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1. It Happened One Night (1934)

Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance

A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 112,466 | Gross: $4.36M

2. Bronco Billy (1980)

PG | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers

Votes: 12,740 | Gross: $24.27M

3. Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991)

Not Rated | 154 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Runaway heiress in search of her beloved falls in love with another man on the way.

Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Aamir Khan, Pooja Bhatt, Anupam Kher, Sameer Chitre

Votes: 4,646

4. The French Line (1953)

Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

When her fiancé leaves her, an oil heiress takes a cruise incognito in order to find a man who will love her for herself and not for her money.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Hunnicutt, Mary McCarty

Votes: 701

5. Anything Goes (1936)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles, Ida Lupino

Votes: 522

6. You Can't Run Away from It (1956)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by her father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back ... See full summary »

Director: Dick Powell | Stars: June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford, Paul Gilbert

Votes: 594

7. Champagne (1928)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy

A spoiled heiress defies her father by running off to marry her lover. However, Daddy has a few tricks up his sleeve.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Ferdinand von Alten, Gordon Harker

Votes: 2,688

8. The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 3,736

9. Sky Racket (1937)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.

Director: Sam Katzman | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Monte Blue, Hattie McDaniel

Votes: 125

10. You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)

100 min | Comedy, Romance

A spoiled heiress who has jilted multiple fiancés embroils a commercial pilot in a series of wacky misadventures.

Directors: H.C. Potter, Walter Lantz | Stars: Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, Eddie Albert, Roland Young

Votes: 943

11. There Goes My Heart (1938)

Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

A young heiress runs away from her overprotective grandfather. Penniless on the streets of New York, she manages to find employment, but a reporter knows her true identity.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Alan Mowbray

Votes: 682

12. Cross-Country Romance (1940)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Romance

Larry Smith is a young bacteriologist on his way from New York to San Francisco to work under an eminent scientist in China. He stops along the way at the North house to deliver a scroll ... See full synopsis »

Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, Hedda Hopper, Billy Gilbert

Votes: 278

13. Niña bonita (1955)

Comedy, Romance

She's naughty. She's capricious. She's lovely and lovable: Niña Bonita.

Director: F.H. Constantino | Stars: Jaime de la Rosa, Charito Solis, Milagros Naval, Gil de Leon

14. Tireman, Spare My Tires (1942)

Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Harry picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a runaway heiress. Under threat, Harry agrees to help her hide by pretending to be husband and wife.

Director: Jules White | Stars: Harry Langdon, Louise Currie, Emmett Lynn, Bud Jamison

Votes: 12

15. Red Heads (1930)

Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Music

In this two-reel comic operetta, Nat Carr owns a gown shop in New York City and advertises for redheaded models--and is run over by a slew of redheaded applicants, including one who is a ... See full summary »

Director: Frank T. Davis | Stars: Charles Kaley, Nat Carr, Joan Gaylord, Catherine Wallace