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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.

The Cave of the Golden Rose 2

2001. The Cave of the Golden Rose 2

Adventure Family Fantasy Romance
7.2

19923h 20min

Italy

Director: Lamberto Bava

Fantaghiro and Romualdo are preparing their marriage when the Black Queen disgusted by their deep love captures Fantaghiro's father. Romualdo and his soldiers go on their journey to free him. But the insidious Black Queen transforms herself into Fantaghiro, makes Romualdo her slave by kissing him and captures the rest of his army. Fantaghiro follows Romualdo although she promised him to stay home, finds the camp deserted and enters the near castle of the Black Queen. When she asks for a duel to free her people she is very surprised to face Romualdo who has forgot her completely due to the magic of the Black Queen.


Leap of Faith

2002. Leap of Faith

Comedy Drama Romance
6.1

19921h 48min

United States

Director: Richard Pearce

Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracles' with the help of his friend and manager, Jane, and their entourage.


Forever Young

2003. Forever Young

Adventure Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Romance
6.4

19921h 42min

United States

Director: Steve Miner

A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.


Belle Époque

2004. Belle Époque

Comedy Drama Romance
7.1

19921h 49min

France, Portugal

Director: Fernando Trueba

In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.


Damage

2005. Damage

Drama Romance
6.7

19921h 51min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Louis Malle

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.


Aladdin

2006. Aladdin

Animation Family Adventure Fantasy Romance
8.0

19921h 32min

United States

Director: John Musker

In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love, although she can only marry a prince. He and power-hungry Grand Vizier Jafar vie for a magic lamp that can fulfill their wishes.

Themes

Class inequality, Deception and manipulation, Social climbing, Power and responsibility, Wishes and autonomy, Freedom versus control

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Bodyguard

2007. The Bodyguard

Action Drama Romance Relationship Drama Passionate Romance
6.4

19922h 9min

United States

Director: Mick Jackson

A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.

Themes

Family loyalty under pressure, Stalking and security, Protective duty vs romance, Fame and vulnerability, Trust under threat, Deception in protection

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Bram Stoker's Dracula

2008. Bram Stoker's Dracula

Romance Horror Vampire Horror Dark Romance
7.4

19922h 8min

United States

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula travels to Victorian London, where he becomes obsessed with Mina Murray—the fiancée of his solicitor, Jonathan Harker—believing her to be the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

Themes

Loyalty under threat, Forbidden desire and possession, Faith versus temptation, Urban danger and secrecy, Immortality and obsession, Deception and appearance

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Wuthering Heights

2009. Wuthering Heights

Drama Romance
6.6

19921h 45min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Peter Kosminsky

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.


Innocent Blood

2010. Innocent Blood

Comedy Horror Crime Action Romance
6.2

19921h 52min

United States

Director: John Landis

Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.