Best movies like You Are the One
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Plot Summary:
Sally Malasmas applies for a US visa. There she meets the young and dashing vice-consul Will Derby with a wide, warm and inviting smile. Sally feels it's her lucky day! But Will thinks Sally does not have enough ties to the Philippines that will make her come back. He denies her visa, beams one last sweet smile at her and turns his back before she could protest. It isn't Sally's lucky day anymore. Sally Malasmas is a Care Officer at the National Statistics Office. She's smart and is a genuinely caring person who always has a hand to help other people.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min
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You Got Me (2007)
Plot Summary:
An embassy consul for the United States works in the Philippines and finally gives in to his adopted mother's advice to track down his birth parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
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Moment Once More (1995)
Plot Summary:
Two lovers, who are oceans apart, discover that distance can either make the heart grow fonder or render it numb with grief.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: tagalog
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Don't Give Up On Us (2006)
Plot Summary:
Abby thinks she has everything under control until her best friend Sabina walks out of her own bridal shower weeks before her marriage to Abby's younger brother Samuel. With a cassette tape left behind by Sabina as her only lead, Abby vows to find her best friend and bring her back in time for the wedding.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tagalog
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My Big Love (2008)
Plot Summary:
Pastry chef Macky has struggled with his weight for most of his life. It's not easy being fat, especially when you're secretly admiring a young socialite columnist named Ninia who gets the shock of her life when she sees Macky in his 300-pound glory. Macky hires Aira as personal trailer and in the process of losing weight, the two gained love and affection for each other. But soon after Aira agrees to accept an offer to work abroad, being the breadwinner of the family. Two years pass and the Macky who was once laughed at is now one of the most sought-after bachelors in town. Macky now has to choose who really is his big love: the woman he dreamed of all his life or the woman who loved him unconditionally?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, tagalog, entertaining
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London Paris New York (2012)
Plot Summary:
London Paris New York is a film that captures the angst of the twenties, the most dramatic period of one's life - when you have to find a career, you have your first significant relationship and most importantly form your identity in this world. This is story about Lalitha, a middle class south Indian girl from Chembur (an eastern suburb in Mumbai) who is on her way to New York to study politics with full scholarship, and Nikhil, a Punjabi, rich kid from Bandra (a posh western suburb of Mumbai) who is going to study Film Making in London on 100% dad's money. They decide to hangout together one evening in London and find that they are completely drawn to each other even as their future lies on separate continents. The film follows their personal journey and their love story as they meet in London, Paris and New York for a night each over eight years. The film is in three chapters and each chapter is shot in a manner that mirrors the mental state of Nikhil and Lalitha.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, romantic, touching, sincere, captivating, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
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In Your Eyes (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ciara (Claudine Barretto) is a senior physical therapist who works for a rehabilitation center in the United States. She has devoted her entire life to her younger sister Julia (Anne Curtis) who was left in her care after the untimely demise of their parents. After 8 years of separation, Ciara and Julia reunite when the latter acquires her student visa. Storm (Richard Gutierrez), Julia's boyfriend who earns a living as a freelance photographer, joins Julia despite the lack of a definite plan. In a desperate move for Storm to gain immigrant status, Julia asks Storm to enter into an arranged marriage with Ciara, who is already an American citizen. As Storm struggles to find his place in a foreign land, Julia works hard to chase after her own dream of finishing school, causing the two of them to drift apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, tagalog
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Won't Last a Day Without You (2011)
Plot Summary:
George Harrison Apostol (Sarah Geronimo) or better known as DJ Heidee is fast becoming the most popular DJ in town with her segment Heartbreak Hotline. DJ Heidee gives love advice to those who are having trouble with their relationships. Most often than not, she advices her callers to break up with their partners instead of working things out first. One caller (Megan Young) complains about her playboy boyfriend Andrew Escalona (Gerald Anderson). When she breaks up with him on air, Andrew threathens to have DJ Heidee investigated and suspended by the KBP not unless she helps him win back his ex-girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, light, sincere, humorous, cute
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One More Chance (2007)
Plot Summary:
Popoy and Basha had been together forever. Their love story began when they first met as students at university. They had been inseparable and did everything together—eating, studying and attending parties. However, Popoy's incessant planning and nagging took a toll on their relationship leading Basha to break-up with him.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, tagalog, sentimental, captivating, heartbreaking, romantic drama
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Winter Love Story (2019)
Plot Summary:
When new author Cassie is paired with successful author Elliot on a promotional book tour, she learns to believe in her talent. She also finds truth in the old adage “you can’t judge a book by its cover” as she falls for the guy she once thought to be pompous and full of himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, touching, inspirational, entertaining, emotional
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A Love Story (2007)
Plot Summary:
What if you met the woman you wanted to make your wife after you married someone else? Ian Montes is a picture of success. Despite being a son of a shipping tycoon, Ian refused to just ride in his father's empire. He built his own real estate company and earned his first million at a very young age. He never looked back since then. Driven by his ambition to become better, if not as good as his father, Ian managed to make it on his own. But behind all the glory is a man yearning for love and recognition.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tagalog, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Suddenly It's Magic (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story depicts two star-crossed lovers: Marcus Hanson, a Thai superstar, and Joey Hermosa, a Filipina baker. When Marcus decides to fly to Philippines to escape from his career, he meets Joey. Even though their worlds collide, the two later fall in love. But their relationship is tested by conflicts from their worlds.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy
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Oh, My Girl! A Laugh Story... (2009)
Plot Summary:
Little Opao and Biboy grew up together in an orphanage in Taal, Batangas and promised themselves to be best friends forever. As they grow older they head into separate ways; to be adopted by their respective new parents. Opao is adopted by a spinster whose failed career in acting prompts her to mould Opao into a superstar with the nickname Darling. Meanwhile, Biboy is adopted by Crisp Pops.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Town Whore (2001)
Plot Summary:
Syota ng Bayan is Tanya Marquez, a bold star who quits showbiz and goes back to her hometown. Finding out that a cement factory is causing a lot of havoc in the environment and in the lives of her town mates, she challenges the incumbent of Mayor Golano to have it closed. When denied, Tanya rallies the people in protest but is silenced. The mayor's opponents prevail upon Tnays to run for mayor in the coming elections against Golano's son, Peter Lee. During the campaign period Tanya and Peter Lee meet and fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: political drama
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Kimmy Dora (2009)
Plot Summary:
Kimmy and Dora (both Eugene Domingo) are identical twins but are as different as night and day. Kimmy is the smart, dictatorial type while Dora is the slow, dumb-wit sister. Kimmy has always been jealous of her sister as Johnson (Dingdong Dantes), the man she really likes, only has eyes for Dora. All hell breaks loose when their father(Ariel Ureta) gets a heart attack and makes Dora the majority owner of their family business if in case he dies. Kimmy thinks this is unfair and gets the help of their lawyer Harry (Baron Geisler) to take care of "business". A misunderstanding brings forth a plan to kill Dora but they kidnap Kimmy instead. Now Kimmy must find a way to get away from her captors while Dora must act as her tough sister and control their corporation in order to hide the truth from their father.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tagalog
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Desperadas (2007)
Plot Summary:
The story is about four beautiful half-sisters - Isabella, Courtney, Stephanie and Patricia - who have problems in their personal life. Isabella has issues with commitment, Stephanie is having problems with her husband Richard, Courtney's boyfriend Patrick becomes a Born again Christian and Patricia publishes her new sex book much to the dismay of her husband who's having trouble with their relationship as a couple.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 102 min
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I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) (2008)
Plot Summary:
Destiny. Is it beyond our control? Or do we make our own? These questions and other musings about the past and the future set the tone as we sail into the year's most anticipated film about love and life. Six people are brought together on a seven-day cruise that will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 94 min
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Can This Be Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
University students Ryan and Daisy probably couldn’t be any more dissimilar, with Ryan splitting his time between his nursing studies and a part-time job and Daisy, a Korean exchange student, doing her best to blend in with an unfamiliar culture. At first, their differences ignite an intense dislike for each other, but eventually, they discover they have more in common than they think perhaps even love.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
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Stars Versus Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
Elena a young girl brought up by a horoscope-addicted mother to have her life dictated by signs and omens. When Elena’s mother dies in a fire, she decides to wage war on the stars by doing the exact opposite of what her daily horoscope is dictating.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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You to Me Are Everything (2010)
Plot Summary:
Rafael - a rich guy whose luck suddenly turned upside down after losing everything. When he needed to get his life back on track, he met Isak - the instant rich girl from the province. Rafael becomes her business adviser and uses her to become rich again only to find out that she'll change him more than he expected.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags:
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Desperadas 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
The story of Desperadas 2 is about four half-sisters - Isabella, Patricia, Stephanie, and Courtney - who have another big problems in their life. They also found out that they have another half-sister, Lugaluda.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Dashing Home for Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
Holiday traveling mishaps force a successful business consultant to find a way home with help from a stranger.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating, realistic
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Daybreak (2008)
Plot Summary:
A married man is having an affair with another man. After some time apart, the two men spend a night together in a family vacation home in Tagaytay, Cavite. Together in such close quarters, the two are left with nothing to do but to confront the realities of their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: erotic, queer cinema
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Unofficially Yours (2012)
Plot Summary:
Macky Galvez is a depressed young man contemplating why he had several failed relationships. Galvez meets Ces Bricenio, a modern-day woman who is afraid of commitment.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, sincere, feel good, humorous
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The Love Affair (2015)
Plot Summary:
Often in the backseat and a second priority to her partner, a lawyer decides to end her relationship and focuses on herself with a help of a man out of her league.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: romantic, atmospheric, emotional, realistic
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Starting Over Again (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ten years ago, Ginny (Toni Gonzaga), an Architecture student, and Marco (Piolo Pascual), a History professor, began a one-of-a-kind and unpredictable love story. In the five years that they were together, they brought out the best in each other, which included Marco’s unrealized dream of becoming a chef. Together, they worked towards their dream of opening up a restaurant, but when Ginny realized her own pursuits were different from his, she rejected his wedding proposal and left the country for a Masters degree in Architecture. At present, Ginny co-owns a one-stop Architecture and Interior Design firm specializing in Restoration. She receives an email from Marco, which was written and sent after their break-up, meant to be read four years later. It makes her feel even more regretful of leaving the love of her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, vintage
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A Very Special Love (2008)
Plot Summary:
Laida Magtalas is a modern-day Belle who works hard to provide for her family while hoping that someday she will meet her prince charming and that they will live happily ever after together. That would-be prince charming is none other than "Miggy", the youngest member of the Montenegro clan — a well established family in the business world. Moony Laida's desire to finally meet Miggy leads her to apply as an Editorial Assistant at his newly launched men’s magazine, "Bachelor". In spite of the fact that a relationship with Miggy may prove to be a long shot, Laida revels working in such close proximity with the man of her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, tagalog, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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This Guy's In Love With U Mare! (2012)
Plot Summary:
A man tries to keep his partner from straying by romancing the object of the man's affections himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, light, sexy, feel good, contemplative, independent film, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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One Moment More (2004)
Plot Summary:
Jerry is a wide-awake tourist guide in Cebu who knows all the angles, and who has supported his divorced mother and younger brother and sister since their musician father deserted the family for a younger woman. Jerry guides tour buses, taking the mostly Japanese tourists boating, golfing and to strip shows. Jerry also acts as a pimp, and even prostitutes himself. As the breadwinner he makes sacrifices for his family but wields control over his siblings and mother in return.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating
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You're My Boss (2015)
Plot Summary:
A woman who is looking for acceptance, who's looking for love, who wants to be appreciated and who wants to belong find what she's looking for from her personal assistant.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, tagalog
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My Candidate (2016)
Plot Summary:
A promising young politician who’s running for the senate. He then meets a female spin doctor who helps in orchestrating his campaign and giving him a new image. The first choice to play his leading lady is Jennylyn Mercado, since they’ve already proven that they have good chemistry together.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 101 min
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