Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Romance: 260 Films to Rent
- Love in the Afternoon (1957)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
- Dark horse Audrey Hepburn classic sees dir. Billy Wilder riff Ernst Lubitsch by way of Gary Cooper and Maurice Chevalier (a wall fixture of…
- Raintree County (1957)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint…
- Civil War set romance has Montgomery Clift as a schoolteacher whojoins the Union Army as they march into Georgia in the hope of finding his estranged…
- Sayonara (1957)
- Dir. Joshua Logan, Marlon Brando
Feat. Patricia Owens, Ricardo Montalban, Martha Scott…
- An effective, well–acted version of James Michener's novel set during the Korean War, in which ace pilot Brando inconveniently falls in love…
- Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
- Dir. Joseph Pevney
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan
- Debbie Reynolds shines in this classic rom–com about an unsophisticated woman from backwoods Mississippi who falls in love with a wealthy pilot…
- Until They Sail (1957)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman…
- 1950s Christchurch is the novelty star of this MGM prestige picture set entirely in Canterbury, New Zealand, with landmarks such as the Christchurch…
- Backlash (1956)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell…
- Richard Widmark and Donna Reed play the tough–talkin', rootin–tootin leads in this gritty horse opera, as they both seek vengeance for…
- Forever Darling (1956)
- Dir. Alexander Hall
Feat. Lucille Ball, James Mason, Desi Arnaz
- The unique talents of Lucille Ball is the strongest aspect of this 'dysfunctional marriage' comedy, starring James Mason as her Guardian Angel. Ball…
- Naughty Girl (Cette Sacree Gamine) (1956)
- Dir. Michel Boisrond
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Francoise Fabian
- A con–artist father leaves his devious minx of a daughter in the hands of a performer who discovers the girl is bent on disrupting his life the…
- All That Heaven Allows (1955)
- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead…
- Middle–aged widow Jane Wyman fights for the respect of her family and upscale community when she conducts an affair with her ‘gardener’…
- Love is a Many-Splendoured Thing (1955)
- Dir. Henry King
Feat. William Holden, Jennifer Jones
- Romantic splendour set in Hong Kong at the time of the Korean war about a married US war correspondent who embarks on a forbidden love affair.