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"
Rumour Has It... (2005)
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Ruffalo, Mena Suvari, Ri...
Sarah (Jennifer Aniston) is the black sheep in the family, confused about her stalling journalistic career and her impending marriage to boyfriend Mar... Read more
Runaway Bride (1999)
5.5/10
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack
Julia Roberts and Richard Gere ("Pretty Woman") reteam in this romantic comedy about a reporter investigating a small-town woman notorious for leaving... Read more
Rust and Bone (2012)
7.5/10
Director: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts
Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) dreams of becoming a professional boxer. When he is suddenly put in charge of his five year old son, he moves in with his s... Read more
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
7.5/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Trevor Howard, Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, John Mills
Robert Bolt ("A Man for All Seasons", "The Mission") wrote the screenplay of this long but rewarding study by David Lean about a rich, unsatisfied, ma... Read more
Sabrina (1995)
6.3/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear
Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond and Greg Kinnear make the perfect love triangle in this updated version of the classic of the same name. Two rich brothers... Read more
Sabrina ( Blu-ray ) (1954)
7.7/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden
Aka 'Sabrina Fair'. Audrey Hepburn is the shy chauffeur's daughter who becomes a stunning beauty, and William Holden and Humphrey Bogart are the socia... Read more
Safe Haven (2013)
6.7/10
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring: Josh Duhamel, David Lyons, Julianne Hough, Cobie Smulders
Fleeing an abusive relationship, Erin (Julianne Hough) assumes a new identity in a small North Carolina town. Now calling herself Katie, she bonds wit... Read more
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
7/10
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Starring: Jeff Garlin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kristen Bell, Mark Duplass, Aubrey Plaza, Jake J...
"Wanted: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. I have only done this... Read more
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
6.8/10
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Blunt, Tom Mison, Amr Waked
When Britain's leading fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheikh's vision of bringing the sport of fly-f... Read more
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Mulligan
Starring: Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn
Based on Bernard Slade's Broadway play, this film is about George (Alan Alda), a married New Jersey accountant, and Doris (Ellen Burstyn), a housewife... Read more