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Plot Summary:
In this Dutch-Belgian co-production, attractive Dutch and Flemish (i.e. Dutch-speaking Belgian) youngsters have what they consider a dream job, virtually a paid holiday: they are 'proppers', which means a nightclub on the Spanish coast (hence the title) pays them to lure other young tourists by their natural -sexy- charms as well as handing out fliers, e.g. for free drinks or competitions, on the beach. They cohabit in free accommodation, so there's ample opportunity for conflict, pranks and love affairs among each-other as well as affairs with 'clients'. However Stuart, the boss of the proppers from rival nightclub Empire, is not content just competing, so he tries to play dirty tricks on our bunch, which spices some story lines. Over he seasons, some leave and others join the team.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 45 min
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The Wrong Girl (1999)
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A boy brings home his new girlfriend. However, Mom is sure that something isn't right about her, which starts a fight with her son. And then everything takes a deadly turn for the worst.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Sag einfach ja! (2002)
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Vera and Hans have been happy for 15 years - only the marriage certificate is still missing. Vera's mother wants to help the couple on the jumps and proposes them to the local radio station as "the perfect couple of the week". This means that if they marry within four weeks, the sender pays the wedding. The stars are not unfavorable. But just before the wedding date confirmed that Libra and Taurus are an explosive combination. The high-caliber romantic comedy shows in an amusing, subtle way how heavenly influences in relationships can move mountains.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
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Love on the Vines (2017)
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When overworked lawyer Diana’s (Margo Harshman) uncle, Hugh, passes away she’s called back to his vineyard to settle his estate. Hugh has left half of his Golden Range Winery & Vineyard to Diana and half to Seth (Steve Talley), his right hand man and Diana’s ex-boyfriend. Hugh’s final request is that the two work the next harvest together, set to begin in a few weeks. Neither is happy at the arrangement but they begrudgingly agree. Furthermore, neighboring competitor Grant Garritson (Jack Wagner) threatens to drive a wedge into Diana and Seth’s already shaky relationship. They have a short window to figure it all out so that they both get what they ultimately want.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, romantic
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A Very Country Wedding (2019)
Plot Summary:
Zane and Jeannette’s wedding is delayed due to Zane’s crazy tour schedule and the two must overcome paparazzi and rumors to find their way back together.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
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Hasta que el dinero nos separe (2009)
Plot Summary:
When their paths cross in a terrible car accident. Not only does Rafael have to fight and struggle to pay off a debt to Alejandra but must also fight for her love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, serious, captivating, realistic, soap opera, novela, telenovela
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Dirty Dancing (1988)
Plot Summary:
Dirty Dancing is a 1988 television series on the CBS network. It is based on the film Dirty Dancing but had none of the original cast or staff. It stars Patrick Cassidy as Johnny and Melora Hardin as Baby. The show only lasted half a season, before it was canceled in January 1989 due to low ratings.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro
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Westenwind (1999)
Plot Summary:
This Dallas-type series is about two competing Dutch families, Noordermeer and De Graaf, running ancestral firms in the Rotterdam shipbuilding business, each with numerous internal tensions, especially between the generations, as some are business-prone, others adverse, some ruthless, some soft or moralistic, but also with their staff, often meeting each-other in both ruthless commercial rivalry and personal relationships, again also with staff and third parties (clients, competitors, suppliers...), producing an intricate web of sub-plots, some sex, some crime etcetera.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera
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Ein Sommer auf Lanzarote (2016)
Plot Summary:
German careerist headhunter Juliane Paul, engaged to bureau CEO Kai Lenz, must recruit local engineer Juan Garcia for a Moroccan coast oil project during his home 'finca' holiday on Lanzarote (Canaries), so she goes visit her mother Eva, who runs a pastry bakery there in between environmentalist and naive campaigns. Eva makes her mind the shop but employed baker Diego has a family emergency, so she must find another for a wedding order. Juan, who dropped by to exchange airport-misplaced luggage, generously helps out and gets a crush on her, but she fails to identify herself and disclose her purpose. Private and professional interest seems incompatible, truth time promises to be bitter.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
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Echo Beach (2008)
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Echo Beach is a British teen drama series that aired on ITV in 2008. Set in the fictional Cornish coastal town of Polnarren, it ran for twelve weekly episodes from 10 January to 21 March 2008. The show was created by Tony Jordan and produced by Kudos for ITV.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration:
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Blessed Events (2010)
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Again the film centres on a decidedly ordinary young woman – here, thirtysomething single Simone – caught up in an extraordinary situation: finding she’s pregnant after an anonymous (and evidently rare) one-night stand, she visits the hospital and unexpectedly bumps into the man in question. Still more surprisingly, this young doctor reveals he’d hoped to see her again and, told of the pregnancy, confesses he wouldn’t mind their becoming a couple. Nor would Simone – but is it all too good to be true? Few films have explored the psychological effects of pregnancy, planned or otherwise, and as with Gisela’s account of an extramarital affair, Stever steps into the fray bravely but wisely; steering clear of moral commentary, she allows actions to speak for themselves, while colour, lighting, landscape and architecture are deployed to evoke Simone’s swings between enchantment and alienation, desire and despair. Kuhl’s understated but eloquent lead performance fits the bill perfectly.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
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Las Vega's (2013)
Plot Summary:
The women of the Vegas family are full of debts, for this reason they decide to hire a group of male strippers and open a night club dedicated to the female audience.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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Coach (2009)
Plot Summary:
Well-off Suzanna becomes a coach for the Moroccan Soukri. She tries to get him into acting school.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Ringo, la pelea de su vida (2019)
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Ringo is a young man, who has dedicated his life to boxing, and at the peak of his career he loses the national title upon receiving the news of the death of his brother. From that moment, Ringo decides to retire from boxing. Gloria, his wife, leaves him to go live with El Turco, Ringo's main rival in the ring. Gloria's decision leaves Ringo alone in charge of the care of his son Santi. Then, Gloria will return to claim custody of her son, and in that situation, Ringo will have to obtain a job that provides fixed income, to keep custody of his son. He decides to return to boxing with the clear goal to be crowned champion.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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Inocente de Ti (2004)
Plot Summary:
Inocente de Ti is a Miami-based 130 episode telenovela that first aired on the Univision network in 2005. It features Camila Sodi, Valentino Lanús, and Helena Rojo.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, novela, soap opera, telenovela
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Accidentally Engaged (2016)
Plot Summary:
When unsuccessful actress Clarissa returns to her hometown for a wedding and tries to impress her old friends by claiming she's dating big time celebrity Chas Hunter, she suddenly finds herself in a comically false engagement when her lies go public and Chas decides to join the festivities in a stunt to escape bad press.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, captivating
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Emilie Richards - Entscheidung des Herzens (2011)
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A New Zealand family farm is struggling for survival while mega-landowner Williams wants to buy it. Still, astray sister Casey is welcomed home without much questions, even over 8 year-old boy Tommy, whom former lover John, a prosecutor's office office, suspects may be their son, but isn't even hers. A defrocked priest, who broke the confessional secret, is also employed.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Love Is a Four Letter Word (2007)
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Margaret and Martin Harper, both sixty years old, are filing for divorce, but plan to keep everything as civilized as possible. Complications arise when their respective attorneys, the equally cynical Emily Bennett and Kenton Rhodes, unexpectedly fall in love, throwing an extra kink into the proceedings both in and out of the courtroom.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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Because of Meeting You (2017)
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Zhang Guo Guo grew up in a Wonton shop and is also the food-delivery girl for the town. Although she did not receive high education, she is loved by her neighborhood because of her enthusiastic and sincere personality. But what people don’t know is that Guo Guo is actually a famous embroidery workshop boss‘s daughter, and an accident caused her to grow up in the small town.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating
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Plot Summary:
Depicts a youth drama about a first love that is full of excitement through the protagonist, who learns the meaning of family and community.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: crying
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The Charm of Love (2020)
Plot Summary:
Art historian Maddie Turner is an expert in ancient artifacts and in deflecting unwanted male attention, travels halfway around the world to the Caribbeans in order to find the legendary “Lovers Stone” for a rich benefactor of her beloved museum, but when she meets Andrew Fitzpatrick, an international hotelier with trust issues and a local’s knowledge of the island, her search may lead her to true love after all.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Novelist (2018)
Plot Summary:
Haruhiko Kuzumi is a university student. One day, he causes a bicycle accident. The accident causes novelist Rio Kijima to break his arm. Haruhiko doesn't have insurance or money to pay Rio for his injury. Rio asks Haruhiko to transcribe a story he is writing. Haruhiko is surprised to learn the story is obscene.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 769
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, crying
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The Love Garden (1971)
Plot Summary:
Mike, a freelance journalist, falls head over heels for Claire, a pretty blonde who lives in his apartment building. His bubble is instantly burst when he discovers she's a sister of Sappho who already has a beautiful girlfriend named Inez. Being a macho kind of Seventies guy, he honestly believes that he can change Claire's sexual preference. Mike offers her a position as his personal secretary after she's fired from her job. Their day-to-day contact brings them closer together much to the dismay of a jealous Inez. Mr. Stud eventually woos Claire into the sack, and though the sex was mighty good for him, his performance leaves her longing for the soft touches and tender kisses beautiful Inez has to offer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Forbidden Love (1995)
Plot Summary:
Verbotene Liebe is a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show is set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Majorca have figured prominently in the show's story lines. First broadcast on 2 January 1995, Verbotene Liebe was originally broadcast in 24-minute episodes, five times a week. It expanded to 45-minute episodes on 21 June 2011 and trimmed back to 40-minute episodes on 23 January 2012 to accommodate an adjusted time-slot. In 2006, Pay-TV network Passion began broadcasting episodes of the show from the beginning. Verbotene Liebe was initially based on original story and character outlines from the Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters, before evolving into a show of its own as the series progressed. The show originally focused on two core families: the wealthy Anstetten family and the middle-class Brandner family. More specifically, it dealt with the story of Jan Brandner and Julia von Anstetten, two strangers whose fascination for each other leads them to fall in love, neither of them cognizant of the fact that they are twins separated by their parents. It is this story of forbidden love that gave the series its title. As cast members left the show, many characters were written out of the storyline, and new ones were added. Sometimes this included whole families. Writers attempted to phase out the dwindling Brandner family by introducing a new middle-class family, the Prozeskis, as foils for the wealthy Anstettens, but the Brandners proved to be too popular with fans, and the Prozeskis left as quickly as they came. Currently, much of the drama centers around the Wolf family and the aristocratic Lahnstein family.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: soap opera, art house, sentimental, serious, realistic, gay cinema
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David (2009)
Plot Summary:
David is a Flemish telenovela. It was the third telenovela of Vtm and it followed the highly successful Sara and its successor LouisLouise. The first episodes were filmed at Domenican Republic, the other episodes were filmed in Koksijde and the studios in Lint. It aired for the first time on 18 September 2009. The first two episodes were screened for a selective audience at the casino of Koksijde at the 15th of September. It was the first Flemish telenovela of Vtm that had a unique story and was entirely created for Flanders. The story is about a young boy, David, who gets lost on an island. He's found there after 15 years by a young woman who brings him to civilization.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: telenovela
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Summer Heat (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of young adults working at a paradisiac resort live an unforgettable summer as they discover love, true friendships and devastating secrets.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Home and Away (1988)
Plot Summary:
Home and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and follows the personal and professional lives of the people living in the area. The show initially focused on the Fletcher family, Pippa and Tom Fletcher and their five foster children Frank Morgan, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Lynn Davenport and Sally Keating, who would go on to become one of the show's longest-running characters. The show also originally and currently focuses on the Stewart family. During the early 2000s, the central storylines focused on the Sutherlands and later, the Hunters. Home and Away had proved popular when it premiered in 1988 and had risen to become a hit in Australia, and after only a few weeks, the show tackled its first major and disturbing storyline, the rape of Carly Morris; it was one of the first shows to feature such storylines during the early timeslot. H&A has tackled many adult-themed and controversial storylines; something rarely found in its restricted timeslot.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: soap opera, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, saga, telenovela
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Vacation of Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Around the age of 30, celebrity agent Xu Keyi fights her way in the entertainment industry and gained solid reputation. The day before new year, she brought her artist Gao Junyu to a vacation resort to perform and thinking that her 10-year relationship would reap in a happy ending but sadly it didn't. When she drinks down sorrow at the seaside, Hou Hao, who has been watching and worrying her breaks into her life accidentally. It seems that only Hou Hao, who has a the slow-lived lifestyle, can bring her a new beginning in this unexpected vacation that thwarted her career and love.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Costa! (2001)
Plot Summary:
The story about a wild week at the Spanish coast. Romance at the beach, competition on the dance floor. Salty water, sweet kisses.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, melancholic, sentimental, touching, suspense, semi serious, sexual, exciting, sexy
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Hana Nochi Hare: HanaDan Next Season (2018)
Plot Summary:
The setting of the drama takes place 10 years after the F4 graduated from Eitoku Academy. Edogawa Oto is the daughter of a former company president. Her life completely changed after their family business went bankrupt. Her fiance is Hase Tenma, the popular student council president of the rival school. With declining enrollment due to a recession and the rise of a rival school, Eitoku Academy is now ruled by the Correct5 whose leader is Kakuragi Haruto. The group seeks out, then runs out, any students whose families haven’t made appropriate donations to the school. When Haruto and Oto discover each other’s secrets — that Haruto buys self-help items to get stronger, and that Oto is poor and works at a convenience store – they promise to keep each other’s secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Madame De Pompadour: The King's Favourite (2006)
Plot Summary:
Jeanne Poisson, the headstrong, ambitious, witty and erudite, catches the eye and heart of French King Louis XV at a costumed ball. She masters the art of seduction well enough to become accepted even by the Queen, corpulent mother of ten. As a sensibly chosen Royal 'favorite' mistress she is soon ennobled Marquise of Pompadour to facilitate her introduction at court. The immature dauphin (crown prince) proves a bitter and unrelenting enemy, joined by his imposed Saxon bride, and his sister at her deathbed. Although friends at court help Pompadour return, her health gives way.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: History, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Belgium
Duration: 192 min
Plot tags: sentimental, atmospheric, realistic, stylized, intense, weird