Romantic Dramas on Netflix
Last updated January 22, 2025
Greetings from the Shore
2007 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsTrying to raise tuition money during her last summer before college, Jenny takes a job at an elite Jersey Shore yacht club, where she finds romance with a working-class boy and gets caught up in illegal activities involving Russian sailors.
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The Countess
2008 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsBlaming her advancing age for a failed romance with a younger man, 16th-century Hungarian countess Erzebet Báthory begins murdering virgin girls and bathing in their blood, believing that the grim ritual will restore her youthful beauty.
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Ondine
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA fisherman's life is transformed when he catches a beautiful and mysterious woman in his nets. As he falls helplessly in love, his daughter comes to believe that the woman is a magical creature.
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Blue Valentine
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsOnce crazy about each other, Cindy and Dean have now grown apart. Cindy is disenchanted while Dean languishes in the emotional emptyness of their life in rural Pennsylvania. As they muddle through their marriage, they hearken back to the golden days.
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Cole
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsLooking to escape from his tiny town, aspiring writer Cole Chambers enrolls in a university class in the city, where he falls for a fetching fellow student -- a black woman whose controlling parents don't approve of the match.
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I Am Love
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFamily dissension, unbidden desire and other tensions bubble to the surface during a patriarch's birthday party. When the seemingly picture-perfect Recchi clan gathers to celebrate the man, the veneer of civility quickly falls away.
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Country Strong
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhile on tour to revive her career, country singer Kelly falls for emerging musician Beau and tries to hide their romance from her husband/manager. The love triangle is further complicated by Kelly's vices and the introduction of a young songstress.
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The Art of Getting By
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFreddie Highmore stars in this romance tale as a teenage rebel with no time for textbooks, but when he's given a glimmer of friendship with longtime crush Sally Howe, the trench-coated loner discovers that some feelings aren't too trite to explore.
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Beginners
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsOliver, a graphic artist, is coming to grips with the imminent death of his father, who, at 75, has one last secret: He's gay. Inspired and confused by his father's determination to find true love at last, Oliver tentatively pursues his own romance.
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Could This Be Love?
2007 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsLucas (Vincent Lindon), a successful businessman, falls in love with Elsa (Sandrine Bonnaire), an artist who's been commissioned to paint a mural in his office building. Not trusting his heart, Lucas asks his company's head of security (François Berlléand) to trail her. When the three get tangled up in the latest surveillance technology, Lucas's clever plan blows up in his face. Pierre Jolivet directs this romantic comedy.
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Like Crazy
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAn American man and a British woman fall madly in love while attending college in Los Angeles. But when she returns to London, their trust is tested, forcing them to confront the idea that their love may be impermanent.
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Love and Savagery
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen Michael travels from Newfoundland to Ireland, he falls in love with Cathleen, a beautiful woman who has devoted herself to God and the church from a young age. Cathleen finds herself torn between her faith and her newly discovered desires.
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Kiss Me Again
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn this sequel to 2001's The Last Kiss, Carlo finds himself at a crossroads once again as his marriage to the beautiful Guilia has failed -- even if his love for her has not. Meanwhile, the couple's friends struggle with their own mid-life crises.
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A Balcony on the Sea
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen real estate agent Marc shows a beautiful client around a property, he realizes she's an old flame he left behind in Algeria years ago. Soon they're having a passionate affair -- until Marc discovers that nothing is what it seems.
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Love Is All You Need
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsPierce Brosnan stars in this romantic comedy about several people in Sorrento, Italy, searching for love and dealing with jealousy, passion, romance and loneliness as they struggle to change their lives for the better.
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The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFamily rifts crop up and complications ensue when absentee father Jim Fitzgerald -- who deserted his wife and seven children two decades earlier -- announces his intention to return home for Christmas.
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Angèle et Tony
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsRecently out of prison, Angèle is desperate for a relationship so she can get her young son back from her parents-in-law. When she answers a personal ad and meets Tony, a fisherman, she thinks she's found her mark, but in this awkward love story, he isn't exactly scrambling for her affection or her body.
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Aaina
1993 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsSibling rivalry erupts when outspoken Roma and her timid younger sister, Reema, develop feelings for the same man, Ravi, who in turn falls for Roma -- until she leaves him at the altar. But when Ravi romances Reema, Roma returns to cause more grief.
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Yeh Dillagi
1994 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen his mother, Shanti, forbids charismatic playboy Vicky to date gorgeous Sapna, the daughter of a family servant, his responsible older brother, Vijay, tries to help his sibling understand -- only to fall for the girl himself.
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Days of Thunder
1990 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsTalented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that leads to an accident. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries -- and his fears.
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Refugee
2000 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsDuring the India-Pakistan conflict, a young man who's more concerned with business than taking sides smuggles Muslim refugees into Pakistan to find better lives. But one such refugee, the lovely Naaz, shows him a possible path to happiness.
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Stealing Beauty
1996 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAfter four years, American teenager Lucy Harmon (Liv Tyler) returns to the artist's colony in Tuscany where her recently deceased mother was once the resident poet. Lucy has arrived to learn more about her mother's past and does not anticipate the emotional and sexual revelations that await her in the pastoral paradise. Rachel Weisz, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes co-star in this drama from director Bernardo Bertolucci.
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The Dancer Upstairs
2002 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAugustin Rejas attempts to find the mysterious Ezequiel, the leader of a revolution being fermented by native people of a Latin American nation. But weighing equally heavy on Rejas's psyche is his attraction to his daughter's ballet teacher.
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I Capture the Castle
2003 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsTo save the crumbling English castle in which he resides, James Mortmain attempts to marry off his young daughters, love-welcoming Rose and love-thwarting Cassandra, to Simon and Neil, the two wealthy American men who've arrived to take ownership.
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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsSet in turbulent 1950s Cuba, this sequel to Dirty Dancing resurrects the story of a well-off American girl falling for a local boy on the dance floor. But when Castro's insurgency forces Americans to flee, the young lovers' future is threatened.
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