
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.

12. The Worst Person in the World
Drama Romance Comedy Bittersweet Romance Relationship Drama2021•2h 8min
Norway, Sweden
Director: Joachim Trier
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Julie wants a life that finally feels like her own. To find it, she risks wrecking the career she trained for and the love that keeps her steady. When desire, ambition, and honesty collide, which version of herself will she choose—and who will she leave behind?
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13. The Taste of Things
Romance Drama Passionate Romance Historical Drama2023•2h 15min
Belgium, France
Director: Trần Anh Hùng
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Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.
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14. The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Music Drama Romance2011•2h 40min
Director: Laurence Connor
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

15. Little Women
Drama Romance History Historical Drama Passionate Romance2019•2h 15min
United States
Director: Greta Gerwig
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Four young sisters live with their mother during the Civil War, while their father is away serving in it. As time passes, the girls grow up, fall in love, and face choices that will shape their entire future.
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16. Fallen Leaves
Romance Comedy Drama Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama2023•1h 21min
Finland, Germany
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
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Two lonely strangers in Helsinki plan a simple night of karaoke and maybe a second date, BUT a lost phone number, vanishing jobs, and his drinking turn one missed connection into a quiet battle to find each other again in a city that keeps pushing them apart.
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17. Downton Abbey: A New Era
Drama Romance Historical Drama Passionate Romance2022•2h 4min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Simon Curtis
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The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a Hollywood director seeks to film his latest production at Downton.
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18. 20th Century Girl
Romance Drama Bittersweet Romance Coming-of-Age Drama2022•1h 59min
South Korea
Director: Bang Woo-ri
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In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.
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20. The Handmaiden
Thriller Drama Romance Erotic Thriller Historical Drama2016•2h 25min
South Korea
Director: Park Chan-wook
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A con man vows to steal a heiress’s fortune, and the pickpocket posing as her handmaiden is his key. But as Sookee shares her bed and wins her heart, betrayal turns into desire. To claim the money, she must ruin the only person who trusts her—so whose side does she destroy?

