Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Romance: 267 Films to Buy & Rent
Paris Blues (1961)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Joanne Woodward…
- Undernourished romantic drama has Newman and Poitier as Jazz musicians on holiday in Paris forced to decide whether to stay or return to the U.S. for…
Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
- Dir. Jose Quintero
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Coral Browne…
- Middle–aged actress in crisis, Vivien Leigh, finds sexual fulfillment at the hands of the gigolos of Rome, chiefly Warren Beatty's.…
Splendour in the Grass (1961)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle…
- Smitten teens work up considerable sexual frenzy when their respective families won't let them be together. Appropriately, it's the lurid scenes…
Bells are Ringing (1960)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark…
- Winning musical rom–com from Vincente Minnelli (MEET ME IN ST LOUIS), with Judy Holliday playing a fictionalised version of real–life…
Breath of Scandal, A (1960)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, Angela Lansbury…
- SoufflĂ©–light romance tuned to the love streams of Vienna, with a regal Sophia Loren courted by handsome American John Gavin. Sweet,…
Grass Is Greener, The (1960)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum…
- The wife of an English Earl falls in love with an American millionaire tourist. Songs by Noel Coward.
Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn
- Dysfunctional stagecoach high jinx with Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren fleeing with a theatre company into the American's heartland. While lush as a…
It Started in Naples (1960)
- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica
- Winning combination of Gable and Loren guided by director Shavelson (HOUSEBOAT) team up again for this romantic comedy drama set in Naples following…
Lola (1960)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Marc Michel
- Irresistible 'New Wave' confection breezily spins its romantic tale around the alluring presence of Anouk Aimee, here a cheery cabaret–dancer…
Sons and Lovers (1960)
- Dir. Jack Cardiff
Feat. Dean Stockwell, Trevor Howard, Dame Wendy Hiller…
- Richly photographed rendition of D.H. Lawrence's classic novel, in which the son of a coal–miner (Stockwell) struggles to find his path in the…