Best "elopement" Movies of All Time

26 movies found (page 1/1):

Selena(1997)

3.9/5 (with 536 votes)

In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.

Directed by Gregory Nava - With Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Constance Marie, Jon Seda, Lupe Ontiveros, Jacob Vargas, ...

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Fiddler on the Roof(1971)

| 3h 1min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.9/5 (with 231 votes)

In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults the traditional matchmaker – and also has words with God.

Directed by Norman Jewison - With Chaim Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Paul Michael Glaser, ...

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The Last Picture Show(1971)

| 1h 59min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 273 votes)

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich - With Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd, ...

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Jab We Met(2007)

PG-13

| 2h 18min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 108 votes)

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky and care-free young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

Directed by Imtiaz Ali - With Shahid Kapoor, Asghar Nai Peeli Texy hai

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The Scandalous Lady W(2015)

1h 30min | Drama, TV Movie, Romance / Love, History

3.4/5 (with 46 votes)

A gripping 18th century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset. Lady Seymour Worsley escapes her troubled marriage only to find herself at the centre of a very public trial brought by her powerful husband Sir Richard Worsley.

Directed by Sheree Folkson - With Natalie Dormer, Aneurin Barnard, Shaun Evans, Pete Sullivan, Richard McCabe

This Happy Breed(1944)

| 1h 55min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family, History

3.6/5 (with 21 votes)

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of family infighting and reconciliation occasionally broken by a strike or a festival.

Directed by David Lean - With Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway, John Mills, Amy Veness, Alison Leggatt, ...

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Two-Faced Woman(1941)

1h 30min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.

Directed by George Cukor, Andrew Marton - With Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Ruth Gordon, Robert Sterling, ...

The Black Raven(1943)

| 1h 1min | Mystery

2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

One dark and stormy night, an escaped convict, an embezzler, a runaway daughter, her intended and her father, and a gangster take refuge in a remote inn called "The Black Raven" after the nickname of a second gangster who owns it; and murder ensues.

Directed by Sam Newfield

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Half Marriage(1929)

1h 8min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A young couple marries in secret. Judy's afraid her parents won't approve of Dick and she'll lose her generous allowance. Her parents bring her home from the city where she's been studying art and encourage the attentions of Tom, a persistent suitor. Judy and her jealous husband have an argument that leads her back to the city, a drunken, amorous Tom and a tragedy.

Directed by William J. Cowen - With Olive Borden

A Fire in the Sky(1978)

2h 30min | Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie

2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.

Directed by Jerry Jameson - With Richard Crenna

The Dentist(1932)

21min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 15 votes)

An unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion.

Directed by Leslie Pearce - With W. C. Fields, Marjorie Kane, Dorothy Granger, Arnold Gray, Elise Cavanna, Billy Bletcher, ...

The Promise(1979)

| 1h 37min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

A rich student's fiancee has her face destroyed by a car accident, and refuses to return to him fearing the loss of his love.

Directed by Gilbert Cates - With Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Collins, Beatrice Straight, Laurence Luckinbill, William Prince, Bibi Besch, ...

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Forsaking All Others(1934)

| 1h 24min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.

Directed by W. S. Van Dyke - With Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, Charles Butterworth, Billie Burke, Frances Drake, ...

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Way Back Home(1931)

| 1h 21min | Drama

3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.

Directed by William A. Seiter - With Phillips Lord, Frank Albertson, Bette Davis, Oscar Apfel, Stanley Fields, Frankie Darro, ...

Bitter Sweet(1940)

| 1h 34min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love

3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

In order to avoid an arranged marriage with a man she doesn't love, Sarah Millick runs off to Vienna with her music teacher, Carl Linden, whom she does love. They are married. In Vienna, they struggle to make a living by making music. Carl writes an operetta and tries to get it produced. They are helped along by Viennese Baron, but his intentions are not honorable. He kills Carl in a sword fight. A big producer does put on the operetta, with Sari in the lead -- but without her husband, it is a bittersweet victory.

Directed by W. S. Van Dyke - With Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders, Ian Hunter, Sig Ruman, Herman Bing, ...

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Teree Sang: A Kidult Love Story(2009)

2h 12min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.9/5 (with 3 votes)

An under-aged couple fall in love, face opposition from the girl's wealthy parents, elope, and go on the run from the police.

Sing, Bing, Sing(1933)

15min | Comedy, Music

2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

After singing over the radio, Bing Crosby transmits a signal to elope to his sweeheart Helen; but her father is listening too. Undaunted, Bing tries, tries again.

With Bing Crosby

The Girl Next Door(1953)

1h 32min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love

1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

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 charges next door to bawl out her new neighbor and meets comic-strip artist Bill Carter. Bill has devoted himself to his strip, and raising his ten-year-old son Joe since the death of his wife. Joe bases his strip on the everyday happenings of he and his son and is proud of keeping it scrupulously honest. When Jeannie and Bill fall in love, young Joe is hurt, especially when Bill starts using a lot of the father-son time to be with Jeannie. Bill cancels a father-son trip to Canada, and Joe decides to write a letter to Bill's syndicate pointing out that the current plot line of the script being set in Canada isn't honest, since they didn't go.

Directed by Richard Sale - With June Haver, Dan Dailey, Dennis Day, Billy Gray, Cara Williams, Natalie Schafer, ...

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Naked Hearts(1916)

50min | Drama

Maud and Cecil have been in love since they were children in the pre-Civil War South, but Howard, Maud's domineering brother, disapproves of a marriage between them. Instead, he has chosen English nobleman Lord Lovelace as the ideal fiancé for Maud. On the night that the engagement is to be announced, however, she elopes with Cecil. The runaways are caught, though, after which, because of her loyalty to her brother, Maud sends Cecil away. When the Civil War begins, Howard, Lovelace and Cecil all volunteer, and are all soon reported killed in action. Heartbroken, Maud decides to become a nun, and takes her vows just moments before Cecil, whose death was mistakenly reported, returns from the battlefield and comes to the convent to ask her to marry him.

Directed by Rupert Julian - With Rupert Julian, Francelia Billington, Zoe Rae, Gordon Griffith, Douglas Gerrard

The Old Grey Mayor(1935)

| 20min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Bob Hope wants to marry the mayor's daughter, but the mayor doesn't want his daughter to marry Bob Hope.

Dulcy(1940)

| 1h 13min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens.

Directed by S. Sylvan Simon - With Ann Sothern, Ian Hunter, Roland Young, Reginald Gardiner, Billie Burke, Dan Dailey, ...

We're Rich Again(1934)

| 1h 11min | Comedy

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.

Directed by William A. Seiter - With Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke, Marian Nixon

A New Day in Old Sana'a(2005)

1h 23min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

Tariq's aristocratic family has arranged for him to marry Bilquis, the daughter of a rich judge. However, while out in the city one night, he catches sight of a woman he believes to be Bilquis, and falls in love with her. The woman turns out to be an orphan from the lower class - a henna artist named Ines.

Directed by Bader Ben Hirsi