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Plot Summary:
Several alumni reminisce about their final year at St. Theresa's College and the events that shaped their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous, funny, romantic
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Dream High (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dream High is a South Korean television series broadcast by KBS in 2011. It features miss A's Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun, T-ara's Eunjung, IU and 2PM. The drama was popular among teenagers, and brought in viewership ratings in the 18 to 20 percent range during its two-month run. A special episode, where the cast of the show performed the Dream High Special Concert on a stage near Seoul, was aired on March 1, 2011, the day after the series ended. Its sequel Dream High Season 2 aired a year later with a different cast.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, dorama, romantic, realistic
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All You've Got (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two Southern California volleyball teams determined to prove their superiority on the court find out that they're not as different as they previously thought after tragedy strikes close to home in director Neema Barnette's affectionate sports drama. The Madonnas and the Phantoms are two volleyball teams with a longstanding grudge. With a bitter rivalry that frequently spills off of the court and into the streets, the Madonnas and the Phantoms appear to have nothing in common until fate forces them to break down the social and cultural barriers that bind them. Now determined to keep it together on the court as they make their way to the championships, these former rivals are about to find out what true sportsmanship is really all about.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
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Girl (1998)
Plot Summary:
Andrea Marr is a bright, straight-A, mature, 18-year-old high school senior on the verge of womanhood who decides to abandon her sheltered, boring lifestyle and her bookish friend Darcy for a look into the local rock and roll scene as a groupie to local rock singer Tod Sparrow and learn more about the life of one who follows a touring band along with her new friends aspiring rock star wannabee Cybil, outgoing fellow groupie Rebecca, and music critic Kevin.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, sexual, independent film, sexy
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Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Plot Summary:
Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggy" is home from College. When he suggests her to go for it, she's even more in panic - doesn't he care to be with her? So she sets out for Hawaii in the worst mood. On the plane she meets the sociable Abby, who gives her the advice to forget about Jeff - and regrets it shortly after, when Francis follows the advice and steals her boyfriend Eddie, a famous dancer. But then Jeff discovers he's missing Francis.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: black and white, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic
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Her Best Move (2007)
Plot Summary:
15 year-old soccer prodigy, Sara Davis, has a chance to join the U.S. National Team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pressure while deciding her own priorities.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen
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Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010)
Plot Summary:
Mitchie can't wait to go back to Camp Rock and spend the summer making new music with her friends and superstar Shane Gray. But the slick new camp across the lake, Camp Star, has drummed up some serious competition — featuring newcomers Luke (Matthew "Mdot" Finley) and Dana (Chloe Bridges). In a sensational battle of the bands, with Camp Rock's future at stake, will Camp Star's flashy production and over-the-top antics win out, or will Camp Rockers prove that music, teamwork, and spirit are what truly matter?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen, romantic
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Seoul Searching (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the 1980s a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers who meet at a Seoul summer camp to learn what it means to be Korean. The three boys, from the U.S., Mexico, and Germany, then meet three girls who rock their world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea, China, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, touching, captivating, feel good, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Super Sweet 16: The Movie (2007)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, predictable, teen
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Roll Bounce (2005)
Plot Summary:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Norman Vance Jr. and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film stars hip hop artist Bow Wow as the leader of a roller skating crew in 1970s Chicago. The film also stars Nick Cannon, Meagan Good, Brandon T. Jackson, Wesley Jonathan, Chi McBride, Kellita Smith, and Jurnee Smollett. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roll Bounce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sweet, light, sentimental, touching, humorous, feel good, romantic, black comedy, hood, realistic
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Main Tera Hero (2014)
Plot Summary:
This love story begins with the mischievous, clever, charming, a daredevil and the HERO who falls in love with Sunaina. How can a Hero’s love story be complete without a villain! So walks in Angad the corrupt cop, who wants to forcibly marry Sunaina and to make things more spicy also does Ayesha who is madly in love with our Hero. A massy entertaining romantic drama ensues, which takes our Hero from the mountainous Ooty, to the fun college campus of Bangalore, and then to a beautiful mansion, in gorgeous Thailand.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: humorous, tense, captivating, light, funny, masala, semi serious
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Cupid's Balls (2011)
Plot Summary:
Swedish Lucas moves from Stockholm to a small Norwegian town, and immediately falls in love with Susanne, the goal keeper of the local girls' soccer team. He becomes axquanted with the overweight, sex-fixated son of the coach. With him as a sparring partner, Lukas hatches a plan for winning Susanne's heart. But Susanne has a boyfriend, and Lucas soon comes to realize that the road to love may be paved with lies and animosity. Cupid's Balls is packed with humour, romantic summer nights and fervent conflicts both off an on the soccer field.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sameer Khanna lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his dad, Adesh, and mom, Suman, and studies in St. Marks High School. He is attracted to statuesque London-returned student, Aishwarya Dhawan, while his close friend, Tariq Naqvi, likes Nandini Oberoi. The four hang out together, though Nandini is resentful of Aishwarya and her parents, and even play characters in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. The four, while attending a wild party, have to flee when the police raid the premise. Three are able to get away, but Sameer is apprehended, held in a cell, and beaten by two police inspectors - who claim they have evidence that he is a drug peddler. They agree to let him go provided he bribes them with Rs.50,000/-. The question remains what will Sameer do under these circumstances?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Gully Boy (2019)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, cult classic, fast, motivational
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Dil Dosti Etc (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two college boys from diverse backgrounds believe that since time is on their side, anything is possible. Consequently, their arrogance leads them to challenge each other to prove their efficiencies.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, feel good, independent film, cult film
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Geek Charming (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dylan Schoenfield is the pink princess of the upscale Los Angeles Woodlands Academy. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new it bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her Serge Sanchez bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog, self-professed film geek Josh Rosen. In return for rescuing Dylan's bag, Josh convinces Dylan to let him film her for his documentary on high school popularity. Reluctantly, Dylan lets F-list Josh into her A-list world, and is shocked to realize that sometimes nerds can be pretty cool. But when Dylan's so-called prince charming of a boyfriend dumps her flat, her life and her social status comes to a crashing halt. Can Dylan win the Woodlands Academy Fall Formal Blossom Queen crown? Can Josh win the Woodlands Academy 10th Annual Film Festival? Can Dylan, with Josh's help, pull the pieces together to create her own happily-ever-after?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, semi serious, teen, heartbreaking, sincere, captivating, touching
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Picture This (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bookish and unpopular Mandy finds her luck finally changing when Drew, the school hottie, invites her to the year's biggest party. But with being grounded and Drew's ex-girlfriend bent on thwarting her, Mandy may be destined to remain a geek. Can a little ingenuity and some help from her friends save the day?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, teen, realistic, romantic, sex comedy, romantic comedy, happy, relaxing
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Something Is Happening (1998)
Plot Summary:
Anjali is left heartbroken when her best friend and secret crush, Rahul, falls in love with Tina. Years later, Tina's young daughter tries to fulfil her mother's last wish of uniting Rahul and Anjali.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, humorous, semi serious, romantic, entertaining, touching, sad, cult classic, mesmerizing
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Turning 30!!! (2011)
Plot Summary:
Naina's story as she grapples with heartbreak, and a crisis in her advertising career in the face of her 30th birthday. And as she fights her anxiety and fears about being 30 years old, Naina realises there's a lot of growing up to be done. Set in the heart of urban Mumbai, Turning 30!!! is a humorous and heart-warming take on a single young woman's journey of finding herself, discovering love and blossoming into a woman of substance.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, sincere, entertaining, sentimental, realistic, stylized
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011)
Plot Summary:
Outspoken and overly critical Nishant Agarwal meets gorgeous new co-worker, Charu, offers his help, assists her financially, and they become close friends. His room-mates, Rajat and Vikrant, are pleased with this outcome as they already have girlfriends in Neha and Rhea respectively. But both the relationships are not as harmonious, as Rajat feels Neha is self-centered and demanding, while Rhea appears to be withdrawn and aloof. Missing their meetings and bar-hopping, the trio decide to take a time-out and be by themselves. All three women, however, find out and decide to accompany them to the beach where they eventually mingle. The trio do not know that soon misunderstandings will crop up - and it will take a lot of effort and understanding to resolve them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, melancholic, sentimental, light, touching, entertaining, inspirational, romantic, cult classic
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Let's Be Friends! (2002)
Plot Summary:
Raj has always had a unrequited childhood crush on a friend named Tina, but Tina's best friend Pooja has always had a crush on Raj. When Raj's family move to England to get involved in an internet business, Raj promises Tina that he will keep in touch with her and that their friendship will always be forever. However Tina disregards him and chooses not to respond to his first e-mail, in turn Pooja decides to keep in touch with him but signs under Tina's name. Fifteen years later, and their friendship has blossomed via e-mail, Raj believing that he's getting to know Tina when it's really Pooja. His family decides to go back on a holiday to India for 2 weeks, when Tina discovers the truth about Pooja's e-mails, they decide together that Tina will play along with the charade. When Raj arrives in India, he is struck by Tina's beauty but equally as struck to Pooja's personality. Who will he choose?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, realistic
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Aisha (2010)
Plot Summary:
Aisha is a girl with a simple diktat - everyone's business is her business. Arjun is a boy with even a simpler set of beliefs - Aisha should mind her own business. Caught in the Delhi upper class world with its own set of social rules, Aisha navigates her world with a great sense of style and even greater optimism. Caught in her web are her best friend Pinky, the small town girl Shefali, the west Delhi boy Randhir and the hunk Dhruv. Aisha will make sure everyone dances to her tune. And all Arjun wants to do is disentangle that web and get Aisha out of an impending sticky mess. Who will succeed and who will succumb? Welcome to Aisha's fabulous world where playing cupid is as easy as 123...if only that Arjun would stay out of her way!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, entertaining, light, captivating, touching, realistic
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2 States (2014)
Plot Summary:
This is a story about a romantic journey of a culturally opposite couple - Krish Malhotra and Ananya Swaminathan. They meet at the IIM-Ahmedabad College and during the program they fall in love. Complications arise after the program comes to an end and they decide to get married. Krish and Ananya belong to two different states of India. Krish, a North Indian Punjabi boy from Delhi, and Ananya, a Tamilian Brahmin from Chennai. They take a conscious decision; they won't get married until their parents agree. Everything goes downhill when the parents meet. There is a cultural clash and the parents oppose the wedding. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple faces a tough battle in front of them. For it is easy to fight and rebel, but much harder to convince. Will Krish and Ananya's love for each other sustain the battles? Will they manage to convince their parents and make it to their wedding? The film thus is a humorous take on inter community marriages in India.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, fast, romantic comedy
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Cocktail (2012)
Plot Summary:
Gautam is an incorrigible flirt, who runs after every girl he sees. Meera is a pretty girl with desi values and attire, who comes to London from Delhi for a fresh start. Veronica is the spoilt bombshell who loves partying and drinking. Though different from each other, these three are perfect friends staying under one roof until friendship becomes confusing, and love becomes complicated.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy
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Tanu Weds Manu (2011)
Plot Summary:
Manu comes to India to find a bride for himself and falls for Tanu at first sight but Tanu, a free spirited girl has no plans of marrying him.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, romantic, funny, inspirational, entertaining, realistic
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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
Plot Summary:
A lonely 40-ish man, likely to remain a bachelor, has a chance to find the love of his life when he falls for a vivacious young woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: emotional, feel good, romantic, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous, inspirational, touching, entertaining
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Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends being convinced that they are not in love search for each other's love.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, romantic, funny, light
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Gippi (2013)
Plot Summary:
Gippi is a coming-of-age story of an ordinary, overweight girl, who, through the course of the film, learns to love herself for exactly who she is. It is also a tale of an underdog, who picks herself up from nothing and finds herself at the top of her own little world.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 887
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, inspirational, sentimental, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Rockford (1999)
Plot Summary:
The movie chronicles the arrival of a (Hindu) student to a strict all-boys Christian boarding school in India and his assimilation into the school. The change is quite dramatic to the protagonist and there are a lot of events that would look extremely abusive to the viewer.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: light, social, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Love Breakups Zindagi (2011)
Plot Summary:
Love Breakups Zindagi is a movie which tries to answer the question related to love, breakups and life. A couple and many of their friends experience changes and challenges in their respective lives after attending a wedding.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, romantic, light
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Happy Days (2007)
Plot Summary:
The movie revolves around eight youngsters, who become good friends in their freshman years when they join the college for their Bachelors in Engineering (B.E.). The life of these young minds, be it personal or that in college, is dealt with aplomb. The first-half deals with the relationship of these freshmen with their seniors, who try to gain an upper hand over their juniors. In the second half, the movie also shows love and affection among one another, but does not ignore to emphasize the main aim of going to the college, i.e., to evolve from a young person with fruity dreams, to a more purposeful professional.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, inspirational, romantic, touching