Classic Romance
This is where those great old "Romantic Classics" (pre 1965) can be found. Both Classic Comedy Classics and Drama Classics are merged in this section and can be accessed by scrolling below. Contempory Romance (post 1965) is best accessed by scrolling "Romantic Comedy" and "Romantic Drama".
Right: Truman Capote's charming "Breakfast at Tiffany's" stars Audrey Hepburn.
The Loves of Carmen (1948)
6.4/10
Director: Charles Vidor
Starring: Glenn Ford, Luther Adler, Rita Hayworth, Victor Jory, Ron Randell
Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford take the lead roles in this Hollywood treatment of the novella by Prosper Mérimée. Don José (Ford) is a guard who begins... Read more
Humoresque (1946)
7.6/10
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: J Carrol Naish, Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant
Glamorous socialite Helen Wright (Joan Crawford) takes what she wants - clothes, alcohol, men - uses them up and tosses them aside. Then she meets bri... Read more
Mr Skeffington (1944)
7.8/10
Director: Vincent Sherman
Starring: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel
A woman dreams of a picture-perfect life but finds she's close to losing everything. Gorgeous Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) appears to have her choice o... Read more
Love Story ( A Lady Surrenders ) (1944)
6.9/10
Director: Leslie Arliss
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Stewart Granger
When concert pianist Lissa Campbell learns that she has a serious heart problem, she vows to enjoy what time she has left. On taking her first holiday... Read more
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
8.2/10
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr, Roger Livesey, Roland Culver
Considered by many to be the finest British film ever made, "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp", by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is a stir... Read more
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
7/10
Director: Sam Wood
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff
Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman and Katina Paxinou all won Oscars for their work in this adaptation of the classic Ernest Hemingway novel. Overall, it won... Read more
Thunder Birds (1942)
6.3/10
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton
A.k.a. "Soldiers of the Air". A remote military base in the Arizona desert is the site for the love triangle that develops between a beautiful rancher... Read more
Mr & Mrs Smith (1941)
6.4/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Norman Krasna, and starring Carole Lombard and Robe... Read more
The Flame Of New Orleans (1941)
6.6/10
Director: Rene Clair
Starring: Bruce Cabot, Marlene Dietrich, Roland Young
In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain. Director René Clair stated he and scree... Read more
Blood and Sand (1941)
7/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth
Based on the novel by Vincente Blasco Ibanez, "Blood and Sand" is the beautifully rendered story of the rise and fall of a young, cocksure Spanish bul... Read more