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"
Catherine Cookson: The Mallen Streak (1979)
7.7/10
Starring: Juliet Stevenson
'The Mallens' was originally transmitted as two films and has since been reissued on DVD as four separate instalments - The Mallen Streak, The Mallen... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Round Tower (1998)
7.5/10
Director: Alan Grint
Starring: Emilia Fox, Ben Miles, Jan Harvey, Keith Barron, Denis Lawson
Vanessa Ratcliffe is just sixteen, daughter of one of the town's richest men. And in spite of her social standing and convent education Vanessa's prov... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Tide Of Life (1996)
7.7/10
Director: David Wheatly
Starring: Justin Chadwick
Tide of Life follows the fortunes of young housekeeper, Emily Kennedy, as she learns about relationships with three very different men. Forced from ho... Read more
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Elijah Wood, Eric Christian Olsen, Emma Roberts, Andy Samberg, Chris Messina, Ar...
Can a divorced couple remain best friends? Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) are high school sweethearts who married young and are now... Read more
Centennial (1978)
8.5/10
Director: Paul Krasny, Bernard McEveety
Starring: Dennis Weaver, Lynn Redgrave, Mark Harmon, Raymond Burr, Richard Chamberlain, Ro...
Journey to the Wild West in this sprawling epic saga of the town of Centennial, Colorado. Relive the grand hopes, dreams, loves, and adventures of gen... Read more
Challengers (2024)
7.3/10
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Zendaya , Josh O'Connor
Tashi, a tennis player turned coach, has transformed her husband from a mediocre player into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of hi... Read more
Challengers (Blu-ray) (2024)
7.3/10
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Zendaya , Josh O'Connor
Tashi, a tennis player turned coach, has transformed her husband from a mediocre player into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of hi... Read more
Chalte Chalte (2003)
6.6/10
Director: Aziz Mirza
Starring: Rani Mukerji, Shahrukh Khan
Priya and Raj are two sides of a coin, different as chalk and cheese. Raj is an impulsive middle class, hard working, emotional fellow. He allows Cupi... Read more
Chasing Amy (1997)
7.3/10
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Dwight Ewell, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Ben Afflec...
Making a hyperspace jump from "Clerks" and "Mallrats", writer/director Smith fashioned this very funny, mature, insightful and painfully honest romant... Read more
Chasing Liberty (2004)
6.1/10
Director: Andy Cadiff
Starring: Mandy Moore, Matthew Goode, Jeremy Piven, Annabella Sciorra, Caroline Goodall, M...
While on a diplomatic trip to Prague with her parents, first daughter Mandy Moore sneaks away in order to explore the countryside for herself. As secr... Read more