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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 308.

Devotion (1931)

romance film

Shirley Mortimer is one of three adult daughters of a wealthy Bloomsbury family, who view her as plain and boring and treat her as little more than a servant. When her father's friend barrister David Trent comes for tea, she is instantly smitten. David asks the Mortimers if they can recommend a nursery governess for his son, Derek.

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The Marines Are Coming (1934)

Action, Comedy, Drama, romance film, war film

A brash marine lieutenant with a history of active service overseas and heavy debts in the United States is assigned to a new post with his new company under the command of his former rival. The marine falls in love with his commanding officer's fiancée and romances her away from him. The day before their wedding, the fiancée calls it off after the marine is involved with an incident in Tijuana.

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Next Time I Marry (1938)

Comedy, romance film

A young woman stands to inherit $20 million provided she marries an American citizen. Unfortunately, she is in love with a handsome foreigner. To get the money, she marries the first Yankee she runs across—with every intention of obtaining a quickie divorce in Reno as soon as the money comes through.

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Paradise Isle (1937)

Drama, romance film

Kennedy is a shipwrecked blind artist who is washed ashore on an island en route to meeting an eminent eye surgeon in Suva who is the only chance to restore his sight. He is nursed back to health by Ida, an island girl. When Kennedy is distraught that he cannot pay for the operation due to his money being lost when his ship went down, Ida obtains a valuable black pearl that sets scheming in motion on the island paradise.

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Son of India (1931)

Drama, romance film, romantic comedy

Karim is the son of rajah and jewel merchant Hamid, traveling with him through India. On the twentieth day of their journey, after Karim hears his father speak about the importance of gratitude, they are attacked by bandits. The group of travelers is massacred, but Rao Rama, a holy man, hides Karim in a shallow grave.

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Opposites Attract (1990)

Comedy, romantic comedy

A former cowboy movie star Rex Roper (John Forsythe) decides to run for Mayor of Crescent Bay, California. He hopes that if he wins the election, he will be able to install his hot tub, a plan that Town Supervisor Charlene McKeon (Barbara Eden) had previously nixed due to the area's water shortage. Charlene is also running for Mayor, pitting her solid reputation, vigilant community membership and homespun values against Rex's popularity, megabucks and media savvy.

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Cook Off (2017)

Comedy, romance film

When single mother Anesu (Tendaiishe Chitima) is secretly entered into a reality television cooking competition by her son, she must overcome the disapproval of her mother and the rivalry of professional chefs. She also finds love during the competition.

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Ice-Capades (1940)

Comedy, musical film, romance film

Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating on a different New York rink and pass her off as Karen. The scheme backfires when promoter Larry Herman takes a look at Bob's film and decides to make the skater a star.

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The Man from Toronto (1933)

romantic comedy

Lawyer Bunston informs Englishwoman Leslie Farrar, his niece by marriage, that she will inherit a quarter of a million if she marries Canadian Fergus Wimbush. The trouble is, they have never met. Leslie is furious, certain that the deceased made the will to get back at her for not marrying him by pressuring her to wed his nephew.

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Under Your Spell (1936)

musical film, romantic comedy

New York City opera star Anthony Allen lives a privileged but controlled life, recording hit songs and drawing large crowds to performances while existing in constant strain with his agent Petroff, who imposes on him a stressful performance schedule and a near-constant chain of vacuous promotional stunts. Chicago socialite Cynthia Drexel sees Allen perform in a production of Gounod's Faust and makes a bet with her longtime suitor, the Count Raul du Rienne: either she can make the notoriously unavailable Allen sing at a private party, or else she will marry him. After the show, Drexel makes a deal with Petroff, offering him $15,000…

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Sunstruck (1972)

Comedy

Stanley Evans, a Welsh schoolteacher, is very proud of the choir that he's formed with his pupils. But when the girl of his dreams — a new gym teacher — marries a fellow teacher, he decides to leave and migrate to Australia for a better life 'in the sun'. From Sydney, he is assigned to a small school in the dead-end town of Kookaburra Springs, living in a small room over the local hotel run by Sal and Mick.

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Eadie Was a Lady (1945)

musical film, romantic comedy

Eadie Allen is a student at Glen Moor College and the niece of a wealthy Boston socialite (Aunt Priscilla) in Back Bay. She has secretly taken a new job as a dancer in a seedy burlesque house where her talents are eventually recognized and she is given larger roles on the stage show by the manager, Tommy Foley. At the same time, Eadie is preparing a dance number for the college's annual Greek festival.

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Jeannie (1941)

romantic comedy

Jeannie McLean is a young Scottish woman who takes care of her tightfisted father, leaving her no time (and money) for herself. When he dies, she discovers he has left his "fortune" – 297 pounds – to her, nothing to her married sisters. She decides to have some fun for a change, starting with a trip to Vienna.

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Penny Princess (1952)

Comedy

The fictional European microstate of Lampidorra has "no taxes, no quotas, no tariffs, no forms to fill in". Its two thousand residents make their money from the national (and legal) profession of smuggling to and from its neighbors: France, Italy, and Switzerland. However, the country falls on hard times and becomes bankrupt.

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Army Girl (1938)

Action, Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama, romantic comedy

Captain Dike Conger, an officer with the Thirty-first Cavalry Regiment is instructed to determine whether the unit should use tanks instead of horses. Along with his mechanic, Master Sergeant “Three Star” Hennessy, Conger is opposed by those who want to continue using horses. Meanwhile, Conger agrees to go on a blind date arranged by his friend Captain Bob Marvin on the condition that his date be a civilian, not an "army girl", i.e., the daughter of an officer or soldier.

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Paris (1926)

Drama, romance film, silent film

A young American millionaire named Jerry is vacationing in Paris and visits an Apache den, the Birdcage Cafe, where he meets "The Girl". Trouble ensues when "The Cat" injures Jerry in a jealous rage. "The Girl" nurses Jerry back to health while "The Cat" plots to murder "The Girl".

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Suds (1920)

Comedy

Amanda Afflick is a poor laundry woman working in London. She is too weak to do the hard work, but is always picked on and humiliated by her boss Madame Didier. Amanda is desperately in love with the handsome customer Horace Greensmith, but none of her colleagues thinks she has a chance of being his sweetheart.

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The Garage (2006)

independent film

In the late 1970s, Matt works as a me mechanic at his father's garage but dreams of leaving his small- town life for greater ambitions. But strong feelings for a new girlfriend and deep family ties may prevent Matt's ultimate escape, despite pressure from best friend Schultz to take off immediately. In the late 1970s, Matt works as a mechanic in his father's garage but dreams of leaving his small-town life for greater ambitions.

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