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"
Let the Sunshine In (2017)
6/10
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Josiane Balasko, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Following Isabelle, a middle-aged Parisian artist and divorced mother, as she looks for love and meets different characters. Read more
Liberal Arts (2012)
6.7/10
Director: Josh Radnor
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, Elizabeth Reaser, Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Radnor,...
Josh Radnor writes, directs and stars in this engaging romantic comedy. Jesse (Radnor) is a 35-year old literature graduate living an aimless life in... Read more
Life After Beth (2014)
5.6/10
Director: Jeff Baena
Starring: John C Reilly, Paul Reiser, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Matthew Gray Gubler, Da...
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. But when she miraculously comes back to life, Zach takes full advantage of the opp... Read more
Life After Beth (Blu-ray) (2014)
5.6/10
Director: Jeff Baena
Starring: John C Reilly, Paul Reiser, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Matthew Gray Gubler, Da...
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. But when she miraculously comes back to life, Zach takes full advantage of the opp... Read more
Like Crazy (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Drake Doremus
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence
So wildly in love are Los Angeles college students Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones) - a British citizen with a temporary visa - that sh... Read more
Like Crazy (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Drake Doremus
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence
So wildly in love are Los Angeles college students Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones) - a British citizen with a temporary visa - that sh... Read more
Little City (1997)
6/10
Director: Roberto Benabib
Starring: Jon Bon Jovi, Josh Charles, Joanna Going, Penelope Ann Miller, Annabella Sciorra...
A San Francisco cab driver and struggling painter is having little success with women: one girlfriend left him for another woman, and another went off... Read more
Little Women (2019)
8/10
Director: Greta Gerwig
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Timothee Chalamet
In the years after the Civil War, Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) lives in New York City and makes her living as a writer, while her sister Amy March (Floren... Read more
Locked Down (2021)
5.2/10
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dule Hill, Anne Hathaway
Paxton and Linda, a couple at the end of their relationship who are only still living together because of lock-down orders in the U.K. The two attempt... Read more
Lonely Hearts (1982)
6.8/10
Director: Paul Cox
Starring: Norman Kaye, Wendy Hughes
In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker. In HD. Read more