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"
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
7.6/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood, Annie Corley
Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep are well matched as a mature couple who only late in life discover each other. Based on the best-selling novel from Ro... Read more
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
7.8/10
Director: Felix Van Groeningen
Starring: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Jan Bijvoet
Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight. She has her own tattoo shop and he plays the banjo in a bluegrass band. They bond over their shared enth... Read more
The Brothers McMullen (1995)
6.6/10
Director: Edward Burns
Starring: Jack Mulcahy, Mike McGlone, Edward Burns, Connie Britton, Maxine Bahns, Jennifer...
This ultra low budget gem examines the very different approaches to life and love taken by three brothers temporarily living under the same roof on Lo... Read more
The Butcher's Wife (1991)
5.3/10
Director: Terry Hughes
Starring: Demi Moore, Frances McDormand, George Dzundza, Jeff Daniels, Mary Steenburgen, M...
When Greenwich Village butcher Leo Lemke (George Dzundza) returns from a North Carolina fishing trip, he cant wait to show off his prize catch: his b... Read more
The Chateau Meroux (2010)
5.2/10
Director: Bob Fugger
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Barry Watson, Marla Sokoloff, Taylor Negron, Amanda Righetti
Marla Sokoloff stars as Wendy, a smart single woman in the big city who's never been able to find a good job or decent relationship. But when her estr... Read more
The David Hannay Collection: Alison's Birthday / Solo (1981)
Director: Ian Coughlan, Tony Williams
Starring: Joanne Samuel, Vincent Gil, Lisa Peers
A double feature from Australian producer David Hannay. 'Alison's Birthday' (1981) - When Alison is invited back to her childhood home to celebrate h... Read more
The Deal (2008)
5.6/10
Director: Steven Schachter
Starring: Meg Ryan, William H Macy, LL Cool J, Elliott Gould, Jason Ritter, Fiona Glascott...
A Hollywood producer starts with his nephew's script on Disraeli, Jewish PM in 1800s UK, and ends filming in Cape Town with a black action star. Will... Read more
The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
6.3/10
Director: Terence Davies
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Hiddleston
Based on the Terence Rattigan play of the same name, "The Deep Blue Sea" is a study of forbidden love, suppressed desire, and the fear of loneliness i... Read more
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2014)
6.3/10
Director: Ned Benson
Starring: Nina Arianda, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bill Hader, Ciaran Hinds, Isabelle...
Aka "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them". Once happily married, Conor (James McAvoy) and Eleanor (Jessica Chastain) suddenly find themselves as... Read more
The Electric Horseman (1979)
6.3/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson
In this rousing romantic adventure, Robert Redford plays an ex-world champion rodeo cowboy who's fallen on hard times and is reduced to selling breakf... Read more