Best movies like Why Did I Get Married?
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Plot Summary:
The film is about the difficulty of maintaining a solid relationship in modern times. Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their annual week-long reunion, but the mood shifts when one couple's infidelity comes to light. Secrets are revealed and each couple begins to question their own marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: melancholic, sentimental, realistic, humorous, talky, semi serious, touching, christian film, black comedy, hood
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Nothing to Hide (2018)
Plot Summary:
To spice up a dinner party, old friends agree to share every private message that pops up on their phones -- with disastrous results.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, captivating, disturbing, talky, powerful, twisted, twist ending
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Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
Plot Summary:
At long last, Madea returns to the big screen in TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL. This time America's favorite irreverent, pistol-packin' grandmomma is raising hell behind bars and lobbying for her freedom...Hallelujer!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, christian film, black comedy, teen, happy, black cinema, adaptation directed by original author
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I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, uplifting, sad, black comedy, crying, black cinema
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charles McCarter and his wife Helen are about to celebrate their 18th-wedding anniversary when Helen comes home to find her clothes packed up in a U-Haul van parked in the driveway. Charles is divorcing Her. Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, an old woman who doesn't take any lip from anyone. Madea helps Helen through these tough times by showing her what is really important in life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: emotional, humorous, entertaining, inspirational, intense, sentimental, funny, light, thought provoking, sad
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Meet the Browns (2008)
Plot Summary:
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street.But when she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met.Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral. But nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed...and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.The story is adapted by Tyler Perry from his stage play "Meet the Browns." Perry will portray Madea and Uncle Joe in the film.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, not serious, uplifting, black comedy, romantic comedy, independent film, black cinema, adaptation directed by original author
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The Family That Preys (2008)
Plot Summary:
Alice Pratt, a hard working Christian woman, raised her two daughters while managing a simple diner of her own. Her snobbish and arrogant daughter Andrea graduated in Economic Science and works in a construction corporation while her sister Pam stayed with Alice and worked in the diner. Andrea is married to construction worker Chris, who works in the same corporation as his wife but dreams of starting up his own business. However she is being unfaithful to him - with their boss William Cartwright. William is the son of Alice's best friend, the wealthy Charlotte Cartwright. While Alice travels with Charlotte on a road trip, the ambition and infidelity of William triggers a series of events that will affect relationships in both families.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, crying, black cinema
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Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Plot Summary:
Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty and Julia couldn't be less alike, but a flame is ignited...touching off a firestorm of love and conflict.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, touching, feel good, hood, erotic, christian film, romantic, independent film, emotional
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Good Deeds (2012)
Plot Summary:
Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, semi serious, romantic, black comedy, romantic drama, humorous, realistic
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Perfect Strangers (2016)
Plot Summary:
During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever text message or phone call they will receive during the evening - and all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, surprise ending, clever, captivating, talky, motivational, funny, philosophical, serious
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Sam the Man (2001)
Plot Summary:
Before he broke out with the J.D. Salinger-esque Tadpole in 2002, producer-turned-director Gary Winick filmed this little-seen relationship drama. Fisher Stevens stars as the title character, a writer with one novel under his belt who can't seem to deliver the follow-up. Instead, he spends his time compulsively cheating on his photographer girlfriend, Cass (Annabella Sciorra); giving the runaround to his agent, Richard (Ron Rifkin); and trying to keep his landlord, Murray (Luis Guzman), at bay.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sentimental, sincere, humorous, realistic, suspense, independent film, clever, talky, biting
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Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)
Plot Summary:
A marriage counselor's personal and professional life becomes complicated after she enters into a relationship with one of her clients.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, serious, psychological, teen, sentimental, independent film, black cinema
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Trust the Man (2005)
Plot Summary:
Overachieving actress, Rebecca (Moore), must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad, Tom (Duchovny). While Rebecca's slacker brother, Tobey (Billy Crudup), can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal). As both relationships spin out of control, the two couples embark on a quest to rediscover the magic and romance of falling in love in New York.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, feel good, talky, philosophical, sincere, clever, touching, realistic
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Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play (2002)
Plot Summary:
Before it was a movie, it was a theatrical phenomenon! When Helen learns that her husband is leaving her for her best friend, the women in her family are ready with advice. Her devout mother preaches strength and forgiveness, while her parolee grandmother shows up with a gun! Acclaimed African-American playwright Tyler Perry dares to mix sacred and secular humor with riotous results. Experience his most famous morality tale, now a major motion picture, in its original stage format...complete with live musical numbers!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, independent film
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The Trouble with Romance (2007)
Plot Summary:
A provocative, sexy and insightful exploration of relationships between men and women and why we all still yearn for love despite the trouble with romance.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, emotional, sexy, erotic, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film, touching
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An Unmarried Woman (1978)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sentimental, psychological, touching, humorous, emotional, sincere, semi serious, retro, independent film, romantic comedy
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Bastards of Young (2013)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to adulthood! When two early-30s couples celebrate their last annual Halloween party in New York, they are confronted with sex, lies, and unspoken drama which tests their relationships and futures.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Inkwell (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, sex comedy, black comedy, independent film, sentimental, feel good, realistic, semi serious, sexy
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Darling Companion (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story of a woman who loves her dog more than her husband. And then her husband loses the dog.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, feel good, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, humorous, independent film, detective
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Dinner with Friends (2001)
Plot Summary:
A husband and wife reevaluate their marriage after their closest friends, another couple decide to split up after twelve years.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: talky, witty, sincere, realistic, clever, entertaining, stylized, romantic drama, tense, serious
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Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
Plot Summary:
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, christian film, romantic, black comedy, black cinema
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Plot Summary:
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, end as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love - even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, romantic comedy, touching, erotic, hood, feel good, humorous, realistic, talky
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Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Plot Summary:
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, sexy, sweet, melancholic, sentimental, sincere, humorous, romantic, hood, clever
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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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About Last Night (2014)
Plot Summary:
A modern reimagining of the classic romantic comedy, this contemporary version closely follows new love for two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexy, realistic, sentimental, humorous, talky, semi serious, romantic, sex comedy, black comedy, teen
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The Brothers (2001)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to come to terms with their own issues of commitment and honesty.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, melancholic, entertaining, stylized, touching, feel good, romantic comedy, talky, captivating
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Poetic Justice (1993)
Plot Summary:
In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. A mail carrier invites a few friends along for a long overnight delivery run.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: road movie, hood, touching, realistic, sentimental, sincere, serious, emotional, compassionate, erotic
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I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
Plot Summary:
Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling random women on the street to the point he takes lunch late to look at them. When old crush Nikki Tru visits his office to get a reference letter, she becomes obsessed with Cooper and they begin a complicated relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, talky, realistic, witty, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, sexual, entertaining
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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
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The Wood (1999)
Plot Summary:
In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the twenty-something trio's childhood exploits, the memories capture the mood and nostalgia of the '80s era.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, touching, hood, melancholic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, inspirational, black comedy
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Friends with Money (2006)
Plot Summary:
After she quits her lucrative job, Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her successful and wealthy friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, melancholic, stylized, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, independent film, realistic, talky, light