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Key Features:
Romantic comedy, Small business, Online identity, Business competition, Independent woman, Rivalry, Hidden identity, Female friendship, Workplace romance
Tone:
humorous, earnest
Target Audience:
Romance fans, Independent film enthusiasts, Viewers seeking lighthearted entertainment
Emotional Arc:
Antagonism → Attraction

Maintenance Required

2025-10-07
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Charlie, the fiercely independent owner of an all-female mechanic shop, is forced to reevaluate her future when a flashy corporate competitor moves in across the street. Seeking comfort, she turns to an anonymous online confidant - unaware she's confiding in Beau, the very rival threatening her business. As sparks fly both online and off, the truth threatens to blow everything apart.

Genres
Romance, Comedy
Cast
Madelaine Petsch, Jacob Scipio, Katy O, Madison Bailey, Matteo Lane, Jim Gaffigan, Naomi J. Ogawa, Inanna Sarkis, Kerim Hassan, Rob Rausch
Crew
Lacey Uhlemeyer, Lacey Uhlemeyer, Erin Falconer, Roo Berry
Rating
5.9(125 votes)
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4.8

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Daddy's Little Girls

Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty and Julia couldn't be less alike, but a flame is ignited... touching off a firestorm of love and conflict.



Modern Romance
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Lover, Stalker, Killer

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Social Animals
6.141

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Crazy, Stupid, Love.

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.



Women in Trouble
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5.792

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The Valet(2022)
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6.1

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Ten Inch Hero
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Can't Buy My Love

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You've Got Mail
6.7

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Vollidiot(2007)
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Single By Contract
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Modern Problems
5.3

Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.



Love.com
Love.com(2017)
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The One and Only
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Labor Pains
5.4

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Still Waiting...
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After Shenaniganz loses all its hottest waitresses to new competitor Ta-Ta's Wing Shack -- where the scantily clad wait staff earns bigger tips -- the Shenaniganz staff aims to give Ta-Ta's its just desserts.



Nurse Betty
6.1

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Career Opportunities

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The Ex
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Focus
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Flip That Romance
6.3

Rival house flippers, Jules Briggs and Lance Waddell, renovate dual sides of a duplex and rekindle an old romance.



Amarsi un po'...
6.3

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Sweethearts
6

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Save the Date
5.762

After breaking up with her boyfriend, a bookstore manager resists a seemingly perfect guy's attempts to woo her.



Overhaul
Overhaul(2023)
6.799

When truck racer Roger loses everything, he receives a tempting but dangerous offer: to work as the getaway driver for a gang of thieves.



Newness
Newness(2017)
6.1

In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.



The Secret: Dare to Dream

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The Matchbreaker
5.94

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Her(2013)
7.8

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Non-Transferable
5.6

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He's Just Not That Into You

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Chance at Romance
6.1

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Super Hybrid
5.071

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This Means War
6.2

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Kelly & Cal
6.2

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Living Out Loud
5.843

Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor, has been having an affair with a younger woman. Judith stews, plans, plots and fantasizes, but she can't decide what to do with her life until she goes out to a night club to see singer Liz Bailey, who is full of advice on life and love. While out on the town, Judith is suddenly kissed by a total stranger, which opens her eyes to new possibilities... which is when she notices Pat, the elevator operator in her building.



Lovesick
Lovesick(2014)
5

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Excess Baggage
6.1

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Boys and Girls
5.943

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Love Hard(2021)
6.928

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Coffee Town
6.5

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Tenure
Tenure(2010)
5.532

Despite his outstanding intellect, associate professor Charlie Thurber is a chronic underachiever and has never received university tenure. Aided by his nutty best friend, Charlie launches a final effort to make the grade at Gray College. But a beautiful new teacher whose ascending star threatens to eclipse him shakes up Charlie's plans.



Sex Is Comedy
5.815

A director struggles with a difficult sex scene between a young actor and actress who can't stand one another. Aided by her loyal assistant, she is hell-bent on getting the scene right without compromise.



Amateur Night
5.513

Guy Carter, an insecure expectant father unable to find work in his field, accepts a job driving hookers around Los Angeles. One long and crazy evening proves to our hero that he is, in fact, up to the task of fatherhood.



Summer in the City
6.046

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Adult World
6.041

Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.



Eating Out
5.6

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Employee of the Month

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5.7

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Heavy
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6.645

Victor is a cook who works in a greasy roadside restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college dropout, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.



Fasten Your Seatbelts

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Elevator Girl
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Blonde Ambition
4.464

A young professional woman unwittingly becomes the pawn of two business executives in their bid to oust the head of a mega-conglomerate.



Redbelt
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Life As We Know It
6.903

After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.



Ode to Joy
6.2

Charlie suffers from a serious disease that causes acute narcolepsy whenever he is happy. Although he develops a variety of techniques to deny himself pleasure and deal with his sleep issues, they’re put to the test when he falls in love.



Sidewalls
Sidewalls(2011)
7.5

Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?



Uglies
Uglies(2024)
5.755

In a futuristic dystopia with enforced beauty standards, a teen awaiting mandatory cosmetic surgery embarks on a journey to find her missing friend.



Dirt
Dirt(2018)
6

In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.



Home Fries
5.1

Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian quickly falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his scheming mother wants Sally dead. And Sally isn't sure she wants Dorian to be her child's father and also his brother.



All American Bikini Car Wash

An enterprising college student agrees to run his professor's Las Vegas car wash to avoid flunking out of school. But it's Vegas gone wild when he decides to staff it with gorgeous bikini-clad girls.



In a Relationship
5.733

Long-term couple Owen and Hallie are breaking up—or maybe not?—and just as their relationship reaches a turning point, Matt and Willa embark on a romance of their own.

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