Best movies like The Late Bloomer
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Plot Summary:
A sex therapist goes through puberty after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland. He experiences all the changes and effects of puberty over a three-week period.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sex comedy, light, touching, feel good, captivating, funny, romantic, sexy
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A Fine Madness (1966)
Plot Summary:
A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: retro, psychological, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, biting, crying, suspense
Similar in 78%
California Dreaming (1979)
Plot Summary:
Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes "California-ized," while learning about love and life in the Golden State.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, sentimental, sincere, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy
Similar in 83%
Home Again (2017)
Plot Summary:
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny, light, neurotic, crying, freeze frame, romantic drama
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Bad Johnson (2014)
Plot Summary:
Women are practically throwing themselves at Rich and he can’t seem to control himself. But he continually blames his penis, which seems to have a mind of its own. After ruining yet another promising relationship with Jamie, Rich has finally had enough and wishes his penis would just leave him alone. The next morning, Rich wakes up to find his wish has come true and his johnson is no longer on his body. Even worse, Rich is shocked to discover that his penis has taken human form.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, independent film, sexy, light, absurd, teen, happy, action adventure, offbeat
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Booked Out (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ailidh (Mirren Burke) has two loves in this world: spying on her neighbours and writing graphic novels. The arrival of Jacob (Rollo Weeks - Girl with a Pearl Earring), inspires Ailidh and she soon begins conjuring up increasingly elaborate plans to bump into him. Upstairs, Mrs Nicholls (Sylvia Syms - The Queen) provides Ailidh with a perfect opportunity and she soon has Jacob teaching Mrs Nicholls dead husband French. Unfortunately, Ailidh's romantic endeavours are disrupted when she realises she isn't the only girl in Jacob's life. Featuring compelling performances from an exceptional cast of actors, the debut feature from Bryan O'Neil is a funny, unique and heart-warming story of love, life and moving on.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, crying, independent film
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Sex Ed (2014)
Plot Summary:
Eddie lands his first teaching gig at an inner city middle school and finds his highly pubescent pupils are receiving no form of sexual education. Eddie isn't really equipped to teach them...he's not exactly experienced romantically.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, not serious, sexy, funny, light, social, non fiction, relaxing, feel good
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Walking and Talking (1996)
Plot Summary:
Things have been tough lately for Amelia. Her best friend moved out of the apartment, her cat got cancer, and now her best friend, Laura, is getting married. She copes with things, from the help of Andrew, Frank, Laura, and a brief romance with Bill "The Ugly Guy".
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, romantic, independent film, clever, realistic, witty, emotional, entertaining, erotic
Similar in 87%
Lemon Popsicle (1978)
Plot Summary:
Bentzi, Momo, and Yuda'leh are three teenage boys growing up in 1950's Israel, which is not much different from 1950's America if you believe what you see in the film. Of course they are obsessed with one thing - sex. Bentzi is interested in the beautiful Nili, but she prefers his friend Momo.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, sexy, touching, cult classic, crying, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Out Of My League (2020)
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: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, crying
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Class (1983)
Plot Summary:
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, erotic, sexy, sexual, touching, entertaining, scenic, independent film, sentimental
Similar in 81%
The Sessions (2012)
Plot Summary:
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Green (Helen Hunt) to lose his virginity.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, sexy, compassionate, erotic, humorous, sentimental, feel good, sincere, inspirational, realistic
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, teen, sentimental, touching, humorous, funny, light, captivating, entertaining
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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mike and Dave are young, adventurous, fun-loving brothers who tend to get out of control at family gatherings. When their sister Jeanie reveals her Hawaiian wedding plans, the rest of the Stangles insist that the brothers bring respectable dates. After placing an ad on Craigslist, the siblings decide to pick Tatiana and Alice, two charming and seemingly normal women. Once they arrive on the island, however, Mike and Dave realize that their companions are ready to get wild and party.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sex comedy, romantic, hilarious, absurd, entertaining, ironic, romantic comedy, crying
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40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
Plot Summary:
Matt Sullivan's last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that time of year when everybody gives something up. That's when Matt decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsoever. For 40 straight days. At first he has everything under control. That is until the woman of his dreams, Erica, walks into his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, humorous, light, romantic, romantic comedy, teen, erotic, funny, realistic
Similar in 79%
Just Married (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney fall in love and plan to get married, despite opposition from Sarah's uptight, rich family. When they do get married, and get a chance to prove Sarah's family wrong, they go on a European honeymoon and run into disaster after disaster. They have to decide whether the honeymoon from hell and a few pre-marital mistakes are worth throwing away their love and marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, romantic, sexy, romantic comedy, hilarious, semi serious, light, entertaining
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The To Do List (2013)
Plot Summary:
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, teen, teen sex comedy, sexual, funny, erotic, sex comedy, semi serious, witty
Similar in 81%
Love & Other Drugs (2010)
Plot Summary:
Maggie, an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 219000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, sexual, emotional, funny, sweet, romantic comedy, sex comedy, erotic, cute
Similar in 87%
Spread (2009)
Plot Summary:
In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house overlooks L.A., is sweet, although it's unclear how long she'll put up with him. Then Nikki meets Heather, a waitress. Is the player being played, or might this be love? What will Nikki discover?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, romantic, sentimental, teen, psychological, captivating, cynical, sex comedy, light
Similar in 88%
No Strings Attached (2011)
Plot Summary:
Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 241000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, sweet, light, funny, sexual, sex comedy, entertaining, romantic comedy, humorous
Similar in 89%
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous Snow in Hawaii, but also Sarah Marshall.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 299000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, sexy, funny, romantic, sex comedy, humorous, romantic comedy, hilarious, light, teen
Similar in 80%
How to Be Single (2016)
Plot Summary:
New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, humorous, sexy, funny, teen, semi serious, sweet, touching, feel good
Similar in 75%
Adventureland (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 166000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, independent film, sentimental, humorous, teen, realistic, melancholic, feel good, sex comedy
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The Girl Next Door (2004)
Plot Summary:
Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls in love with his gorgeous 19-year-old neighbor, Danielle. But Matthew's bright future is jeopardized when he finds Danielle was once a porn star. As Danielle's past catches up with her, Matthew's love for her forces him to re-evaluate his goals.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 236000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, teen sex comedy, romantic, teen, sexual, romantic comedy, feel good, funny, hilarious
Similar in 77%
The Last American Virgin (1982)
Plot Summary:
The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexual, sexy, touching, melancholic, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, erotic
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Drive Me Crazy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial celebration, Nicole and Chase find that the one they always wanted was closer than they ever thought.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, sexy, teen, light, humorous, romantic comedy, relaxing, realistic, semi serious
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Uptown Girls (2003)
Plot Summary:
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray, the oft ignored daughter of a music executive she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, feel good, funny, inspirational, sweet, teen, sentimental, light, emotional
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Failure to Launch (2006)
Plot Summary:
Tripp, an attractive man in his thirties, is still living with his parents Al and Sue. Tripp's best friends Demo and Ace are also still living in their parents' homes and seem proud of it. Al and Sue are not happy, however, and are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to arrange the matter and couldn't be happier with the result.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, entertaining, romantic comedy, light, funny, humorous, sentimental, cute, teen
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That Awkward Moment (2014)
Plot Summary:
Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to have fun and avoid commitment. However, when all three find themselves involved in serious relationships, they must keep their romances secret from one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, not serious, humorous, teen, sexy, funny, light, feel good, entertaining, sex comedy
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The Wackness (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctors daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, independent film, humorous, semi serious, cult classic, funny, light, psychedelic, feel good
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Flipped (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, feel good, romantic, emotional, sentimental, realistic, romantic comedy, teen, cute