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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.

Date A Live: Mayuri Judgement

601. Date A Live: Mayuri Judgement

Animation Romance Science Fiction Action Comedy
6.5

20151h 12min

Director: Keitaro Motonaga

A huge sphere suddenly began to emit a mysterious spiritual wave to the Tengu City that should have regained its peace. A mysterious, beautiful girl showed up at the same time. Silently, what is her purpose to cast her line of sight to Shidou and the others? The real purpose is...?


The Beauty Inside

602. The Beauty Inside

Fantasy Romance Supernatural Fantasy Fantasy Romance
7.3

20152h 7min

South Korea

Director: Baik

Woo-jin, a furniture designer who wakes up in a different body every day, falls for Yi-soo, a woman he meets through his work.

Themes

Embodiment instability, Deception and disclosure tension, Trust across changing bodies, Gossip related anxiety, Commitment across borders

Available on

Google Play Movies
YouTube
Kanopy
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Summertime

603. Summertime

Drama Romance Passionate Romance Relationship Drama
6.7

20151h 45min

France, Belgium

Director: Catherine Corsini

In 1971, a young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader.

Themes

Secrecy and disclosure, Family pressure, Gendered expectations, Private vs public life, Rural urban divide, Feminist activism and solidarity

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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People, Places, Things

604. People, Places, Things

Romance Comedy Drama Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.8

20151h 25min

United States

Director: Jim Strouse

Will Henry thinks he’s just juggling a breakup, his twin daughters, and a new crush—until one question sinks its hooks in: what if he really was the problem? Now every class, every visit, every date turns into evidence in a case against himself… and he can’t stop digging.

Themes

Writer as artist, New york city pressures, Divorce and reinvention, Pizza motif in relationships, Parent child balance, Letting go dynamics

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Our Times

605. Our Times

Romance Comedy
7.4

20152h 13min

Director: Frankie Chen

Office worker Truly Lin goes on a journey through her memories. 20 years ago, she had a crush on the most popular guy in school. Taiyu, a ruffian and a bully, is in love with the campus belle. Truly teams up with Taiyu to tear the golden couple apart and help each other to get the ones they love.


Z for Zachariah

606. Z for Zachariah

Drama Romance Science Fiction Thriller Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi
6.0

20151h 37min

Iceland, New Zealand

Director: Craig Zobel

In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.

Themes

Survival ethics, Love triangle, Water wheel, Faith under pressure, Trust and betrayal, Isolation and companionship

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Diary of a Teenage Girl

607. The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Drama Romance Comedy Coming-of-Age Drama Coming-of-Age Romance
6.8

20151h 42min

United States

Director: Marielle Heller

Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.

Themes

Autonomy vs dependence, Age gap dynamics, Coming of age sexuality, Experimentation and boundary testing, Art as self expression, Bohemian domestic tension, Self-acceptance and independence

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Trainwreck

608. Trainwreck

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.2

20152h 5min

United States

Director: Judd Apatow

Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

Themes

Fear of commitment, Career versus romance, Public scrutiny of romance, Self-destructive dating patterns, Family obligation vs romance, Personal growth and change

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Some Kind of Beautiful

609. Some Kind of Beautiful

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
5.7

20151h 39min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Tom Vaughan

By day, Richard Haig is a successful and well-respected English professor at renowned Trinity College in Cambridge. By night, Richard indulges his own romantic fantasies with a steady stream of beautiful undergraduates. But Richard has grown tired of the game and is looking for something more meaningful and lasting. So when Kate, Richard’s tanned, athletic, 25-year-old American girlfriend tells him that she is pregnant, Richard is thrilled. He looks forward to having a family of his own, being a father his children could be proud of, not some sex-fueled bobcat. There is only one problem. Richard’s not in love with Kate. Richard is in love with Kate’s sister, Olivia. He had been in love with her ever since he first saw her.

Themes

Infidelity and deception, Career vs personal life, Age-gap romance, Teacher-student dynamic, Parental duty and care, Search for lasting connection

Available on

Google Play Movies
YouTube
Plex Channel
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Love

610. Love

Drama Romance Passionate Romance Relationship Drama
6.1

20152h 14min

Belgium, France

Director: Gaspar Noé

Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.

Themes

Deception in relationships, Depression and vulnerability, Non-monogamy and threesome, Pregnancy as consequence, Unconventional households, Secrecy and break-up

Available on

Fandango At Home
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