Romantic Dramas on Netflix
Last updated January 23, 2025
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsOn the day of Dolly Thatcham's wedding, the sight of her former beau leads her to realize that going ahead with the ceremony would be a huge mistake. Dolly's mother tries valiantly to maintain order in this refined comedy set in the 1930s.
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Kadosh
1999 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsMeir's rabbi father thinks his son should divorce his wife, Rivka, because she's not fulfilling her duty as a child-bearer. Meanwhile, Rivka's sister is in love with a Jewish outcast, but her rabbi wants her to marry a brute.
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As Tears Go By
1988 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsHong Kong gangster Ah Wah (Andy Lau) does all he can to keep his friend and fellow mobster Fly (Jackie Cheung) out of trouble, but Fly continues to wind up in hot water. Ah Wah's crime boss has had about as much as he can stand of Fly, but Ah Wah continues to stand by his friend. To complicate matters, Ah Wah begins to fall for his cousin (Maggie Cheung) but can't find the time to start a relationship and keep Fly out of trouble at the same time.
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Chéri
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen French courtesan Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates) sets her pampered son, Chéri (Rupert Friend), up with middle-aged fellow courtesan Lea de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer), she wants to ensure that he learns everything he needs to know about lovemaking from the very best. But the affair lasts for years, creating problems when it's time for Chéri to marry a wealthy woman. Stephen Frears directs this romantic drama, based on a novel by Colette.
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Cloud 9
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen 60-year-old Inge (Ursula Werner) suddenly delves into a lively, adulterous affair with the even older Karl (Horst Westphal), she finally confesses her newfound passion to her husband of 30 years, Werner (Horst Rehberg). But will she end her illicit relationship with Karl to keep her unexciting-but-stable marriage intact? Andreas Dresen directs this compelling drama also starring Steffi Kühnert.
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Heaven's Heart
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen a dinner party conversation turns to the topic of infidelity, surprising revelations and unsettling questions emerge, and the marriages of two happy couples become increasingly compromised by doubt and distrust. Is unfaithfulness a forgivable response to temptation or an unpardonable offense? Jakob Eklund, Maria Lundqvist, Mikael Persbrandt and Lena Endre star in this provocative drama from director Simon Staho.
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Diary of a Nymphomaniac
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsEver since her first sexual encounter at age 15, middle-class Barcelona Frenchwoman Valére (Belén Fabra) has reveled in her exploits and, at her grandmother's urging, begins writing about them in her diary in director Christian Molina's lush erotic escapade. After losing her job, Valére meets an older man and believes she has found true love. But when he turns out be a disappointment, Valére indulges her love of pleasure by working in a brothel.
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Certified Copy
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's captivating meditation on art and love, British writer James Miller meets a beautiful gallery owner in Tuscany and begins -- or possibly continues -- a romance with her.
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Eloise's Lover
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen she meets alluring lesbian artist Eloïse (Ariadna Cabrol), young architecture student Àsia (Diana Gómez) thrills at the chance to escape her conventional life -- a banal boyfriend, an overbearing mother and average expectations. Àsia agrees to model for Eloïse and they begin a passionate affair, but their tryst sparks unintended consequences, including a tragedy that could destroy Àsia's life.
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Taking the Plunge 2
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsConfident they'll excel at Quebec City's prestigious swimming competition, recent graduates Fred (Jason Roy-Léveillée) and Gaby (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) find themselves in love and in high spirits -- until William (David Laurin), a hunky rival swimmer -- and rival suitor -- catches Gaby's eye. Now Fred and Gaby must sort out their feelings for each other as the competition at the championships intensifies.
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Délice Paloma
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsMadame Aldjéria is a charismatic "fixer" in Algeria who helps her clients with requests, from finding romantic companions to framing innocent people. But one day, the crafty con artist launches a scam that may prove to be her undoing.
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Down to the Dirt
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsDrug addict Keith Kavanagh (Joel Thomas Hynes) longs to clean up his act and get a new start on life, but lacks the motivation to do so. Determined to escape both his small Newfoundland town and his addictions, Keith seeks solace in his girlfriend Natasha (Mylene Savoie) but eventually descends further into depravity. Hynes also penned the semiautobiographical novel that inspired this dark drama.
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Perfect Sense
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAfter sparks fly between a newly single epidemiologist and a charming chef, a puzzling patient -- a truck driver who's lost his ability to smell -- drastically alters the couple's budding relationship in this sci-fi thriller.
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Late Bloomers
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAfter 30 years together, a married couple confronts the unpalatable realities of getting older and concludes that emotional absence is the easiest way to cope. But at what point does distance become divorce?
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Mitti Wajaan Maardi
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsA married man with a family in Punjab goes to America, where, in order to obtain citizenship, he takes another wife. Years later, his American-born grown son travels back to India to fulfill his father's last wish.
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I Kissed a Vampire
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen an exchange student gives him a chomp, Dylan starts to grow fangs, crave blood and suffer nightmares about rocker Trey Sylvania. Desperate to avoid his fate, Dylan tries everything from dental work to anti-bloodsucking pills to remain human.
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Dangerous Ishhq
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsFabulously wealthy Rohan is kidnapped, and police tell his supermodel girlfriend Sanjana that even the ransom won't assure his return. Compounding her helplessness, Sanjana starts having strange visions of them together in different historical eras.
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Daag
1973 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAfter killing a man who attacked his wife, Sunil escapes police custody, changes his identity, starts a new life and remarries. But in a strange twist of fate, his first wife moves to Sunil's new town. Will the two find each other again?
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Alfie
2004 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsSelf-aware British cad Alfie falls in lust too easily and can't commit to one woman in all of Manhattan. But when one of his lovers gets pregnant, Alfie begins to question his existence in this remake of the 1966 film of the same name.
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My Summer of Love
2004 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsMona is tired of her working-class roots, and Tamsin is bored with her pampered lifestyle. When their opposite worlds collide unexpectedly, the girls sense an immediate attraction. But can their unusual friendship survive their differences?
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Lie with Me
2005 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsHappily unattached, the sexually voracious Leila satisfies her desires with a host of rapidly changing bed partners, unconcerned about the emotional consequences. But that all changes when she meets an artist looking for a deeper commitment.
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Still Life
2006 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsTwo couples reunite amid the construction of a new neighborhood along the Yangtze River near the old city of Fengjie, which is now under water after the opening of the Three Gorges Dam. After 16 years apart, Han Sanming returns to look for his ex-wife, while Shen Hong has come back in search of her husband who's been away for more than two years. Like the submerged city, the couples must decide what's worth saving and what's best left behind.
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Nurse.Fighter.Boy
2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAs her compassionate adolescent son Ciel (Daniel J. Gordon) hones his magic skills, hard-working single mother Jude (Karen LeBlanc) battles sickle cell anemia and falls for an aging boxer of few words (Clark Johnson), who struggles to eke out a living fighting in illegal brawls. Written and directed by Charles Officer, this touching love story features soulful songs from the likes of The Maytones, Mikey Dread and The Shieks.
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Rain
2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThree days of rain have left Buenos Aires shrouded in solitude, so when Alma (Valeria Bertuccelli), trapped in a traffic jam, sees her car door swing open and an utter stranger step in, nothing at the moment could be more natural. Bedraggled and bone tired, Roberto (Ernesto Alterio) says he'll go when the rain stops, but no such option awaits Alma, who calls her car home. Together the pair sit out the storm -- and share emotional cover besides.
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Mirch
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThis steamy drama weaves together four separate tales of lust, adultery and -- in a twist on an age-old theme -- the surprising ways that women evade the consequences when they're the ones caught cheating on their spouses.
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