Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Romance: 267 Films to Buy & Rent
It Should Happen to You (1954)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon
- Aspiring model Judy Holliday gets the kind of attention she hadn't bargained for when she advertises herself on a giant billboard. Jack Lemmon's…
Sabrina (1954)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden
- Cinderella–ish comic yarn with a dream cast and director. Audrey Hepburn plays a humble chauffeur's daughter who wins the affections of noble…
Young at Heart (1954)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Doris Day
- Slick musical with Frank Sinatra wooing Doris Day, while trying to make it as a singer.
Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (1953)
- Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata
- Tragic story of unrequited love set during the Heiji Rebellion in 1159, where a samurai warrior falls in love with a married…
Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift
- Little–seen melodrama with Jennifer Jones and Montgomery Clift as lovers, together for one last fling. An Italian–American…
Madame De... (Earrings Of Madame De..., The) (1953)
- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Charles Boyer
- Widely considered one of the dir.'s peak achievements, this gracefully and ironically traces a doomed menage–a–trois in 18th century…
Moon is Blue, The (1953)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. William Holden, Maggie McNamara, David Niven
- Bright, bristling romantic comedy centered on the courtship of a blithe and carefree commercials actress (McNamara) by the smooth–as–silk…
Roman Holiday (1953)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck
- Audrey Hepburn's Oscar–winning and breakthrough performance is her princess who abandons regal responsibilities while abroad to run off with…
Story of Three Loves, The (1953)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt
Feat. Pier Angeli, Ethel Barrymore, Leslie Caron…
- Romantic anthology film telling three separate stories in flashbacks experienced by three characters on board the same ocean liner.
"The Jealous…
Quiet Man, The (1952)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
- Ex–boxer John Wayne retires to his Irish homeland in search of tranquillity and maybe the hand of Maureen O'Hara. This romantic comedy was a…