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Sylvie's Love (2020) Amazon Studios. Sylvie and Robert meet when Robert gets a job at Sylvie's father's Harlem record shop in 1957. The movie then follows the couple through the years, as they ...
- Dirty Dancing (1987) Set in 1963 but oh-so-’80s in its idea of hairstyles and heartthrobs, this sexy summer-camp romance defied its critics to become a classic.
- Trouble in Paradise (1932) In this gold-standard screwball caper comedy, a gentleman thief, a lady pickpocket and a Parisian heiress form an elegant triangle, the preferred shape of Ernst Lubitsch — that sublime architect of romantic instability — who loved to test how seemingly solid couples might respond to a good romantic upset.
- Splash (1984) A man falls in love with a mermaid: What could be simpler, or sweeter, than that? Yet Tom Hanks, in the movie that made him a movie star, does not go lightly into his communion with a woman who’s half-fish.
- The Bridges of Madison County (1995) Amid a career of macho performances, Clint Eastwood tapped into his sensitive side to deliver one of his most indelible characters in Robert Kincaid, a National Geographic photographer on assignment in Iowa, who stops by a farmhouse to ask for directions.
- 45 'Closer'
- 44 'The Man Who Loved Women'
- 43 'A Scene at The Sea'
- 42 'Challengers'
- 41 'A Star Is Born'
- 40 'Jules and Jim'
Directed by Mike Nichols
Those who are after a nice or pleasant movie probably won’t find it with Closer, which is a surprisingly dark and emotionally intense romance film. It takes an approach that might normally be played for comedy – a tangling of romantic partners when two couples clash and form a complex web of infidelity and lies – but looks at the ramifications of doing such a thing with grit and plenty of hard feelings. Closer is, therefore, something of a miserable movie, but it’s also captivating and admira...
Directed by François Truffaut
A movie about love that’s well-loved by Wes Anderson, The Man Who Loved Women feels like one of the more under-appreciated efforts from French filmmaker François Truffaut (best known for The 400 Blows). The Man Who Loved Womenbegins with the titular man’s funeral, and a series of flashbacks play out among all who are gathered there… most of them being women the man was once involved with in some romantic capacity. It's a cinematic eulogy for a flawed womanizer, and though his behavior is hard...
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Though it revolves around a relationship, A Scene at the Sea is hard to place into a genre, simply because it screams “slice of life” more than just about any other film out there. Indeed, it mostly plays out by the seaside, with the very simple story centering on two young hearing-impaired people who are a couple, and what happens when one of them develops an interest in surfing. In that sense,A Scene at the Sea eventually morphs into a sports movie of sorts, all the while being genuinely sw...
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Sure, Challengers is a very recent movie, and there’s always a risk of calling something an all-time great when the dust hasn’t yet settled, and it still feels like a film’s reputation could grow or shrink. But, for now, Challengers does feel like a modern classic and is yet another great entry within the vast and always exciting filmography of Luca Guadagnino, who’s one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. To describe the plot of Challengers might not make it sound very exciting, g...
Directed by George Cukor
There are many versions of A Star Is Born, and it’s probably more a matter of personal taste which one’s considered the best. The 1954 version could, however, be the best when judged as a romance film, because the relationship at the film’s core just feels extra passionate, tragic, and achingly real here, with both Judy Garland and James Masongiving – arguably – the greatest performances of their respective careers. Like any other A Star Is Born, the plot here contrasts a young woman’s rise t...
Directed by François Truffaut
Alongside Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut was perhaps the most famous of all French directors in the history of cinema (coincidentally, Goddard and Truffaut apparently didn’t get along, but that’s another story). Truffaut is likely best known for 1959’s The 400 Blows, a coming-of-age drama, but many of his films are definable as romantic dramedies, and in the latter category, Jules and Jimis one of his very best. The two titular characters are friends living lives defined by youth and a ca...
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- 13 Going on 30 (2004) Jennifer Garner launches a full-scale charm offensive in 13 Going on 30, a fantasy romantic comedy about Jenna Rink, a 13-year-old who wishes to be grown up after a disastrous birthday party.
- Always Be My Maybe (2019) Two old childhood friends reconnect in Always Be My Maybe, starring Ali Wong and Randall Park. As teens, the pair considered a romantic relationship, but it didn't work out.
- Blue Jay (2017) Twenty years after breaking up, former high-school sweethearts Jim (Mark Duplass, who also wrote the script) and Amanda (Sarah Paulson) bump into each other in their California hometown and end up spending the day — and night — together.
- Carol (2015) Mad Men lovers will find a similar aesthetic in Carol, a queer romance set against the backdrop of the repressive 1950s. From the moment New Jersey housewife Carol (Cate Blanchett) meets aspiring photographer Therese (Rooney Mara) while Christmas shopping at a New York City department store, it's obvious a connection has been forged.
2 days ago · An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)79%. #90. Critics Consensus: Old-fashioned without sacrificing its characters to simplicity, An Officer and a Gentleman successfully walks the fine line between sweeping romance and melodrama. Synopsis: Zack Mayo (Richard Gere), a new member of the U.S. Navy, has a bad attitude.
3. The Notebook. 2004 2h 3m PG-13. 7.8 (623K) Rate. 53 Metascore. An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes. Director Nick Cassavetes Stars Gena Rowlands James Garner Rachel McAdams. 4.
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