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Explore romantic relationships, love and its complications.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 9,657 films · Page 140.

The Fox (1967)

bisexual film, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, queer film

Jill Banford and Ellen March struggle to support themselves by raising chickens on an isolated farm in rural Ontario. Dependent Jill tends to household chores and finances while the self-sufficient Ellen deals with heavier work, such as chopping wood, repairing fences, and stalking the fox that keeps raiding their coops, although she is hesitant about killing it. Jill seems content with their secluded existence, but the frustrated Ellen is less enchanted by the solitude.

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Beware the Gonzo (2010)

Comedy drama, romance film, romantic comedy, teen film, Tragicomedy

After being fired from his high school paper by editor Gavin Reilly, Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman establishes an underground paper with his friends Rob Becker, Ming Na, and Schneeman to give a voice to unpopular students. Eddie's idea catches the attention of Evie Wallace, who joins the paper's team out of disdain for Gavin. The first issue causes a commotion throughout the school and Principal Roy and Gavin offer to give Eddie his own section in the main paper if he tones down his content.

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The Face of Love (2013)

Drama, romance film, romantic comedy

Nikki is a recent widow whose husband Garret died in a drowning accident; Nikki has not yet gotten over it. Objects, people and situations that remind Nikki of the love of her life still haunt her. Resigned to life alone, Nikki visits an art gallery that she often frequented with Garret and sees a man whose resemblance to her husband stuns her.

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Daisy Miller (1974)

romance film, Romantic drama

Daisy Miller is a beautiful, flirtatious, nouveau riche young American visiting a Swiss spa with her nervously timid, talkative mother and spoiled, xenophobic younger brother Randolph. There she meets upper class expatriate American Frederick Winterbourne, who is warned about her reckless ways with men by his dowager aunt Mrs. Costello.

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Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

Animation, Comedy, fantasy film, musical film

The Ramayana left|thumb|Sita Sings the Blues (2008) by Nina Paley, full film (with audio muted due to copyright problems with some of the music) The film uses a pared-down adaptation of the legend that retains many of its finer details while adopting a perspective sympathetic towards Sita; in the director's words, the film is "a tale of truth, justice and a woman's cry for equal treatment." The plot joins the legend at the exile of the prince Rama from the capital city of Ayodhya, at the behest of king Dasharatha's favorite queen, Kaikeyi. Having earned the right to two favors by saving the Dasharatha's life, Kaikeyi attempts to secure…

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How I Got Into College (1989)

Coming-of-age, romantic comedy

The story follows two high school seniors from Michigan on their quest to get into Ramsey College, a small college in Pennsylvania: popular and talented Jessica, and unnoticed underachiever Marlon. Jessica wants to break free of both her high school image and her family's near-maniacal devotion to the University of Michigan, while Marlon simply wants to go to whatever college Jessica is going to because he's completely in love with her. Jessica and Marlon go from being in completely different orbits to slowly becoming friends and then romantic interests for each other.

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Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)

Drama, Noir, romance film, war film

In Baltimore, Elizabeth ("Liz") and John Andrew MacDonald had only been married for a year when John enlisted to fight in World War I. Just before Christmas in 1918, while awaiting word of his return after the war's end, Liz is notified by telegram of John's death. At the same time, she learns she is pregnant.

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From Beginning to End (2009)

Coming-of-age, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film

1986 — Thomás is born with his eyes closed, and he does not open them for several weeks following the birth. Julieta, his mother, is unconcerned, believing that when Thomás is ready and wants to open his eyes, he will. These events instill a strong belief in free will in young Thomás.

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Naked in New York (1993)

Coming-of-age, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy

The film is narrated in flashback by Jake Briggs (Eric Stoltz), a young aspiring playwright, culminating in the production of one of his plays off-Broadway by agent Carl Fisher (Tony Curtis). The play is a flop, at least in part because the lead parts are given to two actors, Dana Coles and Jason Brett (Kathleen Turner and Chris Noth), who are "not right" for the roles. Along the journey, Jake reviews his relationships with girlfriend Joanne (Mary-Louise Parker), gay best friend Chris (Ralph Macchio), his mother Shirley (Jill Clayburgh), and his mostly absentee father Roman (Paul Guilfoyle).

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Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)

Comedy horror, monster film, musical film, Parody, romance film, Science fiction, science fiction comedy

A guitar-shaped spaceship and Robot 1359 (voiced by Peter Cullen), search the universe for the source of rock and roll music. After discounting the planets Teldar and Malox, they come across Acirema. After listening to a dance/musical performance of “When the Rain Begins to Fall”, featuring Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson portraying members of rival gangs who fall in love, à la Romeo and Juliet, 1359 discounts this one too.

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Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)

Drama, independent film

Hannah is a recent college graduate living in Chicago who works as an intern at a production office during the summer. She finds herself torn between three different men: her boyfriend Mike, and Matt and Paul, two screenwriters she works with. While coasting from relationship to relationship, Hannah attempts to find a direction for her life.

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A Kind of Loving (1962)

Drama, Marital Tragedy, Melodrama, Romantic drama, Social Drama

Victor 'Vic' Brown is a draughtsman in a Manchester factory who sleeps with typist Ingrid Rothwell, who also works there. She falls for him but he is less enamoured of her. When he learns he has made her pregnant Vic proposes marriage and the couple move in with Ingrid's protective, domineering mother, who disapproves of the match.

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Swept from the Sea (1998)

Drama, Melodrama, romance film

Yanko Góral, a Ukrainian peasant, is swept ashore on the coast of Cornwall, England, after his emigrant ship sinks on its way to the United States in 1888. The bodies of his fellow passengers wash ashore and are soon buried in a mass grave. Yanko makes his way to the Swaffer farm, where his dishevelled appearance frightens the family.

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Prince Valiant (1954)

Action, Adventure, Drama, fantasy film, medieval film, period drama film, romance film, swashbuckler film, Sword-and-sandal

Usurper Sligon, a worshipper of the old Norse god pantheon, and other rebel Vikings have forced into exile the Christian royal family of the Viking kingdom of Scandia: King Aguar, his wife, and their son, Prince Valiant. The family comes under King Arthur's protection. After having grown to become a man, Valiant is sent to Camelot to train under the tutelage of Aguar's family friend, a knight of the Round Table, Sir Gawain.

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The Unbelievable Truth (1989)

Comedy, Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film, romantic comedy

Back from prison to a small community on Long Island comes Josh, a sober young man whose crimes most cannot remember exactly and finds a job at Vic's auto repair shop. Vic's daughter Audry falls instantly in love with him, only to be rejected when she declares her feelings because he is not ready for such a relationship and fears Vic's reaction. In revenge, she gives up the place she has won at Harvard and goes off to New York to be a photographic model, appearing first in lingerie and then nude.

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Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

Drama, romance film, romantic comedy

College student Marjorie Morgenstern brings her boyfriend Sandy Lamm to attend her family's synagogue. Her parents Rose (Claire Trevor) and Arnold (Everett Sloane) are happy with her choice of mate (department store heir), and Rose tells Arnold that she hopes the two will marry. However, Marjorie rejects Sandy's proposal and goes to a Catskills resort that summer to be a camp counselor.

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The Year My Voice Broke (1987)

Coming-of-age, Drama, romance film

In 1962 in rural New South Wales, Australia, Danny is a thin, socially awkward 15-year-old boy who has been best friends with Freya since childhood. Freya was adopted as a baby; as a result, she is the subject of town gossip and rumours about her possible biological parents. The two spend their days at their childhood hangout on the outskirts of town, experimenting with telepathy and hypnosis.

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Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (2008)

Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy

Dorky Andy (Jake Mosser), flamboyant Nico (Jonah Blechman), jock Jarod (Jimmy Clabots), and nerdy Griff (Aaron Michael Davies) reunite in Fort Lauderdale for spring break. The plot revolves around a contest—"Gays Gone Wild!"—to see who can have sex with the most guys during the duration of spring break. The winner will be crowned "Miss Gay Gone Wild".

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Love Stinks (1999)

Comedy, romantic comedy

Seth Winnick, a wealthy sitcom writer-producer with an Elvis fixation, meets Chelsea Turner, an interior decorator, at the wedding of their respective best friends, Larry and Holly Garnett. Despite Seth having brought another woman to the wedding as his date, he and Chelsea hit it off and leave the wedding together. Acting on advice from Holly, Chelsea tells Seth she will not have sex with a man unless they've had at least three meals together.

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101 Reykjavik (2000)

Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, romance film, romantic comedy, Sitcom

Geek Hlynur is approaching the grand old age of 30, he still lives with his mother who is divorced from his alcoholic father, downloads cyberporn and wanders around Reykjavík half-heartedly searching for a job while spending lots of time in Kaffibarinn, the central Reykjavík bar which just happens to be owned by writer/director Baltasar Kormákur and his soundtrack composer Damon Albarn, a long-standing Icelandophile. The cramped, dark and oddly furnished house in which Hlynur and his mother live features a bath which transfigures into a sofa as Hlynur steps naked out of it, in the middle of the lounge with his mother watching. Hlynur's…

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Jack and Diane (2012)

Drama, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, romance film, Romantic drama

Diane is an English girl in her late teens who is visiting with her aunt in New York and suffers from chronic nosebleeds. She checks herself in a mirror and transforms into a werewolf-like monster before falling unconscious. Earlier, she had walked the streets trying to borrow a cellphone to call her twin sister, Karen.

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