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Plot Summary:
Two rural teens sing and dance their way through a forbidden romance and a dangerous travelling carnival.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: lyrical, feel good, humorous, semi serious, anamorphic, realistic, fairy tale, light, romantic, road movie
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State Fair (1962)
Plot Summary:
The third film version of 'State Fair' (and the second musical version).Margy Frake this time round is played by newcomer Pamela Tiffin, who has her voice dubbed as Jeanne Crain did 17 years earlier. Her squire at the fair this time round is called Jerry and works for that new-fangled media, the 'tube' or TV. He's played by Bobby Darin who looks far too old to be chasing Tiffin - perhaps that is why a couple of references were added in this version about her age.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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Oklahoma! (1999)
Plot Summary:
London stage reproduction of the classic Broadway musical.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Musical, Romance, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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The Cyclone (1996)
Plot Summary:
Levante lives in a small city near Florence (Tuscany, Italy) and his life is plain and a bit boring, until the day the twister arrives: a bus with six Spanish flamenco dancers that will twist Levante and his family life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Bollywood Queen (2002)
Plot Summary:
A cross cultural romance set in London's East End about a young girl of Indian heritage.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, stylized, semi serious, feel good, humorous
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Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Plot Summary:
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: retro, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, crying, romantic comedy
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A Little Night Music (1977)
Plot Summary:
"Fredrik Egerman is very happy in his marriage to a seventeen-year-old virgin, Anne. Only she's been a virgin for the whole eleven months of the marriage, and being a bit restless, Fredrik goes to see an old flame, the famous actress Desiree Armfeldt. Desiree is getting tired of her life, and is thinkin of settling down, and sets her sights on Fredrik, despite his marriage, and her own married lover Count Carl-Magnus. She gets her mother to invite the Egermans to her country estate for the weekend. But when Carl-Magnus and his wife Charlotte appear, too, things begin to get farcical (Send in the Clowns), and the night must smile for the third time before all the lovers are united." Written by Kathy Li.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 899
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: West Germany, Austria, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fun
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Flower Drum Song (1961)
Plot Summary:
Chinese stowaway Mei Li arrives in San Francisco with her father to meet her fiancé, wealthy nightclub owner Sammy Fong, in an arranged marriage; but the groom has his eye on his star singer Linda Low. This film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical is filled with memorable song-and-dance numbers showcasing the contrast between Mei Li's traditional family and her growing fascination with American culture.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: aesthetic, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slang
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At Long Last Love (1975)
Plot Summary:
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, art deco, neo screwball comedy
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Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Plot Summary:
Matchmaker, Dolly Levi takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder. While there, she convinces him, his two stock clerks and his niece and her beau to go to New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: period piece, feel good, retro, hilarious, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, funny
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Silence... We're Rolling (2001)
Plot Summary:
A rollicking paean to the Hollywood and Bollywood musicals of yesteryear.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Egypt
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental
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Heart Street (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hartenstraat is set in the Nine Streets district of Amsterdam. It is a village in a big town and everyone seems to be looking for love. As the womanizer Bas, seniors Bep and Aart and the couple Rein and Jacob. The only one who is not looking for love is Daan. He lives here with his daughter Saar in Hartenstraat, where he has his own business as a caterer. Then Katje appears in his life. The pretty fashion designer opens a fashion boutique next door to Daan. When her catering unexpectedly cancels just before opening her shop Katje must appeal to Daan. That is asking for trouble since the two opposite each other in everything. Yet Katje also secretly has an eye on her neighbor, especially now that her current relationship with Thomas is not going strong.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, captivating, entertaining
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The Boy Friend (1971)
Plot Summary:
The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the leading lady at a matinée performance at which an illustrious Hollywood director is in the audience scouting for actors to be in his latest "all-talking, all-dancing, all-singing" extravaganza.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, feel good, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, spoof, parody
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Sweet Charity (1969)
Plot Summary:
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: stylized, funny, freeze frame, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, light
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Funny Lady (1975)
Plot Summary:
1930s in New York – The famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the depression she has trouble finding work as an artist but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns his own nightclub.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, anamorphic, hilarious, touching, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious, entertaining
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South Pacific (2001)
Plot Summary:
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush (Glenn Close) and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque (Rade Serbedzija). The war is tearing them apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, feel good, semi serious
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Company (2011)
Plot Summary:
Following five couples and their friend Robert (Neil Patrick Harris), the perpetual bachelor, Company explores the true meaning of being in a relationship through a series of vignettes. Winner of the 1971 Tony Award for Best Musical, Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, Rent) will led an all-star cast in a sold out event at the New York Philharmonic with this rendition of Stephen Sondheim's Company.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: stylized, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Bye Bye Birdie (1995)
Plot Summary:
Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Enemies of Laughter (2000)
Plot Summary:
Nerdy-looking Paul (David Paymer) is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal (Judge Reinhold) has an idea that might turn things around when he decides to film Paul's life and turn his romantic disasters into a comedic documentary. When a beautiful young director (Rosalind Chao) decides to produce the real-life romantic comedy, Paul realizes that Cupid may be poised with his bow and arrow.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, sitcom, independent film
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The Music Man (1962)
Plot Summary:
A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: period piece, sentimental, retro, entertaining, aesthetic, feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Breaking Legs (2017)
Plot Summary:
It's 'Footloose' meets 'Mean Girls' as high school freshman Bloom moves to a town where there's no place to dance - except the school dance team! But when the boyfriend of the team's lead girl falls for her, she'll have to fight to win her place amongst these venomous girls. Breaking Legs is sure one to kick your boots off and pull up your heels, as these kids dance the field away to compete for the homecoming crown at R. Murray High School. Will it be newbie Bloom, or her arch nemesis and Dance Team leader, Harmony? Watch as the two square off in this fun but odd match to the finish. Someone is doomed to 'Break a Leg' on the dance floor, or rather, the football field!.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, entertaining, contemplative
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Grease Live! (2016)
Plot Summary:
After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: light, lyrical, sentimental, feel good, captivating, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, clever
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Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
Plot Summary:
An update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot this movie like a classic 30s musical. Love's Labour's Lost tells the story of four best friends who swear off love. The King of Navarre and his three companions swear a very public oath to study together and to renounce women for three years. Their honour is immediately put to the test by the arrival of the Princess of France and her three lovely companions. It's love at first sight for all concerned followed by the men's highly entertaining but hopeless efforts to disguise their feelings.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Romance, Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, semi serious, humorous, witty, sex comedy, anamorphic, offbeat, independent film, slapstick comedy
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Lovestruck: The Musical (2013)
Plot Summary:
Lovestruck: The Musical: Tells the story of Harper (Jane Seymour), one of the best dancers to hit Broadway. But an injury caused her to leave the spotlight, become a choreographer, and raise her daughter, Mirabella (Sara Paxton). When Mirabella, the star of Harper's next big production, decides to quit the show to get married, her mother is determined to put a stop to the wedding and show Mirabella that she cannot give up her career for love, especially to marry playboy Marco (Alexander DiPersia).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, teen, light, feel good, realistic, relaxing, semi serious
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Herman U.S.A. (2001)
Plot Summary:
In this quirky romantic comedy inspired by a true story, an influx of women invade the small town of Herman, Minn., to get their hands on a surplus of bachelors yearning for female companionship. When the persuasive "cry from the heart" of Herman's lonely men becomes a big-time news story, it unwittingly attracts a swarm of single women from 38 states and four different foreign countries, adding 1,500 residents to the tiny hamlet of 485.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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The Music Man (2003)
Plot Summary:
Contemporary rethinking of the legendary Broadway musical and 1962 film, updated to reflect a few early twenty-first-century sensibilities: A masterful con artist tries to bilk a staid Midwestern community, with unexpected results.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Plot Summary:
It's almost graduation day for high school seniors Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad, Ryan and Taylor ― and the thought of heading off in separate directions after leaving East High has these Wildcats thinking they need to do something they'll remember forever. Together with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical reflecting their hopes and fears about the future and their unforgettable experiences growing up together. But with graduation approaching and college plans in question, what will become of the dreams, romances, and friendships of East High's senior Wildcats?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, humorous, semi serious, romantic, sweet, realistic, sentimental, clever, bad ending
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Grease 2 (1982)
Plot Summary:
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, cult classic, retro, hood, period piece, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching, feel good
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Bridal Fever (2008)
Plot Summary:
It’s a race to the altar when a steamy romance novelist with a long line of torrid romances – and ex-husbands – sets out to help a single woman ditch her bridesmaid dresses once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic
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Grease (1978)
Plot Summary:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 295000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, romantic, light, humorous, teen, sexy, sweet, cult classic, semi serious
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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Plot Summary:
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, witty, feel good, sexy, scary, romantic comedy, cult classic, independent film, sentimental