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1. The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A shy, middle-aged professor enters into a romantic but non-physical relationship with an unlucky-in-love colleague.
Director: Barbra Streisand | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, George Segal
Votes: 22,618 | Gross: $41.25M
2. Single White Female (1992)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman advertising for a new roommate finds that something very strange is going on with the tenant who decides to move in.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman
Votes: 42,066 | Gross: $47.92M
3. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum
Votes: 26,168 | Gross: $27.40M
4. Red Shoe Diaries (1992–1999)
TV-MA | 30 min | Drama, Romance
Jake yearns to understand the secret life of his late fiancee. To find the answer, he solicits the most heartfelt, passionate, and intimate entries in other women's diaries. These are their stories...
Stars: David Duchovny, Anthony Addabbo, Audie England, Brad Fisher
Votes: 1,290
5. Lured (1947)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff
Votes: 4,862
6. Cop (1988)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Director: James B. Harris | Stars: James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid
Votes: 6,197 | Gross: $1.88M
7. Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An unlucky in love nurse finds her life taking a detour when her mother places a personals ad in the paper, while on the other side of Boston, a plumber is trying to change careers.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Hope Davis, Alan Gelfant, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Callie Thorne
Votes: 5,142 | Gross: $3.39M
8. Fleshtone (1994)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A painter, playing erotic games by phone with a distant woman, is suddenly involved in a complex plot, regarding the mysterious murder of his (supposedely) erotic partner. But what if that ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Hurwitz | Stars: Martin Kemp, Lise Cutter, Tim Thomerson, Graham Armitage
Votes: 336
9. Sea Wife (1957)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator and a black... See full summary »
Director: Bob McNaught | Stars: Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney, Cy Grant
Votes: 719
10. I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A middle-aged disabled man unknowingly begins a lonely hearts correspondence with his own unmarried sister, who takes care of him. As he writes more and more to her, he begins to fall in ... See full summary »
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Simone Signoret, Jean Rochefort, Delphine Seyrig, Geneviève Fontanel
Votes: 436
11. Fast Food Fast Women (2000)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
How important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 35, stuck in a long-term affair going nowhere. Paul is a widower, facing old age alone. ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Anna Thomson, Jamie Harris, Louise Lasser, Robert Modica
Votes: 2,149 | Gross: $0.19M
12. Personals (1990 TV Movie)
93 min | Thriller
A woman that during the daytime is an insignificant librarian, at night becomes a fascinating mysterious dark lady. She uses the personal advertisements on the newspapers to obtain ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Robin Thomas, Gina Gallego, Rosemary Dunsmore
Votes: 139
13. Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)
60 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Two con artists join forces and pose as brother and sister. He then meets rich widows through the "personals" sections of newspapers, marries them, and both kill the widows for their money.
Director: George Blair | Stars: Dorothy Patrick, John Eldredge, Barbra Fuller, Robert Rockwell
Votes: 63
14. Autumn Sun (1996)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Clara Goldstein is a Jewish woman who, because of a visit from her brother, is forced to create a contrived relationship with a man of her own faith.
Director: Eduardo Mignogna | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Federico Luppi, Jorge Luz, Cecilia Rossetto
Votes: 511
15. Her First Affair (1941)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy
Micheline Chevassu is a naive young woman living in an orphanage. Through classified ads, she makes a date with an unknown man. She escapes from the orphanage to meet him, dreaming of her ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Rosine Luguet, Gabrielle Dorziat, Suzanne Dehelly
Votes: 162
16. Personals (1999)
R | 92 min | Romance
After a staff writer from a trendy New York magazine loses his job as a result of his dalliances with women, he decides to combine business and pleasure through a piece of free-lance ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Sargent | Stars: Malik Yoba, Stacey Dash, Monteria Ivey, Rhonda Ross Kendrick
Votes: 154
17. I Saw You (2000 TV Movie)
54 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Paul Rhys, Fay Ripley, Jeff Rawle, Lidija Zovkic
Votes: 35
18. The Blind Adventure (1918)
50 min | Mystery, Comedy, Drama
Geoffrey West is smitten by Marion Larned, whom he sees in a London restaurant reading the personal or "agony" column, and places an ad asking her for an introduction. Her response that he ... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Edward Earle, Betty Howe, Frank Norcross, William Bailey
19.
Bottom (1991–1995)
Episode:
Smells
(1991)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
After a bad night down the pub failing to pick up women, Richie is depressed because nobody wants to have sex with him. He finds a 'Sex Spray' that promises to make him attractive to women,... See full summary »
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Lee Cornes, Kevin McNally
Votes: 453
20.
Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1952–1953)
Episode:
Fugitive Money
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Donald Woods, Sydney Mason, Lewis Wilson, Sandra Spence
21.
The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
Episode:
Old Boyfriends
(1992)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A man from St. Olaf visits claiming he dated Rose when they were teenagers, but she doesn't remember him as one of the many boyfriends she had in her youth. Meanwhile, Sophia finds the perfect man while looking through the personals - or so she thinks.
Director: Peter D. Beyt | Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty
Votes: 381