Here we've displayed a list of the best Unrequited Love films : The Gold Rush(1925), Taxi Driver(1976), Nights of Cabiria(1957), The Circus(1928), In the Mood for Love(2000), Letter From an Unknown Woman(1948), Edward Scissorhands(1990), Talk to Her(2002), He Who Gets Slapped(1924), The Navigator(1924), The Magnificent Ambersons(1942), Muqaddar Ka Sikandar(1978) ... ...
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
USA
1925
82 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Mack Swain Tom Murray Georgia Hale Betty Morrissey Kay Deslys Joan Lowell Malcolm Waite Henry Bergman John Rand Heinie Conklin
tramp fugitive pretty woman prospector amusing witty playful yukon wilderness cabin expedition survival confinement gold rush unrequited love quest discovery adventure love 1890s
A prospector goes to the Klondike in search of gold and finds it and more.
Drama
USA
1976
113 Minutes
Robert De Niro Jodie Foster Cybill Shepherd Harvey Keitel Victor Argo Peter Boyle Albert Brooks Leonard Harris Norman Matlock Harry Northrup Peter Savage
cab driver pretty woman prostitute pimp politician brutal disturbing dark new york city car theater apartment restaurant loneliness unrequited love assassination mental illness vigilantism quest rescue
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute.
Drama
Italy|France
1957
110 Minutes
Giulietta Masina François Périer Amedeo Nazzari Franca Marzi Dorian Gray Aldo Silvani Enio Girolami Mario Passante Christian Tassou Riccardo Fellini Amedeo Girardi
prostitute accountant movie star charming endearing powerful tender italy rome unrequited love redemption prostitution religion quest 1950s
A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
Comedy
USA
1928
72 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Merna Kennedy Al Ernest Garcia Harry Crocker Stanley Sanford John Rand George Davis Henry Bergman Steve Murphy Betty Morrissey Tiny Sandford
tramp beautiful woman ringmaster acrobat police officer magician playful madcap endearing hilarious big top cage fun house backstage wedding false accusations unrequited love circus love triangle performance
The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.
Drama, Romance
Hong Kong|China
2000
97 Minutes
Tony Leung Maggie Cheung Lai Chen Rebecca Pan Ping Lam Siu Tsi-Ang Chin
editor wife secretary husband landlady son brooding calm airy hong kong apartment building hotel singapore philippines infidelity unrequited love chance meeting friendship forbidden love discovery
Two neighbors, a woman and a man, form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
Romance
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Louis Jourdan Mady Christians Marcel Journet Art Smith Carol Yorke Howard Freeman
pianist young woman husband son servant somber moving vienna family home hospital opera house apartment unrequited love betrayal affair dueling letter writing forbidden love discovery quest
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.
Romance, Drama, Comedy, Other, Fantasy
USA
1990
105 Minutes
Johnny Depp Winona Ryder Dianne Wiest Anthony Michael Hall Alan Arkin Kathy Baker Robert Oliveri Conchata Ferrell Vincent Price
synthetic human scientist mother teen girl bully neighbor creative dreamy heartwarming suburbia castle unrequited love outsider's life deformity small-town life jealousy underdog rivalry love 1980s
An artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world.
Romance, Drama
Spain
2002
112 Minutes
Javier Cámara Darío Grandinetti Rosario Flores Leonor Watling Geraldine Chaplin Mariola Fuentes Roberto Alvarez Elena Anaya Lola Dueñas Adolfo Fernández Chus Lampreave
male nurse bullfighter dancer journalist emotional tender bullfight spain madrid hospital accident romance bullfighting unrequited love coma love discovery 2000s
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Drama
USA
1924
76 Minutes
Lon Chaney Norma Shearer John Gilbert Tully Marshall Marc McDermott Ford Sterling Harvey Clarke Paulette Duval Ruth King Clyde Cook Brandon Hurst
clown circus performer partner baron wife brooding emotional uneasy laboratory household circus tent arena cage performance disillusionment dignity unrequited love science revenge
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.
Comedy
USA
1924
69 Minutes
Buster Keaton Kathryn McGuire Frederick Vroom Noble Johnson Clarence Burton H.N. Clugston
wealthy man suitor socialite pretty woman father amusing witty playful ocean liner california island unrequited love wealth sailors adventure discovery transformation rescue 1920s
Two spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.
Drama
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Tim Holt Dolores Costello Anne Baxter Agnes Moorehead Richard Bennett Erskine Sanford J. Louis Johnson Don Dillaway Charles R. Phipps Dorothy Vaughan
wife mother son father carmaker aunt fascinating dense intense indiana mansion europe small town indianapolis family wealth aging love jealousy unrequited love
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Drama, Romance
India
1978
189 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Vinod Khanna Rekha Amjad Khan Kader Khan Rakhee Shreeram Lagoo
orphan rich girl friend prostitute wealthy man father emotional disheartening india street household graveyard bar class conflict friendship adoption smuggling unrequited love betrayal forbidden love
When a homeless and orphaned young man finds work in the house of a wealthy man, he falls in love with the daughter of that wealthy man. But things start to change a lot thereafter.
Romance
India
1991
180 Minutes
Anil Kapoor Sridevi Deepak Malhotra Waheeda Rehman Anupam Kher Dippy Sagoo
young man young woman daughter governess friend engaging emotional india london unrequited love accidental death infatuation may-december romance discovery pursuit 1990s
When the young Viren comes to India for the first time, he is captivated by Pallavi. When he learns she is already spoken for, he returns to London a broken man. When he gets the news of ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Italy|France
1971
130 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Björn Andrésen Silvana Mangano Marisa Berenson Mark Burns Romolo Valli Nora Ricci Carole André Masha Predit Leslie French Franco Fabrizi
composer teen boy family member governess mother brooding intense venice, italy resort vacation beauty obsession cholera outbreak artistic struggle unrequited love forbidden love temptation 1910s
While recovering in Venice, sickly Composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.
Adventure
Ireland
1990
93 Minutes
Ben Kingsley Mika Lins Vera Fischer Silvia De Carvalho Carlos Kroeber Milton Gonzalves Julio Levy Rinaldo Rinaldi Paulo Vinicius
hunter mercenary monkey widow traveler slave trader emotional amusing suspenseful brazil rainforest jungle hut city village unrequited love human-animal friendship kidnapping slave trade journey
When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1995
87 Minutes
Heather Matarazzo Daria Kalinina Matthew Faber Angela Pietropinto Bill Buell Brendan Sexton III Eric Mabius Rica Martens Victoria Davis
teen girl older brother younger sister guitarist thug mother hilarious dark quirky raw new jersey family home garage woods adolescence suburban life unrequited love peer pressure bullying anxiety
An awkward seventh-grader struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish class-mates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister and her own insecurities in suburban New Jersey.
Action, Crime, Drama
India
2007
126 Minutes
Emraan Hashmi Shriya Saran Mrinalini Sharma Rehan Khan Purab Kohli Ashish Vidyarthi
gangster loner atheist businessman ex-girlfriend emotional sad endearing heartwarming india city house bungalow redemption unrequited love loyalty adventure escape mystery love
A gangster is torn between love and loyalty and he must review his choice to whom he has to choose.
Comedy
UK
1951
85 Minutes
Alec Guinness Joan Greenwood Cecil Parker Michael Gough Ernest Thesiger Vida Hope George Benson Edie Martin
scientist inventor researcher amusing cheeky engaging madcap factory england inventions big business capitalism obsession unrequited love clothing industry discovery escape 1950s
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
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.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1986
104 Minutes
Bob Hoskins Cathy Tyson Michael Caine Robbie Coltrane Clarke Peters Kate Hardie Zoe Nathenson Sammi Davis
ex-convict prostitute gangster chauffeur dark gritty london unrequited love crime violence missing persons quest love 1980s
A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
New Zealand|USA|Germany
2005
187 Minutes
Naomi Watts Jack Black Adrien Brody Andy Serkis Jamie Bell Kyle Chandler Lobo Chan Thomas Kretschmann Colin Hanks John Sumner David Dengelo
king kong director actress playwright incredible spectacular new york city ship skull island survival movie making abduction rescue killer animals unrequited love adventure quest 1930s
A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
Comedy, Western
France
1983
90 Minutes
Fanny Ardant Jean-Louis Trintignant Philippe Laudenbach Caroline Sihol Philippe Morier-Genoud Xavier Saint-Macary Jean-Louis Richard Roland Thenot
wife secretary boss lover real estate broker police officer amusing witty suspenseful tender france office small town hideout unrequited love secret life frame-ups wrongfully accused murder investigation infidelity
Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place as Julien Vercel, an estate agent who knew him and whose fingerprints are found on Massoulier's car. As the police discovers ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|West Germany
1970
90 Minutes
boy love interest lady fiancé coach emotional offbeat shocking bathhouse cinema swimming pool london obsession sexual advances jealousy business scheme stalking unrequited love love growing up
15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan.
Drama
USA
1937
101 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Bette Davis Humphrey Bogart Wayne Morris Jane Bryan Harry Carey Veda Ann Borg
boxer gangster mistress sister manager brooding gripping confident boxing ring farm nightclub boxing unrequited love mob fame rivalry revenge underdog 1930s
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
108 Minutes
Joan Crawford Van Heflin Raymond Massey Geraldine Brooks Stanley Ridges John Ridgely Nana Bryant Moroni Olsen Erskine Sanford Gerald Perreau Isabel Withers
nurse psychiatrist engineer wealthy man neighbor wife dark melodramatic creepy los angeles washington state hospital diner jealousy suicide insanity obsession violence unrequited love love
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
Drama
Australia|Singapore
2007
103 Minutes
Joan Chen Joel Lok Irene Chen Yuwu Qi Steven Vidler Kerry Walker Darren Yap Gabrielle Chan Ferdinand Hoang
singer young boy sailor narrator mother-in-law sister dark emotional passionate intense nightclub melbourne, australia sydney house suburbia restaurant suicide attempt family dysfunction affair emigration
A man remembers his childhood and his mother, a Chinese night club singer who struggled to survive in Australia with her two children.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, History
Spain|Malta|Bulgaria
2009
126 Minutes
Rachel Weisz Max Minghella Oscar Isaac Ashraf Barhoum Michael Lonsdale Rupert Evans Richard Durden Sami Samir Manuel Cauchi Homayoun Ershadi Oshri Cohen
philosopher father student slave christian classmate melodramatic disheartening striking gripping alexandria, egypt library classroom street political unrest teaching unrequited love hypatia science vs. religion philosophical conflict
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
Romance
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Gary Cooper Marlene Dietrich Adolphe Menjou Ullrich Haupt Eve Southern Francis Macdonald Paul Porcasi Emile Chautard
singer wealthy man legionnaire club owner woman somber sultry intense ship morocco club apartment street desert devotion unrequited love singing military life dangerous assignment love triangle
A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and due to the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.
Comedy
USA|France|Germany|Japan|Italy|Spain
1992
93 Minutes
Steve Buscemi Seymour Cassel Jennifer Beals Pat Moya Will Patton Sully Boyer Steven Randazzo Francesco Messina Jim Jarmusch Carol Kane Stanley Tucci
writer neighbor con artist producer actor director offbeat playful witty gritty new york city apartment restaurant street film set aspirations filmmaking unrequited love unlikely allies petty crime
New Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown grothole he calls home.
Drama, Comedy
France|Belgium
2010
154 Minutes
François Cluzet Marion Cotillard Benoît Magimel Gilles Lellouche Jean Dujardin Laurent Lafitte Valérie Bonneton Pascale Arbillot Anne Marivin Louise Monot Joël Dupuch
friend restaurant owner lighthearted restaurant hospital beach house summer vacation unrequited love accident relationships friendship discovery 2000s
A near-fatal accident leaves one friend in the hospital while the rest go on their annual vacation. But their secrets and personal grief threaten to drive them apart.