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even the hays code couldn’t stop them from fucking

old hollywood movies containing some absolutely insane sexual tension. unfortunately pre-code movies aren’t included here (see: hays code reference in title)

a lot of these are recommendations that i haven’t seen, so i apologize if some of them don’t completely apply to the theme!

There are 59 romance films in this list.

  • The Sound of Music
  • Duel in the Sun
  • Rebecca
  • Love in the Afternoon
  • Vertigo
  • Blood and Sand
  • Humoresque
  • Some Like It Hot
  • A Place in the Sun
  • Only Angels Have Wings
  • From Here to Eternity
  • The Talk of the Town
  • Now, Voyager
  • A Foreign Affair
  • Hold Back the Dawn
  • Woman of the Year
  • The Philadelphia Story
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • The Fountainhead
  • The Band Wagon
  • Ball of Fire
  • Spellbound
  • An Affair to
  • Gilda
  • Arise, My Love
  • Leave Her to Heaven
  • To Catch a Thief
  • Clash by Night
  • Carmen Jones
  • Trapeze
  • The More the Merrier
  • Notorious
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • Casablanca
  • Pillow Talk
  • The Pirate
  • To Have and Have Not
  • Love Crazy
  • Written on the Wind
  • Paris Blues
  • Libeled Lady
  • The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
  • The Lady Eve
  • June Bride
  • They Live by Night
  • Unfinished Business
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith
  •  the Night
  • The Awful Truth
  • Vivacious Lady
  • The Palm Beach Story
  • Gun Crazy
  • Letter from an Unknown Woman
  • Rings on Her Fingers
  • Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
  • One Touch of Venus
  • Pickup on South Street
  • I Married a Witch
  • Cat People