Best Italian Romance Movies
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Best Italian Romance Movies
TOP Movies: Life Is Beautiful (1997), Frivolous Lola (1998), Malicious (1973), Time Is Up (2021), Three Steps Over Heaven (2004), His Secret Life (2001), Private (2003), Malena (2000), I Am Love (2009), Romeo and Juliet (1968), The Dreamers (2003), The Merchant of Venice (2004), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Love Wedding Repeat (2020), Queer (2024), Spring (2014), Cold Mountain (2003), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), The English Patient (1996), Call Me by Your Name (2017).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, poignant ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, concentration camp, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, life lesson, destiny, ss ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place:
italy, poland, europe, tuscany
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story takes place in northern Italy in the 1950's. Lola and Masetto are about to get married. Masetto wants to keep Lola as a virgin until they are married. But Lola is impatient to remain in chastity until the wedding night. She wants to ...
Style:
erotic, sex comedy, sexy, sensual, sexual ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
erotica, sexploitation, desire, public nudity, exhibitionism, bicycle, seductive behavior, photograph, bakery, sadomasochism, musician, voyeur ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A beautiful housekeeper becomes a romantic attraction to a widower and his three sons.
Style:
erotic, sexual, sexy, naughty, eros ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
taboo, older woman younger man relationship, parents and children, older woman teenage boy sex, housekeeper, older woman teenage boy relationship, voyeur, love and romance, peeping, older woman younger man sex, voyeurism, blackmail ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 70s
Place:
italy, sicily, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, romantic, teen
Plot:
romantic rivalry, accident, love triangle, amnesia, romantic triangle, romantic relationship, in love, memory lapse, couple relations, amnesiac, male female relationship, unfulfilled love ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A bad boy and a socialite girl hook-up.
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
first love, teenage love, forbidden love, teen romance, opposites attract, youth, friendship, best friend, fistfight, blackmail, love, virgin ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce wholesaler named Michele.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, aids, transsexual, male homosexuality, gay relationship, adultery, marriage, relationships, love affair, glbt, gays and lesbians ...
Place:
rome italy, amsterdam, london, milan italy, istanbul turkey ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Tinto Brass - The maestro of Italian erotica is back! Lies, subterfuge, betrayal and mischief. Fallo! is a collection of six stories based on the joys of sexuality and the eroticism of a new generation of women.
Style:
sexy, erotic, captivating, psychological, sensual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, sex scene, sex, sexual fantasy, wife swapping, unfaithful wife, adultery, extramarital affair, female nudity, cuckolded husband, lust, oral sex ...
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124K
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexuality, world war two, hot and sexy, coming of age, longing, older woman younger man relationship, unrequited love, fascism, wartime, older woman younger man, dream girl, women ...
Time:
1940s, ancient times, year 2000, 20th century, year 1943 ...
Place:
italy, sicily, europe, mediterranean sea, southern italy ...
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26K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
Style:
sexy, stylized, erotic, sexual, meditative ...
Plot:
male nudity, food, sex, infidelity, older woman younger man relationship, adultery, bourgeoisie, high society, chef, outdoor sex, bare chested male, making love ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, london, nice france, milan italy ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young ...
Style:
romantic, period piece, costume drama, sweet, colorful ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
forbidden love, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, fall in love, family feud, love story, unfulfillment, parents and children, true love, love, medieval ...
Time:
1900s, year 1968, medieval times, 1930s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, new york, england
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141K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, erotic drama, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
incest, sexuality, protest, sexual relations, sex, nudity, youth, couples, love triangle, brother sister relationship, brother sister incest, sex scene ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, year 2003, near future, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Luxembourg, Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, visually stunning, talky ...
Plot:
shakespeare, renaissance, love and romance, religious intolerance, tudors, women, gay subtext, friends, judaism, culture clash, trial, prejudice ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2004, medieval times ...
Place:
venice, italy, israel, middle east, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style:
costume drama, epic, period piece, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, revolution, war, communism, love story, train, forbidden love, rape, poet, deportation, love triangle, wartime ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 1940s, ancient times ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day.
Style:
rom com, light, funny, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
wedding, self discovery, wedding planning, time loop, male female relationship, nothing goes right, party, manipulation, love and romance, disorder, couples, wedding dress ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
italy
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29K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful ...
Style:
homoerotic, period piece, romantic drama, postmodern, period drama ...
Plot:
male nudity, gay interest, gay, gay sex, older man younger man relationship, gay relationship, desire, heroin, cocaine, gay couple, gay anal sex, gay seduction ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
mexico city, mexico, south america
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34K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, scary, melancholic, lovecraft ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
relationships, immortality, dangerous attraction, small town, blood, night, love, magic realism, adaptation, survival, life & death, runaway ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, california, rome italy, naples italy, new jersey
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163K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Italy, Romania
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, epic, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
american civil war, love story, survival, civil war, tragic love, lovers reunited, slavery, tragic romance, loss of family member, star crossed lovers, getting home, loss of loved one ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, year 2003 ...
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina, appalachia, charleston south carolina ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After a rough divoce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, touching, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
small town, writers, divorce, love, passion, life, tourist, starting over, male female relationship, middle aged woman, friendship, vineyard ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, tuscany, san francisco, california ...
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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: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style:
touching, lgbt cinema, disturbing, independent film, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, summer, gay love, love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, homosexuality, first love, gay interest, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 2010s, 2000s, year 2017
Place:
italy, nebraska, mediterranean sea, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick, detective, funny, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
diamond, jewel thief, pink panther, master criminal, princess, law enforcement, robbery, winter, chase, hotel, car chase, farce ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
switzerland, europe, los angeles, france, paris france ...
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297
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set during the second world war, the sentimental education of a sensual adolescent girl, growing out of her childhood in a small, impoverished village in Southern Italy.
Style:
period drama, tragic
Plot:
world war two, sexual abuse, female protagonist, coming of age, sexual awakening, adolescence, sensuality, trauma, rape, village life, class conflict, mother daughter relationship ...
Place:
southern italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Scusa ma ti chiamo amore is a 2008 Italian film starring Raoul Bova and Michela Quattrociocche. Alex Belli (Bova) is a 37 year old advertising executive whose fiancée Elena has just left him, and who is having difficulty at work trying to think of ...
Style:
touching, romantic, sexy, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
age difference, youth, love and romance, unlikely couple, couples, sex with a minor, teenage sexuality, friendship between teens, teenage life, sex with teenager, love, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, rome italy, italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A wealthy lady can't find a satisfying physical relationship with her husband and she starts acting in porn films using a different identity supplied by a close friend. Soon things goes out of control as it turns out that she is driven by the ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, hot
Plot:
porn actress, coitus, rough sex, cheating wife, sex shop, sexual fantasy, sexual desire, double life, infidelity, adultery, marital problem, sexual relations ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.
Style:
parody, humorous, feel good, slapstick, hilarious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
satire, fashion model, stupidity, model, fashion show, farce, orgy, absurd humor, desert, public humiliation, fashion, serial killer ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2001, 2000s
Place:
rome italy, italy, new jersey
Is relevant?
66K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.
Style:
scary, suspense, atmospheric, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
demon, devil, antichrist, killer child, murder, evil child, devil worship, 666, prophecy, parents and children, black magic, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2000, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
england, london, rome italy, europe, new york ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An unknown actress lands the role of a lifetime in Rome. Paired with an American journalist writing a profile, she will discover surprises about love and life in the eternal city.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, sweet, emotional, modern day adaptation ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
fall in love, love and romance, couples, love story, tourist, prank, passionate interest, culture clash, responsibility, writers, waltz, holiday ...
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Anna and Mara return from a holiday abroad, and realize that Anis, a young Moroccan immigrant, managed to hide in their car in order to cross the border to Italy. At first unsure of what to do, they then decide to take him with them.
Style:
serious, psychological, sentimental, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
lesbian relationship, lesbian, lgbt, love and romance, immigrant, family relations, couples, family life, social differences, eccentric family, society, factory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, uplifting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, first love, cinema, nostalgia, filmmaking, love story, flashback, haunted by the past, philosophy, friendship, adolescence ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1988, 1950s, year 1954 ...
Place:
italy, sicily, rome italy, europe, corsica
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Genre: Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Vanni is a young actor that works as a waiter at the airport. One night, bored at home, he meets a nice and interesting girl in an anonymous video-chat. She wears a curious wool hat that looks like a green frog.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, sweet, romantic
Plot:
connection, loneliness, intimate, slice of life, online dating, character study, isolation, anonymity, waiter, identity, awkwardness, serendipity ...
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