FR #36 | Movie | Romance, History | USA | English, German
Director
Michael Curtiz
Writer
Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, Howard Koch
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
Plot
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
FR #57 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | France, Germany | French, Russian
Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writer
Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast
Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus
Plot
Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.
Margaret Mitchell, Sidney Howard, Oliver H.P. Garrett
Cast
Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell
Plot
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
FR #180 | Movie | Romance, Drama | India | Tamil, Hindi
Director
Sundar C.
Writer
Kamal Haasan, Madan, Mohan Nair
Cast
Kamal Haasan, Madhavan, Kiran Rathod
Plot
Two men, one young and arrogant, the other damaged - physically but not spiritually - by life, are thrown together by circumstances, and find that they are in some ways bound together by fate.
FR #182 | Movie | Romance, Drama | South Korea | Japanese, Korean
Director
Park Chan-Wook
Writer
Sarah Waters, Chung Seo-Kyung, Park Chan-Wook
Cast
Kim Min-Hee, Ha Jung-Woo, Cho Jin-Woong
Plot
In 1930s Korea, a girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate. But the maid has a secret: She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler to help seduce the Lady and steal her ...
FR #212 | Movie | Romance, Musical | India | Hindi
Director
Vijay Anand
Writer
Vijay Anand, Pearl S. Buck, R.K. Narayan
Cast
Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis
Plot
When mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.
FR #347 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Hong Kong, France | Cantonese, French
Director
Wong Kar-Wai
Writer
Wong Kar-Wai
Cast
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Ping-Lam Siu
Plot
Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
FR #350 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Italy, UK | English, Russian
Director
David Lean
Writer
Boris Pasternak, Robert Bolt
Cast
Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin
Plot
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
FR #356 | Movie | Romance, History | India | Telugu
Director
Hanu Raghavapudi
Writer
Hanu Raghavapudi, Jay Krishna, Raj Kumar Kandamudi
Cast
Dulquer Salmaan, Mrunal Thakur, Rashmika Mandanna
Plot
An orphan soldier, Lieutenant Ram's life changes, after he gets a letter from a girl named Sita. He meets her and love blossoms between them. When he comes back to his camp in Kashmir,After he gets caught in jail, he sends a lette...
A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ...
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
FR #422 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Germany, Turkey | English, German
Director
Fatih Akin
Writer
Fatih Akin
Cast
Birol Unel, Sibel Kekilli, Guven Kirac
Plot
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
Divya, a woman grieving over the death of her lover, is convinced into an arranged marriage with Chandra Kumar. Over a year the couple attempt to adjust to each other's presence and live with each other.
FR #478 | Movie | Romance, Comedy | USA | English, German
Director
Frank Capra
Writer
Julius J. Epstein, Joseph Kesselring
Cast
Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
Plot
Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murd...
FR #532 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Brazil, France | English, French
Director
Luca Guadagnino
Writer
James Ivory, Andre Aciman
Cast
Timothee Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg
Plot
In the summer of 1983, 17-year-old Elio is spending the days with his family at their villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets 24-year-old Oliver, an intern working for Elio's father. They discover the heady beauty of awakening des...
A law student from a lower caste begins a friendship with his classmate, a girl who belongs to a higher caste, and the men in her family start giving him trouble over this.
FR #585 | Movie | Romance, Drama | China, Hong Kong | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
Yimou Zhang
Writer
Tong Su, Ni Zhen
Cast
Gong LI, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He
Plot
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that ar...
FR #586 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English, German
Director
Woody Allen
Writer
Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
Cast
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Plot
Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
Going through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his boss.
FR #647 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Germany | Arabic, German
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi Ben Salem, Barbara Valentin
Plot
A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.
A young woman regresses to childhood after suffering a head injury in a car crash. Lost, she ends up trapped at a brothel before being rescued by a lonely school teacher who falls in love with her.
FR #687 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | Sweden | Swedish
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Writer
Ingmar Bergman
Cast
Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson
Plot
In Sweden at the turn of the century, members of the upper class and their servants find themselves in a romantic tangle that they try to work out amidst jealousy and heartbreak.
FR #814 | Movie | Romance, Drama | South Korea, Germany | Korean, Hindi
Director
Kim Ki-Duk
Writer
Kim Ki-Duk
Cast
Kim Ki-Duk, Oh Yeong-Su, Jong-Ho Kim
Plot
In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a boy while teaching wisdom and compassion through experience and endless exercises.
FR #826 | Movie | Court-Drama, Romance | USA | English
Director
Robert Benton
Writer
Avery Corman, Robert Benton, Meryl Streep
Cast
Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander
Plot
After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.
FR #854 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Poland | Polish, Portuguese
Director
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writer
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Cast
Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwinska
Plot
A naive inexperienced young man spies on a woman who lives across the courtyard, and falls in love with her. He starts using tricks which he hopes will lead to them meeting.
FR #871 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | India | Telugu, Italian
Director
Vijay K. Bhaskar
Writer
Trivikram Srinivas, Vijay K. Bhaskar
Cast
Venkatesh Daggubati, Aarthi Agarwal, Suhasini
Plot
Venkateswarlu, aka Venky, comes Hyderabad to his father's friend's house where he meets an engaged girl . Things turn upside down when she expresses her love for him .
FR #881 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Turkey | Turkish
Director
Atif Yilmaz
Writer
Ali Ozgenturk, Chingiz Aitmatov
Cast
Turkan Soray, Kadir Inanir, Ahmet Mekin
Plot
Story of a dilemma between a woman's love and her logic. Asya, a young girl with a strict mother, meets Ilyas, who is a womanizer city man, and they quickly fall in love. They get over the hardships and have a happy marriage. Howe...
FR #918 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Poland, France | Polish, French
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Writer
Jerzy Andrzejewski, Andrzej Wajda
Cast
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski
Plot
As World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.
On a fog swept chilly hill station, a terminally ill young man (Prakash) meets a boisterous girl (gitanjali). Love blossoms, but there's a shadow behind the light she radiates.
The Kozcuoglu family, who have lived on their farm in Hatay for generations, faces challenges when Demir, a successful businessman, moves to the city. Demir has a purpose for revenge regarding his mother's suicide in the Asi River.
FR #1018 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA, UK | English, French
Director
Ang Lee
Writer
Jane Austen, Emma Thompson
Cast
Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet
Plot
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The older two daughters are the title opposites.
FR #1019 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Canada, Ireland | English, Latin
Director
John Crowley
Writer
Nick Hornby, Colm Toibin
Cast
Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson
Plot
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a pugilistic private is cruelly punished for refusing to join his unit's boxing team. Meanwhile, his commanding officer's wife and top NCO are indulging in a torrid love affair.
FR #1187 | Movie | Romance, Musical | India | Hindi
Director
Sooraj R. Barjatya
Writer
Sooraj R. Barjatya, S.M. Ahale
Cast
Salman Khan, Bhagyashree Patwardhan, Alok Nath
Plot
After Suman's father leaves her in the care of another family while he travels abroad, she falls in love with Prem. However, in order to for them to marry, Prem has to prove to Suman's father that he is not the same as his own dad.
FR #1214 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA | English, Latin
Director
William Dieterle
Writer
Sonya Levien, Bruno Frank, Victor Hugo
Cast
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke
Plot
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
FR #1216 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | Russian, English
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch
Cast
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire
Plot
A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
A rich man named Adnan marries Bihter, who is younger than him. A poisonous forbidden love begins between Adnan's nephew Behlül and Bihter who lives in the same mansion.
FR #1250 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Austria, USA | English, German
Director
Richard Linklater
Writer
Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan
Cast
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert
Plot
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.
FR #1346 | TV | Romance, Drama | Sweden, Bangladesh | Spanish, Swedish
Writer
Lisa Ambjorn, Lars Beckung, Camilla Holter
Cast
Edvin Ryding, Omar Rudberg, Malte Gardinger
Plot
When Prince Wilhelm transfers to a prestigious boarding school, he finally gets to explore his true self. But when he unexpectedly becomes next in line for the throne, he has to make a choice: love or duty.
FR #1412 | Movie | Romance, Drama | France | French
Director
Eric Rohmer
Writer
Eric Rohmer
Cast
Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Beatrice Romand
Plot
On lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage half-sisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls have boyfriends.
Hotel manager J.K. (Sanjeev Kumar) works there. One day, he bravely steps in to save Aarti, the drunken daughter of a politician (Suchitra Sen). Aarti and J.K. have a small ceremony to celebrate their marriage after falling in lov...
FR #1440 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | Czech, France | Czech, English
Director
Milos Forman
Writer
Jaroslav Papousek, Milos Forman, Ivan Passer
Cast
Hana Brejchova, Vladimir Pucholt, Vladimir Mensik
Plot
Factory manager gets army reserves to boost female workers' morale. Local beauty spurns them for jazz pianist who seduces her. She leaves for Prague to find him but his parents are displeased when she arrives.
