Top 23 Romance Movies Editor's Choice from 1939

A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest. Read about Ninotchka / IMDB / YouTube

A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff. See more about Wuthering Heights / IMDB / YouTube

At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl stops in town. Learn about Only Angels Have Wings / IMDB / YouTube

A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity. Find out about Dark Victory / IMDB / YouTube

In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her. Explore The Hunchback of Notre Dame / IMDB / YouTube

An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades. Details on Goodbye, Mr. Chips / IMDB / YouTube

A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society. Read about Pygmalion / IMDB / YouTube

A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city. Check out Port of Shadows / IMDB / YouTube

An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out. See more about Another Thin Man / IMDB / YouTube

Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins. Get info on Drums Along the Mohawk / IMDB / YouTube

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. See more about Love Affair / IMDB / YouTube

A British Army officer resigns, burning his last-day summons to war in the Sudan. Accusing him of cowardice, his girlfriend and three friends give him white feathers. To gain redemption, he shadows his friends to save their lives. Look into The Four Feathers / IMDB / YouTube

A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Look into The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex / IMDB / YouTube

A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver. Get info on Midnight / IMDB / YouTube

A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people. Learn about Gulliver's Travels / IMDB / YouTube

An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job. Details on Bachelor Mother / IMDB / YouTube

While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes. More about Made for Each Other / IMDB / YouTube

After a wealthy man finds out his wife is a gold digger, he meets and falls for a widowed mother, and complications ensue. Find out about In Name Only / IMDB / YouTube

Tarzan finds a boy from a crashed plane and raises him with Jane in the jungle. A search party comes looking for the plane. Get info on Tarzan Finds a Son! / IMDB / YouTube

When a tycoon (Ernest Truex) is accused of murder, the private eye (James Stewart) tracking him finds himself roped in as an accessory and attempts to evade police, kidnapping a poetess (Claudette Colbert) along the way. Details on It's a Wonderful World / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the dancing team who taught the world to two-step. Read about The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle / IMDB / YouTube

Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire. Details on Juarez / IMDB / YouTube

A plane has engine trouble while flying over a jungle inhabited by cannibals. Get info on Five Came Back / IMDB / YouTube