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Plot Summary:
A story told from three angles. Max meets Elizabeth; they live together, but when she talks of marriage, he balks. He becomes extremely jealous, probably without cause, and thinks she's taken up with a friend of his, Jack. Elizabeth, stung by Max's refusal to marry, catches Jack's eye, but the friendship seems innocent. Lena, who works with Max, likes him and realizes she can manipulate his jealousy and maybe engineer his split from Elizabeth. When she's sure Elizabeth is with a man, she calls Max at work, sending him home to confront the lovers. Then, Lena feels guilty and takes off for Max's apartment. What's really going on? Who's with Elizabeth?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, romantic comedy, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Loving Jezebel (1999)
Plot Summary:
A man is cursed with falling in love with other men's women.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Mr. Fix It (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lance Valenteen (David Boreanaz) makes a living as "Mr. Fix It," a man who gets hired by men that have just recently been dumped by their girlfriend. Lance dates the guys' ex-girlfriend and becomes the worst date possible, sending the girl back into her ex-boyfriends arms. But when Lance gets hired by Bill Smith (Pat Healy) to get Sophia Fiori (Alana De La Garza) back, Lance, for the first time, starts falling for one of his marks.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious
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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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Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)
Plot Summary:
"Muffin Top: A Love Story" is the story of Suzanne (Cathryn Michon) a Women's Studies Pop Culture professor at Malibu University, who studies images of women in the media for a living, and yet is made insecure by the constant parade of female perfection that is our airbrushed culture. She has been going through IVF treatments to get pregnant by her network executive husband (Diedrich Bader), but discovers on her birthday, that her husband has knocked up his younger, skinnier, co-worker (Haylie Duff) and wants a divorce. Happy Birthday! She goes on to find a more authentic version of who she really is, despite the delights of being suddenly single in Los Angeles, where low self-esteem for women is our number one export to the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 754
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, independent film
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A Smile Like Yours (1997)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a couple who cannot conceive a baby.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: melancholic, intense, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic
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My First Wedding (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young lady about to get married realizes that she has a problem: she fantasizes about every man she sees. She goes to confess at church but unknowingly confesses to a young man who is not a priest. He agrees to help her, but falls in love with her along the way. Unfortunately she still thinks he is a priest.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, melancholic, romantic, romantic comedy, exciting
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The Third Wheel (2002)
Plot Summary:
The clumsy and shy Stanley is a nice fellow, beloved by his colleagues in the office. He has a crush on the gorgeous new-hire Diana, but he has difficulties to get close to her. When Stanley finally invites Diana for a date, he hits the homeless Phil with his Taurus, and his planned night turns upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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The Shrink Is In (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young woman impersonates a shrink to win over her Prince Charming.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, realistic
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Love Is All There Is (1996)
Plot Summary:
The Malacicis, a hard-working Italian family recently immigrated from Florence, open a fancy restaurant in the Bronx, N.Y., drawing the ire of another clan. Mike and Sadie Capomezzo, equally hard-working Sicilian caterers from the area, find they cannot stand Piero and Maria Malacici. But things get complicated when the Malacicis' daughter, Gina, and the Capomezzos' son, Rosario, fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: spectacular, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, erotic, psychological, romantic, sexy, thought provoking
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Hairshirt (1998)
Plot Summary:
Danny Reilly (Dean Paras) is a self-obsessed man who, after dumping Renee Weber (Neve Campbell), falls in love again with Corey Wells (Katie Wright). But Renee makes it her mission to see that Danny never falls in love again and sets out for attack when he falls for Corey. Who will get the girl when Danny's constantly talking roomie Tim (Stefan Brogren) falls in love with Corey too?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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Ed's Next Move (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ed lives in Wisconsin. He's just been dumped by his girlfriend, so he moves to New York City for a big change...but will he ever find love again? He loves his new job studying the genetics of different strains of rice. Then Ed meets Lee, a quirky singer. She's just what Ed thinks he's looking for, and she's available...or is she?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, talky, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, inspirational, romantic
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Worth Winning (1989)
Plot Summary:
Taylor is a man who has no problems with women. So confident is he that he accepts a challenge from his friends: he has to secure proposals of marriage from three women of their choice.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, melancholic, talky, feel good, semi serious, humorous, witty, romantic comedy, realistic, sex comedy
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Nice Guys Sleep Alone (1999)
Plot Summary:
Carter (O'Bryan) wonders if he's ever going to find a woman who wants to be more than "just friends." His conniving best friend Pat and beautiful step-sister Erin (Vanessa Marcil) both know what's causing the problem: He's too nice! Having never taken them seriously in the past, Carter reconsiders when he meets Maggie (Sybil Temchen), a woman he feels just might be the one. Could it be time for this nice guy to finally start playing games? Set among the gorgeous backdrop of Kentucky horse country, "Nice Guys Sleep Alone" is a hilarious, touching and thoughtful romantic comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Mr. Jealousy (1997)
Plot Summary:
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he discovers that her most recent ex is successful novelist Dashiell Frank. Lester begins attending the same group therapy sessions as Dashiell to learn about Ramona's past with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, witty, talky, realistic, semi serious, funny, romantic, sexy
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Cake (2005)
Plot Summary:
A travel writer improves her love life when she becomes an editor for her father's wedding magazine.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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The Man On Her Mind (2014)
Plot Summary:
Nellie is a seemingly prim young woman who is conducting a clandestine affair with Jack, a super-suave, fast-talking lawyer. It doesn't matter that the pair seems mismatched because Jack doesn't really exist; he is a figment of Nellie’s imagination--someone she dreamed up out of bits and pieces of Leonard, a somewhat bland man with whom she had a blind date months earlier. Meanwhile, we meet Leonard, and learn that he too has an imaginary lover, whom he has fashioned after the attractive attributes of Nellie. When the two characters come together again, they are forced to compare and contrast their ideal—but, sadly, nonexistent--partners, with their flesh and blood counterparts. The question is, will Nellie choose the man on her mind over the man in her arms?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, entertaining, offbeat, independent film
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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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Never Again (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman who have pledged never to fall in love again meet in a gay bar.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, witty, semi serious, romantic, independent film, romantic comedy, realistic
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How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)
Plot Summary:
A self-proclaimed dating expert tries to get his best friend, who lost his wife two years earlier, back into the dating scene, with disastrous results.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, independent film, realistic, semi serious
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BachelorMan (2003)
Plot Summary:
In these times of enlightened sexual politics, Ted Davis is a scoring machine. He's got the rap, the charm and his little black book weighs several pounds. Ted has become a guru to his buddies who can only aspire in awe to his greatness. This is a man's man, a ladies man, a super-hero: He's Ted Davis: "BachelorMan".
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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When Harry Tries to Marry (2011)
Plot Summary:
An Indian-American surprises his family when he announces his desire for an arranged marriage with an Indian woman, though his affection for a longtime American friend complicate his plan.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, independent film, intercultural, inter cultural
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Just a Kiss (2002)
Plot Summary:
A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, clever, offbeat, talky, independent film
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Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)
Plot Summary:
The romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 725
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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Perfect Combination (2010)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a fairly successful young black man, just shy of 30 years old, who decided he needs to be less of a workaholic and meet and date women, with marriage and family as a goal.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, touching, realistic, sexual
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Pipe Dream (2002)
Plot Summary:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, clever, semi serious, independent film
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The Break-Up Artist (2009)
Plot Summary:
A woman who gets paid to break people up is forced to become a matchmaker when some new competition muscles her out of the break-up business. Now, in order to save her company (and keep her high-priced wardrobe) she'll have to rely on her old nemesis: love.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, teen, romantic drama
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I Hate Valentine's Day (2009)
Plot Summary:
A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateur in town.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sincere, sweet, touching, romantic comedy, exciting
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Darling Trap (2014)
Plot Summary:
Clémence is pathologically jealous. Gabriel has asked her to marry him. To test whether he is faithful, unbeknownst to him she arranges that he crosses paths with beautiful Olivia.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious
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Black Coffee (2014)
Plot Summary:
Robert picked the wrong time to meet his soul mate! After being fired from his own father's company, he feels like his luck has run out - until Morgan enters into his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, feel good, captivating, light, erotic, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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A Couch in New York (1996)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Both don't know each other and both find themselves deeply involved into the social settings of the other, because the decision to change their flats is made overnight. Could be the perfect amusement, but suddenly Henry finds himself beaten up by Beatrice' lover and Beatrice is considered to be Dr. Harriston's substitute by his clients.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sweet, melancholic, light, feel good, humorous, clever, witty, offbeat, realistic, semi serious