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1940s Romantic Drama Movies

Public list by WPS with 226 movies or TV shows/series

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It's a Wonderful Life(1946)

PG
| 2h 10min | Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy
4.1/5 (with 1,950 votes)

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

Casablanca(1942)

PG
| 1h 42min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 2,329 votes)

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Gilda(1946)

NR
| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 235 votes)

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

Devil in the Flesh(1947)

1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 13 votes)

In France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the front lines. Marthe then begins a tempestuous affair with 17-year-old François, with whom she had a dalliance before marrying Jacques. Jealous François struggles with the fact that Marthe is married, while she tries to prove her devotion to her young, hotheaded lover. Things become even more complex when Marthe becomes pregnant with Jacques' baby.

The Red Shoes(1948)

NR
| 2h 13min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 255 votes)

In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.

Rebecca(1940)

4.0/5 (with 766 votes)

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

Brief Encounter(1945)

NR
| 1h 26min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 253 votes)

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

Pride and Prejudice(1940)

NR
| 1h 58min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 60 votes)

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happiness difficult.

Suspicion(1941)

NR
| 1h 39min | Mystery, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 318 votes)

Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one disreputable business scheme to another. Gradually Lina comes to the conclusion that Johnnie intends to kill her in order to collect her inheritance.

Letter from an Unknown Woman(1948)

1h 27min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 123 votes)

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.

For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)

3.4/5 (with 76 votes)

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.

A Matter of Life and Death(1946)

PG
| 1h 44min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance / Love, Drama
3.9/5 (with 157 votes)

When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.

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Now, Voyager(1942)

NR
| 1h 57min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.7/5 (with 78 votes)

A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.

To Have and Have Not(1945)

NR
| 1h 40min | Adventure, Romance / Love, War
3.7/5 (with 208 votes)

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

Penny Serenade(1941)

NR
| 1h 59min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 43 votes)

While listening to a recording of Penny Serenade, Julie Gardiner Adams begins reflecting on her past. She recalls her impulsive marriage to newspaper reporter Roger Adams, which begins on a deliriously happy note but turns out to be fraught with tragedy. Other songs remind her of their courtship, their marriage, their desire for a child, and the joys and sorrows they have shared. A flood of memories come back to her as she ponders on their present problems and how they arose.

Make Mine Music(1946)

G
| 1h 15min | Music, Animation, Kids & Family
2.9/5 (with 96 votes)

In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of nine musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter And The Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie The Pooh. In addition, you'll enjoy such classic cartoon hits as "Casey At The Bat," "The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met" and "Johnnie Fedora And Alice Bluebonnet.".

Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador, Jack Kinney, Robert Cormack - With Tatiana Riabouchinska, David Lichine

One Wonderful Sunday(1947)

3.7/5 (with 34 votes)

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa - With Ichirō Sugai

Random Harvest(1942)

NR
| 2h 6min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.7/5 (with 39 votes)

An amnesiac World War I vet falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-War life.

Children of Paradise(1945)

3h 11min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 165 votes)

Nathalie falls for Baptiste Debureau, a mime. But his heart is set on Garance, who is also coveted by Frederick Lemaitre and the Count of Montray.

Spring in a Small Town(1948)

1h 33min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 35 votes)

After eight years of marriage to Liyan - once rich but now a shadow of his former self following a long, ruinous war - Yuwen does little except grocery and medication shopping. A surprise visit from Liyan's friend Zhang re-energises the household, but also stirs up long-suppressed feelings and resentments.

Directed by Fei Mu - With Wei Wei, Li Wei, Shi Yu, Zhang Hongmei, Cui Chao-Ming

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1943)

NR
| 2h 43min | Drama, Romance / Love, War, History
3.8/5 (with 93 votes)

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

Mrs. Miniver(1942)

NR
| 2h 14min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.6/5 (with 104 votes)

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.

Jane Eyre(1943)

NR
| 1h 37min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 53 votes)

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.

A Foreign Affair(1948)

NR
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 58 votes)

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.

Five Graves to Cairo(1943)

NR
| 1h 36min | Thriller, War
3.5/5 (with 47 votes)

The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, afraid of the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans. John assumes the identity of the recently deceased waiter to survive.

The Clock(1945)

1h 30min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.6/5 (with 17 votes)

A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.

A Scandal in Paris(1946)

NR
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Crime, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.

The White Cliffs of Dover(1944)

NR
| 2h 6min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Ashwood is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.

Stormy Waters(1941)

NR
| 1h 31min | Action, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 23 votes)

A married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.

All This, and Heaven Too(1940)

NR
| 2h 21min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 19 votes)

When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.

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