In My Country / Country of My Skull (2004)
Drama | Romance
A cynical American journalist's affair with a beautiful Afrikaans reporter opens his eyes to the healing powers of forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Samuel L. Jackson, Brendan Gleeson
Director: John Boorman
Ethan Frome (1993)
Drama | Romance
In this classic Edith Wharton tale of blazing passion and forbidden desire, Liam Neeson stars as Ethan Frome, a man torn between his joyless marriage to one woman and his lustful desire for another (Patricia Arquette). His actions soon lead to a forbidden triangle between one love that is and one that will never be.
Starring: Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette, Joan Allen, Tate Donovan, Katharine Houghton, Gil Rood
Director: John Madden
Sequoia (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A very lively woman with a very deadly cancer visits a national park with the intention of ending her life there– but her suicide plans are continually thwarted, not least of all by her family, which finds itself unamused with her death wish.
Starring: Aly Michalka, Joey Lauren Adams, Lou Diamond, Corbin Frost, Sophi Bairley, Sean Hood, Todd Lowe, Demetri Martin, Dustin Milligan
Director: Andy Landen
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State of Grace (1990)
Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others.
Starring: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, John Turturro, Burgess Meredith
Director: Phil Joanou
That Night (1992)
Drama | Romance
Alice is a reserved, introspective 12-year-old girl who idealizes her neighbor, high-school student Sheryl. Through Alice's point-of-view, we witness the deterioration of Sheryl's life after the death of her father. After becoming pregnant after a fling with the blunt Rick, Sheryl is whisked away to a home for unwed mothers. Observing Rick's torment, Alice crawls out of her shell to help him track down Sheryl and reunite the two lovers.
Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Juliette Lewis, Helen Shaver, Eliza Dushku, J. Smith-Cameron, John Dossett, Katherine Heigl
Director: Craig Bolotin
Aloha (2015)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny McBride
Director: Cameron Crowe
After Words (2015)
Drama | Romance
Marcia Gay Harden stars as a librarian who attempts to escape her mid-life crisis by traveling to Costa Rica. There she meets a younger man Juan (Óscar Jaenada – Cantinflas), who takes her on an unexpected journey filled with adventure and romance.
Starring: Marcia Gay Harden, Óscar Jaenada, Jenna Ortega, Ron Canada, Jackie Torres
Director: Juan Feldman
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The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Drama | Romance
As Mike and Anna, two film actors involved in a tumultuous affair, and Charles and Sarah, the star-crossed Victorian lovers whom the actors portray, Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons are at their compelling best. Just as his character Charles' reputation is ruined by the enigmatic Sarah, Mike finds he cannot accept the intangible affections of the wily Anna. The skillful interweaving of these two love stories – one period, one contemporary – yields a fascinating insight into the passion and mystery that can pull two people together…and just as easily tear them apart.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Peter Vaughan, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan, Charlotte Mitchell
Director: Karel Reisz
Last Rites (1988)
Action | Crime | Romance | Thriller
Tom Berenger (Platoon) and Daphne Zuniga (The Sure Thing) set the screen ablaze in this controversial tale of a love affair between a priest and a sexy woman. A relentlessly entertaining tale of lust, betrayal and revenge with a shocking final twist, Last Rites administers equal measures of white-knuckle suspense and white-hot romance. A Mafia hit a vulnerable witness a man of the cloth with a secret past. When Father Michael Pace (Berenger) finds himself drawn to the mistress (Zuniga) of a brutally murdered mobster, he risks his life, his standing and even his faith to protect her in this riveting thriller that will keep you guessing until the final frame.
Starring: Tom Berenger, Daphne Zuniga, Chick Vennera, Anne Twomey, Dane Clark, Paul Dooley
Director: Donald P. Bellisario
Waking Up in Reno (2002)
Comedy | Romance
A romantic comedy about two trashy couples traveling to Reno to see a monster truck show.
Starring: Natasha Richardson, Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Swayze, Charlize Theron, Holmes Osborne, Penélope Cruz
Director: Jordan Brady
Twice Upon a Yesterday / The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A shambling, out-of-work actor, desperate to win back the affections of his ex-girlfriend, unexpectedly stumbles upon a way to turn back the clock.
Starring: Douglas Henshall, Lena Headey, Penélope Cruz, Charlotte Coleman, Mark Strong, Neil Stuke
Director: Maria Ripoll
Sylvia (2003)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Jared Harris, Michael Gambon, Blythe Danner, Amira Casar
Director: Christine Jeffs
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
Drama | Romance | Western
Always wanting to live the cowboy lifestyle, young John Grady (Matt Damon) sets off for a Hacienda in Mexico. While there, John enters into a passionate romance with the spellbinding Alejandra (Penelope Cruz), much to the displeasure of her powerful father. Doomed from the start, their illicit affair will culminate in murder and betrayal and young John will have to confront the ultimate test of inner strength and resilience.
Starring: Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, Rubén Blades, Robert Patrick
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
6 Years (2015)
Drama | Romance
A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love, begins to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.
Starring: Taissa Farmiga, Ben Rosenfield, Lindsay Burdge, Joshua Leonard, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Director: Hannah Fidell
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The Hidden Blade / Kakushi ken oni no tsume (2004)
Drama | Romance
An honest, low-ranking samurai, Munezo Katagiri finds himself buffeted by the confusion of old and new in mid-19th century Japan. Facing outside pressure, the Shogunate is trying to open Japan to the West and some carefully selected Western ways, while maintaining its fragile political base. Munezo, and his colleague Samon Shimada try to maintain their footing, paying heed to the demanding moral code of the samurai while also learning new military strategies, particularly the mastery of Western artillery. But Munezo also has a personal complication. He is secretly in love–so secretly, he may not even admit it to himself–with his family's maid, the sweet and beautiful country girl, Kie. His passion leads him to rescue Kie from a loveless marriage after she leaves his household; the samurai even shocks propriety by carrying away the low-caste young woman on his back. Just as Munezo starts to get his domestic situation in something to resembling order, Munezo hears devastating news. A comrade, Yaichiro Hazama, has been caught up in a plot in Edo. Their clan has sent the rebellious samurai home in the humiliating transport of a "prisoner's basket." Munezo comes under suspicion because he and Yaichiro, the clan's best swordsmen, shared a famed instructor, but Munezo refuses to cooperate with the chief retainer's witch hunt. Tension finally leads Munezo to confess his growing affection to Kie, a development that the young woman begins to hope will lead to the abandonment of caste structures. But before Munezo can realize his romantic destiny, Yaichiro escapes. Munezo is ordered to kill him, and the loyal, honorable samurai is faced with one final challenge to his principles.
Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Sachiko Mitsumoto, Tomoko Tabata
Director: Yôji Yamada
Be with You / Ima, ai ni yukimasu (2004)
Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son, Yuji. His wife, Mio, promised before her passing that she'd be with them again when the rainy season starts. On the first anniversary of her death, Takumi and Yuji comes across a woman in the woods taking shelter from a monsoon downpour. She bears an uncanny resemblance to Mio, but has no recollection of who she is or what she's doing there.
Starring: Yûko Takeuchi, Shidô Nakamura, Akashi Takei, Karen Miyama, Yôsuke Asari, Yûta Hiraoka
Director: Nobuhiro Doi
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
During one man's unforgettable visit to liberal and socially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious woman! But when the alluring charms of another prove irresistible, he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire!
Starring: Nick Nolte, Gwyneth Paltrow, Greta Scacchi, Estelle Eonnet, Thandie Newton, Seth Gilliam
Director: James Ivory
Enduring Love (2004)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident.
Starring: Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans, Bill Weston, Jeremy McCurdie, Lee Sheward
Director: Roger Michell
A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Young Calvin Fuller is pulled into King Arthur's court by Merlin to save Camelot.
Starring: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Joss Ackland, Art Malik, Paloma Baeza, Kate Winslet, Daniel Craig
Director: Michael Gottlieb
Purple Violets (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Patti Petalson (Blair) struggles with the pressure of becoming the next important American writer.
Starring: Selma Blair, Edward Burns, Debra Messing, Patrick Wilson
Director: Edward Burns
