Hysteria (2011)
Comedy | Romance
A romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator.
Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett
Director: Tanya Wexler
W.E. / Wallis & Edward (2011)
Drama | History | Romance
Two love stories, one historic and one contemporary, are interwoven. The famous romance between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson is juxtaposed with the affair of a Russian security guard with a New York trophy wife Wally Winstrhop. Wally is obsessed with the story of Edward and the woman he loved, and embarks on her own research of their life together, even attending the Sotheby's auction of the Windsor Estate. She comes to see that their relationship, although glamorous, was not the perfect one that she had imagined it to be.
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D'Arcy
Director: Madonna
The Killer Who Never Kills / Sha Shou Ouyang Penzai (2011)
Action | Comedy | Romance
The title speaks for itself. Hsiao plays Ouyang Penzai, which translates into “potted plant,” the understudy of a retired contract killer, who has taken over his master’s work for the mafia. In a reference to the film “Léon,” the well-trained underling has a hobby of cultivating potted plants, but experiences some difficulties in taking a life.
Starring: Jam Hsiao, Chen-Xi Lin, Chrissie Chow, Eric Tsang, Nien-Hsien Ma, Janel Tsai, David Zhao
Director: Fengbo Li
Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet…
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen, Chi Cao, Amanda Schull
Director: Bruce Beresford
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Based on the true story of a twice-divorced mother working as a low-level secretary at a Los Angeles law firm, a chronicle of a woman, without a law degree, who takes it upon herself to fight powerful corporate forces. Hired out of sympathy after her lawyer lost her personal injury suit, Brockovich stumbled upon the cover-up involving contaminated water in a small desert community, while working at the small law firm. Brockovich tracks a case of water poisoning created by PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric) and champions it all the way up the judicial ladder– becoming instrumental in rallying the over 600 plaintiffs and in helping them win the largest class-action suit of its type.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick, Valente Rodriguez, Conchata Ferrell
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Kate McKay is all business and has no time for anyone, especially her ex-boyfriend neighbor, who keeps claiming he discovered a portal in time. He is true however and upon a trip back to the 1800's an inquisitive, gentlemanly duke named Leopold follows him back to the modern day. Leopold is fascinated by a modern woman like Kate who herself begins to appreciate his old fashioned ways.
Starring: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber
Director: James Mangold
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Comedy | Music | Romance
Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Montgomery, Helen Hunt, Shannen Doherty
Director: Alan Metter
Paris (2008)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The story begins with Pierre, a young man unexpectedly confronted with his own mortality. For the next 24 hours, his tour through the city will weave with those of his beloved sister, his neighbours (some known, some not), their friends and workmates, and their interconnected stories of love, familial bonds, loneliness and compassion come together in unexpected ways.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Albert Dupontel, François Cluzet, Karin Viard, Mélanie Laurent, Gilles Lellouche, Zinedine Soualem, Julie Ferrier, Maurice Bénichou, Olivia Bonamy, Audrey Marnay
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Walk the Line (2005)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
In 1955, a tough, skinny guitar-slinger who called himself J.R. Cash walked into the soon-to- be-famous Sun Studios in Memphis. It was a moment that would have an indelible effect on U.S. culture. With his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed intensity and a voice as deep and black as night, Cash sang blistering songs of heartache and survival that were gutsy, full of real life and unlike anything heard before. That day kicked off the electrifying early career of Johnny Cash. As he pioneered a fiercely original sound that blazed a trail for rock, country, punk, folk and rap stars to come, Cash began a rough-and-tumble journey of personal transformation. In the most volatile period of his life, he evolved from a self-destructive pop star into the iconic "Man in Black" facing down his demons, fighting for the love that would raise him up, and learning how to walk the razor-thin line between destruction and redemption
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts
Director: James Mangold
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Joe Somebody (2001)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
When underappreciated video specialist Joe Scheffer is brutally humiliated by the office bully Mark McKinney in front of his daughter, Joe begins a quest for personal redemption. He proceeds by enduring a personal make-over and takes martial arts lessons from a B-action star. As news spreads of his rematch with Mark, Joe suddenly finds himself the center of attention, ascending the corporate ladder and growing in popularity. He's determined to show everyone in his life that he is not a nobody, but a force to be reckoned with.
Starring: Tim Allen, Julie Bowen, Kelly Lynch
Director: John Pasquin
Beautiful Lies / De vrais mensonges (2010)
Comedy | Romance
30-year-old Emilie runs a hairdressing salon where she provides an endless stream of well-meaning advice to her clients and friends, but the only person she cannot seem to help is her own mother. Jean, a young man who works for Emilie, is secretly in love with her but a pathological shyness prevents him from declaring his feelings. Finally, unable to contain himself, he opens his heart in a passionate anonymous letter, but Emilie has other plans…
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Nathalie Baye, Sami Bouajila, Stéphanie Lagarde, Judith Chemla
Director: Pierre Salvadori
New Year's Eve (2011)
Comedy | Romance
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
Starring: Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Alyssa Milano, Katherine Heigl, Jon Bon Jovi, Sofía Vergara, Ashton Kutcher, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Hilary Swank
Director: Garry Marshall
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Fireproof (2008)
Drama | Family | Romance
At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules. After seven years of marriage, Caleb and Catherine Holt have drifted so far apart that Catherine wishes she had never married. Neither one understands the pressures the other faces–he as firefighter and she as the public relations director of a hospital. Regular arguments over jobs, finances, housework, and outside interests have readied them both to move on to something with more sparks. As the couple prepares to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb's father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day experiment he calls 'The Love Dare.' Wondering if it's even worth the effort, Caleb agrees, but more for his father's sake more than for his marriage. When Caleb discovers the book's daily challenges are tied into his parents' newfound faith, his already limited interest is further dampened. While trying to stay true to his promise, Caleb becomes frustrated time and again. He finally asks his father, 'How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?' When his father explains that this is the love God shows to us, Caleb makes a life- changing commitment to love God. And–with God's help–he begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife. But is it too late to fireproof his marriage? His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever–rescuing his wife's heart.
Starring: Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea, Ken Bevel, Harris Malcolm, Jason McLeod, Stephen Dervan
Director: Alex Kendrick
The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
Drama | Romance
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Ann Mitchell, Simon Russell Beale, Jolyon Coy, Karl Johnson, Harry Hadden-Paton
Director: Terence Davies
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Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
Family | Musical | Romance
The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters. Seventeen-year-old Esther has fallen in love with John, who has just moved in next door. He however, barely notices her at first. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transferred to a nice position in New York, which means that the family has to leave St. Louis and the 1903 St. Louis Fair.
Starring: Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, Lucille Bremer, Margaret O'Brien
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Brief Encounter (1945)
Drama | Romance
A love affair which was not meant to be is the basis for this real-life look into the extra-marital attractions which develop between married couples.
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg
Director: David Lean
Nine Months (1995)
Comedy | Romance
Samuels life is perfect. That is, until he finds out his girlfriend is pregnant. Now he must face the issues that come with being an expecting father, in a most entertaining way.
Starring: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams
Director: Chris Columbus
Garden State (2004)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a retarded quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and his doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own.
Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm, Kenneth Graymez, George C. Wolfe
Director: Zach Braff
200 Pounds Beauty / Minyeo-neun goerowo (2006)
Comedy | Romance
A vastly overweight woman who works as a "ghost singer" for a famous pop star is in love. One day, she decides to resort to drastic surgery in order to make herself thin and attractive.
Starring: Ah-jung Kim, Jin-mo Ju, Yong-geon Kim, Dong-il Song, Hyeon-shik Lim
Director: Yong-hwa Kim
Casablanca (1942)
Drama | Romance | War
Rick Blaine owns a nightclub in Casablanca during World War II. Ilsa, a woman Rick was once in love with when he lived in Paris and never quite got over, walks into his nightclub. She's in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo, a resistance leader with Nazis hot on his trail.
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt
Director: Michael Curtiz
