Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Romance: 267 Films to Buy & Rent
7th Heaven (Seventh Heaven) (1927)
- Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
- Eternal lovers Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell endure spiritual turmoil and the ravages of war in this beautiful silent era classic, remarkable for…
Late Mathias Pascal, The (Feu Mathias Pascal) (1925)
- Dir. Marcel L'Herbier
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine, Michel Simon
- A French silent film, based on the novel by Luigi Pirandello. Russian actor Ivan Mosjoukine stars as Mathias, an assistant librarian from a…
Merry Widow, The (1925)
- Dir. Erich von Stroheim
Feat. Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall…
- Silent romantic comedy about a prince who falls in love with a dancer and commoner (Mae Murray) but after the marriage is forbidden she goes on to…
Variety (1925)
- Dir. E.A. Dupont
Feat. Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti
- A cautionary fable of romantic treachery set in the since–vanished vaudeville world, lent depth through its sophisticated visual style. Emil…
Kean (1924)
- Dir. Alexandre Volkoff
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine
- A French silent film depicting the life of Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, played by Ivan Mosjoukine, focusing on his romance with countess Elena de…
Way Down East (1920)
- Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess
- A prototypical Hollywood melodrama, detailing the innocence, corruption and eventual fate of Lillian Gish in 19th century America. Expertly…
True Heart Susie (1919)
- Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Clarine Seymour…
- Lillian Gish plays an innocent and big–hearted country girl who sacrifices everything for the clueless minister that breaks her heart. A…