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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.

Love Letter

1931. Love Letter

Drama Romance
7.9

19951h 57min

Japan

Director: Shunji Iwai

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.


Priest

1932. Priest

Drama Romance
7.1

19951h 38min

United Kingdom

Director: Antonia Bird

The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.


All Things Fair

1933. All Things Fair

Drama Romance War
6.8

19952h 5min

Denmark, Sweden

Director: Bo Widerberg

Stig is a 15-year-old pupil of 37-year-old teacher Viola. He is attracted by her beauty and maturity while she is drawn to him by his youth and innocence, a relief from her drunk and miserable husband.


The Brady Bunch Movie

1934. The Brady Bunch Movie

Family Comedy Romance
6.2

19951h 29min

United States

Director: Betty Thomas

The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.


The Quick and the Dead

1935. The Quick and the Dead

Western Action Drama Romance Thriller
6.5

19951h 47min

United States, Japan

Director: Sam Raimi

A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.


Before Sunrise

1936. Before Sunrise

Drama Romance Passionate Romance Relationship Drama
8.1

19951h 41min

Austria, United States

Director: Richard Linklater

Céline and Jesse meet by chance while traveling on a train, and after a brief conversation Jesse convinces her to get off with him in Vienna so they can spend that fateful day together.

Themes

Fleeting intimacy exploration, Conversations as boundary tests, Self discovery through dialogue, Urban anonymity and connection, Choice between escape and connection, Uncertain futures vs present moment

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French Twist

1937. French Twist

Comedy Romance
6.4

19951h 35min

France

Director: Josiane Balasko

After learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.


I.Q.

1938. I.Q.

Comedy Drama Romance
6.2

19941h 40min

United States

Director: Fred Schepisi

Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.


Legends of the Fall

1939. Legends of the Fall

Drama Western Romance War Action
7.5

19942h 13min

United States

Director: Edward Zwick

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.

Themes

World war i trauma, Loss and loyalty, Sibling relationship tensions, Duty versus family

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Little Women

1940. Little Women

Drama Romance
7.3

19941h 55min

United States

Director: Gillian Armstrong

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.