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"
The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond (2008)
5.9/10
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Will Patton, Ann-Margret , Mamie Gummer
A rebellious socialite defies social conventions for a once-in-a-lifetime shot at true love, only to see her hopes shattered after a priceless diamond... Read more
The Love Letter (1999)
5.4/10
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Starring: Tom Selleck, Tom Everett Scott, Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres, Blythe Danner
In this wonderful mix of charm, comedy and romance, Kate Capshaw plays the owner of a small town New England bookstore who has to figure out who wrote... Read more
The Love Witch (2016)
6.2/10
Director: Anna Biller
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences. Read more
The Lucky One (2012)
6.5/10
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring: Blythe Danner, Zac Efron, Jay R Ferguson, Taylor Schilling
U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive - a... Read more
The Lunchbox (2013)
7.8/10
Director: Ritesh Batra
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur
A good old-fashioned romance that has charmed cinema audiences worldwide, "The Lunchbox" sees a mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunch... Read more
The Man In The Hat (2020)
6.3/10
Director: John Paul Davidson
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Stephen Dillane, Maiwenn Le Besco, Muna Otaru
The Man in the Hat journeys through France in a Fiat 500 accompanied by a framed photograph of an unknown woman. He is pursued by five angry men in a... Read more
The Man in the Moon (1991)
7.4/10
Director: Robert Mulligan
Starring: Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Reese Witherspoon
From the director of 'Summer of '42' and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' comes this emotionally rewarding, coming-of-age story set in the deep South during th... Read more
The Marrying Man (1991)
5.8/10
Director: Jerry Rees
Starring: Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Robert Loggia, Elisabeth Shue, Armand Assante, Paul...
A millionaire playboy goes into Las Vegas and comes out married to a woman he barely knows. Read more
The Match (2004)
6.6/10
Director: Mick Davis
Starring: Max Beesley, Richard E Grant, Ian Holm, Neil Morrissey, Tom Sizemore
Scottish Highlander Wullie Smith has two goals in life, to win the football game for his local pub, and the heart of his beloved Rosemary Bailey. Thou... Read more
The Mexican (2001)
6.1/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, Bob Balaban, Gene Hackman
Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts actually spend very little screen time together in this low-key road comedy which sees Pitt pursuing a legendary pistol, t... Read more