The best Richard Loo’s romance movies

Richard Loo

Richard Loo

01/10/1903- 20/11/1983
Today we present the best Richard Loo’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Richard Loo’s movies.
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Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days
6.7/10
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
6.4/10
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 06/01/1933
  • Character: Captain Li
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

The Quiet American

The Quiet American
6.7/10
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman, but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for the girl’s attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.

Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific
6.8/10
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-marshaled out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveller Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious.

So Proudly We Hail

So Proudly We Hail
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 09/09/1943
  • Character: Japanese Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination and their lives. Sent to Bataan, Philippines, the nurses are led by Lt. Janet Davidson. She is faced with untested nurses who expected an easy time in Honolulu, but who quickly become battle-weary veterans dealing with daily bombardments by the Japanese, overwhelmed by the numbers of wounded, and dwindling supplies. Some of "Davey's" unit also have to deal with romantic entanglements with men they met onboard ship. When Bataan falls, the American forces flee to the offshore island of Corregidor, where they find the Japanese assault just as intense.

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune
6.2/10
An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.

The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Story of Dr. Wassell
6.6/10
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so wounded sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia.

The Soldier and the Lady

The Soldier and the Lady
6.2/10
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to fulfill his mission.

The Shanghai Story

The Shanghai Story
5.8/10
Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.

Barricade

Barricade
5.7/10
In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.

Stranded

Stranded
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 29/06/1935
  • Character: Chinese Groom (uncredited)
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.

Now and Forever

Now and Forever
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 31/08/1934
  • Character: Hotel Clerk
Young freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then the Days 'rediscover' Jerry's young daughter Pennie, who has been living with his rich deceased wife's family. Pennie appears to be just what Jerry needs to mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. Despite the responsibility of his new family, Jerry is swayed by the corruptible influence of jewelry thief Felix Evans. When Evans lures Jerry into a job, it puts the continuation of his new family life at risk.

Lady of the Tropics

Lady of the Tropics
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 11/08/1939
  • Character: Delaroch's Chauffeur
Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.

The Secrets of Wu Sin

The Secrets of Wu Sin
5.2/10
A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.

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