171. Washington Square
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Ben Chaplin, Judith Ivey, Jennifer Garner
Plot: A woman believes she has found the man of her dreams - her father isn't so sure, thinking the man is only after her money. With her inheritance on the line, she is willing to give it all up for love... but will her would-be husband agree?
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. Open Hearts ( Elsker dig for evigt )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Susanne Bier
Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerregaard, Birthe Neumann
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. 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.
177. 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
178. 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.
179. 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.
180. Letter from an Unknown Woman
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Max Ophüls
Actors: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Carol Yorke
Plot: A former concert pianist, Stefan Brand, plans to flee his Vienna home in order to avoid a duel. Yet a letter from an unknown woman holds the key to his current predicament: through flashbacks we see their interactions, from a young neighbor, to a sudden pregnancy to a older woman willing to leave her family to be with him. Despite having forgotten her time and time again - she has never forgotten him.
