Movies and TvShows featuring "denial-of-true-love" theme.

In 'Coquette,' a Southern belle named Norma Besant is in love with a mountaineer named Michael Jeffrey. However, her father disapproves of their relationship, leading to a series of events that escalate into scandal, tragedy, and a murder trial. Norma finds herself caught between her father's expectations and her own desires, ultimately leading to devastating consequences.

Strange Interlude is a 1932 film adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play. It tells the story of a woman named Nina Leeds who is torn between her love for her deceased fiance Gordon, her lust for a novelist named Ned Darrell, and her marriage to a respectable doctor named Sam Evans. The film explores themes of love, infidelity, and the consequences of repression in society. Despite being married, Nina becomes pregnant with Darrell's child and raises it as her husband's, resulting in a web of secret paternity and family dysfunction. Ultimately, she must make difficult choices to find her own happiness.

The Cisco Kid (Gilbert Roland) sets out on a double mission of rescuing a girl from forsaking her true love by marrying a supposedly wealthy suitor to save the old family hacienda, and he is also after the outlaws that robbed a stage carrying gold for the Mission. His task is made easier once he learns that the "wealthy" suitor (Tristram Coffin) is also the man behind the gold robbers.