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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.

Blast from the Past

1781. Blast from the Past

Drama Romance Comedy
6.7

19991h 52min

United States

Director: Hugh Wilson

Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.


Aimée & Jaguar

1782. Aimée & Jaguar

Drama History Romance
7.2

19992h 5min

Germany

Director: Max Färberböck

In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.


With Fire and Sword

1783. With Fire and Sword

War Romance Drama
7.0

19992h 55min

Poland

Director: Jerzy Hoffman

In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic... An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century.


Venus Beauty Institute

1784. Venus Beauty Institute

Comedy Drama Romance
6.3

19991h 45min

France

Director: Tonie Marshall

Aging beautician Angèle, already wounded by a long-ago romance, gets awkwardly dumped at a train station. Witnessing how she turns around a humiliating situation, younger sculptor Antoine becomes so smitten that he breaks up with his fiancée and sets out to win Angèle's heart. Meanwhile, Angèle attempts to quash the budding romance of her young co-worker, Marie, and a much older widowed client, despite their obvious rapport.


A Walk on the Moon

1785. A Walk on the Moon

Drama Romance
6.6

19991h 47min

United States

Director: Tony Goldwyn

The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.


She's All That

1786. She's All That

Comedy Romance
5.9

19991h 35min

Director: Robert Iscove

Zack, the most popular guy at school, bets his friends that in six weeks he can turn Laney, a shy and overlooked classmate, into the prom queen. But as he starts spending time with her, what began as a prank turns into real feelings.


Varsity Blues

1787. Varsity Blues

Comedy Drama Romance
6.5

19991h 46min

United States

Director: Brian Robbins

In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.


At First Sight

1788. At First Sight

Drama Romance
6.0

19992h 8min

United States

Director: Irwin Winkler

A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.


An Ideal Husband

1789. An Ideal Husband

Drama Comedy Romance
6.8

19991h 37min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Oliver Parker

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.


Playing by Heart

1790. Playing by Heart

Comedy Drama Romance
6.9

19982h 1min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Willard Carroll

In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold, revealing that the heart's desires often lead us where we least expect.