Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1510 Films to Buy & Rent
Second Time Around, The (1961)
- Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, Andy Griffith…
- Debbie Reynolds stars as a feisty widow who becomes sheriff of a wild Arizona town, where a gambler and a rancher vie for her affections.
Sins of Rachel Cade, The (1961)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore
- A colonel falls in love with a Protestant medical missionary in the Belgian Congo during WWII, but an American injured pilot interrupts proceedings.
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…
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Bernadette Lafont, Clotilde Joano, Stephane Audran
- An early comedy from French new wave director Claude Chabrol (LE BOUCHER), following four single Parisian women as they encounter the romantic…
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…