171. Pride and Prejudice
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Simon Langton
Actors: Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Susannah Harker, Julia Sawalha, Alison Steadman, Benjamin Whitrow
Plot: A BBC mini-series based on Jane Austen's 1813 novel of the same name, Pride and Prejudice centres around Elizabeth Bennet and her four sisters: Jane, Mary, Kitty and Lydia. When charismatic and eligible bachelor Mr Bingley moves into the neighbourhood, he brings along his proud and condescending friend, Mr Darcy. While Bingley and Jane Bennet become close, Darcy has trouble adapting to the social graces of the countryside and his manners do not endear him to the locals, least of all Elizabeth.
172. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn
Plot: Longfellow Deeds is a humble small-town man, and tuba player, who finds himself the owner of a small fortune. Moving to the big city, he finds himself the target of every scheming person around, but it's not until hot-shot reporter Babe Bennett plays the damsel in distress card that he gets hooked.
173. Grand Hotel
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Edmund Goulding
Actors: John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Purnell Pratt
Plot: The lives of several guests collide at the Grand Hotel, where "nothing ever happens."
174. Oasis
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Actors: Kyung-gu Sol, So-ri Moon, Nae-sang Ahn, Seung-wan Ryoo, Kwi-Jung Chu, Jin-gu Kim
Plot: A man with no social mores is released from prison. He none-the-less tries
to contact the family of the victim only to be rebuffed, but not before he
sees Gong-ju - a young woman with cerebral palsy. Both of these outcasts
are mistreated by their families and they connect on a personal level. Can
the two find a connection in world that has dealt them such misery?
175. Amazing Grace
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Apted
Actors: Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell
Plot: A story about William Wilberforce, the man behind the British abolition movement in the 18th century.
176. Closer
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Nick Hobbs, Colin Stinton
Plot: As the relationship of two couples interweave because one man meets the women of the other couple. A series of decietful, lying , and cheating goes on in which case they all could come out winners or all come out losers.
177. Play It Again, Sam
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Herbert Ross
Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Susan Anspach, Jennifer Salt
Plot: A mild mannered film critic is dumped by his wife and his ego is crushed. His hero persona is the tough guy played by Humphrey Bogart in many of his movies and the apparition of Bogart begins showing up to give him advice. With the encouragement of his two married friends, he actually tries dating again, with less than satisfactory results, until he relaxes.
178. I Capture the Castle
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Fywell
Actors: Marc Blucas, Rose Byrne, Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Henry Cavill, Sinéad Cusack
179. Girl Shy
Year of Release: 1924
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Actors: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels, Carlton Griffin
Plot: A shy, young man who finds it incredibly difficult to talk to women, none-the-less pens a novel for bachelors: "The Secret of Making Love". When he finds himself falling for a rich woman - it seems it is too late, as she is already betrothed - but a daring stunt may prove he is the true love after all.
180. The Bad and the Beautiful
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actors: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Gloria Grahame, Barry Sullivan
Plot: Three people in the movie biz recount how they'll never work with producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) again.
