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".
Hard Country (1981)
6.2/10
Director: David Greene
Starring: Kim Basinger, Jan-Michael Vincent, Tanya Tucker, Daryl Hannah, Michael Parks
Kim Basinger's film debut sees her stuck in a one-horse Texas town with beau Jan-Michael Vincent who seems happy to stay right where he is so long as... Read more
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
7/10
Director: Karel Reisz
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Leo McKern, Hilton McRae
Harold Pinter wrote the screenplay adapted from John Fowles' novel. A hauntingly beautiful film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, about a woman... Read more
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
5.7/10
Director: Randal Kleiser
Starring: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels
In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple l... Read more
Pride and Prejudice (BBC) (1980)
8.9/10
Director: Cyril Coke
Starring: Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul
The story of the lively, precocious and very eligible Bennet girls captures all the nuances of 18th century life among the English gentry, a society o... Read more
A Change of Seasons (1980)
5.2/10
Director: Richard Lang
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek, Mary Beth Hurt, Shirley MacLaine
Karen Evans (Shirley Maclaine) is the long-suffering wife of her college professor husband Adam (Anthony Hopkins). However, when Adam admits he has be... Read more
Urban Cowboy (1980)
6.3/10
Director: James Bridges
Starring: John Travolta, Debra Winger
Moving from his rural Texas home to take an oil refinery job near Houston, young hardhat John Travolta begins hanging out at famed honky tonk nightclu... Read more
The Blue Lagoon / Return to the Blue Lagoon (1980)
Director: Randal Kleiser, William A Graham
Starring: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels, Milla Jovovich,...
A dvd double feature of survival, discovery and natural love. "The Blue Lagoon" (1980, 100 mins) stars Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins as the sh... Read more
Atlantic City (1980)
7.4/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Kate Reid, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Robert Joy
Burt Lancaster delivers a stunning performance as the seemingly washed-up gangster, with Susan Sarandon as his lost-soul companion. A moving portrait... Read more
Somewhere In Time (1980)
7.3/10
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Teresa Wright
Christopher Reeve stars in this lush romantic fantasy about a lonely artist, obsessed with a beautiful Victorian woman's portrait, who inexplicably fi... 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