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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 9,657 films · Page 142.

Parrish (1961)

Drama

Parrish McLean and his widowed mother Ellen arrive at Sala Post's tobacco plantation in Connecticut, where Ellen has been hired to chaperon Sala's daughter, Alison. Sala however refuses to let Parrish live with him, thus Parrish is forced to leave. He is soon hired to work in Sala's tobacco fields, and moves in with fellow crop worker Teet Howie, who lives with his wife's family.

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Save the Last Dance 2 (2006)

Dance Film, Drama, musical film, romance film, Romantic drama

The film continues the story of Sara Johnson (originally played by Julia Stiles and now portrayed by Izabella Miko). She recalls how she was born to be a dancer. Her mother would often comment that she knew how to pirouette before she could properly walk.

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Sunday in New York (1963)

romantic comedy

Eileen Tyler, a 22-year-old music critic for the Albany Times Union, is suffering from her breakup with Russ Wilson, a handsome, athletic, and thoroughly self-absorbed scion of Albany's richest family. Seeking advice on the premarital sex she has refused him, she appears unannounced at the chic Upper East Side loft apartment of her elder brother Adam, an airline pilot. Eileen confides to him that she thinks she may be the only 22-year-old virgin left in the world.

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Lady Oscar (1979)

Adventure, Drama, Historie, LGBTQ-related film, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, romance film, swashbuckler film

General Jarjayes' wife dies while giving birth to a baby girl. Frustrated by this and refusing to believe his wife would die without giving him a male heir, the General names the girl Oscar François de Jarjayes and decides to raise her as a boy. He tells his housekeeper that her son, André, will grow up with Oscar and become her best friend, as the General believes the girl should be around men.

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Kismet (1955)

fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy

In old Baghdad, an impoverished poet, who has usurped the customary prime “begging spot” of the Mecca-bound Hajj the Beggar, is abducted and brought to the desert tent of Jawan, a notorious elderly brigand. The Poet has been mistaken for Hajj the Beggar, who cursed Jawan fifteen years ago. As a result of the curse, Jawan's beloved young son was kidnapped, and Jawan longs to find his son before he dies.

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Fitzwilly (1967)

Christmas film, Comedy, Heist, romantic comedy

Claude Fitzwilliam serves as butler to Miss Victoria Woodworth, an elderly heiress whose tremendous wealth is a myth fostered by Fitzwilliam; unbeknownst to her, her financier father actually left her $180. "Fitzwilly" has been leading the household staff on numerous thefts, raids and swindles — including the operation of the fictional charity and thrift shop, St. Dismas — to maintain "Miss Vicki" in the lifestyle to which she is accustomed.

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Love & Gelato (2022)

romantic comedy, teen film

After her mother's death, 17-year-old American Lina Emerson spends the summer in Rome before starting college at MIT. Although her extroverted best friend Addie wanted to join her, she has to go alone to honor her mother Hadley's last wish. Lina is uninterested not only in face-to-face interaction but also in social media engagement.

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The Hunchback (1997)

Drama, historical film, Horror, Melodrama, romance film

The film opens in Paris in the year 1480 with a prologue establishing a world where the Catholic Church holds absolute power and suppresses modern ideas like the printing press. On the steps of Notre Dame Cathedral, Dom Claude Frollo (played by Richard Harris), the archdeacon, discovers a severely deformed baby abandoned in the rain. He takes pity on the child, names him Quasimodo, and decides to raise him within the cathedral's walls.

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Choose Me (1984)

Comedy drama, romance film, romantic comedy, Science fiction, Tragicomedy

A man named Mickey is released from a mental hospital where his stories are perceived as lies. Looking for someone named Eve, he returns to Los Angeles. Mickey eventually arrives at a bar called Eve's Lounge.

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The Theory of Flight (1998)

Comedy drama, Drama, romantic comedy

Richard, an unsuccessful artist who builds primitive flying machines, attempts to fly from the roof of a London office building wearing homemade wings but fails, instead crash-landing and only being saved by a rescue squad. As a result of his actions Richard is sentenced to community service, in the form of caring for Jane, an ill-tempered woman who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and has driven away her previous carers. Over time, Richard and Jane become friends, and eventually Jane asks Richard to help her find someone to lose her virginity to, explaining that she does not want to die a virgin.

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Stateside (2004)

Drama, romantic comedy

Dori Lawrence (Rachael Leigh Cook) is an actress and singer who resides in Hollywood, California. She has undiagnosed schizophrenia, which causes problems in her career. After another concert goes wrong due to her untreated disease, she is sent to get help for her schizophrenia.

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All Summers End (2017)

Drama, romance film

Conrad, Hunter and Tim are close friends living in a small town. Grace takes a liking to Conrad and they start spending a lot of time with each other, which stresses Conrad's relationship with Hunter and Tim. Having promised Hunter and Tim that they could hang out on the 4th of July, Conrad declines an invitation to watch the fireworks with Grace's family.

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My Name Is Joe (1998)

Comedy, Drama, romance film, Social Drama

The film begins with Joe Kavanagh at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, relaying an experience from his past. On the way to pick up Liam, a former junkie whom Joe is fond of, for a football match, they are cut off by Sarah, a health visitor serving Liam, his girlfriend Sabine and their son Scott. Dropping off Liam after the match, Joe watches as Liam and Sabine have a confrontation outside their home with several thugs.

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Maid to Order (1987)

Comedy, Drama, romantic comedy

Jessica "Jessie" Montgomery (Ally Sheedy) is a bratty, hard-partying rich girl in her mid-20s. Jessie's self-indulgent lifestyle (along with a lack of respect for anything or anybody, even herself) has been wearing thin on her father Charles (Tom Skerritt), a widowed philanthropist. When Jessie's boyfriend Brent (Jason Beghe) breaks up with her, out of frustration with her immaturity and utter lack of values, she couldn't care less.

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It Had to Be You (2000)

Comedy, romantic comedy

Charlie Hudson and Anna Penn are staying at The Plaza in Manhattan as their respective fiancés Claire and David are in Europe for work and they are left to start wedding preparations. They coincidentally meet at the reception and then again in the elevator. Charlie invites his good friend Henry Taylor to dinner in the hotel's restaurant.

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Laurence Anyways (2012)

Drama, flashback film, LGBTQ-related film, romance film, transgender film

The film begins by introducing 35-year old Laurence Alia (Melvil Poupaud), an award-winning novelist and literature teacher in Montreal, Quebec. Laurence is very much in love with his girlfriend, the fiery and passionate Frédérique - "Fred" - Bellair (Suzanne Clément). On the day of Fred's birthday, Laurence reveals to Fred his biggest secret; he has felt his entire life that he was born in the wrong body and says that he has been living a lie for so many years.

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Top End Wedding (2019)

romantic comedy

In 1976, a young Daphne "Daffy" Ford escapes an arranged marriage in her homeland on the Tiwi Islands. While being chased by her relatives, she flees the island on a speedboat. In the present day, Daffy's daughter, Lauren, works as a lawyer in Adelaide and has recently been promoted.

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The Slugger's Wife (1985)

romantic comedy

Darryl Palmer is a baseball player for the Atlanta Braves. He enjoys the fame and fringe benefits of bachelor life until he meets rock singer Debby Huston, falls in love, and decides to settle down. Debby is not ready to put her professional hopes on hold, but from the moment Darryl meets her, his own career takes off.

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Popstar (2005)

romantic comedy, teen film, Teen Comedy Film

Jane Brighton (Alana Austin) is a high school math whiz obsessed with J.D. McQueen (Aaron Carter), a teen music sensation whose parents have sent him back to public high school to improve his declining grades. J.D.

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Libeled Lady (1936)

Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy, screwball comedy film

Wealthy Connie Allenbury is falsely accused of breaking up a marriage and sues the New York Evening Star newspaper for $5 million for libel. Warren Haggerty, the managing editor, turns in desperation to former reporter and suave ladies' man Bill Chandler for help. Bill's scheme is to maneuver Connie into being alone with him when his wife shows up, so that the suit will have to be dropped.

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Gross Anatomy (1989)

Drama

Joe Slovak is a brilliant freshman medical school student whose nonconformist approach to life is tested when he enrolls in gross anatomy, the toughest course in med school. His schoolfriends and lab partners include Kim, a pregnant woman; Miles, a buttoned-down blue-blood; Laurie, an overly ambitious student determined to make it; and David, an overanalyzer who is also his roommate. Joe's freewheeling, independent style immediately causes problems in the classroom, beginning with his constantly arriving late to class and using a door marked as "Do not enter", all of which annoy the class instructor Dr.

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