Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore romantic relationships, love and its complications.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 9,658 films · Page 257.
romance film
In the 1920s, a successful New York pianist returns to his hometown of Templeton, a Mormon community in rural Utah. After he arrives, Erik Eriksen is treated distrustfully by the community members, including his family, for having "betrayed" them by not living his life according to their faith. Only his mother and his younger half-brother, Jens, support him unconditionally.
Biography, Crime, Drama
The story is narrated by an adult Nino Montanari, who reminisces on his family history... Brooklyn, New York, ca. 1976: Angie resists abandoning baby daughter Patty on a cathedral doorstep and decides to raise her alone in the streets, surviving by their wits.
romance film
Justin (Richard Gutierrez) is a rich, smart, confident mestizo from a private school in Manila while Cecille (Angel Locsin) is a simple scholar from a rural public school. The two fall for each other against the wishes of his parents, (Jean Garcia and Lloyd Samartino). They want him to marry Donna (Bianca King), their business partner’s daughter.
Comedy, romantic comedy
When the single parent owner of Cinnamon, a Maltese puppy, falls for a single parent architect, the dog tries to break up the relationship, succeeds, realizes the unhappiness that results, and then tries to reunite the couple.
Drama, romance film
Encouraged by his mentor, the eminent Dr. Hochy Hochberg (Jean Hersholt), George Ferguson (Clark Gable), a dedicated young doctor, places his patients above everyone else in his life. However, his Social Register fiancée, Laura Hudson (Myrna Loy), grows weary of the constant interruptions and demands on his time—even cutting short their wedding rehearsal.
comedy television program, romance film, romantic comedy
romance film, silent film
In 1857, Joel Shore, the carefree youngest son of a seafaring family, has a flirtatious friendship with Priscilla Crowninshield, and he eventually falls in love with her. However, unbeknownst to him, Priscilla has been betrothed to Joel's much older brother, Mark. The wedding is announced in church as a surprise, and Joel and Priscilla are both shocked, with Priscilla refusing to kiss Mark after the betrothal ceremony.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime, romantic comedy
In this wisecracking comedy, Danny Dolan is a cop whose beat is the New York waterfront. Danny has a soft spot for Helen Riley, a sharp-tongued waitress at a cheap diner, while her scatterbrained sister, Kate, is in love with Duke, a sleazy low-level mobster. While Duke makes a play for Kate, both Helen and Dan know that he is bad news, and Danny wants to put Duke behind bars before he can break Kate's heart.
Comedy, romance film
Tere Sanchez (Cherry Pie Picache) is an accountant who is in her early forties, single, and not especially happy about it. Tere is an excellent cook, and often throws dinner parties for her friends, and the arrival of her old friend Lorna (Sol Oca) from Manila is all the reason she needs to invite her friends over for a feast. Mike (Christopher De Leon) is a former political journalist who is now enjoying the fruits of a lucrative career as a newspaper editor, but he wonders if he left his principles behind along the way; he's also feeling unfulfilled in his marriage to Gigi (Susan Valdez-LeGoff).
Coming-of-age, Drama, romance film
Jerry Vernon and Emily Meredith, two high-school seniors from different social groups, make a date. Jerry begins to fall for Emily when she resists his amorous advances, and he decides that they should marry immediately. Both sets of parents object to the sudden proposal.
Christmas film, Comedy, romance film
romance film
Drama
In 1889, there is a tempestuous love of an Irish nobleman for the fiery Romany Gypsy princess Maria. The couple marries against social conventions in both communities but he dies shortly afterward in a riding accident. Maria leaves the estate and goes to Spain with the Gypsy caravan.
Comedy, Drama, romance film
musical film
Maurice Giraud is sent to New York to arrange for the Academy Ballet of America to come to Paris to compete for cash prizes at an international dance festival, but a cabbie takes him by mistake to the Club Ballé, a nightclub about to go under. The desperate owners of the club, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, know that an error has occurred, but see the invitation as a way out of their financial problems. To get some ballet into their nightclub act, they hire ballet teacher Luis Leoni and his star (and only) pupil Kay Morrow to teach their girls ballet on the boat crossing the Atlantic.
Action, Drama, romance film, war film
Major Steve Lockhart, commander of a Marine Raider battalion and Captain Dan Craig, commander of the Paramarines are together on Guadalcanal facing a Japanese assault that became the Battle of Edson's Ridge. When Captain Craig discovers the body of one of his lieutenants who had been tortured and executed by the Japanese, he goes on a one-man army kill crazy rampage of revenge in the jungle with his Reising gun (that jams) and his M1911 pistol. Major Lockhart, his enraged commander, criticises Craig for his disgraceful conduct that has no place in combat.
romance film
Drama, Melodrama, Romantic drama
LGBTQ-related film
Matt Grabowski (Paul Denniston) is an awkward young gay man whose life is falling apart. His boyfriend had left him three years earlier for another man. His sex life is reduced to eavesdropping on the exploits of his roommate who also leaves him and takes all the furniture.
Comedy drama, romantic comedy
Alex is a quiet, unassuming schoolteacher whose students call him gay because he is unattached. His friend Paul is dating legal receptionist Claire, who has lawyer Eve for a friend. They contrive to have Alex and Eve meet, and from the start it is an uneven and quirky relationship.
romantic comedy
Lance Valenteen manipulates three women, calculatingly getting them to adore him, shocking them, finally driving each into her former boyfriend's open arms. With the first, he suddenly becomes a machista, in the next publicly humiliates her and the last he terrifies the aerophobe with hang-gliding. Bill Smith enters Lance's "Mr Fix It" shop, seemingly for computers, but is interrogated to ensure he is truly lovesick.
Drama, romance film
Comedy, Drama, romance film, Satire
The film follows Jane White (Kim Little), a teenager who is obsessed with television, and dreams of becoming a TV celebrity. She is insistent that her Father is a famous talk show host, and goes to lengths in order to appear as a guest on his show. This includes dressing as a transgender prostitute, where she meets Barney (Colin Mochrie), who aids her in getting a bus ticket to Chicago.
Drama, romance film
Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. A strange man, Tony Boffie, shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno. Maria, Tony claims, had her memory destroyed during a World War I invasion ten years ago.