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Films with the genre "Romance", sorted by production date
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La Bohème (1926)
, 1h35Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Roy D'Arcy, George Hassell, Edward Everett Horton
Several struggling bohemians try to survive in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the winter of 1830, hoping to one day become famous. Playwright Rodolphe (John Gilbert) and his painter roommate Marcel (Gino Corrado) have trouble with Bernard (Eugene Pouyet), the landlord, who threatens to throw them out if they do not come up with the monthly rent that night. Rodolphe reluctantly starts writing an overdue article for a journal editor to earn some money, but the editor rejects his work. With the help of their friends, musician Schaunard (George Hassell) and bookish Colline (Edward Everett Horton), they are able to raise their rent money.
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
, 1h52Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Philippe De Lacy, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent, William Orlamond
The film is a romantic melodrama about two childhood friends who grow up to be soldiers in Germany. One of the friends, Leo (Gilbert), becomes infatuated with Felicitas (Garbo), the wife of a powerful count (a marriage about which Felicitas neglects to inform Leo). The count calls for a duel of honor with Leo, but insists that it be done under the false pretense that the quarrel was due to angry words exchanged between the two at a card game in order to protect the count's reputation. Leo kills the count in the duel, but then is punished by the military, being sent away to Africa for five years.
The Son of the Sheik (1926)
, 1h8Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Montagu Love, Karl Dane, George Fawcett, Agnes Ayres
Ahmed, the adult son of Sheik Ahmed (Valentino played both roles) is just as impetuous as his father once was. At the beginning of the movie, he is wooing the dancing girl Yasmin (Banky), who is exploited and overworked by her renegade French father. During one of their trysts at a moonlit ruins, Ahmed is kidnapped and later tortured by Yasmin's father and his cronies, who hope to receive a large ransom from Ahmed's father. Ahmed is rescued by his loyal servant Ramadan. Having been misled into believing that Yasmin was the one who set up his capture, Ahmed kidnaps her in turn and imprisons her in his tent. It is heavily implied that she is then raped, but the scene fades out before anything of consequence happens, and the exact details are left to the viewers' imagination. Ahmed's father, angered at his son's long absence from home, arrives and insists that he free Yasmin. When a remorseful Ahmed learns that Yasmin actually wasn't involved in his kidnapping, he sets off to free her from her father (who is trying to force her to marry one of his henchmen). All is forgiven, and the movie ends with Yasmin and Ahmed reunited, presumably to wed and live happily ever after.
The General (1926)
, 1h34Directed by Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Boris Karloff, Glen Cavender, Joe Keaton, Frederick Vroom
Western & Atlantic Railroad train engineer Johnnie Gray (Keaton) is in Marietta, Georgia to see one of the two loves of his life, his fiancee Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack)—the other being his locomotive, The General—when the American Civil War breaks out. He hurries to be first in line to sign up with the Confederate Army, but is rejected because he is too valuable in his present job; unfortunately, Johnnie is not told this reason and is forcibly ejected from the office when he tries to enlist surreptitiously. On leaving, he runs into Annabelle's father and brother, who beckon to him to join them in line, but he sadly walks away, giving them the impression that he does not want to enlist. Annabelle coldly informs Johnnie that she will not speak to him again until he is in uniform.
The Mountain Eagle (1926)
, 57minutesDirected by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Nita Naldi, Bernhard Goetzke, John F. Hamilton, Ferdinand Martini
The film is set in Kentucky. J. P. Pettigrew's (Bernhard Goetzke) wife died giving birth to his son Edward (John F. Hamilton), who was born a cripple. Pettigrew loathes John ("Fear o' God") Fulton (Malcolm Keen) who was also in love with Pettigrew's wife. Pettigrew witnesses his now grown son making love to schoolteacher Beatrice (Nita Naldi) and confronts her about the relationship. He attempts to take her in his arms but Beatrice rejects his advances. Pettigrew's son Edward sees this and flees the village.
Across the Pacific (1926)
, 1h18Directed by Roy Del Ruth, D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres War, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Monte Blue, Jane Winton, Myrna Loy, Charles Stevens, Tom Wilson, Tom Wilson
After his father brings disgrace on his family, Monte joins the Spanish–American War and goes with his regiment to the Philippines. Although he has a sweetheart back home, Claire Marsh, Monte is enlisted to romance a half-caste girl, Roma, who knows the whereabouts of the Philippine leader Emilio Aguinaldo. Monte must keep up the ruse, even when Claire comes to the islands to visit him. He finally gets the information he needs, but not before he is branded a deserter and then has to prove his mettle on the battlefield. When the insurrection is squelched and Aguinaldo is captured, Monte is able to explain everything to Claire, and the couple is reunited.
Be Your Age (1926)
, 22minutesDirected by Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Gladys Hulette, Lillian Leighton, Frank Brownlee, Wilson Benge
Beverly of Graustark (1926)
, 1h10Directed by Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Marion Davies, Antonio Moreno, Creighton Hale, Roy D'Arcy, Albert Gran, Paulette Duval
Beverly Calhoun (Davies) impersonates the Prince of Graustark to claim his birthright while he recovers from a skiing injury. In the meantime, she falls for her bodyguard Dantan (Moreno).
The Boy Friend (1926)
, 1h5Directed by Monta Bell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Marceline Day, John Harron, Gwen Lee, George K. Arthur, Ward Crane, Gertrude Astor
Comedy about a small-town girl unhappy with her family, and a boy trying to please her by throwing a big party.
The Bride of Glomdal (1926)
, 1h55Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Einar Sissener
Les amours contrariées de Berit, fille de hobereau, et de Tore, fils de paysans pauvres. Berit s'enfuit de son domicile et fait une chute à cheval. Tore la recueille chez ses parents et la soigne. Sous la pression du père de Berit, un rival, Gjermund, dresse vainement des pièges à Tore. Le jour du mariage, Tore manque d'être happé par le courant d'un fleuve. Mais, l'amour triomphera de ses adversaires…
Brown of Harvard (1926)
, 1h25Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, American football films, Films based on plays
Actors William Haines, Jack Pickford, Mary Brian, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Mary Alden, Robert Livingston
Harvard University student Tom Brown (William Haines) is a handsome, athletic, and carefree young man who has a reputation as a Don Juan among the ladies. Although he is popular on campus, he finds himself at odds with Bob McAndrew (Ralph Bushman), a studious, reserved boy who becomes his chief rival for the affections of beautiful Mary Abbott (Mary Brian), a professor's daughter. Tom rooms with Jim Doolittle (Jack Pickford), an awkward weakling but goodhearted backwoods youth who idolizes him. The brash and cocky Brown easily wins over his dormitory mates, but refuses to let them ostracize Jim.
The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926)
, 1hDirected by James W. Horne
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Rod La Rocque, Mildred Harris, Snitz Edwards, Otto Lederer, Billy Engle, Charlie Hall
The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as 'Jerry Cleggert', a good-natured descendant of an 18th-century pirate. Cleggert is informed that in order to inherit a large inheritance, he must marry on his twenty-fifth birthday - otherwise he would relinquish all claims to his impending fortune.
Dance Madness (1926)
, 1h10Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Claire Windsor, Conrad Nagel, Hedda Hopper, Pauline Starke
May (Claire Windsor) is married to Roger, an alcoholic hell-raiser (Conrad Nagel). During one of their riotous parties, she tests his fidelity by impersonating a notorious masked dancer (Hedda Hopper) and trying to seduce him.