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Classic Romantic films from 1930 - 1999


Badlands (1973)
Terrence Malick’s Badlands is one of the most assured and influential debuts in American film history. A quiet, poetic, and unsettling crime drama, the film loosely adapts the 1958 killing spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, a real-life pair of teenage lovers who went on a rampage across the American Midwest.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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Manhattan (1979)
Written and directed by Woody Allen, this 1979 classic is often hailed as one of his finest works, with its stunning cinematography, insightful screenplay, and exploration of human relationships.

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6 min read
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Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Last Tango in Paris (1972) is one of the most infamous films in cinematic history, known as much for its explicit content as for its exploration of the deeper emotional and psychological landscapes of its characters

Soames Inscker
7 min read
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Hannibal (1959)
In the heyday of the historical epic—when widescreen spectacles like Ben-Hur, Spartacus, and The Ten Commandments drew vast audiences into cinemas—Hannibal (1959) offered a somewhat lesser-known, though no less ambitious, contribution to the genre

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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From Here To Eternity (1953)
Released in 1953 and set against the tense backdrop of Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbour, this Oscar-winning film offers a compelling blend of romantic drama, social commentary, and psychological portraiture, anchored by a legendary cast.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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The 39 Steps (1935)
Review of the Alfred Hitchcock Version of the "The 39 Steps" starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carol.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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The Third Man (1949)
Review of the 1949 British thriller directed by Carol Reed and starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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To Have and Have Not (1944)
Review of the film adaptation of Ernest Hemmingway's novel "To Have and Have Not". Starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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His Girl Friday (1940)
Review of the Cary Grant screwball comedy "His Girl Friday".

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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Dark Passage (1947)
Review of the classic crime romance film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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Notorious (1946)
Review of the Alfred Hitchcock classic "Notorious". Starring Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant and Claude Rains.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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My Favourite Wife (1940)
My Favourite Wife is one of the most quintessential examples of the screwball comedy genre — a film that juggles marital misadventures, romantic reversals, mistaken identities, and slapstick absurdity with sparkling charm.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Review of a quintessential romantic comedy that manages to be both a sparkling social satire and a surprisingly sincere exploration of vulnerability, forgiveness, and self-knowledge.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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Bull Durham (1988)
Review of the Ron Shelton sports romantic comedy "Bull Durham". Starring Kevon Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Broadcast News (1987)
Review of the James L. Brooks romantic comedy capturing the shifting landscape of broadcast journalism in the late 1980s while also dissecting human vulnerability, ambition, and moral compromise.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is both a product of its time and a film that attempted, however cautiously, to transcend it.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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The Edge Of The World (1937)
The Edge of the World is not just a film—it’s a cinematic lament, a wind-swept ballad about change, memory, and the things we leave behind.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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To Catch a Thief (1955)
Review of the Alfred Hitchcock classic film "To Catch a Thief".

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Sabrina (1954)
Review of the 1954 Billy Wilder film "Sabrina" starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Charade (1963)
Review of the 1963 Romantic Crime Drama "Charade". Starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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