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Explore romantic relationships, love and its complications.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 9,658 films · Page 201.

The Merry Widow (1925)

black comedy film, Dark Comedy, romance film, silent film

As described in film magazine reviews, Prince Danilo meets Sally the dancer and, when he proposes marriage, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco and Queen Milena object because she is a commoner. Sally marries Baron Sadoja, an old wealthy roue who later dies from a stroke. Prince Danilo’s parents now encourage the marriage.

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The Wild and the Innocent (1959)

romantic comedy, Western

Shy and naive mountain trapper Yancy travels through Wyoming with his uncle and his uncle's Indian wife. After Uncle Lije is injured by a bear, Yancy is sent to trade their beaver pelts for money and supplies. When he arrives at the trading post, he finds it has been burnt down by an Indian who was sold moonshine by a lazy sneak thief, Ben Stocker.

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I'm Reed Fish (2006)

Coming-of-age, romantic comedy

Reed Fish has followed in the footsteps of his late father, doing an early-morning radio show with the town's mayor, Maureen, through which the eccentric locals of Mud Meadows voice their complaints and have them addressed. Reed produces the show with his old high school buddy, Frank, and he's engaged to be married to another high school classmate, Kate Peterson, whose dad owns several businesses in town. Reed's plans are upended when his high school sweetheart, Jill, comes back to town.

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Finding North (1998)

Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy

Finding North tells the story of Rhonda (Makkena), a bank teller who's depressed upon turning 30, and Travis (Hickey), a gay man who's recently lost his lover to AIDS and grown suicidal. Travis receives an audio tape recorded by his lover, Bobby, before his death which sends him on a scavenger hunt of sorts to Bobby's home town in Texas. Through a series of mishaps, Rhonda ends up accompanying him on his journey.

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So Big (1953)

Drama, romance film, Western

thumb|left|Sterling Hayden and Jane Wyman in So Big In the late 1890s, boarding school student Selina Peake learns of the death of her father, who has left her penniless as the result of bad business transactions. August Hempel, the father of her best friend Julie, secures her a teaching position in New Holland, a small Dutch farming community outside Chicago. There she rents a room in the home of Klaas Pool, who lives with his unhappy wife Maartje and intelligent but troubled adolescent son Roelf.

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Sangre y arena (1989)

Drama, romance film

Torero Juan Gallardo (Christopher Rydell), wanting to be popular in bullfighting, takes the cousin of his love Carmen (Ana Torrent) with him for a bullfighting competition. There they successfully learn some skills in the arena, but when the bull charges Juan, his friend saves Gallardo at the cost of his own life. Juan meets a beautiful rich woman named Doña Sol (Sharon Stone), the daughter of a wealthy landowner, who offers Juan an opportunity to join her company as a hired hand.

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Porto (2016)

Drama, Melodrama, romance film, Romantic drama

Luv (1967)

Comedy, romantic comedy

Scrawny Harry Berlin is a barely functional human being, about to tentatively jump off a bridge. As he contemplates his suicide attempt, he is distracted by Milt Manville, an old friend from fifteen years ago. Harry doesn't really recognize him at first, but Milt's force of personality steers Harry away from the bridge and into his company.

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Dream Wife (1953)

romantic comedy

Businessman Clemson Reade breaks off his engagement with workaholic fiance Effie, and becomes engaged to the adoring Princess Tarji from the fictional country of Bukistan, who he sees as an "old-fashioned" girl. As Bukistan is in the midst of making an oil trade agreement with the United States, the State Department assigns a handler to Princess Tarji. Surprisingly, the person given the assignment is Effie.

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Must Be... Love (2013)

Coming-of-age, romantic comedy

"Must Be... Love" follows the love story of Patricia (Kathryn Bernardo), who is better known as "Patchot or Patch", and her childhood best friend, Ivan (Daniel Padilla). But what will Patchot do if she starts falling in love with her best friend?

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Easy Living (1949)

American football film, Drama, romance film

Star professional quarterback Pete Wilson thinks nothing of his future after football, not even after longtime teammate Bill "Holly" Holloran is released by the team. Pete gets advance after advance on his salary from Anne, the secretary of team owner and coach Lenahan. One day, however, he goes secretly to see a doctor about various symptoms he has been experiencing and learns that he has a heart condition due to a childhood bout of rheumatic fever, one that could kill him if he continues playing football.

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Ray Meets Helen (2017)

Drama, romance film

Ray and Helen each happen upon large sums of money which enable them to reinvent themselves. Helen comes by a drunk woman in a bar in the morning and tries to dissuade her from driving away. Later she sees the car at the side of the road out in a barren location.

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Imagining Argentina (2003)

Drama

The movie is set during the Dirty War in 1970s Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the military government is abducting those opposed to its rule. Cecilia, a dissident journalist, is kidnapped by the secret police to join the ranks of the 'disappeared'. Cecilia had earlier published a provocative article in her outrage over the disappearance of students protesting bus fares.

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Not Suitable for Children (2012)

romantic comedy

Jonah (Ryan Kwanten) is a young man without a care in the world. At one of his parties, the power goes out because Jonah has not paid his electric bill, but it gets turned back on thanks to his neighbor. Jonah meets up with Becky (Kathryn Beck) and they retreat up to his room away from the party, only for Becky to find a lump in Jonah's testicle.

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One Minute to Zero (1952)

Drama, romance film, war film

Just prior to the North Korean invasion of South Korea, World War II U.S. Army veterans Colonel Steve Janowski and Sergeant Baker teach South Korean soldiers how to use a bazooka to stop an enemy tank. Linda Day of the United Nations assists refugees in the area.

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The Ghost Goes West (1935)

Comedy, fantasy film, Ghost, romantic comedy

In 18th-century Scotland, Clan Glourie's enemy is Clan McLaggan, which is hated even more than the English. The McLaggan, the head of his clan, and his five sons go to fight the English. They pause at Glourie Castle to mock The Glourie and his clan as cowards.

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The Black Orchid (1958)

Drama

Rose Bianco (Sophia Loren), a florist widowed by a famous gangster, looks for happiness with widower Frank Valente (Anthony Quinn). Rose is dealing with her son Ralph in a work farm for troubled boys. Ralph is warned that if he runs away one more time he will be sent to reform school.

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The Opportunists (1999)

Crime, Drama, romantic comedy

Victor "Vic" Kelly (Christopher Walken) is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. When a supposed cousin from Ireland visits Vic, the alleged cousin sabotages one of Vic's auto repair jobs, to ensure Vic's desperation and participation in the robbery scheme introduced to Vic by neighborhood resident Pat (Donal Logue). Vic is too stubbornly proud to accept a loan from his bar-owner girlfriend Sally (Cyndi Lauper), who offers Vic money that she was otherwise planning to use to renovate and remodel her neighborhood bar.

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