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Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | fantasy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:17 |
Characters | Pianists, Single mothers, Widows, Singers |
Plot | Dancing, Money, Loneliness, Death, Computers |
Place | Party, Kitchen, Hospitals |
Time | Future |
Style | Psychological problems, Philosophical, Touching |
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:04 |
Characters | Losers |
Plot | Loneliness, Fate |
Place | New York |
Style | Interesting, Light, To cry, Cute, Soulful |
Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. While quarantined in the transit lounge until authorities can figure out what to do with him, Viktor simply goes on living – and courts romance with a beautiful flight attendant.
Mark | imdb: 6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | Canada, USA |
Duration | 02:28 |
Characters | Family, Neighbors |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Wedding, Friendship, Chase |
Place | Australia, New York |
Time | Graduation |
Style | Cute, Fascinating |
The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Dogs, Rabbits, Actors, Singers |
Plot | Dancing, Wedding, Motorcycles, Money, Friendship |
Place | Aircraft, Ships, Party, Deserts, Beach |
Style | Romantic, Exciting, To cry, Soulful, Fascinating |
With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, a successful (but still single) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. But when the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie finds ways to channel her eternal optimism and forceful generosity to change the lives of others - as well as her own - and find a new purpose in life.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:24 |
Characters | Teens, CIA, Hired assassins, Killers, Friends |
Plot | Friendship, Loneliness, Death, Fate, Moving |
Place | USA |
Style | Interesting, Romantic, Light, Cute, Smart |
When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:47 |
Characters | Teachers, Friends, Actors |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Loneliness, Seduction, Fate |
Place | Village, Aircraft, USSR, USA, Small cities |
Style | Romantic, Light, Cute, Touching |
On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:36 |
Characters | Dogs, Photographers, Losers, Businessmen |
Plot | Dancing, Wedding, Money, Friendship |
Place | Prison, Forest, Hotels |
Style | Light |
Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway – only to find herself seated with five fellow-unwanted guests at the dreaded Table 19.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, music |
Country | USA, Chile |
Characters | Cats, Surfers, Singers |
Plot | Dancing, Gambling, Passion, Money, Friendship |
Place | Aircraft, Hotels, Casino, Los Angeles |
Style | Touching |
Gloria is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.
Mark | imdb: 5.2 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:55 |
Characters | Dogs, Musicians, Models, Hippies, Lawyers |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Adventure, Passion, Cars |
Place | Beach, USA |
Style | Romantic, Light, Fascinating |
A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:26 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, Photographers |
Plot | Dancing, Money, Friendship, Baseball, Social Media |
Place | School |
Style | Light, To cry, Touching |
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:57 |
Characters | Dogs, Lesbians, Gods, Firefighters, Sisters |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Passion, Wedding, Money |
Place | Party, Beach, Hotels |
Time | Winter |
Style | Romantic, Light, Touching |
Jenny Farrell is getting married. But how will her straight-laced family react when they find out that the woman they thought was their daughter’s roommate is actually her fiancée? As the old-fashioned Farrells attempt to come to terms with the prospect of a surprise daughter-in-law, they face a difficult choice: either adapt with the times or risk being left behind.
Mark | imdb: 5.6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Lesbians, Blonde girls, Fathers |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Martial Arts, Wedding, Obsession |
Style | Romantic, Light, Cute |
Danny, a commercial editor and documentary filmmaker attempts to finish his film, a study on relationship while navigating the relationships in his own life. Will he continue to chase the unattainable Theresa a hippy new age dancer(Caitlin Fitzgerald) or will he finally admit he's in love with his best friend Carla (Katherine Waterston) who is in an unfulfilling relationship with a political strategist(Gaby Hoffman). Manhattan Romance is a funny insightful look at contemporary life in Manhattan. It explores new age ideas and open relationship as well as true friendship and connection.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | fantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:40 |
Characters | Teens, Geniuses |
Plot | Love, Time travel, Cars, Relationship, Time machine |
Style | Light, Cute |
Stillman, a heartbroken physics student, builds a time machine when his girlfriend breaks up with him. Going back in time, he attempts to save their relationship by fixing every mistake he made—while dragging his best friend along in the process.
Mark | imdb: 5.2 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Teachers, Cooks, Girlfriends, Astronomers |
Plot | Money, Friendship, Loneliness, Depression, Baseball |
Place | Space, School, College, USA, New York |
Time | Future |
Style | Romantic, Light, Fascinating, Touching |
A recent college graduate sets out to win back the girl of his dreams.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:30 |
Characters | Teens, Jews, Lawyers, Sisters |
Plot | Dancing, Wedding, Friendship, Baseball, Computers |
Place | Prison, Aircraft, Beach, USA, New York |
Style | Romantic, To cry, Touching, Serious |
As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Teens, Friends, Losers, Mice |
Plot | Friendship, Loneliness, Bulimia |
Place | School, Small cities |
Style | To cry, Cute, Soulful, Smart, Makes me think |
Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Gay, Family |
Plot | Dancing, Friendship, Loneliness, Cancer |
Style | Light, Touching |
After a night of drinking, Adam Hutcherson stumbles out of the closet to his three straight buddies. A disruption to their dynamic which they now must try and overcome through alcohol, Tinder dates and forgiveness.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, France, USA, China, Japan |
Duration | 02:19 |
Characters | Gay, Pregnant, Lawyers, Billionaires, Parents |
Plot | Wedding, Loneliness, Love triangle, Jealousy, Birthday |
Place | London |
Time | New Year, Winter |
Style | Romantic, Light, Cute, Inspirational, Jane Austen Novels |
Breaking up with Mark Darcy leaves Bridget Jones over 40 and single again. Feeling that she has everything under control, Jones decides to focus on her career as a top news producer. Suddenly, her love life comes back from the dead when she meets a dashing and handsome American named Jack. Things couldn't be better, until Bridget discovers that she is pregnant. Now, the befuddled mom-to-be must figure out if the proud papa is Mark or Jack.
Mark | imdb: 5.3 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA, Canada |
Duration | 02:00 |
Characters | Dogs, Gay, Photographers, Pianists, Singers |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Wedding, Friendship, Breakup |
Place | Metro, USA, New York |
Style | To cry, Fascinating |
A woman on the brink of a marriage proposal is told by a friend that she should date other men before spending the rest of her life with her boyfriend.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:44 |
Characters | Lesbians, Blind |
Plot | Love, Dancing, American Football, Money, Friendship |
Style | Romantic, Light, To cry, Cute, Touching |
Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl he helped deliver as a five year old boy when his neighbor went into emergency labor. Twenty-five years later, Danny returns to his hometown and finds the irresistible Anna Swann but she finds it easy to resist him since she is already engaged to dreamboat Eric, a very practical match. In pursuit of Anna, Danny finds himself entangled with each of the eccentric Swanns including blind, sheltered Nina, cynical sister Karen, big brother Bill and dramatic mother Grace as he fights to prove that fate should never be messed with and passion should never be practical.
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:36 |
Characters | Friends |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Loneliness, Divorce, Fate |
Place | New York |
Time | Winter |
Style | Romantic, Light, To cry, Cute, Soulful |
During their travels from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally Will debate whether or not sex ruins a perfect relationship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Mark | imdb: 4.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:37 |
Characters | Teens, Friends, Girlfriends, Single mothers |
Plot | Love, Time travel, Adventure, Travel, Friendship |
Place | USA |
Style | Light |
In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, "accidentally" reads her teenage daughter's racy journal, she realizes just how wide their communication gap has grown.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA, France |
Duration | 01:38 |
Characters | Magician, Scammers, Losers, Wizards, Clairvoyants |
Plot | Investigation, Life after death |
Place | France |
Style | Romantic, Kind, Twisted plot, Light, To cry |
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:30 |
Characters | Childrens, Losers, Orphans, Sheriffs |
Plot | Travel, Loneliness, First love, Depression |
Place | Islands, Summer camp |
Style | Psychological problems, To cry, Cute, Soulful, Atmospheric |
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:41 |
Characters | Teens, Students, Friends, Losers, Psychiatrists |
Plot | Friendship, Mental disorders, Depression |
Place | Psychiatric hospitals, New York |
Style | To cry, Cute, Touching |
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | fantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:41 |
Characters | Dogs, Friends |
Plot | Apocalypse, End of the world, Travel, Friendship, Loneliness |
Place | USA |
Time | Future |
Style | Romantic, Gloomy, Black humor, Touching |
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:55 |
Characters | Losers |
Plot | Life, Friendship, Family life |
Place | Los Angeles |
Style | Light, To cry, Cute, Touching |
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.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:26 |
Characters | Family, Old man, Interns |
Plot | Friendship, Loneliness, Fate |
Place | Hotels, USA, Office, New York |
Style | Light, To cry, Cute, Inspirational, Soulful |
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | France, Japan, USA |
Duration | 01:33 |
Characters | Friends |
Plot | Passion, Friendship, Loneliness |
Place | France, New York |
Style | Romantic, Light, To cry, Cute, Smart |
Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not her loving and dominant mother (Gena Rowlands) attempting to set her up that consistently fail, she has her friend’s (Drea de Matteo) disastrous blind dates to rely on as a backup for further dismay. She's surrounded by friends who are all happily engaged or romantically involved and somehow, love escapes Nora -- until she meets an unusual Frenchman (Melvil Poupaud) who helps her discover life beyond her self-imposed boundaries.