Sailor Suit and Machine Gun / Sêrâ-fuku to kikanjû (1981)
Action | Romance
Following the unexpected death of her mob boss father, a high school girl inherits a Yakuza gang.
Starring: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tsunehiko Watase, Rentarô Mikuni, Yuki Kazamatsuri
Director: Shinji Sômai
What Women Want (2000)
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Nick Marshall, a Chicago advertising executive, gets a whole new outlook on life when a fluke accident gives him the ability to read women's minds. At first, this "gift" provides Nick with way too much information, but he begins to realize that he can use it to good effect, especially when it comes to outwitting his new boss, Darcy Maguire. In spite of his best efforts to finesse Darcy, he soon finds himself falling in love and truly understanding what women want.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson, Judy Greer
Director: Nancy Meyers
Zhara / The Heat (2006)
Comedy | Romance
After three years a sailor Aleksei (Aleksei Chadov) comes back from the Black Sea Fleet to Moscow for a meeting with his waiting girlfriend (Maria Kurkova) and old classmates. Unfortunately, he finds out that his girlfriend is already married and has a child, and decides to spend the remaining time in the restaurant with friends: a son of an oligarch Konstantin (Konstantin Kryukov), beginner actor Artur (Artur Smolyaninov) and hip-hop artist Timati. When their lunch is coming to the end, it appears that no one has money to pay the bill, except Konstantin's dollars which do not accept for payment. The rapper is decided to exchange currency at the nearest exchanger, that will cause troubles. As the former exchanger belongs to the Armenian (Tigran Keosayan), Timati sets out in search of another, but runs against a nazi skinhead gang. Saving his own life, the hero hides in Konstantin's flat, where Ostap Bender-like swindler Dani (Deni Dadaev) in waiting him. Meanwhile, his friends cannot wait anymore and Artur is sent off. Before he can exchange, he is allured by the film director (Fyodor Bondarchuk) and prepares for shooting, but misses the actor-bus and leaves with gastarbeiters to demolish the Rossiya Hotel. Konstantin hands over his last dollars to Aleksei, but he also fails and falls in love with a young traffic victim Nastya (Agniya Ditkovskite). After all that, despaired Konstantin raises noise in the restaurant, as a result he gets jailed by the militsiya. Luckily for him, the mates do not abandon a friend and rescue him from captivity.
Starring: Aleksey Chadov, Artur Smolyaninov, Konstantin Kryukov, Timati, Anastasiya Kochetkova, Agnia Ditkovskite, Deni Dadaev
Director: Rezo Gigineishvili
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
Drama | Romance
The movie is set in the Pacific Northwest; specifically, Washington state. We know this from a glimpse of a license plate, the craftsman architecture of the two houses, and the mature, rich landscapes in between. The setting, like the scrutiny of the four main character's lives, is defined by the narrowness of the camera's field-of view. The one commercial street in town is only seen in the reflection of a store window, a shot of a non-descript auto-yard, or the tunnel of a tree-lined suburban sidewalk. The lush, wooded landscape is understood as an immediate presence in the domestic and professional lives of the characters; a steep hill, railroad tracks, a rushing stream, and a path over an old steel bridge are revisited again and again by the characters in their capacities as lovers, parents and friends.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts
Director: John Curran
Ramrod (1947)
Romance | Western
A headstrong young woman defies the wishes of her father by ignoring the romantic advances of a powerful local landowner, instead deciding to run her own ranch with the help of a recovering alcoholic and his friend.
Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp, Preston Foster
Director: André De Toth
Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Stunning new vision of Shakespeare's classic comedy. When Leonato, the Governor of Messina is visited by his friend Don Pedro, he is accompanied by two of his officers: Benedick and Claudio. Claudio falls for Leonato's daughter Hero, while Benedick verbally spars with Beatrice, the governor's niece. A series of comic and tragic events help keep the two couples from truly finding happiness – but then again, perhaps love may prevail in the end!
Starring: Amy Acker, Emma Bates, Sara Blindauer, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, Jillian Morgese
Director: Joss Whedon
Harrison's Flowers (2000)
Drama | Romance | War
Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last assignment, in war-torn Yugoslavia, in 1991, at the height of the fighting. Word comes back that he apparently died in a building collapse, but his wife Sarah (also a journalist for Newsweek) refuses to believe that he's dead and goes looking for him. She's helped immensely by the photo-journalists Eric Kyle and Marc Stevenson that she runs into over there; together, they're determined to make it through the chaotic landscape to Vukovar, which is not only the nexus of the war but where she believes Harrison is located. Meanwhile, Harrison's son Cesar is looking after his father's prized greenhouse, keeping hope, and flowers, alive.
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, David Strathairn
Director: Élie Chouraqui
Always / O-jik geu-dae-man (2011)
Drama | Romance
Chul-min leads a hard life delivering the water by day and working at the parking lot by night. His life seems nothing but ordinary, however, he hides his dark past that he used to hit the people for living. One day a strange blind woman called Jung-hwa visits him at the parking lot, who changes his life completely. Looking at cheerful and bright Jung-hwa, Chul-min slowly opens his mind. Jung-hwa also lets him enter her lonely world. To lead a better life with the new love, Chul-min re-starts boxing dreaming of the future as a MMA fighter. But always the good time ends soon.
Starring: Ji-seob So, Hyo-ju Han, Shin-il Kang, Cheol-min Park
Director: Il-gon Song
Johnny 316 / Hollywood Salome (1998)
Drama | Romance
A penniless street preacher spends his days giving out pamphlets and spreading the word of God. One day, he meets Sarah, a beautiful bereft hairdresser who lost her job. For Sarah, it is love at first sight. She follows the preacher home and tries to seduce him. Despite his deep attraction to her, he pushes her away. Oblivious to his rejection, Sarah continues to pursue the preacher, convinced that she can win him over.
Starring: Vincent Gallo, Nina Brosh, Seymour Cassel, Eyal Doron, Louise Fletcher
Director: Erick Ifergan
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The Adventures of Prince Achmed / Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926)
Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Romance
Taken from "The Arabian Nights," the film tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse which sends the rider off on a flight to his death. But the prince foils the evil plan and soars headlong into a series of wondrous adventures, joining forces with Aladdin and the Witch of the Fiery Mountains, doing battle with the sorcerer's army of monsters and demons, and falling in love with the bautiful Princess Peri Banu.
Director: Lotte Reiniger
Approaching Midnight (2013)
Crime | Drama | Romance | War
"Approaching Midnight" is a gripping military themed action drama that follows young Army staff sergeant Wesley Kent (Sam Logan Khaleghi) who returns to his small town America home from war abroad. Kent must cope with burying the body of his best friend who passed away under his command Corporal AJ Culpepper (Brandon T. Jackson – "Tropic Thunder") and solving the mystery behind the tragic accident that took the life of his girlfriend, Aspen Malverne (Jana Kramer – TVs "One Tree Hill") who also passed away in a car accident while he was abroad. After seeking more information about her accident from local authorities, Kent believes that her death wasn't just a 'unexpected event,' while Aspen's father Mayor Steven Malverne is running for higher political office as Governor of the state. As the pieces unfold in Kent's chase, he discovers that Aspen's father is involved in illegal arms trading. Kent must now stop at nothing to complete one final mission and topple a tower of deception and corruption… this time it's personal!
Starring: Jana Kramer, Sam Logan Khaleghi, Brandon T. Jackson, Mia Serafino, Jeffery Stetson
Director: Sam Logan Khaleghi
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Ariel, a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid, is off on the adventure of a lifetime with her best friend, the adorable Flounder, and the reggae-singing Caribbean crab Sebastian at her side. But it will take all of her courage and determination to make her dreams come true-and save her father's beloved kingdom from the sneaky sea witch Ursula!
Starring: Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Samuel E. Wright, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Kenneth Mars, Mark Hamill
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Rio Lobo (1970)
Adventure | Romance | War | Western
After the civil war, a man searches for the man who was responsible for the death of his friend and most of his army unit.
Starring: John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam, Christopher Mitchum, Victor French
Director: Howard Hawks
Rebelové / Rebels (2001)
Comedy | Musical | Romance
The story, set in 1968, the year of the Prague Spring and the Soviet invasion, features a planned escape to the West and the arrest of one of its central characters for desertion from the army. The main couple, Tereza and Šimon, struggles to enjoy the free spirit of the times in spite of the turbulent political circumstances.
Starring: Zuzana Norisová, Jan Révai, Tomás Hanák, Martin Kubacák, Alzbeta Stanková
Director: Filip Renc
Barmy (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Charlie Atwood is the creator of 'Barmy,' a newspaper comic with dwindling readership about the necessity of self-reliance. Severely injured in a car-bicycle collision, Charlie is forced to face his worst fear: the complete loss of independence. Amy Murray has her hands full as the home health care nurse assigned to Charlie. Confined to a full-leg cast and virtually immobile, Charlie must reevaluate his thought process and direction of the cartoon, while struggling with a growing fondness for Amy.
Starring: Napoleon Ryan, Sherill Turner, Liz Osborn, Evan Schwartz, Thaine H. Allison Jr.
Director: Russell Vance Bailey
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That's the Way I Like It / Forever Fever (1998)
Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
Kung Fu meets disco in Singapore. Hock is a grocery clerk longing for a motorbike. He lives with his parents and sister; they idolize his younger brother, Beng, a medical student calling himself Leslie. Hock loves Bruce Lee; he works out and imitates his moves. When Hock sees a cheesy local version of "Saturday Night Fever," he gets the disco bug, taking his pal Mei to nightly lessons in hopes of winning a contest and buying the bike. He's blind to Mei's falling in love with him, and, at the last minute asks another woman to be his partner in the contest. Meanwhile, Beng reveals a personal secret to his family and a crisis ensues. Hock, Beng, Mei and her rival: it's Night Fever.
Starring: Adrian Pang, Medaline Tan, Pierre Png, Anna Belle Francis, Steven Lim
Director: Glen Goei
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Lone Star (1996)
Drama | Mystery | Romance
A modern day Sherriff of a Texas border county investigates a murder dating from his father's time as Sherriff that no one wants to talk about.
Starring: Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey, Stephen Mendillo, Elizabeth Peña, Oni Faida Lampley
Director: John Sayles
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002)
Fantasy | Horror | Romance
In this fourth series of the hell-raising Wishmaster, the Djinn unleashes his undying love and three wishes on a beautiful new victim named Lisa, whose crucial third wish is one that the Wishmaster cannot fulfill without leaving a trail of terror, devastation and blood in his wake. The evil brotherhood of the Djinns shall awaken from the flames of Hell. As the third wish is made, humankind had better be prepared for the apocalypse. Woken up once again, the repulsive Djinn returns to wreck the life of more innocent victims with his deadly fulfillments. In order to prevent the release of the evil brotherhood of the Djinns from Hell, Lisa must find a way to destroy the Djinn to stop the prophecy from being fulfilled.
Starring: Tara Spencer-Nairn, Michael Trucco, Jason Thompson, John Novak, Victor Webster
Director: Chris Angel
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My Sassy Hubby / My Wife Is 18 II / Ngo liu poh lut gau ching 2: Ngo liu gung ng sang sing (2012)
Comedy | Romance
My Sassy Husband follows Yoyo Ma and Thirteen Cheung's union 10 years later to present day where they are experiencing marital problems. After they realize that their wedding ceremony held in London is not considered official in Hong Kong, they decide to part ways in search of their real love. While Yoyo and Thirteen both start dating new prospects, will they end up back together? Or is their relationship done for good?
Starring: Ekin Cheng, Joyce Cheng, Charlene Choi, Xinyi Zhang, Jones Xu, Joyce Cheng, Cho-lam Wong, J.J. Jia
Director: James Yuen
My Wife Is 18 / Ngo liu poh lut gau ching (2002)
Comedy | Romance
After finishing the open examination for Form 5 students and applying for an adult identity card, Yoyo, eighteen, departs for London to meet a guy introduced by her well-meaning parents in Britain. The guy, named Cheung, is in his thirties. Yoyo's and Cheung's grandfathers were wartime buddies. They swore to have their unborn babies get married when they grew up. However, the babies turned out to be both women. The two women are now mothers. They come across each other again and want to make their fathers' wish come true, so they arrange for Yoyo and Cheung to meet in London. Yoyo and Cheung promise to get marry in order to please their mothers. But on the wedding day, they also sign a divorce agreement which is effective one year after their marriage. The pair wave farewell in the airport and Yoyo returns to Hong Kong to further her studies, while Cheung continues to write his unfinished dissertation. But they will meet again…
Starring: Ekin Cheng, Charlene Choi, Richard Ng, Sandy Lamb, Ronald Cheng, Bernice Liu, Stephanie Che
Director: James Yuen
