In Name Only
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
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Mr. Skeffington
1944★ 6.8
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
All That Heaven Allows
1955★ 7.4
Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942★ 7.3
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
The Face of Love
2013★ 6.1
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
Strangers When We Meet
1960★ 6.4
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
Bounce
2000★ 5.8
Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might enjoy an overnight fling with a pretty Dallas businesswoman. When the plane goes down, killing all aboard, Buddy's guilt soon turns into an alcohol problem. As part of his 12-step program, Buddy seeks atonement and decides to seek out the woman he thinks he's left a widow.
The Rose Tattoo
1955★ 6.9
A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.
The Secret: Dare to Dream
2020★ 7.3
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Dying Young
1991★ 6.7
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.
Jane Eyre
2011★ 7.2
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Beyond Tomorrow
1940★ 6.1
The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.
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2008★ 6.3
Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn where she is staying.
A Love Song
2022★ 6.7
Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.
Magnificent Obsession
1954★ 6.8
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927★ 7.8
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
The Lost Husband
2020★ 6.8
Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.
Love Story
1970★ 6.8
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail.
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1984★ 6.9
When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.
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2005★ 7.3
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
The Christmas Secret
2014★ 6.9
While her life is falling apart, single mother Christine finds a magical family heirloom that leads to love and good fortune during Christmas.