Romance

  • Blake Edwards – Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

    1961-1970Blake EdwardsComedyRomanceUSA

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    Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly’s lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they’re alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.Read More »

  • Solrun Hoaas – Aya (1990)

    1981-1990AustraliaDramaRomanceSolrun Hoaas

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    During the 1950’s, a Japanese war bride arrives in a rural Australia with her husband, Frank. Still in love with her husband Frank, she begins to feel more comfortable with Frank’s Japanese speaking friend.Read More »

  • Young Min Lee – My Wife (2015)

    2011-2020RomanceSouth KoreaYoung Min Lee

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    Two people from vastly different backgrounds, Siun, a former corporate employee turned street painter, and Mijung, a woman forced into prostitution due to financial struggles, unexpectedly find solace in each other’s company.Read More »

  • Henry King – Ramona (1936)

    1931-1940DramaHenry KingRomanceUSA

    Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family’s wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household.Read More »

  • Frank Capra – The Strong Man (1926)

    1921-1930ComedyFrank CapraRomanceUSA

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    A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo from “Mary Brown”, an American girl he has never met. He becomes infatuated with her by long distance. After the war, the young Belgian journeys to America as assistant to a theatrical “strong man”, Zandow the Great (Arthur Thalasso). While in America, he searches for Mary Brown… and he finds her, just as word comes that Zandow is incapacitated and the little nebbish must go on stage in his place.Read More »

  • Jacques Rivette – Ne touchez pas la hache AKA Don’t Touch The Axe (2007)

    2001-2010DramaFranceJacques RivetteRomance

    Handsome young general Armand de Montriveau has searched across the seas for the woman he fell madly in love with five years ago. He finally finds Antoinette, the Duchess of Langeais, living chastely in a Majorcan convent… It was love at first sight for Montriveau upon meeting Antoinette, a married coquette who frequents the most extravagant balls of 1820s Restoration Paris, where hypocrisy and vanity reign. Flattered by his attentions, the alluring Antoinette orchestrates a calculating game of seduction, but she repeatedly refuses Montriveau. Despite his sincere romantic declarations, Montriveau’s passion remains unfulfilled. When the humiliated Montriveau eventually seeks his revenge, Antoinette’s love awakens. But it may well be too late for the star-crossed lovers.Read More »

  • Makoto Naitô – Neon kurage AKA A Flower in a Neon Jungle (1973)

    1971-1980DramaJapanMakoto NaitôRomance

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    There was an entire sub-genre of melancholic nocturnal dramas made mostly by Toei and Nikkatsu from mid 60s through early 70s. These films typically followed hustlers, hostesses, hookers and other young people chasing their dreams in the neon lit night of vice, with story premises often taken from popular songs. Here is a superior late entry into the loosely defined genre: a stylish Tokyo red light district drama set to singer Kan Mikami’s rock ballads. Newcomer Emiko Yamauchi shines as an impulsive youth lost in the city of opportunities and seduction. She dumps her boyfriend and becomes a bar hostess after being tricked by sleazy/handsome photographer Ichiro Araki.Read More »

  • Avi Nesher – Ha-Sodot AKA The Secrets (2007)

    2001-2010Avi NesherDramaFranceRomance

    Two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out.Read More »

  • Sergio Corbucci – Questo e quello (1983)

    1981-1990ComedyItalyRomanceSergio Corbucci

    Two episodes. The 1st is ‘Amore impossibile’ (Impossible love). Giulio is a comic book draftsman. He is passing through a creativity depressed period. One day his editor makes him meet a blond nice girl. Immediately Giulio fall in love and starts to draw his impossible love story into a new comic book. The 2nd is ‘Quello dal basco rosso’ (the one with the red beret). Sandro, a mature man, meets one of his former girlfriend and her daughter Daniela. Daniela couldn’t have sex with her boyfriend because of a childhood remembrance. In fact she always remember her mother having sex with a man wearing a red beret. She discovers that man is Sandro, makes love with him and soon recovers from her obsession.Read More »

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