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Plot Summary:
Two women, one (Cameron Diaz) from America and one (Kate Winslet) from Britain, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man (Jude Law, Jack Black) but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 311000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, sentimental, light, touching, humorous, romantic comedy, cute, funny
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My Life in Ruins (2009)
Plot Summary:
A Greek tour guide named Georgia attempts to recapture her kefi (Greek for mojo) by guiding a ragtag group of tourists around Greece and showing them the beauty of her native land. Along the way, she manages to open their eyes to the wonders of an exotic foreign land while beginning to see the world through a new set of eyes in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, light, humorous, sweet, entertaining, romantic comedy, inspirational, sentimental, teen
Similar in 76%
Music and Lyrics (2007)
Plot Summary:
A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, romantic comedy, romantic, sweet, cute, lyrical, semi serious, teen, sentimental
Similar in 83%
Because I Said So (2007)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, funny, entertaining, cute, sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy, teen
Similar in 82%
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
Plot Summary:
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, romantic, sweet, light, entertaining, witty, touching, sentimental, semi serious
Similar in 75%
The Other Woman (2014)
Plot Summary:
After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, romantic, sexy, teen, romantic comedy, sweet, absurd
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Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping-a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door-until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, cute, teen, entertaining, happy, sweet, psychological
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It's Complicated (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her life – just when she thought she had it all figured out.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, light, romantic, humorous, witty, funny, entertaining, romantic comedy, sex comedy
Similar in 81%
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Plot Summary:
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother, Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, romantic comedy, light, touching, intense, humorous, funny, romantic drama
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Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Plot Summary:
A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 258000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, sweet, romantic, funny, sentimental, witty, romantic comedy, touching, realistic
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Love Actually (2003)
Plot Summary:
Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in – and out – of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 515000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, sentimental, touching, sweet, romantic comedy, funny, humorous, happy, light
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While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Plot Summary:
A love story built on a misunderstanding. A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off the tracks after he's mugged. But while he's in a coma, his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, light, sentimental, feel good, romantic comedy, cute, touching, witty, heartbreaking
Similar in 81%
The Wedding Planner (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mary Fiore, San Francisco's premiere wedding planner is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client, wealthy Fran Donnolly. As Mary continues making the wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, sentimental, cute, humorous, feel good, entertaining, sincere, captivating
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The Family Stone (2005)
Plot Summary:
An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, touching, entertaining, humorous, funny, light, romantic, sweet, romantic comedy
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Must Love Dogs (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, stylized, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching, light, entertaining, humorous
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Something Borrowed (2011)
Plot Summary:
Though Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) is a successful attorney and a loyal, generous friend, she is still single. After one drink too many at her 30th-birthday celebration, Rachel unexpectedly falls into bed with her longtime crush, Dex -- who happens to be engaged to her best friend, Darcy (Kate Hudson). Ramifications of the liaison threaten to destroy the women's lifelong friendship, while Ethan (John Krasinski), Rachel's confidant, harbors a potentially explosive secret of his own.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, feel good, sexy, light, entertaining, funny, semi serious, sentimental, humorous
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Leap Year (2010)
Plot Summary:
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, touching, sexy, funny, sentimental, light, romantic comedy, humorous
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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young boy who tries to set his dad up on a date after the death of his mother. He calls into a radio station to talk about his dad’s loneliness which soon leads the dad into meeting a Journalist Annie who flies to Seattle to write a story about the boy and his dad. Yet Annie ends up with more than just a story in this popular romantic comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 187000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational, light, romantic comedy, funny, sweet, emotional
Similar in 89%
Pretty Woman (1990)
Plot Summary:
When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood sex worker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 348000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, sweet, sentimental, romantic comedy, inspirational, cute, teen, funny, light
Similar in 89%
27 Dresses (2008)
Plot Summary:
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet, cute, sentimental, funny, teen, humorous
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Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Plot Summary:
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, funny, romantic comedy, cute, feel good, entertaining, witty, sentimental
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Notting Hill (1999)
Plot Summary:
William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 334000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, touching, light, romantic comedy, sentimental, sweet, humorous, sexy, cute
Similar in 87%
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Plot Summary:
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, scenic, feel good, romantic comedy, teen, cute, sweet, semi serious, heartbreaking
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The Proposal (2009)
Plot Summary:
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 349000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, light, sweet, funny, romantic comedy, witty, sexy, cute, hilarious
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The Wedding Date (2005)
Plot Summary:
With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, light, sexy, sentimental, funny, romantic comedy, realistic, witty
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The Ugly Truth (2009)
Plot Summary:
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sexy, funny, sweet, witty, romantic comedy, humorous, entertaining, teen
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Made of Honor (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her 'maid' of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, cute, teen, captivating, romantic comedy, philosophical
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Plot Summary:
An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man she can use for the experiment. Enter executive Ben Berry (Matthew McConaughey), who is so confident in his romantic prowess that he thinks he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. When Andie and Ben meet, their plans backfire.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 262000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, humorous, romantic comedy, entertaining, sweet, cute, teen, funny
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You've Got Mail (1998)
Plot Summary:
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet – both blissfully unaware that he's putting her out of business.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 226000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, touching, sentimental, light, romantic, entertaining, humorous, cute, inspirational
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Serendipity (2001)
Plot Summary:
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet, light, witty, romantic comedy, cute, teen
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Hitch (2005)
Plot Summary:
Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 331000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, funny, light, romantic comedy, sentimental, sweet, hilarious, sexy, witty