Top 29 Romance Movies Picks from 1943

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. Check out Casablanca / IMDB / YouTube

A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island. Explore I Walked with a Zombie / IMDB / YouTube

An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld. Details on Heaven Can Wait / IMDB / YouTube

A New York inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire with a capricious high-society sister. Check out The Palm Beach Story / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig. More about The Pride of the Yankees / IMDB / YouTube

During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge. Check out For Whom the Bell Tolls / IMDB / YouTube

An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career. See more about Phantom of the Opera / IMDB / YouTube

An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life. Check out Random Harvest / IMDB / YouTube

During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two. See more about The More the Merrier / IMDB / YouTube

When Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a Pandora's box of horror on unsuspecting relatives and neighbors. Info on Son of Dracula / IMDB / YouTube

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar. See more about Road to Morocco / IMDB / YouTube

During WWII, several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of the home, the staff, and the patients recovering there. Explore Sherlock Holmes Faces Death / IMDB / YouTube

Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI. Find out about For Me and My Gal / IMDB / YouTube

Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels. Read about Old Acquaintance / IMDB / YouTube

A gambler has plans to swindle money from a charity program, but starts to have second thoughts when he falls for a rich society girl. Get info on Mr. Lucky / IMDB / YouTube

Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium. Learn about Madame Curie / IMDB / YouTube

The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s. Look into Stormy Weather / IMDB / YouTube

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again. Get info on Lady of Burlesque / IMDB / YouTube

A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life in a significant way. Explore Tales of Manhattan / IMDB / YouTube

A group of nurses returning from the war in the Philippines recall their experiences in combat and in love. More about So Proudly We Hail! / IMDB / YouTube

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific. Learn about The Gang's All Here / IMDB / YouTube

A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl. Get info on Crash Dive / IMDB / YouTube

A young soldier arrives in NYC and, before heading overseas to WWII, visits Stage Door Canteen, where famous actresses and entertainers volunteer to entertain soldiers. Learn about Stage Door Canteen / IMDB / YouTube

The caliph of Baghdad must go into hiding with a group of traveling performers when his brother usurps the throne. Both brothers desire a beautiful dancing girl, who is torn between power and true love. Learn about Arabian Nights / IMDB / YouTube

A nightclub's coatroom attendant who's in love with the club's singer accidentally sips a drugged drink that makes him dream he's French King Louis XV, courting the infamous Madame Du Barry. More about Du Barry Was a Lady / IMDB / YouTube

A Canadian Mountie of German descent feigns disaffection with his homeland in hopes of infiltrating and thwarting a Nazi sabotage plot. Read about Northern Pursuit / IMDB / YouTube

Embittered, ambitious Helen Chernen sees an opportunity to escape her drab small-town life by becoming a 'stage mother' to her musically-talented younger sister. Find out about The Hard Way / IMDB / YouTube

A pilot falls in love with a woman he believes is heading cross country to become a maid, little suspecting that she's actually a princess. Learn about Princess O'Rourke / IMDB / YouTube

The daughter (Joan Fontaine) of a musical mentor (Montagu Love) is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband (Charles Boyer), a handsome composer. Read about The Constant Nymph / IMDB / YouTube