
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.

1581. Love Me If You Dare
Drama Comedy Romance Bittersweet Romance Parody2003•1h 33min
Belgium, France
Director: Yann Samuell
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As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.
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1582. Love Actually
Comedy Romance Drama Romantic Comedy Ensemble Comedy2003•2h 15min
France, United Kingdom
Director: Richard Curtis
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Ten intertwined stories unfold in London a few weeks before Christmas and, in an extraordinary way, connect with one another. The film explores different expressions and forms of the vast concept of love.
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1583. Anything Else
Drama Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy2003•1h 48min
United States
Director: Woody Allen
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Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that life is like "anything else," but soon he finds that life with the unpredictable Amanda isn't like anything else at all.
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Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

1585. Freaky Friday
Family Fantasy Comedy Romance Parent-Child Family2003•1h 37min
United States
Director: Mark Waters
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Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.
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1586. American Wedding
Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Adult Comedy2003•1h 43min
United States
Director: Jesse Dylan
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With high school a distant memory, Jim and Michelle are getting married — and in a hurry, since Jim's grandmother is sick and wants to see him walk down the aisle — prompting Stifler to throw the ultimate bachelor party. And Jim's dad is reliable as ever, doling out advice no one wants to hear.
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1587. The Shape of Things
Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama2003•1h 36min
France, United Kingdom
Director: Neil LaBute
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Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
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1588. The Best of Youth
Drama History Romance Historical Drama Historical Event2003•6h 7min
Italy
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
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After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
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1589. The Man Who Copied
Comedy Drama Romance Crime Awkward Comedy2003•2h 3min
Brazil
Director: Jorge Furtado
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A young photocopier operator becomes infatuated with his neighbor and, unable to afford anything from her shop, turns to shady schemes to make money.
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1590. A Snake of June
Romance Drama Thriller Erotic Thriller Psychological Drama2003•1h 17min
Japan
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
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A woman is being stalked by a stranger. His stalking turns to blackmail when he sends her copies of photos of her in an embarrassing position. Now he controls her and she has to do anything he says. Anything.
