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"
Juliet, Naked (2018)
6.8/10
Director: Jesse Peretz
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne, Chris O'Dowd, Megan Dodds
Annie (Rose Byrne) is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan (Chris ODowd) an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). Wh... Read more
A Faithful Man (2018)
6.3/10
Starring: Lily-Rose Depp
Marianne leaves Abel for Paul, his best friend and the father of her unborn child. Eight years later, Paul dies and Marianne returns to Abel. However,... Read more
An Unexpected Love (2018)
6.8/10
Starring: Ricardo Darin, Mercedes Moran
When Ana and Marco arrive at the airport to farewell their son Luciano, who is leaving his Argentine homeland to study abroad, they are filled with ce... Read more
In Your Hands (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Ludovic Bernard
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Karidja Toure, Andre Marcon
A troubled young man gets the chance to show his talents by attending the National Conservatory of Music, but he soon feels out of place in this upper... Read more
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Barry Jenkins
Starring: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Brian Ty...
In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonz... Read more
In a Relationship (2018)
5.4/10
Director: Sam Boyd
Starring: Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Dree Hemingway, Patrick Gibson
During a summer in Los Angeles, long-term couple Owen and Hallie may be breaking up. And just as their relationship reaches a turning point, Matt and... Read more
Zoe (2018)
6.1/10
Director: Drake Doremus
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Lea Seydoux, Theo James, Rashida Jones, Christina Aguilera, Miran...
Two colleagues at a research lab work to improve and perfect romantic relationships. A story about how synthetic humans can feel and even love, and ho... Read more
Second Act (2018)
6/10
Director: Peter Segal
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Annaleigh Ashford, Dan Bucatinsky, Milo Ventimi...
A big box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do. Read more
Together (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Paul Duddridge
Starring: Sylvia Syms, Peter Bowles, Cathy Tyson
After 60 years of marriage, Rosemary and Philip Twain are happily sharing their golden years taking care of one another. When Rosemary is taken to hos... Read more
The Seagull (2018)
5.9/10
Director: Michael Mayer
Starring: Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll, Elisabeth Moss, Mare Winningham, Jon...
An ageing actress named Irina Arkadina pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate. On one o... Read more