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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.

Dogfight

2041. Dogfight

Drama Romance
7.3

19911h 34min

United States

Director: Nancy Savoca

In the fall of 1963, Eddie Birdlace is an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer who is about to ship out with three of his buddies for a tour of duty in Vietnam. Planning a massive blowout for their last night in San Francisco, Eddie, his buddies, and a number of other Marines set up a contest they call a "dogfight”.


The Man in the Moon

2042. The Man in the Moon

Drama Family Romance
7.3

19911h 39min

United States

Director: Robert Mulligan

Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and Court meet first and have a flirtatious rapport -- but when he meets Maureen, he falls hard and they begin a passionate affair. The new couple try to keep their love hidden from Dani, but she soon learns the truth, disavowing her sister. But a heartbreaking accident later reunites the girls.


Proof

2043. Proof

Drama Romance
7.2

19911h 30min

Australia

Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse

Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—has for him.


Doc Hollywood

2044. Doc Hollywood

Comedy Romance
6.3

19911h 44min

United States

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.


A Brighter Summer Day

2045. A Brighter Summer Day

Crime Drama Romance
8.2

19913h 57min

Taiwan

Director: Edward Yang

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.


Only Yesterday

2046. Only Yesterday

Animation Drama Romance
7.6

19911h 59min

Japan

Director: Isao Takahata

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.


Regarding Henry

2047. Regarding Henry

Romance Drama
6.7

19911h 48min

United States

Director: Mike Nichols

After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.


The Pit and the Pendulum

2048. The Pit and the Pendulum

Horror Romance
6.0

19911h 37min

Italy, United States

Director: Stuart Gordon

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.


Dying Young

2049. Dying Young

Drama Romance
6.0

19911h 51min

United States

Director: Joel Schumacher

After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.


Jungle Fever

2050. Jungle Fever

Drama Romance
6.6

19912h 12min

United States

Director: Spike Lee

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.