Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Romance: 697 Films to Buy & Rent
Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, The (1947)
- Dir. Irving Reis
Feat. Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple…
- Playboy bachelor Cary Grant is ordered by Judge Myrna Loy to escort her teenage sister (Shirley Temple), so that the ‘bobby–soxer’ might…
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Dame Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney
- A headstrong Wendy Hiller seeks marriage and wealth on the Scottish Hebrides, but is sidetracked by true romance. The powerful landscapes and lyrical…
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter…
- MGM Musical comedy starring Judy Garland in an early grown–up role as the titular small–town girl who heads to Broadway but struggles to…
Major and the Minor, The (1942)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson…
- Billy Wilder’s first film is a dexterous screwball gem: the delectable Ginger Rogers plays a spunky woman posing as a child so she can afford a…
Ball of Fire (1941)
- Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Dana Andrews…
- Screwball comedy with Gary Cooper playing a professor working hard on a new encyclopedia with his colleagues, who meets a nightclub performer…
Bride Came C.O.D., The (1941)
- Dir. William Keighley
Feat. James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin…
- Slapstick rom–com with Cagney as cash–strapped charter pilot who is hired to kidnap a tycoon's daughter to prevent her marrying a vapid…
Devil and Miss Jones, The (1941)
- Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Charles Coburn, Jean Arthur
- Tycoon Charles Coburn goes undercover to investigate union activities, and instead falls for shopgirl Jean Arthur. Well–regarded social comedy.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond…
- An interesting departure for Alfred Hitchcock, this airy screwball comedy follows a happily married couple in New York who are shocked to learn that…
Strawberry Blonde (1941)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth…
- Winning 40's rom–com based on the play "One Sunday Afternoon" by James Hagan. Set in 1890's New York City, with James Cagney playing a…
Down Argentine Way (1940)
- Dir. Irving Cummings
Feat. Carmen Miranda, Betty Grable, Don Ameche
- A horse mad New Yorker falls for a wealthy Argentine rancher in this fluffy technicolor musical, but is hampered by the longstanding feud between…