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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 238.

The Perfect Furlough (1958)

Comedy, romantic comedy

The army has a problem when over 100 male soldiers stationed at an isolated Arctic base for nearly a year start having psychological issues due to their isolation. As a result, they have lost all sense of military discipline, are careless and lackadaisical in their duties and their morale is at rock bottom. As it is impossible to give all the soldiers a furlough, their commanding general in the US holds a meeting to discuss the best solution.

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Four's a Crowd (1938)

romantic comedy

Reporter Jean Christy works for a newspaper in danger of being thrown away by its young owner, Pat Buckley, after Buckley has a falling-out with the editor-in-chief, Robert Lansford. Meanwhile, Lansford hopes to gain tycoon John Dillingwell's business for his public relations firm, and uses his position at Buckley's paper to drum up good press for Dillingwell. In the process, he discovers that Dillingwell's granddaughter Lorri is Buckley's fiancée.

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Love for Sale (2008)

romantic comedy

A hapless delivery man learns why sometimes too much of a bad thing can be detrimental to your personal well being after getting caught up with an older woman who sends his life spinning out of control. Trey may be working hard, though he just can't seem to catch a break. He's got no money for school, and his recent attempt to win over the girl of his dreams resulted in nothing less than complete and total embarrassment.

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Bunny O'Hare (1971)

Comedy, Gangster Film

Bunny O'Hare, a widow whose savings have been depleted by her selfish, middle-aged children, Lulu and Ad, finds herself homeless when the bank forecloses on her mortgage. She becomes friendly with Bill Green, an aging itinerant salvaging the house's plumbing, who she soon discovers is really fugitive bank robber William Gruenwald. Hoping to recoup her losses from the bank that took her home, Bunny blackmails Bill into teaching her how to rob the institution in exchange for keeping his identity a secret.

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Stiff Upper Lips (1998)

LGBTQ-related film, Parody, romantic comedy

England, 1908: Emily Ivory (Cates) is a wealthy young woman who lives with her Aunt Agnes (Scales) at Ivory's End, a large country house. At 22, as her aunt constantly reminds her, she is verging on spinsterhood. She meets her brother's best friend, Cedric Trilling (Portal), when the two come home from university.

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Three for the Show (1955)

comedy of remarriage, musical film, romantic comedy

Singing-and-dancing stage star Julie (Betty Grable) is told that husband Marty (Jack Lemmon) is reported missing in action during the Korean War. After a long waiting period, she makes plans to marry Vernon (Gower Champion), who is Marty's best friend. After the marriage, Marty (who crashed but survived on an island) turns up at one of Julie's shows.

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The Plastic Age (1925)

romantic comedy, silent film

thumb|thumbtime=4|The Plastic Age (1925) Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. During a hazing initiation by his fraternity brothers, he meets Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party and have a good time. She introduces him to the pleasures of illicit drinking, dancing at illegal roadhouses, and making out in the back seats of cars.

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Some Like It Hot (1939)

musical film, romantic comedy

Nicky Nelson is a sidewalk entrepreneur who tries to lure passersby to see his friend Gene Krupa's band. As the strategy fails, he takes the musicians to a club, where he meets singer Lily Racquel. He takes advantage of her while pretending to help her, but love ultimately redeems him.

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The Purchase Price (1932)

Drama, romance film

Joan Gordon, a New York torch singer who has been performing since age 15, has left her wealthy criminal boyfriend Eddie Fields for upstanding citizen Don Leslie. However, when Don's father learns about her relationship with Eddie; she and Don cancel their engagement, and she leaves town rather than returning to Eddie. In Montreal, she changes her name and resumes performing, but one of Eddie's men soon recognizes her and informs his boss.

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Blue State (2007)

Comedy, Drama, Road Movie, romance film, romantic comedy

John Logue, a dedicated John Kerry campaigner in the 2004 election, makes a drunken campaign vow to move to Canada if George W. Bush is re-elected. When Bush indeed wins again, John finds his employer and his friends took his public vow seriously and he can not help but stay true to his word.

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They Call It Sin (1932)

Drama, romance film

Small-town church organist Marion Cullen falls in love with traveling salesman Jimmy Decker. When she learns that the couple who raised her are not really her parents, and that she is actually the illegitimate daughter of a showgirl, she sets out for New York City in search of Jimmy. However, she discovers that he is engaged to Enid Hollister, his boss' daughter.

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Wild Seed (1965)

Drama, romance film

Seventeen-year-old Daphne Simms (Kaye) learns of her biological father from letters left by her deceased mother. She runs away from her New York home and adopted parents in search of her birth father in Los Angeles. Unaware of the dangers on the road, she attempts to hitchhike but learns a valuable lesson early.

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Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy (2006)

romantic comedy

The film is about a Jewish man named Marty Shalom Weinstein (Fiore) who falls in love with a wrestling princess Sandy and it's a "no holds barred" quest for her love, the Jewish man finds he has to fight for his love as Sandy's dad is also a wrestler who only wants his daughter to marry a famous wrestler, and not a Jewish man with little money and no muscles. Robert also has to deal with Roxanne (Laurer) and Jennie (Marshall) along with others out to get him.

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The World We Make (2019)

romance film

Lee and her older brother Casey have inherited their love for horses from their late mother. Casey suggests that they should go on a cross-country horse-riding trip together after Lee graduates from high school. Lee happily agrees as it will give her time to figure out what she wants to do with her life.

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Vacation with Derek (2010)

Comedy, Family Comedy

Casey and Derek are back and continue their sibling rivalry during a family vacation to visit their grandmother, Felicia at her beautiful lakefront lodge. Things heat up with Casey when she meets Jesse, a young dancer who happens to be a waiter at the lodge. Meanwhile, as Derek is "chilling" on his vacation, he falls for Roxy, the rich girl who lives across the lake.

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Family Viewing (1987)

Drama, Family Drama

Van (Tierney) frequently visits his grandmother, Armen (Keklikian) who is living in a poor quality nursing home. There, he meets Aline (Khanjian), whose mother (Sabourin) is in the bed next to Armen. Aline's job as a phone sex worker does not pay enough to afford a better nursing home for her mother.

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Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

romantic comedy

Broadway talent agent and bachelor Jud Parker is summoned by a client to New Haven, Connecticut, where he settles a dispute and meets dance instructor Anastacia "Stacie" Macaboy, to whom he is immediately attracted. Stacie consults with Jud about featuring her dancing routine. A few days later, Stacie cancels next week's dancing class to attend a conference for dance instructors in New York.

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Nothing Personal (2009)

Drama, Psychodrama, romance film

Following a recent separation, a young woman hitchhikes through the Irish countryside. She meets Martin, a solitary widower living on a peninsula, who offers her shelter and food in exchange for her work around the house. Initially reluctant, she agrees under the condition that he won't pry into her personal life.

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The Dog Problem (2006)

Comedy, romantic comedy

Solo Harrington is a down-on-his-luck writer who has published an unsuccessful novel and accrued heavy debt on drugs and therapy. After being encouraged by his psychiatrist Dr. Nourmand to get a dog, Solo gets himself a scrawny little terrier, but the dog irritates him to the point that Solo doesn't give it a name.

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Hindle Wakes (1952)

Drama

Lancashire mill-girls Jenny Hawthorne and Mary Hollins go on holiday to Blackpool during the annual wakes week in their hometown of Hindle. They run into Alan Jeffcote, the son of the owner of the mill in which they work, who has also travelled to Blackpool with a group of friends while his fiancée is detained on business in London. Jenny had admired Alan from afar in the factory and they hit it off immediately.

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