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Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy
After the death of her parents, Flora Poste finds herself with nowhere to live. Her small annual income is inadequate for her needs, and her friend the divorcee Mary Smiling tells her she will have to get a job. Flora, however, aspires to …
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Crime, Drama, Romance Film, crime film, drama film
Hardened New York City homicide detective Emily Eden, daughter of a divorced former cop, and her partner Nick attempt to arrest two drug dealers. However, Nick is stabbed by one of the dealers, whom Emily shoots, killing him as he tries to…
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Raunchy comedy, Romance Film, comedy film, erotic film
Poor country lass Fanny Hill sets off for London where she embarks on a series of sexual encounters in pursuit of wealth and happiness, "with many erotic asides."
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Komödie, comedy film, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film
Nineteen year old Bernard Chanticleer, called "Big Boy" by his parents, lives in Great Neck, New York with his overbearing, clinging mother and his commanding, disapproving father, who is curator of incunabula at the New York Public Librar…
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Musical, adventure film, musical film, romantic comedy
Pilot Mike Edwards finds himself in a dilemma. His partner and friend, Danny, has overspent the money that Mike had set aside to pay their debts. Without it, their aircraft called Bessie, a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 crop duster, is taken by…
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Justice Drama, Social Drama, drama film, romance film
In Dubious Battle is the story of the working class during the Great Depression, striking against an increasingly cruel establishment in ways that would lead to the formation of workers' rights, including a minimum wage. Two men form a uni…
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Drama, Film Noir, Romance Film, drama film, film noir, heist film
Teenager Barton "Bart" Tare is caught breaking a hardware-store window to steal a gun. He is sent to reform school for four years despite the supportive testimony of his friends Dave and Clyde, his older sister Ruby and others. They claim …
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Drama, drama film, melodrama, romance film
Recently widowed and anxious to escape the clutches of her oppressively meddlesome in-laws, free-spirited Lilia Herriton, née Theobald (Helen Mirren) travels to the hillside Tuscan town of Monteriano with her young friend Caroline Abbott (…
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Drama, drama film, romance film
Rick Clayton is a young American with a rare skin disease that prevents him from exposing himself to any kind of light, especially sunlight and is mostly seen as an expert motorcyclist, entirely clad from head to toe in leather. After tryi…
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Splatstick, romantic comedy
Margaret and Susan Turner are sisters who live together. Susan is an intelligent 17-year-old high school student with a habit of forming short-lived enthusiasms after hearing the regular guest lectures at school. Margaret, who is a judge, …
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Komödie, romantic comedy
Living in Manhattan, Tom is a cook who has difficulty keeping a steady job. His wife, Sofia, is an attorney. When their first child is born, they agree that she will be a full-time mom and he will work hard to get promoted.
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Romance Film, drama film, fantasy film, romance film
At a party, guests are waiting for the married couple Laura and Oliver Bradford to arrive. John Hillgrove, a blind pianist, proceeds to perform his tone poem titled "The Enchanted Cottage," which he wrote in their honor. Laura Pennington c…
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Fantasy, Komödie, Musical, Romance Film, comedy drama, drama film, fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy film
At the behest of her mainstream conservative fiancé Warren, scatterbrained five-pack-a-day chain smoker and clairvoyant Daisy Gamble attends a class taught by psychiatrist Marc Chabot for help in kicking her habit. She becomes unintentiona…
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Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy
Eddie Hopper is a construction contractor from Long Island, New York, and dad of two daughters, Connie and Betsy, who is about to be married. Money is tight in the Hopper household, but Eddie, much to the dismay of his wife, Lola, decides …
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Dark Comedy, Drama, drama film, romance film
In 1949, successful middle-aged businessman Harry Allen (Chris Cooper) is having an affair with considerably younger war widow Kay Nesbitt (Rachel McAdams). Feeling rejuvenated by his emotional reawakening, he confides in his best friend R…
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Komödie, Romantic Comedy, buddy film, romantic comedy
Compulsive gambler Charlie Gordon cons his brother-in-law, widower Herb Sullivan, whose wife Susie was Charlie's sister, to take an all expenses-paid luxury Holland America Mexican cruise. The catch, which Charlie does not reveal to Herb u…
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Coming Of Age, LGBTQ-related film, Social Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, comedy film
Anna has been rejected by her college, her girlfriend broke up with her, and her older sister is getting married. She meets Sadie, who invites her to join Clits In Action, or C(i)A, a radical Third-wave feminist group. Anna soon gets in to…
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Dark Comedy, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy
Boris Plots is director of Plots Funeral Home in the fictional Welsh village of Wrottin Powys. His rival Frank Featherbed, an American, is determined to revolutionise the undertaking business in Britain through the innovation of "themed fu…
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Coming Of Age, Romantic Comedy
In 2006, George Bobbin, a 16-year-old who lives in a small English town and dreams of becoming a pop star, meets Max, the son of a famous musical duo.
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Comedy Of Mistaken Identity, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, romantic comedy
Architects Oscar Novak and Peter Steinberg have just landed a career-making opportunity to design a multimillion-dollar cultural center for wealthy businessman Charles Newman. In a ploy for publicity, Newman has pitched Oscar and Peter in …
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Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy film
Forty-year-old Jenna Jones, recently dumped by her long-time boyfriend Brian, finds herself starting over after her mother kicks her out. Moving back to New York City, she transitions into a career in beauty journalism. To secure a job, Je…
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Swashbuckler, adventure film, silent film, swashbuckler film
thumb|A colorized lobby card showing a scene from the film, 1920 The Mark of Zorro tells the story of Don Diego Vega, the outwardly foppish son of wealthy ranchero Don Alejandro Vega in the old Spanish California of the early 19th century.…
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Christmas film, Melodrama, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, romantic comedy
Lee Leander is arrested for stealing a bracelet from a New York City jewelry store. The assistant district attorney, John "Jack" Sargent, is assigned to prosecute her. The trial begins just before Christmas, but to avoid facing a jury fill…
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Romance Film, drama film, romance film
Hester Street tells the story of Jewish immigrants who come to the Lower East Side of New York City in 1896 from Eastern Europe, and who live on Hester Street in Manhattan. When Yankel first comes to the U.S., he quickly assimilates into A…
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