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If you mean epic romance movies, then you have to really go back in time as some of those were made a very long time ago.Samson and Delilah (1949)This tells the Biblical story of the romance between Samson and Delilah. She was a Philistine who, bribed to entrap Samson, coaxed him into revealing that the secret of his strength was his long hair, whereupon she took advantage of his confidence to betray him to his enemies. It stars Victor Mature as Samson and Hedy Lamarr as Delilah, who has since found fame as being the inventor of one of the earliest forms of Wi-Fi. [1]Quo Vadis (1951)Another Biblical themed romance, this time between Roman commander Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) who becomes infatuated with Christian hostage Lygia (Deborah Kerr). As their romance develops, he begins questioning the tyrannical leadership of the despot Emperor Nero (Sir Peter Ustinov).Cleopatra (1963)This movie is more infamous for the original love triangle pre Brangelina between Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and their respective spouses. She stars as Queen Cleopatra who romances Emperor Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) and then his successor, Mark Anthony (Richard Burton).For non Biblical themed movies:-Gone with the Wind (1939)The original epic romance movie, this is set in the Southern USA during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell about a proud woman, Scarlet O’Hara who is pining for Ashley, who is about to marry his cousin. The day the Civil War begins is the day she meets Rhett Butler (played by Clark Gable) and thus begins a most torrid romance. This movie has also courted controversy in the recent ultra PC culture for its romantic depiction of life during the Civil War in the South USA[2] but is still considered one of the best movies of the era to be filmed.Raintree County (1957)Another movie set during the Civil War, this is a love triangle between John Shawnessy (played by Montgomery Clift), his childhood sweetheart Nell Carter (played by Eve Marie Saint) and the woman he had an affair with and eventually marry when she got pregnant, Susanna (played by Elizabeth Taylor).Casablanca (1942)This movie is set during World War II and stars Humphrey Bogart as an American expatriate Rick Blaine who now runs a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco. He meets his former love, Ilsa, who is now married to a Czech resistance leader and they seek his help to escape from the city to continue his fight against the Germans. As time goes by, Rick and Ilsa begin falling in love again.Ryan's Daughter (1970)Set in Ireland during World War I, this movie is about a married Irish woman who has an affair with a British officer despite moral and political opposition from her nationalist neighbours.Romeo and Juliet (1968)The original and best filming of the Shakespearean romantic tragedy directed by the great Franco Zeffirelli, this tells the story of the young lovers torn by family enmities.Out of Africa (1985)Based on the memoirs of Danish baroness Karen Blixen (played by Meryl Streep) who spent time in Africa and her romance with a big game hunter played by Robert Redford.Cinema Paradiso (1988)This movie traces the relationship between a theatre projectionist (played by Philippe Noiret) and the boy he mentors (Salvatore Cascio) as he discovers the perfect escape from life in his war-torn Sicilian village: the Cinema Paradiso movie house. As time goes on and Alfredo sees the potential in Salvatore, he must convince him to leave his small town and pursue his passion for filmmaking.Raise the Red Lantern (1991)Teenage Songlian (Gong Li), whose family has been devastated by the recent death of her father, becomes the third concubine of wealthy Master Chen (Ma Jingwu). She soon discovers that behind the palatial luxury of life in the master's house, she and her fellow concubines, Zhuoyan (Cao Cuifeng) and Meishan (He Caifei), are pitted against each other in a struggle for his affections. The situation inevitably leads to deception, jealous rages and the revelation of each other's darkest secrets.The Last of the Mohicans (1992)Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this in what is perhaps his only action role, as Nathaniel Poe, a white man raised in an American Native tribe. Amidst a battle between Britain and France in colonial America, Hawkeye and his team of Mohican scouts protect Cora, the daughter of a British officer whom he falls in love with.Indochine (1992)In colonial-era Vietnam, Jean-Baptiste (Vincent Perez), a dashing French naval captain; Eliane (Catherine Deneuve), a wealthy plantation owner of French parentage; and her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille (Linh Dan Pham), are the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Eliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.Farewell My Concubine (1993)Set before, during and after the years of China’s Cultural Revolution, it traces the complicated relationship between two male leads who begin their training at the Beijing Opera House Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Fengyi Zhang). Cheng. While pretending to be in love with Duan onstage, Cheng begins to develop actual romantic feelings for his co-star, which aren’t reciprocated and which he bears over the next 50 years.Queen Margot (1994)Based on the book by Alexandre Dumas, this is based on the real life events in France during the war between the Catholics and the Huguenots. The reigning king is holding the wedding of his sister, Queen Margot (Isabelle Adjani) to the Protestant King Henri of Navarre which only serves to lure the Protestants to the capital so they would all be assassinated. Margot unexpectedly saves one of them and falls in love with him.The Horseman on the Roof (1995)In 1832, Italian patriot Angelo Pardi (Olivier Martinez) flees to France to escape Austrian invaders and seeks support for the Italian resistance while trying to raise money. After taking shelter in the house of noblewoman Pauline de Theus (Juliette Binoche), he learns she must travel to Italy to reunite with her husband and Angelo must help her make the perilous journey while avoiding the military, his pursuers and cholera outbreak.The English Patient (1996)This movie is based on the book of the same name by Michael Ondaatje and won a slew of Oscars. It is set during the last days of World War II at a villa as a French nurse attends to a badly burnt patient (played by Ralph Fiennes) who also had memory loss. Their solitude is disrupted with the arrival at the church of fellow Canadian David Caravaggio (Willem Dafoe), part of the Intelligence Service, who is certain that he knows the patient as a man who cooperated with the Germans.Malena (2000)The movie which propelled its lead actress, Monica Bellucci, into international fame. It traces life in a small town as seen through the eyes of a young boy who gets caught up in the frenzy caused by the most beautiful woman in the won, Malena Scordia (played by Monica Bellucci).Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)Based on the best selling novel by Gabriel García Márquez, this movie traces the love story In Colombia just after the Great War between Florentino Ariza (adult character played by Javier Bardem) and Fermina Daza (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), during a love affair which lasts 50 years to the day they fall in love, are torn apart and are then reunited to spend their final days together.Footnotes[1] The story of Hedy Lamarr, the Hollywood beauty whose invention helped enable Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth - Marketplace[2] Gone With the Wind: Taking stock of a controversial classic