Chemical Hearts (2020)

Seventeen-year-old Henry Page (Austin Abrams) has never been in love. He fancies himself a romantic, but the kind of once-in-a-lifetime love he's been hoping for just hasn't happened yet. Then, on the first day of senior year, he meets transfer student Grace Town (Lili Reinhart) and it seems all that is about to change. When Grace and Henry are chosen to co-edit the school paper, he is immediately drawn to the mysterious newcomer. As he learns the heartbreaking secret that has changed her life, he finds himself falling in love with her - or at least the person he thinks she is.

 

Genres: Drama | Romance 

 

Stars: Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams, Sarah Jones

Milea (2020)

Dilan (Iqbaal Ramadhan), the combat commander of a motorcycle gang in Bandung in the early 90s, formed a relationship with a new female student from Jakarta named Milea (Vanesha Prescilla). Dilan was always happy when he was with Milea, but his motorcycle gang friends feel that Dilan was getting away from his group because of Milea. A terrible event happened: one of their members, Akew (Gusti Rayhan), died of being beaten by a group of people. The incident made Milea worried about the safety of Dilan. Milea made the decision to part with Dilan as a warning for Dilan to stay away from the motorcycle gang. The Akew incident dragged Dilan to the authorities along with his friends. The parting which had been only a bluff for Milea became a parting that lasted until they graduated from college and grew up. They both still carry the same feeling when they meet again at a reunion, but each of them already has a partner. 

 

Genres: Drama | Romance 

 

Stars: Iqbaal Dhiafakhri Ramadhan, Vanesha Prescilla, Ira Wibowo

Bucin (2020)

Andovi, Tommy, Jovi, and Chandra try to get out of unhealthy relationships because they are "bucin" (slaves of love). They decide to take the "antibucin" class so they can have a more mature relationship, and not be enslaved by love. It turns out that the method of teaching, taught by Vania, is very extreme. Even threatening their love and friendship relationships.

 

Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance

 

Stars: Andovi Da Lopez, Jovial Da Lopez, Tommy Limm

Lost Girls and Love Hotels (2020)

Margaret finds herself in the glittering labyrinth of Tokyo by night and as a respected English teacher of a Japanese flight attendant academy by day. With little life direction, She searches for meaning with fellow ex-pat Ines in a Japanese dive bar, drinking to remember to forget and losing herself in love hotel encounters with men who satisfy a fleeting craving. When she crosses paths with Kazu, a dashing yakuza, she falls in love with him despite the danger and tradition that hinders their chances of being together. We follow her through the dark and light of love and what it means to find oneself abroad with a youthful abandon.

 

Genres: Drama | Thriller 

 

Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Takehiro Hira, Carice van Houten

Enola Holmes (2020)

England, 1884 - a world on the brink of change. On the morning of her 16th birthday, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) wakes to find that her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) has disappeared, leaving behind an odd assortment of gifts but no apparent clue as to where she's gone or why. After a free-spirited childhood, Enola suddenly finds herself under the care of her brothers Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and Mycroft (Sam Claflin), both set on sending her away to a finishing school for "proper" young ladies. Refusing to follow their wishes, Enola escapes to search for her mother in London. But when her journey finds her entangled in a mystery surrounding a young runaway Lord (Louis Partridge), Enola becomes a super-sleuth in her own right, outwitting her famous brother as she unravels a conspiracy that threatens to set back the course of history.

 

Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery 

 

Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin

Lust, Caution (2007)

Frustrated in his attempts to assassinate Yee, who is an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai, Old Wu, who has lost his wife and two sons as well as two women who had attempted to seduce Yee, now recruits Kuang, Mai Tai Tai, and their troupe of drama students from Hong Kong University in yet another attempt to do away with Yee. Mai Tai Tai is chosen to befriend Yee, which she does by posing as the wife of Mak, befriending Yee's wife and her female friends, and then eventually befriending Yee himself. Even though both get together, they do end up going separate ways, only to meet again four years later. This time Mai is all set to entrap Yee at Chandni Chowk Jewellers which is owned by an East Indian man named Khalid Saiduddin. The question does remain: Will she and her troupe succeed?

 

Genres: Drama | History | Romance | Thriller | War 

 

Stars: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Wei Tang, Joan Chen

The Proposal (2009)

For three years, Andrew Paxton has slaved as the assistant to Margaret Tate, hard-driving editor at a New York publisher. When Margaret, a Canadian, faces deportation for an expired visa, she hatches a scheme to marry Andrew - he agrees if she'll promise a promotion. A skeptical INS agent vows to test the couple about each other the next Monday. Andrew had plans to fly home that weekend for his grandma's 90th, so Margaret goes with him - to Sitka, Alaska - where mom, dad, and grams await. Family dynamics take over: tensions between dad and Andrew, an ex-girlfriend, Andrew's dislike of Margaret, and her past color the next few days, with the INS ready to charge Andrew with fraud.

 

Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance

 

Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen

Easy A (2010)

After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

 

Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance 

 

Stars: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley

Love & Other Drugs (2010)

Maggie (Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.

 

Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance 

 

Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Judy Greer 

The Reader (2008)

THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another.

 

Genres: Drama | Romance 

 

Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz

5 to 7 (2014)

In New York, an aspiring novelist has a cinq-a-sept affair with the beautiful wife of a French diplomat. Cultures, world views, personal ethics and dietary preferences clash as love deepens, with remarkable results. Romance, drama and comedy.

 

Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance 

 

Stars: Anton Yelchin, Bérénice Marlohe, Olivia Thirlby

A Walk on the Moon (1999)

Summer, 1969: men on the moon, and Woodstock happening near the cabin where the Kantrowitz family stays every summer. The camp's a Jewish fish-bowl. Marty's there weekends; he repairs TVs in Brooklyn. He's square and decent. His wife Pearl and his mother camp with Alison (she's 14) and their younger son. Pearl got pregnant at 17 and feels she missed her youth. While Alison experiences her first date, first kiss, first period, and stealing off to Woodstock with the lifeguard, Pearl has her own sexual awakening with "the blouse man," a peddler who sells at the camp. They too go to Woodstock. Marty confronts Pearl about the affair; she and he have to decide what to do next.

 

Genres: Drama | Romance 

 

Stars: Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Bobby Boriello

Match Point (2005)

 From a humble background and with traditional values, Irish Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is still struggling financially despite being a recently retired high ranked tennis pro. He has taken a job as a tennis instructor at an upscale London tennis club, although he knows there is a better life for him somewhere down the road. He is befriended by one of his students, wealthy Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode). Chris starts to date Tom's sister, Chloe Hewett (Emily Mortimer), a girl-next-door type who is immediately attracted to Chris. Chloe quickly knows she wants to marry Chris, and through her businessman father, Alec Hewett (Brian Cox), tries to help Chris and their future by getting him an executive job in Alec's company. In his life with the Hewetts, Chris begins to enjoy the finer things in life. Through it all however, Chris cannot help thinking about Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson), a struggling American actress who he meets at the Hewett estate and who is Tom's unofficial ...

 

Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller 

 

Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer

Unfaithful (2002)

Connie Sumner has a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a wonderful son, but she wants more. When she's approached one day by a handsome stranger while trying to hail a taxi, she becomes obsessed with him and eventually starts an affair. But her selfish actions soon catch up with her...

 

Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller 

 

Stars: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez

Careful What You Wish For (2015)

A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.

 

Genres: Drama | Thriller 

 

Stars: Nick Jonas, Kiki Harris, David Sherrill 

Witness (2019)

An old man suffering from depression is found dead and his housekeeper, Mi Ran, is charged with the murder. Mi Ran's defense attorney, Soon Ho, is surprised to learn the only witness to the crime is Ji Woo, a teenage girl with Asperger's. Will Ji Woo be able to take the stand and provide a valid statement?

Genres: Crime | Drama 

Stars: Woo-sung Jung, Yun-ah Song, Hyang-gi Kim

My Little Bride (2004)

The only thing sixteen year-old Seo Bo-Eun's grandfather wants is to see her wed, even going as far as to fake a fatal illness to get his way. He arranges her marriage to twenty-something Park Sang-Min, the grandson of a family friend. Keeping their marriage a secret from all but a select few, the newlyweds try to live their separate lives as normally as possible, but it becomes far more complicated than they ever imagined...

Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance 

Stars: Rae-won Kim, Geun-young Moon, Sun-yeong Ahn

Choir Girl (2019)

Eugene, a lonely photographer, becomes fixated on a young street prostitute, Josephine, in his rundown neighborhood. She becomes his muse and his photographs could be a way out for both of them - yet is Eugene saving Josephine or is he using her?

Genres: Drama 

Stars: Peter Flaherty, Krista Vendy, Jack Campbell

Till My Heartaches End (2010)

The moment these two saw each other at the café, they couldn’t take their eyes off each other. Their attraction was apparent and it seemed that destiny brought them together. As they got to know the other better, they found solace and comfort in each other’s company. But the security they found in each other soon started to shake when their different life paths take them to different directions. Despite the love they both still have for each other, one must choose to decide when to let go, even if the other is still holding on.

Genre: Drama | Romance

Stars: Boots Anson-Roa, Gerald Anderson, Kim Chiu, Mark Gil
 

Tamasha (2015)

Tamasha is about the journey of someone who has lost his edge in trying to follow acceptable conventions of society. The film is based on the central theme of abrasion and loss of self that happens in an attempt to find oneself.

Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance 

Stars: Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Piyush Mishra

Baseball Girl (2019)

A female high school baseball player strives to overcome the barrier of getting into the male-dominated professional baseball team.

Genres: Drama | Sport 

Stars: Joo-Young Lee, Joon-hyuk Lee, Hye-ran Yeom

Jan Dara: The Finale (2013)

Set in the 1930s, the film tells the story of Jan Dara, a boy who grows up in a house lorded over by his sadistic and debauched stepfather, Luang Wisnan in Bangkok. The story recounts the growing pains of him, whose mother dies while giving birth to him and who intensely hated by his stepfather. When he goes to Phijit where his wealthy grandmother lives, he learns the truth behind his birth from an old police officer. Then he returns home, to Bangkok to take revenge against his stepfather. Driving him to ruin, he takes over the family, including his stepfather's mistress Boonleung. In his frightening quest for vengeance, however, he finds himself walking the same loathsome path as the man he hates.

Genres: Drama | Romance

Stars: Mario Maurer, Chaiyapol Jullian Poupart, Sakrat Ruekthamrong

Jan Dara the Beginning (2012)

Set in the 1930s the story of Jan, a boy who grows up in a house lorded over by his sadistic and debauched father, Luang Wisnan. The story recounts the growing pains of Jan, whose mother dies while giving birth to him and who's intensely hated by his father. Jan grows up with Aunt Wad, his stepmother, and he struggles to reconcile his guilt and longing with different women in his life, including a girl called Hyacinth, whom he adores, and later Madame Boonleung, his father's mistress who becomes a key to Jan's sexual awakening.

Genres: Drama | Romance 

Stars: Mario Maurer, Chaiyapol Jullian Poupart, Sakrat Ruekthamrong 

Jan Dara (2001)

Jan Dara grows up in a house lacking in love but abundant in lust. He quickly picks up the sinful way of life of his stepfather, Khun Luang who married his mother after she became pregnant from being raped. His 'father's' mistress, Mrs. Boonlueang welcomes the young boy into her literal bosom. Wanting badly to know his real father, he leaves the house, only coming back after his stepfather's daughter falls pregnant out of wedlock. He does a favor to his stepfather by marrying her, even though he is deeply in love with his mistress. The truth about his birth, as he will later learn, is as confusing and messed up as his present life and the lives of those around him.

Genres: Drama | Romance 

Stars: Eakarat Sarsukh, Suwinit Panjamawat, Kanchit Thamthong

The Uninvited (2003)

Jeong-won is a man with no memory of his childhood and his real family. At the beginning of the film he witnesses the deaths of two young girls. He begins seeing the girls dead bodies sitting at his kitchen table. He meets Yeon, a narcoleptic who is a witness in a infant murder case. She can also see the "ghosts" and he soon finds out she is psychic and can also help him recover his lost memories.

Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller 

Stars: Shin-yang Park, Ji-Hyun Jun, Seon Yu

All the Bright Places (2020)

The story of Violet Markey and Theodore Finch, who meet and change each other's lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they come together, discovering that even the smallest places and moments can mean something.

Genres: Drama | Romance 

Stars: Elle Fanning, Justice Smith, Alexandra Shipp 

All the Real Girls (2003)

In a small Southern American town, Paul, who is known for having sexual relations with every girl in town, falls in love with his best friend's younger sister who is a virgin. Paul must try to prove to everyone that this time he is in love rather than in lust.

Genres: Drama | Romance 

Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson

Snowpiercer (2020)

Set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, Snowpiercer centers on the remnants of humanity, who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned in this riveting television adaptation.

Genres: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller 

Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner

Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together (2018)

Sunny: Tsuyoi Kimochi Tsuyoi Ai (2018)

A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them are going to die from cancer.

Genres: Comedy | Drama | Musical  

Stars: Ryôko Shinohara, Suzu Hirose, Yuka Itaya

Queen of Hearts (2019)

Anne, a successful lawyer, lives in a beautiful modernist home with her two daughters and physician husband, Peter. Yet when Gustav, Peter's troubled teenage son from another relationship, comes to live with them, she forms an intimate bond with him that jeopardizes her perfect life. And what initially seems like a liberating move for her soon turns into a disturbing story of power, betrayal, and responsibility with devastating consequences.

Genres: Drama 

Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper

Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal Emperor, Akbar and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa. Politically, success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar, After having secured the Hindu Kush, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Godhavari River. Through a shrewd blend of tolerance, generosity and force, Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs, the most belligerent Hindus. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa, a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey - the journey of true love. The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar's biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa.

Genres: Action | Drama | History | Romance | War 

Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood

My Little Baby, Jaya (2017)

Won-Sool (Kim Jung-Kyoon) is an adult man with cerebral palsy. His daughter Jaya (Oh Ye-Sul) is his pride and joy. Jaya though is bullied at school and even worse things happen to her. Won-Sool later decides to get revenge on his daughter's tormentors.

Genres: Crime | Drama 

Stars: Jung-kyun Kim, Ye-Seol Oh 

Yes, God, Yes (2019)

After an innocent AOL chat turns racy, a Catholic teenager in the early 00s discovers masturbating and struggles to suppress her new urges in the face of eternal damnation.

Genres: Comedy | Drama 

Stars: Natalia Dyer, Francesca Reale, Alisha Boe 

Curiosa (2019)

Paris 1895; Pierre is a Parisian dandy and poet on the verge of fame. He and his poet friend Henri are both madly in love with Marie, the cheeky daughter of their mentor, Franco-Cuban poet José-Maria de Heredia. Although she loves Pierre, obeying her father she marries Henri to pay off her father's debt and in search of a better social position. Thereupon Pierre decides to flee to Algeria and there meets Zohar, with whom he shares a passion for erotic photography. Returning to Paris with her two years later, he finds Marie again, who confesses that he is the one she loves. They start an affair against the backdrop of Paris's erotic photography, in a cat-and-mouse game with people who involve their lives and breaking the codes set by society which will will make them one of the best-known writers and poets of 19th-century France.

Genres: Drama | History  

Stars: Noémie Merlant, Niels Schneider, Benjamin Lavernhe

The Danish Girl (2015)

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1926. Einar Wegener (played by Eddie Redmayne) and his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander) are a happily married couple. Both are artists, Einar preferring landscapes and she portraits. One day Einar poses for a portrait of Gerda's while wearing a dress. This is initially done as a lark, as is the later attendance at a party dressed as a woman. However, Einar soon discovers that she is in fact a woman and over time prefers being Lili. At first she and Gerda try to have her situation "cured" but this leads nowhere (other than to many doctors trying to have Lili locked up as a pervert and/or lunatic). Her voyage of self-discovery will ultimately lead to her undergoing the first ever sex-change operation.

Genres: Drama | Romance 

Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard

Awake (2007)

While undergoing open heart surgery, a man's failed anesthetic leaves him completely alert, but paralyzed and unable to tell his doctors.

Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller 

Stars: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard