Best British Romance Movies
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Best British Romance Movies
TOP Movies: Me Before You (2016), A Room with a View (1985), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Miss You Already (2015), Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022), Mansfield Park (2007), A Little Chaos (2014), Mansfield Park (1999), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Lady Macbeth (2016), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Ladies in Lavender (2004), Hope Gap (2019), Austenland (2013), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Stardust (2007), Love, Rosie (2014).
List of Best Movies
329K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, tear jerker, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot:
love, disability, love story, fall in love, love and romance, caregiver, quadriplegic, death, enemies to lovers, euthanasia, handicapped, relationships ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, usa, paris france, switzerland, mallorca ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
touching, scenic, period piece, sexy, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
couples, hotel, travel, self discovery, female protagonist, country estate, piano, passion, male nudity, nude bathing, happy ending, comedy of manners ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, year 1985 ...
Place:
italy, england, europe, florence, britain ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.
Style:
romantic, costume drama, feel good, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
love story, love, happy ending, love triangle, love and romance, sisters, fall in love, love affair, social differences, rich and poor, true love, village life ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, 90s, regency period, 1810s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sexy, period piece, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
victorian england, couples, relationships, love story, looking for love, countryside, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, love, unrequited love, wooing ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 2015, 18th century
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sweet, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
prejudice, love, fall in love, happy ending, women, strong female character, love and romance, opposites attract, aristocracy, initially antagonists, wooing, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, 1790s, georgian era ...
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, europe, london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
Style:
touching, semi serious, sad, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, sex scene, friendship, dying, terminal illness, illness, best friend, relationships, pregnancy, life turned upside down, love, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
yorkshire, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The residents of Downton Abbey go on a new adventure that takes them to a Spanish villa.
Style:
sincere, family saga, period piece, saga, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
aristocracy, abbey, country house, earl, royalty, king, high society, domestic servant, countess, aristocrat, mother daughter relationship, inheritance ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
england, britain, french riviera, london, south of france ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In Mansfield Park, poverty-stricken Fanny Price is sent away to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt at Mansfield Park. As she struggles to adapt to her new lifestyle she begins to attract the attentions of suitors, learning about the sexual ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, stylized, witty ...
Plot:
love triangle, couples, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, class differences, unrequited love, social differences, society, unfulfilled love, estate, infidelity ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, regency period ...
Place:
england, europe, britain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King ...
Style:
romantic, light, period piece, costume drama, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gardener, love story, royal court, garden, female protagonist, aristocracy, jealousy, infidelity, intrigue, voyeurism, adultery, extramarital affair ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century, victorian era, 60s, 1930s ...
Place:
france, paris france, versailles, europe, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
This fun and sexy comedy tells a timelessly entertaining story where wealthy, secret passions and mischievous women put love to the test.. When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, sexy, witty, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, country estate, couple relations, literary, women, love, love and romance, feminist, love story, estate, abbey, society ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, middle ages, ancient times, year 1999 ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Style:
depressing, sexual, disturbing, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, loneliness, casino, alcoholism, prostitute, alcohol abuse, prostitution, depression, self destructing, tragedy, alcoholic, medical ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, nevada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The passionate affair of a young woman trapped in a marriage of convenience unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate.
Style:
costume drama, psychological, cynical, depressing, historical drama ...
Plot:
secret lover, cruelty, forbidden love, infidelity, horse, adultery, marriage of convenience, neglectful husband, male nudity, secret relationship, forced marriage, sex scene ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, year 1865, victorian era
Place:
england, northern england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, inspirational, period piece, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, cross dressing, love and romance, shakespeare, lovers, gender disguise, couples, writer's life, tudors, literary, passionate love, monarchy ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, middle ages, medieval times, 90s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, britain
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, witty, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, violinist, polish, village life, sister sister relationship, sisters, human nature, musician, aging, foreigner, suspicion, bittersweet ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, cornwall, europe, london, new jersey ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Cyprus
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, f word
Plot:
marriage, divorce, father son relationship, marital separation, family life, illicit affair, poetry, breakup, family relations, infidelity, love, tragic romance ...
Place:
united kingdom
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
Style:
romantic, period piece, feel good, humorous, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
role playing, couples, looking for love, social misfits, happy ending, destiny, rivalry, love triangle, storytelling, love story, prejudice, passionate love ...
Time:
victorian era, 2010s, regency period, 18th century, 19th century ...
Place:
england, london, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and ...
Style:
gothic, stylized, gothic horror, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
opera, obsession, disfigurement, musician's life, theater, destructive relationship, loneliness, disguise, dangerous attraction, prodigy, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1910s, year 2004, 2000s ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
Style:
sexy, sexual, suspense, erotic, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teacher, forbidden love, lesbian, age difference, older woman younger man relationship, obsession, teachers and students, adultery, older woman younger man sex, lust, blackmail, older woman teenage boy sex ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, europe, england
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297K
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Iceland, UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, dark fantasy, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot:
witch, magic, true love, fantasy world, magical, curses spells and rituals, sword fight, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, chase, imaginary ...
Time:
19th century, year 2007, 2000s, future, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe
Is relevant?
167K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, emotional, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
love story, best friends in love, love, friends in love, best friend, couples, love affair, love and romance, youth, teenage pregnancy, single mother, true love ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, england, los angeles, usa, boston ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt’s parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. ...
Style:
humorous, road movie, sexy, touching, talky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
pregnancy, road trip, sexual humor, parenthood, love story, on the road, couple relations, family drama, love, family relations, parents and children, eccentricity ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
arizona, colorado, wisconsin, usa, miami ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
Style:
erotic, independent film, neo noir, grindhouse, surprise ending ...
Plot:
female bodybuilder, gym, lesbian, lesbian interest, sex scene, bodybuilder, lesbian relationship, desert, fitness, female nudity, lesbianism, brutality ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
las vegas, new mexico, albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's "Uncle Pumblechook" (who is actually Joe's uncle) to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
generosity, orphan, charles dickens, unfulfilled love, benefactor, love and romance, redemption, social differences, rise to the top, hopes, haunted by the past, youth ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, regency period
Place:
england, london
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37K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy ...
Style:
cerebral, art house, melancholic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
old woman, marriage, childless couple, anniversary, aging, elderly, anniversary party, jealousy, promise, character study, haunted by the past, family secret ...
Time:
2010s, year 1962, 21st century
Place:
england, usa, switzerland, berlin germany, tokyo
Is relevant?
422K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, romantic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, family outing, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
witch, fantasy world, princess, magical, fairy, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, kingdom, imaginary kingdom, true love, villainess, magic ...
Time:
14th century, year 2014, 2010s, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
france, scotland, europe
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
This multiple-Oscar-winning film by Roman Polanski is an exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl (Nastassja Kinski, in a gorgeous breakthrough) is sent by her father to the ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, scenic, visually appealing, erotic ...
Plot:
love, breast feeding, rape, tragic love, relationships, literary, mansion, beautiful scenery, nobility, loneliness, peasant, autumn ...
Time:
19th century, year 1979, 1800s, turn of the century, victorian era ...
Place:
eastern europe, britain, england, europe, brazil
Is relevant?
380K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a ...
Style:
romantic, touching, feel good, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
couples, fame, love and romance, power of love, social differences, opposites attract, paparazzi, dating, male female relationship, ordinary person, love story, true love ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, emotional, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
world war two, love story, desert, beautiful scenery, tragic love, power of love, love and romance, passion, adultery, sex scene, doomed love, life philosophy ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1944, year 1942, 90s ...
Place:
sahara, italy, ottoman empire, cairo egypt, africa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, Sweden, France, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The staff of a European publication decides to publish a memorial edition highlighting the three best stories from the last decade: an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
Style:
anthology, funny, costume drama, erotic, visual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
journalist, destiny, magazine, artist, chef, bicycle, voice over narration, journalism, chess, absurdism, chase, hostage ...
Time:
70s, 2020s, post world war two, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
kansas, france, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, semi autobiographical, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
filmmaking, confession, grieving, women, relationships, relationship problems, couple relations, grief, mother daughter relationship, art, woman, sex scene ...
Time:
2020s, 80s
Place:
london
Is relevant?
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