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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.

Think Like a Man Too

671. Think Like a Man Too

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Ensemble Comedy
5.7

20141h 45min

United States

Director: Tim Story

All the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas, but plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event.

Themes

Relationship problems, Bachelor party chaos, Career vs love tension, Bachelorette party misadventure, Destination wedding dynamics, Disapproving parent pressure

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Walking on Sunshine

672. Walking on Sunshine

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy
5.4

20141h 37min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Dania Pasquini

Set to the music of popular hit songs from the 1980s. A beautiful coastal village, present day Italy. After a whirlwind romance, Maddie is preparing to marry gorgeous Italian Raf, and has invited her sister Taylor to the wedding. Unbeknownst to Maddie, however, Raf is Taylor's ex-holiday flame, and the love of her life...

Themes

Protective deception, Past relationships resurfacing, Loyalty versus desire, Private feelings in public, Sibling wedding pressures, Pregnancy news

Available on

Google Play Movies
YouTube
Starz Apple TV Channel
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The Rewrite

673. The Rewrite

Romance Comedy Romantic Comedy Workplace Comedy
6.3

20141h 47min

United States

Director: Marc Lawrence

An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.

Themes

Professor authority tension, Teaching as transformation, Single mom mentorship, College setting pressures, Undergraduate student potential, Ethical boundaries in teaching

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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Obvious Child

674. Obvious Child

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.7

20141h 25min

United States

Director: Gillian Robespierre

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

Themes

Pregnancy decision under pressure, Autonomy versus dependence, Career versus personal life, Parental support and boundaries, Romantic connection and hesitation, Unemployment and self-direction

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Fault in Our Stars

675. The Fault in Our Stars

Romance Drama Bittersweet Romance Tragic Drama
7.6

20142h 6min

United States

Director: Josh Boone

In a world where every breath feels borrowed, a sharp-tongued girl with cancer meets a boy who refuses to treat her like she’s fragile. As their shared obsession with one haunting novel pulls them across an ocean to confront its reclusive author, they discover the story waiting for them is far more dangerous than the one on the page.

Themes

Friendship under pressure, Memory and longing, Coming of age under crisis, Care as mutual reliance, Terminal illness in youth, Deception in communication

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Maleficent

676. Maleficent

Fantasy Adventure Action Family Romance
6.9

20141h 37min

United States

Director: Robert Stromberg

A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.

Themes

Betrayal and trust, Protector duty vs vengeance, Dark forest isolation, True love as catalyst, Protector's duty, Cursed princess awakening, Fairies and guardianship

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Words and Pictures

677. Words and Pictures

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.6

20141h 51min

Australia, Canada

Director: Fred Schepisi

An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

Themes

Words versus images, Artistic restraint vs impulsivity, Education under reputation pressure, Creativity under criticism, Disability and artistic production, Public scrutiny and school politics

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Blended

678. Blended

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Buddy Comedy
6.5

20141h 57min

United States

Director: Frank Coraci

Recently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Unsurprisingly, neither wants to see the other ever again. However, fate intervenes when both Jim and Lauren, unbeknownst to each other, purchase one-half of the same vacation package at a South African resort for families, during spring break. They and their children are forced to share the same romantic suite and participate in a slew of family activities together.

Themes

Blended family dynamics, Children's adaptation to remarriage, Dating after divorce, Grief and new beginnings, Vacation-induced bonding, Parenting role renegotiation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Coming Home

679. Coming Home

Drama Romance
7.2

20141h 51min

Director: Zhang Yimou

Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.


Tamako Love Story

680. Tamako Love Story

Romance Animation Comedy
7.0

20141h 23min

Director: Naoko Yamada

Devoted to her family’s rice-cake–making business and the high school baton club, Tamako is a little slow when it comes to love. She’s oblivious to her childhood friend Mochizo’s affections, even though all their friends know. With graduation closing in and Mochizo leaving for Tokyo, will Tamako realise her feelings and tell him in time?