Romance
"Alice's Festival Of Romance"
Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young (and older) love, unrequited love, obsessive love, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love. Romantic films serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, especially if the two people finally overcome their difficulties, declare their love, and experience life "happily ever after" - implied by a reunion and final kiss.
Here "Alice's Festival of Romance" has been assembled below as an aphabetical list. Should more precise scrolling be required, one should go to the specific genre, ie "Classic Romance", "Comedy Romance" , "Drama Romance" or even "Queer Cinema"
Right: Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid star in Todd Haynes'
"Far From Heaven"
Bright Star (2009)
7/10
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Kerry Fox, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Abbie Cornish
Written and directed by Academy Award winner Jane Campion ("The Piano"), "Bright Star" is a riveting drama based on the three year romance between 19t... Read more
Bright Star ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7/10
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Kerry Fox, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Abbie Cornish
Written and directed by Academy Award winner Jane Campion ("The Piano"), "Bright Star" is a riveting drama based on the three year romance between 19t... Read more
Broadcast News (1987)
7.2/10
Director: James L Brooks
Starring: William Hurt, Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks
William Hurt, Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks play a tv news reporter, producer and writer in this involving and very funny inside look at the high pre... Read more
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
7.7/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Linda Cardellin...
Ang Lee's Oscar-winning gay cowboy story successfully challenges the stereotypes of one of Hollywood's most beloved genres, the Western. Emotionally... Read more
Brokeback Mountain ( Blu-ray ) (2005)
7.7/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid, Anne Hathaway, Li...
Ang Lee's Oscar-winning gay cowboy story successfully challenges the stereotypes of one of Hollywood's most beloved genres, the Western. Emotionally c... Read more
Broken English (2007)
6.4/10
Director: Zoe Cassavetes
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Josh Hamilton, Parker Posey, Tim Guinee, Peter Bogdanovich, Justi...
Parker Posey is Nora, a 30-something New York hotel worker who feels life is going nowhere. An unexpected romance with a charming Frenchman turns her... Read more
Bull Durham (1988)
7.1/10
Director: Ron Shelton
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
A quirky, intelligent comedy with plenty of surprises about a minor-league baseball team and its attentive groupie (Susan Sarandon) who feels it is he... Read more
C'est La Vie (Le sens de la fête) (2017)
6.9/10
Director: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Starring: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve, Suzanne Clement, Gilles Lellouche, Judith Ch...
When a luxury wedding celebration in a 17th-century French castle gets terribly out of control, waiters and photographers witness a monstrosity. Read more
Cactus Flower (1969)
7.2/10
Director: Gene Saks
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Weston, Walter Matthau, Rick Lenz
A delightful comedy sparked by crazy, mixed-up situations and a kooky, Academy Award-winning debut performance from Goldie Hawn (Best Actress in a Sup... Read more
Cafe de Flore (2011)
7.4/10
Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
Starring: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Helene Florent
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee ("CRAZY") and starring Vanessa Paradis, "Cafe de Flore" captures the power of love in all its euphoric, obsessive, innoce... Read more