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"
Lonesome (1928)
7.8/10
Director: Paul Fejos
Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day tog... Read more
Lonesome Jim (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Steve Buscemi
Starring: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Seymour Cassel, Kevin Corrigan
Steve Buscemi directs this low-key comedy/drama about Jim (Casey Affleck) a chronically gloomy, aspiring novelist returning home to his parents' home... Read more
Long Story Short (2021)
6.8/10
Starring: Rafe Spall, Josh Lawson, Noni Hazlehurst
Teddy wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he's jumping forward to the next year of his life. Read more
Longing for New Zealand (2009)
4.9/10
Director: Michael Keusch
Starring: Vicky Haughton, Dietrich Mattausch
Upon making a mysterious inheritance in New Zealand, New York publisher Paige Duvall travels to the Antipodes to learn what this is all about. There s... Read more
Lord Jim (1965)
6.7/10
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins, Paul Lukas, Akim Tamiroff
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Read more
Lost Illusions (2021)
7.4/10
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Starring: Cecile De France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Jeanne Balibar, Andre Marcon, L...
Story of the rise and the fall of a young man in Paris who dreamed to be a writer and became a journalist. Read more
Lost In Love (OPA!) (2005)
6/10
Director: Udayan Prasad
Starring: Matthew Modine, Richard Griffiths
A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time. Read more
Love ( And Other Disasters ) (2007)
6.2/10
Director: Alek Keshishian
Starring: Brittany Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Catherine Tate, Santiago Cabrera
An ultra-modern romantic comedy produced by Luc Besson and David Fincher and directed by Alek Keshishian ('In Bed With Madonna'). Brittany Murphy is... Read more
Love Actually (2003)
7.6/10
Director: Richard Curtis
Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman,...
In this affectionate romantic comedy set in London at Christmastime, a group of quirky characters discover the thrills and heartbreak of love - with t... Read more
Love Actually ( Blu-ray ) (2003)
7.6/10
Director: Richard Curtis
Starring: Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson,...
In this affectionate romantic comedy set in London at Christmastime, a group of quirky characters discover the thrills and heartbreak of love - with t... Read more