Top 17 Romance Movies Worth Watching Released in 1942

During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy. Explore To Be or Not to Be / IMDB / YouTube

Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie. See more about Sullivan's Travels / IMDB / YouTube

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved. Explore The Magnificent Ambersons / IMDB / YouTube

An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together. Look into Cat People / IMDB / YouTube

A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman. Read about Now, Voyager / IMDB / YouTube

A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II. Read about Mrs. Miniver / IMDB / YouTube

At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer. See more about Holiday Inn / IMDB / YouTube

A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover. Info on Ball of Fire / IMDB / YouTube

Sportswriter Sam Craig and columnist Tess Harding, with the same New York newspaper, overcome their initial antagonism, fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when he comes to resent her hectic lifestyle. Look into Woman of the Year / IMDB / YouTube

A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor. Details on I Married a Witch / IMDB / YouTube

An escaped prisoner must prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with help from a spirited schoolteacher. Explore The Talk of the Town / IMDB / YouTube

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family. Look into The Man Who Came to Dinner / IMDB / YouTube

A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little Sue Sue finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major. Get info on The Major and the Minor / IMDB / YouTube

A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. See more about They Died with Their Boots On / IMDB / YouTube

In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone. Explore Across the Pacific / IMDB / YouTube

The day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister's husband. Her sister begins seeing the woman's former fiancé. See more about In This Our Life / IMDB / YouTube

An ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love/hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems. Get info on The Black Swan / IMDB / YouTube