"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"
7.6/10
Chloé, a woman with a fragile mental state, falls for her psychoanalyst, Paul. But after moving in with him a few months later, she discovers a part o... Read more
6.3/10
In the tradition of the Doris Day-Rock Hudson comedies of the early 1960s comes this effervescent period romantic romp featuring Renee Zellweger as a... Read more
6.1/10
Luke (Jake Johnson) and Kate (Olivia Wilde) are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They're perfect fo... Read more
5.7/10
Opposites attract with irresistable force in this fresh, funny, feel-good comedy about two mismatched teens who scheme to make their ex's jealous... a... Read more
7/10
Based on Barbara Cartland's romantic novel, Alison Doody is Lady Caroline, the attractive debutante who falls for a dashing Michael York. In order to... Read more
6.6/10
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may t... Read more
6/10
Julia Roberts finds meaning in life after taking a job as a nurse/companion to leukemia patient Campbell Scott. Read more
5.9/10
Marguerite Moreau plays Jamie, a single working girl living in L.A. who decides to give up sex for 90 days. Supported by her stoner friend, Martin (D.... Read more
5.8/10
Hunky Caleb is attracted to pretty Gwen, who prefers spending time with her circle of gay male friends. Caleb's gay roommate, Kyle, gives him tips on... Read more
5.1/10
A.k.a. 'Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy'. A twisted indie romantic drama set in the rave scene of 1990s Edinburgh and based on Irvine Welsh's novella 'The Unde... Read more