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Plot Summary:
Story of two sisters that grew up in a small Serbian village in the beginning of the 1930s. The village is torn up by wars and years long blood oath. There are no men left in the village. Our heroines, Ognjenka and Mala Boginja decide to go to the city, kidnap men and return life to their village. The lights of the metropolis dazzle them and there starts this little amusing and sentimental adventure.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: Serbia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, enigmatic, humorous, surreal, atmospheric, gothic, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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A Man Who Was Superman (2008)
Plot Summary:
SONG Soo-jung is a producer going on her third year at a small company. Her specialty is human interest stories. She is driven to produce these shallow stories for the sake of her ambition of one day becoming Korea’s own Oprah Winfrey. However, she is reaching the end of what’s left of her pride. One day, after months of not getting paid, she leaves her office with the company camera to produce a story on a lion apparently refusing to eat its meal. On her way, however, she comes across a robber, but she is saved somehow by Superman in a Hawaiian shirt. “Superman” claims he’s unable to tap into his supernatural powers as the bad guys have placed kryptonite inside his head. However, he doesn’t let that get in his way from helping others, from saving the world from global warming to saving a lost puppy.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental, light, touching, captivating, psychotronic
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All Babes Want to Kill Me (2005)
Plot Summary:
A Martial Artist, afflicted with a disease that makes beautiful women want to kill him, goes on a suicide mission to find true love anyway.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: realistic, sexy, humorous, not serious, melancholic, sentimental, light, sincere, captivating, cult classic
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Promise Me This (2007)
Plot Summary:
An old man named Zivojin Markovic, living in a remote village prays for his grandson Cane to go to the city, sell his cow and bring back a wife. In the city he is supposed to meet up with his grandfather's stepbrother, but this man is dead. Instead, he meets this man's two grandsons, two good-natured brothers who are nevertheless small-time criminals and experts in demolition. Cane soon clicks with these men, and also falls in love with a schoolgirl (Jasna), who he wants to marry as part of his testament with his grandfather. He gets involved in this girl's family affairs, rescuing both her and her mother from prostitution and gangsters headed by a man called Bajo, and the new group of people return to the small village in time to celebrate Zivojin's wedding to his neighbor, despite the gangsters' best efforts to stop the celebration, which results in a double wedding.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Serbia, France
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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The Flying Dutchman (1995)
Plot Summary:
Late 16th century, persecuted protestantism and general dissatisfaction with the Catholic Habsburg rule in the Netherlands lead to large-scale plundering and vandalizing of churches, only harshening the Spanish Inquisition, sparkling the Eighty Years War.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: epic, serious, captivating, realistic, saga, fairy tale
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Iceberg! (2005)
Plot Summary:
Fiona is the manager of a fast-food restaurant. She lives comfortably with her family in the suburbs. In other words, Fiona is happy... until one day she accidentally gets locked into a walk-in fridge. She escapes the next morning, half frozen and barely alive, only to realize that her husband and two children didn't even notice she was missing. But when Fiona develops an obsession for everything cold and icy: snow, polar bears, fridges, icebergs--she drops everything, climbs into a frozen goods delivery truck and leaves home. For a real iceberg.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: road movie, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, surreal, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Secret Ingredient (2020)
Plot Summary:
Small-town baker, Kelly, gets a big surprise when she is invited to compete on a Valentine's Day baking show in New York City - and an even bigger surprise when she runs into her ex-fiance.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, culinary, entertaining
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Husband Factor (2015)
Plot Summary:
A traditional Turkish woman tries to find love and is forced by her family members to get married.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Tempest (2010)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been banished to a mysterious island with her daughter. Using her magical powers, she draws her enemies to the island to exact her revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, serious, captivating, stylized, mindfuck, novela, offbeat, independent film, weird
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Landspeed (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two teams are in a heated race for the money and the honor that comes with breaking the land speed world record.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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To Hell With The Ugly (2010)
Plot Summary:
Eliseo is ugly, lame and single. He hasn't met the woman of his life and has never known love. Nati is ugly, missing a breast and separated. She found the man of her life but, even so, has never experienced true love. Eliseo thinks that the worst of his life is still to come. Nati thinks that the best of her life is still to come. The death of Eliseo's mother reunites them twenty years on in a last chance to find happiness and love. But what happens when the woman of your life is married to your brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic
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Babin (2008)
Plot Summary:
As scripted by Quebecois raconteur Fred Pellerin and directed by Luc Picard, this offbeat fantasy comedy details the adventures of Babine (Vincent Guillaume Otis), the son of a witch and a village pariah, as he ventures forth into the world and narrowly evades death.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, offbeat, humorous
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What's Up, Scarlet? (2005)
Plot Summary:
Scarlet Zabrinski, a successful, hard edged, L.A. matchmaker lives in the shadow of her overbearing mother, Ruth Zabrinski who relentlessly tries to find the perfect man for her daughter. Ben Zabrinski, Scarlet's pot smoking brother, an unemployed lawyer, becomes furious when Scarlet unknowingly sets him up with a porno star. When Sabrina Fisser, a homeless foreign actress, rear ends her on a calm sunny afternoon, Scarlet offers this seemingly helpless vagabond a place to stay for one night. One night becomes an eternity as the free spirited Sabrina outstays her welcome. When a vengeful Ben tries to seduce Sabrina, Scarlet finds herself protective of her new friend. A mutual attraction develops and the two unlikely characters explore the uncharted territory of unexpected love. Written by Randy Sinquefield.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, emotional, uplifting, independent film, touching, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Crazy Kind of Love (2013)
Plot Summary:
A broken family finds their relationships to one another changed by a new arrival in the household.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, realistic, independent film, captivating, indie film, serious
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Asphalt Playground (2012)
Plot Summary:
Mitraillette is 12 years old and lives in Rose City, a housing estate he would not leave for anything. His whole world comprises his family, especially his 16 year-old cousin Isma, who has taken a fancy to Narcisse, the local crime boss. His older brother Djibril is 22, a student at the Sorbonne who dreams of becoming a lawyer. As for Mitraillette, he has his eye on Océane, the most beautiful girl in his school.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, tense, light, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Shoppen (2006)
Plot Summary:
An almost bombproof method of staying single is called "speed dating". 18 people participate in such an event. Nine men and nine women are sitting opposite each other in order to sell optimally under the pressure of time and to find a partner. They are looking for a date - and have nothing else in common. They talk about allergies, cappuccino, consumer behavior, buses and designer clothes: the list of serious embarrassments is long. Yet none of the lonely hearts has given up the hope of romance.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, surreal, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Magic Kitchen (2004)
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Yau (Sammi Cheng) is a successful chef and owner of a restaurant which is located in a flat called Magical Kitchen which is more like a home rather than like a restaurant. In a tale told by Yau's mother, that she would be haunted by a family curse overshadowing three generations, which destines her (Yau) to fail in every relationship. On a tour of the Iron Chef TV show in Japan, Yau is at the crossroads between her love life and career.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, clever, realistic, talky, semi serious, sexual
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Family Way (2012)
Plot Summary:
All the members of the De Roover family have ended up at a point of no return in their lives where crucial choices have to be made. Winnie wants a child. Her husband Rutmer wants to get in touch with his feelings. His brother Charlie doesn't want any responsibilities. Their brother-in-law Dick wants his deceased wife back. Head of the family Arend wants to be happy. Mother Jeannette wants somebody to want her. Written by Topkapi Films.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, romantic, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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You and Me (2006)
Plot Summary:
In Paris, Ariane and Lena are sisters. Ariane writes photo novellas for the magazine "Toi et Moi." She's emotional and her long-time boyfriend, Farid, has her in a state because he won't propose, won't ask her to live with him, and often is unavailable. Lena is a cellist, quiet and circumspect in life and in her playing. She lives without passion with her boyfriend François; they're talking about having a baby.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, captivating, light, emotional, realistic, semi serious, sexual, hot
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Lost in Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Greece
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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Tuscan Wedding (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tuscan Wedding, the new romantic comedy from the creators of Loving Ibiza. Together with her father Tom and stepmother Marla, Sanne runs Casa Matrimonio, a luxurious villa in sunkissed Italy. The estate is located in Tuscany, a beautiful region where many couples go to have their perfect wedding. In Casa Matrimonio guests come together to celebrate love and life. A Tuscan Wedding is the apotheosis of everyone’s visit to the country side. And for some the villa is all too familiar as they return again and again: because some people only marry twice.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Only Decent People (2012)
Plot Summary:
David Samuels is from an intellectual Jewish family from the posh Amsterdam Old South, where he is often mistaken as Moroccan because of his dark hair. David is a remarkable man on a mission: to find a ghetto fabulous queen with great tits and thick buttocks. His parents and friends declare him mad, but David continues unabated. His search leads him to the Bijlmer, where, after some wild adventures he is left disappointed. Will David ever find his ideal woman - a large, dark sex goddess with booty and brains?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic, light, captivating, controversial, sex comedy
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Gabi on the Roof in July (2010)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious painter on the verge of a big break confronts his moral decay when his idealist, hell-raising, younger sister comes to stay with him in New York City for the summer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, humorous, emotional, contemplative, light, captivating, independent film, sincere, touching, realistic
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Making Mr. Right (2008)
Plot Summary:
Eddie, a poor street conman, has his 'guess in which briefcase' trick ruined by Manhattan lifestyle magazine deputy editor Hallie Galloway. Due to a bet with her boss, she must transform Eddie into a dashingly eligible bachelor for a charity auction. In order to pay back his generous benefactor, restaurateur Angelo, Eddie accepts. He not only proves a quick learner and born charmer, the gentleman in him awakes and so does love in their harts. But their true pasts catch up.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexy, feel good, captivating, light, sexual
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Doublegangers (2014)
Plot Summary:
A comedy centered around three people who each have a lookalike of a lookalike, all with the same name.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, entertaining, slapstick, realistic, slapstick comedy, bizarre
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Do You Like Spring Bear? (2003)
Plot Summary:
A connected series of love notes scribbled in library art books convinces gawky grocery store clerk Hyun-chae that a mystery man - known only as 'Vincent' - is pursuing a relationship with her. Meanwhile, an infatuated pal from her high-school days - shy, quirky subway driver Dong-ha - relocated to Seoul to ACTUALLY pursue a relationship with her, which she rejects in favor of the ersatz paper chase provided by her mystery man, going so far as to pawn Dong-ha off on her friend at one point.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, offbeat, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Engeyum Eppodhum (2011)
Plot Summary:
Engeyum Eppodhum revolves around a group of passengers traveling in two different buses, each having their own past and a reason for their travel. The most prominent among these passengers is the love track between Kathiresan (Jai), Manimegalai (Anjali) and the other between Vinay (Saravanandh) and Amudha (Ananya).Jai is a responsible young person who works as a mechanic and secretly loves his neighbour Anjali, but Anjali is an extremely practical girl and believes that love alone doesn't suffice life. The evolution of their love through these forms the crux of their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, sincere, feel good, inspirational, serious, realistic, tragic
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Latin Lover (2015)
Plot Summary:
The five daughters of a famous actor, all from different mothers and different nationalities, get together on the 10th anniversary of his death for a celebration of his career.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 993
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, tragicomedy, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, talky
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Seasons Of Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the picturesque backdrop of New York, "Seasons of Love" is a romantic, soulful holiday drama about two people who struggle to find love against the odds, while reconciling with the past and learning the true value of family.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: uplifting, humorous, semi serious, sincere, romantic, captivating, touching, realistic, independent film
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A Beer Tale (2012)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age romantic comedy centered around the lives of twin brothers Luke and Corey Frankenstein in the pivotal months following college graduation. Orphaned at the age of five, the brothers inherited their family brewery and were left in the care of their uncle, a well-meaning but less than ideal paternal figure. Raised on beer, with the assumption they're all grown up, Luke and Corey decide it's time to finish their family beer; a beer their parents started but were never able to finish twenty years ago. But when the idealistic Luke meets a girl whose family shows him the home life he's always wanted, he abandons Corey and their family beer in pursuit of this budding relationship. Corey, however, refuses to go down without a fight, and the ensuing mayhem that follows pits brother against brother and forces the Colorado wild boys to finally grow up and decide what kind of men they really want to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Teen's Confessions (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four sisters work together to raise rent money after learning they have to move to another neighborhood in this coming-of-age drama based on the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating, light, sentimental, sexy, realistic, semi serious