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Romance movies

Stories of passion, heartbreak, and intimacy that explore the beautiful and complicated nature of love.

Subgenres include: Romantic Comedy, Passionate Romance, Dark Romance.

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

321. Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

Comedy Drama Romance
8.0

20262h 2min

Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka

Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. She must face what comes next as sparks fly.


Carousel

322. Carousel

Romance Comedy
4.9

20261h 43min

Director: Rachel Lambert

A divorced doctor’s carefully constructed life in Cleveland is upended when his daughter’s debate aspirations and the unexpected return of a past love force him to confront his own choices and embrace a second chance.


Bound

323. Bound

Drama Romance
0.0

2026

Director: Joshua Armell

A married couple's dinner spirals into a conflict that threatens their future together.


7 Minutes Of Brain Activity After Death

324. 7 Minutes Of Brain Activity After Death

Drama Romance
10.0

202615min

Director: Mia Siodmok

‘7 Minutes Of Brain Activity After Death’ is a short film following a kaleidoscope of memory and emotion that unfolds in the brief window between life and death. Recounting the intimate, golden-lit relationship between Eva and Lilah, from their shared teenage discoveries of love. The film becomes a poetic collision of intimacy, fear, and inevitability. Blurring memory and reality, it offers a life revisited in its final seconds and the love left behind.


A short film made during the civic theatres Tenderfoot 2026 programme follows the life of a couple as they meet navigate hardships and find love in one another. Premiered at the civic theatre and now available on YouTube.


Bored

326. Bored

Comedy Romance
0.0

202616min

Director: Jack Smith

A man bound by his own meticulous routine is forced to take initiative when the unimaginable occurs: his bus is late.


A man returns to Lagos with a wealthy fiancée and a plan to steal her fortune. His family welcomes her, but their smiles hide a con. As the facade cracks, hidden identities and jealousies turn the home into a pressure cooker of deception.


The Wedding

328. The Wedding

Comedy Romance
8.0

20261h 37min

Director: Igor Šeregi

Miljenko, a successful Croatian businessman, recieves the news that his company had just filed for bancruptcy. Things seem to be looking up, however, when his daughter anounces not only her engagement, but also her pregnancy and upcoming nuptuals. The only caveat? The love of her life is none other than the son of the Serbian prime minister.


Trouble Shooter

329. Trouble Shooter

Comedy Action Crime Romance
0.0

20261h 29min

Director: Aman Chang Man

Renowned “trouble shooter” Yi Ran Yingjun is approached by Master Luo, who seeks his help after being falsely accused over a medicinal liniment. Desperate to clear her brother’s name, Master Luo’s sisters, Shuangshuang and Yingying, secretly enter a high-stakes beauty contest offering a massive cash prize.


Two young Brazilian filmmakers navigate doubt, intimacy, and the harsh realities of the film industry while trying to make their next movie — without losing each other in the process.