The Secret: Dare to Dream
2020 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 673 votes
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Curated by SceneIt · United States
Romantic Movies
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose engaging romance-led stories for an easy watch. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
Behind the Candelabra
2013 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 836 votes
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Return of the Living Dead III
1993 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 913 votes
Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Love in the Time of Cholera
2007 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 417 votes
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
L'Eclisse
1962 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 553 votes
Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 1,090 votes
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Maurice
1987 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 621 votes
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Forgotten Love
2023 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 366 votes
A once-respected surgeon who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1980 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 289 votes
Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Crush
2022 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 495 votes
When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sex Appeal
2022 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 318 votes
Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Disobedience
2018 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,293 votes
New York photographer Ronit flies to London after learning about the death of her estranged father. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Return to Me
2000 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 478 votes
It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob, a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sissi
1955 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 530 votes
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 568 votes
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Merchant of Venice
2004 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 618 votes
Venice, 1596. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Badlands
1974 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,370 votes
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mona Lisa Smile
2003 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,920 votes
Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Great Expectations
1946 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 381 votes
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Best of Youth
2003 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 614 votes
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.