The best Van Johnson’s romance movies

Van Johnson

Van Johnson

25/08/1916- 12/12/2008
Today we present the best Van Johnson’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 Van Johnson’s movies.
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The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Purple Rose of Cairo
7.7/10
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe
6.9/10
Pete Sandidge, a daredevil bomber pilot, dies when he crashes his plane into a German aircraft carrier, leaving his devoted girlfriend, Dorinda, who is also a pilot, heartbroken. In heaven, Pete receives a new assignment: He is to become the guardian angel for Ted Randall, a young Army flyer. Invisibly, Pete guides Ted through flight school and into combat, but the ghostly mentor’s tolerance is tested when Ted falls for Dorinda. Ultimately however, Pete not only comes to terms with their relationship, but also acts as Dorinda’s copilot when she undertakes a dangerous bombing raid so that Ted won’t have to.

Madame Curie

Madame Curie
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 16/12/1943
  • Character: Reporter
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.

Brigadoon

Brigadoon
6.7/10
Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.

State of the Union

State of the Union
7.2/10
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime
7.1/10
In this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.

The White Cliffs of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover
7/10
Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Ashwood is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.

Pilot #5

Pilot #5
6.1/10
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 24/02/1955
  • Character: Maurice Bendrix
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix (Van Johnson), a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles (Deborah Kerr), whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.

Thrill of a Romance

Thrill of a Romance
6.5/10
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.

The Last Time I Saw Paris

The Last Time I Saw Paris
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1954
  • Character: Charles Wills
Charles returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. He worked on "Stars and Stripes" when he met Marion and Helen. He would marry and be happy staying in Paris after his discharge and working for a news organization. He would try to write his great novel and that would come between Charlie, his wife and his daughter

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 14/06/1944
  • Character: John Dyckman Brown III
A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.

Three Guys Named Mike

Three Guys Named Mike
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/03/1951
  • Character: Michael Lawrence
A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most.

Too Young to Kiss

Too Young to Kiss
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 22/11/1951
  • Character: Eric Wainwright
Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.

Easy to Wed

Easy to Wed
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 25/07/1946
  • Character: William "Bill" Stevens Chandler
When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a home-wrecker, she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit. The publication's frazzled head editor now must find a way to discredit her.

Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf
6.6/10
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
7/10
A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.

Somewhere I'll Find You

Somewhere I'll Find You
6.1/10
Brothers feud over a girl they both fall for while covering World War II.

Easy to Love

Easy to Love
6.2/10
Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star.

Miracle in the Rain

Miracle in the Rain
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 31/03/1956
  • Character: Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

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