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Plot Summary:
Sexy country girl Sussi comes to the big city of Santiago to find love and success 1980s-style.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Chile, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min
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Loco Fever (2001)
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When the Chilean officials lift the ban on harvesting the shellfish "el loco" (which purportedly is an aphrodisiac) in the seaside village of Puerto Gala greed and lust take hold. Greed is embodied by Carlos Maldonato, "El Canuto," who attempts to buy all of the shellfish for a Japanese company, and by a traveling band of prostitutes that accompany the influx of fishermen. El Canuto also wrangles to get into good stead with an old flame, Sonia, who is now the proprietor of "La Pincoya," a local restaurant. But "el loco" proves more effective, and more damaging, than anyone could have guessed.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Chile, Mexico, Spain
Duration: 97 min
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Fuck My Wedding (2011)
Plot Summary:
Über-hot Chilean director Nicolás López is back with Fuck My Wedding, an engaging sequel to last year's Fuck My Life. This time, Javier's finally got his life back together. His career is going great, and he and Angela are still together as a happy couple. So happy, in fact, that Javier sees no reason to get married and mess up a good thing. But when Angela unexpectedly gets pregnant, he decides to do the honorable thing and propose. Temptation arrives in the form of his boss' precocious daughter, Lucia, who becomes Javier's new intern. She clearly wants more from him than just a little guidance, and soon the cracks in Javier's non-committal commitment begin to show. Once again, López shows how social networking has become woven into the ups and downs of modern relationships, while still using the romantic comedy to portray the Chilean 20-something generation as they wrestle with maturity.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 98 min
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Onnenpeli (1965)
Plot Summary:
Film by Risto Jarva.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Model Shop (1969)
Plot Summary:
While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop" (an establishment which rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers). George spends his last twelve dollars to photograph her, and discovers that she is as unhappy as he.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, art house, realistic
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El leyton (2002)
Plot Summary:
Leyton and his lifelong friend Modesto are both fishermen and as close as brothers, but very different in temperament. The braggart Modesto is a slave to progress, while the more unpretentious Leyton is content with the simple life. Modesto marries Marta, a beautiful young naïf, who longs for the sexual fulfillment Modesto (who is "like a rabbit - one jump up and one jump down") is incapable of providing. And, just as Modesto captures creatures from the sea in his net, it isn't long before the cruel web of destiny entangles Marta and her lover Leyton in a tragic triangle. Chilean director Gonzalo Justiniano spins a tragic tale of love, lust, friendship, betrayal and murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Prince No. 1 (1999)
Plot Summary:
After the passing away of his parents, Raja lives with his uncle Dhananjay. Dhananjay manages a hotel while Raja is a model. Raja meets Rani and both fall in love. Meanwhile, Dhananjay reveals a challenge he made with his in-laws in the past to get Raja married to his daughter. Raja agrees to break up with Rani and marry his uncle's daughter instead. But in his uncle's village, Raja comes across Rani once more with a surprising revelation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration:
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Badri (2000)
Plot Summary:
Badri (Telugu: బద్రి) is a Telugu film which is written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. It starred Pawan Kalyan, Amisha Patel, and Renu Desai in lead roles. This was Ramana Gogula's second time working with Pawan Kalyan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags:
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Off the Map (2016)
Plot Summary:
Career woman finds out that her boyfriend is living a secret double life. She finds a bag of money and decides to make a run for it. She is accompanied by a little girl who is also on a run from her criminal step-father. Together they're trying to make it to her grandmothers house.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: road movie
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On Parade (2010)
Plot Summary:
An honest look at the lives of three self-absorbed men as they complicate their love lives.
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Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Other People's Children (2022)
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Rachel loves her life, her students, her friends, her ex, her guitar lessons. When she falls in love with Ali, she grows close to his 4-year-old daughter, Leila. She tucks her in, looks after her, and loves her like a mother... which she isn’t. Not yet. Rachel is 40. The desire for a family of her own is growing stronger, and the clock is ticking. Is it too late?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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There's No Place Like Home (2018)
Plot Summary:
A big family that like any other one includes relatives that see each other often and others that rarely meet, reunite to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of grandma Alba and grandpa Pietro in a big Villa, on the island they moved to. Because of weather conditions they all remain stranded on the island and the idyll between them seems to be over.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: light, psychological, humorous, captivating, happy, dark comedy
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Nandanam (2002)
Plot Summary:
Balamani is the housemaid looking after Unni Amma. There are three more housemaids in the house but it is Balamani's duty to look after them too. Balamani is a devotee of Guruvayoorappan (Lord Krishna of Guruvayoor). But she could never visit the Guruvayoor temple, though her house is very near to the temple. Unni Amma's grandson Manu comes to spend a couple of weeks with Unni Amma before he goes to USA. Manu and Balamani fall in love but the whole family is against their union. Will Balamani's friend Guruvayoorappan (Lord Krishna of Guruvayoor) come to their help..?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 986
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, touching, serious, captivating
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Stand Up (2007)
Plot Summary:
Avi Rosen knows what's really funny: the laughs come with dollar signs in Hollywood. Bidding farewell to his crotchety grandmother, who wishes he'd find a nice Jewish girl and open a pharmacy, Avi leaves the Big Apple and heads West to Tinseltown. Shacking up with an old comic buddy from the East Coast, Avi is surprised to find his once caustic friend an incense-sniffing yoga nut seemingly let loose in LALA land. But the changes Avi experiences end up being far more unsettling. Avi is quickly immersed in the gritty maneuvers of sitcom star making by Leo Stein, an unscrupulous but influential back room power player. Leo capitalizes on the young comedian's blinding desire for success and propels him past the aspiring entertainers Avi soon counts as friends, who have been paying their dues far longer than the recent transplant. When one of those overlooked comedians, Sarah Green, becomes his lover, he mistakes her warnings about his nefarious manager as professional jealousy. Nearly too.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: comic
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Pauline at the Beach (1983)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen year old Pauline and her older cousin, model-shaped Marion, go to the emtying Atlantic coast for an autumn holiday . Marion ignores the approaches of a surfer and falls for Henri, a hedonist who is only interested in a sexual adventure and drops her soon. Pauline's little romance with a young man (Sylvain) is also spoiled by Henri.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, witty, anthology, sex comedy, sensitive, clever, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Cafe Society (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, atmospheric, period piece, visual, exciting, funny, independent film, art film, romantic comedy
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A Merry War (1997)
Plot Summary:
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: cult classic, clever, humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, independent film, sexy, thought provoking, intellectual
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Love and Other Disasters (2006)
Plot Summary:
Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her devoted ex-boyfriend, James Wildstone, and lives with Peter Simon, a gay screenwriter. When Jacks meets Argentinian photographer's assistant Paolo Sarmiento, she assumes he is gay and tries to bring him and Peter together, unaware that Paolo is straight and in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, sweet, sexy, cute, teen, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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A Faithful Man (2018)
Plot Summary:
Marianne leaves Abel for Paul, his best friend and the father of her unborn child. Eight years later, Paul dies and Marianne returns to Abel. However, things have changed for the both of them and feelings of jealousy surround their new relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, aesthetic
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A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Plot Summary:
Exotic dancer Angéla attempts to have a child with her unwilling lover Émile. In the process, she finds herself torn between him and his best friend Alfred.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, melancholic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, visual, art house, intellectual, black and white, sensual
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The Real Blonde (1997)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment with a blonde.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: light, satirical, melancholic, humorous, clever, offbeat, feel good, realistic, witty, contemplative
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The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
Plot Summary:
After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, black comedy, art house, dark comedy, witty, talky, funny, retro, indie film, offbeat
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Stop Calling Me Baby! (1977)
Plot Summary:
A man hires a P.I. to find a sexy woman he fell in love with. The woman lives with her underage teen sister who dreams about having sex for the first time, but wants a real man. That's when the P.I. shows up and stirs up the household.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Burning Patience (1983)
Plot Summary:
Based on Skármeta's book, this is the story of a poor postman in Isla Negra who befriends Pablo Neruda and asks his help writing poems to the woman of his dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany, Portugal
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic
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Waitress (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, romantic, feel good, witty, romantic comedy, sweet, humorous, sexy, culinary
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Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Plot Summary:
Breaking up with Mark Darcy leaves Bridget Jones over 40 and single again. Feeling that she has everything under control, Jones decides to focus on her career as a top news producer. Suddenly, her love life comes back from the dead when she meets a dashing and handsome American named Jack. Things couldn't be better, until Bridget discovers that she is pregnant. Now, the befuddled mom-to-be must figure out if the proud papa is Mark or Jack.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France, China, UK, Japan
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, funny, sweet, emotional, romantic comedy, inspirational, feel good, teen, humorous
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Stardom (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: clever, stylized, captivating, realistic, cynical, humorous, mockumentary, touching, independent film, offbeat
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A Lot Like Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, sweet, light, feel good, melancholic, realistic, sexy, touching, humorous
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What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
Plot Summary:
Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, romantic, funny, cute, romantic comedy, teen, sweet, parody, sexy
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Fools Rush In (1997)
Plot Summary:
Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who, while enjoying a night on the town, meets Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek), a free-spirited Mexican-American photographer. Alex and Isabel are overtaken by lust at first sight and end up sp.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, sentimental, touching, romantic, romantic comedy, sweet, light, feel good, realistic
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Wake Up Sid (2009)
Plot Summary:
Wake Up Sid! is the story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, romantic, inspirational, captivating, funny, feel good, entertaining, cult classic