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".
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.9/10
Director: Marielle Heller
Starring: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig, Abby Wait
Exhilarating in its candour and ironic verve, The Diary of a Teenage Girl recounts the visceral thrills and spills of 15-year-old Minnie (Bel Powley)... Read more
Like Crazy (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Drake Doremus
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence
So wildly in love are Los Angeles college students Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones) - a British citizen with a temporary visa - that sh... Read more
Very Good Girls (2013)
6/10
Director: Naomi Foner
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Ellen Barkin, Demi Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Pet...
The summer before college presents two best friends, Lilly and Gerri, with the opportunity to shed their good girl images. Both girls want to lose the... Read more
Rosamunde Pilcher's: Coming Home (1998)
6.9/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: David McCallum, Joanna Lumley, Peter O'Toole, Emily Mortimer, Paul Bettany, Pene...
An epic tale of friendship, family and love set before, during and after World War II in beautiful coastal England, and based on Rosamund Pilcher's be... Read more
Diana Ross Double: Mahogany / Lady Sings the Blues (1)
Director: Berry Gordy
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Billy Dee Williams, Diana Ross, Jean-Pierre Aumont
In MAHOGANY Diana Ross is radiant as a department store secretary who rises out of a Chicago ghetto to become a world-famous fashion model and designe... Read more
The Red Baron (Blu-ray) (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Nikolai Mullerschon
Starring: Matthias Schweighofer, Lena Headey, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes
Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighofer) is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force during World War I, eventually ra... Read more
Amelia (Blu-ray) (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Richard Gere, Hilary Swank, Joe Anderson
Her exploits made her a hero; her disappearance made her a legend. Hilary Swank stars as pioneering American aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who defied the s... Read more
Phoenix (Blu-ray) (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Christian Petzold
Starring: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf
This evocative and haunting drama, set in rubble-strewn Berlin in 1945, is like no other film about postWorld War II Jewish-German identity. After su... Read more
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
7.1/10
Director: Iain Softley
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott
This exquisite adaptation from the Henry James novel has wealthy Helena Bonham Carter, forbidden to marry poor journalist Linus Roache, looking to dyi... Read more
Here (2011)
5.9/10
Starring: Peter Coyote, Ben Foster, Lubna Azabal
Cartographer Will Shepard hits the road for his latest job: to create a new, more accurate satellite survey of Armenia. During his assignment, he form... Read more