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Plot Summary:
Two warring chefs and their restaurants are threatened by the 3-month deadline imposed to them by Don Manolo to vacate their place for it will be sold to a condominium developer.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
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Kebab Connection (2004)
Plot Summary:
In Hamburg, Ibrahim "Ibo" Secmez, of Turkish descent, wants to direct the first German kung-fu movie. For now, he makes commercials for his uncle's kebab restaurant. Titzie, an aspiring actress and Ibo's German girlfriend, finds she's pregnant. Ibo is uncertain about fatherhood - compounded by his father's disowning him for getting a German girl pregnant - so Titzie sends him packing. He makes attempts at getting it right, but as the birth approaches, he's still not ready. In the background are three thugs in search of good tripe soup and a Capulet-Montegue feud between the kebab joint and a Greek taverna across the street. Can Ibo be the glove upon that hand?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, light, realistic
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Double Duty (2009)
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Funny, action-packed coming of age story portrays *Lesseos *as an ex-marine trying to adjust to civilian life and discover her feminine side, with help from best friend Sophia. Many obstacles are thrown in her path, resulting in edge-of-your-seat action scenes. Her love interest, Craig is sweet and soft-spoken but is intrigued with M.J.'s tough side, creating a hilarious dynamic duo that keeps us laughing as well as touches our hearts.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
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Tulak ng Bibig, Kabig ng Dibdib (1998)
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After spending a couple of years behind bars, Lando wins back his freedom. But his prison record has incapacitated him from landing a job. Fortunately, a friend of his knows someone who needs a driver and a bodyguard desperately. But that someone turns out to be Mariel, the very woman whom Lando has had an encounter with. Desperate for a job, Lando agrees to work for Mariel despite his negative impression of her. As expected, their working relationship is as stormy as it can get. But love works in mysterious ways - even the rowdiest of enemies can become more than friends.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tagalog
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Lucky Seven (1986)
Plot Summary:
Seven child martial arts experts try to return a stolen diamond to its rightful owner.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 80 min
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Butlers in Love (2022)
Plot Summary:
In a prestigious butler academy, passionate Emma and rebellious Henry train to become royal butlers where the competition is fierce and sparks fly.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
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Together Forever Tea (2021)
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Marketing whiz Lara Thompson is living a fast-paced life in the big city when she's summoned to the sleepy town of Kissing Falls to settle the affairs of her late Aunt Vivienne who owned a tea shop. Lara originally plans to sell the shop quickly, but switches course to fulfill her aunt's last wish - to have one of her teas awarded by the prestigious International Council of Tea Sommeliers. With the help of handsome local flower expert Matt, Lara sets out to recreate a long lost "love potion" tea. One problem - the tea's secret ingredient is the extinct Kissing Falls rose. As Lara and Matt work together, she finds herself not only falling for Matt but for the town itself.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 90 min
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My Big Love (2008)
Plot Summary:
Pastry chef Macky has struggled with his weight for most of his life. It's not easy being fat, especially when you're secretly admiring a young socialite columnist named Ninia who gets the shock of her life when she sees Macky in his 300-pound glory. Macky hires Aira as personal trailer and in the process of losing weight, the two gained love and affection for each other. But soon after Aira agrees to accept an offer to work abroad, being the breadwinner of the family. Two years pass and the Macky who was once laughed at is now one of the most sought-after bachelors in town. Macky now has to choose who really is his big love: the woman he dreamed of all his life or the woman who loved him unconditionally?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, tagalog, entertaining
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Lost Swordship (1977)
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A golden-masked clan master, who had killed many top fighters, was determined to acquire an invincible sword manual so as to rule the martial world. Hence, he pursued a swordsman who possessed the manual, but the latter managed to escape and discovered a cave whereby he met two martial arts masters who taught him the invincible sword skills.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Action, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 93 min
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Tongan Ninja (2002)
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The Tongan Ninja is dispatched to the island nation of New Zealand in order to help a brother of his master with his floundering Chinese restaurant. But the mysterious Mister Big stands in the eatery's way as he sends numerous villains such as Knife Man, Gun Man, and the super-sexy Action Fighter who may know a lot about the hero.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Action, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, funny, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, cult classic, semi serious, parody, independent film
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Fist of Fury 1991 II (1992)
Plot Summary:
A sequel to Fist of Fury 1991 that continues right where the last one leaves off. Chow is a wacky but lovable mainlander duking it out with wacky bad guy Yuen Wah. Meanwhile, he learns kung-fu from the legendary Josephine Siao, and assorted hijinks involving Cheung Man and Nat Chan Bak-Cheung go on forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
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Pedicab Driver (1989)
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Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, eighties
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Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)
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Ah Lung is a pig farmer and a devoted Bruce Lee fan who is anxious to follow in Lee's footsteps, but only ridiculed for his attempts. He is sent to the city to earn a living working at his uncle's restaurant, but when he arrives, he finds a gang of thugs causing trouble in the restaurant. He takes the chance to prove himself and attacks the thugs, defeating them and saving the restaurant. Soon, he becomes a waiter, and discovers a plot by the same thugs to kidnap a woman he works with. Eventually, he defeats the thugs once again and saves the day.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Afro Ninja (2009)
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, disturbing, visually appealing, independent film
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Suddenly It's Magic (2012)
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The story depicts two star-crossed lovers: Marcus Hanson, a Thai superstar, and Joey Hermosa, a Filipina baker. When Marcus decides to fly to Philippines to escape from his career, he meets Joey. Even though their worlds collide, the two later fall in love. But their relationship is tested by conflicts from their worlds.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy
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So True: Get It? I Get It (2000)
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For years, mob boss Don Julio has been the target of police investigation, led by honest cop Col. Alano. Quite a number of police deep penetration agents (DPA's) have been placed into Don Julio's organization. But somehow, Don Julio manages to find and kill them. Except for one. With the suspicion that an insider from their ranks have been tipping Don Julio of the DPA's identities, Col. Alano sends in agent Nick Abeleda without the knowledge of his superiors.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Can This Be Love (2005)
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University students Ryan and Daisy probably couldn’t be any more dissimilar, with Ryan splitting his time between his nursing studies and a part-time job and Daisy, a Korean exchange student, doing her best to blend in with an unfamiliar culture. At first, their differences ignite an intense dislike for each other, but eventually, they discover they have more in common than they think perhaps even love.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
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Status: It's Complicated! (2013)
Plot Summary:
The movie is inspired by the 1979 classic sexy-comedy film Salawahan directed by Ishmael Bernal whom originally stars Rita Gomez, Mat Ranillo, Jay Ilagan, Rio Locsin, Sandy Andolong, and Bonching Miraflor.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Open Tables (2015)
Plot Summary:
Within the walls of the trendiest restaurants, behind the closed doors of private dinner parties, and on the banks of the Seine in Paris, Open Tables, uses the the exploding foodie scene as the backdrop for intertwining stories of true love, love lost, and the importance of a good main course. Sam and Kate host a group of friends for dinner in hopes that sparks will fly between Kate's younger sister Cassie and their friend Ryan. Joining them at the table is Jon (Desmin Borges from FX's You're the Worst) and Dana, a couple with a seemingly perfect relationship. The first act of OPEN TABLES embraces a world where true love prevails and where even the most complicated of people can find their soul mate, even when - and sometimes because - their circumstances are unique. As the group dines, stories emerge. To impress Cassie, Ryan boasts about his sexual conquests; Jon and Dana tell the tale of betrayal that led to their connection, and Sam and Kate share the story of their friend Hannah,.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 76 min
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High Heat (2022)
Plot Summary:
When the local mafia shows up to burn down her restaurant, Ana, a chef with a meticulous past, defends her turf and proves her knife skills both in and out of the kitchen.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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The View From Here (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bay Area Chef, Mark Matheson has everything he ever wanted: A Restaurant of his own, the love of his girlfriend, Gillian and the respect of the culinary community. But in the wake of bad press and personal demons returning to haunt him, Mark struggles to hold onto everything. Before he can be called great, he'll have to learn to be okay, again.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: culinary
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Shaolin Challenges Ninja (1978)
Plot Summary:
Gordon Liu stars as a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife. When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, he's forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, stylized
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Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, cult film
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American Ninja 5 (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Dragons Forever (1988)
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Jackie Chan stars as a hot-shot lawyer hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, Jackie is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neurotic, exciting, humorous, semi serious, slapstick, cult classic, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Gorgeous (1999)
Plot Summary:
When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, melancholic, exciting, tense, sincere, touching, cult classic, action adventure
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Kitchen in Paris (2014)
Plot Summary:
The employees of the famous Russian "Claude Monet" restaurant are forced to move their business to Paris.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, sentimental, light, touching, melancholic
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A Dash of Love (2017)
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A young woman who dreams of opening her own restaurant lands a job at a prominent restaurant whose head chef becomes her unlikely ally when the restaurant's unscrupulous owner, a Master Chef herself, plots to return the place to its former glory by presenting her new assistant's recipes as her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining
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A Chef in Love (1996)
Plot Summary:
The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s. All is well until the arrival of the Red Army of the Caucasus, as the Soviet revolution that has swept Russian comes to Georgia. Told as a flashback from the present, as a French-Georgian man whose mother was Pascal's lover translates his memoirs for Pascal's niece.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Georgia, Ukraine, Belgium, Russia, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, stylized, feel good, serious, captivating, realistic, erotic, fairy tale, romantic, sexy
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Bakery in Brooklyn (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two young women do their best to try and save their dead aunt's bakery.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, semi serious
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Talk Back and You're Dead (2014)
Plot Summary:
A promise, a girl, and a gangster.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, touching, surprise ending, crying