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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.

What Dreams May Come

1801. What Dreams May Come

Drama Fantasy Romance
7.0

19981h 53min

United States

Director: Vincent Ward

Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in Hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.


A Night at the Roxbury

1802. A Night at the Roxbury

Comedy Romance
6.2

19981h 22min

United States

Director: John Fortenberry

Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with Richard Grieco gets them inside the swank Roxbury club. Mistaken for high rollers, they meet their dream women, Vivica and Cambi, and resolve to open a club of their own.


Clay Pigeons

1803. Clay Pigeons

Crime Comedy Drama Romance
6.6

19981h 44min

Germany, United Kingdom

Director: David Dobkin

Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."


One True Thing

1804. One True Thing

Drama Romance
6.9

19982h 7min

United States

Director: Carl Franklin

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.


A Tale of Autumn

1805. A Tale of Autumn

Drama Romance
7.4

19981h 52min

France

Director: Éric Rohmer

Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.


Lovers of the Arctic Circle

1806. Lovers of the Arctic Circle

Drama Mystery Romance
7.6

19981h 52min

Spain

Director: Julio Medem

As young children, Otto and Ana become best friends, leading to the marriage of Ana's mother to Otto's father. When Otto and Ana become teenagers, they begin a sexual relationship, which they hide from their parents. The two fall deeply in love and seem destined to spend the rest of their lives together. However, their relationship is tested when Otto's mother dies and the two are separated.


Get Real

1807. Get Real

Drama Romance
7.5

19981h 51min

United Kingdom

Director: Simon Shore

Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career.


Return to Paradise

1808. Return to Paradise

Drama Thriller Romance
6.9

19981h 49min

United States

Director: Joseph Ruben

Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.


EverAfter

1809. EverAfter

Drama Romance Comedy
7.1

19982h 1min

United States

Director: Andy Tennant

Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.


The Parent Trap

1810. The Parent Trap

Comedy Family Romance Parent-Child Family Romantic Comedy
6.7

19982h 8min

United States

Director: Nancy Meyers

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

Themes

Deception through disguise, Family reconciliation, Shared custody pressures, Upbringing divergence, Romance vs loyalty, Public image expectations

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