Devi (1960), The More the Merrier (1943), Cluny Brown (1946), Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! (1994), The Return of Martin Guerre (1982), The Family Way (1967), Father of the Bride (1950), Life With Father (1947) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Social Customs movies.
Storyline: The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, and even Ernestine find romance.—Dan Weckerly
Plot Keywords: family, comedy, drama, classic, american film, black and white, 1950s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a barrister who falls in love with Leslie (played by Merle Oberon), the woman he thinks his client will soon be divorcing.—H. A. Lakatos <lakatos@mail.utexas.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, misunderstanding, marriage, divorce, courtroom, london ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, romance, musical, song and dance, workplace, fashion ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris's wife, Mary, is none to fond of Joe and tired of her husband's idolizing. On the eve of the Price's second-honeymoon trip to New York City, Joe arrives and tells Chris that he needs someone to pose as his wife in order to fool his boss in NYC, who thinks Joe got married to an overseas woman while on an assignment. Chris pushes Mary into posing as Joe's wife. In New York, this leads to many complications and misunderstandings, with Mary finally deciding to teach Chris and Joe a lesson by making them believe she is in love with Joe.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, marriage, misunderstanding, fake marriage, 1940s, black and white film, comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: It's been a year since Bill Cardew was declared dead by drowning, and his widow Vicky is now married to his old friend and business partner, Henry Lowndes. When Bill unexpectedly returns from the island where he was marooned, what is Vicky to do? Well, having twice been a rather neglected wife, Vicky finds all the attention from two husbands competing for her favors delightful, and is in no hurry to make a decision...much to the discomfiture of hapless Bill and Henry.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, love triangle, misunderstanding, humor, romantic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, George and Nina Banks are the parents of young soon-to-be-wed Annie. George is a nervous father unready to face the fact that his little girl is now a woman. The preparations for the extravagant wedding provide additional comic moments.
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, romance, wedding, father-daughter relationship, american film, 1990s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teen-age daughter, get fixed up. They start dating and decide to get married. They're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, especially Jake's daughter Stacy, who wants to be the woman of the house, and Abby's oldest son Flip, who hates Jake.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, romance, romantic, marriage, remarriage, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Three working girls in Budapest pool their resources to get a better apartment and impress their dates. One dates a nobleman and, learning of her rejection by him, considers poison. Another drinks the poison by mistake and lands a physician for herself. The third marries a businessman. The first girl gets a shop of her own.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, women, 1930s, hollywood, romantic, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1890, former lawman Will Lane arrives in Montana to keep a promise made to a friend who died. His promise is to take care of his dead friend's son, Lee Carey. Will Lane has the title to the partially built Carey ranch and its livestock. He is to hand over this inheritance to young and immature Lee but only when the lad becomes a responsible and mature man. According to Lee's father's wishes, Will Lane should also see to it that Lee gets married to a responsible woman having her head on her shoulders. This could help keep Lee out of trouble and prevent him from gallivanting around with his no-good, care-free, prankster friends. As Will Lane arrives in the outskirts of Congress, Montana, he unexpectedly runs into young Lee Carey at a rough river crossing. The first encounter with Lee isn't too promising. Later, when Will Lane reveals to Lee Carey his identity and his mission, Lee adopts a rebellious attitude and does everything possible to aggravate the old ex-lawman and sabotage the plan to get Lee married and on the straight-responsible track in life. Eventually, Will Lane will discover that it's hard to get Lee to obey his father's last wishes and even harder to force Lee to marry. Of course, Lee's irresponsible bachelor friends also do the utmost to sabotage old man Lane's plans regarding Lee. They aim to keep Lee irresponsible and single for as long as possible. But old man Lane has a little trick up his sleeve. He places wife-wanted ads in the newspapers and he even travels to Kansas City to interview a few prospective candidates willing to marry Lee, a man they've never met before. It turns out that it's easier to find a wife for Lee than it is to persuade Lee to stay married to her.—nufs68
Plot Keywords: comedy, western, romance, marriage, 1960s, american film, light comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to pay for her daughter Susan's college tuition. The catch: Abby must also become a co-ed or she can't touch the money. After passing her entrance exams, Abby goes to college and becomes very popular, especially with a handsome English professor whom Susan has a crush on.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, romance, campus, college life, misunderstanding, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Hogan owns and operates the Centaur Apartment complex. He rents the units to young women only at less than half their market value in order to spy on them lasciviously and seduce them. After Hogan's latest conquest, Dr. Irene Wilson, a college professor, moves out when their romance goes sour, Hogan is more than happy to rent that apartment to blonde college student Robin Austin. Hogan is even happier when he learns Robin will have a slightly taller brunette roommate. What Hogan doesn't initially know is that Robin is Irene's student and niece, and that Robin's roommate will be her boyfriend, fellow college student David Manning. Not wanting to mistake lust for love, Robin convinced a sexually frustrated David - with who she has not yet had sex - to this platonic cohabitation arrangement solely to see if they are truly compatible as people before they decide to get married. When Hogan finds out about David and the arrangement, he tries subversively to thwart any romance between Robin and David, all the while trying to get Robin for himself. Once Irene finds out about Robin and David's arrangement, she tries first to ensure that they stick to the agreement and second that Hogan isn't trying any funny business with Robin, all in the name of protecting her niece. Irene, a professor of Education for Marriage, may be able to add some professional wisdom and first hand knowledge of Hogan to help the process along.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, love, 1960s, american film, columbia pictures, light comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Married life isn't as blissful as either Dick or Janie had hoped. Dick is hired to write filler for his father-in-law's newspaper, but is never allowed to prove his real worth. Janie has to do housekeeping while dealing with a "well-meaning" mother and mother-in-law. When Dick invites an army buddy to stay with them, and that buddy turns out to be a girl, the situation takes a turn for the worse.—Chris Stone <jstone@bellatlantic.net>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, family, sequel, 1940s, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Pretty but scatterbrained Barbara Olmstead arrives in Mexico City to marry her soldier fiance, learns he's been delayed, and runs off to find a place to stay. Meanwhile, fiance Phil arrives after all, just misses Barbara, and goes off in quest of her. As further complications ensue, American consul David Flanner (who has an impatient fiancee of his own) is caught in the middle and driven nearly frantic...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, marriage, 1940s, black and white, classic, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to someone rather older, while becoming romantically involved with a local farmer - at least until he tries to evict a newly-arrived expectant couple who park their caravan on his land.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, british film, nurse, countryside, medical, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A nightclub singer loses her husband in an automobile accident, and soon afterward witnesses the murders of two narcotics agents, and suffers a nervous breakdown. The police come to believe that all three murders are related, as they had suspected her husband was involved in a heroin smuggling ring, and now they think she may have been involved in it - especially after they find a large stash of heroin hidden in her apartment.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, 1950s, american film, black and white, romantic comedy, marriage ...
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