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Plot Summary:
A young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex boyfriend's apartment building.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, romantic comedy
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South Beach Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
From New York Times Bestselling Author Caridad Piñeiro comes a story about rival quinceañeras, glorious Cuban cooking, friendship, family ties – and romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 979
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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Grace (2018)
Plot Summary:
A famous writer begins suffering from a crippling case of writer's block. His agent sends him a strange, belligerent woman to be his new assistant, hoping the change will inspire him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Austin Found (2017)
Plot Summary:
A woman who is fed up with her mundane lifestyle hatches a scheme to make her family instant celebrities by having her ex-boyfriend kidnap her 11-year-old daughter for a month.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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All the Reasons to Forget (2018)
Plot Summary:
After ending his long-term relationship, Antonio is sure that he can quickly get over Sofia. But nothing is as simple as it seems. And realizing the impossibility of controlling his own feelings, he begins to boycott them, using all sorts of contemporary palliative measures to free himself from the memories of his ex: cognitive psychoanalysis, prescription drugs, Tinder, among others. Ergo, Antonio will go through several tragicomic situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Varane Avashyamund (2020)
Plot Summary:
A divorced woman trying to get hired as a French tutor and teaching classical dance, and she has a daughter. Her brother Manuel also resides in a flat in Chennai. Their next door neighbours are Unnikrishnan, a retired Major who has a pet dog, Prabhakaran and Bibeesh who lives with a serial-actress aunt (not related by blood) and his young school going brother. The story revolves around the divorced mother and daughter finding happiness of love in their own ways. The film explores commonality of romantic love in different stages of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Ex (2010)
Plot Summary:
Zhou Yi is about to leave on holiday with her boyfriend Woody, until an argument makes Zhou Yi to dump him at the airport. Their breakup is being witnessed by her ex-boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Taxi (2015)
Plot Summary:
Hamburg, mid 80s, Alex is a cabby. The sound is hard, pubs are dark and loud, people constantly argue about anything and everything, people smoke all the time, and not just cigarettes. Alex wants love and freedom and sleeps with Dietrich. It's far from being love, but the sex is okay. With Marc, a little person full of dignity, she finds more than that. The rest is struggles with her passengers, the indifferent and the doomed, brutes as other nuisances. This sort of life could go on and on, Alex could drive away from her own life and in doing so lose Marc and not getting rid of Dietrich. Wouldn't there be a small monkey with the same invincible desire for freedom as hers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Golden Chicken 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2046 and 82 year old Golden Chicken Kum, spots a heartbroken man planning to take memory loss-pills. Claiming that Hong Kong people have a way of forgetting, she begins to recap part of her life story, starting in 2003 during a time where she was desperately looking for a husband and the SARS outbreak happened.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, futuristic, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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JGA (2022)
Plot Summary:
Two bachelorette parties meet under the Ibizan sun. This could simply be a fun getaway for the single girls - if the future groom wouldn't be Jasmin's ex-boyfriend and her own wedding not just a fake one.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Bounce Back (2016)
Plot Summary:
Father, author and relationship expert, Matthew Taylor is on a whirlwind book tour promoting his new best seller, The Bounce Back. He's got it all figured out until he meets the acerbic Kristin Peralta, a talk show circuit therapist who's convinced he's nothing but a charlatan. Matthew's life is turned upside down when he inadvertently falls for Kristin and has to face painful truth of his past relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 747
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic
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Forever Out of My League (2021)
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: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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The Good House (2021)
Plot Summary:
Hildy Good, a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches who loves her wine and loves her secrets. Her compartmentalized life starts to unravel as she rekindles an old romance and becomes dangerously entwined in one person’s reckless behavior.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, comedy drama
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Resort to Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring pop star Erica ends up as the entertainment at her ex-fiancé’s wedding after reluctantly taking a gig at a luxurious island resort while in the wake of a music career meltdown.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, romantic, romantic comedy
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Wingman Inc. (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a professional wingman falls for a professional man-eater, it's only a matter of time before they realize that they're in love with the competition.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing, sexy
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Andy (2019)
Plot Summary:
A lazy man becomes a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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12 Years Promise (2014)
Plot Summary:
A pregnant teen is forced by her family to leave her boyfriend and assume a new identity in America, but 12 years later, the couple reunites in Korea.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, novela
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Fidaa (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two young people embark on a winding and rocky path to love after meeting at a wedding.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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#Stuck (2014)
Plot Summary:
A hot one-night stand turns into an awkward morning after when Guy and Holly get stuck in a dead-stopped traffic jam.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Modern Persuasion (2020)
Plot Summary:
A single woman focused on her career in New York is forced to deal with the aftermath of a failed relationship when an ex-boyfriend is hired by her company.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania (2019)
Plot Summary:
Yurika Nanba is an attractive women who has no problems socially communicating with others, but when it comes to having romantic relationships, she seems to struggle.This is mainly due to her ex-boyfriend Makoto Saito, who was the first guy that she ever had a relationship with. In usual romantic relationships, the teenage years through to the early twenties is a period of experimenting and experiencing the ups and downs of love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang (2005)
Plot Summary:
Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang is a 2005 South Korean television series starring Han Chae-young, Jae Hee, Uhm Tae-woong and Park Si-eun. It aired on KBS2 from January 3 to March 1, 2005 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 17 episodes. A modern retelling of the classic Korean folktale Chunhyangjeon, the romantic comedy series was called "fusion-style" for, among others, mixing rap with pansori in the background music. This is the first Korean drama written by Hong Jung-eun and Hong Mi-ran, and remains the highest-rated in their filmography, with a peak viewership rating of 32.2%. The story begins when Lee Mong-ryong is transferred from Seoul to a high school in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. Chun-hyang does her best to help Mong-ryong, her first love and the son of the Namwon Police Station chief, to enter a prestigious university. However, after meeting with Mong-ryong’s first love, Chae-rin, Mong-ryong’s love toward Chun-hyang is shattered, although Chun-hyang’s love remains unwavering. One day, Byeon Hak-do, CEO of a famous entertainment company, appears in her life. He exudes confidence that he can make any woman fall for him. But as Chun-hyang shows no interest in him, his self-esteem is damaged profoundly. Byeon Hak-do is determined to make her love him.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, romantic drama
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Wednesdays Don't Exist (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three men and three women cross each others' paths at different times and places in Madrid during their daily life and amorous pursuits.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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The Man Who Can't Get Married (2009)
Plot Summary:
Cho Jae Hee is a man in his 40s who is very stubborn and hasn't gotten married yet. His personality is so unbearable that women don't find him attractable nor a good candidate for marriage. However, Jae Hee, is perfect in everything that he does. His life will be surrounded by three different women. Jang Moon Jung is a doctor that he meets one day, Jung Yoo Jin is his neighbor whom he meets due to a disturbance, and Yoon Ki Ran is his colleague at work.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between (2022)
Plot Summary:
Clare and Aidan, who after making a pact that they would break up before college, find themselves retracing the steps of their relationship on their last evening as a couple. The epic date leads them to familiar landmarks, unexpected places, and causes them to question whether high school love is meant to last.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, 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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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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Accidentally in Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Edie finds true love in London just days before she is to return to the US. They are separated, but as fate would have it, they reunite 6 years later in the US.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, 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