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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.

Havana

2061. Havana

Drama Romance
6.1

19902h 24min

United States

Director: Sydney Pollack

During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wife of a Communist revolutionary.


Edward Scissorhands

2062. Edward Scissorhands

Fantasy Drama Romance Supernatural Fantasy Relationship Drama
7.8

19901h 45min

United States

Director: Tim Burton

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Themes

Underdog status, Suburban gothic, Isolation and belonging, Topiary as expression, Hair salon aspiration, Social judgment and rumor

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
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My Mother's Castle

2063. My Mother's Castle

Adventure Comedy Drama Romance
7.6

19901h 39min

France

Director: Yves Robert

To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.


White Palace

2064. White Palace

Drama Romance
6.5

19901h 43min

United States

Director: Luis Mandoki

Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and smoldering. With time, however, their class and age differences become an obstacle in their relationship, especially since Max can't keep Nora a secret from his Jewish friends and upper-crust associates forever.


I Hired a Contract Killer

2065. I Hired a Contract Killer

Comedy Crime Drama Romance
7.2

19901h 20min

Finland, France

Director: Aki Kaurismäki

After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love.


Mr. Destiny

2066. Mr. Destiny

Fantasy Comedy Science Fiction Romance
6.4

19901h 50min

United States

Director: James Orr

Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot in a baseball game when was a kid. One night he meets this mysterious man, who could change his fate by offering him that alternative life he always dreamed of. But as Burrows embarks on this journey of self discovery he realises that even this new life has its problems and drawbacks..


The Hot Spot

2067. The Hot Spot

Romance Crime Thriller
6.4

19902h 10min

United States

Director: Dennis Hopper

Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.


The Hairdresser's Husband

2068. The Hairdresser's Husband

Comedy Drama Romance
7.1

19901h 22min

France

Director: Patrice Leconte

Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume, and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he had always known he would marry one, completing his idealized love fantasy.


Henry & June

2069. Henry & June

Romance
6.3

19902h 16min

United States

Director: Philip Kaufman

While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.


Trust

2070. Trust

Drama Comedy Romance
7.4

19901h 46min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Hal Hartley

After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.