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".
Possession (2002)
6.4/10
Director: Neil LaBute
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle
American literary scholar Aaron Eckhart and British professor Gwyneth Paltrow have forsaken personal lives to pursue their respective research into th... Read more
Posthumous (2014)
5.7/10
Director: Lulu Wang
Starring: Jack Huston, Brit Marling, Lambert Wilson, Tom Schilling, Alexander Fehling
Posthumous is a modern day fairy tale that centres on a struggling artist whose artwork skyrockets in value when he is mistakenly thought to have kill... Read more
Pride and Prejudice (BBC) (1980)
8.9/10
Director: Cyril Coke
Starring: Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul
The story of the lively, precocious and very eligible Bennet girls captures all the nuances of 18th century life among the English gentry, a society o... Read more
Pride and Prejudice (BBC) (1995)
8.9/10
Director: Simon Langton
Starring: Alison Steadman, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Colin Firth, David Bamber, Jennifer Ehle, J...
Elizabeth Bennett, a spirited and independent young woman, is the subject of her mother's obsessive goal to marry off her five daughters to the wealth... Read more
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2015)
5.8/10
Director: Burr Steers
Starring: Charles Dance, Lena Headey, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Matt Smith, Bella Heathcote,...
It is England of the early 19th Century where the country has been overrun by a zombie apocalypse. At the fortified Longbourn House, the Bennet family... Read more
Puppy (2005)
6.3/10
Director: Kieran Galvin
Starring: Nadia Townsend, Bernard Curry, Susan Ellis
Liz is one of those people tolerated rather than liked - quick to lie and never at fault. One night the delusional Aiden finds her unconcious and, dec... Read more
Purple Violets (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Edward Burns
Starring: Selma Blair, Patrick Wilson, Edward Burns, Debra Messing, Dennis Farina, Jay Pat...
Writer, director and actor Edward Burns adds another observational relationship comedy-drama to his canon of New York stories. Patti (Selma Blair) and... Read more
Queen and Slim (2019)
Director: Melina Matsoukas
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith
A couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over. Read more
Quiet Chaos (2008)
6.9/10
Director: Antonello Grimaldi
Starring: Nanni Moretti, Valeria Golino, Alessandro Gassman, Isabella Ferrari, Silvio Orla...
Film exec Pietro (Nanni Moretti) faces tragedy when his wife dies in a freak accident. Now left with a ten-year-old daughter to raise alone, he takes... Read more
R U There (2011)
5.5/10
Director: David Verbeek
Starring: Stijn Koomen, Ke Huan-Ru
The story of Jitze (20), a professional gamer who travels around the world to compete in video game tournaments. During a stay in Taipei he unexpected... Read more