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Plot Summary:
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother in law as the king of the ambulance chasing lawyers starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, talky, cynical, melancholic, semi serious, funny, black and white, hilarious, clever
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I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
Plot Summary:
Harold Fine is a self-described square - a 35-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who's not looking forward to middle age nor his upcoming wedding. His life changes when he falls in love with Nancy, a free-spirited, innocent, and beautiful young hippie. After Harold and his family enjoy some of her "groovy" brownies, he decides to "drop out" with her and become a hippie too. But can he return to his old life when he discovers that the hippie lifestyle is just a little too independent and irresponsible for his tastes?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, parody, funny, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Haggard (2003)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story about Ryan Dunn (played by himself) and his ex-girlfriend Glauren and how she cheated on him. After the break up Glauren is rumored to have been hooking up with heavy metal Hellboy. Ryan enlists the help of his friends Valo and Falcone to find out the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, cynical, semi serious, funny, surreal, sex comedy, independent film, offbeat, biting
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A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Plot Summary:
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, sexy, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic, sex comedy, sketch comedy, hot
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Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Plot Summary:
A jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife, Zelda, away for the night while he tries to sell a song to a famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: clever, witty, biting, retro, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, sex comedy, tense
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Buddy Buddy (1981)
Plot Summary:
Buddy Buddy is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder that stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss and Klaus Kinski. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the 1973 French language film L'Emmerdeur, which screenwriter Francis Veber had adapted from his play Le contrat. The film proved to be the last directed by Wilder.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, vintage, remake of french film
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Waking Up in Reno (2002)
Plot Summary:
Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair. But that's about to change, because this foursome is driving cross-country and headed for some big surprises.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, talky, semi serious, witty, romantic comedy, offbeat, realistic, independent film, light
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Avanti! (1972)
Plot Summary:
A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, romantic, witty, touching, realistic, semi serious, funny, clever, dark comedy
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The Front Page (1974)
Plot Summary:
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: talky, light, humorous, hilarious, witty, captivating, period piece, cult classic, independent film, realistic
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Trial and Error (1997)
Plot Summary:
An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, melancholic, talky, feel good, not serious, romantic comedy, realistic, witty, independent film
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A New Leaf (1971)
Plot Summary:
Henry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to avoid climbing down the social ladder.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, light, neo noir, grim, comedy drama, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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The Odd Couple II (1998)
Plot Summary:
30 years after the first film, Oscar and Felix embark on a road trip together, to attend the wedding of Oscar's son to Felix's daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, slapstick, feel good, realistic, witty, not serious, semi serious, buddy comedy, funny
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Coming & Going (2011)
Plot Summary:
Coming & Going is an irreverent romantic comedy that poses the question: How far would you go to capture the heart of the one you love? Lee (Rhys Darby) is a young, skilled OBGYN who lacks confidence when it comes to talking to women outside his successful medical practice. A minor injury temporarily lands him in a wheelchair and it is at that precise time that he meets his dream girl Alex (Sasha Alexander). Convinced she's only paid attention to him because he's in that chair, he stays in it to win her affections well after his injury has healed. Coming & Going is about love and the extreme things people do for it.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 745
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, light, feel good, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Seems Like Old Times (1980)
Plot Summary:
Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex, Glenda. She is a public defender remarried to a prosecutor, and we get a houseful of hijinks.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, sweet, entertaining, melancholic, feel good, realistic, semi serious, romantic, witty, funny
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Out to Sea (1997)
Plot Summary:
Care-free Charlie (Walter Matthau) cons his widower brother-in-law Herb (Jack Lemmon) into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, talky, melancholic, semi serious, funny, hilarious, inspirational, realistic
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The Odd Couple (1968)
Plot Summary:
Felix Ungar has just broken up with his wife. Despondent, he goes to kill himself but is saved by his friend Oscar Madison. With nowhere else to go, Felix is urged by Oscar to move in with him, at least for a while. The only problem is that Felix is neat, tidy, and neurotic, whereas Oscar is slovenly and casual.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, atmospheric, hilarious, clever, feel good, humorous, witty, sweet, minimal cast, intelligent
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I.Q. (1994)
Plot Summary:
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, sweet, romantic, funny, light, realistic, humorous, semi serious, clever
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Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
Plot Summary:
Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal and a woman they both adore, Lyla. The trio stumble through mandatory but seemingly unfulfilling entanglements, at weddings, funerals, hospitals, eateries, divorce courts and the tool shed. A deadpan fable about time sneaking up on and swerving right around us.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: surreal, witty, humorous, talky, stylized, not serious, mumblecore, funny, existential, offbeat
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The April Fools (1969)
Plot Summary:
Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy Company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married - to the boss. They spend an innocent night in New York becoming more and more attracted to each other, so that when Catherine announces she intends to leave her husband and return to Paris Howard asks to go along too. In the cold light of morning problems and pressures from spouses crowd in.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, neo screwball comedy
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Cactus Flower (1969)
Plot Summary:
Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston reconsiders marrying Toni, but he worries about her insistence on honesty. Having fabricated a wife and three children, Julian readily accepts when his devoted nurse, Stephanie, who has secretly loved Julian for years, offers to act as his wife and demand a divorce.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, humorous, witty, funny, feel good, semi serious, realistic, sweet, intense
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Modern Romance (1981)
Plot Summary:
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, funny, disturbing, intense, realistic, semi serious, clever, witty, talky
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Grumpier Old Men (1995)
Plot Summary:
A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming the locals who worry she'll scare the fish away. But she's less interested in seafood than she is in cooking up a hot time with Max.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, melancholic, hilarious, suspense, feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, sad, clever
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The War of the Roses (1989)
Plot Summary:
The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, psychological, satirical, cynical, humorous, funny, bad ending, clever, stylized
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The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Plot Summary:
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature the reunion this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again for the show.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, witty, talky, touching, realistic, semi serious, biting, sketch comedy, clever
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The Night We Never Met (1993)
Plot Summary:
Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy, and basic hygine. Such is his discomfort with his living arrangements that he agrees to share the occupancy of another flat: he gets two nights a week, the owner (a sleazy frat-boy yuppie named Brian, soon to be married) and Ellen (a would-be painter seeking relief from her boring marriage) each get their seperate nights in the flat. Things go extremely well until Sam and Brian swap nights without telling Ellen, who attributes the "nice" things that happen around the place to the slob Brian, while berating the responsible Sam for his hedonistic lifestyle.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: offbeat, clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Plot Summary:
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks. Will this love triangle destroy the two old grumps? Or will the geriatric odd couple overcome their differences and rediscover their friendship?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, light, hilarious, sentimental, touching, humorous, entertaining, dark comedy, romantic comedy
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Mr. Wonderful (1993)
Plot Summary:
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfill a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, independent film, sentimental, light, romantic, surprise ending
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Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Plot Summary:
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, witty, funny, entertaining, humorous, dark comedy, satirical, sexy, light
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Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by his fiancée (who dumped him), a man publishes a break-up handbook for men, becoming a bestselling author in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, romantic, entertaining, melancholic, talky, stylized, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
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The Wedding Ringer (2015)
Plot Summary:
Doug Harris is a loveable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams, Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan, owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. What ensues is a hilarious wedding charade as they try to pull off the big con, and an unexpected budding bromance between Doug and his fake best man Jimmy.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, humorous, funny, not serious, witty, absurd, hilarious, light, black comedy
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Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Plot Summary:
A mild mannered film critic is dumped by his wife and his ego is crushed. His hero persona is the tough guy played by Humphrey Bogart in many of his movies and the apparition of Bogart begins showing up to give him advice. With the encouragement of his two married friends, he actually tries dating again, with less than satisfactory results, until he relaxes.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, witty, talky, parody, scary, sad, neurotic, sex comedy, existential