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"
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
8.2/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada, Shima Iwashita, Shin-Ichiro Mikami, Keiji Sada
One of the world's most celebrated filmmakers, Yasujiro Ozu, observes the tangled relationships of Japanese families with an amazing blend of intimacy... Read more
That Touch of Mink (1962)
6.7/10
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows
Doris Day and Cary Grant star in this romantic comedy that's an all-time favourite. She is an unemployed young lady; he's a rich, suave bachelor who s... Read more
Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
7.7/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuele Riva
In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter... Read more
Breakfast at Tiffany's ( Blu-ray ) (1961)
7.7/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Buddy Ebsen, George Peppard, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney, Patri...
A near perfect blend of comedy, romance, and minor tragedy, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is a must-see classic that, despite diversions from Truman Capote... Read more
Where The Boys Are (1961)
6.7/10
Director: Henry Levin
Starring: Connie Francis, Dolores Hart, Yvette Mimieux, Paula Prentiss, George Hamilton
Yvette Mimeux, Paula Prentiss, Connie Francis, and Dolores Hart star in this frothy teen romantic drama as attractive co-eds who take off from their M... Read more
Lover Come Back (1961)
7.3/10
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen
Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall light up the screen with laughter aplenty in this classy comedy that features Day and Hudson as two Madison Av... Read more
Follow That Dream (1961)
6.6/10
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm, Joanna Moore, Jack Kruschen
Elvis Presley is at his delightful best as a naive but sexy country boy in this lighthearted romp about a backwoods family homesteading along the Flor... Read more
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
7.7/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney, Martin Balsam, George Peppard, Buddy Ebsen, Audrey...
A near perfect blend of comedy, romance, and minor tragedy, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is a must-see classic that, despite diversions from Truman Capot... 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
Splendour in the Grass (1961)
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle
Warren Beatty (in his film debut) and Natalie Wood portray young lovers in the 1920s Midwest, whose inner struggles to retain a pure and virtuous love... Read more