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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 223.

Serpent of the Nile (1953)

Adventure, Biography, Historie, romance film

The film opens in 44 BC, just after the assassination of Julius Caesar, and tells the story of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra (Fleming) and her relationship with the Roman general Mark Antony (Burr) from that time until their mutual suicide in 30 BC. Lucilius, having previously accompanied Julius Caesar to Egypt and having been a close witness to Caesar's romance with Cleopatra, believes that Cleopatra is a woman highly skilled in besotting men to promote her own agenda, in this case to bind Mark Antony to her desire to become queen of Rome and to make her son by Caesar the eventual ruler of the Roman Empire. In the meantime, as Lucilius…

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Midnight (1934)

Crime, Drama, Noir, romance film

A woman named Ethel Saxton is on trial for shooting her husband to death; her defense is that she did not mean to kill him, but fired under extreme emotional pressure because she could not stand that he was leaving her. Spectators give her a decent chance to be let off because it was a crime of passion. But Edward Weldon, the jury foreman, asks her whether she picked up the money the husband had collected to leave with after she shot him, and when she says yes, he concludes, and influences the jury to find, that this means the crime was premeditated.

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If the Shoe Fits (1990)

Comedy, romance film

In Paris, Kelly Carter (Jennifer Grey) is trying to develop her career as a shoe designer. Lost in Paris, Wanda the fairy (Andrea Ferreol) tries very hard to get directions on a crowded boulevard and nobody gives her attention but the sensible Kelly. Kelly goes to meet with famous fashion designer Francesco Salvitore (Rob Lowe), but is late for the appointment with him, and is turned away.

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Under the Boardwalk (1989)

Drama, romance film, teen film

It is the final weekend of summer and a group of Californian teenagers are looking forward to an upcoming surf contest. Rival gangs the Vals and the Lowks are confident that they will take home the trophy, but things become complicated when Reef Yorpin (Steve Monarque) - leader of the Lowks - discovers his sister Allie (Danielle von Zerneck) has fallen in love with Val surfer Nick (Richard Joseph Paul) after meeting at a beach party.

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Newcastle (2008)

Coming-of-age, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic drama, sport film

Young surfer Jesse has always been in the shadow of his older brother Victor, who tried to become a champion surfer and failed. Jesse, his friends — Nathan, Andy and Scotty — and his brother Fergus (who has a crush on Andy, which is reciprocated), along with Deb and Leah, all go on a camping-surfing trip to a remote beach. But Victor shows up, things get competitive, and tragedy hits: There is a severe accident in which Andy is seriously injured and Victor is killed.

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Night After Night (1932)

Drama, romance film

Joe Anton is a speakeasy owner who falls in love with socialite Miss Healy. He takes lessons in high-class mannerisms from Mabel Jellyman. Joe does not know that Miss Healy only pays attention to him because he lives in the elegant building that her family lost in the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

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One Desire (1955)

Drama, Melodrama, romance film

Clint Saunders is dismissed from his job as the White Palace saloon's card dealer after coming to work late. He doesn't mind, wishing to leave for Colorado and the lucrative silver mines there. Saloon owner Tacey Cromwell, in love with Clint, decides to leave with him and Clint's little brother Nugget, even though Clint doesn't wish to settle down.

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Bending All the Rules (2002)

Comedy drama, romance film

An ambitious woman with an odd upbringing struggles to find herself amidst juggling two guys she's dating. Even though both guys know about each other and are complete opposites, jealousy begins to boil over as convivial antics break out between the two. Tough decisions will be made when growing up the hard way.

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Star (1993)

Crime, Drama, romance film

Jennie Garth plays Crystal Wyatt, a sweet country girl who dreams of becoming a singer. When her father dies, her mother is very jealous and cruel to her. After her brother-in-law rapes her in the barn, Crystal immediately tells her mother (who has never really loved her) asking for support, but her mother refuses to believe her.

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American High School (2009)

Coming-of-age, High School Comedy Film, romantic comedy, sex comedy, teen film

It is the final week of senior year at American High School and Gwen Adams considers divorcing her new husband Holden Adams, whom she married because her rival Hilary Weiss is also trying to be his girlfriend. She faces the problems created by Hilary's plot to become prom queen and decides to run for prom queen herself. The married couple are caught having sex by Principal Mann.

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Dancing Queen (1993)

romantic comedy

Neil is taken to his stag party by his friends Nigel and Donald. After spiking his drink, Nigel calls out for the stripper he paid, 'Pandora.' As she strips to Gary Glitter's "Do You Wanna Touch Me", Neil is feeling the immediate aftereffects of his spiked drink. After Pandora's dance, Nigel and Donald carry Neil out.

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Sweethearts (1938)

musical film, romantic comedy

thumb|Lobby card Married Broadway stars Gwen Marlowe and Ernest Lane are appearing in a 6-year run of Victor Herbert's operetta Sweethearts. Norman Trumpett, a Hollywood talent scout, is under pressure to recruit Marlowe and Lane for his studio, which their Broadway producer Felix Lehman is equally determined to prevent. The couple's attempts to rest and be together are repeatedly thwarted by professional and personal demands made on their time, talents and money by Lehman and their own theatrical families - who also live with them.

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How to Commit Marriage (1969)

romantic comedy

Music student Nancy, the 19-year-old daughter of real estate broker Frank Benson and his wife Elaine, wants to marry fellow music student David, the 20-year-old son of Oliver Poe, a record producer. What the bride doesn't know is that her parents are getting a divorce. Oliver Poe is opposed to marriage and forbids the children from planning their marriage.

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10 timer til Paradis (2012)

Drama, romance film

A 38-eight-year-old Danish bodybuilder named Dennis has never had a girlfriend, despite his impressive physique and likeable personality. He lives with his elderly mother Ingrid, who is possessive of him, in a small town near Copenhagen. Upon arriving home from a date that went wrong, Dennis is questioned by Ingrid on his whereabouts, and tells her that he went to the cinema.

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My Only Ü (2008)

romantic comedy

Bong (Vhong Navarro) has liked Winona (Toni Gonzaga) since time immemorial, but he never dared to pursue her. Winona, on the other hand, seems to be showing interest in Bong, but he is too insensible to notice this. One day, in the tenement Bong is managing for his aunt Lolit, he receives the final notes from the recently deceased neighborhood Doctor.

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Lady of the Tropics (1939)

Drama, romance film

While visiting French Indochina with his girlfriend Dolly Harrison and her family on her father's yacht, freeloading American playboy Bill Carey falls in love with Manon DeVargnes, a beautiful, local woman of mixed race background he meets in Saigon. Manon is also being romantically pursued by powerful local businessman Pierre Delaroch, also of biracial background, and is also supposed to marry a local king. However, Manon, who does not love either man, desires a passport so that she may go to Paris, to be free and have equal rights with white French citizens, which she lacks in Saigon.

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