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Plot Summary:
Ben Singer (Matthew Broderick) is a failed childrens folk singer, a career proofreader, a less-than-extraordinary weekend dad, and perhaps the most negative man alive. Floundering in all aspects of his life, Ben's only comfort comes from regular chess games and friendly debates on game theory with his Senegalese roommate Ibou (Michael Kenneth Williams). When Ibou is suddenly struck ill, Ben's pessimistic worldview seems unequivocally confirmed. It takes an extended visit from Ibou's sister Khadi (Sanaa Lathan) for Ben to realize that cynicism may be all a matter of perspective.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, dark comedy, clever, humorous, cynical, crying
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Changing Habits (1997)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring artist runs from men as a result of an early life problem that has left her relationship with her father strained. She decides to move into a convent where troubled women receive cheap lodging in exchange for work. She finds a dirty area in the basement where she paints a mural that deals with all of her psychological problems. While some find it gaudy, others such as the mother superior realizes its potential to save the convent which is to be closed. During all this the artist starts a relationship with a man who owns an art supply shop where she shop-lifts her supplies. Written by John Sacksteder.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, sentimental, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, crying
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Amira & Sam (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sam, a soldier who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira when he visits her uncle, Bassam, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam and Sam have a special bond due to their time together in the war. Initially Amira does not trust him because he was an American soldier and her brother was killed by a bomb from American troops in the war. Sam's cousin, Charlie, asks Sam to help him with illegal hedge funds unbeknownst to Sam at the time. Amira is staying with her uncle Bassam since her father died. She sells bootlegged films on the street corner but is forced to stay with Sam after getting busted; immigration officials begin pursuing her. As the film progresses, Sam and Amira fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy, independent film
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The Landlord (1970)
Plot Summary:
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert it into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: funny, political, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, comedy drama, black cinema
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A Little Help (2010)
Plot Summary:
It's a movie for everyone whose life has been thrown off-course, out of whack, or simply not turned out the way they planned it. In other words, it's a movie for everyone, period. Set in suburban Long Island in the summer of 2002, with the psychic wounds of 9/11 still fresh, A Little Help is a story that takes a comic, searching and profoundly empathetic look at a few pivotal months in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer)-an ordinary woman whose life suddenly flies off the rails-and her heroic efforts to re-establish a sense of security and normalcy for herself and her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, romantic, romantic comedy, offbeat, independent film
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Cape of Good Hope (2004)
Plot Summary:
Mark Bamford's thought-provoking comedy explores the ever-present friction between class, race and faith in modern-day South Africa, tracing the intersection of multiple lives. A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, contemplative, crying
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I Like It Like That (1994)
Plot Summary:
Lisette and husband Chino face marital difficulties. She is fed up with the kids, while he has job troubles. His mother Rosaria hates Lisette and the neighborhood tramp has designs on Chino. Things get even worse when Chino goes to jail and Lisette gets a good job uptown. Can this marriage be saved?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, romantic drama, sentimental, touching, realistic, hispanic, road movie
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Late Marriage (2001)
Plot Summary:
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional, romantic, clever, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, crying
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The Medicine Show (2001)
Plot Summary:
A cynical young man, diagnosed with cancer, meets a brash young leukemia patient in the hospital who more than matches his distaste for IV drips and weepy sentimentality.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film, clever, offbeat, black comedy, dark comedy
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Greenberg (2010)
Plot Summary:
A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother's assistant.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, independent film, semi serious, mumblecore, sincere, realistic, talky, satirical, art house, indie film
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Cyrus (2010)
Plot Summary:
With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, dark comedy, emotional, stylized, tragicomedy, semi serious, romantic, feel good, sexy, thought provoking
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The Tao of Steve (2000)
Plot Summary:
Underachieving, overweight kindergarten teacher Dex finds a woman who forces him to reexamine his Zen-like system of seduction.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: philosophical, humorous, touching, feel good, semi serious, romantic, intellectual, romantic comedy, independent film, clever
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Barry Munday (2010)
Plot Summary:
Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital after a freak attack only to find that his testicles have been removed.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, offbeat, psychological, light, captivating, sentimental, tragicomedy, realistic, 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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David & Layla (2005)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by a true story, sparks fly when a Jew and a Muslim fall in love in New York. David (David Moscow), TV host of "Sex & Happiness", becomes smitten with the voluptuous Layla (Shiva Rose) - a mysterious, sensual dancer who turns out to be a refugee. David's reckless pursuit of Layla sets off an unveiling of the similarities and contrasts of their ancient cultures. His lust grows into love as he discovers in stunning Layla a sensitive, intelligent war survivor with a rich culture that echoes his own. But their families are dead set against their unlikely romance. Faced with deportation, Layla must choose.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, sincere, touching, witty, semi serious, independent film, slapstick comedy, neo screwball comedy
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Middle of Nowhere (2008)
Plot Summary:
The film follows Grace, a young woman whose irresponsible mother blows her college fund on her younger sister's beauty pageant campaign.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, indie film, psychological, feel good, disturbing, independent film
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Spooner (2009)
Plot Summary:
Facing eviction from his parent's home on his 30th birthday, a socially awkward guy meets the girl of his dreams and creates his own rules for growing up.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, independent film
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American Fusion (2005)
Plot Summary:
Yvonne is a divorced middle-aged Chinese immigrant who thinks her life is over, and she is doomed to spend the rest of her days as a slave to her large and eccentric family. Suddenly, romance enters her life and Yvonne gets a long deferred chance for true love. However, she falls for the last person a Chinese family would ever accept, Jose, a Mexican-American dentist. It doesnt matter what race or culture youre from, deep down inside we are the same. And from this lesson Yvonne and her family begin to love each other for who they are and to accept Jose into the family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
Plot Summary:
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After twenty-two years, the children are reunited with their birth mother, bringing deeply submerged resentments and misconceptions to the surface and forcing the characters to reexamine their identity and relationships in both comical and poignant situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, emotional, black comedy, sentimental, serious, realistic, crying, funny, romantic
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Corrina, Corrina (1994)
Plot Summary:
When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sweet, light, uplifting, gothic, realistic, semi serious, independent film, humorous
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Agnes Browne (1999)
Plot Summary:
When Agnes Browne's husband died, she discovered something amazing... Herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, humorous, uplifting, touching, melancholic, sweet, sincere, realistic, semi serious
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Expired (2007)
Plot Summary:
The film revolves around Claire, a kind soul who resents having to enforce the law at all times, and Jay, an angry Traffic Officer who loves his job, being the perfect outlet for his anger and frustrations. Coming both from a place of despair and loneliness, Jay and Claire meet and engage in a tumultuous relationship which will eventually teach them that love can spread redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, sincere, touching, realistic, independent film, clever, offbeat
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30 Years to Life (2001)
Plot Summary:
First of all, the title does not refer to someone sentenced to jail. It is a movie about 6 lifetime friends who are all hitting the big `3-0' together during the same year. Each one looks inside themselves to see where has my life gone and what am I going to do with my future. Actually, what I saw was a black Seinfeld comedy. Tracy Morgan, who is one of the main characters, is a struggling comedian just like Jerry Seinfeld. He gives his opinion of what women want in a man in one of his comedy routines. Melissa De Sousa is looking for a man before time runs out. She is just like Elaine in Seinfeld. I don't remember the big problem with turning thirty, however, all the characters in this movie can show you what they are, such as not having fame, riches, a husband, a thin body, and staying young. Their life stories are probably repeated many times around the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, humorous, witty, psychological, romantic, captivating, clever, offbeat, realistic
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A Silent Love (2004)
Plot Summary:
Through an Internet service, a Montreal professor arranges for himself a Mexican bride. But both husband and wife, even with their good intentions, are in for a bumpy ride toward marital harmony.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, captivating, romantic, romantic drama, realistic, crying
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Amar Akbar & Tony (2015)
Plot Summary:
Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives and loves of three childhood friends through twists and turns as the characters face sudden and unforeseen changes to their idealistic and trouble-free young lives. With hilarious and sometimes tragic consequences, the brotherly bond shared by the trio is forced to come to terms with some unexpected challenges. Interracial marriage, near fatal accidents and stints in prison will test old friendships and family values. A coming of age comedy drama showing the absurdities of life can also be the most amusing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty
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The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Plot Summary:
Paula McFadden knows: In romance, actors all follow the same stage instruction: Exit. Without warning, her actor boyfriend split today for a movie role and sublet their Manhattan apartment. The new tenant's name: Elliot Garfield. Profession: actor. Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason deliver comedy, zingy repartee and bitter-to-best romance in The Goodbye Girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, funny, sweet, sentimental, touching, witty, comedy drama, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Our Family Wedding (2010)
Plot Summary:
The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic, black comedy, hispanic, independent film
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Duane Hopwood (2005)
Plot Summary:
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: emotional, humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, clever, touching, gloomy, semi serious, independent film
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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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Smart People (2008)
Plot Summary:
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, melancholic, talky, realistic, sentimental, touching, contemplative, semi serious, independent film
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Walkaway (2010)
Plot Summary:
Walkaway, a light-comedy drama, mocks the clutches of social obligations on young Indian professionals settled in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 813
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film