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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 268.

The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)

romantic comedy

After the end of World War II, Jean Madison, a former WAVE ensign, meets the former aircrew of an Army Air Corps A-20 Havoc light bomber named "Sinful Sinthia" when they go to collect their unemployment benefits. They are all members of the 52-20 Club, a government program that pays unemployed veterans $20 a week for 52 weeks. The men take Jean, whom Jimmy dubs the Admiral, under their wing, showing her how to save money.

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Pieces of Dreams (1970)

Drama, romance film

Father Gregory Lind (Robert Forster) is a Catholic priest struggling with his life in the priesthood. He wishes to change parishes, but is denied the transfer time after time. The story starts with him arriving at the local hospital after being informed that one of his charges is dying after trying to steal a car.

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Sabah (2005)

Comedy, Drama, romance film

Sabah is a 40-year-old single immigrant from Syria living in Toronto with her family. She is responsible for her mother's well-being. Since her father's death, her brother Majid has been the family authority figure.

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April's Shower (2003)

LGBT-related television series, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy

A group of people are gathered for a wedding shower for April. At first, it seems to be a normal gathering for such an occasion but, as time goes on, secrets and stories begin to be revealed. Alex (Doolan) is a chef and a maid of honor at April's wedding.

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Mai Ratima (2012)

Drama, romance film

To support her sister and Alzheimer's-afflicted mother back in Thailand, Mai Ratima (Park Ji-soo) enters into an arranged marriage with mentally challenged Sang-pil (Lee Jun-hyuk). Stuck in the drab seaside town of Pohang, she endures the daily harangues of her mother-in-law and sexual harassment by her brother-in-law Sang-rim (Kim Kyung). Mai's woes are exacerbated when her visa renewal comes up, but she narrowly escapes deportation thanks to the spur-of-the-moment kindness of Soo-young (Bae Soo-bin), a social outcast who can't even afford to renew his national ID.

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The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)

Adventure, romance film, silent film, swashbuckler film

Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll (Lewis Stone) decides to pass the time by attending the coronation of his distant relation, King Rudolf V of Ruritania (also played by Stone) . He encounters an acquaintance on the train there, Antoinette de Mauban (Barbara La Marr), the mistress of the king's treacherous brother, Grand Duke 'Black' Michael (Stuart Holmes). The day before the coronation, Rassendyll is seen by Colonel Sapt (Robert Edeson) and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim (Malcolm McGregor).

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Bye bye Baby (1988)

romantic comedy

A couple from Milan, Sandra and Paolo, engage in a series of extramarital affairs, reconciliations, escapades and eventual divorce, beginning during a vacation to Mauritius. Sandra becomes involved with a handsome doctor, Marcello, while Paolo falls for Lisa, a professional five-pin billiards player.

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The Very Thought of You (1944)

Drama, romance film

After three years at war, two soldiers serving in the Aleutian campaign in "cold storage" on the island of Attu, Army Sergeants Dave (Dennis Morgan) and his buddy "Fixit" (Dane Clark) are sent back to the States. They spend a Thanksgiving pass in Pasadena and visit Dave's alma mater, Caltech, before being transferred elsewhere in the Pacific Theater. They meet two young women who work in a parachute factory.

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My Boyfriends' Dogs (2014)

Comedy, romantic comedy

The owners of a small diner are surprised at closing time when a woman (Christensen) in a wedding dress arrives with 3 dogs and begs to come into the restaurant. What follows is her retelling of how she arrived at this junction in her life and how, through the search for the right man, she ended up as a runaway bride with three dogs.

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Encore (1951)

Comedy drama, Tragicomedy

"The Ant and the Grasshopper" Idle Tom Ramsay continually borrows from his hard-working brother George. George later puts up the Ramsay estate for sale so he can buy out his business partner, despite Tom's protests. Shortly afterwards, George is approached by car dealer Philip Cronshaw, who notifies him that Tom has stolen one of his automobiles.

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Chance at Heaven (1933)

Drama, romance film

Blacky owns a very successful service station in Silver Beach, Massachusetts, a summer resort for the wealthy. He plans to own a chain of stations someday and to marry his girlfriend Marje. However, he falls in love with Glory, a flirtatious, accident-prone debutante whose snobbish mother has just purchased a large summer home.

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Slightly Dangerous (1943)

romantic comedy

thumb|left|upright=1|Turner in the film's opening scene Peggy Evans, a bored and unhappy soda jerk in Hotchkiss Falls, New York, bets her co-worker, Mitzi that she can serve ice cream sundaes while blindfolded. She is reprimanded by the store's new general manager, Bob Stuart. An agitated Peggy leaves what appears to be a suicide note at her boardinghouse and disappears, leading locals to suspect Bob drove her to end her life.

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We're Not Dressing (1934)

Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy

Spoiled socialite Doris Worthington (Lombard) is sailing the Pacific with her friend Edith (Merman) and her Uncle Hubert (Errol), while being courted by Prince Michael (Milland) and Prince Alexander (Henry). She is bored, however, and finds entertainment in verbal sparring with one of the sailors, Stephen Jones (Crosby). During one of their battles, Doris slaps Stephen, who retaliates by kissing her and gets fired.

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Thirst Street (2017)

comedy thriller, romantic comedy

Gina (Lindsay Burdge) is an American flight attendant in her mid-30s who is still coming to terms with the suicide of her boyfriend (played in flashbacks by Damien Bonnard). During a layover in Paris, she and two of her co-workers head toward a recommended cabaret but find it to be a strip club. There she meets the manager, Jérôme (Bonnard); she is drawn to him in part because of his resemblance to her late boyfriend.

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Undercover Christmas (2003)

Christmas film, Comedy drama, romance film, romantic comedy

Jake Cunningham (Shawn Christian) is an uptight FBI agent assigned to protect Brandi O'Neill (Jami Gertz), a lower-class cocktail waitress who recently helped with the tax fraud investigation of her billionaire boyfriend. When Jake's wealthy parents (Tyne Daly and Winston Rekert) unexpectedly call him home for the holidays, Jake must bring Brandi with him in order to keep her safe prior to the trial. They pose as a couple in order to keep the proceedings a secret until the court date.

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Secret of the Blue Room (1933)

Mysterie, mystery film

At her family's rural manor in Germany, Irene von Helldorf celebrates her twenty-first birthday with her father Robert, her suitor Thomas Brandt, and Thomas's two rivals, Walter Brink and Frank Faber. Thomas challenges Walter and Frank to each spend a night in a mysterious locked blue room in which several murders had occurred years before, each at exactly one hour past midnight. The first victim was Robert's sister, followed by his best friend and, later, a detective who attempted to solve their deaths.

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Love, Sex and Eating the Bones (2003)

romantic comedy

Michael (Hill Harper) is a likable photographer turned security guard who spends his time hanging out with his buddies and keeping up with the latest releases at Pornocopia. His addiction to porn, however, threatens to get in the way of a budding romance with Jasmine (Marlyne Afflack), an upscale marketing researcher who's so wary of ‘playas’ she's declared herself celibate.

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The World Moves On (1934)

Drama, war film

In 1825, two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War I and the years that follow, to test the businesses.

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I Live My Life (1935)

Comedy, Comedy drama

Bored socialite Kay Bentley travels to Greece on her wealthy father's yacht. While on land, she meets and begins a romance with idealistic archaeologist Terry O'Neill, who challenges her beliefs. However, Kay is not serious about him and tells him that she is Ann Morrison, secretary to the man who is actually her father.

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