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Plot Summary:
Billy & Billie centers on two young adults as they fall in love. They face the usual barrage of attention from their friends and family, and the normal anxieties that come at the start of a new relationship-all further complicated by the fact that they're stepbrother and sister.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, hilarious
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American Heiress (2007)
Plot Summary:
American Heiress is a telenovela which debuted on March 13, 2007 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on the American television network MyNetworkTV. This romantic melodrama tells the story of a roughneck pilot and a pampered heiress who survive a plane crash. The show was produced by Twentieth Television, based on the 2004 TV Azteca series La Heredera. Heiress was the last series produced for MyNetworkTV's original all-telenovela format. When the network dropped the serial after the July 18, 2007 broadcast, most episodes were left unaired. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has not announced plans to release this series on DVD and/or Blu-ray. All 65 episodes aired overseas.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful, telenovela
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Princess Daisy (1983)
Plot Summary:
The lovely Daisy is the daughter of a Russian prince and an American movie star. After her parents are killed, she flees from her half-brother Ram. She fights her way to the top of the modeling profession and falls in love with a company president. But then, her half-brother arrives on the scene, ready to blackmail and destroy her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, romantic drama
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Watercolors of Love (2009)
Plot Summary:
Daphne and Gabriel cross paths again, 15 years after being separated by a frame from her grandfather. The rapprochement, however, jeopardizes the plans of the shrew, Judith.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, soap opera, telenovela
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The Bedford Diaries (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Bedford Diaries is an American television series that premiered March 29, 2006 on The WB and concluded its first season on May 10, 2006. It was canceled on May 18, 2006. The series was created by Tom Fontana and Julie Martin. A week prior to its premiere, The WB posted scenes from the pilot, which might have prompted FCC fines, on its website. A version without explicit images was broadcast on television.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, sexy, realistic, sexual
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Maneater (2009)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful, fashionable and fun, Clarissa Alpert is a shallow socialite whose speed dial is a veritable Rolodex of Hollywood power players. Staring her 32nd birthday directly in the eyes, though she will admit only to being 28, the spoiled daddy's girl is in a panic because she is still single. Clarissa, though, always gets what she wants even if he's Aaron Mason, the hottest new producer in town. With the help of her family and friends, Clarissa sets into motion an elaborate plan to lasso the dashing filmmaker who will, she hopes, be the man to put a ring on her finger.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, cute, touching, realistic, sexual, sexy
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The 7.39 (2014)
Plot Summary:
After fighting for a seat on their morning commute, Sally and Carl begin talking and suddenly their daily train journey becomes a lot more interesting. Carl is happily married, Sally's engaged - where's the harm? Yet they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and as their friendship grows to flirtation they refuse to admit - to each other or themselves - that a line might be crossed. The consequences of discovery will be life-changing, catastrophic perhaps, and yet they can't help falling in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic
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Windfall (2006)
Plot Summary:
Windfall is a serial drama television series about a group of people in an unnamed small city who win almost $400,000,000 in a lottvery.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, serious, captivating
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I Named Her Feriha (2011)
Plot Summary:
Adını Feriha Koydum is a Turkish television drama series produced by Med Yapım. The series broadcast on Show TV and it is written by duo Melis Civelek and Sırma Yanık.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, serious, lyrical, captivating, realistic, surprise ending, soap opera, bad ending
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Rebeca (2003)
Plot Summary:
Rebeca is a 2003 Spanish-language telenovela produced by Venevisión International. The telenovela was written by Alberto Gómez and stars Mariana Seoane and Ricardo Álamo as the main protagonists with Gaby Espino, Pablo Martin and Elluz Peraza portraying the main antagonists.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, soap opera, telenovela
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Head over Heels (2013)
Plot Summary:
De que te quiero, te quiero is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucero Suárez for Televisa. It is a remake of Carita pintada, a Venezuelan telenovela written by Valentina Párraga. Livia Brito is the protagonist, with Juan Diego Covarrubias as the dual protagonist/antagonist. Esmeralda Pimentel stars as the antagonist.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, serious, realistic, novela, soap opera, telenovela
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The One Who Couldn't Love (2011)
Plot Summary:
La que no podía amar is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa. Ximena Suarez wrote the script based on the original story by Delia Fiallo. The cast was headed by Ana Brenda Contreras, Jorge Salinas, and Jose Ron, while Susana González, Julián Gil, Mar Contreras and Ana Bertha Espin portrayed the villains.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, realistic, captivating, novela, psychological, soap opera, serious, telenovela
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Burden of Guilt (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mi pecado is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and aired on Canal de las Estrellas from 15 June 2009 through 13 November 2009. Starring Maite Perroni, Eugenio Siller and as adult protagonist Daniela Castro who is also the main villain. Mi pecado tells the story of young lovers Lucrecia and Julián, who are torn apart by their feuding families following the tragic death of Lucrecia's brother César when the three are just children.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, novela, soap opera, telenovela
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Abyss of Passion (2012)
Plot Summary:
Rosendo Arango, the owner of Grupo La Anita, is married to Alfonsina. They have one son, Damian. Estefanía Bouvier is married to Augusto Castanon and they have one daughter, Elisa. Rosendo cheats on his wife with Carmina Bouvier, Estefanía's sister. Damian and Elisa become friends because Augusto and Rosendo were best friends. But one day, Rosendo and Carmina try to go away from La Ermita, the pueblo in which they live in. But, Estefanía, who had found out about their plans, wants to prevent this, shuts Carmina in her room and then goes with Rosendo in his car, trying to convince him not to run away with Carmina. They have an accident and die and everyone thinks they were lovers.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, soap opera, novela, telenovela
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Valiant Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
Camila Monterde is a beautiful veterinarian whose life has been torn apart by a tragic accident in which her fiancé, Luis, was killed. Hoping to ease her depression, her uncle, Daniel Monterde, invites her to live at his ranch, where she can rest and recover while caring for the many animals he keeps there. Meanwhile, in Chile, Daniel Diaz suddenly receives a letter stating that he has come into a substantial inheritance and must travel to Mexico to claim it. Surprised and curious, he’s about to make the trip when a vicious lie disrupts his plans and lands him in prison, causing him to lose the inheritance and his family. Deeply bitter and hungry for revenge, Daniel travels to Mexico determined to destroy the Monterde family, which he blames for his terrible misfortune. He takes a job at the Monterde ranch to be close to his prey. His vengeance is perfectly planned except for one unexpected development: he and Camila fall passionately in love and that changes everything.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, romantic, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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Let's Stay Together (2011)
Plot Summary:
Let's Stay Together is an American romantic comedy television series created by Jacque Edmonds Cofer. It premiered on BET on January 11, 2011. The title of the series refers to the Al Green landmark 1972 song of the same name. The series premiere drew 4.4 million viewers. Initially, Soul Food star Malinda Williams was cast in the lead role of Stacy. For undisclosed reasons, she was recast with Nadine Ellis. On April 20, 2013, BET announced that the series was renewed for a second season which aired 22 episodes starting in January 2012. For its second season, Erica Hubbard appeared infrequently due to her pregnancy. New cast member Kyla Pratt joined the cast portraying Crystal, Charles and Kita's cousin. At the 2012 BET Upfront on April 13, 2012, it was revealed that the show has been renewed for a third season. The third season premiered on March 26, 2013. In April 2013, BET Networks announced the show had been renewed for a fourth season that will premiere in early 2014.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Married (2014)
Plot Summary:
Married is a half hour comedy about being miserably in love. Russ and Lina Bowman can barely remember what life was like before kids, debt, and suburbia rained on their romance -- but every once in a while, in between the arguments about their declining sex life and who's driving carpool, they are reminded what drew them together in the first place -- they're best friends. The show also features Russ and Lina's friend AJ, who is recently divorced and pretending he's over his wife, and their other friend Jess, who is married to a much older man who can't keep up with her.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, offbeat, dark comedy, hilarious, realistic, not serious, sitcom
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The Scent of Passion (2021)
Plot Summary:
Every year, Gaviota and her mother arrive at Hacienda Casablanca to pick up the coffee from the second harvest of the year, but they hope that their next visit will be their last, because from now on they will be owners of their own land. However, fate has other plans. Octavio Vallejo, the owner of the hacienda, has just died. Gaviota previously had saved him from a kidnapping. Octavio promised as a reward to give her one hectare of land so that she could grow her own coffee. Trying to get the Vallejo family to honor the agreement, Gaviota meets Sebastián, Octavio's son, and an irrepressible attraction is born between them, a heartbreaking, impossible love, becoming two lovers who belong to different worlds.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: soap opera, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Love Stories in the Countryside (2006)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating
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Out at the Wedding (2007)
Plot Summary:
After telling her fiancé, Dana, that her entire family is dead, Manhattanite Alex whisks off to her childhood home in South Carolina to serve as bridesmaid at her high-maintenance, estranged sister Jeannie's wedding. As she tries not to steal Jeannie's thunder by telling her family that a) she's engaged, and b) the man she's going to marry is a Jewish African American, things get a little mixed up.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 844
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, queer cinema
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Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)
Plot Summary:
Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans apartments, works in restaurants, and sells food along the scenic, sun-drenched shores. Young Dé (Thiago Martins) is just such a man. Dé lives with his mother Bernadette (Cyria Coentro) in a cramped Cantagalo apartment, selling hot dogs on the beach in order to make the rent. His brother Beto was killed when Dé was just a young boy, and his adopted brother Carlão (Rocco Pitanga) has been jailed for a robbery that he didn't commit. One day, while working on the beach, Dé meets Nina (Vitória Frate). Nina is the only child of a successful lawyer named Evandro (Paulo César Grande), who's none to happy to discover that his daughter is dating a member of the lower class. How.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, realistic, sentimental, serious, bleak
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Sabah: A Love Story (2005)
Plot Summary:
One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man. She's Muslim, he's not. Unbeknownst to her family, she goes on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, offbeat, islamic
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The Young Kieslowski (2014)
Plot Summary:
Grand romantic gestures need not apply in this comedic tale of star-crossed young love. Instead, freshman Brian Kieslowski displays endless reserves of bumbling awkwardness as he goes home with a girl for the first time... and then learns that he got her pregnant... with twins... all while she's going through a rather inconvenient Christianity phase. Could it be that being the good guy and doing what's right are two very different things?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 899
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, light, captivating, romantic, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, 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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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (2010)
Plot Summary:
Vince and Shonda have come to the proverbial end of their ropes with one another. Set in Atlanta during the 2008 Presidential Election season, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do is the touching story of what happens when two people feel they have nothing more to give to a relationship. A funny and intimate look at how people fall in love and what it takes to stay there, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do touches on the reality of the outside forces that can make or break a relationship. They say the truth will set you free, but when Shonda and Vince are armed with the truth, will they use it to set themselves free for once and for all?.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, psychological, sentimental, captivating, touching, serious
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Almost Perfect (2011)
Plot Summary:
A 30-something career woman tries to find the balance between her demanding family and her perfect new boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, sentimental, light, sincere, semi serious, sexual
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Ball & Chain (2004)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere in the middle of Texas, Ameet (Sunil Malhotra) and Saima (Lisa Ray) have a problem. They were perfectly happy avoiding each other until their parents set them up to get married. The reluctant couple decide to do whatever it takes to break off the engagement. After some very embarrassing efforts, they finally succeed in getting their parents to call off the wedding, only to realize they have another problem, they're in love! Meanwhile, Saima's father (Asrani), deciding that she's passed her expiration date, promises her to Ashol (Ismail Bashey)- a sleazy playboy.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, sentimental, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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Finding Joy (2013)
Plot Summary:
Pompous and self-absorbed Kyle, is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly unravels forcing him to return home to his wildly eccentric family with his tail between his legs. Life at home begins to show signs of improvement when Kyle meets the spunky, vivacious girl across the street who recruits Kyle to help her make the world a better place, making him feel alive for the first time in ages and inspiring his writing. But its short-lived. Joys been told shes going to die soon and wants Kyle to write her obituary.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, offbeat
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Scarlett (1994)
Plot Summary:
The greatest love story ever told began with Gone with the Wind and continues in this sweeping epic sequel, as Scarlett, Rhett and a host of unforgettable characters go from tragedy to triumph in an action-packed saga of international scope.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Austria
Duration: 360 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, stylized, romantic, sentimental, emotional, realistic, epic, sexy, period drama
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Loving Leah (2009)
Plot Summary:
A handsome Washington, D.C. doctor and a young New York woman fall in love at an unusual time...after they get married. Leah Lever is married to an Orthodox rabbi, Benjamin Lever, whose brother, Jake is a successful cardiologist and a non-practicing Jew. Jake is stunned when Benjamin dies suddenly, but not as stunned as when he is told that, under an ancient Jewish Law, he is expected to marry the childless Leah to carry on Benjamin's name.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, romantic, romantic comedy, touching, romantic drama
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Life on Top (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based on a novel by Clara Darling, about a college grad who heads to a big city looking for work and discovers her older sister, who's been living there for years, is a model.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: erotic, humorous, sexy, captivating, emotional, light, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious