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"
Anna Karenina (2012)
6.6/10
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Emily Watson, Jude Law, Kelly Macdonald, Olivia Williams, Keira Knightley, Matth...
Directed by Joe Wright ("Pride & Prejudice", "Atonement") from a screenplay by Tom Stoppard ("Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"), this bold adaptat... Read more
Annie Hall (1977)
8/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Paul Simon, Carol Kane, Shelley Duvall,...
One of Woody Allen's most well-loved and funniest films, with Diane Keaton as the ditsy sometime object of Woody's neurotic affections. Originally co... Read more
Another Woman's Life (2012)
6.3/10
Director: Sylvie Testud
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Kassovitz, Aure Atika
On the night of her 29th birthday, fun-loving Marie (Juliette Binoche) meets quiet comic book artist Paul (Mathieu Kassovitz). During an evening of dr... Read more
Anything Else (2003)
6.4/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Fallon, Christi...
Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci star in Woody Allen's comedy romp that proves love at first sight isn't like "anything else." When an aspiring young w... Read more
Are We Officially Dating ( aka That Awkward Moment ) ( Blu-Ray ) (2014)
Director: Tom Gormican
Starring: Josh Pais, Zac Efron, Jessica Lucas, Imogen Poots, Michael B Jordan, Addison Tim...
Jason has just been dumped, but he didn't even realize they were going out. Meanwhile, Mikey's wife has just asked him for a divorce, and perpetually... Read more
Are We Officially Dating? ( aka That Awkward Moment ) (2014)
Director: Tom Gormican
Starring: Josh Pais, Zac Efron, Jessica Lucas, Imogen Poots, Michael B Jordan, Addison Tim...
Jason has just been dumped, but he didn't even realize they were going out. Meanwhile, Mikey's wife has just asked him for a divorce, and perpetually... Read more
Armaan (2003)
5.3/10
Director: Honey Irani
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Gracy Singh, Preity Zinta
Dr. Siddharth Sinha (Amitabh Bachchan) is a heart surgeon raising funds to turn his small hospital into a state-of-the-art medical facility. Dr. Akash... Read more
Arthur (1981)
6.9/10
Director: Steve Gordon
Starring: Dudley Moore, John Gielgud, Liza Minnelli
Spoiled millionaire Dudley Moore must choose between continued wealth (in a planned marriage) and true love (with working-class waitress Liza Minnelli... Read more
As Good As It Gets (1997)
7.7/10
Director: James L Brooks
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr
Best Actor and Actress Academy Awards went to Jack Nicholson, obessive-compulsive New York author, and Helen Hunt as the caring waitress and single mo... Read more
Ashes in the Snow (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Marius A. Markevicius
Starring: Sophie Cookson, Bel Powley
In 1941, a 16-year-old aspiring artist and her family are deported to Siberia amidst Stalin's brutal dismantling of the Baltic region. One girl's pass... Read more