Storyline: True Romance

Welcome to the Sooner Channel dedicated to True Romance. Here you'll experience a hand-picked selection of films dedicated to real, unadorned and often complicated love. These films explore the many facets of romantic relationships and delve deep into the emotions and challenges that real romantic attachments bring. These films on Sooner invite you to explore the beauty and complexity of true love. They show that true romance is not always easy, but always worth the journey. Let yourself be enchanted by these authentic love stories and perhaps you will find a piece of your own story in them.
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  • The Rain Bride

    The Rain Bride

    Drama

    2022

    1h.39min

    16+

    Between the war's frontlines to the dance floor, a Kurdish woman's journey defies tradition and embraces liberation.


  • Notes on a Summer

    Notes on a Summer

    Drama, Romance

    2023

    1h.23min

    16+

    A summery film about lust and love and choices you have to make (or not).


  • Junkyard Dog

    Junkyard Dog

    Drama, Comedy

    2023

    1h.33min

    12

    Set in a remote village, Dog and Mirales face a test with the arrival of a young woman, who shatters the monotony of their lives.


  • Eye on Juliet

    Eye on Juliet

    Drama

    2018

    1h.30min

    12 FSK

    A lonely security guard uses military technology to search the other side of the world for his soul mate.


  • The Sun Is Burning

    The Sun Is Burning

    Independent, Love & Sex

    2021

    1h.15min

    16+

    It's summer. Zou and Anselm are newly in love and spend their afternoon at the lake. A fairy tale seems to have come true.


  • Come Closer

    Come Closer

    Independent, Love & Sex

    2021

    1h.15min

    16+

    The focus is on the relationship between the two directors Bella and Andreas, who explore themes of love, sex, friendship and desire.


  • 30 Years Blues

    30 Years Blues

    Independent, Love & Sex

    2019

    1h.31min

    16+

    An intimate portrayal of Brazil's upper-class and their relationships in midlife crisis.


  • People That Are Not Me

    People That Are Not Me

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2016

    1h.18min

    16+

    Joy is a young woman living in Tel Aviv. She has a love-hate relationship with its casual sex scene.


  • Blind Spot

    Blind Spot

    Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2019

    1h.45min

    16+

    Dominick has a superpower and suffers from it. He longs for normality - a refreshingly pessimistic take on the superhero genre.


  • Anishoara

    Anishoara

    Drama

    2016

    1h.44min

    16

    During the melon harvest in the rolling green hills of Moldova, 15-year-old Anishoara experiences the overwhelming feeling of first love.


  • Let the Sunshine In

    Let the Sunshine In

    Comedy, Romance

    2017

    1h.35min

    12 FSK

    Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.


  • Chico & Rita

    Chico & Rita

    Animation, Music, Dance, Theater

    2010

    1h.33min

    0 FSK

    A bittersweet love story by Oscar-winner Fernando Trueba about jazz and jealousy between Havana and New York.


  • The Country Teacher

    The Country Teacher

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2008

    1h.55min

    12 FSK

    Petr gets to know Marie, a young widow and farmer. In the sun-drenched fields of Bohemia, a deep friendship develops between them, but Marie hopes for ...


  • Mr & Mme Adelman

    Mr & Mme Adelman

    Comedy, Romance

    2017

    2h.0min

    12 FSK

    Sarah and Victor have been a couple for 45 years. How did they manage that? Love, ambition and secrets define this couple's odyssey.


  • Only Lovers Left Alive

    Only Lovers Left Alive

    Horror, Romance

    2012

    2h.2min

    12 FSK

    Hiding out in a run-down mansion in Detroit, underground musician Adam (Tom Hiddleston) is forced to contend with the demands of the modern world.


  • Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood

    Drama, Romance

    2010

    2h.13min

    12 FSK

    While students protest in 1960s Tokyo, Toru Watanabe fights for his love.


  • Threesome

    Threesome

    Comedy, Romance

    2017

    1h.31min

    12 FSK

    A normal couple, a somewhat boring marriage and an erotic adventure!


  • The Hannas

    The Hannas

    Comedy

    2016

    1h.42min

    12 FSK

    Hans and Anna – together they make the Hannas: A hefty couple who love to cook. They meet sisters Kim and Nicola, both anorexic and excitingly different. ...


  • Copenhagen

    Copenhagen

    Drama, Romance

    2014

    1h.38min

    12 FSK

    After weeks of traveling through Europe, the immature William finds himself in Copenhagen, the place of his father’s birth. He befriends the youthful ...


  • Pause

    Pause

    Comedy, Romance

    2014

    1h.22min

    0 FSK

    One winter evening, at an empty gas station, young country musician Sami meets beautiful Julia, who has run out of gas. Sami, who’s been living alone ...


  • Maybe, Baby!

    Maybe, Baby!

    Comedy, Romance

    2017

    1h.19min

    12 FSK

    Marie is in her mid-thirties and has been with Sascha for a very long time, sometimes she does not even know for how long exactly.


  • Son of the Bride

    Son of the Bride

    Comedy

    2001

    2h.0min

    12 FSK

    At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother.


  • Love Me!

    Love Me!

    Independent, Love & Sex

    2014

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

    A German Mumblecore movie, an ode to the city of Berlin, a romantic comedy, father-daughter drama, and a portrait of a woman all rolled into one.


  • Absurdistan

    Absurdistan

    Comedy, Love & Sex

    2008

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    An allegorical comedy about two childhood sweethearts destined for one another until the women of their village go on a sex strike that threatens the couple's ...


  • Tuvalu

    Tuvalu

    Drama, Romance

    1999

    1h.31min

    0 FSK

    In Veit Helm's fairy-tale feature debut, shy Anton struggles to prevent the closure of his family's dilapidated indoor swimming pool.


  • Cindy Does Not Love Me

    Cindy Does Not Love Me

    Love & Sex, Romance

    2010

    1h.31min

    0 FSK

    Unconventional love triangle story between two thirtysomething guys and a very special woman – the men not knowing from each another. A mixture of road ...


  • Beat Beat Heart

    Beat Beat Heart

    Independent, Comedy

    2017

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    A playful romanticist has been waiting for the love of her life to return – when suddenly her newly separated mother moves in.


  • A Low Life Mythology

    A Low Life Mythology

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2012

    1h.20min

    16+

    Mana lives in her own world, smokes weed and all her energy flows into her films. But when she meets Asten at a party, everything changes.


  • Submarine

    Submarine

    Comedy, Love & Sex

    2010

    1h.36min

    12 FSK

    In this quiet comedy in the style of Wes Anderson, a 15-year-old Welshman navigates the shoals of first love like a sailor through reefs.


  • Tabu

    Tabu

    Crime, Love & Sex

    2012

    1h.53min

    0 FSK

    Aurora, an old woman, her Capeverdean housekeeper, and Pilar, all live in the same house in Lisbon. When the old woman dies, the other two learn a secret ...


  • Unmade Beds

    Unmade Beds

    Love & Sex, Music, Dance, Theater

    2008

    1h.36min

    12 FSK

    Axl arrives in the UK to look for his long-lost father and instead is adopted by the bohemian Mike and Hannah who introduce him to gigs in English pubs ...


  • Gate to Heaven

    Gate to Heaven

    Comedy, Romance

    2003

    1h.28min

    6 FSK

    German romantic Bollywood comedy: Nisha is a janitor at the Frankfurt Airport but of dreams of becoming a flight attendant.


  • The Legend of Paul and Paula

    The Legend of Paul and Paula

    Classics

    1973

    1h.45min

    16 FSK

    Paul and Paula have had bad experiences with love: Paul is financially well off but has lost all affection for his wife, while Paula raises two children ...


  • Blind & Ugly

    Blind & Ugly

    Independent, Romance

    2017

    1h.38min

    12 FSK

    Ferdi thinks he's ugly. And he really wants a girlfriend. But he can't, because he's ugly. But one day he meets Jonah and Jonah is blind.


  • Ants go other ways

    Ants go other ways

    Love & Sex, Romance

    2011

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    In a personal crisis, assisted living becomes a lifesaver for Richard.


  • Goodbye First Love

    Goodbye First Love

    Love & Sex, Drama

    2011

    1h.45min

    0 FSK

    A young woman painfully says Good Bye First Love as she and her partner mature and choose different life paths. But it’s a hard way. Fifteen-year-old ...


  • Not Here to Be Loved

    Not Here to Be Loved

    Love & Sex, Music, Dance, Theater

    2005

    1h.29min

    0 FSK

    Fiftysomething Jean-Claude is frustrated and signs up for a tango course. The spirited music and his charming dance partner Francoise help him until he ...


  • Holger and Hanna

    Holger and Hanna

    Comedy, Love & Sex

    2013

    1h.24min

    12 FSK

    Holger is unhappily in love with Hanna. Then his parents get a divorce and to top it all off his father flirts with Hanna.