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"
Garden State (2004)
7.5/10
Director: Zach Braff
Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm
Twentysomething, emotionally detached Andrew "Large" Largeman (Zach Braff) returns home to New Jersey after nine long years. Now, as he tries to re-co... Read more
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)
6.5/10
Director: Edouard Deluc
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Malik Zidi, Tuhei Adams, Pernille Bergendorff
In 1891 Gauguin settles down in Tahiti, where he hopes to find inspiration for his work as an artist and live as a free man in the wild, far from all... Read more
Georgy Girl (1966)
6.9/10
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Starring: Alan Bates, James Mason, Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling
Lynn Redgrave earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of an overweight, virginal London girl in this quirky romantic comedy. Overlook... Read more
Get Over It (2001)
5.8/10
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Ben Forster, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqo, Shane West, Martin Short...
Exuberant teen comedy with musical numbers finds high schooler Ben Forster being dumped by girlfriend Melissa Sagemiller, who has since gotten involve... Read more
Get Well Soon (2001)
5.2/10
Director: Justin McCarthy
Starring: Vincent Gallo, Courteney Cox, Jeffrey Tambor
This twisted romantic comedy focuses on Bobby Bishop (Vincent Gallo) who, after selling his soul to late-night television, commits career suicide on n... Read more
Ghost (1990)
7/10
Director: Jerry Zucker
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg
The highest-grossing film at the box office in 1990 is about a young artist who is killed in an apparent mugging. His ghost, left stranded on Earth, s... Read more
Ghost ( Blu-ray ) (1990)
7/10
Director: Jerry Zucker
Starring: Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Tony Goldwyn, Whoopi Goldberg
The highest-grossing film at the box office in 1990 is about a young artist who is killed in an apparent mugging. His ghost, left stranded on Earth, s... Read more
Gigli (2003)
2.4/10
Director: Martin Brest
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Lainie Kazan, Christopher Walken, Al...
See for yourself what audiences didn't see in theatres! Macho L.A. mob errand boy Ben Affleck is sent to kidnap a federal prosecutor's mentally challe... Read more
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
7.9/10
Director: Rolf Schubel
Starring: Stefano Dionisi, Ben Becker, Joachim Krol, Erika Marozsan
"Please play the song. You know, the famous one." Jewish restaurateur László and his restaurant pianist András both love beautiful waitress Ilona. And... Read more
Goldfish Memory (2003)
6.4/10
Director: Liz Gill
Starring: Flora Montgomery, Fiona Glascott, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Sean Campion
Written and directed by Liz Gill chronicling the ups and downs of several Irish singles who, like goldfish, seem to have a memory span that's simply t... Read more