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"
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
6.7/10
Director: Nancy Meyers
Starring: Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand, Jack Nicholson, Jon Favreau, Keanu Reeves, Aman...
Buoyant romantic comedy from Nancy Meyers ("What Women Want") finds playboy music exec Jack Nicholson dating much younger auctioneer Amanda Peet. Duri... Read more
Somewhere In Time (1980)
7.3/10
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Teresa Wright
Christopher Reeve stars in this lush romantic fantasy about a lonely artist, obsessed with a beautiful Victorian woman's portrait, who inexplicably fi... Read more
Sommersby (1993)
6.1/10
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman
'The Return of Martin Guerre' is transferred from sixteenth century France to the post-Civil War South for this involving tale of redemption and dispu... Read more
Song To Song (2017)
5.6/10
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett,...
Two intersecting love triangles. obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas. Read more
Sons and Lovers (1960)
7.3/10
Director: Jack Cardiff
Starring: Dean Stockwell, Trevor Howard, Wendy Hiller, Heather Sears, Sean Barrett
Showered with praise on its release, this adaptation of DH Lawrence's famous novel is perhaps a little dated now. Censorship laws of the time prevete... Read more
SOS Coast Guard (1937)
6/10
Starring: Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Richard Alexander
A 12-episode serial. The government of Marovania hires the wicked Boroff to manufacture a powerful gas that causes mass disintegration. Boroff is en r... Read more
Soul Man (1986)
5.2/10
Director: Steve Miner
Starring: C Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross
To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship. Read more
Speechless (1994)
5.7/10
Director: Ron Underwood
Starring: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Bonnie Bedelia, Ernie Hudson, Charles Martin Smith,...
Michael Keaton and Geena Davis fall in love, unaware they work as speechwriters for opposing political candidates. A cheerful contemporary comedy with... Read more
Splash (1984)
6.2/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, John Candy, Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah star in this charming comedy about a businessman who falls in love with a mermaid. John Candy has some amusing scenes as Ha... Read more
Splendour in the Grass (1961)
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle
Warren Beatty (in his film debut) and Natalie Wood portray young lovers in the 1920s Midwest, whose inner struggles to retain a pure and virtuous love... Read more