal illness, yet she is the most positive person one can meet. She wants a boy to fall for her. Not any boy - the most handsome of them all. One day, she may have found her match.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, crying
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The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of quick-witted teen Mark, contentedly living the same day in an endless loop whose world is turned upside-down when he meets mysterious Margaret also stuck in the time loop. Mark and Margaret form a magnetic partnership, setting out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect. What follows is a love story with a fantastical twist, as the two struggle to figure out how -- and whether -- to escape their never-ending day.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, psychological, tense, sincere, touching, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, romantic
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Hotel Del Luna (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Hotel Del Luna, located in Seoul, is not like any other hotel: its client are all ghosts. Jang Man-Wol, stuck in the hotel for the past millennium, meets Koo Chan-Sung, the new manager.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: emotional, captivating, touching, dorama, semi serious, romantic drama, entertaining
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Over Her Dead Body (2008)
Plot Summary:
After his fiancée, Kate, dies in an accident on their wedding day, veterinarian Henry grows depressed. To help him move on, his sister has him visit psychic Ashley and gives her Kate's diary. Ashley uses the journal's details to convincingly deliver the fake message that Kate wants Henry to move on. However, Kate's ghost is watching over Ashley and Henry. Furious when they fall for each other, she vows to sabotage their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, romantic, light, melancholic, funny, feel good, humorous, semi serious, cute, teen
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Plot Summary:
When notorious womanizer Connor Mead attends his brother Paul's wedding, he is forced to re-evaluate his behavior as he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future, along with his deceased uncle. The experience changes his attitude and allows him to reconnect with his first and only love, Jenny.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, romantic comedy, funny, light, cute, teen, feel good, sentimental, philosophical
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Just Married (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney fall in love and plan to get married, despite opposition from Sarah's uptight, rich family. When they do get married, and get a chance to prove Sarah's family wrong, they go on a European honeymoon and run into disaster after disaster. They have to decide whether the honeymoon from hell and a few pre-marital mistakes are worth throwing away their love and marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, romantic, sexy, romantic comedy, hilarious, semi serious, light, entertaining
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Just Like Heaven (2005)
Plot Summary:
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, fairy tale, romantic comedy, feel good, light, funny, touching, sweet, entertaining, humorous
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Life After Beth (2014)
Plot Summary:
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole world turns upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, horror comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, enigmatic, bloody, melancholic, surreal, romantic, stylized
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House (1985)
Plot Summary:
Roger Cobb is a author who has just separated from his wife. He moves into a new house and tries to work on a novel based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. Strange things start happening around him; little things at first, but as they become more frequent, Cobb becomes aware that the house resents his presence.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, cult classic, horror comedy, psychological, slasher, splatter, grindhouse, creepy, humorous, retro
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Kate & Leopold (2001)
Plot Summary:
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, light, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental, semi serious, funny, cute
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What Happens in Vegas (2008)
Plot Summary:
During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 185000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, funny, sweet, teen, light, entertaining, cute, hilarious
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Failure to Launch (2006)
Plot Summary:
Tripp, an attractive man in his thirties, is still living with his parents Al and Sue. Tripp's best friends Demo and Ace are also still living in their parents' homes and seem proud of it. Al and Sue are not happy, however, and are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to arrange the matter and couldn't be happier with the result.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, entertaining, romantic comedy, light, funny, humorous, sentimental, cute, teen