Romance Movies
So This Is Love (1953)
Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
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…
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both…
All I Desire (1953)
In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.
Houdini (1953)
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and… Scotland Yard’s jails.
South Sea Woman (1953)
Marine Sergeant James O’Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify…
Dream Wife (1953)
Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much business and not enough…
Dangerous When Wet (1953)
The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English…
Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
The Desert Song (1953)
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a…
Four Sided Triangle (1953)
A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends,…
The Girl Next Door (1953)
Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie…
Sombrero (1953)
Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter’s sister and lovers from feuding villages.
Titanic (1953)
Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have…
Small Town Girl (1953)
Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge’s daughter Cindy to let…
Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)
While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love…
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen, lives on a South Sea atoll with his three daughters, Gloria,…
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
Attorney’s daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
Marjorie Winfield’s engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
Call Me Madam (1953)
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
Salome (1953)
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due…
I Love Melvin (1953)
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk and Melvin soon offers to do…
Never Let Me Go (1953)
An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.
Lili (1953)
Members of a circus troupe “adopt” Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and…
Battle Circus (1953)
A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 66th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit’s commander Dr. (MAJ) Jed Webbe. Webbe,…
Road to Bali (1953)
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the…
The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose…
Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)
In Africa, a deceased medical missionary’s daughter in Africa carries on her father’s work. Before long, she finds herself in danger from crooks and a local witch doctor.
Hiawatha (1952)
A young Indian brave attempts to bring peace to two warring tribes.
Botany Bay (1952)
Based on the story of the start of Australia’s colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving the torturous voyage with other prisoners to…
Manina the Lighthouse-Keeper’s Daughter (1952)
Gerard, a 25-year-old student, decides to find a treasure Troilus lost in the sea after the Peloponnesian War. His meeting with Manina jeopardises his plans of finding the treasure.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer,…
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
A young man plots revenge against the woman he believes murdered his cousin, but his plans are shaken when he comes face to face with the enigmatic beauty.
Ruby Gentry (1952)
A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn’t love, but carries a torch for another man.
April in Paris (1952)
A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.
Come Back Little Sheba (1952)
A mismatched couple’s marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.