Pluto

The personal stories of many characters, love affairs and philosophies are woven throughout this massive and intricate tapestry of Russia during Napoleon's invasion at the turn of the 19th century.

War and Peace

Katharine Hepburn garnered an Oscar nomination as the "plain yet magnetically beautiful" tomboy rancher, with Burt Lancaster brilliantly cast in the role of the smooth-talking con man.

The Rainmaker

A marshal murders a rancher for gold, but is foiled by his assistant.

The Broken Star

In their final screen performances, Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe are at their luminous best as an aging cowboy and a disillusioned divorcee, each trying to adapt to new ways of life in John Huston's piercing classic. Montgomery Clift also stars.

The Misfits

South Sea freebooters fight for hidden treasure and the love of the beautiful Luana.

Hurricane Smith

In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.

Oklahoma!

Ted Hayden impersonates a wanted man and joins Gentry's gang only to learn later that Gentry was the one who killed his father. He saves Virginia Winters' dad's ranch from Gentry and also rescues his long-lost brother Spud.

West of the Divide

In this Tennessee Williams masterpiece, Marlon Brando is superb as a paradoxical drifter drawn into the desperate lives of two passionate women, Maureen Stapleton and Joanne Woodward, in a small Mississippi town.

The Fugitive Kind

Cary Grant and Irene Dunne are remarkable as a married couple facing the unexpected tragedy of their adopted child’s death in Penny Serenade. The 1941 film was ahead of its time in the way it weaved elements of romantic comedy with tragedy, and also for director George Stevens’ method of moving the story forward by using popular songs of the day. Listen for such numbers as ‘You Were Meant For Me’, ‘Just A Memory’, ‘My Blue Heaven’, and ‘These Foolish Things’. Grant’s performance received an Oscar nomination, while Dunne often cited the film as her personal favorite.

Penny Serenade (1941)

Maciste (Mark Forest) leads a revolt against the tyrannical Queen Smedes in Persian-ruled Egypt, delivering a thrilling sword-and-sandal adventure of strength, courage, and epic spectacle.

Son of Samson

Marlon Brando stars as an Air Force Major who faces prejudice when he falls in love with a Japanese actress while stationed in Japan. Winner of 4 Academy Awards® including Best Supporting Actor and Actress nods to Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki .

Sayonara

Ablaze with guns and guts and glory! Randolph Scott headlines as a star-studded cast in this yarn about battling homesteaders. Director Edwin L. Marin spins this dramatic post-Civil War tale that takes place in the legendary cowtown of Abilene, Kansas.

Abilene Town

In this provocatively daring film, an attention-seeking schoolgirl vengefully spreads rumors that her teachers (Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine) are lesbians.

The Children's Hour (1962)

A man injured while trying to stop a bank raid wakes in his hospital bed to find he has been elected to public office.

The Kansan

A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.

Stella Dallas

Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

Brief Encounter (1945)

The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster, and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.

Dead End

A baby boy is found in a wagon by two friends and they argue about who should take responsibility for him. This leads to a feud and it is only when the boy is grown up that he forces them to patch it up.

Painted Desert

John Travers (John Wayne) takes on a mysterious gang leader known as The Shadow in this vintage western from Hollywood's Poverty Row.

The Star Packer

On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.

South Pacific

After being visited by an old friend a woman recalls her true love, the man she met and lost years ago.

My Foolish Heart

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

Room At The Top (1959)

A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Great Expectations (1946)

Strongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.

Classic Romance Movies

All Classic Romance Movies, listed alphabetically