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Rental > Classics > Romance: 238 Films to Rent on DVD
Eternal Love (1929)
- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. John Barrymore, Camilla Horn
- Made during the last days of the silent era, the legendary Ernst Lubitsch directs John Barrymore and Camilla Horn as two lovers living in the Swiss…
Show People (1928)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson…
- A satire of Hollywood life in the last of the silent years, this rom–com from director King Vidor (THE FOUNTAINHEAD) has Marion Davies playing…
Street Angel (1928)
- Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
- Janet Gaynor radiates as a streetwalker whose love for an Italian painter is jeopardized by her past brushes with the law. As with 7th HEAVEN, dir.…
7th Heaven (Seventh Heaven) (1927)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
- Eternal lovers Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell endure spiritual turmoil and the ravages of war in this beautiful silent era classic, remarkable for…
Merry Widow, The (1925)
- Dir. Erich von Stroheim
Feat. Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall…
- Silent romantic comedy about a prince who falls in love with a dancer and commoner (Mae Murray) but after the marriage is forbidden she goes on to…
Variety (1925)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. E.A. Dupont
Feat. Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti
- A cautionary fable of romantic treachery set in the since–vanished vaudeville world, lent depth through its sophisticated visual style. Emil…
Way Down East (1920)
- Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess
- A prototypical Hollywood melodrama, detailing the innocence, corruption and eventual fate of Lillian Gish in 19th century America. Expertly…
True Heart Susie (1919)
- Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Clarine Seymour…
- Lillian Gish plays an innocent and big–hearted country girl who sacrifices everything for the clueless minister that breaks her heart. A…