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Films with the genre "Romance", sorted by name
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Play Misty for Me (1971)
, 1h42Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Radio, Jazz films, Musical films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jack Ging, Clarice Taylor
Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) is a KRML radio jockey who broadcasts nightly from a studio in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, often incorporating poetry into his program. He lives a rather freewheeling bachelor lifestyle. At his favorite bar, seemingly by coincidence, he encounters a woman named Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter). Dave drives Evelyn home, where she reveals that their meeting was not coincidental; she deliberately sought him out after hearing the bar mentioned on his radio show. He guesses correctly that she is a recurring caller who always requests the jazz standard "Misty." The two have sex.
The Gangster (1947)
, 1h24Directed by Gordon Wiles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring, Akim Tamiroff, Sheldon Leonard, Harry Morgan
Shubunka (Barry Sullivan) exerce le métieur de racketteur dans un quartier de New York, aidé par son associé Nick Jamey (Akim Tamiroff). Pourtant, depuis bien trop longtemps, il délaisse ses affaires au profit de sa relation avec Nancy Starr (Belita), une chanteuse de cabaret. Son activité est ménacé par les ambitions d'un rival venant d'un quartier voisin, Cornell (Sheldon Leonard).
A Werewolf Boy (2012)
, 2h2Directed by Jo Sung-hee, Jo Sung-hee
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Song Joong-ki, Park Bo-yeong, Jang Young-nam, Yoo Yeon-seok, Kim Hyang-gi, Yu Seung-Mok
Kim Sun-yi, an elderly woman in her sixties living in the US, receives a phone call about the sale of her old family home back in South Korea. Returning to her homeland, she's met by granddaughter Eun-joo, and they drive to the house in the country and stay the night. Sun-yi recalls how 47 years ago when she was a teenage girl in 1965, she moved from Seoul along with her widowed mother and sister Sun-ja to a remote valley to undergo a period of convalescence after suffering problems with her lungs. The Kims lived in genteel poverty at the mercy of their arrogant and foppish landlord, Ji-tae, son of the business partner of Sun-yi's late father. Because of her delicate health, the beautiful yet introverted Sun-yi lives an isolated life in the country home, without any friends her age.
Seventeenth Heaven (1966)
, 1h25Directed by Serge Korber, Alain Nauroy
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marcel Dalio, Jean Lefebvre, Marie Dubois, Paulette Dubost, Jean Le Poulain
Le brave et lunaire François, laveur de carreaux de son métier, s'est fortement amouraché d'une délicieuse femme, aperçue durant son travail, au 17e étage d'un immeuble. Dès lors, tous ses rêves se tournent vers celle qu'il n'ose aborder. Il finira, heureusement, à faire sa connaissance, à Perros-Guirec, après l'avoir suivie, durant un voyage en train. Elle se dit châtelaine; il se présente comme écrivain. L'amour va-t-il triompher de ces pieux mensonges ?
A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942)
, 1h23Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Leonardo Cortese, Maria Mercader, Carla Del Poggio, Olga Vittoria Gentilli, Lamberto Picasso, Dina Romano
Une femme âgée se remémore tendrement et mélancoliquement son histoire d'amour tragique avec un Garibaldien blessé dont elle s'est occupé dans un couvent lorsqu'elle était jeune fille.
The Amateur Gentleman (1926)
, 1h19Directed by Sidney Olcott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Richard Barthelmess, Nigel Barrie, Brandon Hurst, John Miljan, Billie Bennett, Gino Corrado
Double Take (2001)
, 1h31Directed by George Gallo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Eddie Griffin, Orlando Jones, Edward Herrmann, Gary Grubbs, Daniel Roebuck, Garcelle Beauvais
Daryl Chase (Jones) is a successful investment banker who handles international accounts for a major New York firm. Chase discovers to his surprise that one of his biggest clients, a company from Mexico, is actually a front for a cartel of drug smugglers; he realizes too late that he's been framed for money laundering and the murder of two cops, and is now wanted by the FBI.
A Day in the Life (1946)
, 1h35Directed by Alessandro Blasetti
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Political films
Actors Massimo Girotti, Elisa Cegani, Ada Colangeli, Arnoldo Foà, Dina Sassoli, Ada Dondini
A group of partisans seek refuge in a cloistered convent. The sisters reluctantly aid the ailing men, but not without terrible consequences. A day in the life offers an image of a big tent Italy, in which the differences that had earlier cleaved society, especially between the church and the political Left, are temporarily tabled for the higher cause of national unity.
A Perfect Day (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Ferzan Özpetek
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Isabella Ferrari, Valerio Mastandrea, Nicole Grimaudo, Monica Guerritore, Angela Finocchiaro, Stefania Sandrelli
Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. Indeed Antonio proves obsessive, aggressive and intrusive, and again threatens Emma to hurt the children: little Kevin, shy and introverted, and the adolescent Valentina. Emma tolerates the harassment of Antonio, and the situation seems to recover. However one evening Antonio asks his ex-wife to entrust him with their children for an evening at a pizzeria. Antonio has a diabolical plan, and when he returns home with Kevin and Valentina, he pulls out a gun and shoots both of his children, and finally commits suicide. Emma rushes desperately to them, and discovers that her daughter is still alive.
Something New (2006)
, 1h39Directed by Sanaa Hamri
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Blair Underwood, Donald Faison, Alfre Woodard, Earl Billings
Kenya McQueen (Sanaa Lathan) is a successful, single African American woman who has sacrificed romance in order to pursue a career as a certified public accountant. Her obsessive compulsive desire for perfection and control has manifested itself in the bland, monochromatic decor of her new home and the rigid rules she follows in her personal life. Urged to loosen up by her friends, Kenya accepts a blind date with landscape architect Brian Kelly (Simon Baker) arranged by her co-worker Leah Cahan (Katharine Towne), who is in the process of planning the kind of wedding Kenya wants herself. The two meet at Starbucks, and she is surprised to discover Brian is white. She quickly excuses herself and leaves.
A Taste of Romance (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Lee Rose
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Theresa Polo, James Patrick Stuart, Bailee Madison, Jack Conley, Simone Missick, Amandla Stenberg
Sara, la patronne et chef d'un restaurant chic doit faire face à la concurrence d'un restaurant ouvert par des pompiers. Elle sympathise avec Hannah, la fillette de son rival Gill.
The Great Love (1942)
, 1h40Directed by Rolf Hansen
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Zarah Leander, Viktor Staal, Grethe Weiser, Paul Hörbiger, Wolfgang Preiss, Leopold von Ledebur
Le séduisant Oberlieutenant Paul Wendlandt est stationné comme pilote de chasse en Afrique du Nord. Il est rappelé à Berlin pour une journée en tant que rapporteur. Il y rencontre, sur la scène du théâtre de variété la „Scala“ la chanteuse populaire danoise Hanna Holberg. Il s'agit pour Paul d'un coup de foudre. Lorsqu'Hanna part avec des amis, à la fin du spectacle, Paul la suit et lui parle dans le métro berlinois. Après une soirée à l'appartement des amies d'Hanna, Paul la raccompagne jusque chez elle. C'est sur ce chemin que la chance a décidé de frapper : une alerte aérienne force Hannah à emmener Paul à se réfugier avec elle dans l'abri anti-aérien de son immeuble. Hanna tombe également amoureuse de Paul, mais, après une nuit passée ensemble, Paul est forcé de retourner au front.
, 2h15Directed by Abel Gance, Jean Arroy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jany Holt, André Nox, Jane Marken, Lucas Gridoux
Quelques moments de la vie du grand musicien, parmi lesquels ses rencontres avec Thérèse de Brunswick et Juliette Guicciardi, le drame de sa surdité et sa mort.
The Big Wedding (2013)
, 1h29Directed by Justin Zackham
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes
Don and Ellie Griffin were a New England couple married for twenty years before they divorced. They have three children from their marriage – Lyla, Jared, and adopted son Alejandro, who was from Colombia.
