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Romance movies

Stories of passion, heartbreak, and intimacy that explore the beautiful and complicated nature of love.

Subgenres include: Romantic Comedy, Passionate Romance, Dark Romance.

Just Wright

1271. Just Wright

Romance Comedy Romantic Comedy Parody
5.9

20101h 41min

United States

Director: Sanaa Hamri

Physical therapist Leslie Wright lands the dream job of working with basketball superstar Scott McKnight, helping him recover from a career-threatening injury. All goes well and soon Leslie finds herself falling in love with him. Just as their friendship deepens, however, Scott focuses his attention back on his tenuous relationship with his ex-fiancé Morgan, Leslie's gorgeous godsister, who would love to be the basketball player's trophy wife.

Themes

Ambition vs loyalty, Jealousy and manipulation, Career resilience under injury, Professional boundaries under pressure, Public scrutiny and opportunity, Friends to lovers dynamic

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Letters to Juliet

1272. Letters to Juliet

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.5

20101h 45min

United States

Director: Gary Winick

A driven American on a pre-honeymoon in Italy stumbles from her self-absorbed fiancé’s foodie world into a centuries-old tradition of answering love letters, then ignites chaos across the countryside as she drags a skeptical grandson and his romantic grandmother on a wild hunt for a long-lost lover.

Themes

Intergenerational memory, Choice and consequence, Family legacy and reunion, Letters as catalyst, Longing across borders, Romance versus expectation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Room in Rome

1273. Room in Rome

Drama Romance Passionate Romance Relationship Drama
6.0

20101h 49min

Spain, France

Director: Julio Medem

A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for Alba and Natasha, two sexy and recently acquainted women, to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.

Themes

One-night stand dynamics, Hotel room intimacy, Lying about orientation, Secrecy in romance, Lesbian sex exploration, Emotional vulnerability under temptation

Available on

Kanopy
Philo
MUBI
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The Last Song

1274. The Last Song

Drama Family Romance Family Drama Parent-Child Family
6.0

20101h 47min

United States

Director: Julie Anne Robinson

A rebellious girl swears she’s done with her father and the piano, but one unfinished song and a quiet summer by the sea pull her back in. As old wounds reopen and new love complicates everything, her need to know why he really brought her here starts to consume her every choice.

Themes

Parental divorce effects, Reconciliation through music, Small town gossip dynamics, Illness and caregiving

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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I Am Love

1275. I Am Love

Drama Romance Passionate Romance Relationship Drama
7.0

20102h

Italy, United Kingdom

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

Themes

Class inequality, Betrayal and deception, Infidelity and desire, Bourgeois expectations, Art versus tradition, Family business pressure

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Never Let Me Go

1276. Never Let Me Go

Drama Romance Science Fiction Coming-of-Age Drama Bittersweet Romance
7.1

20101h 44min

United Kingdom

Director: Mark Romanek

As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.

Themes

Boarding school isolation, Cloning rights, Medical ethics control, Human rights tension, Organ trafficking abuse, Love triangle longing

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Heartbreaker

1277. Heartbreaker

Romance Comedy Romantic Comedy High-Concept Comedy
6.7

20101h 45min

France, United States

Director: Pascal Chaumeil

Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Appearance vs reality, Trust and betrayal, Deception in romance, Class and prestige, Money and manipulation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Loose Cannons

1278. Loose Cannons

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Family Drama
7.2

20101h 48min

Italy

Director: Ferzan Özpetek

Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.

Themes

Family expectations vs authenticity, Economic stakes of family business, Public gossip and judgment, Tradition vs modern identity, Generational conflict and reconciliation, Diversity and inclusion in families

Available on

Fandango At Home
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Echoes of the Rainbow

1279. Echoes of the Rainbow

Comedy Drama Romance
7.4

20101h 57min

Director: Alex Law Kai-Yui

Told through the eyes of sticky-fingered eight-year-old boy Big Ears, Echoes of the Rainbow takes place in a close-knit grassroots community in 1960s Hong Kong. Big Ears' mother and father run the neighborhood shoe store, and his older brother Desmond is every family's dream son - an outstanding athlete with grades worthy of Hong Kong's best school.


Remember Me

1280. Remember Me

Drama Romance Tragic Drama Bittersweet Romance
7.1

20101h 53min

United States

Director: Allen Coulter

Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Violence and consequences, Parental pressure and distance, Sibling dynamics and loyalty, Romance under family scrutiny, Grief and coping under stress

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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