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".
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
Marjorie Prime (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Michael Almereyda
Starring: Lois Smith, Jon Hamm, Tim Robbins, Geena Davis
Eighty-six-year-old Marjorie spends her final, ailing days with a computerized version of her deceased husband. With the intent to recount their life... Read more
Let the Sunshine In (2017)
6/10
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Josiane Balasko, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Following Isabelle, a middle-aged Parisian artist and divorced mother, as she looks for love and meets different characters. Read more
Hampstead (2017)
5.9/10
Director: Joel Hopkins
Starring: Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, James Norton, Lesley Manville, Jason Watkins, Phi...
An American widow living in the London suburb of Hampstead and a man who lives on the Heath form an unlikely alliance against unscrupulous property de... Read more
Submergence (2017)
5.3/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, James McAvoy, Alexander Siddig, Alicia Vikander
In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, a Scotsman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the... Read more
C'est La Vie (Le sens de la fête) (2017)
6.9/10
Director: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Starring: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve, Suzanne Clement, Gilles Lellouche, Judith Ch...
When a luxury wedding celebration in a 17th-century French castle gets terribly out of control, waiters and photographers witness a monstrosity. Read more
On Chesil Beach (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Dominic Cooke
Starring: Emily Watson, Samuel West, Anne-Marie Duff, Saoirse Ronan, Adrian Scarborough, B...
In 1962, newlyweds Edward and Florence, both in their early 20s and also both virgins, spend their honeymoon preoccupied and terrified by the upcoming... Read more
Interlude in Prague (2017)
6.1/10
Director: John Stephenson
Starring: Adrian Edmondson, James Purefoy, Samantha Barks, Aneurin Barnard, Aneurin Barnar...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's unconventional presence in Prague begins a series of dramatic and tragic events that become a tangled, violent web. Overwhel... Read more
Mary Shelley (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Starring: Stephen Dillane, Elle Fanning, Joanne Froggatt, Tom Sturridge, Maisie Williams,...
Mary Wollstonecraft's family disapproves when she and poet Percy Shelley announce their love for each other. The family is horrified when it finds tha... Read more
Ismael's Ghosts (Les Fantômes d'Ismaël) (2017)
5.6/10
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Hippolyte Girardot, Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Lou...
Twenty-one years ago, she ran away -- and 21 years later, Carlotta is back from the void. But Ismael has been busy rebuilding a life for himself with... Read more