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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.

Wild at Heart

2071. Wild at Heart

Crime Thriller Romance
7.2

19902h 5min

United States

Director: David Lynch

Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.


The Two Jakes

2072. The Two Jakes

Crime Drama Mystery Romance
6.1

19902h 17min

United States

Director: Jack Nicholson

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.


Metropolitan

2073. Metropolitan

Comedy Drama Romance
7.3

19901h 39min

United States

Director: Whit Stillman

A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.


The Unbelievable Truth

2074. The Unbelievable Truth

Comedy Drama Romance
7.2

19901h 30min

United States

Director: Hal Hartley

After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did...


Ghost

2075. Ghost

Fantasy Drama Thriller Mystery Romance
7.1

19902h 7min

United States

Director: Jerry Zucker

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Themes

Everlasting love, Afterlife contact, Crime and corruption, Belief vs skepticism, Deception and trust, Unseen influence

Available on

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Bird on a Wire

2076. Bird on a Wire

Action Adventure Comedy Romance
6.0

19901h 50min

United States

Director: John Badham

An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.


Cry-Baby

2077. Cry-Baby

Comedy Romance
6.5

19901h 25min

United States

Director: John Waters

A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.


I Love You to Death

2078. I Love You to Death

Comedy Crime Romance
6.4

19901h 34min

United States

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him.


A Tale of Springtime

2079. A Tale of Springtime

Drama Romance
7.1

19901h 47min

France

Director: Éric Rohmer

The story of an introverted young girl just reaching adulthood who takes a liking to an older woman she meets at a party and determines to match her off with her father, despite the latter's already having a lover of his own.


Cyrano de Bergerac

2080. Cyrano de Bergerac

Drama Comedy History Romance
7.5

19902h 17min

France

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.