Great Expectations (1998)
Drama | Romance
Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro, Raquel Beaudene
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
Action | Drama | Family | Romance | Sport
Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing, a troubled teenage girl.
Starring: Pat Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers, Walton Goggins
Director: Christopher Cain
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Drama | Romance | War
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr
Director: Peter Weir
Running on Empty (1988)
Crime | Drama | Music | Romance
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Today, their eldest son wants a life of his own although he is aware that would mean that his parents would either get caught or he will never see them again.
Starring: River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton, Steven Hill
Director: Sidney Lumet
Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
Drama | Romance
At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Bruce Davison, Herman Osorio, Miguel Castro, Tommy De La Cruz, Rolando Molina
Director: John Stockwell
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Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A nerdy outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to be his girlfriend.
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Ami Dolenz, Seth Green, Courtney Gains, Dennis Dugan, Sharon Farrell
Director: Steve Rash
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Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Drama | Fantasy | Romance
A young man is drawn to a mysterious young girl who moves to his small town and stumbles on a crypt of her family secrets in this adapation of Kami Carcia and Margaret Stohl's series of novels.
Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson, Thomas Mann, Viola Davis, Kyle Gallner
Director: Richard LaGravenese
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Wuthering Heights (1939)
Drama | Romance
The story of unfortunate lovers Heathcliff and Cathy who, despite a deep affection for one another, are forced by circumstance and prejudice to live their apart. Heathcliff and Cathy first meet as children when her father brings the abandoned boy to live with them. When the old man dies several years later Cathy's brother, now the master of the estate, turns Heathcliff out forcing him to live with the servants and working as a stable boy. The barrier of class comes between them and she eventually marries a rich neighbor, Mr. Edgar Linton, at which point Heathcliff disappears. He returns several years later, now a rich man but little can be done.
Starring: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Director: William Wyler
Together / Soi Yat Hei / Zai Yi Qi (2013)
Drama | Romance
When one's memory is wiped out, where will love be stored? If your loved one forgets you, would you have the courage to face it? Traffic police Cool (Donnie Yen) suffers from a disease that prevents him from smiling. He meets the amnesiac Jojo (Michelle Chen), her shared experience of being sick leads her to build trust in Cool, while igniting his concealed yet delicate love. Cool's revelation angers his girlfriend (Chrissie Chau) which leads to their break-up. However, an amnesiac episode occurs when Jojo's fiance reappears, which completely wipes out Jojo's memory of Cool. Cool slowly understands loving someone is not to possess her, but to wish her happiness.
Starring: Zhendong Ke, Angelababy, Michelle Chen, Donnie Yen, Bosco Lam, Chrissie Chow, Cheung-Ching Mak
Director: Clarence Fok
Amphibian Man / Chelovek-Amfibiya (1962)
Romance | Sci-Fi
It is an almost fable-like story based upon the eponymous novel by Alexander Beliaev. It focuses on a boy named Ichtyandr who was surgically altered to survive under the sea. The story is set in a seaside port, largely among a community of pearl fishers. The protagonist is the son of a doctor/scientist who was sometime in the past forced to save his son's life by implanting him with gills. Thus he is able to live under water, but must keep his secret from the world. The conflict arises from his falling in love with a pearl-fisher's beautiful daughter. His secret is discovered and the girl's stern father attempts to exploit Ichtyandr for his ability.
Starring: Vladimir Korenev, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Mikhail Kozakov, Anatoliy Smiranin, Nikolai Simonov, Vladlen Davydov
Director: Vladimir Chebotaryov, Gennadi Kazansky
Lovestruck: The Musical (2013)
Comedy | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
A choreographer (Jane Seymour) tries to stop her daughter's (Sara Paxton) wedding after an elixir magically turns her into a young woman (Chelsea Kane).
Starring: Chelsea Kane, Drew Seeley, Sara Paxton, Adrienne Bailon, Jane Seymour, Tom Wopat
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Fools Rush In (1997)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
After a one night stand with Isabel, Alex realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.
Starring: Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek
Director: Andy Tennant
See Girl Run (2012)
Romance
A young adult woman decides to revisit her past relationships in order to find some guidance in her current life.
Starring: Robin Tunney, Adam Scott, Jeremy Strong, William Sadler, Josh Hamilton, Marylouise Burke, Aubrey Dollar, Larry Pine
Director: Nate Meyer
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Stomp the Yard: Homecoming / Stomp the Yard 2 (2010)
Drama | Music | Romance | Teen
In the countdown to a national step-off, rivalries at Truth University run red hot. The Theta Nus are counting on new pledge Chance Harris to lead the team to victory. But he's too caught up in his own problems to focus. At odds with his father, caught up in romantic problems and targeted by a street gang for an unpaid debt, Chance tries to solve all his problems on his own.
Starring: Collins Pennie, Pooch Hall, Jasmine Guy, Keith David, David Banner, Columbus Short
Director: Rob Hardy
Stomp the Yard (2007)
Drama | Music | Romance | Teen
When DJ (Columbus Short), a troubled youth from Los Angeles, moves to Atlanta to attend Truth University, he discovers "stepping," the age-old style of dance traditionally done in African-American Fraternities, where teams demonstrate complex moves and create rhythmic sounds by using their bodies. DJ's raw talent and hip-hop inspired moves quickly place him at the center of a fierce rivalry between two fraternities, the winner of which will be determined in front of a sold-out arena at the annual stepping championships. But before he can help his teammates, he must battle his own demons and learn the true meaning of brotherhood.
Starring: Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Ne-Yo, Darrin Henson, Brian White
Director: Sylvain White
Love In Time / Da Ai Zhi Da Ren / Deng Wo Ai Ni (2013)
Comedy | Romance
Cho is a slacker who spends his day selling ice cream with his best friend/roommate Beer. Even though his ice cream truck business is failing, he still has a roof over his head because his apartment belongs to his uncle. When his cousin Tina decides to return to Hong Kong, Cho and Beer are forced to share their home with her, creating an antagonistic relationship between the three. However, Cho and Tina begin to bond over time, though they won't admit to having feelings for each other. When Tina's charismatic boss Machi enters the picture, Cho realizes that he may already be too late.
Starring: Bosco Wong, Stephy Tang, Sammy Leung, Sita Chan
Director: Ka Wing Lee
Ripples of Desire / Hua Yang (2012)
Action | Drama | History | Romance
The height of gaiety on Piao Dao. Merchants and pirates may have their treasures but the biggest prizes are the sensational twin singing courtesans…
Starring: Michelle Chen, Yi-han Chen, Joe Cheng, Xiaoran Li, Zhiru Lin, Zijun Mao, Sandra Ng, Yongzhi Pang, Simon Yam, Jerry Yan
Director: Meiling Zhou
Passion Island / Re ai dao (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
On a magnificent resort in Cagayan, a group of people with different background arrives for their own reasons and beliefs. It is on this island where they will paint three humorous and passionate stories of love, family and friendship.
Starring: Janice Man, Chen Chang, Simon Yam, Joan Chen, Jia Song, Francis Ng
Director: Kwok-Leung Gan
Pokrov Gates / Pokrovskiye vorota (1982)
Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
Stories from the lives of the tennants of the Moscow's communal apatment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Khobotov's new fiance. All these people live in one apartment and their lives constantly touch each other's.
Starring: Oleg Menshikov, Leonid Bronevoy
Director: Mikhail Kozakov
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Comedy | Romance
There's something about Mary that still bewitches Ted. Although he hasn't seen her in over a dozen years, since that shameful prom night, his heart still flutters at the recollection of her. He's still crazy about her after all these years, and curious as to her whereabouts. At the insistence of his good friend Dom, he hires private eye Pat Healy to track her down in Miami.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans, Chris Elliott, Lin Shaye
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
