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"
Clueless (1995)
6.8/10
Director: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison, Brec...
A sparkling youth comedy about sex, clothes, popularity and day-glow satire; with the delightful presence of star Alicia Silverstone. Believe it or no... Read more
Cold Mountain (2003)
7.2/10
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Jude Law, Na...
In the fading days of the Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named Inman (Jude Law) struggles on a perilous journey to return to his home of Col... Read more
Come See the Paradise (1990)
6.7/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sab Shimono, Tamlyn Tomita, Shizuko Hoshi
From writer/director Alan Parker ("Mississippi Burning") comes this haunting romantic drama set against one of the darkest periods in U.S. history. In... Read more
Comes a Bright Day (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Simon Aboud
Starring: Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall, Imogen Poots, Craig Roberts
A British thriller with romantic undertones, "Comes a Bright Day" finds a working class London bellboy thrown into a hostage situation with the girl o... Read more
Comet (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Sam Esmail
Starring: Justin Long, Emmy Rossum
Justin Long and Emmy Rossum are star-crossed lovers whose relationship blooms and unravels over the course of six years in this mysterious, original r... Read more
Comet (Blu-ray) (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Sam Esmail
Starring: Justin Long, Emmy Rossum
Justin Long and Emmy Rossum are star-crossed lovers whose relationship blooms and unravels over the course of six years in this mysterious, original r... Read more
Conversations with Other Women (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Hans Canosa
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart
An intriguing romantic mystery with Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter as a couple who meet at a wedding and seem to have instant chemistry. The... Read more
Cousins (1988)
6.3/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, William Petersen
The American version of the 1975 French film "Cousin, Cousine" that proved to be a big hit in the U.S. Ted Danson and Isabella Rossellini play nice pe... Read more
Coyote Ugly (2000)
5.6/10
Director: David McNally
Starring: Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Tyra Banks, Izabella Miko, Bridget Moynahan, LeAnn Ri...
Twenty year old Piper Perabo leaves father John Goodman and her New Jersey home and heads to Manhattan with dreams of making it as a songwriter. After... Read more
Crazy / Beautiful (2001)
6.5/10
Director: John Stockwell
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Bruce Davison
Kirsten Dunst, the teenage daughter of WASPish congressman Bruce Davison, has a bad attitude and a serious drinking problem. Jay Hernandez is a poor H... Read more