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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 168.

A Christmas Melody (2015)

Christmas film, Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy

Widowed mother Kristin has recently moved back to her home town of Silver Falls, Ohio with her daughter Emily after her fashion business in Los Angeles folded. The process has been difficult for both of them, especially as the move brings Kristin face to face with Melissa, her former rival from high school and the current president of the local Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). However, things change when Emily finds a mentor in her music teacher Danny, Kristin's former classmate who was secretly attracted to her.

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Captives (1994)

Crime, Drama, prison film, romance film

After the break-up of her marriage to Simon (Peter Capaldi), dentist Rachel Clifford (Julia Ormond) throws herself into work by taking an extra assignment at a local British prison. One of her patients is Philip (Tim Roth), a man nearing the end of a ten-year sentence for a crime he refuses to reveal. She later sees him on the street when he is released to attend his college class.

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Divorce Invitation (2012)

romantic comedy

Mike Christian falls in love with a Jewish girl, Dylan Lipnick. Her grandparents initially disapprove, but finally agree to their marriage after Mike converts to Judaism. Dylan's parents' divorce badly affected her and she draws up with a long prenup that Mike signs without reading.

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Gable and Lombard (1976)

Biography, Drama, romance film

Film stars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard meet at a Hollywood party, where rugged leading man Gable eschews evening wear and screwball comedian Lombard arrives in an ambulance that wrecks his car. After an argument, it is apparent the two clearly dislike each other, and intensely so, but as fate conspires to bring them together again and again, they begin to admire each other and fall in love. The fly in the ointment is Gable's second wife Ria.

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One Week (2008)

Adventure, Drama

Ben Tyler is a young elementary school English teacher living in Toronto. Ben is told that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in its fourth and final stage. On the way home, he encounters an elderly man selling his 1973 Norton Commando motorcycle.

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The Greengage Summer (1961)

Coming-of-age, Drama, romance film

Joss Grey, a 16-year-old English girl, finds herself responsible for the care of her three younger siblings on a summer holiday in France when their mother is suddenly taken ill and rushed to the hospital. When they go to the Hotel Oeillets, proprietress Mademoiselle Zisi does not want the responsibility of unchaperoned children, but her enigmatic English lover Eliot persuades her to accept them. As the days pass, she wishes she had stuck to her original impulse; she becomes increasingly jealous of the attention Eliot pays to the children—especially to Joss.

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Trophy Wife (2014)

romance film

Chino (Derek Ramsay), a rich playboy, meets Lani (Cristine Reyes), a GI baby of a former prostitute, when he visits Angeles City for a bar hopping. During Chino and Lani's whirlwind romance, Chino gets into a fight with a mayor's son that leads his brother Sammy (John Estrada) to send him to America. Lani, with no knowledge of Chino's departure to America, follows Chino to Manila to tell him about her pregnancy.

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Ben and Arthur (2002)

Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film

Ben Sheets and Arthur Sailes are a couple in Los Angeles, desiring to get married, in a time in the USA when gay marriage was illegal in all 50 states. When one state makes gay marriage legal, the couple decide to go there and get married, which creates consequences with Arthur's brother, Victor, who then becomes obsessed with destroying them both.

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Trippin' (1999)

Comedy, Coming-of-age, teen film

Greg is nearing the end of his high school days as graduation slowly approaches. He is also anxiously awaiting prom and has the hopes of going with Cinny, the school's local beauty. As he tries to ask his parents for help paying for prom, they begin nagging him after finding out he hasn’t filled out one college application, telling him they won’t give a dime until he fills one out.

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The Long Hot Summer (1985)

Drama, romance film

Drifter Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and Will Varner, a family patriarch, sees Ben as a better choice to inherit the family business than his only son Jody. Will tries to push Ben and his daughter Noel into marriage. Noel is initially reluctant to court Ben and Jody senses that Ben threatens his position.

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Undercurrent (1946)

Drama, Noir

Ann Hamilton, a young woman from a middle-class family, meets wealthy businessman Alan Garroway when he comes to visit her scientist father. Ann and Alan soon fall in love and get married. In the days following their marriage, Ann meets Alan's high society friends, including Sylvia Martin with whom Alan had a relationship.

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Five Days One Summer (1982)

Drama, romance film

In 1932, Douglas Meredith, a middle-aged Scottish doctor, is on a mountain climbing trip in the Alps with a young woman, Kate, whom he introduces as his wife. Despite being side-eyed by their hotel's guests and staff due to their large age difference, Douglas and Kate are deeply in love, with their romance in full display. They are introduced to Johann Biari, a native of the area who becomes their mountain guide.

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A Boyfriend For Christmas (2004)

Christmas film, Comedy, Drama, family film, romance film, romantic comedy, Romantic drama

After helping a boy take his little sister to see Santa, 13-year-old Holly Grant tells a shopping mall Santa Claus that she would like to have a boyfriend for Christmas. Twenty years later, Holly is a romantic skeptic and is more focused on her career as a social worker. At the time, she is in court helping a mother get her children back from foster care.

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Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (2006)

romance film

Warring Capulet's herd and Montague's herd, portrayed as Steller sea lions and California sea lions respectively, have their feud watched in horror and astonishment by Capulet's only daughter, Juliet. A fight on the shore is ended when the Prince, an elephant seal, appears and warns the two groups that, if there is any more disturbance, the seal who caused it shall be exiled to Shark Island where his henchman Sharky lives. Romeo, Montague's only son, is depressed, wishing to fall in love with someone.

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Au Pair (1999)

romantic comedy

Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan (Heidi Noelle Lenhart) is a young and intelligent working-class woman who just graduated from UCLA with an MBA. She is engaged to Charlie, a feckless man who intends to spend his summer traveling around Europe. After a job offer falls through, she finds herself searching and responds to a promising job ad for Oliver Caldwell's (Gregory Harrison) company, Caldwell Corporation International (CCI).

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The Oh in Ohio (2006)

Comedy, Drama, romantic comedy

Frustrated with the fact that he cannot give his wife Priscilla (Parker Posey) an orgasm, Jack (Paul Rudd) moves out of the house and starts a relationship with Kristen (Mischa Barton), his student. Unfulfilled, Priscilla forms an unlikely partnership with Wayne (Danny DeVito), a businessman more than twice her age.

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You'll Never Get Rich (1941)

Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy

In a New York theater, the womanizing owner, Martin Cortland, tries to woo dancer Sheila by giving her a diamond bracelet, hoping for a romantic payoff. He enlists his choreographer, Robert Curtis, to help win her over. Robert, usually aloof, is unexpectedly impressed by Sheila's talent and personality—something even dancer Margo finds surprising.

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It Takes a Man and a Woman (2013)

romantic comedy

The film follows Miggy and Laida's lives after their break-up from the second film. Miggy is now dating Belle, while Laida, who has become fiercer after living in the U.S., opposes Miggy's business decisions as they work in the same company. Through various events, they rediscover the true meaning of love.

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Jesus Henry Christ (2011)

Comedy

Henry (Jason Spevack) is a precocious young boy, conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his single mother, Patricia (Toni Collette), and is smarter than all of his peers. However, the one question he can't answer is, who is his father? Henry's attempts at locating his father led him to Dr.

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