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Romance movies
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Can you imagine a near-future world? The time is out of joint: it's July, 2021, but snow falls in New York City, people freeze in Uganda, gravity loses its power in Africa. Despite world-wide chaos John (Joaquin Phoenix), a Polish academic on his way to Calgary, stops in New York to meet his wife Elena (Claire Danes), a world-famous figure skater, in order to get a divorce. But when John arrives at Elena's hotel, he realizes that something is wrong. John soon discovers that Elena and her staff have a secret — David (Alun Armstrong), her manager, has cloned Elena with the intention of killing her as soon as her talent finally runs short. They are soon on the run from David and his mates. Is there a corner of the world where they can seek shelter to keep themselves safe and sound? |
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Perpetually single Kat Ellis (Debra Messing) must return to her parents' London home for her little sister's wedding, when she learns that the best man at the ceremony will be Jeffrey (Jeremy Sheffield), a former boyfriend who cruelly dumped her without warning two years before. She hires Nick, a top-drawer male escort, to pose as her boyfriend. In a desperate attempt to face the ordeal with dignity, Kat contrives elaborate plan to save face in front of the one-time fiancé who dumped her. |
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One day while jogging along the coast Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn), a divorced female journalist, finds a bottle containing a romantic and moving message addressed to a woman. The letter’s heart-wrenching poetry touches the chords of her soul and she decides to begin a search for the mysterious author known only as "G." The trail leads her to Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), a North Carolina boat-restorer who grieves for his tragically dead wife. After Theresa and Garret meet, they soon make friends and feel warm affection towards each other. But Theresa encounters a significant obstacle to her happiness...
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Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz) is a shy common teenager, living with his mother, father and little brother in a suburban house. But he is also a very efficient undercover CIA agent. He is assigned by CIA director (Keith David), with the support of his instructor Ronica Miles (Angie Harmon), to date Natalie Connors (Hilary Duff) in order to be invited to her birthday party and get close and spy Natalie's father, Dr. Connors (Martin Donovan). Dr. Connors is a brilliant scientist, who has developed some sort of micro-robots with the intention of controlling oil leakage from tankers. However, the investors of the experiment intend to use the device as a powerful weapon. |
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Matt (Josh Hartnett) is dumped by his girlfriend, she instantly found another guy leaving her former boyfriend to bite the dust and to long for her. Dispirited and disappointed, Matt vows to have no sexual and related contacts in a period of forty days... and, more particularly, nights. But suddenly he meets the seductive girl of his dreams (Shannyn Sossamon) and his vow becomes the serious obstacle for their upcoming relations. Concurrently, as you may have guessed, his ex-girlfriend tries to get him back. It's rather hilarious sight when embarrassed Matt tries hilariously to come unscrew! |
| Bodyguard, The
[1992,
USA]
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| Never let her out of your sight. Never let your guard down. Never fall in love. |
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Witney Houston plays the maniac-besieged superstar singer Rachel Marone who is defended by Kevin Kostner's Frank Farmer. He is a professional bodyguard, so the maniac has to face the tough adversary. But the foe threatens with the promises to kill the singer, and she runs risks by deciding to perform the concert instead of passing out of sight. At the same time, she finds herself romantically involved with her defender... |
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Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett) are best friends who grew up like brothers in Tennessee. Now they both are pilots of the U.S. Army Air Corps. When Rafe meets a beautiful and valiant nurse, Evelyn Johnson (Kate Beckinsale), the two fall in love. But before they had time to start a romance, Rafe is forced to join the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Meanwhile, Danny and Evelyn are relocated to the naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. When they hear that Rafe has been killed, they become close friends and find comfort in each other; the romantic sparks eventually start to fly between them. But when Rafe comes back alive, the childhood friends become enemies. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Government plans to take retaliatory measures and assigns Rafe and Danny for a top-secret mission to bomb Tokyo. Can this highly dangerous task help them to reconcile their conflict? |
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Sophia Rosselini (Kelly Brook), a magnificent Italian temptress, opens a School for Seduction in a small town of Newcastle, and four friends sign up for an education in the "seductive arts" hoping to release their inner sex goddess. Four young women will find their stagnant sex-lives taking on a whole new life in a passionate tale of love and lust. Initially the course is great fun until Sophia's estranged husband arrives in the town with a shocking surprise in this romantic comedy abundant with hilarious situations. |
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The hilarious romantic comedy focuses on Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx), a man who is about to make a marriage proposal to his girlfriend Helen (Bianca Lawson) but finds himself tactlessly dumped by her. To let off steam he writes a long anguished letter that turns into a break-up guide. After he gets his book published, Quincy discovers that his opus becomes a smash best-seller. Not wanting to suffer heartache, his cousin Evan Fields (Morris Chestnut) enlists him to break up with his beautiful girlfriend Nicky Callas (Gabrielle Union) for him. However, Quincy begins breaking all the rules as he unexpectedly becomes enamoured by Nicky. |
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Young Florentines regale one another in the Italian countryside while the black plague decimates their city. |
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A 21-year-old girl with a beautiful voice, Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo), moves to New York with the hope to make it big as a songwriter. But life in Big Apple is much harder than she expected. All her efforts to rent a good apartment and to find a producer are in vain. Frustrated and aground, Violet finally gets a job as a barmaid at a famous nightclub called Coyote Ugly where only gorgeous and enterprising women run the show. In company of sexy bartenders whose manners disgust canting hypocrites and attract men, Violet has to overcome her shyness so that she can perform her songs herself. |
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Hilary Duff stars as Sam Montgomery, a clumsy high school student who undergoes an amazing transformation into the one of her school's hottest girls. She is routinely exploited by her mean-spirited stepmother (Jennifer Coolidge) and being forced to scrub floors at her diner after the death of her father. But her gloomy life changes when she starts exchanging notes with a mysterious guy over the internet, who promises to meet her at the upcoming school dance, she also finds a friend in the person of an artsy nerd Carter (Dan Byrd). Sweet diner manager (Regina King), helps Sam to get disguised for the Halloween dance. There she discovers her prince is one of the popular guys, Austin Ames (Chad Michael Murray). This fairy tale having a cellular phone instead of the crystal shoe comes with plenty of wit, style, and heart. The uncovered shallowness of popular kids, their stupid parents, and whimpering siblings are shown in a way that should balm the unhealed wounds of anyone who's ever been to high school. |
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Three ex-girlfriends of a serial cheater (Metcalfe) set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken. |
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In this modern music-driven dramedy, Alison Lang (Anne Hathaway) and Emily (Bijou Phillips) are two naïve, bored teenage girls living in a wealthy neighborhood of Los Angeles. Fascinated with hip-hop culture, the pretty girls intend to explore life outside of their safe and familiar world and set out on a fun-filled adventure journey to East L.A., unaware that even the most innocuous actions may have serious consequences. |
| Senseless
[1998,
USA]
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| A secret experiment gave him super senses. Then came the side-effects. |
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Impecunious college student Darryl Witherspoon (Marlon Wayans) tried to earn enough money to pay his college tuition and support his single mother and younger siblings. One day Witherspoon came across a notice that said Dr. Wheedon (Brad Dourif) was looking for volunteers to partake in a high-paying medical experiment. Darryl instantly agreed to become a guinea pig for an experimental drug that was expected to enhance all senses by several times. Everything would have been hunky-dory if the drug hadn’t had an embarrassing side effect...
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Rick has been given a new identity by the FBI for helping convict a drug dealing FBI agent. Fifteen years later his former fiance recognises him. Rick's FBI 'minder' has been replaced by a corrupt agent who helps the drug dealing FBI agent and his accomplice locate him. There are many subsequent chase scenes as Rick and girlfriend revisit his former haunts. |
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A psychological thriller: a lonely New York woman discovers the darker side of passion after becoming involved with a tough homicide detective who is investigating a series of murders in her neighborhood. |
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After leaving the Army, Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) tries to get a marketing job in New York. But without a college degree, this was not possible. He then decides to start studying for a business degree at the local City College and gets a part time job as a bartender. He realizes that its not that easy, but when his new boss Douglas Coughlin (Brian Brown) teaches him the secrets of the bar trade and they become the most famous bartenders in town. Both Brian & Doug Coughlin want their own top class cocktail bars someday and Brian's Cocktail Bar is to be called 'Cocktails & Dreams', and in order to get the necessary money to open it, Brian travels to Jamaica to work as a bartender at a resort Tiki Bar, and the pay is good. There he meets Jordan Mooney (Elisabeth Shue), a young and pretty, up and coming American artist on vacation with her girlfriend from New York, staying at the Island resort. Jordan and Brian spend some quality time together and fall in love. But when Brian takes a dare from his old buddy, Doug Coughlin to sleep with an older woman, who is also staying at the resort. Jordan, herself the daughter of wealthy parents back in New York, leaves the Island overnight, after seeing Brian and the older woman together after closing... Will Jordan ever forgive Brian and will they get back together??? |
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A doting, overly-possessive mother (Jane Fonda) fresh from a mental breakdown after she was replaced on her TV talk show re-enters her son's life just as he (Michael Vartan) decides to get engaged to a free spirited, multi-talented woman who works as a dog-walker & temp at a doctor's office . Immediately seeing the woman (Jennifer Lopez) as a threat, she puts on a good face in front of her son but immediately starts plotting against her. However, two can play that game and the war is on. In the middle of the mess is the mother's assistant (Wanda Sykes), who is loyal to her boss but has been with her long enough to not take any of her guff. |
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David Spade plays Joe, whose search for his family has him hittin' the road and keepin' it real with every lowlife he meets, including a sweet hottie (Brittany Daniel), a janitor (Christopher Walken), and a pychotic cannibal (Brian Thompson) with whom he has a brief interlude. Through it all, Joe keeps on truckin' . . . all the way to L.A., where a shock jock DJ (Dennis Miller) targets Joe as the butt of his show. But Joe's plucky spirit encourages listeners to cheer him on and help him find a better family than the one he thought he wanted. Rock on! |
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