Tagged: romance

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1980s / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance

Splash (1984)

Splash marks the first feature release from Disney’s more mature-brand subsidiary in the movie-making business, Touchstone Pictures, proving to be a huge hit in their departure from kid-friendly features, cracking the top 10 in terms...

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2010s / Comedy / Drama / Romance

Me Before You (2016)

Sweet but predictable, Me Before You will likely please those among the target demographic that predominantly consists of women looking to smile and cry, not minding that most of the emotional beats are manipulated and manufactured...

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2010s / Action / Comedy / Horror / Romance

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

Seth Grahame-Smith’s tongue-in-cheek reimagining of Jane Austen’s 19th Century classic romance novel finally hits theater screens, perhaps a bit too late to catch either the zombie craze or the fervor for Jane Austen adaptations...

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2010s / Drama / Fantasy / Romance

The Age of Adaline (2015)

Given what lengths many go to to stay looking young, let’s all hope that there aren’t a bunch of women driving around Sonoma County, California, looking for snowfall to drive off the road into...

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1990s / Drama / Romance

Titanic (1997)

For me, James Cameron’s Titanic has always been a tale of two halves.  The first half — the setup — is schmaltzy and not particularly well written.  The second — the disaster movie — is balls-out,...

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2010s / Comedy / Romance

That Awkward Moment (2014)

One can only wonder why this film, originally titled Are We Officially Dating?, didn’t go with the more appropriate title, This Awkward Movie, as this feeble rom-com by first-time writer-director Tom Gormican can never settle into anything...

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1980s / Drama / Fantasy / Romance

Somewhere in Time (1980)

Like something from out of the past itself, Somewhere in Time is an old-fashioned romance that came out at a time when such movies were no longer being made.  Missing an audience at the time of...

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1990s / Drama / Romance

A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

Director Alfonso Arau made a splash with his previous effort, 1992’s Like Water for Chocolate, and he returns to the whimsical romance genre for the English language A Walk in the Clouds, mostly to lesser but...

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2000s / Drama / Romance

The Notebook (2004)

I think modern movies have ruined my ability to enjoy a throwback romance like The Notebook.  With every other movie sporting some sort of surprise ending, I spent half of the time bemoaning the fact...

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1950s / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

Vertigo (1958)

Vertigo is my favorite movie of all time. It’s a mesmerizing psychological thriller that beguiles on multiple levels and has come to be known as the film that most reveals the man behind the camera,...