Top Rated Romance Movies on Kanopy - Page 17

Mario

2018

Mario

2018
7.2
Two young gay soccer players get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love.
Boccaccio '70

1962

Boccaccio '70

1962
6.9
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.
Ordinary Love

2019

Ordinary Love

2019
6.8
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
The Face of Love

2013

The Face of Love

2013
6.1
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
Hello I Must Be Going

2012

Hello I Must Be Going

2012
6
Divorced and demoralised, Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone wants to help but, as her patience level with advice is plummeting, a bold teenage boy enters her life, igniting her last bit of self-esteem.
Gregory's Girl

1981

Gregory's Girl

1981
6.8
A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.
First Love

2022

First Love

2022
5.7
A young man’s difficult entry into adulthood, who experiences the highs and lows of his first love, while dealing with the familial fallout spurred by the financial crisis of 2008.
Kiss of the Damned

2012

Kiss of the Damned

2012
5.1
Beautiful vampire Djuna tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo, but eventually gives in to their passion. When her seductive and highly volatile sister Mimi unexpectedly comes to visit, she threatens Djuna's new relationship, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.
A Farewell to Arms

1932

A Farewell to Arms

1932
6.2
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic's transfer, tremendous challenges and difficult decisions face each as the war rages on.
Madame Bovary

1991

Madame Bovary

1991
6.3
Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.
Mandingo

1975

Mandingo

1975
6.7
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
A Promise

2013

A Promise

2013
5.7
A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's teacher. Separated by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.
A Five Star Life

2013

A Five Star Life

2013
5.8
Single and middle-aged, beautiful Irene (Margarita Buy) is wholly devoted to her job as an inspector of luxury hotels. Constantly on the road, she indulges in expensive pleasures at impeccable resorts, but always incognito and alone, soon escaping to the next exotic destination with her checklist and laptop in tow. When her best friend and ex, Andrea (Stefano Accorsi), who has always been a source of emotional support, suddenly becomes unavailable, Irene is thrown into a deep existential crisis. "Luxury is a form of deceit," she is told by a fellow traveller in the fog of a steam room, and thus begins Irene's quest to bring more meaning into her life.
Angels of Sex

2012

Angels of Sex

2012
6.4
Struggling martial artist and dancer Bruno loves his girlfriend Carla, but when he meets fellow dancer Rai, serious sparks begin to fly, opening the couple up to new possibilities. A new generation navigates sexual fluidity, torn affections, and open relationships in this complicated love triangle.
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

1976

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

1976
6.8
After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues when Vadinho's spirit returns into her life.
Camille Claudel

1988

Camille Claudel

1988
6.8
The life of Camille Claudel, a French sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.
Tropical Malady

2004

Tropical Malady

2004
6.8
The passionate relationship between two men with unusual consequences. The film is divided in two parts. The first half charts the modest attraction between two men in the sunny, relaxing countryside and the second half charts the confusion and terror of an unknown menace lurking deep within the jungle shadows.
The Feels

2017

The Feels

2017
5.7
A lesbian bachelorette weekend goes awry when one of the brides admits she's never had an orgasm.
Renoir

2012

Renoir

2012
6.4
In the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir, son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste, returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.
The Tiger of Eschnapur

1959

The Tiger of Eschnapur

1959
6.3
In Eschnapur, a German architect saves the life of the Maharajah's favorite temple dancer and becomes Maharajah's friend but their friendship is tested when the architect and the dancer fall in-love, triggering the Maharajah's vengeful ire.