Here we've displayed a list of the best Promises films : The Devil and Daniel Webster(1941), Five Fingers of Death(1973), Zarafa(2012), The Pledge(2001), The Return of Peter Grimm(1935), Mail Order Bride(1964), Broken Highway(1993), The Deadly Companions(1962), Blue State(2007), Today We Live(1933), A Pact(2013), Cold Dog Soup(1990) ... ...
Fantasy
USA
1941
107 Minutes
Edward Arnold Walter Huston James Craig Jane Darwell Simone Simon Gene Lockhart John Qualen Frank Conlan Lindy Wade George Cleveland Dawn O'Day
farmer senator devil wife assistant neighbor crafty dark uneasy new hampshire farm town greed corruption debt farming promises friendship temptation pursuit
A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer who makes a pact with Satan for economic success enlists Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.
Sports & Fitness, Action
Hong Kong
1973
98 Minutes
Lieh Lo Ping Wang Wang Chin-feng Nan-kung Hsun Feng Tien Chao Hsiung Shen Chan Bolo Yeung
death student master amusing tournament school kung fu promises resistance rivalry
Two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament.
Adventure, Drama, History, Animation, Kids & Family
France|Belgium
2012
78 Minutes
Jean-Christophe Lie
giraffe baby slave trader emotional france desert journey promises escape 19th century
After escaping the clutches of a slave trader, a bold ten-year-old Sudanese boy befriends a young giraffe and a kind Bedouin, who takes them on a splendid journey via a hot-air balloon as far as the palace of King Charles X of France.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2001
124 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Robin Wright Aaron Eckhart Patricia Clarkson Benicio Del Toro Dale Dickey Costas Mandylor Helen Mirren Tom Noonan Michael O'Keefe Vanessa Redgrave
detective serial killer girl witness suspenseful dark mountain restaurant church gas station promises murder mental illness child abuse retirement obsession mystery pursuit 2000s
A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.
Fantasy
USA
1935
82 Minutes
wealthy man ward nephew boyfriend doctor ghost fascinating melodramatic emotional upstate new york house garden supernatural promises greed guilt inheritance afterlife metamorphosis quest
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
Western
USA
1964
83 Minutes
Buddy Ebsen Keir Dullea Lois Nettleton Warren Oates Marie Windsor Barbara Luna
father figure frontiersman mail-order bride outlaw young man engaging heartwarming montana small town kansas city, mo. saloon promises marriage of convenience romance lawlessness settling down old west transformation love 1890s
Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.
Drama
Australia
1993
97 Minutes
Aden Young David Field Bill Hunter Claudia Karvan Norman Kaye Dennis Miller Kris McQuade William McInnes Stephen Davis Peter Settle
sailor girl landowner friend prostitute thug somber dreamy brooding tense queensland australia small town port junkyard dark secrets journey shattered dreams promises outsider
Characters adrift in an isolated landscape collide with the past and each other as they unravel the secrets of a dead man's dreams. A moody meditation on anti-heroism, the film pays tribute to the black and white style of cinema noir.
Western
USA
1962
90 Minutes
Maureen O'Hara Brian Keith Steve Cochran Chill Wills Strother Martin Will Wright Jim O'Hara
outlaw veteran bank robber saloon girl son gunslinger dark thrilling arizona ghost town wild west desert bank bank robbery accidental killing guilt promises death of child burial rise
An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
Comedy
Canada|USA
2007
90 Minutes
Breckin Meyer Anna Paquin Joyce Krenz Richard Blackburn Seun Olagunju Adriana O'Neil Nick Ouellette Tim Henry
political activist young woman young man girlfriend mother father amusing quirky witty road car san francisco winnipeg, canada election promises disillusionment road trip romance politics adventure
BLUE STATE is a romantic comedy about a disgruntled Democrat who actually follows through on a drunken campaign promise to move to Canada if George "Dubya" Bush gets re-elected.
War
USA
1933
110 Minutes
Joan Crawford Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Louise Closser Hale Rollo Lloyd Hilda Vaughn Robert Young
aristocrat neighbor brother soldier american pilot powerful moving patriotic tender kent, england estate france military hospital world war i love triangle home front heroism engagement promises
During WWI, two officers, one a pilot and the other in the navy, compete for the same beautiful young woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Germany|France
2013
85 Minutes
Mark Waschke Marie Bäumer Sylvester Groth Sophie Rois Saskia Rosendahl Johannes Zeiler Markus Quentin Annette Lober
couple boss wife man financial advisor biologist dark brooding gripping intense profound uneasy germany house school past rivalry promises past loves rivalry
Former East Germany in the early 1980s. Paul tricked Georg into handing over his girlfriend Anna to him. But the pact they made stipulated that Georg can have her back when he wishes. Years... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1990
89 Minutes
Randy Quaid Frank Whaley Christine Harnos Sheree North Nancy Kwan Seymour Cassel Pierre Epstein Brent Hinkley Michael DeLorenzo Nick LaTour
dog buyer mother amusing hell heaven first date promises zen rivalry
Randy Quaid as the taxi driver drives Zen parables (Is time money - Is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger/protegee in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of their city's ethnic ... See full summary »
Drama
India
2000
137 Minutes
young man young woman father mother rape victim emotional moving endearing gripping sad india city house bungalow office courtroom rape rape aftermath relationships promises
Inspired by the Telugu film, "Pelli Chuskundam," the plot follows the life of a rape victim (Aishwarya Rai). Now, a disgrace to her family, she is turned away from her house after the ... See full summary »
Drama
India
2014
133 Minutes
Jackky Bhagnani Neha Sharma Boman Irani Farooq Shaikh Kayoze Irani Mita Vasisht Shah Rukh Khan
son father girlfriend politician prime minister patriotic powerful emotional gripping passionate india japan office college chasing dreams dying wish promises changed priorities career vs. love love
Abhimanyu Kaul - a young, independent, Games Developer, living in Japan and the love of his life, Anwita Chauhan - a bubbly, passionate and full of life, summer intern. Their happy and ... See full summary »
Drama
India
1990
169 Minutes
mother son snake charmer husband wife emotional moving endearing gripping thrilling india house village snake farm revenge murder promises love quest pursuit
Sapheran Parvati, along with her newborn son, Suraj, watches helplessly as her husband, Gangu, is wrongly accused of theft, and then beaten to death by Raghuveer Singh, Bhairav Singh, and ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
1999
160 Minutes
Aamir Khan Manisha Koirala Dipti Bhatnagar Dalip Tahil Anil Kapoor Neeraj Vora
young man young woman cruise director cruise employee friend bleak charming sad emotional india singapore city house bungalow cruiser chance meeting meeting love at first sight promises accident
Priya wins a cruise, where she meets Dev and falls in love with him but, because each is bound to an arranged marriage, they part ways and promise to meet again after a year.
Western
1973
95 Minutes
Jack Palance Bud Spencer Francisco Rabal Dany Saval Renato Cestiè Luciano Catenacci
horse thief grandson thrilling mexico old west strength life promises pursuit
A bounty hunter and his sister help a young boy fight to retain the oil-rich spread a wealthy benefactor left him.
Western
1949
90 Minutes
Bill Elliott Marie Windsor Forrest Tucker Jim Davis H.B. Warner Paul Fix Grant Withers Emory Parnell Esther Howard Jody Gilbert Louis R. Faust
outlaw preacher gambler sheriff bounty hunter beautiful woman thrilling gritty melodramatic wild west town saloon church cabin on the run unlikely allies religious conversion bounty robbery promises
An ex-gambler preacher (William Elliott) wants an outlaw (Marie Windsor) to give herself up so he can use the reward for a church.
Romance, War, Drama
1957
95 Minutes
Tatyana Samoylova Aleksey Batalov Vasili Merkuryev Aleksandr Shvorin Svetlana Kharitonova Valentin Zubkov
woman soldier cousin father brooding melodramatic touching moscow russia world war ii promises love love fall 1940s
A Moscow girl (Tatyana Samoylova) loves a World War II soldier (Aleksey Batalov) but marries a pianist.
Action, Western
2001
96 Minutes
Tom Selleck Virginia Madsen Wilford Brimley David O'Hara Christian Kane Barry Corbin Joanna Miles Ken Pogue Patrick Kilpatrick Rex Linn William Sanderson
wanderer cowboy thug captain widow intense ship san francisco wyoming ranch bar death loyalty lawlessness promises romance rivalry love adventure 1880s
A hardened drifter (Tom Selleck) promises his dying friend that he will protect the man's wife (Virginia Madsen) and daughter, and their Wyoming homestead.
Drama
1986
96 Minutes
James Garner James Woods Piper Laurie Peter Michael Goetz Michael Alldredge Alan Rosenberg
brother sweetheart schizophrenic emotional heartwarming moving household united states family history epilepsy promises mental illness transformation love 1980s
A lifelong bachelor (James Garner) must take care of his schizophrenic brother (James Woods), as he promised their mother he would.
Romance
2016
152 Minutes
Nithin Samantha Akkineni Anupama Parameshwaran Naresh Nadhiya Ananya Srinivas Avasarala Brahmanandam Srinivasa Reddy Hari Teja Easwari Rao
young man young woman father mother cousin older sister emotional amusing hilarious melodramatic moving house bungalow train train station hospital forest first love forbidden love parental pressure
Anasuya is the daughter of Mahalakshmi, a rich and strict businesswoman. Her life takes a turn for the better when her father sends her to a village to visit her aunt and she befriends her cousin.