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 Preacher's Wife (1996)
5.5/10
Director: Penny Marshall
Starring: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Gregory Hines
A vibrant fantasy/comedy based on 1947s 'The Bishop's Wife', features Denzel Washington as an angel sent to Earth to help Whitney Houston and her mini... Read more
The Prince and Me (2004)
5.9/10
Director: Martha Coolidge
Starring: Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller, James Fox, Miranda Richardson
Delightful charmer, in the tradition of "The Princess Diaries", stars Julia Stiles as a grounded pre-med student who is attracted to a handsome exchan... Read more
The Prince Of Tides (1991)
6.7/10
Director: Barbra Streisand
Starring: Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner
About a man (Nick Nolte) who keeps a lifetime of harrowing memories bottled up inside - until he's forced to spill them to a psychiatrist (Barbara Str... Read more
The Promise (2005)
5.6/10
Director: Chen Kaige
Starring: Cecilia Cheung, Hiroyuki Sanada, Nicholas Tse, Dong-kun Jang, Liu Ye, Chen Hong
From the director of 'Farewell My Concubine' comes this visually stunning tale of passion, set in China's mythical past, that unfolds against a backdr... Read more
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1984)
7.7/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest
Mia Farrow stars as a waifish Depression-era waitress who is swept off her feet by Jeff Daniels, the star of her favorite movie. The catch, of course,... Read more
The Rains Of Ranchipur (Blu-ray) (1955)
5.8/10
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Joan Caulfield, Michael Rennie
Despite marital problems, English Lord Albert Esketh and his rich American socialite wife Lady Edwina Esketh travel to India to buy a prize horse from... Read more
The Red House (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Alyx Duncan
Starring: Lee Stuart, Meng Jia Stuart
Beautifully photographed over three-and-a-half years in China and New Zealand, "The Red House" tells the story of Lee (Lee Stuart) and Jia (Meng Jia),... Read more
The Return of the Soldier (1981)
6.9/10
Director: Alan Bridges
Starring: Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret , Ian Holm, Frank Finlay...
A riveting psychological drama about a soldier who experiences shell shock and amnesia during W.W. I and returns to his country estate without the mem... Read more
The River (1951)
7.6/10
Director: Jean Renoir
Starring: Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight
In 1949 and 1950, Renoir travelled to Bengal for his first colour film - the story of a large British family living on the banks of the Ganges. Winnin... Read more
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (1961)
6.6/10
Director: Jose Quintero
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lotte Lenya, Jill St John, Coral Browne
Vivien Leigh stars as a middle-aged actress whose husband dies on their way to an Italian vacation. Electing to remain in Rome, Leigh's trip takes an... Read more