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Plot Summary:
A suicidal tuba player hires a hit-man to rub him out...but the next day he falls in love.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Beauty and the Billionaire (2022)
Plot Summary:
Addison travels with a picky billionaire as an assistant in her brother's place so he doesn't lose his job. She clashes with the billionaire until both start to see more in each other than they thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Life Goes On (1981)
Plot Summary:
Jeanne, mother of two children, loses her husband. She meets Pierre, abandoned by his wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Inside Out II (1992)
Plot Summary:
Playboy does to softcore sex films what HBO's Tales from the Crypt did for horror. Contains the stories: "Mis-apprehended"; "I've Got A Crush On You"; "The Freak"; "There's This Travelling Salesman, See"; "Double Vision"; "Busty Gusty and her Twin 50's"; "Some Guys Have All The Luck"; "The Hitchhiker"; and "The Right Number".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, mockumentary
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God, Sex & Apple Pie (1998)
Plot Summary:
A stockbroker caught in a scandal. A television reporter nailed by his own breaking news. A kinky lawyer seeking a new position. A beautiful model in love with sex. A tortured musician. A postman on the verge. Nine friends rendezvous at a resort town for a holiday weekend of partying and fun. With crimes and misdemeanors lurking in the background, they've come to escape everything. But as they cool off and kick back, all hell breaks loose in this sexy comedy/drama.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Things I Never Told You (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ann and Don are two people caught in a somber existence who cross paths by accident and whose only true ambition is to care and feel.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, independent film, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, masterpiece
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The Sweet Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kenny is an ice cream vendor in Chicago with a crisp white uniform and an apathetic heart. When he encounters Lolita, a sharp-tongued but despondent insurance actuary, their heated conversation, natural spark and mutual hopelessness lead to an unusual proposal for a meet-cute: to travel to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge together.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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The Seagull (2018)
Plot Summary:
At a picturesque lakeside estate, a love triangle unfolds between the legendary diva Irina, her lover Boris, and the ingénue Nina.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, melancholic, sweet, period drama
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The Mistletoe Inn (2017)
Plot Summary:
When aspiring romance novelist Kim Rossi is unceremoniously dumped by her soon-to-be-published romance novelist boyfriend, Kim takes stock and decides to take a leap. She signs up for a romance writing retreat at a quaint Vermont Inn shortly before Christmas, where a top romance novelist is scheduled to attend and read the work of one lucky writer. Shortly after arriving, she crosses paths with Zeke, whom she initially finds to be intrusive and, naturally, ends up being her assignment partner. Worse yet, her ex is also at the retreat. Despite these bumps in the road, Kim steps outside her comfort zone and plunges into the writing exercises, surprising herself. Equally unexpected is the attraction that seems to be building between her and Zeke that promises to take her down a road she never imagined traveling. Based on the book by Richard Paul Evans.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional
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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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Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
Plot Summary:
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back), William suddenly discovers reasons to live... However Leslie is under pressure from his boss to make sure the contract is completed.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, ironic, light, feel good, absurd, cynical, black comedy, action comedy
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Punjabi House (1998)
Plot Summary:
Unni (Dileep) has many debts and no way to repay them. He decides to commit suicide so that his parents can use the insurance money to repay the debts, but he is saved by a fisherman named Gangadharan (Cochin Haneefa) and his employee Ramanan (Harisree Ashokan). When they notice Unni drowning, Unni pretends to be deaf and mute so that they will not understand the truth. Gangadharan has a debt of his own, to a Punjabi family of money lenders who have settled in Kerala. He asks Unni and Ramanan to work at their home until he can repay it. There Unni meets a Punjabi girl named Pooja (Mohini), who is partially deaf and completely mute. They fall in love and decide to get married. Unni's family finds out that he is not dead and they come to see him with his old girlfriend Sujatha (Jomol), who allows Unni to marry Pooja.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: crying, weeping
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Let It Snow (1999)
Plot Summary:
Our two young lovers meet on a series of snowy days in high school. Years later they reconnect in Manhattan, but life is more complicated. Sarah sleeps with her beeper. James goes to "open-mike therapy". As Sarah plans her wedding to someone else, James prays for snow and a second chance at first love.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, sincere, clever, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, contemplative, talky
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Angel's Dance (1999)
Plot Summary:
A young hitman is asked to prove himself by killing an innocent woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending, tense, captivating, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, cult film
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Entanglement (2017)
Plot Summary:
While recovering from a suicide attempt, Ben Layten accidentally falls in love with a girl who was very nearly, almost his sister - and then things start to get weird.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 845
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, touching, emotional, melancholic, intense, romantic, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Christmas Incorporated (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sometimes, life just seems to hand you exactly what you need – particularly at Christmastime. Riley is scraping bottom when she miraculously lands a job with a wealthy New York City entrepreneur. He’s a bad-boy socialite type who is poised to play Scrooge by closing one of his factories just before Christmas, which would devastate an entire town. It’s left to Riley to talk him out of it and turn him into a man of virtue rather than shame.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, cute
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A Husband for Christmas (2016)
Plot Summary:
Brooke and Roger, two graphic designers in a soon-to-be-merged company, help one another by agreeing to a loveless marriage of convenience, suggested by their new boss. In the process, Brooke gets to upstage the sister who just announced her engagement to Brooke's ex-boyfriend during the holidays. But, with their “marriage” in question, will Brooke and Roger find a spark they didn’t know existed?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Night Owls (2015)
Plot Summary:
After workaholic Kevin has a drunken one night stand with the beautiful train-wreck Madeline, he's horrified to discover that she's actually his boss' jilted ex-mistress. When she takes a bottle of sleeping pills, Kevin is forced to keep her awake... and over the course of the night the two begin to fall for each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, dark comedy, whimsical
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Nothing in Common (1986)
Plot Summary:
On his way up the corporate ladder, David Basner confronts his greatest challenge: his father.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: weeping, sentimental, clever, touching, talky, cult classic, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Last Life in the Universe (2003)
Plot Summary:
An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his lifeless apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of Nid, seconds before he was about to jump off a bridge. This brings him in contact with Nid's elder sister Noi - these two lost and lonely souls help each other find the meaning to their meaningless existences.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand, Japan, Netherlands
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, lyrical, psychological, serious, art house, dark comedy, romantic, captivating, independent film
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According to Greta (2009)
Plot Summary:
Greta is a waitress who falls for an ambitious cook at the restaurant where they work. But as their summer romance heats up, she has to overcome the concerns of her grandparents about her boyfriend's criminal past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, teen, touching, psychological, romantic, thought provoking, social, emotional, independent film
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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
Plot Summary:
The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, UK, Sweden, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, offbeat, clever, realistic, semi serious
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A Night of Love (1988)
Plot Summary:
In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small, it's neither as quiet nor as safe as it's expected to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: political, sex comedy, grindhouse, independent film, sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
Plot Summary:
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, melancholic, emotional, intense, sincere, controversial, erotic, surreal, neurotic
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The Story of Us (1999)
Plot Summary:
Ben and Katie Jordan are a married couple who go through hard times in fifteen years of marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, romantic, sweet, emotional, semi serious, touching, humorous, inspirational, weeping
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It Runs in the Family (2003)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, touching, talky, epic, realistic, crying, romantic
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The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Plot Summary:
Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: depressing, melancholic, psychological, dark comedy, emotional, sincere, touching, realistic, indie film, stylized
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Harold and Maude (1971)
Plot Summary:
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, feel good, touching, offbeat, funny, inspirational, depressing, existential, spiritual
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Charlie Bartlett (2007)
Plot Summary:
Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most popular guys in school by doling out advice and, occasionally, medication, to the student body.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: teen, entertaining, independent film, sentimental, cynical, funny, feel good, indie film, clever, witty
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Bulworth (1998)
Plot Summary:
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: political, humorous, witty, funny, thought provoking, controversial, clever, biting, dark comedy, spiritual
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It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Plot Summary:
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, independent film, funny, feel good, humorous, teen, sweet, visually appealing, semi serious