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Films with the genre "Romantic drama", sorted by name
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Mr. Skeffington (1944)
, 2h25Directed by Vincent Sherman, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring, John Alexander
In 1914, spoiled Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) is a renowned beauty, with many suitors. She loves her brother Trippy (Richard Waring) and would do anything to help him. When Fanny learns that Trippy has embezzled money from his stockbroker employer Job Skeffington (Claude Rains), she marries the lovestruck businessman in order to save her brother. Disgusted by the arrangement, in part because of his prejudice against Skeffington being Jewish, Trippy leaves home to fight in the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I.
Hidden Away (2014)
, 1h36Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about immigration, Films about sexuality, La précarité, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ana Wagener, Álex Angulo
Un adolescent de quatorze ans est comme les autres, sauf qu'un jour, il rencontre un jeune Marocain qui lui semble plus distrait que mystérieux : ce dernier est un clandestin qui sera expulsé dans quelques jours. Fou amoureux, l'adolescent va le soutenir afin qu'il ait son identité espagnole.
In the Room (2015)
, 1h30Directed by Eric Khoo
Origin Singapore
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Political films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related film
Actors Josie Ho, George Young, Choi Woo-shik, Kim Kkobbi
The story starts just after the surrender of the British to Japanese troops in Singapore in 1942. Six stories of six different Japanese, British, and Chinese couples are set in the same hotel room, spread over several decades.
A Summer Place (1959)
, 2h10Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Troy Donahue, Sandra Dee, John Arthur Kennedy, Beulah Bondi
A pair of onetime teenage sweethearts and lovers, Ken (Richard Egan) and Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire), come from different social strata. Ken was a self-supporting college student, working as a lifeguard at the Maine resort of Pine Island, while Sylvia's nouveau riche family stayed as guests of the owners one summer between years at college. After their love affair, they married other people. Twenty years on, Sylvia has a son, Johnny (Troy Donahue), and Ken a daughter, Molly (Sandra Dee).
Intermezzo (1936)
, 1h33Directed by Gustaf Molander
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gösta Ekman, Sr., Ingrid Bergman, Inga Tidblad, Erik "Bullen" Berglund, Anders Henrikson, Hugo Björne
Kalank (2019)
, 2h50Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit
Le film Kalank se situe en 1945 dans une Inde pré-indépendante, où le monde solennel, élitiste et opulent de la famille Chaudhry, et celui de Hira Mandi, le quartier pauvre, sauvage, mystérieux et musical de la ville, s’affrontent lorsque Roop Chaudhry rencontre Zafar, forgeron casse-cou, bagarreur et coureur de jupons. De nombreuses vérités cachées commencent à se dévoiler à mesure que les tensions communautaires augmentent et que la partition se rapproche. Roop a contracté un mariage de raison avec Dev Chaudhry à la demande de Satya, sa femme mourante. Zafar est le demi-frère illégitime de Dev, et ne vit que pour se venger de son père qui l’a rejeté et est également responsable de son abandon par sa mère. Roop tombe éperdument amoureuse de Zafar qui, bien que s’étant rapproché d’elle pour servir sa vengeance, finit, sans vouloir l’admettre, par partager ses sentiments. Ils se retrouvent pris sur le champ de bataille de l'amour pendant que toute la ville est à feu et à sang. La question est de savoir si cet amour fou s’éteindra dans le rouge de la violence ou s’épanouira dans celui de l’amour.
Worldly Girl (2016)
, 1h41Directed by Marco Danieli
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Actors Sara Serraiocco, Michele Riondino, Marco Leonardi, Lucia Mascino
Giulia, jeune témoin de Jéhovah, voit sa vie basculer lorsqu'elle rencontre Libéro qui vient de sortir de prison. Leur amour interdit conduira Giulia à l'exclusion totale de sa communauté. Avec lui, un autre destin semble possible. En cherchant sa voie, elle découvre les dangers d'un monde extérieur au sien...
Territory of Love (2018)
, 1h30Directed by Romain Cogitore
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Actors Déborah François, Paul Hamy, Vincent Pérez, Nanou Garcia, Daniel Martin, Christiane Millet
Maria a trente ans, elle est impatiente, frondeuse, et experte en anglais. Olivier en a vingt-cinq, il est lent, timide et parle quinze langues. Ils se rencontrent à Taïwan. Et puis soudain, la nouvelle foudroyante. C'est leur histoire, une histoire vraie. Celle de la force incroyable d'un amour. Et celle de ses confins, où tout se met à lâcher. Sauf Maria.
The Blind Orchestra (2016)
, 1h53Origin Maroc
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Actors Younès Mégri, Mouna Fettou, Majdouline Idrissi, Oulaya Amamra, Mohamed Bastaoui
Dans les premières années du règne d’Hassan II, Houcine, fan de son nouveau roi, est chef d’un orchestre populaire et l’heureux père de Mimou. Houcine prend son rôle très à coeur et veut le meilleur pour son fils. Il lui impose, dès l’école primaire, d’être le premier de sa classe. Si Mimou réussi, Houcine le récompensera. Houcine et sa famille vivent dans la maison familiale de sa femme, Halima. Cette maison est un lieu de cohabitation animée : une galerie de personnages haut en couleurs s’y croise au rythme de la vie de l’orchestre et de ses danseuses traditionnelles (les Chikhates).
Chicot the Jester (1913)
, 59minutesDirected by Émile Chautard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romantic drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Paul Guidé, Henry Roussel, Maryse Dauvray, Maurice de Féraudy, Jacques Guilhène
En 1578, Henri III règne. Le duc d’Anjou, son frère, ne cesse de comploter contre lui. Pour se protéger de ses avances, la belle Diane de Méridor accepte d’épouser le comte de Monsoreau qu’elle n’aime pas. Un jour, elle sauve le comte de Bussy blessé dans un duel…
Lady of the Tropics (1939)
, 1h32Directed by Jack Conway, Leslie Fenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Actors Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Puglia, Ernest Cossart, Georges Renavent
While visiting French Indochina on his yacht, a wealthy American falls in love with a beautiful local woman of mixed race background he meets in Saigon.
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
, 2h4Directed by Elia Kazan, Ulu Grosbard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Joanna Roos, Gary Lockwood
1928 Kansas: Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis (Natalie Wood) is a teenage girl who follows her mother's advice to resist her desire for sex with her boyfriend, Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty), the son of one of the most prosperous families in town. In turn, Bud reluctantly follows the advice of his father, Ace (Pat Hingle), who suggests that he find another kind of girl with whom to satisfy his desires.
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
, 1h9Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, William Powell, Gig Young, James Whitmore, Robert Burton
Steve Latimer (William Powell) is a successful defense attorney who has tried to give his daughter Jean (Elizabeth Taylor) everything he can in life. She decides to leave her boyfriend, the amiable Vance Court (Gig Young), for Victor Ramondi (Fernando Lamas), a rakish and dangerous man with underworld connections whom Steve is representing. Steve tries to warn Jean away from Victor, but she accepts his proposal of marriage.
The White Masai (2005)
, 2h10Directed by Hermine Huntgeburth
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Nina Hoss, Jacky Ido, Katja Flint
Carola (Hoss), a German woman living in Switzerland, is on holiday with her boyfriend in Kenya. She falls in love with Maasai warrior Lemalian (Ido), who is visiting dressed in the clothing of his area. At the airport on the way home she decides to stay. It turns out that Lemalian has gone to his home village in the Samburu District. Carola travels to the area, and stays at the house of another European woman. Lemalian hears about her stay and comes to meet her. Eventually they start living together.
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
, 2h5Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Actors Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Rosemary DeCamp
Georges Iscovescu (Boyer) recounts his story to a Hollywood film director at Paramount. He is a Romanian-born gigolo who arrived in a Mexican border town seeking entry to the US. He endures a waiting period to obtain a quota number of up to eight years with other hopeful immigrants in the Esperanza Hotel. After six months he is broke and unhappy. He runs into his former professional "dance partner" Anita Dixon (Goddard) who explains she obtained US residency by marrying an American, who she then quickly divorced.