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"
Sixteen Candles (1984)
7.1/10
Director: John Hughes
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Dooley
Molly Ringwald stars in this fast and funny teen comedy as a high school student who is crushed when the whole family forgets her sixteenth birthday. Read more
Slackers (2002)
5.3/10
Starring: Devon Sawa, Jason Segel, Jason Schwartzman
When geeky Ethan discovers three fellow students scamming the examination system, he blackmails them to win over the college's most popular girl. Read more
Sleeping with Other People (2015)
6.5/10
Director: Leslye Headland
Starring: Amanda Peet, Adam Brody, Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Jason Carlos
Finding each other in college, virgins Lainey (Alison Brie) and Jake (Jason Sudeikis) are clueless when it comes to the pleasures of the opposite sex,... Read more
Sleepless In Seattle (1993)
6.8/10
Director: Nora Ephron
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Rob Reiner
A sweet, romantic comedy about a woman who, just engaged, hears a widower on a talk-back radio show talking about his departed wife and becomes obsess... Read more
Sliding Doors (1997)
6.8/10
Director: Peter Howitt
Starring: John Hannah, John Lynch, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeanne Tripplehorn
A likeable romantic-comedy about a woman who is given a chance to live her life twice, each time, choosing a different man. Will she get it right eith... Read more
Smooth Talk (1985)
6.5/10
Director: Joyce Chopra
Starring: Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Berridge
A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and... Read more
Snapshots (2002)
6.1/10
Director: Rudolf van den Berg
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Julie Christie, Carmen Chaplin
An aging hippy and a beautiful young woman meet in Amsterdam and find love. Read more
Some Kind Of Wonderful (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Howard Deutch
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, Mary Stuart Masterson
An engaging teen comedy/drama as only John Hughes ('Pretty in Pink') can serve it up, concerning a love triangle between a sensitive young outsider (E... Read more
Somebody To Love (1996)
5.2/10
Director: Alexandre Rockwell
Starring: Rosie Perez, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Quinn, Quentin Tarantino
Harvey Keitel and Rosie Perez team up in this latest feature from the Director of 'In the Soup'. Taxi-dance clubs are the focal point for this screwba... Read more
Someone I Loved (2010)
Director: Zabou Breitman
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Florence Loiret-Caille, Marie-Josee Croze
After Chole (Florence Loiret Caille) is dumped by her cheating husband, her father-in-law (Daniel Auteuil) attempts to console her by sharing his tale... Read more