Here we've displayed a list of the best Doomed Romance films : Doctor Zhivago(1965), Port of Shadows(1938), McCabe & Mrs. Miller(1971), Gun Crazy(1950), They Live by Night(1948), One Way Passage(1932), Othello(1965), House of Usher(1960), La Traviata(1982), Adrenaline Drive(1999), The Temptress(1926), 711 Ocean Drive(1950) ... ...
Romance, War, Drama, History
Italy|UK|USA
1965
197 Minutes
Omar Sharif Julie Christie Geraldine Chaplin Tom Courtenay Alec Guinness Rod Steiger Siobhan McKenna Ralph Richardson Rita Tushingham Adrienne Corri Geoffrey Keen
doctor brother niece wife politician mistress passionate emotional tender russia moscow siberia world war i russian revolution doomed romance politics marriage poetry forbidden love discovery
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Crime, Drama, Romance
France
1938
91 Minutes
Jean Gabin Michèle Morgan Michel Simon Pierre Brasseur Edouard Delmont Raymond Aimos Robert Le Vigan René Génin
deserter young woman tough guy godfather thug gangster brooding gritty dreamy passionate le havre, france bar port city love escape doomed romance on the run love triangle relationships rescue
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a smoky French port city.
Western
USA
1971
121 Minutes
Warren Beatty Julie Christie Rene Auberjonois John Schuck Bert Remsen Keith Carradine William Devane Shelley Duvall Michael Murphy Anthony Holland
gambler prostitute businessman bounty hunter profound moving dreamy mining town wilderness pacific northwest wild west doomed romance drug addiction american dream big business underdog love pursuit quest 1900s
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
87 Minutes
Peggy Cummins John Dall Berry Kroeger Morris Carnovsky Anabel Shaw Harry Lewis Nedrick Young Trevor Bardette
sharpshooter pacifist newlywed reporter sheriff sister cool thrilling emotional small town carnival car office building southern california doomed romance armed robbery troubled youth crime spree accidental murder on the run
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Cathy O'Donnell Farley Granger Howard da Silva Jay C. Flippen Helen Craig Will Wright Marie Bryant Ian Wolfe Bill Phipps Harry Harvey
fugitive wrongly accused brother niece tense passionate sad gripping texas small town cabin prison break unusual friendship bank heist doomed romance betrayal escape underdog love 1940s
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Romance
USA
1932
69 Minutes
William Powell Kay Francis Frank McHugh Aline MacMahon Warren Hymer Frederick Burton Douglas Gerrard Herbert Mundin Wilson Mizner Mike Donlin Roscoe Karns
murderer sick person police chief con artist thief melodramatic campy amusing emotional ocean liner hong kong bar doomed romance deception travel crime illness love fall mystery
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
Drama
UK
1965
166 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Frank Finlay Maggie Smith Robert Lang Anthony Nicholls Roy Holder Derek Jacobi Joyce Redman Sheila Reid Harry Lomax Michael Turner
othello senator iago desdemona servant campy confident intense brooding venice, italy street castle cyprus bedroom race relations jealousy doomed romance schemes interracial relationship revenge
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Horror
USA
1960
85 Minutes
brother sister suitor campy creepy dark brooding massachusetts estate madness curse family dysfunction revenge doomed romance fall forbidden love rescue 19th century
Upon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.
Musical
Netherlands|Italy
1982
105 Minutes
Teresa Stratas Placido Domingo Cornell MacNeil
gentleman courtesan maid father rival friend passionate powerful sad rousing paris salon country house bedroom doomed romance social customs reputation dueling misunderstanding love
Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned... See full summary »
Comedy
Japan
1999
112 Minutes
Hikari Ishida Masanobu Andô Yutaka Matsushige Kazue Tsunogae Yu Tokui
clerk nurse boss gangster beautiful woman punk hilarious madcap suspenseful office road ambulance river car hospital car accident organized crime doomed romance on the run theft
A bullied employee has a run-in with yakuza, a shy nurse, and a stuffed suitcase. So begins his new life of excitement and adventure with the nurse.
Drama
USA
1926
117 Minutes
Greta Garbo Antonio Moreno Roy D'Arcy Marc McDermott Lionel Barrymore Virginia Brown Faire Armand Kaliz Alys Murrell Robert Anderson Francis Macdonald Hector V. Sarno
architect banker temptress wife husband love interest emotional thrilling paris costume party argentina love triangle relationships affair love doomed romance forbidden love rivalry temptation 1920s
An architect tries suppressing his passion for a seductive woman.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
102 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Joanne Dru Otto Kruger Barry Kelley Dorothy Patrick Don Porter Howard St. John Robert Osterloh Sammy White
repairman hit man police detective gangster assistant gangster's wife brooding gripping suspenseful tense los angeles pier las vegas desert gambling horse racing blackmail murder swindling doomed romance
An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Spain
2001
134 Minutes
Tom Cruise Penélope Cruz Cameron Diaz Kurt Russell Jason Lee Noah Taylor Timothy Spall Tilda Swinton Alicia Witt Johnny Galecki Michael Shannon
tycoon publisher woman friend psychiatrist plastic surgeon intense melodramatic dreamy intricate new york city times square bridge nightclub apartment office vanity wealth fantasy vs. reality doomed romance
A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Warren William Lili Damita Glenda Farrell Harold Huber John Wray Hardie Albright
immigrant street sweeper entrepreneur actress girlfriend uncle melodramatic dark solemn chicago sweden europe factory small town illinois rags to riches business scheme arrogance success doomed romance
Unscrupulous Paul Kroll, starting as a Chicago janitor, uses graft to finance a trip to Sweden where by trickery he gains control of his uncle's small match factory. By expert manipulation ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1999
102 Minutes
Ioan Gruffudd Nia Roberts Sue Jones-Davies William Thomas Mark Lewis Jones Maureen Lipman David Horovitch
jewish man young woman father brother salesman religious person disheartening intricate melodramatic wales small town church house england pregnancy jewish identity doomed romance small-town life secret identity religious differences
A tragic love story between a Jewish young man and a Welsh woman in the beginning of the century. The movie is mostly in English with parts in Welsh and Yiddish
Western
USA
1946
130 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Gregory Peck Joseph Cotten Lionel Barrymore Lillian Gish Herbert Marshall Walter Huston Butterfly McQueen Charles Bickford Tilly Losch Harry Carey
orphan aunt senator outlaw rancher son passionate tense ranch desert texas love-hate relationship love triangle doomed romance cross-cultural romance family dysfunction love revenge rivalry 19th century
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
History, Drama
Germany
1919
85 Minutes
Pola Negri Emil Jannings Harry Liedtke Eduard von Winterstein Reinhold Schünzel Elsa Berna Karl Platen Bernhard Goetzke Magnus Stifter Fred Immler Gustav Czimeg
poor woman louis xv mistress minister cardinal richelieu soldier melodramatic passionate touching france kingdom guillotine royal court madame du barry affair french revolution execution royalty doomed romance rise
The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.
Biography, Drama
USA
1981
129 Minutes
Faye Dunaway Diana Scarwid Howard da Silva Mara Hobel Rutanya Alda Harry Goz Michael Edwards Jocelyn Brando Priscilla Pointer Joe Abdullah Gary Allen
actress orphan young woman boyfriend studio head reporter melodramatic intense dark los angeles movie set mansion joan crawford family dysfunction failing career alcoholism breakdown doomed romance fall rivalry
The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1955
67 Minutes
Frank Silvera Jamie Smith Irene Kane Jerry Jarrett Mike Dana Felice Orlandi Shaun O'Brien Barbara Brand
boxer dancer boss manager thug landlord dark gritty melodramatic gripping new york city boxing ring roof apartment warehouse nightclub kidnapping doomed romance jealousy murder
Ready to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days.
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Jean Simmons Paul Newman Joan Fontaine Piper Laurie Charles Drake Sandra Dee Wally Cassell Alan Napier Ralph Votrian John Wilder Adam Kennedy
marine salesgirl military officer unwed mother sister wife emotional melodramatic mushy suspenseful new zealand dance hall hotel courtroom doomed romance war bride world war ii domestic violence sister relationship alcohol
During WW2, husband-less New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
Drama, Romance, History
UK
2012
129 Minutes
Keira Knightley Aaron Taylor-Johnson Jude Law Domhnall Gleeson Alicia Vikander Matthew Macfadyen Kelly Macdonald Oskar McNamara Olivia Williams Ruth Wilson Emily Watson
wife count husband son farmer princess passionate striking emotional russia estate countryside resort infidelity doomed romance child custody social standing nobility forbidden love transformation
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.
Romance, Drama
UK|Canada|USA
2007
119 Minutes
Shirley MacLaine Christopher Plummer Mischa Barton Gregory Smith Martin McCann Dylan Roberts Gene Dinovi Neve Campbell
airman older woman daughter young man dying person best friend mushy moving confident belfast, northern ireland michigan family home church world war ii doomed romance mother/daughter relationship plane crash ring bombing quest
A young man searches for the proper owner of a ring that belonged to a U.S. World War II bomber gunner who crashed in Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 1, 1944.
Romance
UK
1979
139 Minutes
Richard Gere Lisa Eichhorn Vanessa Redgrave William Devane Chick Vennera Wendy Morgan Rachel Roberts Tony Melody Martin Smith Derek Thompson Simon Harrison
soldier military officer young woman socialite friend passionate moving england dance hall small town army base resort culture clash moral dilemma affair love triangle doomed romance world war ii forbidden love temptation
Joining WWII, USA ships soldiers to UK. Matt and John arrive in 1942. Each see a local woman - married or to be engaged with soldiers serving faraway.
Biography
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Allan Jones Mary Martin Walter Connolly Lee Bowman Susanna Foster Judith Barrett Jerome Cowan John Garrick Pierre Watkin Richard Tucker Hal K. Dawson
husband singer composer doctor opera singer wife emotional melodramatic small town new york city switzerland opera house stage show business troubled marriage fame doomed romance mentorship victor herbert love
A fictionalized version of famous opera composer Victor Herbert where he witnesses the romance, stardom, parenthood, and troubled experiences of his star singers.
Drama
USA
1965
116 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Eva Marie Saint Charles Bronson Robert Webber James Edwards Torin Thatcher Tom Drake Douglas Henderson Morgan Mason Dusty Cadis
artist illegitimate son minister headmaster teacher wife brooding melodramatic powerful passionate monterey, calif. boarding school church beach house guilt single mothers love triangle doomed romance infidelity mother/son relationship
A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.
Drama
Ireland
1997
104 Minutes
Samantha Morton Ross McDade Richard Harris Gabriel Byrne John Lynch Dearbhla Molloy Ian McElhinney Marc O'Shea Stella McCusker Mary McGuckian Des McAleer
young woman young man neighbor brother resistance fighter mother melodramatic brooding emotional northern ireland house expo belfast, northern ireland doomed romance family honor british-irish relations secret love political unrest violence forbidden love
Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by Rohan who wants Malachy to be recruited and fight for the cause and by Hazel's brother Jef, who spies on her meetings.
Drama
USA
1997
123 Minutes
Kate Capshaw Jeremy Davies Vince Vaughn Ashley Judd Paul Rudd Daniel Meyer Jessica Capshaw
farmhand widow son beautiful woman friend sultry dark emotional ranch small town kansas doomed romance dark secrets mysterious past love triangle sexual tension friendship discovery love temptation
A drifter enters a small town looking for employment. While working at the local cattle ranch, he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Kitty and becomes involved in a deadly yet erotic love triangle.
Drama
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Ava Gardner Melvyn Douglas Lucile Watson Janis Carter Gordon Oliver Basil Ruysdael Clarence Muse Walter Kingsford Jack Briggs Will Wright
woman doctor cousin wife love interest crafty engaging intense new orleans courtroom inheritance infidelity love triangle immorality doomed romance love pursuit forbidden love revenge sacrifice
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1973
99 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Esther Anderson Yvette Curtis Johnny Sekka George Baker Earl Cameron Hilary Crane John Beardmore Milos Kirek
doctor daughter dignitary ambassador sad tender london racetrack restaurant doomed romance terminal illness mistaken identity father/daughter relationship forbidden love 1970s
Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter arrive for a month-long visit to London for dirt-bike racing and unexpectedly, a new romance for the widowed Dr. Younger. His new love interest is the ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
USA
2019
100 Minutes
Yara Shahidi Charles Melton Anais Lee John Alberto Leguizamo Gbenga Akinnagbe Miriam A. Hyman Jordan Williams Jake Choi Keong Sim Cathy Shim Shamika Cotton
college student young man young woman family member friend student amusing charming emotional cool heartwarming tense new york city café subway park office jamaica love immigration
A hopeless romantic ambivalent about his future in medical school falls for a hard-luck young woman who doesn't believe in love.