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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 176.

Possessed (1931)

Drama, Melodrama, romance film

Marian Martin is a factory girl living with her mother in the working-class section of Erie, Pennsylvania. Factory boy Al Manning hopes to marry her, but Marian is determined to find a better life. When a train makes a stop in town, Marian looks through the windows and sees the wealthy passengers.

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Resort to Love (2021)

romantic comedy

Aspiring pop star Erica Wilson's dreams are crushed when her musical partner and producer bails on his album release party, which would have started her career. Down the street, the devastated Erica is crying in disarray with her best friend, Amber, when a couple of buskers begins to play "No One" by Alicia Keys. This causes Erica to remember when Jason, her ex-fiancé of four years, pulled the rug out from under her, breaking up with her right before their wedding.

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The Frog Prince (1986)

romantic comedy, Romantic drama

The film tells the story of Jenny, a British teenager, who has left home for the first time and is going to college in Paris in the early 1960s. Soon, she is smitten by a local Parisian. Although he is a romantic guy, Jenny wants him to prove his love by reciting a few lines to her from Romeo and Juliet, something he finds a tad idiotic.

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Butterfly Kiss (1995)

Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, neo-noir, Road Movie, romance film, thriller film

Eunice, a bisexual serial killer, travels along the bleak motorways of Lancashire, searching filling stations for a mysterious woman named Judith and asking about finding a song that she vaguely remembers, always asking if the cashier's name is Judith. She does this at one and, after the cashier tells her her name is Wendy, not Judith, Eunice murders her, stealing her name badge. After searching fruitlessly at another, she travels outside and douses herself with petrol.

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Forever Mine (1999)

Crime, Drama, romance film, thriller film

In an airplane in 1987, two men, Alan Riply and Javier, are on their way to New York. Alan reminisces about an affair he had 14 years earlier while working as a cabana boy at an unnamed opulent beach hotel, where he falls in love with Ella Brice (Mol), the beautiful wife of business mogul Mark Brice. At first resistant, Ella reciprocates his love, and things seem to go well for some time, but eventually Ella confesses her affair to Mark, deciding it was the right thing to do.

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House Calls (1978)

Comedy, Comedy drama, romantic comedy

Charles "Charley" Nichols is a respected doctor. He is also a new widower, and as soon as he returns to Los Angeles from a tropical vacation and period of mourning, he is propositioned by a number of women. The hospital at which Charley practices is ineptly run by Dr.

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The Conspirators (1944)

Noir, romance film, spy film, war film

During World War II, Vincent Van Der Lyn, a former schoolteacher who became a Dutch resistance fighter, causes so much trouble for the Nazis that they place a bounty on his head. As a result, he is ordered by his superiors to travel to England via neutral Portugal. On Van Der Lyn's arrival in Lisbon, Police Captain Pereira notes that his passport has no exit stamp on it, indicating that he sneaked across the border, however reassures Van Der Lyn that as long as his Portuguese visa is in order there is no issue.

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Bridge to the Sun (1961)

Drama, romance film

Gwen Harold, an American woman from Tennessee, meets Hidenari Terasaki (called Terry by his friends and family), the secretary to the Japanese ambassador, while attending a reception at the Japanese embassy in Washington, D.C. They begin dating and quickly fall in love, and when Terry proposes marriage, she cheerily agrees. After hearing of the engagement, the Japanese ambassador attempts to dissuade Gwen, claiming that the marriage would hurt Terry's career.

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Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before returning to active duty in the South Pacific. Slim Green (Robert Hutton) is the millionth GI to enjoy the Canteen and consequently wins a date with Joan Leslie. The other GI, Sergeant Nolan (Dane Clark) gets to dance with Joan Crawford.

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The Tender Trap (1955)

Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy

Charlie Y. Reader is a 35-year-old theatrical agent in New York City, living a seemingly idyllic life as a swinging bachelor. Numerous attractive women – among them Poppy, Helen, and Jessica – come and go, cleaning, cooking for, and enjoying his charms.

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Soup for One (1982)

romantic comedy

Allan, a Jewish cable television producer in New York City, is determined to find the perfect woman, and he even goes so far as having a description of what she would look like done on an artist sketch. Before he can encounter the girl of his dreams, he finds himself encountering a series of disastrous dating roadblocks. He finally meets Maria, who seems to be his perfect woman, and tries to make the relationship work.

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American Desi (2001)

Comedy

An American son of Indian immigrants, Krishnagopal Reddy, or "Kris" as he prefers to be called (to distance himself from his heritage), does not associate with the Indian culture that his parents have pushed upon him. Upon arriving at Rutgers University, he finds out to his dismay that all of his roommates are of Indian descent, and all except one are international students from India. His roommates include Ajay (Kal Penn), who idealizes African-American culture; Jagjit, who loves art but studies engineering to please his father; and Salim (Rizwan Manji), who is very traditional and conservative, feeling that Indian-American girls are too…

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King Solomon's Mines (1937)

Adventure, fantasy film, Treasure hunt

In 1881, Irish dream chaser Patrick "Patsy" O'Brien and his daughter Kathy have failed to strike it rich in the diamond mines of Kimberley, South Africa (then the Cape Colony). They persuade a reluctant Allan Quartermain to drive them to the coast in his wagon. Along the way, they encounter another wagon carrying two men in bad shape.

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The Fight Before Christmas (2021)

Christmas film, romantic comedy

It has been two years since Emma (Hayley Orrantia) lost her mom, and the wound still feels pretty fresh. She feels obligated to take care of her dad, Jack (Dermot Mulroney), and when she heads home after a research trip to spend the holidays with him, discovers some incredibly distressing news: that her father is dating her high school frenemy Brandy (Janel Parrish). Emma is horrified by this revelation, to say the least, but Brandy tries her best to keep things friendly between the two of them.

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Female (1933)

Comedy, romance film

Alison Drake is the wealthy owner and hard-driving, no-nonsense head of a large automobile company, inherited from her father. Her work has caused her to lose her youthful romanticism, and she has casual affairs with men, including her own employees. Alison hosts a party at her mansion, but becomes fed up with the men out to either sell her things or marry her for her money.

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Whoopee! (1930)

Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy

thumb|thumbtime=20|Whoopee! (1930) Sally Morgan loves an Indian named Wanenis, but her father forbids her to marry Wanenis, instead favoring sheriff Bob Wells. Just before marrying Wells, Sally decides that she loves Wanenis too much and tricks farmhand Henry Williams into helping her flee to the ranch of Jerome Underwood.

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Steam (2007)

Drama, LGBTQ-related film

A college student, a single middle aged mother and an older widow meet in a steam room. Elizabeth (Kate Siegel) is a college freshman, beginning to understand her lesbian identity in the shadow of her strict Catholic parents. Laurie (Ally Sheedy) is just beginning a relationship with her son's young coach while her ex-husband tries to use their son against her.

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An American Tragedy (1931)

Drama, romance film

Clyde Griffiths, a bellhop at a fancy hotel in Kansas City, is the neglected son of street evangelists. He is dating one of the hotel's maids, though he yearns for a place in society. One night, he and some friends are involved in a drunk-driving crash in which a little girl is killed.

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The Facts of Life (1960)

Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy

As the yearly vacation of six neighbors, the Gilberts, Masons and Weavers, approaches, Kitty Weaver and Larry Gilbert find themselves frustrated with the predictable routine of their lives. When their spouses are kept away from the vacation and the Masons are bedridden with illness, Kitty and Larry find themselves alone in Acapulco. Spending time together, Kitty and Larry fall in love.

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