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The ApartmentThe Apartment
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Gilles Mimouni's film stars Vincent Cassel as a young man who sees the love of his past life in a cafe by chance and follows her home. However, when he hides out in her apartment he meets a woman who merely looks like her.
The Age of InnocenceThe Age of Innocence
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Martin Scorsese's film stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a wealthy man in old New York who finds himself in love with one woman yet trapped by his life, wife and position in society.
Atlantic CityAtlantic City
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Burt Lancaster in his best performance as an older actor. He shines as the old man who falls in love one last time with the very young Susan Sarandon. This occurs as Atlantic City is being razed for casino urban renewal. Louis Malle's film.
Bad Timing - Criterion CollectionBad Timing - Criterion Collection
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Nicholas Roeg's best film about a doctor's (Art Garfunkel) obsession over a young woman, the gorgeous Theresa Russell. The couple's timing is always off, always bad. They are not meant to be together but he cannot accept that.
Close My EyesClose My Eyes
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Alan Rickman has the ultimate adulterous spouse. His wife has an affair with her own brother. If you are wondering how a woman could leave Alan Rickman for another man, the brother is a very young Clive Owen in one of his earliest acting roles. I thought it was terrific.
Closer (Superbit Edition)Closer (Superbit Edition)
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Clive Owen again with Julia Robert, Natalie Portman and Jude Law. The couplings draw closer then apart then come closer again. Mike Nichols does a great directing job.
DamageDamage
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Jeremy Irons will pay the ultimate price for his dangerous, sexual obsession on the dark side with Juliet Binoche, his son's fiance.
The End of the AffairThe End of the Affair
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Neil Jordan's film starring Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore about two lovers and their affair. The breakup seems to be about one thing but then there is another possibility. Based on the Graham Green novel.
The English Patient (Miramax Collector's Edition)The English Patient (Miramax Collector's Edition)
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Ralph Fiennes and Krisin Scott-Thomas in the Minghalla Oscar winning film set in WWII. Fiennes has an affair with Thomas but her husband becomes unhinged by it.Serious consequences ensue.
Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane ArbusFur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
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Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. show how Diane Arbus came to be attracted to photographing freaks. His character seems wholly made up for the film whereas hers is based mostly on fact.
A Good MarriageA Good Marriage
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Eric Rohmer's film stars Beatrice Romand who impulsively decides that a man she barely knows would make an ideal husband. She throws herself body and sould into his conquest, leaving her old boy friend in the dust. Hilarious.
Jules and Jim - Criterion CollectionJules and Jim - Criterion Collection
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A love triangle of Jules and Jim and Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) which seems to work as a menage a trois until it seriously goes off track. Both men think they can handle this free spirit but she chafes under any sort of confinement in life.
LolitaLolita
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James Mason is an older man who is smitten by a young recently pubescent teen, Lolita. Stanley Kubrick takes liberties with the novel and makes it into his own film. It is a fascinating study of the universality of the May-December attraction. Based on Vladimir Nabakov's novel.
LolitaLolita
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Jeremy Irons is an older man who is smitten by a young recently pubescent teen, Lolita. This second, newer film of the classic novel is truer to the novel than the first version. It is a fascinating study of the universality of the May-December attraction. Based on Vladimir Nabakov's novel.
The Lonely GuyThe Lonely Guy
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Steve Martin and Charles Grodin come together as the ultimate losers in romance, founding their own LONELY GUY chapter in Chicago. Hilarious.
Lost in TranslationLost in Translation
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Bill Murray as a middle aged entertainer in Tokyo to shoot a commercial who is attracted to a young girl, Scarlett Johanssen.
The LoverThe Lover
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A young girl is in school in French Indochina when she falls for a wealthy Asian man who can only have a brief affair with her as he must marry an Asian girl selected by his family. Based on Marguerite Duras's memoir of her affair.
Mississippi MermaidMississippi Mermaid
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Jean-Paul Belmondo's mail order bride is more than he could have ever expected (Catherine Deneuve) and she captivates him and then scams him. Remade in USA as ORIGINAL SIN with Jolie and Banderas.
Modern RomanceModern Romance
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Albert Brooks' s film starring himself shows why his modern life is incompatible with also having a romance in it.
OneginOnegin
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Ralph Fiennes is attracted to Liv Tyler and duels another man over her, killing the man.
PossessionPossession
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Gwyneth Paltrow is an academic investigating an old love affair from an earlier century involving Jeremy Northam and Jennifer Ehle. Two love stories parallel one another throughout. Hers with Aaron Eckart and the old one.
Scenes From a Marriage - Criterion CollectionScenes From a Marriage - Criterion Collection
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Ran as a tv series in Sweden and a very long movie in the USA. Absolutely realistic version of the ups and downs of two educated people in a long term marriage in Sweden. Liv Ullmann plays the wife.
Shakespeare in LoveShakespeare in Love
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Gwyneth Paltrow falls for married William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) and his art ultimately makes her a free spirit heading off to the New World on her own. Oscar winner.
Sid and Nancy 30th Anniversary EditionSid and Nancy 30th Anniversary Edition
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Gary Oldman is Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols and this is his romance with Nancy Spungeon and their young deaths.
Two LoversTwo Lovers
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Joaquin Phoenix falls for Gwyneth Paltrow, a woman far beyond his usual reach, while his parents are busy setting him up with a woman from his own sphere.
The Wings of the DoveThe Wings of the Dove
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Helena Bonham Carter gets her boyfriend, Linus Roache to romance a wealthy, dying American so that they can end up with her money. Based on the Henry James novel.
The Woman Next DoorThe Woman Next Door
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Francois Truffaut's film stars Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant who find themselves married to other people but living next door to one another. Problem is that they used to be lovers and the fire reignites.