Cult Cinema Archive
Romance
380 films curated
The Romance collection at Dbcult brings together 380 curated cult films that exemplify the style, atmosphere, and cultural weight that define this genre. Each title is selected for its distinctive qualities, devoted audience following, and lasting impact on cult cinema.
Standout titles in this collection include The Perfect Woman (1920)IMDb 8.6, Safety Last! (1923)IMDb 8.1, The Lure of Crooning Water (1920)IMDb 8.1.
Browse the full Romance archive below. Each film page includes synopsis, cast, IMDb rating, and expert editorial analysis from the Dbcult team.

Mid-Channel
Harry Garson

Homeward Bound
Ralph Ince

Bars of Iron
F. Martin Thornton

The Leopardess
Henry Kolker

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Alfred E. Green

Nice People
William C. de Mille

Gubijinsô
Henry Kotani

Marriage Morals
William Nigh

Through a Glass Window
Maurice Campbell

Ducks and Drakes
Maurice Campbell

The Covered Wagon
James Cruze

The Great Adventure
Kenneth S. Webb

Love, Life and Laughter
George Pearson

Always Audacious
James Cruze

Black Oxen
Frank Lloyd

Big Dan
William A. Wellman

Warning Shadows
Arthur Robison

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Wallace Worsley

The Love Piker
E. Mason Hopper

The Mohican's Daughter
Sam Taylor

La María
Máximo Calvo Olmedo

Pink Gods
Penrhyn Stanlaws

The Exiles
Edmund Mortimer

Fortune's Mask
Robert Ensminger

The Social Buccaneer
Robert F. Hill

For the Soul of Rafael
Harry Garson

Beauty's Worth
Robert G. Vignola

The Marriage Market
Edward LeSaint

The Tiger's Coat
Roy Clements

Souls for Sale
Rupert Hughes

The River's End
Victor Heerman

The World's a Stage
Colin Campbell

Safety Last!
Fred C. Newmeyer

The Woman He Married
Fred Niblo

Lovetime
Howard M. Mitchell

Kärlekens ögon
John W. Brunius

David and Jonathan
Alexander Butler

An Old Fashioned Boy
Jerome Storm

The Grail
Colin Campbell

Society Snobs
Hobart Henley

Mr. Barnes of New York
Victor Schertzinger

The Romance of Kenosha
Walter Steiner

Cyrano de Bergerac
Augusto Genina

Uncharted Seas
Wesley Ruggles

After the Show
William C. de Mille

The Voice from the Minaret
Frank Lloyd

Glass Houses
Harry Beaumont

'A Santanotte
Elvira Notari

The Nut
Theodore Reed

The Rip-Tide
Jack Pratt

Snowdrift
Scott R. Dunlap

Babicka
Thea Cervenková

Don't Get Personal
Clarence G. Badger

God's Gold
Webster Cullison

The Fighting Blade
John S. Robertson

The Girl of My Heart
Edward LeSaint

The Love Special
Frank Urson

Seeing's Believing
Harry Beaumont

Don't Call It Love
William C. de Mille

Justice d'abord
Yakov Protazanov

Trix, der Roman einer Millionärin
Frederic Zelnik

The Net
J. Gordon Edwards

Little Old New York
Sidney Olcott

If You Believe It, It's So
Tom Forman

Her Reputation
John Griffith Wray

The Spanish Dancer
Herbert Brenon

Saturday Night
Cecil B. DeMille

What's Wrong with the Women?
Roy William Neill

Twins of Suffering Creek
Scott R. Dunlap

To Have and to Hold
George Fitzmaurice

Camille
Ray C. Smallwood

The First Degree
Edward Sedgwick

The Exciters
Maurice Campbell

L'essor
Charles Burguet

The Charm School
James Cruze

Maytime
Louis J. Gasnier

Cousin Kate
Mrs. Sidney Drew

Moonlight and Honeysuckle
Joseph Henabery

The First Born
Colin Campbell

Goodbye Girls
Jerome Storm

Defying Destiny
Louis Chaudet

Soul of the Beast
John Griffith Wray

Opened Shutters
William Worthington

The Treasure
Georg Wilhelm Pabst

The New Teacher
Joseph Franz

Mulheres da Beira
Rino Lupo

The White Sister
Henry King

Children of Jazz
Jerome Storm

The Price of Possession
Hugh Ford

The Man Without Desire
Adrian Brunel

The Faithful Heart
Jean Epstein

Hearts and Masks
William A. Seiter

The Kentucky Derby
King Baggot

The Hundredth Chance
Maurice Elvey

Under Northern Lights
Jacques Jaccard

The Vengeance of Pierre
Henry McCarty

Hungry Hearts
E. Mason Hopper

I promessi sposi
Mario Bonnard

Rent Free
Howard Higgin

Das Bildnis
Jacques Feyder

At the Stage Door
Christy Cabanne

Two Weeks
Sidney Franklin

Destroying Angel
W.S. Van Dyke

The Stolen Kiss
Kenneth S. Webb

The Flame
F. Martin Thornton

Made in Heaven
Victor Schertzinger

Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
Frank Borzage

Kentucky Days
David Selman

Brass
Sidney Franklin

Love's Old Sweet Song
J. Searle Dawley

The Village Blacksmith
John Ford

Strange Idols
Bernard J. Durning

Forbidden Fruit
Cecil B. DeMille

Held in Trust
John Ince

The Heart Raider
Wesley Ruggles

Sham
Thomas N. Heffron

Little Eva Ascends
George D. Baker

All the Brothers Were Valiant
Irvin Willat

The Cowboy and the Lady
Charles Maigne

Kindred of the Dust
Raoul Walsh

Forever
George Fitzmaurice

Java Head
George Melford

The Marriage Maker
William C. de Mille

The Glimpses of the Moon
Allan Dwan

The Wise Kid
Tod Browning

Tischlein deck dich, Eselein streck dich, Knüppel aus dem Sack
Wilhelm Prager

L'autre aile
Henri Andréani

The Temple of Venus
Henry Otto

The Mistress of Shenstone
Henry King

The Dancin' Fool
Sam Wood

Nancy from Nowhere
Chester M. Franklin

Thundering Dawn
Harry Garson

The Hell Ship
Victor Sjöström

Rupert of Hentzau
Victor Heerman

Don't Tell Everything
Sam Wood

Only a Shop Girl
Edward LeSaint

The Town That Forgot God
Harry F. Millarde

The Tales of a Thousand and One Nights
Viktor Tourjansky

Gentle Julia
Rowland V. Lee

Othello
Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

The Acquittal
Clarence Brown

Enter Madame
Wallace Worsley

Film, flirt og forlovelse
Lau Lauritzen

Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Sam Wood

Buried Treasure
George D. Baker

As God Made Her
Maurits Binger

Oh, Lady, Lady
Maurice Campbell

Yesterday's Wife
Edward LeSaint

The Call of Youth
Hugh Ford

The Love Light
Frances Marion

The Conquering Power
Rex Ingram

Le brasier ardent
Ivan Mozzhukhin

The Passionate Friends
Maurice Elvey

It Happened Out West
Unknown Director

The Secret of the Marquise
Lotte Reiniger

The Single Track
Webster Campbell

The Lure of Crooning Water
Arthur Rooke

The Extra Girl
F. Richard Jones

È piccerella
Elvira Notari

Alt Heidelberg
Hans Behrendt

The Four Feathers
René Plaissetty

The Lights of London
Charles Calvert

Out of the Chorus
Herbert Blaché

The Wildcat
Ernst Lubitsch

Trifling Women
Rex Ingram

Girl from the West
Wallace MacDonald

The Glorious Fool
E. Mason Hopper

Salome
Malcolm Strauss

The Barefoot Boy
David Kirkland

Lonesome Corners
Edgar Jones

Evidence
George Archainbaud

The Land of Hope
Edward H. Griffith

The Wall Flower
Rupert Hughes

The Bull-Dogger
Richard E. Norman

Mine to Keep
Ben F. Wilson

Little Wildcat
David Smith

Miss Suwanna of Siam
Henry MacRae

Why Worry?
Fred C. Newmeyer

Desperate Youth
Harry B. Harris

The Man from Brodney's
David Smith

Our Hospitality
John G. Blystone

Year 1863
Edward Puchalski

Lao gong zhi ai qing
Shichuan Zhang

Rich Girl, Poor Girl
Harry B. Harris

Husbands and Wives
Joseph Levering

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Charles Chaplin

Good References
Roy William Neill

The Roof Tree
John Francis Dillon

Backbone
Edward Sloman

For Those We Love
Arthur Rosson

Cupid the Cowpuncher
Clarence G. Badger

Fool's Paradise
Cecil B. DeMille

The Sea Raiders
Edward H. Griffith

The Narrow Valley
Cecil M. Hepworth

Zaza
Allan Dwan

Serenade
Raoul Walsh

The Blot
Lois Weber

The Cyclone
Clifford Smith

The Prodigal Judge
Edward José

Are All Men Alike?
Phil Rosen

Mary of the Movies
John McDermott

Reckless Youth
Ralph Ince

Tansy
Cecil M. Hepworth

The Sheik
George Melford

Jomfru Trofast
Rasmus Breistein

Only 38
William C. de Mille

As a Man Lives
J. Searle Dawley

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Rex Ingram

The Lilac Sunbonnet
Sidney Morgan

The Silent Vow
William Duncan

The Plaything of Broadway
John Francis Dillon

Cinderella
Walt Disney

Dream Street
D.W. Griffith

Stronger Than Death
Herbert Blaché

Her Night of Nights
Hobart Henley

The White Flower
Julia Crawford Ivers

The Fable of Henry's Busted Romance
Paul Terry

The Fable of the Romantic Mouse
Unknown Director

The Whistle
Lambert Hillyer

Robin Hood
Allan Dwan

Youthful Cheaters
Frank Tuttle

Her Mad Bargain
Edwin Carewe

Don't Neglect Your Wife
Wallace Worsley

Beyond the Rocks
Sam Wood

A Sailor-Made Man
Fred C. Newmeyer

Arsena Kachagi
Vladimir Barskiy

The Snow Bride
Henry Kolker

In the Palace of the King
Emmett J. Flynn

Bag and Baggage
Finis Fox

The Secret of the Pueblo
Neal Hart

Värmlänningarna
Erik A. Petschler

The Rendezvous
Marshall Neilan

Jackie
John Ford

Rosita
Ernst Lubitsch

Wedding Bells
Chester Withey

Krasnye dyavolyata
Ivane Perestiani

The Abysmal Brute
Hobart Henley

When Knighthood Was in Flower
Robert G. Vignola

Hoffmanns Erzählungen
Max Neufeld

The Corsican Brothers
Colin Campbell

Alf's Button
Cecil M. Hepworth

The Dancer of the Nile
William P.S. Earle

The Cricket on the Hearth
Lorimer Johnston

Sacred and Profane Love
William Desmond Taylor

The Girl I Loved
Joseph De Grasse

Let's Go
Harry A. Pollard

Playthings of Destiny
Edwin Carewe

In Search of a Sinner
David Kirkland

The Song of Love
Chester M. Franklin

The Man from Lost River
Frank Lloyd

Destiny's Isle
William P.S. Earle

Hurricane Hutch
George B. Seitz

Boomerang Bill
Tom Terriss

The Primitive Lover
Sidney Franklin

The Last Trail
Emmett J. Flynn

Dollar Devils
Victor Schertzinger

Mellem muntre musikanter
Lau Lauritzen

Ladies Must Live
George Loane Tucker

You Never Can Tell
Chester M. Franklin

The Woman and the Puppet
Reginald Barker

The Sea Lion
Rowland V. Lee

At the End of the World
Penrhyn Stanlaws

The Lotus Eater
Marshall Neilan

The Avenging Arrow
William J. Bauman

The Bohemian Girl
Harley Knoles

The Ace of Hearts
Wallace Worsley

The Bigamist
Guy Newall

Chu-Chin-Chow
Herbert Wilcox

The Toll of the Sea
Chester M. Franklin

Fighting Fate
William Duncan

The Woman of Bronze
King Vidor

All's Fair in Love
E. Mason Hopper

The Bronze Bell
James W. Horne

Gay and Devilish
William A. Seiter

The Bride's Play
George Terwilliger

Cud nad Wisla
Richard Boleslawski

Ludzie bez jutra
Aleksander Hertz

Colorado
B. Reeves Eason

Notre Dame d'amour
André Hugon

Her Accidental Husband
Dallas M. Fitzgerald

The Miracle of Money
Hobart Henley

Hush
Harry Garson

Sky High
Lynn Reynolds

Honeymoon Ranch
Robin H. Townley

Top o' the Morning
Edward Laemmle

The Speed Girl
Maurice Campbell

Cupid's Fireman
William A. Wellman

Enemies of Women
Alan Crosland

Drums of Fate
Charles Maigne

The Prisoner of Zenda
Rex Ingram

A Small Town Idol
Erle C. Kenton

Bella Donna
George Fitzmaurice

Roman Candles
Jack Pratt

The Beloved Vagabond
Fred LeRoy Granville

Broadway Rose
Robert Z. Leonard

The Primal Law
Bernard J. Durning

She Couldn't Help It
Maurice Campbell

Boy Crazy
William A. Seiter

Sonia
Denison Clift

From Now On
Raoul Walsh

Orphans of the Storm
D.W. Griffith

Vicenta
Musidora

Modern Marriage
Victor Heerman

The Light in the Dark
Clarence Brown

Prodigal Daughters
Sam Wood

The Marriage of William Ashe
Edward Sloman

Amour et vendetta
René Norbert

The Dictator
James Cruze

Once Upon a Time
Carl Theodor Dreyer

Desert Rider
Robert N. Bradbury

The Ragged Edge
F. Harmon Weight

Phantom
F.W. Murnau

Pagan Love
Hugo Ballin

A Canção da Primavera
Igino Bonfioli

Kisses
Maxwell Karger

The Snowshoe Trail
Chester Bennett

The Coast of Opportunity
Ernest C. Warde

Scaramouche
Rex Ingram

Suramis tsikhe
Ivane Perestiani

Mamis mkvleli
Amo Bek-Nazaryan

A 111-es
Alexander Korda

Heart Strings
J. Gordon Edwards

Does It Pay?
Charles Horan

Amor de Perdição
George Pallu

Children of Dust
Frank Borzage

Paddy the Next Best Thing
Graham Cutts

Tangled Trails
Charles Bartlett

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
Edward LeSaint

All of a Sudden Peggy
Walter Edwards

The Crimson Skull
Richard E. Norman

Over the Border
Penrhyn Stanlaws

Sally Bishop
Maurice Elvey

The Seventh Day
Henry King

The White Rose
D.W. Griffith

The March Hare
Maurice Campbell

Two Kinds of Love
B. Reeves Eason

Drag Harlan
J. Gordon Edwards

First Love
Maurice Campbell

Boden's Boy
Henry Edwards

Stop Thief
Harry Beaumont

Seine Frau, die Unbekannte
Benjamin Christensen

The Belle of Kenosha
Walter Steiner

The Young Rajah
Phil Rosen

The Fighting Shepherdess
Edward José

Coeurs belges
Aimée Navarra

Little Italy
George Terwilliger

Conquering the Woman
King Vidor

KingFisher's Roost
Louis Chaudet

Regeneration
Richard E. Norman

Bulldog Drummond
Oscar Apfel

The Match-Breaker
Dallas M. Fitzgerald

An Old Sweetheart of Mine
Harry Garson

Fair Lady
Kenneth S. Webb

The Secret Spring
Léonce Perret

Nero
J. Gordon Edwards

The Perfect Woman
David Kirkland

Blood and Sand
Fred Niblo

Yes or No
Roy William Neill

Big Game
Dallas M. Fitzgerald

Polly of the Storm Country
Arthur Rosson

Missing Millions
Joseph Henabery

The Concert
Victor Schertzinger

Rangeland
Paul Hurst

The Three Musketeers
Fred Niblo

Partners of the Night
Paul Scardon

My Husband's Other Wife
J. Stuart Blackton

Woman to Woman
Graham Cutts

Bobbed Hair
Thomas N. Heffron

Ever Since Eve
Howard M. Mitchell

Daarskab, dyd og driverter
Lau Lauritzen

The Girl of the Golden West
Edwin Carewe

The Victor
Edward Laemmle

Merely Mary Ann
Edward LeSaint

The Lure of Youth
Phil Rosen

The Gold Diggers
Harry Beaumont

The Rustle of Silk
Herbert Brenon

Sinners
Kenneth S. Webb

The Dead Line
Dell Henderson

Comin' Thro' the Rye
Cecil M. Hepworth

The Adventurer
J. Gordon Edwards
