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".
Samurai Saga (1959)
7.1/10
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Akira Takarada, Keiko Awaji, Seizaburo Kawazu
Cyrano de Bergerac is given the Japanese Samurai treatment with the legendary Toshiro Mifune as the large-nosed warrior with a poet's heart. He is ut... Read more
The Quiet American (Blu-ray) (1958)
6.7/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Audie Murphy, Bruce Cabot, Michael Redgrave, Georgia Moll, Claude Dauphin
1952 Saigon is a hotbed of political turmoil and espionage as the corrupt colonial powers tangle with the Communist uprising. An idealistic American c... Read more
The Quiet American (1958)
6.8/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Audie Murphy, Bruce Cabot, Michael Redgrave, Georgia Moll, Claude Dauphin
1952 Saigon is a hotbed of political turmoil and espionage as the corrupt colonial powers tangle with the Communist uprising. An idealistic American c... Read more
An Affair To Remember ( Blu-ray ) (1957)
7.6/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr
In this poignant and humourous love story, Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someo... Read more
Love Me Tender (1956)
6.2/10
Director: Robert D Webb
Starring: Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Ne...
Elvis Presley's film debut is a story set in the civil war about conflicting politics among sons in a Southern family. Read more
One Desire (1955)
6.2/10
Director: Jerry Hopper
Starring: Rock Hudson, Anne Baxter, Julie Adams
In early 1900s, an Oklahoma gambler-casino dealer teams-up with a saloon dancer and together they seek a new life in a Colorado mining town where thei... Read more
I Am A Camera (1955)
6.7/10
Director: Henry Cornelius
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Ron Randell, Shelley Winters, Anton Diffring, Mal...
Henry Cornelius's adaptation of the play which was later more famously filmed as the musical 'Cabaret'. It's Berlin in the 1930s, and a young writer b... Read more
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
7.2/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Ronald Squire, John Sutton
When Philip Ashley's (Richard Burton) wealthy cousin, Ambrose (John Sutton), dies suddenly, his suspicions drift to Ambrose's new and icy wife, Rachel... Read more
Hangman's Knot (1952)
6.8/10
Director: Roy Huggins
Starring: Claude Jarman Jr, Donna Reed, Glenn Langan, Jeanette Nolan, Lee Marvin, Randolph...
Major Matt Stewart (Randolph Scott) leads a troop of Confederate soldiers on a raid, targeting a wagon that is transporting Union gold. All of the Uni... Read more
Mr Imperium (1951)
5/10
Director: Don Hartman
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Lana Turner, Barry Sullivan, Ezio Pinza, Marjorie Main
Lush romantic tale starring Ezio Pinza as a charismatic prince who falls for aspiring nightclub singer Lana Turner. When Pinza becomes king of his cou... Read more