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1950s Romantic Comedy Movies

Public list by WPS with 246 movies or TV shows/series

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Singin' in the Rain(1952)

4.1/5 (with 1,350 votes)

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

Roman Holiday(1953)

G
| 1h 59min | Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama
4.0/5 (with 926 votes)

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

Funny Face(1957)

NR
| 1h 43min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Music
3.5/5 (with 302 votes)

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(1954)

G
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Drama, Western
3.6/5 (with 239 votes)

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

Sabrina(1954)

3.8/5 (with 527 votes)

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.

The Seven Year Itch(1955)

3.5/5 (with 378 votes)

With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes(1953)

NR
| 1h 31min | Music, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 393 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. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.

How to Marry a Millionaire(1953)

3.5/5 (with 214 votes)

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

An American in Paris(1951)

3.5/5 (with 242 votes)

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

Sissi(1955)

3.7/5 (with 208 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.

There's No Business Like Show Business(1954)

NR
| 1h 57min | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 41 votes)

Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.

White Christmas(1954)

3.6/5 (with 225 votes)

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

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Royal Wedding(1951)

NR
| 1h 33min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 40 votes)

Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a British love interest, Ellen with Lord John Brindale and Tom with dancer Anne Ashmond.

High Society(1956)

NR
| 1h 51min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 90 votes)

Childhood friends Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven got married and quickly divorced. Now Tracy is about to marry again, this time to a shrewd social-climbing businessman. C.K. still loves her. Spy magazine blackmails Tracy's family by threatening to reveal her playboy father's exploits if not allowed to cover the wedding. A remake of the 1940 rom com The Philadelphia Story.

Bus Stop(1956)

3.1/5 (with 90 votes)

Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.

Love in the Afternoon(1957)

NR
| 2h 10min | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 127 votes)

Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.

Father of the Bride(1950)

3.5/5 (with 85 votes)

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

The Prince and the Showgirl(1957)

3.3/5 (with 76 votes)

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

Gigi(1958)

G
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 132 votes)

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.

The Story of Vickie(1954)

3.6/5 (with 19 votes)

Vickie, short for Victoria, is crowned Queen of England and as such needs to learn the responsibilities of her new post.

Scandal in Sorrento(1955)

NR
| 1h 46min | Romance / Love, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 78 votes)

Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.

Bell, Book and Candle(1958)

NR
| 1h 46min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 87 votes)

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.

Houseboat(1958)

3.2/5 (with 71 votes)

An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

Daddy Long Legs(1955)

NR
| 2h 6min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 40 votes)

Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.

The Importance of Being Earnest(1952)

3.7/5 (with 40 votes)

Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as "Ernest" -- is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated his alter ego in order to escape his country estate where he takes care of his charge, Cecily Cardew. Cecily believes that Ernest is Jack's wayward brother and is keen on his raffish lifestyle. Algernon, seeing an opportunity, assumes Ernest's identity and sneaks off to woo Cecily.

Kiss Me Kate(1953)

NR
| 1h 49min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 36 votes)

Fred and Lilli are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. A fight on the opening night threatens the production, as well as two thugs who have the mistaken idea that Fred owes their boss money and insist on staying next to him all night.

Indiscreet(1958)

3.4/5 (with 71 votes)

Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream, while talking about this subject with her sister, when in walks Philip Adams. She loses her concentration for a moment as she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for.

The Band Wagon(1953)

NR
| 1h 52min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 93 votes)

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

Artists and Models(1955)

1h 49min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 52 votes)

Painter Rick Todd is having difficulty with his career, so he starts taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, Eugene, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps. Unbeknown to Eugene, Abigail Parker, the artist for his favorite comic book, lives in the same building with her roommate, Bessie, the model for Abigail's drawings.

Designing Woman(1957)

3.2/5 (with 28 votes)

A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.

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