221. The Piano
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jane Campion
Actors: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker, Geneviève Lemon
Plot: A mute woman and her daughter move from Scotland to the rugged forests of New Zealand's South Island for an arranged marriage. Her husband is not what she expected and she nearly breaks down after he sells her prized piano. Yet the new owner is willing to let her play if she gives him lessons, along with certain other arrangements. The relationship soon leads down a dangerous path.
222. Working Girl
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt
Plot: Secretary Tess McGill has struggled to be taken seriously and given the opportunity to move up in the financial world. Realizing that no one is going to give her a leg up, she decides to create the opportunity herself while her condescending, self-centered boss, Katherine, is out of the office with a broken leg. Moving into Katherine's office, home and wardrobe, Tess puts together a deal. Can she close the deal and make herself a place in the financial world before Katherine catches on and blows her cover?
223. The Adjustment Bureau
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: George Nolfi
Actors: Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Anthony Mackie, Terence Stamp, John Slattery, Daniel Dae Kim
Plot: A politician on the verge of winning a Senate seat meets and falls in love with a ballerina, but as he pursues this love, a mysterious group of men conspire to keep them apart - they are the agents of Fate - the Adjustment Bureau - and they will stop at nothing to keep order.
224. The Wedding Crashers
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Dobkin
Actors: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, Dwight Yoakam
Plot: Two pals are crash weddings for free beer and women who love romance (and are lonely too) when one of them falls in love with his "victim."
225. The Painted Veil
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Curran
Actors: Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Zoe Telford
226. Show Me Love ( Fucking Åmål )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Actors: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust, Stefan Hörberg, Josefine Nyberg
Plot: A small town where nothing ever happens: Elin is popular and attractive but utterly bored while Agnes is quiet, alone and quite unhappy. The two girls are brought together but after the night, Elin refuses to acknowledge Agnes - who still harbors a secret love for Elin.
227. If Beale Street Could Talk
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barry Jenkins
Actors: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach
Plot: Set in Harlem, a young woman sets out to prove the innocence of her fiancé even as she finds herself also preparing to give birth to their first child.
228. Take Me Home
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sam Jaeger
Actors: Victor Garber, Lin Shaye, Bree Turner, Michelle Krusiec, Cristine Rose, Sam Jaeger
Plot: Soon after Thom starts operating as an illegal taxi driver in New York City, Claire hires him to drive her to California after her estranged father suffers a heart attack.
229. Days of Wine and Roses
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman, Alan Hewitt, Tom Palmer
Plot: A man who works in public relations meets a beautiful, young woman and they have a great time.... Until he gets drunk.
230. Three Times ( Zui hao de shi guang )
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
Actors: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Fang Mei, Su-jen Liao, Mei Di, Shi-Zheng Chen
