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"
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
5.6/10
Director: Donald Rice
Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Mackenzie Crook, Felicity Jones, Luke Treadaway
Felicity Jones stars in this 1930s-set comedy drama as a vacillating bride-to-be, unable to make her mind up between her dull but worthy future husban... Read more
Chico and Rita (2010)
Director: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando
Starring: Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Ona
Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba ("Belle Epoque") and Spain's legendary artist Javier Mariscal celebrate the music and culture of Cuba with an e... Read more
Children Of A Lesser God (1986)
7.2/10
Director: Randa Haines
Starring: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie
William Hurt and Marlee Matlin star in this filmed adaptation of the hit Broadway play about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and... Read more
Chinese Box (1997)
6.3/10
Director: Wayne Wang
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung, Ruben Blades
Hong Kong's 1997 return to China is the setting for this romantic drama starring Jeremy Irons as a jaded journalist whose life is at crossroads and wh... Read more
Chocolat (2000)
7.3/10
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp, Carrie-Anne...
The radiant Juliette Binoche opens a chocolate shop in a small, old-fashioned French town where her confections soon stir the passions and scorn of th... Read more
Chungking Express (1994)
8.1/10
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Starring: Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Faye Wong, Brigitte Lin, Valerie Chow
This intoxicating slice of Hong Kong romance noir is split into two stories: A cop gets dumped by his Girlfriend and tries to fall in love with the ne... Read more
Cinderella Liberty (Blu-ray) (1973)
6.8/10
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: James Caan, Marsha Mason, Eli Wallach, Dabney Coleman, Bruno Kirby
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service recor... Read more
Circle of Friends (1995)
6.6/10
Director: Pat O'Connor
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Minnie Driver, Alan Cumming
Minnie Driver gives an outstanding performance as a college-age Irish woman-circa 1957-coming to grips with earthly love and Catholic fidelity in this... Read more
City of Angels (1998)
6.7/10
Director: Brad Silberling
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Dennis Franz, Andre Braugher
This Americanization of Wim Wenders' haunting 'Wings of Desire' stars Nicolas Cage as an angel who strives to become human after falling in love with... Read more
Close My Eyes (1991)
6.4/10
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Starring: Alan Rickman, Clive Owen, Saskia Reeves
This psychosexual drama focuses on the secret romance between a woman with low self-esteem and her brother, a wealthy, amiable man, which draws the su... Read more