Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.
← Find more movies

Romance movies

Explore romantic relationships, love and its complications.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 9,657 films · Page 135.

My Life Without Me (2003)

Drama, Family Drama, independent film, Psychodrama, romance film, Romantic drama

We first see Ann as she is experiencing the rain, mentally describing how it makes her feel. Working a janitorial job, Ann's coworker Lori is envious that 23-year-old Ann keeps thin, while she has to always be careful. After work, Ann picks up her negative mother from her bakery job, who is critical of Ann's husband Don's unemployment.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Trick (1999)

Comedy, Comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy

Gabriel, an office temp by day and aspiring Broadway composer by night, makes eye contact with Mark, a go-go dancer at a gay bar. The two meet again in the subway the same night, and go back to Gabriel's place to have sex. They are thwarted in the attempt first by Gabriel's aspiring actress friend Katherine, who is obsessed with her role in an adaptation of Salomé set in a women's prison, and then by Gabriel's roommate Rich, who returns home with his girlfriend Judy and has similar (and conflicting) plans for the apartment.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

A Tale of Two Cities (1958)

Drama, Historie

Sydney Carton, an alcoholic English lawyer, discovers that Charles Darnay, a man he once defended, is a French aristocrat trying to escape the French Revolution. While he envies the man over the love of a woman, Lucie Manette, his conscience is pricked and he resolves to help him escape the guillotine.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

Drama, romance film

As a little girl living in Australia, Lucinda Leplastrier is given a glass bead known as a Prince Rupert's drop. This gift sparks a lifelong obsession with glass. Lucinda's parents die when she is young, and she becomes a wealthy heiress after her guardians sell off the vast farmland that was her family's home.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Eating Out (2004)

LGBTQ-related film, Raunchy comedy, romantic comedy

After getting dumped by his girlfriend Tiffani von der Sloot (Rebekah Kochan), University of Arizona student Caleb Peterson (Scott Lunsford) commiserates with his roommate Kyle (Jim Verraros), who notes that while he has trouble getting the men he wants, he could get any woman because he is gay. Later at a party, Gwen Anderson (Emily Stiles) dumps her boyfriend after he comes out to her. Caleb sees her and becomes infatuated and meets Marc Everhard (Ryan Carnes), with whom Kyle is infatuated.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Little Miss Marker (1980)

Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama

During the 1930s, New York gangster Blackie approaches Sorrowful Jones, a gloomy, cantankerous bookmaker, about financing a new gambling house. Sorrowful is not interested. Carter, a small time gambler, leaves his six-year-old daughter to Sorrowful as a "marker", pledging her as collateral for his losses while he attempts to earn the money to pay off his debt.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Keith (2008)

Coming-of-age, Drama, romance film, romantic comedy

Natalie is an academically-focused student, with the intent of going to Duke University on a tennis scholarship. Natalie, with several other of her classmates, frequents an outdoors party place called The Brick. There, she bonds with Rafael, a new transfer student.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Ordinary Love (2019)

Drama, romance film

Joan and Tom Thompson have been married for many years; they keep their house in order and go about their routine lives. There is an ease to their relationship, and a deep love which manifests itself through tenderness and humour in equal measure. Tom owns a pet goldfish that Joan does not care for.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Mail Order Bride (1964)

Comedy, romantic comedy, Western

Retired lawman Will Lane promises to look after a dying friend's son. He is given the deed to the man's Montana ranch and instructed not to let the friend's son, Lee Carey, have it until Lee gives up his immature ways. One provision is that Lee must marry.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Brighton Rock (2010)

Crime, Drama, Gangster Film, neo-noir

In 1964, Pinkie Brown, the sociopathic enforcer of a Brighton gang, murders Fred Hale, who had killed the gang leader Kite. Brown befriends Rose, a young waitress who witnessed the gang's activity, to keep an eye on her. She falls in love with him.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

December Boys (2007)

Coming-of-age, Drama, romance film

In late 1960s Australia, four orphan boys from a Roman Catholic orphanage in the outback of AustraliaMaps, Misti, Spark and Spitwere all born in the month of December, and for their birthday, they are sent on a holiday to the beach to stay with Mr. and Mrs. McAnsh.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

All Roads Lead to Rome (2015)

Christmas film, romantic comedy

Set in valleys of Tuscany, Maggie returns to a town where she spent her youth, along with her daughter, when she comes across her ex Luca and his mother Carmen, who live in a villa nearby. Decades earlier, Luca and Maggie were wildly in love, but she left one day for America and cut off communication with Luca completely. Luca, who still harbours feelings for Maggie, tries to win her back.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Our Town (1940)

Drama, Family Drama, fantasy film, Marital Tragedy, romance film

The residents of the small town of Grover's Corners in New Hampshire live peacefully and in harmony. Dr. Gibbs, his wife Julie, and their two children George and Rebecca are the neighbors of the Webbs, who have a lovely daughter, Emily, and a younger son, Wally.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Beyond Tomorrow (1940)

Christmas film, fantasy film, Ghost, romance film

Engineers George Melton and Allan Chadwick work furiously to complete a design on time, even though it is Christmas Eve. Michael O'Brien, the third partner in their Manhattan firm, arrives with presents for all and kindly lets their employees leave. The three old men then go home to the mansion they share with Madame Tanya, an elderly countess dispossessed by the Russian Revolution, for a dinner with prestigious guests.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Al di là delle nuvole (1995)

Drama, romance film

Wraparound An unnamed film director is flying to Italy following the conclusion of his latest film. On the airplane, as he looks out beyond the clouds, he begins to think about his next film and the art of filmmaking. Upon landing, he drives through the night through thick fog, with people appearing and disappearing like apparitions.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

She Fought Alone (1995)

Crime, Drama

Caitlin Rose is a shy and bullied 17-year-old in the new town of Lockhart, Illinois. She is not very well known at her school, but with the help of her best friend, she is accepted into the popular group at school, known as The Crew. While partying one night, she bonds with Ethan, and eventually she's sleeping with him while being secretly watched by his best friend, Jace.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Lovers Rock (2020)

Drama, musical film, romance film

Lovers Rock opens by capturing the preparations necessary to turn a typical West London two-story home into the setting for a house party. There is significant commotion: couches and furniture are wrapped and taken outside, rugs are rolled, and individuals complain of heavy lifting. Soon it becomes clear that a party will unfold: reggae is blasted on large speakers rolled in from vans and the kitchen is filled with women singing and prepping food.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Road to Bali (1952)

buddy film, Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy

George and Harold, American song-and-dance men performing in Melbourne, Australia, leave in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals. They end up in Darwin, where they take jobs as deep sea divers for a prince. They are taken by boat to an idyllic island on the way to Bali, Indonesia.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

The Lonely Lady (1983)

Drama, LGBTQ-related film

Jerilee Randall, an innocent high school student, living in the San Fernando Valley, dreams of becoming a famous writer. Shortly after winning a trophy for her creative writing, she meets Walt, the son of famous screenwriter Walter Thornton, at a party. She goes home with him and some of his friends with the promise of meeting his father, whose work she admires.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Chéri (2009)

Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama, romantic comedy, Romantic drama

In 1900s Paris, wealthy, middle-aged retired courtesan Léa starts an affair with Fred, nicknamed Cheri ("Dear" or "Darling"), the 19-year-old only son of another even wealthier courtesan. A famous beauty, Léa has been successful at extracting large sums of money from her up-scale clients, never falling in love with any of them. At first, Léa takes Chéri off her "friend" (and former rival) Charlotte's hands as a favor, as his dissipated lifestyle is irritating to Charlotte and unhealthy for Chéri.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence