Highest-Rated Movies about 'Career Vs. Love', Sort by Popularity

Carmen & Geoffrey (2006), Point Break (1991), The Mysterious Lady (1928), True Lies (1994), Third Finger, Left Hand (1940), Rose of Washington Square (1939), The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958), Sailing Along (1938) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Career Vs. Love movies.

#1. Carmen & Geoffrey (2006)

Storyline: This intimate documentary follows careers of two remarkable personalities: Carmen de Lavallade, a dynamic dancer and choreographer from California who moved to New York with Alvin Ailey and began a legacy of modern dance in America, and her husband Geoffrey Holder, a Trinidad-born choreographer, set and costume designer, painter and man about town with productions such as The Wiz. Features interviews and performance footage of friends and colleagues: dancers Judith Jamison, Gus Solomons, Jr., Dudley Williams, Ulysses Dove and Alvin Ailey.—Scott P

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, dancer, actor, choreographer, painter, charming ...

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#2. Point Break (1991)

Storyline: In Los Angeles, California, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-Presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon, and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers, and send young Agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi, and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend.

Plot Keywords: undercover agent, fbi agent, bank robber, surfer, love interest, leader, gutsy ...

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#3. The Mysterious Lady (1928)

Storyline: In Vienna, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Captain Karl von Raden and his partner Captain Max Heinrich learn in the box office that the ticket for the opera is sold-out. Out of the blue, a man returns his ticket and Karl buys it and shares a box with a gorgeous woman that is waiting for her cousin. Karl gives a ride home to the lady and they spend the night together. On the next day, they spend a wonderful day in the countryside together. Karl is assigned to travel to Berlin by train to deliver secret plans to the German government. His uncle, Colonel Eric von Raden, who is the chief of the Austrian secret service, advises Karl the woman with whom he had spent the previous day is the notorious Russian spy Tania Fedorova. While in the train, Tania meets Karl to tell that she is in love with him, but he rejects her telling that he knows who she is. On the next morning, Karl wakes up and finds that the plans have been stolen and he receives a message from Tania telling that she came as a woman in love with him and left as his enemy. Karl is expelled and imprisoned by the army as traitor but his uncle offers him the chance to clean his name, traveling to Warsaw to find who the traitor is. Karl poses as pianist and meets Tania and her lover, the powerful General Boris Alexandroff. What will Karl and Tania do?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: spy, mysterious woman, general, captain, russian, saboteur, tense ...

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#4. True Lies (1994)

Storyline: Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) leads a double life. At work he is a government agent with a license to do just about anything, while at home he pretends to be a dull computer salesman. He is on the trail of stolen nuclear weapons that are in the hands of fanatic terrorists when something more important comes up. Harry finds his wife is seeing another man (Bill Paxton) because she needs some adventure in her life. Harry decides to give it to her, juggling pursuit of terrorists on one hand and an adventure for his wife on the other while showing he can Tango all at once.

Plot Keywords: spy, wife, partner, terrorist, daughter, car dealer, wild ...

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#5. Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)

Storyline: Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>

Plot Keywords: editor, artist, boyfriend, father, sister, law student, witty ...

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#6. Rose of Washington Square (1939)

Storyline: New York city in the 1920s: a singer struggles to keep her boyfriend from trouble. When she makes it to Ziegfeld, he heads for five years in jail. Lots of Faye and Jolson singing. The story is so close to the true story of Fanny Brice and Nicky Arnstein (Jules W. Arndt Stein) that he sued the studio in a case that was quickly settled out of court in his favor.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: singer, vaudevillian, gambler, wife, con artist, partner, hilarious ...

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#8. Sailing Along (1938)

Storyline: Kay, who works on a Thames River barge, and Steve are secretly in love with each other but do their best to hide it. Kay wants desperately to be a music-hall star and Steve wants to be a player in the world of high finance. An eccentric millionaire decides to do what he can to see that they achieve their dreams.—frankfob2@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords: millionaire, entertainer, financier, agent, chorus girl, charming, melodramatic ...

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#9. Backbeat (1994)

Storyline: A pre-fame Beatles head for the seedy clubs of Hamburg in search of success. The band meet up with a group of trendy German beatniks, one of whom (Astrid Kircherr) bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe falls in love with. Whilst best friend John Lennon can only watch, Sutcliffe has to choose between rock 'n roll and a new life in Germany...—Douglas Baptie

Plot Keywords: john lennon, beatnik, girlfriend, guitarist, groupie, photographer, brash ...

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#10. From the Terrace (1960)

Storyline: Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.—Mike Welsch <m.welsch@az05.bull.com>

Plot Keywords: careerist, socialite, sweetheart, financier, magnate, business partner, melodramatic ...

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#11. No Love for Johnnie (1961)

Storyline: Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves.—Lars Skogan

Plot Keywords: politician, model, wife, neighbor, somber, intricate, england ...

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#12. Ex-Lady (1933)

Storyline: Commercial artist Helen Bauer believes marriage kills romance. She lives with advertising writer Don Peterson. He convinces her to marry him. He later carries on with client Peggy Smith; Helen takes up with Don's competitor Nick Malvyn. In the end, the couple agree to give marriage another chance.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: illustrator, advertising executive, married woman, ladies' man, husband, wife, amusing ...

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#13. Next Time We Love (1935)

Storyline: In New York, the rookie newsman Christopher "Chris" Tyler dreams on becoming a famous journalist. When his girlfriend Cicely spends a couple of days with him, they decide to get married and Cicely leaves college. Chris's best friend Tommy Abbott is his best man and becomes a family's friend. Chris has his great chance when his editor Frank Carteret sends him to Rome assigned as a foreign correspondent. Cicely stays in New York with Tommy and does not tell to Chris that she is pregnant. When she delivers the baby Kit, Chris celebrates and loses a big scoop and his boss fires him. Chris falls in disgrace and the couple has economic difficulties; however Tommy lends money to Cicely and offers an opportunity on the stage as an actress. Cicely is hired and becomes successful and Chris is depressed with the situation. Cicely seeks out Frank Carteret and explains the situation, and he offers a job opportunity to Chris in Russia. He accepts the job but Cicely stays in New York with their son. Along the years, their marriage ends with the distance, but they are still in love with each other.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: newspaper reporter, aspiring actress, friend, producer, melodramatic, somber, new york city ...

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#14. A Lot Like Love (2005)

Storyline: On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?

Plot Keywords: young man, young woman, friend, partner, amusing, touching, los angeles ...

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#15. A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941)

Storyline: Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup comes to town to see Dot, his gal. When Steven is with Cecilia, everything is boring. When he is with Dot and Coffee Cup, everything is exciting and he falls for Dot. But Coffee is getting out of the Navy in a few days and he plans to marry Dot.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: executive, secretary, sailor, mafioso, wrestler, social climber, amusing ...

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