A Merry War (1997), The Rules of the Game (1939), Cluny Brown (1946), June Bride (1948), Mantrap (1926), Six of a Kind (1934), The Garden of Eden (1928), Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Marriage Theme movies.
Storyline: When successful advertiser Gordon Comstock (Richard E. Grant) abruptly walks away from his career to pursue his dream of being a poet, his path is much more difficult than expected. At first encouraged by a prior publishing of his work, Comstock has trouble finding work, and soon financial problems begin to pile up. Also frustrating is that his former co-worker and girlfriend, Rosemary (Helena Bonham Carter), seems uninterested in sex, although she does stand by him despite his struggles.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, british film, literary adaptation, satire, black comedy, social commentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On the brink of WWII, the record-breaking aviator, André Jurieux, safely lands at a small airport crammed with reporters, only to come face to face with his worst fear: the object of his desire, Christine--a blonde noblewoman and wife of the affluent Marquis de la Cheyniest, Robert--is not there to greet him. Intent on winning her back, André accepts his friend Octave's invitation for a lavish hunting weekend at the aristocrat's palatial country estate at La Coliniere, among hand-picked guests and the mansion's servants; however, intrigue, rivalries, and human weaknesses threaten to expose both royalty and paupers alike. Who will breach the unwritten rules of the game?
Plot Keywords: french film, classic film, satire, high society, social commentary, dark comedy, ensemble cast ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate. While there, she becomes friendly with Adam Belinski, a charming Czech refugee. She also becomes interested in a dull shopkeeper named Mr. Wilson. Belinski soon falls in love with Cluny and tries to keep her from marrying Wilson.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, classic, black comedy, british film, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Foreign correspondent Carey Jackson is offered a job on Home Life, a "women's" magazine; he accepts when he finds the editor is his old flame Linda Gilman. Verbal pyrotechnics fly between Carey and Linda as they go to Indiana to cover the Brinker family's "typical American wedding." But triangles lurk beneath the surface of the impending nuptials. Can Carey rescue a story (and his job) out of the wreckage? Can all the sundered hearts be re-united?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, classic hollywood, career woman, lighthearted humor, adapted screenplay, urban setting, emotional entanglement ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
Plot Keywords: silent film, comedy, romance, drama, american film, 1920s, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and thier Great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is arrested in Nevada.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, classic, black and white, 1930s, american film, slapstick, road movie ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually a baroness incognito. Toni falls in love with the handsome Richard, but as they prepare to marry, she comes to believe he is only after the wealth accompanying her new noble status. But truth, like true love, will not be kept secret long.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: silent film, black and white film, drama, romance, adaptation, 1920s, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Living in the big city, Anabel Sims, a shop girl at Roger Sanford and Co. Department Store, has matrimony at the front of her mind, but no potential husband discounting "Old Joe" back in her hometown of Greenville, he who she has no intention of marrying even if he asks her. She knows who she will want to marry once she sees the man, and believes that women should be able to take on the traditional male role in the courtship ritual in pursuing that man. It is love at first sight for her when she spots who she will learn is esteemed pediatrician Dr. Madison W. Brown, she indeed using every trick at her disposal to get him to want to marry her. She learns that he is a creature of habit, which makes it easy for her to stalk him, but she also learns that he considers himself a confirmed bachelor, and if he does decide to marry that he wants to choose his own wife rather than the other way around as he quickly learns what she is doing in constantly and "accidentally" running into him. As such, Anabel adds another measure of attack in her plan, namely to have a potential suitor in name only to make Madison believe that he has competition in garnering her affections. The name she comes up with is Roger Sanford, the owner of the department store. Complications ensue when Roger does actually get involved in Anabel's personal life, he a thrice married and currently single playboy who generally does fall for women if he knows someone else is after them, such as an esteemed pediatrician.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, classic film, 1940s, love story, female lead, gender roles, dating culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, musical, classic film, romance, song and dance, golden age of hollywood, light comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Steven Gaye, a successful New York playwright has passed forty and thinks he has bid farewell to the world of romance. But he falls in love with his secretary, Linda Brown, and suddenly finds himself more madly in love than ever before in his life. Linda reciprocates his feelings but he feels there is a too wide gap in their ages, and he pushes her in the direction of the leading man, Dick Reynolds, in his current Broadway play. Linda becomes engaged to the younger man and finds there is a problem...while Dick is young and romantic, he is also dumb. And the longer Linda is with him, the more she yearns for Steven's comfortable understanding and mature charm. (Despite the site-plot line that says so, she does not marry the son of her boss.)—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, black and white film, classic hollywood, love triangle, witty dialogue, emotional entanglement, cultural clash ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman, all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, aviation, romantic comedy, 1950s, american film, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, classic, black and white, 1930s, american film, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dr. Simon Sparrow's (Sir Dirk Bogarde's) love life improves dramatically when the lovely Delia Mallory (Samantha Eggar) is brought into casualty with a sprained ankle. She's relieved at the diagnosis, as she is a model, and is as attracted to Sparrow as he is to her. Sparrow finds himself treating Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice), who has taken to sleep-walking. He has also quite suddenly lost his gruff manner, and is being quite nice to everyone. Sparrow quickly diagnoses Spratt's condition: he's fallen in love. The object of his affection is Physiotherapist Iris Merchant (Barbara Murray). Sparrow urges him on, but she also has another suitor in the form of Major Tommy Ffrench (Donald Houston). Spratt tries to hire a private detective to follow her, but when that doesn't work out, he takes to following her.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, british film, sequel, 1960s, black and white, love ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tom Ward is just back from College and the only thing that he seemed to learn is how to be obnoxious and loud. He forgoes a bank job to work at Sutton and Company just to make time with Mary, McAndrews' fiancée. Mary warms to Tom, but his work is such that his job is history. After losing his father, it is up to Tom to support and care for his family. His attitude towards work changes, but not his attitude towards Mary.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, black and white, 1930s, american film, early cinema ...
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