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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.

Only the Lonely

2051. Only the Lonely

Comedy Romance
6.4

19911h 44min

United States

Director: Chris Columbus

Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.


Truly Madly Deeply

2052. Truly Madly Deeply

Fantasy Drama Comedy Romance
7.2

19911h 46min

United Kingdom

Director: Anthony Minghella

Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.


Defending Your Life

2053. Defending Your Life

Romance Fantasy Comedy Drama
7.2

19911h 51min

United States

Director: Albert Brooks

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.


Madame Bovary

2054. Madame Bovary

Romance Drama History
6.6

19912h 23min

France

Director: Claude Chabrol

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.


L.A. Story

2055. L.A. Story

Comedy Fantasy Romance
6.7

19911h 35min

United States

Director: Mick Jackson

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.


Mediterraneo

2056. Mediterraneo

Comedy Romance War
7.4

19911h 36min

Italy

Director: Gabriele Salvatores

Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there.


Alice

2057. Alice

Fantasy Drama Romance Comedy
6.6

19901h 42min

United States

Director: Woody Allen

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.


Green Card

2058. Green Card

Comedy Romance Drama
6.3

19901h 48min

Australia, France

Director: Peter Weir

Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.


The Russia House

2059. The Russia House

Drama Thriller Romance
6.1

19901h 58min

United States, Russia

Director: Fred Schepisi

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.


Mermaids

2060. Mermaids

Comedy Drama Romance Coming-of-Age Drama Romantic Comedy
6.7

19901h 50min

United States

Director: Richard Benjamin

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move to a small Massachusetts town and Mrs. Flax begins dating a shopkeeper, Charlotte and her 9-year-old sister, Kate, hope that they can finally settle down. But when Charlotte's attraction to an older man gets in the way, the family must learn to accept each other for who they truly are.

Themes

Coming of age under upheaval, Relocation and instability, Romance across age difference, Religious tension vs secular longing, Parental boundaries and friendship, Family resilience and repair

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