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"
Music From Another Room (1998)
6.5/10
Director: Charlie Peters
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Gretchen Mol, Jennifer Tilly, Jude Law, Martha Plimpton
"Love at first sight" takes on a new meaning in this offbeat romantic comedy/drama about a young man's search for the girl whom he helped deliver when... Read more
Must Love Dogs (2005)
5.9/10
Director: Gary David Goldberg
Starring: John Cusack, Diane Lane, Elizabeth Perkins, Dermot Mulroney, Christopher Plummer...
Based on the best-selling novel, Sarah (Diane Lane) is still in a post-divorce funk when her sisters start thinking she needs to get back in the game... Read more
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
6.3/10
Director: P J Hogan
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Rupert Everett, Philip Bosco
Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney are old friends who have pacted to wed at 28 if they're both still single. When Mulroney springs fiance Cameron Diaz... Read more
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Joel Zwick
Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Andrea Martin, Joey Fatone, Gia Carides, Lainie Kaza...
Feel-good sleeper sensation stars Nia Vardalos (who also adapted her one-woman play) as a Chicago-based woman who works at parents Michael Constantine... Read more
My Blind Brother (2016)
6/10
Starring: Adam Scott, Nick Kroll
The rivalry between two brothers reaches a fever pitch during a charity swim competition. Read more
My Bollywood Bride (2006)
Director: Rajeev Manoj Virani
Starring: Kashmira Shah, Jason Lewis, Gulshan Grover, Sanjay Suri, Neha Dubey
Alex works in Venice Beach as a copywriter but longs to one day write a novel. When he meets and romances Reena (Kashmera Shah), a beautiful Indian w... Read more
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
5.4/10
Director: Bob Balaban
Starring: Traci Lind, Edward Herrmann, Mary Beth Hurt, Jay O Sanders, Matthew Fox, Philip...
A teenage boy comes back from the dead because he is determined to win the most beautiful girl in school. Read more
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
7.2/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Ronald Squire, John Sutton
When Philip Ashley's (Richard Burton) wealthy cousin, Ambrose (John Sutton), dies suddenly, his suspicions drift to Ambrose's new and icy wife, Rachel... Read more
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002)
6.7/10
Director: Johnnie To
Starring: Sammi Cheng
A car accident gives a spoiled, troubled young woman the ability to see ghosts, including one of a former classmate. Read more
My Man Godfrey (1936)
8.1/10
Director: Gregory La Cava
Starring: Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, William Powell, Eugene Pallette
Classic screwball comedy with Carole Lombard giving a priceless performance as a daffy heiress who meets a hobo on a scavenger hunt, and hires him as... Read more