Here we've displayed a list of the best Unlikely Romance films : Nostalgia(1983), The Executioner(1963), My Man Godfrey(1936), Rust and Bone(2012), The Grey Fox(1982), Dogfight(1991), Minnie and Moskowitz(1971), Stormy Weather(1943), Somewhere in Time(1980), Anastasia(1997), Sweet and Lowdown(1999), Lover Come Back(1961) ... ...
Drama
Italy|Soviet Union
1983
130 Minutes
Oleg Yankovsky Domiziana Giordano Delia Boccardo Laura De Marchi Patrizia Terreno Milena Vukotic Alberto Canepa
poet interpreter russian mystic mentally ill person pretty woman bleak somber dense emotional passionate hill tuscany, italy ruins church countryside village research journey homesickness
A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.
Comedy, Drama
Spain|Italy
1963
95 Minutes
Nino Manfredi Emma Penella José Isbert Angel Alvarez Guido Alberti María Luisa Ponte Julia Caba Alba Lola Gaos Félix Fernández Alfredo Landa Jose Luis Coll
executioner undertaker daughter prisoner love child crafty witty offbeat spain prison execution chamber execution unlikely romance work moral dilemma death difficult decision love sacrifice discovery
An undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
William Powell Carole Lombard Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Gail Patrick Alan Mowbray Jean Dixon Mischa Auer Robert Light Pat Flaherty Franklin Pangborn
socialite butler sister mother father protégé hysterical madcap confident new york city family home dump wealth employment family dysfunction unlikely romance class distinctions transformation love rise
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Romance, Drama
France|Belgium|Singapore
2012
122 Minutes
Marion Cotillard Matthias Schoenaerts Armand Verdure Céline Sallette Corinne Masiero Bouli Lanners Jean-Michel Correia Mourad Frarema Yannick Choirat
bouncer amputee sister son kickboxer friend moving inspiring south of france household hospital nightclub unlikely romance disability social standing father/son relationship love transformation 2010s
Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Western
Canada
1982
92 Minutes
Richard Farnsworth Jackie Burroughs Wayne Robson Ken Pogue Timothy Webber Gary Reineke Dave Peterson Don Mackay Samantha Langevin Tom Heaton
photographer train robber ex-convict detective pinkerton agent charming engaging powerful british columbia train town prison movie theater bill miner heist one last job second chance train robbery unlikely romance temptation
When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber.
Drama
USA
1991
95 Minutes
River Phoenix Lili Taylor Richard Panebianco Anthony Clark Mitchell Whitfield Holly Near Elizabeth Daily Brendan Fraser
marine girl friend mother endearing touching tender party san francisco coffee shop deception marine life unlikely romance dogfight redemption love transformation 1960s
Before leaving to fight in Vietnam, a group of teenagers play a game where they try to seduce the ugliest girl they can find.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
114 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Seymour Cassel Val Avery Timothy Agoglia Carey Katherine Cassavetes Elizabeth Deering Elsie Ames Lady Rowlands Holly Near Judith Roberts Jack Danskin
parking lot attendant museum curator hippie mistress charming engaging offbeat witty los angeles unlikely romance unrequited love self-discovery heartbreak disillusionment love discovery transformation 1970s
A museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.
Musical
USA
1943
77 Minutes
Lena Horne Bill Robinson The Nicholas Brothers Dooley Wilson Nat Stanfield Johnny Horace Babe Wallace
dancer singer fats waller cab calloway soldier winsome spectacular music hall stage reunion aspirations performance rags to riches unlikely romance fame rise underdog love quest 1940s
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s.
Sci-Fi
USA
1980
103 Minutes
Christopher Reeve Jane Seymour Christopher Plummer Teresa Wright Bill Erwin George Voskovec Susan French John Alvin Eddra Gale Sean Hayden Audrey Bennett
playwright elderly woman professor manager actress love interest dreamy emotional heartwarming hotel mackinac island michigan obsession time travel hypnosis love triangle unlikely romance love pursuit quest
A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.
Musical, Animation, Kids & Family
USA
1997
94 Minutes
rasputin princess grandmother russian hero impostor positive thrilling heartwarming st. petersburg, russia orphanage royal palace paris boat underworld curse separation unlikely romance journey daunting task
The last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1999
95 Minutes
Sean Penn Samantha Morton Uma Thurman Brian Markinson Anthony LaPaglia Gretchen Mol Vincent Guastaferro John Waters Constance Schulman Kellie Overbey James Urbaniak
guitarist love interest mobster mute person pretty woman amusing emotional cheeky new york city new york state concert stage apartment musicians alcoholism performance eccentricity unlikely romance infidelity love temptation
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
Romance
USA
1961
107 Minutes
Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall Edie Adams Jack Oakie Jack Kruschen Ann B. Davis Joe Flynn Howard St. John Karen Norris Jack Albertson
advertising executive chemist company president model businesswoman lighthearted playful new york city office california one-night stand ethics unlikely romance battle of the sexes mistaken identity rivalry love 1960s
A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.
Fantasy
USA
1951
78 Minutes
Dick Powell Peggy Dow Charles Drake Joyce Holden Albert Sharpe Sara Taft William Vedder Watson Downs Lou Polan Anthony George Henry Kulky
dog horse detective caretaker sidekick ex-cop lighthearted amusing witty mansion street limbo second chance murder investigation reincarnation unlikely romance loyalty inheritance rescue love
An ex-army dog inherits a fortune from his eccentric millionaire owner, and which is poisoned, asks the leader in the heaven for animals to send him back to Earth, as a human private investigator, to solve his own murder.
Romance
Argentina
1996
108 Minutes
Norma Aleandro Federico Luppi Jorge Luz Cecilia Rossetto Roberto Carnaghi Gabriela Acher Erasmo Olivera Nicolás Goldschmidt
jewish woman love interest brother charming emotional passionate amusing buenos aires, argentina bedroom city unlikely romance middle age religious differences brother/sister relationship dating love transformation 1990s
Clara Goldstein is a Jewish woman who, because of a visit from her brother, is forced to create a contrived relationship with a man of her own faith.
Drama
Germany
2003
90 Minutes
Benno Fürmann Nina Hoss Antje Westermann Astrid Meyerfeldt Matthias Matschke Soraya Gomaa Stephan Kampwirth Anna Priese Florian Panzner André Szymanski Peter Kurth
car salesman fiancée young boy mother fiancé bleak emotional intense car hospital bridge germany road car accident death unlikely romance vengeance grief hit and run discovery
Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a young boy riding a bike and drives away. As he has feelings of ... See full summary »
Romance, War, Drama
USA
2009
112 Minutes
Ben Foster Woody Harrelson Samantha Morton Jena Malone Steve Buscemi Michael Chernus Halley Feiffer Peter Friedman Kevin Hagan Jenny Kirlin Sam Kitchin
soldier officer veteran girlfriend mentor widow engaging melodramatic sad hospital office house gym suburb dining room military life returning home post-traumatic stress disorder new life unlikely romance
An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.
Animation, Fantasy, Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
2012
95 Minutes
dracula daughter frankenstein's monster mummy invisible man human lighthearted madcap endearing amusing eerie hilarious hotel transylvania festival airplane town forest monsters birthday party
Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.
Romance
USA|France
2009
92 Minutes
Larry David Evan Rachel Wood Patricia Clarkson Ed Begley Jr. Michael McKean Henry Cavill John Gallagher Jr. Jessica Hecht Carolyn McCormick Christopher Evan Welch
misanthrope southerner naïve person mother father boyfriend hilarious endearing engaging gripping amusing emotional new york city restaurant hospital party street apartment relationships unlikely romance
A middle-aged, misanthropic divorcée from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.
Romance
USA
1937
78 Minutes
Tyrone Power Loretta Young Don Ameche Slim Summerville Dudley Digges Walter Catlett George Sanders Jane Darwell Stepin Fetchit Pauline Moore Elisha Cook Jr.
reporter heiress count editor tabloid reporter fiancé madcap playful emotional winsome new york city airport city hall journalism scandal fame deception unlikely romance tabloid journalism love
A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.
Romance
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Carole Lombard Fred MacMurray Ralph Bellamy Astrid Allwyn Marie Prevost Ruth Donnelly
manicurist wealthy man love interest heiress lighthearted endearing amusing new york city hotel apartment marrying for money the great depression schemes unlikely romance quest discovery 1930s
A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.
Horror, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Sweden|Denmark
2018
108 Minutes
Eva Melander Eero Milonoff Viktor Åkerblom Matti Boustedt Jörgen Thorsson Andreas Kundler Rakel Wärmlander Ann Petrén
customs official traveler stranger co-worker animal love interest emotional endearing engaging uneasy moving tense airport office interrogation room house forest lake unlikely romance nature
A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.
Comedy
USA
1996
92 Minutes
Adam Sandler Christopher McDonald Julie Bowen Frances Bay Carl Weathers Allen Covert Robert Smigel Richard Kiel Dennis Dugan Joe Flaherty Kevin Nealon
golfer grandmother hockey player mentor public relations specialist fan playful hilarious wild amusing heartwarming golf course house hockey rink bar miniature golf course driving range golf competition grandparent/child relationship
A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.
Romance
USA
1957
89 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Leslie Nielsen Walter Brennan Mala Powers Sidney Blackmer Mildred Natwick Fay Wray Philip Ober Craig Hill Louise Beavers April Kent
pilot southern belle bootlegger grandfather fiancée friend airy playful charming lighthearted mississippi houseboat airplane swamp house plane crash new life family unlikely romance injury
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|Germany|Russia
2009
110 Minutes
Helen Mirren Christopher Plummer Paul Giamatti James McAvoy Anne-Marie Duff Kerry Condon John Sessions Patrick Kennedy
writer wife countess leo tolstoy disciple daughter emotional cheeky charming russia office estate train station death fame writing wealth unlikely romance marriage love
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.
Adventure
USA
1919
99 Minutes
Thomas Meighan Theodore Roberts Raymond Hatton Robert Cain Gloria Swanson Lila Lee Bebe Daniels Julia Faye Rhy Darby Mildred Reardon Mayme Kelso
lord lady butler maid aristocrat daughter melodramatic passionate tender yacht sea island beach wedding class distinctions shipwreck unlikely romance affair role reversal survival
Lady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person.
Fantasy, Comedy
Italy
1988
110 Minutes
Roberto Benigni Walter Matthau Nicoletta Braschi John Lurie Stefania Sandrelli Paolo Baroni Franco Fabrizi Giacomo Piperno Flavio Bonacci Annabella Schiavone John Karlsen
demon priest beautiful woman possessed woman woman outlandish quirky hysterical rome house church possession unlikely romance unlikely friendship religion exorcism escape discovery love 1980s
During an exorcism, father Maurice meets a little devil named Giuditta, who refuses to return to hell and decides to discover the world.
Romance
USA
1935
70 Minutes
automobile executive cook gangster butler fiancée amusing melodramatic new york city manor restaurant park wedding unemployment impersonation kidnapping engagement arrest unlikely romance love quest
An executive lets an attractive cook talk him into taking a job as butler.
Comedy, Romance
USA
1926
75 Minutes
Buster Keaton Sally O'Neil Snitz Edwards Francis Macdonald Mary O'Brien Tom Wilson Eddie Borden Walter James Budd Fine
millionaire servant beautiful girl boxer trainer father madcap playful witty rousing wilderness boxing ring tent boxing deception assumed identity camping unlikely romance wealth love
A love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.
Drama, Western
USA
1970
112 Minutes
Peter Strauss Candice Bergen Donald Pleasence Bob Carraway Jorge Rivero Dana Elcar John Anderson Martin West Jorge Russek Marco Antonio Arzate Ron Fletcher
private fiancée indian brutal uneasy disturbing indian territory fort village american indian wars unlikely romance massacre adventure discovery 1860s
After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.
Western
USA
1958
90 Minutes
Clint Walker Virginia Mayo Brian Keith Richard Eyer Russ Conway Michael Dante
native american comanche warrior fugitive widow son boy thrilling melodramatic suspenseful wild west farm fort frontier town on the run unlikely romance mob mentality journey wrongfully accused helping others
Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.