Drama Romance
The Romantic Drama generally has as its central plot the beginning, obstruction and eventual, though often tragic, fruition of a romance. A common derogatory term for such films is "weepy" since they can reduce the audience to (willing) tears by playing on themes of noble self-sacrifice or cruel fate.
The motherlode of Alice's Romantic Dramas can be scrolled below, however the "Romance" feature along with "Comedy Romance" and "Classic Romance" may prove helpful.
Right; Alan Rickman, Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves star in Stephen Poliakoff's powerful "Close My Eyes".
Dakota Skye (2008)
6.6/10
Director: John Humber
Starring: Jb Ghuman Jr., Ian Nelson, Eileen Boylan
This delightful coming-of-age drama/comedy from director John Humber tells the story of Dakota, a seemingly ordinary teen who possesses a superpower t... Read more
The Way We Were (Blu-Ray) (1973)
7.1/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Allyn McLerie, Barbra Streisand, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles, Murray Hamilton,...
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand), a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford)... Read more
Love (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.1/10
Director: Gaspar Noe
Starring: Karl Glusman, Aomi Muyock, Klara Kristin
Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the effe... Read more
Summer in February (2013)
5.6/10
Director: Christopher Menaul
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens, Emily Browning, Hattie Morahan, Shaun Dingwall, Nic...
Two friends at a 1913 British artists colony compete for the affections of a comely debutante, but the object of their pursuit soon learns to regret h... Read more
Koi Aap Sa (2005)
5.6/10
Director: Partho Mitra
Starring: Aaftab Shivdasani, Natassha , Dipannita Sharma, Himanshu Malik
This Bollywood romance asks the question: can a man and a woman be friends and not fall in love? Rohan and Simran have been buddies since childhood, s... Read more
Roseland (1977)
6/10
Director: James Ivory
Starring: Geraldine Chaplin, Christopher Walken, Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Lilia Skala
The film's namesake, a famed New York City ballroom, serves as the setting for a dramatic trio of stories from the Merchant/Ivory team: a lonely widow... Read more
Tim (1979)
6.5/10
Director: Michael Pate
Starring: Alwyn Kurts, Mel Gibson, Pat Evison, Piper Laurie
Tim (Mel Gibson) is a handsome young man with the intelligence and innocence of a child. Protected from the real world, Tim is working as a labourer a... Read more
An Education (2009)
7.3/10
Director: Lone Scherfig
Starring: Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper,...
Superbly crafted coming-of-age drama set in 1960s London, adapted for the screen by novelist Nick Hornby from the memoirs of journalist Lynn Barber. J... Read more
Breezy (Blu-Ray) (1973)
7/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: William Holden, Kay Lenz, Roger C Carmel, Marj Dusay, Joan Hotchkis
Divorced and creeping past middle age, real estate agent Frank Harmon (William Holden) isn't interested in falling in love anymore. But when he reluct... Read more
Madame Bovary (1949)
7.1/10
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockha...
Based on the French literary classic, this drama presents author Gustave Flaubert (James Mason) narrating his tale of infidelity and narcissism. After... Read more