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"
White Palace (1991)
6.5/10
Director: Luis Mandoki
Starring: Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander
Susan Sarandon is the middle-aged waitress who encounters younger yuppie James Spader and loses no time in swapping body fluids. Sexy and funny in tur... Read more
Who's That Girl (1987)
4.8/10
Director: James Foley
Starring: Madonna , Griffin Dunne
The life of an uptight tax lawyer turns chaotic when he is asked to escort a young woman newly released from prison, who persuades him to help prove h... Read more
Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)
5.6/10
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Christopher Walken
A pair of star-crossed lovers in Ireland get caught up in their family's land dispute. John Patrick Shanley, who created the classic MOONSTRUCK, br... Read more
Wild Mountain Thyme (Blu-ray) (2020)
5.6/10
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Christopher Walken
A pair of star-crossed lovers in Ireland get caught up in their family's land dispute. John Patrick Shanley, who created the classic MOONSTRUCK, br... Read more
Wimbledon (2004)
6.3/10
Director: Richard Loncraine
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill, Bernard Hill, Eleanor Bron, Jon Favreau
This romantic comedy stars Paul Bettany as a washed-up British tennis pro on the verge of fading into obscurity. But a chance meeting with feisty wome... Read more
Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! (2004)
5.6/10
Director: Robert Luketic
Starring: Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, Josh Duhamel, Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane
Zesty romantic farce tells of West Virginia grocery store worker Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth), who wins a date with dreamy movie star Tad Hamilton (J... Read more
Wings (1927)
7.5/10
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen
Two young men from the same town but different social classes end up as fighter pilots in WW1. Jack Preston is a keen auto mechanic, building and modi... Read more
Wings (Blu-ray) (1927)
7.5/10
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen
Two young men from the same town but different social classes end up as fighter pilots in WW1. Jack Preston is a keen auto mechanic, building and modi... Read more
Winter's Tale (Blu-ray) (2014)
6.2/10
Starring: Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her. Read more
Woman of the Year (1942)
7.3/10
Director: George Stevens
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter
A delightful, quick-paced comedy about the romance between an ace sportswriter and a brilliant international columnist. Spencer Tracy and Katharine He... Read more