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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.

ReLIFE

511. ReLIFE

Comedy Drama Romance
6.6

20172h

Director: Takeshi Furusawa

Arata Kaizaki, a jobless adult, undergoes an experiment that makes him 10 years younger. He goes back to high school and falls in love with Chizuru Hishiro, who is more than she seems.


Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

512. Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

Comedy Romance Animation Fantasy
7.5

20171h 33min

Director: Masaaki Yuasa

As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of "Senpai", a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her in an effort to win her heart.


Orbiter 9

513. Orbiter 9

Drama Science Fiction Romance Relationship Drama Passionate Romance
5.9

20171h 35min

Colombia, Spain

Director: Hatem Khraiche

Helena, a young woman on a deep space mission, has been alone for 20 years. Her parents abandoned ship after a technical malfunction made it impossible for all three of them to reach their intended destination. Alex, an isolated engineer, is about to enter her life and turn her world upside down.

Themes

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The Discovery

514. The Discovery

Drama Romance Science Fiction Thriller Mystery
6.2

20171h 42min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Charlie McDowell

In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.

Themes

Grief and memory, Investigative deception, Ethical risk of experimentation, Afterlife hypothesis, Mass suicide pressure, Memory as reality

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The Big Sick

515. The Big Sick

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
7.5

20172h

United States

Director: Michael Showalter

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

Themes

Illness as catalyst, Humor as coping, Family pressure, Cultural expectations, Intercultural relationship, Career vs tradition

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Amazon Prime Video
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The Ottoman Lieutenant

516. The Ottoman Lieutenant

Romance Drama War Romantic Epic Historical Drama
6.4

20171h 51min

Türkiye, United States

Director: Joseph Ruben

Lillie, a determined American woman, ventures overseas to join Dr. Jude at a remote medical mission in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). However, Lillie soon finds herself at odds with Jude and the mission’s founder, Woodruff, when she falls for the titular military man, Ismail, just as the war is about to erupt.

Themes

Duty vs desire, Cross-cultural tension, Resource scarcity pressure, Romance amid crisis, Care under war, Authority vs compassion

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The Secret Scripture

517. The Secret Scripture

Drama Romance Historical Drama Passionate Romance
6.7

20171h 48min

Ireland

Director: Jim Sheridan

The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

Themes

Memory as testimony, Medical ethics under pressure, Unfulfilled love under scrutiny, Religious influence over institutions, Motherhood stigma and adoption, Political upheaval and conflict

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Beauty and the Beast

518. Beauty and the Beast

Family Fantasy Romance Supernatural Fantasy Fantasy Romance
7.1

20172h 9min

United States

Director: Bill Condon

A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

Themes

Appearance versus reality, Sacrifice for loved ones, Curse as catalyst, Castle as confinement, Social suspicion and outsiders, Memory and restoration

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Disney Plus
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Mr & Mme Adelman

519. Mr & Mme Adelman

Romance Drama Comedy Bittersweet Romance Family Drama
7.3

20172h

France, Belgium

Director: Nicolas Bedos

How did Sarah and Victor get along for more than 45 years? Who was this enigmatic woman living in the shadow of her husband? Love, ambition, betrayals and secrets feed the story of this extraordinary couple, as they experience both the large and small moments of the last century's history.

Themes

Ambition and betrayal, Wealth versus vulnerability, Power and control in marriage, Creativity and secrecy, Aging fame and decline, Forgiveness after transgression

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On Body and Soul

520. On Body and Soul

Drama Romance Fantasy Bittersweet Romance Supernatural Fantasy
7.5

20171h 56min

Hungary

Director: Ildikó Enyedi

Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous, a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence, they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in their dream.

Themes

Workplace alienation drives behavior, Suspicion erodes trust, Shared dream fosters closeness, Unspoken longing colors interactions, Desire under strain, Bodily contact anxiety arises

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