Romance Movies

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
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88

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that…

Three Faces West (1940)

Three Faces West (1940)

Three Faces West (1940)
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79

Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town,…

New Moon (1940)

New Moon (1940)

New Moon (1940)
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105

A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.

Brother Orchid (1940)

Brother Orchid (1940)

Brother Orchid (1940)
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88

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious…

Our Town (1940)

Our Town (1940)

Our Town (1940)
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90

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Torrid Zone (1940)

Torrid Zone (1940)

Torrid Zone (1940)
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88

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

My Favorite Wife (1940)

My Favorite Wife (1940)

My Favorite Wife (1940)
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88

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Waterloo Bridge (1940)

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

Waterloo Bridge (1940)
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109

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)

Beyond Tomorrow (1940)

Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
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84

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.

Saturday’s Children (1940)

Saturday’s Children (1940)

Saturday’s Children (1940)
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102

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Irene (1940)

Irene (1940)

Irene (1940)
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101

Upholsterer’s assistant Irene O’Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy’s,…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)

Two Girls on Broadway (1940)

Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
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73

Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger…

Genre: Romance
Johnny Apollo (1940)

Johnny Apollo (1940)

Johnny Apollo (1940)
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94

Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father’s release. As assistant to mobster…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Dark Command (1940)

Dark Command (1940)

Dark Command (1940)
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94

When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air…

Rebecca (1940)

Rebecca (1940)

Rebecca (1940)
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130

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several…

Virginia City (1940)

Virginia City (1940)

Virginia City (1940)
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121

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with…

Primrose Path (1940)

Primrose Path (1940)

Primrose Path (1940)
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93

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Road to Singapore (1940)

Road to Singapore (1940)

Road to Singapore (1940)
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85

Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)

Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)

Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)
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99

Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He’s totally surprised when he’s asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force. He’s…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Return to Yesterday (1940)

Return to Yesterday (1940)

Return to Yesterday (1940)
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69

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Strange Cargo (1940)

Strange Cargo (1940)

Strange Cargo (1940)
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113

Convicts escaping from Devil’s Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
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107

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well…

Little Old New York (1940)

Little Old New York (1940)

Little Old New York (1940)
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100

Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.

I Take This Woman (1940)

I Take This Woman (1940)

I Take This Woman (1940)
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98

On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker’s suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Remember the Night (1940)

Remember the Night (1940)

Remember the Night (1940)
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94

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn’t have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
His Girl Friday (1940)

His Girl Friday (1940)

His Girl Friday (1940)
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92

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
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99

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other’s anonymous pen pal.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
21 Days Together (1940)

21 Days Together (1940)

21 Days Together (1940)
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72

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover’s blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Music in My Heart (1940)

Music in My Heart (1940)

Music in My Heart (1940)
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70

A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
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117

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo’s protege and bell-ringer of…

Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Four Wives (1939)

Four Wives (1939)

Four Wives (1939)
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99

In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Balalaika (1939)

Balalaika (1939)

Balalaika (1939)
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102

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.

Genre: Music, Romance
Gone with the Wind (1939)

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Gone with the Wind (1939)
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233

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Day-time Wife (1939)

Day-time Wife (1939)

Day-time Wife (1939)
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72

When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Ninotchka (1939)

Ninotchka (1939)

Ninotchka (1939)
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110

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
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106

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

First Love (1939)

First Love (1939)

First Love (1939)
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84

In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She’s hardly received with open arms, especially…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Four Flights to Love (1939)

Four Flights to Love (1939)

Four Flights to Love (1939)
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91

In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker’s assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and…

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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
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144

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Eternally Yours (1939)

Eternally Yours (1939)

Eternally Yours (1939)
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95

Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she’s his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour….

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance