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"
Aloha (2015)
5.4/10
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny M...
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling f... Read more
Along Came Polly (2004)
5.9/10
Director: John Hamburg
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Hank Azari...
When his wife dumps him on their honeymoon, anal retentive insurance risk assessor Ben Stiller finds his world turned upside-down. At a party he meets... Read more
Always (1989)
6.4/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson, Audrey Hepburn
Steven Spielberg's remake of 'A Guy named Joe' stars Richard Dreyfuss as a fire-fighting pilot killed in a crash and returned to Earth to serve as gua... Read more
America's Sweethearts (2001)
5.7/10
Director: Joe Roth
Starring: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Hank Azaria, St...
This combination of showbiz satire and romantic comedy tells of a seperated celebrity couple who, despite hating each other having new love interests,... Read more
American Friends (1991)
6.6/10
Director: Tristram Powell
Starring: Michael Palin, Trini Alvarado, Connie Booth
A gentle, beautifully filmed tale of a middle-aged bachelor's (Michael Palin) torment after meeting two 'American Friends' in the Swiss Alps: An attra... Read more
American Ninja (1985)
5.5/10
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James
American soldier, obviously very skilled in martial arts, single-handedly takes on mercenaries in the Philippines. Read more
American Ninja 2/American Ninja 2 (1985)
5.5/10
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James
American soldier, obviously very skilled in martial arts, single-handedly takes on mercenaries in the Philippines. Read more
Ammonite (2020)
6.5/10
Director: Francis Lee
Starring: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones
1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, alt... Read more
Amour (2012)
7.9/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Emmanuele Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Examining the close bond shared by an elderly couple when one of them begins to suffer from an illness, "Amour" tells a heart-rending story of sacrifi... Read more
Amour ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.9/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Emmanuele Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Examining the close bond shared by an elderly couple when one of them begins to suffer from an illness, "Amour" tells a heart-rending story of sacrifi... Read more