Emotional Attraction

Desk Set

September 7, 2021 By Antoine Excidet

Desk Set is a Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn film about when a computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff, and love erupts. You can see ample information about it below. It is available for a small fee on the web.

Desk Set Comedy, Romance | 103min | August 2, 1957 (West Germany)

7.3

Director: Walter LangWriter: Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron, William MarchantStars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig YoungSummary: The mysterious man hanging about at the research department of a big TV network proves to be engineer Richard Sumner, who's been ordered to keep his real purpose secret: computerizing the office. Department head Bunny Watson, who knows everything, needs no computer to unmask Richard. The resulting battle of wits and witty dialogue pits Bunny's fear of losing her job against her dawning attraction to Richard. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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Desk Set (1957)

NR 103 min - Romantic Comedies, Romance - 2 August 1957

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A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.

Director: Walter Lang

Writers: Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron

Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell, Dina Merrill, Sue Randall, Neva Patterson, Harry Ellerbe, Nicholas Joy, Diane Jergens, Merry Anders, Ida Moore, Rachel Stephens, Sammy Ogg, Jesslyn Fax

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A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.

Collections: Romance, Emotional Attraction

Tagline: The girls and guys who make the office such a wonderful place to love in!

Genres: Romantic Comedies, Romance

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Official Website: —

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Release Date: 2 August 1957

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Company Credits

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

Pillow Talk

September 7, 2021 By Antoine Excidet

Pillow Talk is a Rock Hudson and Doris Day film about love and you can see ample information about it below. It is available for free on the web.

Pillow Talk Comedy, Romance | 102min | October 7, 1959 (United States)

7.4

Director: Michael GordonWriter: Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin, Russell RouseStars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony RandallSummary: In New York, the interior decorator Jan Morrow and the wolf composer Brad Allen share a party line, but Brad keeps it busy most of the time flirting with his girlfriends. They do not know each other but Jan hates Brads since she needs the telephone for her business and can not use it. Coincidently Jan's wealthy client Jonathan Forbes that woos her is the best friend of Brad and he comments with him that he feels an unrequited love for Jan, who is a gorgeous woman. When Brad meets Jan by chance in a restaurant, he poses as a naive tourist from Texas named Rex Stetson and seduces her. But Jonathan hires a private eye to find who Rex Stetson is. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Pillow Talk (1959)

NR 102 min - Romantic Comedies, Romance - 7 October 1959

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A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.

Director: Michael Gordon

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A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.

Collections: Romance, Emotional Attraction, Intellectual Attraction, Sexual Attraction, Step 1 - Boy Meets Girl

Tagline: ...It's What Goes On When The Lights Go Off!

Genres: Romantic Comedies, Romance

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Official Website: —

Country: United States of America

Language: French, English

Release Date: 7 October 1959

Box Office

Revenue: $18,750,000

Company Credits

Production Companies: Arwin Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

The Graduate

September 7, 2021 By Antoine Excidet

The Graduate is a Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft film about sexual experience and coming of age and you can see ample information about it below. It is available for free on the web.

The Graduate Comedy, Drama, Romance | 106min | December 21, 1967 (United States)

8.0

Director: Mike NicholsWriter: Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, Charles WebbStars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine RossSummary: Benjamin Braddock returns home to California after successfully completing college. He gets a hero's welcome from his parents but Ben isn't quite sure what to do with the rest of his life. He is soon seduced by Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's partner, who methodically pursues the inexperienced young man. Soon, they are meeting regularly in hotel rooms. Warned by her to stay away from her daughter Elaine, his father goads him into taking her out on a date. He finds he quite likes Elaine but when she learns he's been having an affair with her own mother, she'll have nothing to do with him. He's smitten however and pursues her. —garykmcd

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The Graduate (1967)

PG 106 min - Romantic Comedies, Drama - 21 December 1967

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Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.

Director: Mike Nichols

Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, Buck Henry, Brian Avery, Walter Brooke, William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley, Marion Lorne, Eddra Gale, Richard Dreyfuss, Arthur Tovey, William H. O'Brien, Frank Baker, Elisabeth Fraser, Elaine May

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Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.

Collections: Romance, Emotional Attraction, Sexual Attraction, Step 1 - Boy Meets Girl, Step 2 - Ladies and Gentlemen, Step 3 - Winning and Losing

Tagline: This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future.

Genres: Romantic Comedies, Drama

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Official Website: —

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Release Date: 21 December 1967

Box Office

Budget: $3,000,000

Revenue: $104,945,305

Company Credits

Production Companies: Lawrence Turman Films, Inc., AVCO Embassy Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

Romancing the Stone

September 7, 2021 By Antoine Excidet

Romancing the Stone is a Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner film about adventure and arousal in love and you can see ample information about it below. It is available for free on the web.

Romancing the Stone Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance | 106min | March 30, 1984 (United States)

6.9

Director: Robert ZemeckisWriter: Diane Thomas, Lem Dobbs, Howard FranklinStars: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVitoSummary: Joan Wilder, a mousy romance novelist, receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in Colombia and the two criminals responsible demand that she travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister. Joan does, and quickly becomes lost in the jungle after being waylayed by Zolo, a vicious and corrupt Colombian cop who will stop at nothing to obtain the map. There, she meets an irreverent soldier-of-fortune named Jack Colton who agrees to bring her back to civilization. Together, they embark upon an adventure that could be straight out of Joan's novels. —Denny Gibbons

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Romancing the Stone (1984)

PG 106 min - Adventure, Action, Romantic Comedies, Romance - 30 March 1984

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Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.

Director: Robert Zemeckis

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Collections: Romance, Emotional Attraction, Intellectual Attraction, Sexual Attraction

Tagline: She's a girl from the big city. He's a reckless soldier of fortune. For a fabulous treasure, they share an adventure no one could imagine... or survive.

Genres: Adventure, Action, Romantic Comedies, Romance

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Official Website: —

Country: Mexico, United States of America

Language: French, English, Spanish

Release Date: 30 March 1984

Box Office

Budget: $10,000,000

Revenue: $86,572,238

Company Credits

Production Companies: SLM Production Group, Nina Saxon Film Design, El Corazon Producciones S.A., 20th Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

Doc Hollywood

September 7, 2021 By Antoine Excidet

Doc Hollywood is a Michael J Fox and Julie Warner film about love between very different walks of life, and you can see ample information about it below. It is available for free on the web.

Doc Hollywood Comedy, Drama, Romance | 104min | August 2, 1991 (United States)

6.2

Director: Michael Caton-JonesWriter: Neil B. Shulman, Laurian Leggett, Jeffrey PriceStars: Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, Barnard HughesSummary: Benjamin Stone is a young doctor driving to L.A., where he is interviewing for a high-paying job as a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills. He gets off the highway to avoid a traffic jam, but gets lost and ends up crashing into a fence in the small town of Grady. He is sentenced to 32 hours of community service at the local hospital. All he wants is to serve the sentence, get his car fixed and get moving, but gradually the locals become attached to the new doctor, and he falls for the pretty ambulance driver, Lou. Will he leave? —Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>

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Doc Hollywood (1991)

PG-13 104 min - Romantic Comedies, Romance - 2 August 1991

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After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones