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".
My Cousin Rachel (Blu-ray) (2017)
6/10
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Iain Glen, Rachel Weisz, Holliday Grainger, Sam Claflin
Philip is a young Englishman who finds his cousin Ambrose dead after traveling to Florence, Italy. He vows revenge against Ambrose's missing wife Rach... Read more
Double Lover (L'Amant double) (Blu-ray) (2017)
7.6/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Marine Vacth, Jeremie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset
Chloé, a woman with a fragile mental state, falls for her psychoanalyst, Paul. But after moving in with him a few months later, she discovers a part o... Read more
The Legend of Tarzan (Blu-ray) (3D) (2016)
6.2/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Djimon Hounsou, Alexander Skarsgard, Christoph Waltz, Margot R...
t's been nearly a decade since Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård), also known as John Clayton III, left Africa to live in Victorian England with his wife Ja... Read more
The Age of Adaline (Blu-ray) (2015)
7.2/10
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn
The world has changed in the last century. Adaline has not. After miraculously remaining 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bowman... Read more
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (Blu-ray) (2013)
6.4/10
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Keith Carradine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Rooney Mara, Nate Parker, Rami Malek
Brought to life with exquisite detail and rich cinematography, the gritty landscape of 1970s Texas Hill Country is the backdrop for this mood-drenched... Read more
Ocean Waves (Blu-ray) (1993)
7.6/10
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Based upon author, essayist and playwright Saeko Himuro's most popular, best-selling novel, this is one of Studio Ghibli's most poignant and unsung ma... Read more
The Reader (Blu-ray) (2008)
7.6/10
Director: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Habich, Susanne Lothar, Lena O...
Kate Winslet won an Oscar and a BAFTA for her complex and gripping portrayal of a post-war German woman who discovers a sick teenage boy in the street... Read more
The Big Town (1987)
5.9/10
Director: Ben Bolt, Harold Becker
Starring: Matt Dillon, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt, S...
A dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster. Read more
Smooth Talk (1985)
6.5/10
Director: Joyce Chopra
Starring: Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Berridge
A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and... Read more
Birdsong (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Philip Martin
Starring: Anthony Andrews, Matthew Goode, Marie-Josee Croze, Clemence Poesy, Eddie Redmayn...
This two-part made-for-British-television adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' epic love story stars Eddie Redmayne and Clemence Poesy. The action moves be... Read more