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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 274.

Musical Chairs (2011)

LGBTQ-related film

In New York City, Armando works part-time at his parents' Puerto Rican restaurant and is also a custodian at a dance studio, where he secretly practices dance moves. He befriends the beautiful Mia Franklin, a dancer who is in a relationship with the studio owner, Daniel. She catches Armando dancing alone, likes what she sees and gives him a few tips.

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Taxandria (1994)

fantasy film

Young prince Jan has been sent to a quiet coastal resort to study for his final exams, but instead he spends most of his time with his new friend, the lighthouse keeper. Jan ignores the warnings of the locals who claim that the loony lighthouse man (Armin Mueller-Stahl) eats seagulls for breakfast. Maybe the lighthouse keeper is crazy, but this does not prevent him from introducing prince Jan to the dreamland Taxandria, a phantasmagorical place devoid of time, memory, and progress.

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Surviving Family (2012)

Drama, romance film

Surviving Family counterpoints romance and comedy as it examines the dramatic role of alcoholism, mental illness, and suicide in the lives of the fictional Malone family. Terry Malone shows up unannounced on her father's doorstep - with her fiancé and a plan to get married in five days. She learns that she's not the only one in the family with secrets.

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We Were Dancing (1942)

romantic comedy

Vicki Wilomirska, an impoverished Polish princess, falls madly in love while dancing with the charming but penniless Austrian baron Nicki Prax. She ends her engagement to wealthy lawyer Hubert Tyler. Nicki and Vicki marry secretly, but are soon exposed by one of Nicki's ex-girlfriends, home decorator Linda Wayne.

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Julie Walking Home (2002)

Drama, slice of life

Julie finds her husband Henry in bed with another woman when she returns home early from a trip with their twins, Nicholas and Nicole, who believe in magic and even have their own language. When she discovers that her son has lung cancer, Julie seeks help from a faith healer in Poland. A romantic relationship develops between Julie and Alexei, the charismatic healer.

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No Boyfriend Since Birth (2015)

romantic comedy

10 years after graduation, Carina meets again her high school crush Carlo at a wedding event. Carina "Carrie", an executive assistant in a bridal shop is eager to win Carlo, a charming businessman, despite having no boyfriend since birth. She devices several attempts to get his attention in hopes to have him.

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These Glamour Girls (1939)

Comedy drama, romantic comedy

Members of an elite New York social register, all parents of debutante daughters, discuss a forthcoming house party planned at the prestigious Kingsford College. Wealthy debutante Ann van Reichton receives a bit to attend a Kingsford Party, but her mother is horrified upon finding that her date, a young man named Greg, is not a part of the social register. The weekend before the party, student Philip Griswold, the son of a prestigious Wall Street stockbroker, visits Manhattan with his friends Homer Ten Eyck and Greg Smith.

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Young Man of Manhattan (1930)

musical film, romantic comedy

Tensions begin to build between a couple when the wife begins to earn more and become more successful than her husband, an ambitious sportswriter. Puff Randolph, an emancipated girl who pursues the journalist with her advances, creeps in between the two. Her line "Cigarette me, big boy" became a catchphrase in America when the film came out.

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Girls' Dormitory (1936)

Drama

Set in the fictional Montreaux School for Girls in Switzerland, the main focus of the film is Dr. Stephen Dominick, the school's popular director who is secretly admired by teacher Professor Anna Mathe and the 19-year-old French student Marie Claudel. At a state fair, the girls draw lots to see who gets to ask Dr.

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So Little Time (1952)

romance film

In occupied Belgium during World War II, the chateau where Nicole de Malvines lives with her mother is partially requisitioned for use by German forces. Among those billeted there is Colonel Günther von Hohensee, a ruthlessly efficient Prussian officer. Having lost several male members of her family in the war, the proud and outspoken Nicole holds the Germans in contempt and has no hesitation in making her feelings clear to him.

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O Passado (2007)

Drama, romance film

After 12 years, Sofia and Rimini decide to separate. While Rimini tries to distance himself from her and start a new life, Sofia clings to the past and constantly harasses him. She reappears time and time again on Rimini's horizon to either win him back, torture him, or redeem him.

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Proteus (2003)

Drama, historical film, LGBTQ-related film, prison film, romance film

Set in 18th-century South Africa, the film dramatises the true story of Claas Blank (Rouxnet Brown) and Rijkhaart Jacobsz (Neil Sandilands), two prisoners on Robben Island. Herder Claas Blank is serving 10 years for "insulting a Dutch citizen" and Rijkhaart is a Dutch sailor convicted of committing "unnatural acts" with another man. The two men, initially hostile to each other, form a secret relationship, using trips to a private water tank to bond.

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When Were You Born (1938)

mystery film

On an ocean liner sailing from the Orient to San Francisco, Mei Lei Ming predicts the future of fellow passenger Nita Kenton. When Nita's boyfriend, importer Phillip Corey, scoffs at her predictions, Mei Lei informs him that he will die within 48 hours. Corey is later found dead in his shop, an apparent suicide.

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Ball & Chain (2004)

romantic comedy

Somewhere in the middle of Texas, Ameet (Sunil Malhotra) and Saima (Lisa Ray) have a problem. They were perfectly happy avoiding each other until their parents set them up to get married. The reluctant couple decide to do whatever it takes to break off the engagement.

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The Exploding Girl (2009)

Coming-of-age, Drama, Melodrama, romance film, romantic comedy

Ivy is a college student suffering from juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, who has returned home to Brooklyn for spring break. While she stays at her mother's house, her childhood friend Al, also home from college, asks to crash on their couch as his parents have rented out his room. Over the course of the break, Ivy and Al spend most of their time together, strengthening their already deep bond, especially after Ivy's distant college boyfriend breaks up with her via telephone.

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Iron & Silk (1990)

Coming-of-age, Drama, Martial arts

Mark Franklin arrives in Hangzhou, China to teach Chinese teachers the English language. He learns the refinements of correct behavior among Chinese people, makes friends with his pupils, falls in love with the young doctor Ming, learns wushu (Chinese martial arts) from the famous teacher Pan... but also learns about political repression, especially when he's forbidden contact with some of his friends.

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She'll Follow You Anywhere (1971)

One day on the way home from work, Mike Carter finds himself propositioned by a woman on the train. He has been working on developing a new aftershave for his company along with his friend and colleague Alan Simpson. When Alan has a similar encounter with one of the women scientists at their office, they both realise it is linked to one of the numerous aftershave formulas they have developed creating a love potion which makes them irresistible to any woman.

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