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 (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
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
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
7.2/10
Director: Bill Condon
Starring: Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Emma Wat...
Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' is a live-action re-telling of the studio's animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as... Read more
Beauty and the Beast ( Blu-ray ) (2017)
7.2/10
Director: Bill Condon
Starring: Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Emma Wat...
Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' is a live-action re-telling of the studio's animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as... Read more
Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
4.6/10
Director: James Foley
Starring: Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson
Finally dumping Christian (Irishman Jamie Dornan, who fights like crazy to maintain his American accent), Ana (Dakota Johnson) accepts a position as a... Read more
The Exception (2016)
6.8/10
Director: David Leveaux
Starring: Ben Daniels, Christopher Plummer, Janet McTeer, Anton Lesser, Jai Courtney, Lily...
German soldier Stefan Brandt goes on a mission to investigate exiled German Monarch Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Kaiser lives in a secluded mansion in the N... Read more
Tommy's Honour (2016)
6.1/10
Director: Jason Connery
Starring: Sam Neill, Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden, Ophelia Lovibond
In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honour - an intimate, powerfully mov... Read more
Frantz (2016)
7.5/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stotzner
Anna is a bereft young German woman whose fiance, Frantz, was killed in the trenches of World War I. Adrien, a French veteran of the war, makes a myst... Read more
Maudie (2016)
7.7/10
Director: Aisling Walsh
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gabrielle Rose, Zachary Bennett, Sally Hawkins
In 1930s Nova Scotia, arthritic but free-spirited Maud Dowley (Sally Hawkins) sought to escape her repressive family and took a job as housekeeper for... Read more
Lady Macbeth (2016)
6.9/10
Director: William Oldroyd
Starring: Christopher Fairbank, Paul Hilton, Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis
In rural England, 1865, a woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage to a much older man begins a passionate affair with a man her own age. Read more