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"
Tune in Tomorrow ( aka Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter ) (1990)
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk
A light and engagingly ludicrous comedy from the director of 'The Singing Dectective' and 'Queen of Hearts'. A flamboyant and mysterious radio scriptw... Read more
Twice Born (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Sergio Castellitto
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Emile Hirsch
A.k.a. "Venuto al mondo". Gemma visits Sarajevo with her son, Pietro. 16 years earlier, they escaped the war-torn city while Diego, the boy's father,... Read more
Two Jacks (2012)
Director: Bernard Rose
Starring: Billy Zane, Jacqueline Bisset, Sienna Miller, Danny Huston, Jack Huston
"Two Jacks" is a comical adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's short story "Two Hussars", comparing the generational change from father to son within the same b... Read more
Two Moon Junction (1988)
5/10
Director: Zalman King
Starring: Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher, Burl Ives, Kristy McNichol
Her mother warned her about this kind of boy...but she couldn't warn her about the feelings he'd inspire. Heartfelt erotic drama about two teen lovers... Read more
Two of a Kind (1983)
4.8/10
Director: John Herzfeld
Starring: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning
God rests the fate of the world on the unwitting John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, who must prove that they are good. Unfortunately, he's just hel... Read more
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
6.1/10
Director: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sandra Bullock, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Heather Burns
Attorney Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock) wants to save the world. Instead she's choosing ties and interviewing prospective girlfriends for her handsome a... Read more
Tyrannical Love (2005)
6.2/10
Director: Scott Boswell
Starring: Stephen Jorgensen, Domini Calder, Caroline Mitchell, Seth Flynn, Lex Calder, Cra...
Scott Boswell's debut film was shot in and around Howick over 15 weekends in 2004, with most people working for free. The film screened at the 37th A... Read more
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
6.8/10
Director: Audrey Wells
Starring: Diane Lane, Lindsay Duncan, Sandra Oh, Raoul Bova, Vincent Riotta
In this beautifully filmed adaptation of Frances Mayes' bestseller, Diane Lane is a recently divorced writer urged by pal Sandra Oh to get away from h... Read more
Une Parisienne (1958)
Director: Michel Boisrond
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Charles Boyer, Henri Vidal
Brigitte Bardot is the daughter of the French Premier, and married to Henri Vidal, his chief aide. When Vidal shows signs of infidelity, Bardot fights... Read more
Unknown Heart (Rosamunde Pilcher) (2014)
6.6/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: James Fox, Jane Seymour, Greg Wise, Gedeon Burkhard
A fatal accident changes the destiny of two families when Elizabeth Lancaster's wish comes true and she receives the heart transplant she desperately... Read more