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1980s Romantic Drama Movies

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The Fly(1986)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 36min | Horror, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 1,865 votes)

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

Dirty Dancing(1987)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 40min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 2,723 votes)

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

The Blue Lagoon(1980)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 44min | Romance / Love, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 805 votes)

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?

Endless Love(1981)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 56min | Romance / Love, Drama
2.8/5 (with 88 votes)

Parental disapproval of two teenagers wrapped up in a passionate love affair causes a confusion of arson, death and insanity.

Nine 1/2 Weeks(1986)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 57min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.1/5 (with 416 votes)

An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.

As Tears Go By(1988)

3.5/5 (with 123 votes)

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

Flashdance(1983)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 623 votes)

Alex Owens, a teen juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.

An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 4min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 474 votes)

Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.

Tootsie(1982)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 748 votes)

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.

Footloose(1984)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 47min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 875 votes)

When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.

Out of Africa(1985)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 41min | History, Romance / Love, Drama
3.6/5 (with 589 votes)

Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.

Somewhere in Time(1980)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 43min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 232 votes)

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

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Arthur(1981)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 37min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 179 votes)

Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.

Some Kind of Wonderful(1987)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 200 votes)

A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.

The French Lieutenant's Woman(1981)

3.2/5 (with 86 votes)

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.

Falling in Love(1984)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 42min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 150 votes)

During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. Although both are married and Frank has two little kids, they meet more and more often, their friendship becoming the most precious thing in their lives.

Youngblood(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 93 votes)

A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.

Betty Blue(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 3h 5min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 168 votes)

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.

Lady of the Night(1986)

1h 30min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 9 votes)

Angelina is tired of long serious relationships. One day she is brutally raped and she changes dramatically. Suddenly she is getting involved in more and more dangerous relations with unknown men until her behavior leads to a fatal crime.

Cocktail(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 44min | Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 624 votes)

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.

Lady Chatterley's Lover(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 44min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.7/5 (with 29 votes)

A film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.

Staying Alive(1983)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 33min | Drama, Music
2.9/5 (with 196 votes)

It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

Devil in the Flesh(1986)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 54min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 22 votes)

An Italian high school student becomes infatuated with a woman he sees outside his class window. Her fiancée is in jail for being involved in a radical movement, and she spends much time in court providing moral support. At first she resists the student's advances, but eventually begins an affair with him. Their situation is condemned by her family and his father, who is the woman's psychologist.

St. Elmo's Fire(1985)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 223 votes)

A group of friends graduate from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve around sex and career aspirations. Kirby waits tables to pay for law school. His roommate Kevin struggles at a D.C. newspaper as he searches for the meaning of love. Jules, an object of adoration and envy, but secretly she has problems of her own. Demure Wendy is in love with Billy—a loveable sax player and an irresponsible drunk. Alec wants it all: a career in politics and the appearance of a traditional home life. Alec’s girlfriend, Leslie, is an ambitious architect who doesn't know about his infidelity, but his new allegiance to the Republican Party is already enough to put her off marriage.

A Room with a View(1985)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 57min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 315 votes)

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

Paradise(1982)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 40min | Romance / Love, Adventure
3.2/5 (with 47 votes)

After their caravan is attacked and their respective families butchered by Arab marauders, teenagers David and Sarah flee across the desert. But the desert is filled with danger from the elements, animals and the unwholesome appetite of the Jackal, a sheik who wants Sarah for himself. However, the desert also holds temptation and love. David and Sarah hide out in an oasis and build a life for themselves, discovering each other in new ways.

Dangerous Liaisons(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 59min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 486 votes)

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.

Perfect(1985)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 80 votes)

A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.

Two Moon Junction(1988)

1h 44min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 73 votes)

A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.

About Last Night...(1986)

3.1/5 (with 88 votes)

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.

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