Top 17 Romance Movies Picks from 1919

A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences. Read about Broken Blossoms / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). He loves the neighbor's daughter Edna but is disliked by her father. He rides a cow into a stream and is kicked off. Unconscious, he dreams of a nymph dance. Back in reality a city slicker is hurt in . Find out about Sunnyside / IMDB / YouTube

Susie, a plain young country girl, secretly loves a neighbor boy, William. She believes in him and sacrifices much of her own happiness to promote his own ambitions, all without his knowledge. Eventually he rises to a position of success and sophistication, and Susie realizes that she has through her own efforts raised him to a level where he is inaccessible to her. Read about True Heart Susie / IMDB / YouTube

An Austrian officer sets out to seduce a neglected young wife. More about Blind Husbands / IMDB / YouTube

The story about the Armenian Genocide based on the account of survivor Aurora Mardiganian. Learn about Auction of Souls / IMDB / YouTube

A woman finds herself all alone in a remote harbor with the man responsible for the murder of her father. With seemingly nobody around to protect her, she has to be resourceful. More about Back to God's Country / IMDB / YouTube

Master Tom is lured away from his job of protecting the house from mice by the charms of Miss Kitty. While he's gone, the mice trash the house. Complications ensue. Explore Feline Follies / IMDB / YouTube

A romantic bandit named Alvarez, wanted for raids on the mining camps of the California gold rush in 1849, is reformed by the love of a good woman. Details on Scarlet Days / IMDB / YouTube

A German-American naval officer takes revenge against the German submarine commander who brutalized his wife. More about Behind the Door / IMDB / YouTube

Before she parts from him for a while, a woman falls in love with a composer, working on a symphony, who she encounters in the forests of Canada. Info on The Broken Butterfly / IMDB / YouTube

Harold and Bebe are newly weds. When setting off towards their honeymoon Harold is mistakenly left behind. But when he catches up with her at the ship, he is soon put to work as a engine room worker. Will he ever see his new bride again? Check out A Jazzed Honeymoon / IMDB / YouTube

An American woman is terrorized by the ravages of war and a lecherous Prussian lieutenant when she becomes a Red Cross nurse overseas during the Great War. Info on The Heart of Humanity / IMDB / YouTube

Rival logging companies battle for the Valley of the Giants (redwood trees) when a young engineer returns home to help his father by building a new rail line to transport the logs to the sawmill. A romance between the engineer and the rival's niece complicates the situations. Get info on The Valley of the Giants / IMDB / YouTube