Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "courtship-ritual"

1. The Quiet Man (1952)

Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond

Votes: 42,421 | Gross: $10.55M

2. The Lion (1962)

Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama

In Kenya, when young Tina befriends a lion and embraces local customs, her mother summons Tina's American father to help bring Tina back to civilization and give her a civilized upbringing.

Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: William Holden, Trevor Howard, Capucine, Pamela Franklin

Votes: 764

3. Young Aphrodites (1963)

88 min | Drama, History, Romance

200 BC. During a merciless drought, the brute nature of man and the delicate essence of woman become inextricably intertwined, as the omnipotence of the carnal instinct demands the total surrender of the flesh.

Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Eleni Prokopiou, Takis Emmanuel, Kleopatra Rota, Vangelis Ioannidis

Votes: 842

4. Last of the Pagans (1935)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Romance, Drama

A young Polynesian couple is separated by a mining company which enslaves islanders.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Mala, Lotus Long, Rudolph Anders, Chester Gan

Votes: 209

5. Paradiso terrestre (1957)

87 min | Documentary

Seven expeditions penetrate the hidden far-out regions of four continents to bring from their depths the images of the ritual of love as practiced through the world.

Directors: Luciano Emmer, Robert Enrico | Stars: Gualtiero De Angelis, Stefano Sibaldi

6. Great Canadian Rivers (2001– )
Episode: Churchill River (2001)

Documentary

The Churchill River in Nothern Saskatchewan and Monitoba is more a collection of lakes connected by rapids and water falls. That made it a superb highway for the trade in beaver pelts in ... See full summary »

Stars: Doug Chisolm, Rick Driediger, Barabara Hanbridge, Richard Highway

7. Prehistoric Planet (2022–2023)
Episode: Islands (2023)

TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, Animation, History

On a small island, a monumental display takes place as the giant Hatzegopteryx reveals his gentler side to woo a mate

Star: David Attenborough

Votes: 360