Drama Romance
The Romantic Drama generally has as its central plot the beginning, obstruction and eventual, though often tragic, fruition of a romance. A common derogatory term for such films is "weepy" since they can reduce the audience to (willing) tears by playing on themes of noble self-sacrifice or cruel fate.
The motherlode of Alice's Romantic Dramas can be scrolled below, however the "Romance" feature along with "Comedy Romance" and "Classic Romance" may prove helpful.
Right; Alan Rickman, Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves star in Stephen Poliakoff's powerful "Close My Eyes".
Closer ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
7.3/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen
Emotional and sexual gamesmanship, as seen through the couplings and uncouplings of four people - photographer Julia Roberts, stripper Natalie Portman... Read more
Closing the Ring (2007)
6.6/10
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton, Pete Postlethwaite, Neve C...
An epic, yet intimate romantic drama that spans fifty years from wartime Europe, to present day small-town USA. As a crusty old woman (Shirley MacLain... Read more
Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky (2009)
Director: Jan Kounen
Starring: Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen, Elena Morozova, Grigori Manoukov, Natacha Lindin...
Aka "Coco & Igor". Paris 1913. At the Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Igor Stravinsky premieres "The Rite of Spring." Coco Chanel is mesmerized... But the... Read more
Cold Mountain (2003)
7.2/10
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Jude Law, Na...
In the fading days of the Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named Inman (Jude Law) struggles on a perilous journey to return to his home of Col... Read more
Cold War (2018)
7.7/10
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza, Jeanne Balibar, Cedric Kahn
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Se... Read more
Cold War (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.7/10
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza, Jeanne Balibar, Cedric Kahn
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Se... Read more
Colditz (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Stuart Orme
Starring: James Fox, Tom Hardy, Damian Lewis, Sophia Myles, Jason Priestley, Timothy West,...
While being held prisoner in Germany's Colditz Castle during World War II, an Allied officer (Tom Hardy) attempts a series of daring escapes when he l... Read more
Come See the Paradise (1990)
6.7/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sab Shimono, Tamlyn Tomita, Shizuko Hoshi
From writer/director Alan Parker ("Mississippi Burning") comes this haunting romantic drama set against one of the darkest periods in U.S. history. In... Read more
Comes a Bright Day (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Simon Aboud
Starring: Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall, Imogen Poots, Craig Roberts
A British thriller with romantic undertones, "Comes a Bright Day" finds a working class London bellboy thrown into a hostage situation with the girl o... Read more
Comet (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Sam Esmail
Starring: Justin Long, Emmy Rossum
Justin Long and Emmy Rossum are star-crossed lovers whose relationship blooms and unravels over the course of six years in this mysterious, original r... Read more