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"
About Adam (2000)
5.9/10
Director: Gerard Stembridge
Starring: Stuart Townsend, Frances O'Connor, Charlotte Bradley, Kate Hudson
Stuart Townsend is Adam, an amiable Irish fellow who has a way with the ladies. When he wins over Dublin pub waitress and wannabe singer Kate Hudson,... Read more
About Last Night... (1986)
6.2/10
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: James Belushi, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Elizabeth Perkins
David Mamet's play 'Sexual Perversity in Chicago' stars Rob Lowe and Demi Moore as Chicago singles who begin an affair, but their relationship suffers... Read more
About Time (2013)
7.8/10
Director: Richard Curtis
Starring: Bill Nighy, Rachel McAdams, Domhnall Gleeson
At the age of 21, Tim is told an incredible family secret by his father: all the men in his family have the ability to relive their past. He can revis... Read more
Addicted To Love (1997)
6.1/10
Director: Griffin Dunne
Starring: Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tcheky Karyo
An edgy romantic comedy about obsession and revenge. Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick fall for each other while spying on their respective jilters, who... Read more
Adrift (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Elizabeth Hawthorne, Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer
Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history... Read more
Adrift (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Baltasar Kormakur, Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Elizabeth Hawthorne, Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer
Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history... Read more
Ae Fond Kiss ( aka Just A Kiss ) (2004)
7.2/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Atta Taqub, Shamshad Akhtar, Ghizala Avan
Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty team again ('Sweet Sixteen', 'Carla's Song', 'My Name Is Joe') for this romantic drama set in Glasgow, Scotland wher... Read more
After We Collided (2020)
5/10
Director: Roger Kumble
Starring: Louise Lombard
Based on the 2014 romance novel of the same name, this follows the love life of two young adults. Read more
Agatha and the Storm (2004)
Director: Silvio Soldini
Starring: Licia Maglietta, Giuseppe Battiston, Claudio Santamaria
As proprietor of a bookshop in Genoa, the warm and intelligent Agatha dispenses literary wisdom to her adoring customers. When a younger man heeds her... Read more
Ages of Love ( aka Manual of Love 3 ) (2011)
5.9/10
Director: Giovanni Veronesi
Starring: Monica Bellucci, Robert De Niro, Donatella Finocchiaro, Michele Placido, Carlo V...
Sexy, romantic, adventurous and very funny, "Ages of Love" examines three different couples united in their quest for love. The first installment, tit... Read more