Santa's Cousin (2024)
Christmas film, romantic comedy
Romance movies
Explore romantic relationships, love and its complications.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 9,658 films · Page 265.
Man of Flowers (1983)
Drama
Charles Bremer (Norman Kaye) is a wealthy, reclusive man. He finds erotic satisfaction in the beauty of art, flowers, and a young woman (Alyson Best), who undresses for him. During the undressings he listens to operatic music such as Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
Sam the Man (2000)
romantic comedy
A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.
The Patsy (1928)
Comedy, romance film
Force of Arms (1951)
Drama, romance film, war film
The American 36th Infantry Division is fighting bitterly for every hill in the Allied advance on Rome during the Italian campaign of World War II. After hard combat in the Battle of San Pietro in mid-December 1943, the infantrymen are awarded five days of needed rest. Spurning reverie in town, battle-fatigued sergeant Joe "Pete" Peterson wanders in the night in a cemetery filled with fresh crosses.
Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
romantic comedy
Harebrained schemes keep interrupting the honeymoon plans of newlyweds Bill and Margaret Weldon. The schemes are his: Bill constantly backs an eccentric inventor who comes up with a magical hair-growing formula and one that turns flowers into stone. Circumstances conspire to make it appear that Bill has murdered the inventor, but in the courtroom he spends more time promoting his wild ideas than he does defending his life.
Monsieur Beaucaire (1924)
Drama, romance film, silent film
The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the two marry. He goes undercover as Monsieur Beaucaire, the barber of the French Ambassador, and finds that he enjoys the freedom of a commoner’s life.
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
boxing film, Drama, romance film
Southpaw boxer Jimmy Dolan claims that he believes in clean living outside the ring, but is a cynic when no one's looking. Blonde vixen Goldie West gets him drunk after a fight. Then when reporter Magee plans to write about Jimmy's behavior, a punch in the face accidentally kills Magee.
Kissing Cousins (2008)
romantic comedy
Amir is an Indian American professional heartbreaker (people hire him to break up with their boyfriend/girlfriend when they don't want to do it themselves). At Amir's 30th birthday party, his childhood friend Charlie announces that he is getting married, but he and his fiancé decide they don't want Amir to be the best man because of his bad "relationship karma". This depresses him, as do the relationship advice books he receives as gifts.
Instant Karma (1990)
Drama, romance film
Zane (Craig Sheffer) is writer-producer of the TV show "Rock & Roll P.I." Although a successful young man, he is lonely and having a particularly bad week. He has a confrontation with the show's temperamental star, Reno (David Cassidy), on the set of the show. Zane and his co-writer David (Glenn Hirsch) are pitching a script to producer Jon Clark (Marty Ingels).
Sombrero (1953)
musical film, romance film
Three couples involved in budding romances are caught in the middle of a feud between two Mexican villages.
Mee Pok Man (1995)
romantic comedy
Johnny runs an all-night mee pok (Chinese noodle) stall which is frequented by prostitutes and criminals. He falls in love with Bunny, a beautiful young prostitute, who frequent his store and fantasize saving Bunny from her life. Bunny is mistreated by her pimp and dates an Englishman, hoping to escape her life through him.
The Four-Faced Liar (2010)
Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film
Set in New York City spanning several months, Greg has just moved in with his girlfriend Molly. During their first night after unpacking, they go out for drinks and a meal at a local bar, called The Four-Faced Liar. There, they meet Trip, his girlfriend Chloe (Liz Osborn), and his lesbian friend Bridget.
Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
Comedy
In Tucson, Arizona in 1910, Emily Hefferen visits attorney Robert Hart to file for divorce from her husband Jim, citing his lack of support as grounds. When Hart expresses surprise, given the local hotel, laundry, and dairy bear the Heffernen name, suggesting the family is wealthy, Emily describes her family life for the past twenty years. On their wedding day, Emily discovers Jim, vice-president of the bank, has either donated or lost all his money on bad investments.
The Bridge (1992)
Drama, romance film
In the hot summer of 1887, life seems idyllic when Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters moved into their seaside residence. But when Philip Wilson Steer arrives for his annual painting visit, a chain of events set off to change their lives forever. Overcome by his first sight of Isobel, Steer immediately decides to capture her on canvas; and as the painting grows, so does their love for each other.
That Lady (1955)
Drama, romance film
The film is the story of Ana de Mendoza, a swashbuckling, sword-toting princess. She lost an eye in a duel defending the honour of her king Philip II of Spain. Philip later jilted Ana to marry Mary I, the Queen of England, marrying her off to an aging noble Ruy Gómez de Silva, 1st Prince of Éboli, who died, leaving her a widow.
Mary, Mary (1963)
romantic comedy
When the Internal Revenue Service questions some of Bob McKellaway's deductions, Bob cannot remember what $5,000 worth of checks were for. Without his knowledge, his friend and tax lawyer, Oscar Nelson, asks Bob's soon-to-be ex-wife Mary to come to help identify legitimate business expenses. Bob neither wants to see her nor have his young fiancée Tiffany Richards meet her.
A Matter of Time (1976)
Comedy, Drama, fantasy film, Modern-Day Fantasy, romance film
thumb|upright=1.2|Liza Minnelli and Ingrid Bergman in A Matter of Time At a mid-1950s press conference, scenes are shown for an upcoming film starring Nina, a popular screen celebrity. While on her way to the conference, Nina looks at herself in an ornate mirror, which triggers a flashback to her arrival in Rome, when she was 19 years old. Her cousin, Valentina, has arranged for her to work as a chambermaid in a dilapidated hotel.
Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
Drama, romance film
Brash, egotistic American film producer Chuck Regan travels to Mexico, where he learns bullfighting to impress Anita de la Vega. Manolo Estrada, an aging matador, reluctantly agrees to teach Chuck.
I Love You, Hater (2018)
romantic comedy
Foxfire Light (1982)
Drama, romance film
Joanna, a recent college graduate, decides to leave her manipulating mother and stay within the Ozarks in order to find herself. What she finds is a small town filled with romance and the promise of love.
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
musical film, romantic comedy
In the 19th century, Molly Larkins, the girlfriend of rough-and-tumble canal-boat captain Jotham Klore, hires mild-mannered farmer Daniel Harrow to work on the boat. Molly and Dan fall in love and marry.
Mixed Blessings (1995)
Three couples are followed as they struggle to have children. Diana and Andy Douglas are a newlywed couple with great careers trying to have a baby for eleven months, without any results. As they visit the doctor, they are crushed to find out that Diana has problems with her ovary and she has a 1 in 10,000 chance to become pregnant.
The Late George Apley (1947)
romantic comedy
It is 1912, and George Apley (Ronald Colman) is a stuffy, self-satisfied member of Boston's upper class, supremely confident of the superiority of his hometown and his family. He is fond of quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson at every opportunity. For 18 years, he has hosted Thanksgiving dinners at his home, but the dinner that opens the film marks an irrevocable change.