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Amira & Sam (2014)
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Amira & Sam (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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.
Style: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy, independent film
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: forbidden love, veteran, interracial relations, life is a bitch, fall in love, opposites attract, culture clash, unlikely couple, misfit, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, couples, immigrant, iraq veteran, interracial romance, muslim, biker, wartime, happy ending, bike, military operation, afghanistan veteran, iraq war veteran, society ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, new york, iraq, manhattan new york city

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Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Time: 90s
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Falling for Grace (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Grace is a Chinese American who longs to be a part of New York's high society. At a socialite event, she is mistaken for a Hong Kong heiress and meets her Prince Charming. Nothing is as it seems absorbing drama. What will happen to this ...
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Time: 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An Indian-American surprises his family when he announces his desire for an arranged marriage with an Indian woman, though his affection for a longtime American friend complicate his plan.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
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Duration: 88 min.
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Style: semi serious, humorous, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Audience: date night
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
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Time: 90s, year 1997
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 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 ...
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Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, suspenseful ...
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