Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Romance: 260 Films to Rent
- Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift
- Little–seen melodrama with Jennifer Jones and Montgomery Clift as lovers, together for one last fling. An Italian–American…
- Madame De... (Earrings Of Madame De..., The) (1953)
- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Charles Boyer
- Widely considered one of the dir.'s peak achievements, this gracefully and ironically traces a doomed menage–a–trois in 18th century…
- Moon is Blue, The (1953)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. William Holden, Maggie McNamara, David Niven
- Bright, bristling romantic comedy centered on the courtship of a blithe and carefree commercials actress (McNamara) by the smooth–as–silk…
- Roman Holiday (1953)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck
- Audrey Hepburn's Oscar–winning and breakthrough performance is her princess who abandons regal responsibilities while abroad to run off with…
- Story of Three Loves, The (1953)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt
Feat. Pier Angeli, Ethel Barrymore, Leslie Caron…
- Romantic anthology film telling three separate stories in flashbacks experienced by three characters on board the same ocean liner.
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- Quiet Man, The (1952)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
- Ex–boxer John Wayne retires to his Irish homeland in search of tranquillity and maybe the hand of Maureen O'Hara. This romantic comedy was a…
- African Queen, The (1951)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn
- A magnificent combination of comedy, character and adventure with odd companions Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn trying to survive each other…
- Astonished Heart, The (1950)
- Dir. Terence Fisher, Antony Damborough
Feat. Sir Noel Coward, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton…
- Noel Coward stars in this adaptation of his play; a drawing–room melodrama about a married psychiatrist who unhappily succumbs to the wiles of…
- Gone to Earth (1950)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack
- Marvellous Technicolor evocation of the rustic Welsh border–country, set around Jennifer Jones’ entry into the world of passionate desire and…
- La Ronde (1950)
- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani…
- A witty chronicle of circular love–affairs and seductions in 19th century Vienna. Lavish sets and extravagent spiralling camerawork complement…