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1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter and his love, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley

Votes: 1,215,652 | Gross: $305.41M

2. North to Alaska (1960)

Approved | 122 min | Comedy, Romance, Western

During the Alaska gold rush, prospector George sends partner Sam to Seattle to bring his fiancée but when it turns out that she married another man, Sam returns with a pretty substitute, the hostess of the Henhouse dance hall.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian

Votes: 8,525

3. The Lost World (2001)

TV-14 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

An expedition leaves for the Amazon to prove the existence of dinosaurs.

Stars: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Tom Ward, Matthew Rhys

Votes: 3,393

4. The Love Inside (2015)

TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When Vaughn invites friends to a cabin for the weekend to meet his fiancé, one unexpectedly arrives with his ex-girlfriend. Long repressed feelings are reawakened and his engagement is thrown into doubt in this subversive romantic comedy.

Directors: Andrew Irvine, Mark Smoot | Stars: Byron Brown, Kat Foster, Joey Kern, Zachary Knighton

Votes: 105

5. The Keyhole (1933)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman (Kay Francis) with two husbands (Monroe Owsley, Henry Kolker) tries to divorce one of them by heading down to Havana where things get more complicated.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Kay Francis, George Brent, Glenda Farrell, Monroe Owsley

Votes: 701

6. Love's Portrait (2022 TV Movie)

84 min | Drama, Romance

It follows Lily, a museum curator who discovers a painting that looks just like her. She goes to find where the painting came from and who painted it.

Director: John Lyde | Stars: Aubrey Reynolds, Richard McWilliams, Kathryn McKiernan, Tamari Dunbar

Votes: 813

7. My Forbidden Past (1951)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800s. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Lucile Watson

Votes: 1,162

8. Dear Ruth (1947)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

A family is befuddled when a World War II serviceman shows up to meet and marry his pen pal sweetheart. Everyone's in the dark about the romance by mail. Then they discover Ruth's younger sister was the culprit.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Edward Arnold

Votes: 717

9. Hunt the Man Down (1950)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson, Willard Parker

Votes: 1,053

10. Badlands of Dakota (1941)

Approved | 74 min | Western

Indian raids are being perpetrated by an outlaw gang in disguise.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer

Votes: 269

11. Penthouse (1933)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A lawyer's fiancée leaves him after he defends a racketeer accused of murder, but she needs his help when her new beau is accused of killing an old flame.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Mae Clarke

Votes: 1,380

12. The Bride Goes Wild (1948)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

McGrath publishes children's book, hires Martha as illustrator. Uncle Bump battles alcoholism, writer's block. He schemes to keep Martha, involving Danny. Romantic feelings arise between Uncle Bump and Martha amid personal challenges.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, Hume Cronyn

Votes: 498

13. We Were Dancing (1942)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

Two titled aristocrats support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Lee Bowman

Votes: 530

14. Stingaree (1934)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young woman is seduced by a charismatic highwayman who offers her promises of fame as a singer in exchange for romance.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Irene Dunne, Richard Dix, Mary Boland, Conway Tearle

Votes: 521

15. My Wife Maurice (2002)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy

Georges, a wealthy Parisian, has a mistress who wants to marry him, but he has no intention of divorcing his wife, the source of his money. The mistress, meanwhile, has a jealous boyfriend,... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Alice Evans, Claudie Arif, Régis Laspalès, Philippe Chevallier

Votes: 809 | Gross: $0.00M

16. A Letter for Evie (1946)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Romance, War

An oafish soldier receives a shirt but disregards the letter inside sent by a lovelorn secretary, prompting his bumbling friend to impersonate him in order to win her heart.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Marsha Hunt, John Carroll, Hume Cronyn, Spring Byington

Votes: 459

17. Cruel, Cruel Love (1914)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Comedy

A silly aristocrat who believes that he has been jilted attempts suicide but he is saved from death and reunited with his fiancée.

Directors: George Nichols, Mack Sennett | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edgar Kennedy, Minta Durfee, Eva Nelson

Votes: 1,456

18. Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)

Approved | 97 min | Drama

An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company's interests. " The characters and the institution portrayed in the story are not actual but the product of ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Jean Muir, Lyle Talbot

Votes: 329

19. Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)

12 min | Comedy, Short

A city slicker is driving through a small town when his car has a flat. A local boy and his girlfriend walk by and the boy volunteers to fix the man's tire. While he's doing that, the city ... See full summary »

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Minta Durfee, Ed Brady, Mack Swain

Votes: 225

20. Law of the Tropics (1941)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance

The telegram that Jim Comway receives states that the woman he was to marry, Laura, could not move to a country she didn't know, and marry a man she felt she no longer knew

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Constance Bennett, Jeffrey Lynn, Regis Toomey, Mona Maris

Votes: 172

21. Always a Bride (1940)

Not Rated | 58 min | Comedy, Romance

Alice Bond is under a lot of pressure from her parents to marry Marshall Winkler, an arrogant blowhard whose only positive quality is his money. Alice really cares for Michael Stevens, an ... See full summary »

Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Rosemary Lane, George Reeves, John Eldredge, Virginia Brissac

Votes: 202

22. Dark Shadows (1991)
Episode: Episode #1.8 (1991)

TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A jealous Angelique uses witchcraft to prevent the marriage of Barnabas and Josette Du Pres by casting a spell to make Josette fall in love with Jeremiah. Meanwhile, Victoria and Josette ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Ben Cross, Lysette Anthony, Barbara Blackburn, Jim Fyfe

Votes: 77

23. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode: Portrait of Teresa (1962)

TV-14 | 49 min | Western

Hardie investigates a stagecoach hold-up and discovers only a single letter was stolen. He learns that the letter was sent from a woman who fled an arranged marriage with a brutal land ... See full summary »

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Dale Robertson, William Demarest, Virginia Christine, Mary Jane Saunders

Votes: 29

24. Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010)
Episode: Imaginary Friends and Enemies (2008)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy

When Jim and Melinda are invited to an old friend's wedding, Melinda meets the bride's daughter's not so imaginary friend.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad, Christoph Sanders, Jamie Kennedy

Votes: 286

25. The Company You Keep (2023)
Episode: Pilot (2023)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama

A night of passion leads to love between con-man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally.

Director: Ben Younger | Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Catherine Haena Kim, Sarah Wayne Callies, Polly Draper

Votes: 500

26. The Campbells (1986–1990)
Episode: Ancient Wounds (1990)

Adventure, Drama, Family

A stranger claims she was once betrothed to Capt. Sims and jilted. Harriet is upset and Sims moves out. Rebecca is nervous about the School Inspector coming for dinner so Dr. Campbell pretends to be Sims and takes his place at the dinner.

Director: Donald Shebib | Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Amber Lea Weston, Eric Richards, Cedric Smith

27. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.4433 (2012)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Ian White | Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Nicola Stapleton, Hetti Bywater, Alex Francis

28. Reign (2013–2017)
Episode: Leaps of Faith (2017)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

Mary must choose between love and country, while Gideon attempts to show her why she should choose love. French court is in chaos as Catherine's daughter Leeza returns home, directing her ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Binamé | Stars: Adelaide Kane, Megan Follows, Rachel Skarsten, Celina Sinden

Votes: 228