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"
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
6.8/10
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave
A shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher falls for a flashy showgirl. Read more
Model Shop (Blu-ray) (1969)
6.7/10
Director: Jacques Demy
Starring: Anouk Aimee, Gary Lockwood, Tom Holland, Severn Darden
George Matthews is a young man who is having a bittersweet affair with a French divorcée in Los Angeles. Waiting to be drafted, he is unable to commit... Read more
La Piscine (The Swimming Pool) (Blu-ray) (1969)
7/10
Director: Jacques Deray
Starring: Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin
Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa near St.-Tropez. The main feature of the villa is a swimming pool, stage for most of the... Read more
Cactus Flower (1969)
7.2/10
Director: Gene Saks
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Weston, Walter Matthau, Rick Lenz
A delightful comedy sparked by crazy, mixed-up situations and a kooky, Academy Award-winning debut performance from Goldie Hawn (Best Actress in a Sup... Read more
The Trouble With Girls (1969)
5.5/10
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Starring: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Sheree North, Vincent Price
...(and How to Get Into It). An offbeat Elvis drama, with the King playing the manager of a touring Chautauqua company in the 20s and the trouble that... Read more
Wonderwall (1968)
5.6/10
Director: Joe Massot
Starring: Jack MacGowran, Jane Birkin, Richard Wattis, Iain Quarrier
Eccentric Professor Oscar Collins (Jack MacGowran), a specialist in the behaviour and collection of butterflies, discovers he can peep on his beautifu... Read more
For Love of Ivy (1968)
6.3/10
Director: Daniel Mann
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin, Lauri Peters, Carroll O...
Ivy (Abbey Lincoln) has been housekeeper and loyal confidante to the Austin family for nine years. When she surprises everyone by announcing that she... Read more
Mayerling (1968)
6.5/10
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, Ava Gardner, James Mason
This remake of the 1937 French film stars Omar Sharif as the Prince of Hapsberg, who defies his father by leaving his royal lifestyle and joining in s... Read more
Far From the Madding Crowd (Blu-ray) (1967)
7.1/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates, Fiona Walker
Based upon the classic novel by Thomas Hardy and set against the harsh, foreboding landscape of rural Victorian England, "Far From the Madding Crowd"... Read more
Far From the Madding Crowd (1967)
7.2/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates, Fiona Walker
Based upon the classic novel by Thomas Hardy and set against the harsh, foreboding landscape of rural Victorian England, "Far From the Madding Crowd"... Read more