Romantic Dramas, a list by Riz

6.2

/2610/

66

/156/

66

/46/

3.2

/14160/

46

/68/

Audience

72

/61/

50

/15/

2.5

age 14+

Harriet finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend, her time travelling collides with a burgeoning new love interest in the present. As she takes her journey through the hypnotic connection between music and memory, she wonders – even if she could change the past, should she?

61

7.0

/167662/

74

/3790/

74

/4098/

3.4

/191360/

36

/146/

Audience

50

/32373/

48

/41/

3.0

age 15+

A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

80

7.9

/1279908/

78

/29869/

79

/24389/

3.8

/1325109/

88

/255/

Audience

69

/35797635/

75

/35/

4.0

age 13+

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

88

8.3

/1077641/

82

/20979/

80

/14273/

4.2

/1486704/

92

/258/

Audience

94

/573019/

89

/41/

4.0

age 16+

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

72

6.5

/34547/

64

/1228/

69

/548/

3.6

/589040/

84

/291/

Audience

63

/545/

79

/59/

3.5

age 14+

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

86

7.9

/114132/

78

/3641/

78

/1243/

4.2

/876285/

95

/301/

Audience

84

/3819/

94

/52/

4.0

age 13+

Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

10

83

8.3

/1067412/

83

/20510/

81

/11617/

4.3

/1054858/

97

/91/

Audience

94

/366024/

71

/28/

3.0

age 15+

When professors discover that an aimless janitor is also a math genius, a therapist helps the young man confront the demons that are holding him back.

73

7.8

/619951/

78

/11580/

78

/11021/

3.7

/691442/

54

/182/

Audience

85

/31656590/

53

/34/

3.5

age 14+

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

66

6.7

/244714/

69

/4769/

67

/4819/

3.4

/364329/

74

/69/

Audience

77

/572444/

60

/20/

2.0

age 16+

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

84

7.8

/330552/

81

/7606/

80

/7709/

4.1

/767390/

87

/180/

Audience

89

/460156/

82

/37/

4.0

age 11+

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

86

7.8

/245642/

78

/8133/

78

/6016/

4.1

/1400159/

95

/442/

Audience

92

/3345/

91

/57/

4.0

age 10+

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

63

7.2

/120927/

75

/4570/

75

/1521/

3.2

/209626/

35

/219/

Audience

96

/7688/

43

/46/

2.0

age 14+

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

54

7.0

/447183/

73

/41865/

69

/12834/

2.8

/336515/

30

/288/

Audience

63

/56145/

41

/48/

1.5

age 14+

A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

72

7.6

/259778/

74

/3227/

74

/2919/

3.6

/84129/

63

/204/

Audience

79

/207105/

58

/38/

3.5

age 17+

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

66

7.2

/202996/

75

/8609/

74

/6319/

3.2

/164238/

55

/172/

Audience

67

/39411/

51

/31/

3.0

age 13+

After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.

64

7.2

/596650/

73

/15179/

73

/11885/

3.4

/780914/

48

/305/

Audience

67

/8368/

55

/45/

2.5

age 14+

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

73

7.5

/116728/

70

/1370/

70

/946/

3.7

/38528/

80

/162/

Audience

82

/95579/

75

/34/

2.5

age 18+

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.

79

7.7

/125680/

76

/1917/

74

/1596/

3.8

/95385/

97

/68/

Audience

90

/131049/

84

/21/

2.5

age 11+

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

66

7.2

/264738/

74

/5745/

73

/4874/

3.3

/132074/

45

/51/

Audience

81

/240903/

43

/24/

3.0

When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish's daily agenda and falls in love with the man's daughter. Yet when Black's holiday is over, so is Parrish's life.

10

84

8.0

/669310/

79

/22653/

78

/13815/

4.0

/1303555/

95

/293/

Audience

82

/102638/

91

/47/

3.5

age 16+

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

80

7.6

/419228/

77

/18589/

75

/11367/

3.6

/675314/

90

/537/

Audience

79

/21615/

88

/60/

3.5

age 16+

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

59

6.3

/12467/

64

/429/

62

/349/

2.9

/12271/

68

/171/

Audience

60

/884/

62

/33/

1.5

age 17+

In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

67

7.4

/287031/

78

/15832/

79

/11891/

3.3

/368593/

54

/179/

Audience

73

/31105/

51

/36/

2.5

age 14+

A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

82

8.2

/986656/

81

/17802/

78

/9826/

3.8

/335377/

74

/214/

Audience

93

/491505/

72

/33/

4.0

age 14+

In a decades-spanning biopic, brilliant mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. makes history in his field as schizophrenia sets in.

79

7.8

/638402/

79

/14661/

76

/10864/

3.9

/416543/

89

/157/

Audience

84

/744660/

74

/32/

3.0

age 13+

Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.

57

6.7

/14102/

71

/569/

78

/438/

2.7

/10882/

11

/28/

Audience

95

/469/

32

/7/

2.0

age 14+

A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.

67

7.0

/256309/

75

/7950/

73

/5867/

3.6

/350905/

72

/79/

Audience

90

/1055756/

65

/20/

1.0

age 13+

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

69

6.7

/10244/

75

/222/

64

/116/

3.3

/4977/

60

/15/

Audience

78

/7028/

55

/12/

3.5

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.

56

6.7

/51744/

72

/1849/

81

/2335/

2.2

/122873/

32

/25/

Audience

68

/332/

30

/6/

age 14+

An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

72

7.5

/345957/

75

/8325/

73

/5128/

3.6

/308645/

70

/257/

Audience

79

/265685/

63

/41/

age 14+

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

10

84

8.0

/877612/

78

/14273/

77

/10207/

3.9

/394003/

91

/291/

Audience

90

/1156164/

84

/36/

4.0

age 16+

A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".

82

7.8

/299740/

77

/4708/

77

/4011/

4.0

/316820/

83

/220/

Audience

80

/227482/

85

/36/

4.0

age 16+

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

67

6.5

/60590/

63

/1428/

64

/620/

3.1

/278277/

79

/327/

Audience

57

/2886/

77

/62/

3.0

age 15+

A towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

66

6.8

/205104/

71

/5044/

67

/3086/

3.2

/148815/

54

/117/

Audience

80

/436586/

56

/24/

3.0

age 17+

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.

77

7.2

/169130/

73

/3051/

71

/3059/

3.8

/488226/

80

/110/

Audience

81

/192758/

77

/31/

3.5

age 17+

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

70

7.5

/182943/

75

/2869/

74

/2464/

3.5

/70675/

59

/59/

Audience

87

/184576/

45

/23/

3.0

age 15+

An epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.

77

7.6

/299283/

77

/6595/

75

/4363/

3.7

/276102/

74

/258/

Audience

89

/505677/

66

/35/

3.5

age 14+

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.

79

7.1

/95488/

69

/2869/

70

/1460/

3.6

/310092/

92

/389/

Audience

93

/2274/

85

/62/

3.5

age 13+

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

75

7.3

/447543/

73

/22134/

72

/11793/

3.7

/717343/

92

/465/

Audience

73

/26676/

87

/53/

2.5

age 16+

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

73

7.8

/695512/

77

/15383/

75

/12311/

3.6

/534401/

72

/258/

Audience

80

/691291/

70

/37/

2.5

age 15+

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

70

6.7

/60960/

69

/3892/

69

/1207/

3.4

/145370/

71

/259/

Audience

73

/444/

60

/52/

3.5

age 16+

A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.

84

8.1

/339146/

81

/5855/

80

/3903/

4.3

/654244/

100

/50/

Audience

93

/73993/

78

/18/

3.0

age 16+

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.

77

7.3

/211298/

72

/3686/

69

/3094/

3.8

/272797/

86

/214/

Audience

77

/59409/

81

/42/

3.5

age 18+

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

70

6.6

/22972/

66

/597/

65

/368/

3.2

/48394/

86

/91/

Audience

75

/374/

67

/26/

3.0

age 16+

Unhappily married aristocrat Lady Chatterley begins a torrid affair — and falls deeply in love — with the gamekeeper on her husband's country estate.

63

6.6

/106502/

66

/2310/

67

/2203/

3.5

/107657/

63

/193/

Audience

50

/52792/

63

/41/

2.5

age 16+

In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

70

7.0

/34643/

74

/706/

69

/438/

3.3

/19773/

76

/45/

Audience

80

/38026/

55

/16/

3.0

age 14+

A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.

63

7.3

/221329/

76

/4314/

77

/3911/

3.3

/121135/

29

/105/

Audience

78

/31402117/

35

/26/