Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Romance: 842 Films to Buy & Rent
Devil Is A Woman, The (1935)
- Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero
- Set during Carnival in turn on the century Seville where a temptress comes between a young revolutionary and his old friend.
L'Atalante (1934)
- Dir. Jean Vigo
Feat. Michel Simon, Jean Daste
- A recently restored master work from the French film archive combines lyrical romance with inspired touches of fantasy.
Of Human Bondage (1934)
- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Bette Davis, Leslie Howard
- The film which propelled Bette Davis to stardom, with her vivid personification of a coy, but slutty Cockney waitress who becomes the object of…
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…
Bird of Paradise (1932)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Dolores Del Rio, Joel McCrea, John Halliday…
- Erotic adventure drama about a sailor who falls in love with a woman from an unnamed Pacific island where the film is set. Plenty of colonialist…
Red Headed Woman / Waterloo Bridge (1931-1932)
- Dir. Jack Conway, James Whale
Feat. Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone…
- RED HEADED WOMAN: A snappy comedy from the pre–code Hollywood era with Jean Harlow playing a woman from Ohio who manipulates men in order to…
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…
Late Mathias Pascal, The (Feu Mathias Pascal) (1925)
- Dir. Marcel L'Herbier
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine, Michel Simon
- A French silent film, based on the novel by Luigi Pirandello. Russian actor Ivan Mosjoukine stars as Mathias, an assistant librarian from a…
Variety (1925)
- 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…
Kean (1924)
- Dir. Alexandre Volkoff
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine
- A French silent film depicting the life of Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, played by Ivan Mosjoukine, focusing on his romance with countess Elena de…