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 Great Gatsby ( Blu-ray ) (1974)
6.4/10
Director: Jack Clayton
Starring: Bruce Dern, Lois Chiles, Mia Farrow, Robert Redford, Sam Waterston, Scott Wilson
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, t... Read more
The Great Gatsby ( Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D ) (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Carey Mulligan, Ja...
Adapted from the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby" follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) as he leaves... Read more
The Greatest Showman (2017)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Gracey
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visio... Read more
The Greatest Showman (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Gracey
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visio... Read more
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
7/10
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Penelope Wilton, Tom Courtenay, Bronagh Gallagher, Matthew Goode, Katherine Park...
In 1946 a London-based writer begins exchanging letters with residents on the island of Guernsey, which was German-occupied during WWII. Feeling compe... Read more
The Handmaiden (2016)
8.1/10
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Jung-woo Ha
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her. Read more
The Harmonium In My Memory (1998)
7.4/10
Director: Lee Young-jae
Starring: Do-yeon Jeon, Byung-hun Lee
A charming and touching drama telling the simple and moving story of 17-year-old Yun (Do-yeon Jeon), who develops a crush on her new teacher. What mak... Read more
The Heart of Me (2002)
6.7/10
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany
After the death of their father, Madeleine (Olivia Williams) invites her sister Dinah (Helena Bonham Carter) to stay in her elegant London home. Madel... Read more
The Honeymooners (2003)
5.6/10
Director: Karl Golden
Starring: Alex Reid, Jonathan Byrne, Justine Mitchell, Conor Mullen, David Nolan, Eamonn H...
A sweetly boozy Irish romantic comedy about David, a jilted groom who goes on a bender and decides to take depressed birthday girl, Claire, on what wo... Read more
The Host (2013)
5.9/10
Director: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Frances Fisher, William Hurt, Diane Kruger, Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Chandler C...
An alien race has begun colonising Earth by taking over human bodies and erasing their minds and memories. Only a small band of survivors remain who a... Read more