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".
Hangman's Knot (1952)
6.8/10
Director: Roy Huggins
Starring: Claude Jarman Jr, Donna Reed, Glenn Langan, Jeanette Nolan, Lee Marvin, Randolph...
Major Matt Stewart (Randolph Scott) leads a troop of Confederate soldiers on a raid, targeting a wagon that is transporting Union gold. All of the Uni... Read more
Hanover Street (1979)
6.1/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Michael Sacks, Richard Mas...
Harrison Ford is an American bomber pilot stationed in London during World War II. During an air raid, Harrison meets Lesley Anne-Down, a married Brit... Read more
Hard Country (1981)
6.2/10
Director: David Greene
Starring: Kim Basinger, Jan-Michael Vincent, Tanya Tucker, Daryl Hannah, Michael Parks
Kim Basinger's film debut sees her stuck in a one-horse Texas town with beau Jan-Michael Vincent who seems happy to stay right where he is so long as... Read more
Havana (1990)
6.1/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin, Raul Julia
Robert Redford plays a professional gambler hoping to score in the waning hours of Batista's Cuba. Reminiscent of 'Casablanca' in a number of ways inc... Read more
He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
6.4/10
Director: Ken Kwapis
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly...
An all-star cast lined up for this filming of the wildly popular (as seen on 'Oprah') self-help book, here adapted by writers of 'Sex and the City'. T... Read more
Heart of a Lion (2013)
7/10
Director: Dome Karukoski
Starring: Peter Franzen, Laura Birn, Jasper Paakkonen, Yusufa Sidibeh
Teppo meets and falls in love with the beautiful blonde Sari. But this is to be no ordinary love affair. Teppo is a central figure in a neo-Nazi group... Read more
Heartburn (1986)
6/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels
From Nora Ephron's acerbic best-selling novel, based on her stormy marriage to reporter Carl Bernstein. Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson star as the il... Read more
Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
6.2/10
Director: Todd Louiso
Starring: Blythe Danner, Dan Futterman, John Rubinstein, Melanie Lynskey, Julie White, Chr...
Acclaimed Kiwi actress Melanie Lynskey ("Heavenly Creatures", "Up in the Air") stars in this quirky seriocomedy as Amy, a recent divorcée who seeks re... Read more
Hemingway and Gellhorn (2012)
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Clive Owen, Nicole Kidman
Directed by Philip Kaufman ("The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "Henry and June"), "Hemingway & Gellhorn" recounts one of the great romances of the l... Read more
Her (2013)
8/10
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Olivia Wilde, Rooney Mara
Set in the Los Angeles of the slight future, "Her" follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing tou... Read more