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"
Book Club (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.2/10
Director: Bill Holderman
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Andy Garcia, Candice Bergen, Craig T Nelson, Diane Keaton, D...
Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage, Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached, Sharon (Candice Berg... Read more
Born Yesterday (1993)
5.1/10
Director: Luis Mandoki
Starring: Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson
An updating of the Judy Holliday/William Holden movie with a bespectacled Don Johnson brought in to school heavyweight politico John Goodman's girlfri... Read more
Both Sides Of The Blade (2022)
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Gregoire Colin, Bulle Ogier, Alice Houri
A love triangle story about a woman caught between two men, her long-time partner and his best friend, her former lover. Read more
Bounce (2000)
5.7/10
Director: Don Roos
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Morton, Natasha Henstridge
In this unusual romantic drama, hard-drinking hot shot ad exec Ben Affleck gives up his plane ticket to a stranger. When the flight crashes killing al... Read more
Bread and Roses (2000)
7.1/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, George Lopez, Pilar Padilla
Mexican-born Pilar Padilla wants a better life and so sneaks across the border into the USA. Her sister gets her a job cleaning an office building, bu... Read more
Break of Day (1976)
6.4/10
Director: Ken Hannam
Starring: Sara Kestelman, Andrew McFarlane, John Bell
Made during a 'Golden Age' of Australian cinema (the period saw films such as 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', 'The Devil's Playground' and 'The Getting of W... Read more
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
7.7/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney, Martin Balsam, George Peppard, Buddy Ebsen, Audrey...
A near perfect blend of comedy, romance, and minor tragedy, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is a must-see classic that, despite diversions from Truman Capot... Read more
Breakfast at Tiffany's ( Blu-ray ) (1961)
7.7/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Buddy Ebsen, George Peppard, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney, Patri...
A near perfect blend of comedy, romance, and minor tragedy, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is a must-see classic that, despite diversions from Truman Capote... Read more
Breaking Up (1997)
4.9/10
Director: Robert Greenwald
Starring: Russell Crowe, Salma Hayek
Monica teaches, Steve's a photographer. They've dated more than two years. They're arguing, and she leaves for her apartment, only to return in a few... Read more
Breathless (1983)
5.8/10
Director: Jim McBride
Starring: Richard Gere, Valerie Kaprisky, Art Metrano
This remake of the landmark 1959 Godard film follows the basic outline of the original - an amoral punk on the lam from police. Richard Gere and Valer... Read more