Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Romance: 842 Films to Buy & Rent
Bells are Ringing (1960)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark…
- Winning musical rom–com from Vincente Minnelli (MEET ME IN ST LOUIS), with Judy Holliday playing a fictionalised version of real–life…
It Started in Naples (1960)
- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica
- Winning combination of Gable and Loren guided by director Shavelson (HOUSEBOAT) team up again for this romantic comedy drama set in Naples following…
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Bernadette Lafont, Clotilde Joano, Stephane Audran
- An early comedy from French new wave director Claude Chabrol (LE BOUCHER), following four single Parisian women as they encounter the romantic…
Lola (1960)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Marc Michel
- Irresistible 'New Wave' confection breezily spins its romantic tale around the alluring presence of Anouk Aimee, here a cheery cabaret–dancer…
Sons and Lovers (1960)
- Dir. Jack Cardiff
Feat. Dean Stockwell, Trevor Howard, Dame Wendy Hiller…
- Richly photographed rendition of D.H. Lawrence's classic novel, in which the son of a coal–miner (Stockwell) struggles to find his path in the…
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs…
- Romantic drama adapted by Evan Hunter from his novel of the same name, about two married neighbours who have an affair.
Kirk Douglas plays the…
Wild River (1960)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet
- Romantic drama focused around an Authority agent (played with controlled complexity by Montgomery Clift) who meets with resistance and a fair share…
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada
- Romance between a French actress and a Japanese architect rekindles their traumatic wartime experiences. The twin threads of despair and sensual love…
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. John Gavin, Jock Mahoney, Don DeFore…
- Bittersweet WWII melodrama finds Douglas Sirk at his gravest; John Gavin plays a returning German solider who falls in love under the shadow of war.…
Christine (1958)
- Dir. Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Feat. Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Micheline Presle
- Vienna set classic love triangle between an unfaithful man, his current love interest (played by darling French actress Romy Schneider) and an…