Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Romance: 128 Films to Rent on VHS
- Jour Se Leve, Le (Daybreak) (1939)
- Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Jean Gabin, Arletty
- A renowned example of 'poetic realism', Jean Gabin gives another consummate performance as a doomed anti–hero. His tragic story is told in…
- Hurricane, The (1938)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall
- A doomed South Seas romance between islander natives, provides the melodramatic prelude to an awesome special f/x typhoon. Vintage Hollywood…
- Knight Without Armour (1937)
- Dir. Jacques Feyder
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Herbert Lomas…
- Visually sumptuous tale of Russian Countess Marlene Dietrich fleeing the 1917 Revolution with the help of Robert Donat. Dir. Feyder made his name as…
- Maytime (1937)
- Dir. Robert Z. Leonard
Feat. Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore
- Love affair between opera soprano and two–bit singer in Paris. An exemplary Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy musical.
- Swing Time (1936)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- A fine example of Fred and Ginger's magical screen partnership, their sixth together, weaving the music of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, into…
- She Married Her Boss (1935)
- Dir. Gregory La Cava
Feat. Claudette Colbert
- Pleasant romantic comedy stars Claudette Colbert, who just may regret her marital decision.
- Liebelei (1933)
- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Arthur Schnitzler
- An early work from the German maestro of the tracking shot, whose tale of doomed romance between a young soldier and fraulein (taken from a play by…
- Smilin' Through (1932)
- Dir. Sidney Franklin
Feat. Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard
- Winning tear–jerker with Norma Shearer and Fredric March in dual roles as two sets of unrequited lovers caught in a blood feud.