A male Polish secret agent and a female Russian secret-police spy smuggle messages to St. Petersburg in candlesticks. While chasing after stolen candlesticks they discover each other’s identity and fall in love.
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Romance
Silver River (1948) Raoul Walsh, Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell, Drama, Romance, Western
Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming one of the most powerful silver magnates in the west. His empire begins to fall apart as the other mining combines rise against him and his stubbornness loses him the support of his wife and old friends.
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The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) H.C. Potter, Stuart Heisler, Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Poor Mary Smith can’t go night-clubbing or have any other fun because any hint of scandal could damage her father’s political career. Read More »
Paris Calling (1941) Edwin L. Marin, Elisabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi storm-troopers arrive. Read More »
The Claim (2000) Michael Winterbottom, Wes Bentley, Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Drama, Romance, Western
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Read More »
The Temptress (1926) Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller, Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Marc McDermott, Drama, Romance
In a masked ball in Paris, Manuel Robledo, a young Argentinian architect, meets Elena, the Marquess of Torre Blanca. Read More »
The Kiss (1929) Jacques Feyder, Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Anders Randolf, Romance, Drama
Irene is unhappily married to an older businessman, but very much in love with a handsome young lawyer. Read More »
Anna Karenina (1961) Rudolph Cartier, Claire Bloom, Sean Connery, Jack Watling, Drama, Romance
While helping her adulterous brother repair relations with his wife, the happily married Anna Karenina (Claire Bloom) plummets headfirst into an all-consuming affair of her own with a handsome soldier (Sean Connery). Read More »
A Foreign Affair (1948) Billy Wilder, Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A congressional committee visits occupied Berlin to investigate G.I. morals. Congresswoman Phoebe Frost, appalled at widespread evidence of human frailty Read More »
Ninotchka (1939) Ernst Lubitsch, Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Comedy, Romance
Only the royal suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. Read More »
Conquest (1937) Clarence Brown, Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Drama, History, Romance
After a brief informal meeting two months earlier when they were impressed with each other, Countess Marie Walewska formally meets Napoleon Bonaparte at a ball in Warsaw. Read More »
Romance (1930) Clarence Brown, Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Gavin Gordon, Drama, Romance
Young Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Read More »
Mad Love (1995) Antonia Bird, Chris O’Donnell, Drew Barrymore, Matthew Lillard, Drama, Romance
The high-school student Matt Leland lives with his twin brother and sister and his father in a house by the lake. Read More »
Summer Love (1958) Charles F. Haas, John Saxon, Molly Bee, Rod McKuen, Comedy, Romance, Musical
A coed summer resort camp rocks with music and romance when a group of entertainers arrives to kick off the season. Read More »
Young Lady Chatterley (1977) Alan Roberts, Harlee McBride, Peter Ratray, William Beckley, Drama, Romance, Erotic
Cynthia inherits her aunt’s large estate and moves in. She reads her aunt’s diary and finds out (and graphically imagines) Read More »