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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.

Tulip Fever

961. Tulip Fever

Drama Romance Passionate Romance Historical Drama
6.2

20171h 47min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Justin Chadwick

An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.

Themes

Class inequality, Social climbing, Deception within marriage, Artistic ambition, Tulip market volatility, Gendered constraint

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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2:22

962. 2:22

Science Fiction Mystery Thriller Romance Time Travel Sci-Fi
5.7

20171h 39min

Australia, United Kingdom

Director: Paul Currie

Two planes almost collide after a blinding flash of light paralyzes air traffic controller Dylan Branson for a few seconds. Suspended from his job, Dylan starts to notice an ominous pattern of sounds and events that repeats itself in exactly the same manner every day, ending precisely at 2:22 p.m. Also drawn into a complex relationship with a woman, Dylan must figure out a way to break the power of the past and take control of time itself.

Themes

Obsession and jealousy, Fate vs agency, Forbidden love under pressure, Time loop repetition, Memory as pattern, Public spaces and routine life

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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My Cousin Rachel

963. My Cousin Rachel

Drama Romance Psychological Drama Dark Romance
6.0

20171h 46min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Roger Michell

A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

Themes

Inheritance pressure, Suspicion and deception, Romance under scrutiny, Wealth and control, Reputation and agency, Class mobility tension

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Exception

964. The Exception

War Drama Romance World War II Historical Drama
6.8

20171h 47min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: David Leveaux

Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.

Themes

Loyalty vs duty, Forbidden romance, Deception under pressure, Political manipulation, Secrecy and exposure, Legitimacy of rule

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Double Lover

965. Double Lover

Romance Thriller Drama Dark Romance Domestic Thriller
6.2

20171h 48min

Belgium, France

Director: François Ozon

Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.

Themes

Trust under strain, Psychological manipulation, Deception and doubles, Forbidden love consequences, Coercive dynamics, Hidden histories and details

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Everything, Everything

966. Everything, Everything

Drama Romance Passionate Romance Coming-of-Age Drama
6.3

20171h 36min

United States

Director: Stella Meghie

A girl allergic to the world lives sealed behind glass walls, until the boy next door drags messy, dangerous real life right up to her window. Secret texts turn into stolen moments, and her safe bubble strains under the weight of a love that demands she step outside or lose him forever.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Isolation vs connection, Overprotective guardianship, Medical deception, Forbidden proximity, Risk and defiance

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Voice from the Stone

967. Voice from the Stone

Mystery Thriller Drama Romance Investigation Mystery
5.2

20171h 31min

United States, Italy

Director: Eric D. Howell

Verena is a nurse who arrives at an old mansion in Italy to help a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.

Themes

Caregiving under pressure, Grief and memory, Family fragility, Art as lifeline, Heritage and decay, Silence as communication

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Starz Apple TV Channel
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A Ghost Story

968. A Ghost Story

Drama Fantasy Mystery Romance Supernatural Fantasy
6.8

20171h 33min

United States

Director: David Lowery

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

Themes

Grief and memory, Death and ghost, Loss and morality, Unreliable reality, House as memory, Piano as presence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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ReLIFE

969. 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

970. 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.