Film Index
American cinema: Romance
42nd Street (1933)
Lloyd Bacon
In 1932, with America in the Satanic grip of the Great Depression, work for singers and dancers is hard to come by. So, when Broadway producers Jones and Barry announce that they are putting on a new show entitled Pretty Lady, there is a virtual stampede to the auditions...
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Lloyd Bacon
7th Heaven (1927)
Frank Borzage
Paris, 1914. Chico, an atheistic loner, has grown tired of toiling in the sewers and hopes that one day he will become a street washer like his neighbour Gobin...
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Frank Borzage
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
David Hugh Jones
In 1949, Helene Hanff is an aspiring writer who scrapes by as a script reader in New York City. Her main passion in life is old books, preferably out of print volumes of obscure work by English writers...
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David Hugh Jones
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
Charles Chaplin
Ogden Mears is a wealthy American diplomat who is soon to be made ambassador to Saudi Arabia. During a stopover in Hong Kong, he meets Natasha, a Russian countess who scrapes a dubious living as a dancer and prostitute...
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Charles Chaplin
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
George Stevens
Everyone at Tottleigh Castle knows that Lady Alyce Marshmorton is about to get married, but no one knows for certain who the lucky man will be...
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George Stevens
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Frank Borzage
During World War I, a young American, Frederick Henry, enlists as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. He meets and falls in love with a young English nurse, Catherine Barkley... [More...]
Frank Borzage
During World War I, a young American, Frederick Henry, enlists as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. He meets and falls in love with a young English nurse, Catherine Barkley... [More...]
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Charles Crichton
London gangster George Thomason has masterminded the perfect jewel robbery, which he is about to put into action with his henchman Ken Pile, an animal-lover with a crippling stutter, and a pair of Americans - Wanda Gerschwitz and Otto West... [More...]
Charles Crichton
London gangster George Thomason has masterminded the perfect jewel robbery, which he is about to put into action with his henchman Ken Pile, an animal-lover with a crippling stutter, and a pair of Americans - Wanda Gerschwitz and Otto West... [More...]
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Billy Wilder
After WWII, an American government committee arrives in Berlin to carry out an investigation into the morale of US troops... [More...]
Billy Wilder
After WWII, an American government committee arrives in Berlin to carry out an investigation into the morale of US troops... [More...]
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
One bright Saturday morning, three friends, Deborah, Rita and Lora, are about to take a party of school children on a riverside picnic when a messenger hands them a letter... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
One bright Saturday morning, three friends, Deborah, Rita and Lora, are about to take a party of school children on a riverside picnic when a messenger hands them a letter... [More...]
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
Danny Boyle
Robert Lewis is a lowly Scottish janitor who scrapes a meagre living by cleaning the offices of multimillionaire American businessman Elliott Naville... [More...]
Danny Boyle
Robert Lewis is a lowly Scottish janitor who scrapes a meagre living by cleaning the offices of multimillionaire American businessman Elliott Naville... [More...]
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Woody Allen
New York, circa 1900. On the eve of their wedding, esteemed philosopher Leopold and his bride-to-be Ariel accept an invitation to spend a weekend at the country home of Andrew, a Wall Street stockbroker and part-time inventor... [More...]
Woody Allen
New York, circa 1900. On the eve of their wedding, esteemed philosopher Leopold and his bride-to-be Ariel accept an invitation to spend a weekend at the country home of Andrew, a Wall Street stockbroker and part-time inventor... [More...]
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Sam Wood
By donating money to Otis B. Driftwood, an opera promoter of dubious repute, wealthy widow Mrs Claypool hopes to buy her way into high society... [More...]
Sam Wood
By donating money to Otis B. Driftwood, an opera promoter of dubious repute, wealthy widow Mrs Claypool hopes to buy her way into high society... [More...]
A Place in the Sun (1951)
George Stevens
George Eastman, the son of poor missionary workers, is surprised when his uncle, the successful businessman Charles Eastman, offers him a job at one of his factories... [More...]
George Stevens
George Eastman, the son of poor missionary workers, is surprised when his uncle, the successful businessman Charles Eastman, offers him a job at one of his factories... [More...]
A Star Is Born (1954)
George Cukor
One-time matinee idol Norman Maine has lost both his public and the confidence of the studio bosses who employ him, and he hastens his decline by drowning his sorrows in alcohol... [More...]
George Cukor
One-time matinee idol Norman Maine has lost both his public and the confidence of the studio bosses who employ him, and he hastens his decline by drowning his sorrows in alcohol... [More...]
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Clarence Brown
English aristocrat Diana Merrick has been in love with Neville Holderness since they were children but the latter's father forbids their marriage and insists that Neville gives her up so that he can make his fortune in Egypt... [More...]
Clarence Brown
English aristocrat Diana Merrick has been in love with Neville Holderness since they were children but the latter's father forbids their marriage and insists that Neville gives her up so that he can make his fortune in Egypt... [More...]
A Woman of Paris (1923)
Charles Chaplin
Marie St Clair and her lover Jean Millet plan to leave their French village and start a new life in Paris as man and wife... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
Marie St Clair and her lover Jean Millet plan to leave their French village and start a new life in Paris as man and wife... [More...]
The Ace of Hearts (1921)
Wallace Worsley
The members of a secret society meet and agree to execute a man who has become a danger to the civilised world. A pack of playing cards is dealt, the member who draws the ace of hearts being the one who will carry out the assassination with a bomb disguised as a cigar case... [More...]
Wallace Worsley
The members of a secret society meet and agree to execute a man who has become a danger to the civilised world. A pack of playing cards is dealt, the member who draws the ace of hearts being the one who will carry out the assassination with a bomb disguised as a cigar case... [More...]
Adam's Rib (1949)
George Cukor
District Attorney Adam Bonner is far from pleased when he is called upon to prosecute Doris Attinger, a young woman who shot and wounded her husband when she found him in the arms of his mistress... [More...]
George Cukor
District Attorney Adam Bonner is far from pleased when he is called upon to prosecute Doris Attinger, a young woman who shot and wounded her husband when she found him in the arms of his mistress... [More...]
Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
William Marshall
Léa Mariotte is resentful of her lowly position as housemaid to a wealthy New Orleans family. She despises them for the part they played in her father's downfall and burns with the desire for revenge... [More...]
William Marshall
Léa Mariotte is resentful of her lowly position as housemaid to a wealthy New Orleans family. She despises them for the part they played in her father's downfall and burns with the desire for revenge... [More...]
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
Don Weis
In ancient Persia, Hajji Baba is a humble barber who has dreams of leaving his hometown of Ispahan and going off in search of adventure and fortune... [More...]
Don Weis
In ancient Persia, Hajji Baba is a humble barber who has dreams of leaving his hometown of Ispahan and going off in search of adventure and fortune... [More...]
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Michael Curtiz
England, 1191. With Richard the Lionheart, the rightful king, away fighting in the crusades, the country is governed by his younger brother, John... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
England, 1191. With Richard the Lionheart, the rightful king, away fighting in the crusades, the country is governed by his younger brother, John... [More...]
Affair with a Stranger (1953)
Roy Rowland
Successful New York playwright Bill Blakeley becomes the latest victim of a television gossip columnist when he is seen entertaining Janet Boothe, the lead actress in his latest Broadway play... [More...]
Roy Rowland
Successful New York playwright Bill Blakeley becomes the latest victim of a television gossip columnist when he is seen entertaining Janet Boothe, the lead actress in his latest Broadway play... [More...]
The African Queen (1951)
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa... [More...]
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa... [More...]
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Martin Scorsese
New York in the 1870s. The forthcoming marriage of the successful lawyer Newland Archer to May Welland, the scion of a great American family, is sure to be a major society event, but Newland's commitment to May wavers when he takes an interest in her unconventional cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
New York in the 1870s. The forthcoming marriage of the successful lawyer Newland Archer to May Welland, the scion of a great American family, is sure to be a major society event, but Newland's commitment to May wavers when he takes an interest in her unconventional cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska... [More...]
All I Desire (1953)
Douglas Sirk
In 1910, Naomi Murdock is an itinerant actress who earns barely enough to live on, performing at rundown theatres in provincial towns across America... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
In 1910, Naomi Murdock is an itinerant actress who earns barely enough to live on, performing at rundown theatres in provincial towns across America... [More...]
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Douglas Sirk
Cary Scott is a middle-aged New England widow. Well provided for by her late husband, she leads a comfortable life but is anxious over what the future may hold for her... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
Cary Scott is a middle-aged New England widow. Well provided for by her late husband, she leads a comfortable life but is anxious over what the future may hold for her... [More...]
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Anatole Litvak
In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls' school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls' school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story... [More...]
American Graffiti (1973)
George Lucas
Modesto, California, 1962. After a party to celebrate the end of term, a group of high school graduates go cruising about town, and end up having a far more eventful night than they planned... [More...]
George Lucas
Modesto, California, 1962. After a party to celebrate the end of term, a group of high school graduates go cruising about town, and end up having a far more eventful night than they planned... [More...]
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Leo McCarey
The world is stunned by the news that celebrity playboy Nickie Ferrante is about to marry a wealthy American heiress. Nickie is on his way back to New York by ocean liner when fate intervenes and derails his matrimonial plans, via a chance meeting with nightclub singer Terry McKay... [More...]
Leo McCarey
The world is stunned by the news that celebrity playboy Nickie Ferrante is about to marry a wealthy American heiress. Nickie is on his way back to New York by ocean liner when fate intervenes and derails his matrimonial plans, via a chance meeting with nightclub singer Terry McKay... [More...]
An American in Paris (1951)
Vincente Minnelli
After WWII, ex-serviceman Jerry Mulligan decides to stay on in Paris and pursue a career as an artist, seeking inspiration from the city he has fallen in love with... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
After WWII, ex-serviceman Jerry Mulligan decides to stay on in Paris and pursue a career as an artist, seeking inspiration from the city he has fallen in love with... [More...]