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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.

Sabrina

1901. Sabrina

Romance Drama Comedy
6.3

19952h 7min

Germany, United States

Director: Sydney Pollack

After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.


Sense and Sensibility

1902. Sense and Sensibility

Drama Romance Historical Drama Passionate Romance
7.7

19952h 16min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Ang Lee

After their father’s death, two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, lose their family’s large inheritance and are forced to move with their mother to a more modest home. The sisters have different views of the future: one relies on reason, while the other trusts her feelings more—yet over time their romantic ideals collide with reality.

Themes

Inheritance constraints, Secret engagement tension, Dowry expectations, Estate pressures, Military officer influence, Social class expectations

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The American President

1903. The American President

Drama Romance
6.8

19951h 53min

United States

Director: Rob Reiner

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.


It Takes Two

1904. It Takes Two

Comedy Family Romance
6.0

19951h 41min

United States

Director: Andy Tennant

Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.


Total Eclipse

1905. Total Eclipse

Drama Romance
6.5

19951h 51min

France, Belgium

Director: Agnieszka Holland

Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.


Home for the Holidays

1906. Home for the Holidays

Comedy Drama Romance
6.6

19951h 43min

United States

Director: Jodie Foster

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.


Leaving Las Vegas

1907. Leaving Las Vegas

Drama Romance
7.5

19951h 51min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Mike Figgis

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.


Beyond the Clouds

1908. Beyond the Clouds

Drama Romance
6.4

19951h 50min

Italy, Germany

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

Four tales, each centered on a woman, journey inward to explore the enigmatic reality of their lives, connecting through a single narrative thread.


Haunted

1909. Haunted

Mystery Horror Fantasy Romance
6.2

19951h 48min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.


Mallrats

1910. Mallrats

Romance Comedy
7.0

19951h 35min

United States

Director: Kevin Smith

Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall. Eventually, they decide to try and win back their significant others and take care of their respective nemeses.