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 6.4
 333
Blue Blood (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Twenty years ago on a volcanic and paradisiacal island a 10-year-old boy was separated from his sister. The mother, fearful that an incestuous attraction would develop between the two, sent her son to the mainland with Kaleb, the magician from the ...
Style: atmospheric, captivating, psychological, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: incestuous relationship, circus, unfulfilled love, performer's life, family relations, unfulfillment, lgbt, rivalry, society, forbidden love, brother sister incest, brother sister sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america
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 5.6
 410
Hello Carter (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Down-on-his-luck Carter has recently become homeless, single and unemployed. Desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend, he goes off on an adventure throughout London to find her, picking up some odd helpers along the way.
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: date night
Plot: obsessive quest, nothing goes right, unfulfilled love, love and romance, disorder, escapades, chases and races, city life, nightlife, bittersweet, bare chested male, male objectification ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
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This Youth Is Crazy (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani features two polar opposite characters, who at one point were classmates in Modern School. The first is Naina Talwar (Deepika Padukone), a studious bespectacled young girl. The second is Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor), a carefree ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: friendship, tourist, fall in love, free spirited, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, adolescence vs adulthood, college graduate, self discovery, friends, hindu, coming of age ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india, paris france
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 6.2
 127K
Just Friends (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
Style: feel good, romantic, light, funny, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: true love, best friends in love, christmas, love and romance, holiday, friends in love, male female friendship, love, friendship, couples, fall in love, snow ...
Time: year 2005, year 1995, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa, los angeles
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 4.9
 73
W.C. (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Set in and around the male and female toilets of a Dublin jazz bar. A drama concerning the trials and tribulations of two lowly paid toilet attendants and the people they serve.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, multicultural, biting ...
Plot: immigrant, workplace, lifestyle, looking for love, unfulfilled love, social differences, working class, friends, social misfits, love and romance, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, czech republic, russia, dublin ireland
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There Be Dragons (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Spain, USA, Argentina
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, thought provoking, stylized ...
Plot: priest, spanish civil war, catholic, saint, soldier, dying father, betrayal, journalist, redemption, self discovery, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 1936, 1930s, year 1937, 70s
Place: spain, europe
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Love on the Side (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Small town waitress Eve Stuckley is stuck. She has spent years pining for testosterone saturate local hunk Jeff Sweeney and yearns to escape from the Hog-Chow Diner she runs. Just when Eve finally decides to pursue her man, drop dead gorgeous Linda ...
Style: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: first lesbian experience, waitress, love triangle, looking for love, unfulfilled love, fall in love, couples, couple relations, buddies, youth, friendship, lifestyle ...
Place: canada
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Forgive and Forget (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A jealousy erupts between two long-time friends as one is about to move in with his girlfriend. Now the friend must confront his long-hidden homosexuality. UK.
Style: touching, realistic, sincere, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, unrequited love, best friend, lgbt, closeted homosexual, love triangle, friendship, gay slur, lifestyle, unfulfilled love, buddies, looking for love ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, england, london, brighton
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Charlotte Sometimes (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Michael, a young mechanic, is forced to choose between a daring tryst with an alluring stranger and the habitual comfort of his bittersweet obsession: his beautiful young roommate.
Style: sincere, sexy, light, captivating, romantic drama ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: love triangle, friendship, love and romance, unfulfilled love, lifestyle, youth, infidelity, nightclub, aunt nephew relationship, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage ...
Place: san francisco
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 6.1
 112K
The Switch (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.
Style: romantic, humorous, feel good, cute, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: pregnancy, male female friendship, best friend, couples, best friends in love, love story, parenthood, single parent, unfulfilled love, childbirth, father son relationship, lifestyle ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, michigan
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 8.8
 2.2M
Forrest Gump (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style: inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot: life & death, philosophy, life philosophy, mentally challenged, destiny, love, rise to the top, human spirit, selflessness, storytelling, life, journey ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 50s, 1950s ...
Place: usa, washington d.c., vietnam, china, alabama ...
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 7.8
 23
Waves (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Waves is a romantic drama about the intimate relationship between Ross & Sofia - two old friends passionately in love yet life's cultural, geographical, and emotional obstacles get in the way.
Style: touching, contemplative, psychological, sexy, independent film
Plot: relationships, unfulfilled love, lovers, love, friendship, jealousy, couples, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, bare chested male, cheating girlfriend ...
Place: the philippines
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 6.4
 224
Now, Forager (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Lucien and Regina are foragers - they gather wild mushrooms and sell them to New York restaurants. They live simply, according to the seasons. When Regina seeks more stability, their marriage is put to a test.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, culinary ...
Plot: lifestyle, ambition, couple relations, relationship vs career, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage, love and romance, unfulfilled love, life turned upside down, restaurant, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey, new york
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 5.1
 7K
Lost & Found (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A comedy about finding your true love at any price. Dylan Ramsey resorts to snatching his beautiful neighbor's dog so he can spend time with her while they go on a phantom dog hunt. Succeeding in his plan, Dylan goes to return the pooch, only ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, romantic, sweet, funny ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: neighbor, love story, happy ending, justice, love and romance, buddies, unfulfilled love, friendship, looking for love, nothing goes right, couples, disorder ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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The Bread, My Sweet (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Dominic works round the clock: nights making biscotti for his family's bakery in a working-class Italian neighborhood in Pittsburgh, then days downtown where he's a specialist in firing people at a company that negotiates mergers. ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: fall in love, looking for love, family life, unfulfilled love, best friend, couples, family problems, human nature, unlikely couple, single parent, dream come true, parents and children ...
Place: usa, pittsburgh
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 6.7
 520
Strangers (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Six days in the lives of an Israeli living in a kibbutz and a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: unlikely couple, fall in love, love and romance, hopes, life is a bitch, couples, wartime life, friendship, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, dogma, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, paris france, germany ...
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Under the Greenwood Tree (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Set in a rustic English village in the mid 19th century, Under The Greenwood Tree tells the story of a poor young man who falls for a middle-class schoolteacher and attempts to win her over.
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, costume drama, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: village life, social differences, fall in love, forbidden love, love and romance, looking for love, unfulfilled love, society, couples, social relations, curses spells and rituals, christmas ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, middle ages, 50s
Place: britain, england
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Leon Morin, Priest (1961)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, bleak, sincere ...
Plot: clergy, world war two, atheist, religion, catholic priest, church, faith, priest, unfulfilled love, self discovery, theology, religions or cults ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1961
Place: france, europe
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 6.0
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A NY Thing (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Masquerading as another man, Antoine flies to New York for a three-day stay and promptly falls in love with Alice, who's dating someone else. When that doesn't work out for him, Antoine turns to the city itself for inspiration.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, mumblecore ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, lifestyle, love and romance, dishonesty, obsession, unfulfilled love, wooing, bittersweet, hidden identity, male female relationship, unfulfillment, city life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Tomorrow May Never Come (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, Canada
Duration: 186 min.
Story: Naina is a very serious girl with a very serious life. But one day, her soul is awakened by the happy-go-lucky Aman, who teaches her that life is meant to be lived. Naturally, she falls in love with him. But Aman is harboring a secret that keeps him ...
Style: sincere, touching, romantic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: terminal illness, love triangle, neighbor, young woman, secret, diary, tragic event, unfulfilled love, family life, best friend, family problems, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, middle east, usa
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Conversations with Other Women (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception for the privacy of a hotel room, the unnamed pair explore the choices of the past that led them to ...
Style: sexy, heartbreaking, melancholic, emotional, light ...
Plot: wedding, couples, infidelity, love story, unfulfilled love, love and romance, couple relations, hopes, introspection, sex, dialogue, adultery ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.2
 803
Shadow Magic (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China, Germany, Taiwan, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and Lumière-brothers' shorts to open the Shadow Magic theater. ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot: culture clash, father daughter relationship, friendship, introspection, lifestyle, social differences, couple relations, love and romance, society, human nature, fish out of water, parents and children ...
Time: 90s, 1900s, 1890s, 20th century, 19th century ...
Place: china, asia
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The Hottie & the Nottie (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Nate moves to L.A. to track down Cristabel, the woman he's been in love with since childhood, only to discover that his plan to woo her only has one hurdle to overcome: what to do with June, Cristabel's ever-present, not-so-hot best ...
Style: humorous, light, feel good, touching, disgusting ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens
Plot: dream girl, misfit, best friend, love and romance, looking for love, cons and scams, unfulfilled love, blonde, rivalry, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, transformation, teenager ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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Between Love & Goodbye (2008)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A modern gay drama about falling in and out of love, and the rocky road in between.
Style: realistic, serious, sexy, independent film, sincere ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gender, couples, prostitute, lgbt, love and romance, manipulation, fall in love, human nature, youth, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Great Gatsby (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Stock broker Nick Carraway consents to play Cupid for his rich married first cousin Daisy Buchanen and her former love, successful bootlegger and forger Jay Gatsby.
Style: captivating, stylized, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: tragic love, obsession, infidelity, lifestyle, love triangle, love affair, society, haunted by the past, unfulfilled love, social differences, dishonesty, love ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, yale university, oxford university, chicago
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After Midnight (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The magical Mole Antonelliana (the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy) is the setting for a very unlikely love story. One fateful evening the museum's timid night watchman, comes to the aid of an enchanting young fast-food cook on the ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, atmospheric, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, lovers on the run, opposites attract, on the run, love affair, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, couples, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, night ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turin italy, italy, europe
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 5.8
 18K
Management (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.
Style: light, feel good, romantic, inspirational, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: obsession, motel, love triangle, small town, homeless, marriage, looking for love, unfulfilled love, longing, ambition, goofy hero, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: arizona, usa, washington state, baltimore
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 8.1
 286K
Before Sunset (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Nine years ago two strangers met by chance and spent a night in Vienna that ended before sunrise. They are about to meet for the first time since. Now they have one afternoon to find out if they belong together.
Style: philosophical, sentimental, romantic, independent film, emotional ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: love story, relationships, lovers reunited, love and romance, couples, dialogue, lovers, bookstore, great ending, passion, bittersweet, conversation ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe, new york, warsaw poland ...
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 7.4
 31K
Another Year (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Style: emotional, touching, meditative, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: midlife crisis, friendship, jealousy, marriage, everyday life, family life, parents and children, suffering, loneliness, character study, desperation, divorce ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 90s, 21st century
Place: london, europe, england, paris france, ireland ...
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 7.5
 702K
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still ...
Style: exciting, action packed, intense, saga, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, date night, kids ...
Plot: superhero, mad scientist, double life, superhuman powers, disguise, friendship, vigilante, fantasy world, multiverse, super villain, fight, life philosophy ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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