# Movies With No Love Interests **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554 "2019-11-16T21:50:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/41 "2019-11-17T08:00:13Z")
I’m pretty sure the none of the following have love interests. I haven’t seen some of them in a while, though, so I could be wrong about a few: M Dracula Duck Soup The Wizard of Oz The Man Who Came to Dinner The Ox-Bow Incident The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday The Wages of Fear Godzilla Mister Roberts Paths of Glory Witness for the Prosecution Mon Oncle The Hidden Fortress To Kill a Mockingbird The Manchurian Candidate The Miracle Worker Lord of the Flies Dr. Strangelove Cool Hand Luke Yellow Submarine Easy Rider True Grit ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/42 "2019-11-17T08:41:11Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I’m pretty sure the none of the following have love interests. I haven’t seen some of them in a while, though, so I could be wrong about a few: > > … > Dr. Strangelove > … Well, Gen. Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott) was clearly having an affair with his female assistant. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/43 "2019-11-17T08:53:24Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Romeo & Juliet (it was more of an infatuation, really) The titular characters literally get married during the course of the play. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/44 "2019-11-17T09:34:52Z")
> [@LLCoolL](#): > > Well, Gen. Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott) was clearly having an affair with his female assistant. She was only on screen for a couple of minutes, so that’s not much of a love interest. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/45 "2019-11-17T09:46:36Z")
**Terminator 1 and 2 A Clockwork Orange The Martian Lifeforce** (there was some memorable nudity, though) **A.I. Boogie Nights** (You have to go down to the tertiary characters like Buck and his wife, and the movie just isn’t about them) **Never Cry Wolf** ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/46 "2019-11-17T09:56:36Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > **Terminator 1 and 2** The entire **franchise** revolves around the Sarah/Kyle love story. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/47 "2019-11-17T10:03:41Z")
Clue Escape to Witch Mountain Return from Witch Mountain Treasure Island All the President’s Men ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/48 "2019-11-17T13:20:32Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I’m pretty sure the none of the following have love interests. I haven’t seen some of them in a while, though, so I could be wrong about a few: > > M > Dracula > Duck Soup > The Wizard of Oz > The Man Who Came to Dinner > The Ox-Bow Incident > The Treasure of the Sierra Madre > Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday > The Wages of Fear > Godzilla > Mister Roberts > Paths of Glory > Witness for the Prosecution > Mon Oncle > The Hidden Fortress > To Kill a Mockingbird > The Manchurian Candidate > The Miracle Worker > Lord of the Flies > Dr. Strangelove > Cool Hand Luke > Yellow Submarine > Easy Rider > True Grit Nice list! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/49 "2019-11-17T13:27:08Z")
Am I the only one who remembers the Tin Man and Dorothy, in _The Wizard of Oz_? He already had a heart, as proven by the fact that he loved her. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/50 "2019-11-17T13:27:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Cody, a fortune hunter, tries to horn in on the discovery by the trio. They decide to kill him, but he’s killed in a confrontation with the bandidos. They find a letter from his wife in his effects. At the end, Curtin goes to seek out his widow. He just wanted to console her, right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/51 "2019-11-17T14:08:13Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Lots of war movies > > \*Apocalypse Now > \* If you count Redux as part of the film, this one has to be discounted. Dullard, I mean, Willard, has a brief fling with one of the French Plantation Women. (IIRC) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/52 "2019-11-17T14:13:40Z")
_Silent Running_ ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/53 "2019-11-17T14:25:31Z")
Dracula has Mina/John Harker, not to mention Lisa/Dracula Brian ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/54 "2019-11-17T14:33:24Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Witness for the Prosecution I know you said you maybe don’t remember _much_ about the movie, but I’d sure like to see whatever plot summary — however brief — comes to mind. Why, as per the title, does the prosecution’s star witness wind up testifying about the letter she addressed to “My Beloved Max”? (Does she, after stepping down from the witness stand, explain that she testified the way she did because of a man she loves?) Why did the victim, an older woman who’d been reading about older women who married younger men, leave all that money to the younger man who then winds up on trial for her murder? Can you explain the ending _without_ making reference to “A Clinging Brunette”? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/55 "2019-11-17T15:29:33Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Well, since many are being posted that are more recent than the 70s… > > _Moana_. Maui was truly, deeply, passionately in love . . . with himself. 🙂 > [@Colibri](#): > > 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea There was a torrid love triangle between Captain Nemo, Ned Land, and Esmeralda the sea lion. 🙂 > [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > **Lifeforce** (there was some memorable nudity, though) There was an emotional bond between the Gratuitous American and the Naked Space Vampire. Granted, she was using him, but they did have a connection. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/56 "2019-11-17T15:53:41Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Why, as per the title, does the prosecution’s star witness wind up testifying about the letter she addressed to “My Beloved Max”? (Does she, after stepping down from the witness stand, explain that she testified the way she did because of a man she loves?) Why did the victim, an older woman who’d been reading about older women who married younger men, leave all that money to the younger man who then winds up on trial for her murder? Can you explain the ending _without_ making reference to “A Clinging Brunette”? As I said, I haven’t seen some of these movies in a long time, but wasn’t the entire testimony by the star witness a lie, including the letter, which was a forgery? In fact, even the identity of the witness was a lie. I guess it’s the case that the real person who masqueraded as the star witness was motivated by love. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/57 "2019-11-17T16:03:04Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Am I the only one who remembers the Tin Man and Dorothy, in _The Wizard of Oz_? He already had a heart, as proven by the fact that he loved her. Do you really think Tin Man had a romantic attraction to Dorothy? At the end of the movie, the Cowardly Lion said, “Stay with us, then, Dorothy. We all love you. We don’t want you to go.” Does that mean he wanted a polyamorous relationship? ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/58 "2019-11-17T16:44:41Z")
Thanks for the reviews on “The Wicker Man” (I didn’t want to read too much, as I like a surprise)… I might check this out soon. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/59 "2019-11-17T18:20:10Z")
Misery and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554/60 "2019-11-17T18:23:31Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > If you count Redux as part of the film, this one has to be discounted.(IIRC) I would count _Redux_ as a different movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-no-love-interests/843554.md?page=4)