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Rental > Classics > Romance: 164 Films to Rent
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
- Dir. Milton Katselas
Feat. Goldie Hawn
- Early Goldie Hawn vehicle adapts Leonard Gershe's Broadway play, in which Hawn's blind neighbour falls in love with her.
Friends (1971)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Sean Bury, Anicee Alvina
- Sentimental, page–turning romance blossoms an enternal love between two idealistic French teens head over heels. Hit soundtrack by Elton John…
Love Story (1971)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland
- Romance on a New England campus between Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. A huge hit. Oscar–winning theme–tune by Francis Lai.
Max and the Junkmen (Max Et Les Ferrailleurs) (1971)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Romy Schneider
- French crime drama set in the noir shaded streets of Paris follows a frustrated detective getting tangled up in a love triangle after commissioning a…
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Seymour Cassel, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes…
- John Cassavetes' most accessible film is an unlikely romance between a museum curator and a parking attendant set over four days and nights.…
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles
- The love triangle is given a sweeping, old–fashioned spin by David Lean, set on the rugged Irish coast during WW1.
There's A Girl In My Soup (1970)
- Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Diana Dors…
- Romantic comedy set around the unpredictable frission between a ladykilling TV personality (Sellers) and a kooky young thing (Hawn). A bit…
Walk in the Spring Rain, A (1970)
- Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Hopkins
- Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Hopkins conduct an illicit affair in their middle age. Romantic slush best enjoyed as unintentional comedy.
Winning (1969)
- Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner…
- Paul Newman challenges for Joanne Woodward on and off the track in this high–speed racing melodrama, shot spectacularly amongst the competitive…
Bandolero! (1968)
- Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch…
- Number three in James Stewart's Western repertoire centred on two brawling brothers who must find a way to work together to avoid the death sentence…