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".
Mary Shelley (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Starring: Stephen Dillane, Elle Fanning, Joanne Froggatt, Tom Sturridge, Maisie Williams,...
Mary Wollstonecraft's family disapproves when she and poet Percy Shelley announce their love for each other. The family is horrified when it finds tha... Read more
Maudie (2016)
7.7/10
Director: Aisling Walsh
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gabrielle Rose, Zachary Bennett, Sally Hawkins
In 1930s Nova Scotia, arthritic but free-spirited Maud Dowley (Sally Hawkins) sought to escape her repressive family and took a job as housekeeper for... Read more
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Eddie Marsan, Kelly Reilly, James Tupper, Zoe Kazan,...
Based in real theatrical history, this is a romantic coming-of-age story about a teenage actor who lucks into a role in 'Julius Caesar' as it's being... Read more
Me Before You (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Thea Sharrock
Starring: Charles Dance, Janet McTeer, Brendan Coyle, Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin
Young and quirky Louisa "Lou" Clark (Emilia Clarke) moves from one job to the next to help her family make ends meet. Her cheerful attitude is put to... Read more
Me Before You (Blu-ray) (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Thea Sharrock
Starring: Charles Dance, Janet McTeer, Brendan Coyle, Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin
Young and quirky Louisa "Lou" Clark (Emilia Clarke) moves from one job to the next to help her family make ends meet. Her cheerful attitude is put to... Read more
Meet Joe Black (1998)
7.2/10
Director: Martin Brest
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Claire Forlani
Brad Pitt plays a good-looking Grim Reaper who comes to the living world to claim millionaire Anthony Hopkins. Bargaining for more time, the rich man... Read more
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
7.4/10
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, Youki Kudoh, Gong Li
Adapted from Arthur Golden's best-selling novel, nine-year-old Chiyo is sold into servitude at a geisha house in 1930s Kyoto. However the head geisha... Read more
Memory and Desire (1998)
Director: Niki Caro
Starring: Yuri Kinugawa, Eugene Nomura
Niki Caro's haunting tale is based on a story from Peter Wells' 'Dangerous Desires' - originally inspired by a news item about a Japanese woman found... Read more
Message in a Bottle (1999)
6.2/10
Director: Luis Mandoki
Starring: Illeana Douglas, John Savage, Kevin Costner, Paul Newman, Robbie Coltrane, Robin...
Moving romantic drama, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks ("The Notebook"), about a newspaper researcher who finds a bottle with a passionate lette... Read more
Metro (2007)
5.5/10
Director: Anurag Basu
Starring: Shiney Ahuja, Shilpa Shetty, Dharmendra , Irfan Khan, Sharman Joshi, Konkona Sen...
AKA 'Life in a...Metro'. In the sprawling metropolis of Mumbai the lives of several people interconnect as they form relationships, have affairs and... Read more