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- Love Story (1970) Directed by: Arthur Hiller. From the art house standard of relationships to the cheese-soaked love and death story of the 1970’s, “Love Story” will forever be defined by its incredibly stupid tagline (“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.)
- Days of Heaven (1978) Directed by: Terrence Malick. Malick’s second film after “Badlands,” “Days of Heaven” takes the sweeping cinematography of his debut and softens it, showing the Midwestern wasteland that looked so dirty in Badlands and making it almost majestic, among glorious fields of corn.
- An Affair to Remember (1957) Directed by: Leo McCarey. An updated version of 1939’s “Love Affair,” “An Affair to Remember” was almost a shot-for-shot remake, substituting in Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr for Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne.
- The Squid and the Whale (2005) Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Another movie about divorce, “The Squid and the Whale” is a complex drama starring Jeff Daniels as Bernard and Laura Linney as Joan, the parents of two boys named Walt and Frank (Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kiline).
May 15, 2024 · 17 Love Triangle Movies That Deliver The Relationship Drama. Kieran Fisher. Updated May 15, 202417 items. Voting Rules. Vote up the love triangle movies that feature the most turmultuous trios. Movies thrive on relationships between characters, and also on conflict.
- Casablanca (1942) Directed by Michael Curtiz. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. Drama, Romance, War (1h 42m) 8.5 on IMDb — 99% on RT.
- Brokeback Mountain (2005) Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams. Drama, Romance (2h 14m) 7.7 on IMDb — 88% on RT. Directed by Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain is my pick for the most gut-wrenching film on this list.
- In the Mood for Love (2000) Directed by Kar-Wai Wong. Starring Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ping-Lam Siu. Drama, Romance (1h 38m) 8.1 on IMDb — 92% on RT. When a man (played by Tony Leung) and a woman (played by Maggie Cheung) happen to meet, they end up confessing to each other that they both suspect their partners of infidelity.
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Directed by Michel Gondry. Starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson. Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi (1h 48m)
Aug 25, 2023 · 57 Romantic Movies That Perfectly Explain Your Current Relationship (or Lack Thereof) Single, married, or fresh off a breakup—there's a film about relationships for you. By Keertana Sastry....
- 15 'Birds Without Names'
- 14 'Damage'
- 13 'Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'
- 12 'Bitter Moon'
- 11 'Heathers'
- 10 'Possession'
- 9 'Natural Born Killers'
- 8 'Blue Valentine'
- 7 'Decision to Leave'
- 6 'Blue Is The Warmest Color'
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi
Unable to keep herself away from her abusive ex-lover, Towako (Yu Aoi) engages in hollow flings while living idly with a man fifteen years her senior, Jinji (Sadao Abe), who idolizes her. Towako's life takes an unexpected turn when she finds out her toxic ex-lover has gone missing five years ago, and she suspects Jinji to be the one responsible. Trying to prove this, however, proves to be dangerous territory. Holding on to an idealized version of romance is not always the healthiest, as some...
Director: Louis Malle
An erotic psychological thriller directed byLouis Malle, Damage oversees the moral plummet of a respected British Politician Dr. Stephen Fleming (Jeremy Irons), when he becomes romantically involved with his son's fiancé Anna Barton (Juliette Binoche). Despite being in what seemed like a healthy marriage with Ingrid (Miranda Richardson), Stephen pursues the affair, which threatens to ruin his life and his family in the process. As evident in one of the film's quotes: "Damaged people are dange...
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Recently released from a mental health facility, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! sees an unstable but beguiling Ricky (Antonio Banderas) on a quest to kidnap Marina Osorio (Victoria Abril),a porn star-turned-actor with whom Ricky once shared intimacy. The B-movie actress doesn't remember Ricky at all, as their affair took place during her years living with drug addiction. Determined to win her affection, he ties her up and compels her to recall. One look at the title reminds one of Fifty Shades of Gr...
Director: Roman Polanski
What happens when love becomes too passionate and all so consuming? It crashes and burns, viscerally exemplified in Bitter Moon. The steamy romance drama movie centers around two couples, Nigel (Hugh Grant) and Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas), who make up an ordinary couple, yet are bored by each other's unadventurous spirits in the romance department. On the other hand, Oscar (Peter Coyote) and Mimi (Emmanuelle Seigner)'s passionate love affair over the years has survived bouts of ruinous jealo...
Director: Michael Lehmann
Tired of John Hughes' oeuvre of upbeat high-school romantic comedy, Heathers is the go-to flick for some dark comedy and anti-Valentines Day vibes. After new student J.D. (Christian Slater) arrives, high school student Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) strays further from her popular clique. Tired of their mean-girl behavior, Veronica and J.D. confront clique leader Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), only for the protagonist to realize that it was intentional on her boyfriend's part. She soon become...
Director: Andrzej Żuławski
One of the horror genre's underrated gems, Possession sees the relationship between an international spy Mark (Sam Neill), and his wife, Anna (Isabelle Adjani), collapsing, with the latter being suspected of having an affair. The truth is not always in plain sight as she exhibits increasingly bizarre behaviors. When Mark hires a private investigator to figure out exactly what's going on with Anna, he's terrified to learn that she's hiding a much larger, creepier, and potentially paranormal se...
Director: Oliver Stone
Having the same relationship goals can lead to a stronger relationship: Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory Knox (Juliette Lewis) indeed share the same goals — committing as much violence as humanly possible. No bad relationship movies list is complete without this duo. After a meet-cute moment played out like an '80s family sitcom, Natural Born Killersfollows the Knox couple as they go on a killing spree. Their serial murders eventually catch the eye of an equally dangerous detective and th...
Director: Derek Cianfrance
A defining film from the 2010s, Blue Valentine still has one of the most powerful displays of unhealthy relationships in movies. It's centered on the failing relationship between Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams), told from the earliest (and happiest) days of their romance to the more complicated and messier bitter end of their marriage. While they start out as a picture-perfect passionately in love pair, the cracks in their romance begin to show when the years highlight their...
Director: Park Chan-wook
Director Park Chan-wook's latest thrilling mystery movie, Decision to Leave, follows a disillusioned detective with insomnia as he investigates the bizarre death of a man in the mountains. As he unravels the web of lies around the case, he finds himself falling for the victim's enigmatic wife (who also happens to be the prime suspect). While uncovering the clues that led to her husband's death, he fights the feelings that begin to get stronger as the unlikely duo spend more and more time toge...
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Blue is the Warmest Color is a classic coming-of-age romance movie that focuses on the story of Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a young and naive student who falls for the mature and cool Emma (Léa Seydoux). The film chronicles their relationship throughout the years, depicting the exciting period of getting to know each other, the moments of jealousy and confusion, and their bittersweet separation. With a strong focus on sexuality and a raw depiction of the toxic dynamic that develops between t...
Feb 13, 2024 · These are the 50 top romance movies of all time, chosen by Variety critics. Browse the most romantic films, from Brokeback Mountain to A Star Is Born.
Jul 11, 2023 · 31 Sad Romance Movies That Make You Cry Every Time. Grab the tissues before going for any of these emotional movies. By Ella Cerón and Tommy Tsao. July 11, 2023. Courtesy Everett Collection....
