Waiting to Exhale

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Waiting to Exhale (1995)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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2014 ★ 7.8

Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more?

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

2025 ★ 6.4

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One Day

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2011 ★ 7.4

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Your Place or Mine

Your Place or Mine

2023 ★ 6.3

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Catch and Release

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2006 ★ 5.9

For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends.

Love & Friendship

Love & Friendship

2016 ★ 6.1

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Safe Haven

Safe Haven

2013 ★ 7.2

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Celeste & Jesse Forever

Celeste & Jesse Forever

2012 ★ 6.4

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Laggies

Laggies

2014 ★ 6.1

Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig.

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

2011 ★ 5.8

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.

Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022 ★ 7.5

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle

Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle

2017 ★ 6.6

Maggie, a single mom has to balance between her career and her son, Jordan. Jordan finds a tutor named Casey to help him at school, and Casey becomes like a father figure. Will the three of them find happiness and love once again?

Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire

1996 ★ 7.0

Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.

Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

1983 ★ 7.1

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Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 ★ 7.7

Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.

The Lonely Guy

The Lonely Guy

1984 ★ 6.2

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

Claudine

Claudine

1974 ★ 7.1

Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended white community, she meets Roop, a charismatic but irresponsible garbage collector. Romance quickly ensues, but Claudine doubts that their relationship is good for her six children, and Rupert, despite his good nature, is reluctant to take on fatherhood.

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

2022 ★ 6.2

Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?

Think Like a Man

Think Like a Man

2012 ★ 6.8

The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realize that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship “playbook,” they decide that the best defense is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage.

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

2011 ★ 7.3

Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.

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