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Romance movies
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'The Mexican' is a priceless antique pistol belonging to big boss Arnold Margolese (Gene Hackman) who is about to get out of jail. A small-time gangster, Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt), who has big problems with the mafia, is instructed to travel to Mexico so as to find this cursed legendary gun. What is worse is that he is at outs with his girl-friend Samantha (Julia Roberts) who demands that he break off with the mob. The problems multiply when the gun turns out to be hunted by many other bandits including two hired assassins. |
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Edward Walters, an auto mechanic, falls for the intelligent and beautiful Catherine Boyd. It is love at first sight. There is however a problem, she's engaged to jerk James Moreland. Fortunately, Catherine's uncle likes Ed, and with his friends they scheme to make Catherine fall for Ed. The comedy in this movie stems from the fact that Catherine's uncle is none other than Albert Einstein, who's portrayed as a fun loving genius, as are his mischievous colleagues, Nathan, Kurt and Boris. |
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Stephen Dorff narrates this tale about how his life goes astray as his character attempts to strike a balance between the demands of directing his first film and the pressures of his new romance with a model. U2's Bono plays a role in this film as both himself and Dorff's character's concience. |
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Anna is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and old. She meets the handsome Count Vronsky. Anna and Vronsky fall in love with each other, and he comes to be with her in St. Petersburg. They are very happy together and make a great looking couple, but soon their happiness gets under social pressures. Anna is hopelessly begging Mr. Karenin for a divorce, but he wants to keep the mother of their child. She has another baby born from her lover Vronsky. Conflict between her untamed desires and painful reality causes her a depression... |
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This romantic coming-of-age comedy follows Brett Eisenberg (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an ambitious young woman from the suburbs who works as an associate editor at a small New York publishing house and is determined to climb the ladder. One day she attends a book signing where she captures the attention of a womanizing 50-year-old literary lion, Archie Knox (Alec Baldwin). Brett soon develops a flamboyant love affair with the charismatic man who introduces her to a glamorous world. In the beginning of the romance everything seems to be rosy and sweet, but then their relations become strained due to the age difference and Archie's alcohol addiction. Brett must make the most important decision of her life. |
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Reuben Feffer's (Ben Stiller's character) bride Lisa (Debra Messing) dumps him on their honeymoon for a muscular scuba instructor. Reuben is a risk-averse insurance salesman, he is quite predictable and play-it-safe human, but when he accidentally meets an adventure-craving childhood friend named Polly who drags him into a vortex of extreme sports, spicy foods, and dirty dancing. When Reuben's wife returns from her underwater macho, Reuben must choose to take back his cold-hearted wife or to run with the sweet Polly. |
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Set during the depths of the Great Depression in America, the romantic drama depicts complicated relations between a female and a male. She is Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek), an ardent beautiful Mexican barmaid who longs to break away from poverty's grip and climb the social ladder by marrying a WASP. He is Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a down-and-out yet promising Italian writer who is anxious for fame and fortune. One fine day their paths cross in Los Angeles, the city where all dreams are supposed to come true. The sweet fire of love sweeps over them. But Camilla doesn’t fit in his plans because Arturo dreams of marrying a blue-eyed blonde. Will these two be able to realize that they are made for each other? Will their hopes and wishes come true?
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A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgoli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilization" of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are. |
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Two young promising architects, Oscar Novak (Matthew Perry) and Peter Steinberg (Oliver Platt), are bidding on a multi-million dollar contract to restore a cultural center. There is a significant obstacle in their path: Strauss (John C. McGinley) and Decker (Bob Balaban), highly successful designers, who take great pains to get the job and spread false rumours about Oscar and Peter’s non-traditional sexual orientation. Chief Executive Officer Charles Newman (Dylan McDermott), who is mistakenly convinced that Oscar is gay, decides that he is a perfect person to keep a watchful eye on his mistress, Amy Post (Neve Campbell). Unwilling to miss the job of a lifetime, Oscar accepts the assignment but soon finds himself falling for Amy. Moreover, the heterosexual Oscar is honored as Chicago's Gay Professional of the Year. To reveal the truth means to lose everything. What will he do?
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Worn down and out of luck, aging publisher Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches both his job and wife out from under his nose. But after being bit by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself energized, more competitive than ever, and possessed with amazingly heightened senses. Meanwhile, the beautiful daughter of his shrewd boss begins to fall for him - without realizing that the man she's begun to love is gradually turning into the creature by which he was bit. |
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The Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) has never been so seductive. This time, he assumes the aspect of a gorgeous woman and forces a man to do reckless things. A hapless computer programmer, Elliot Richards (Brendan Fraser), is a perfect person to make a deal with. The perfidious Devil makes a tempting offer to Elliot: she promises to fulfill seven wishes in exchange for his soul. However, there is no such thing as a free lunch. It's no wonder that Elliot's life is turned into a hell when he sells his soul to the Devil. He can't enjoy the bargain because each time he makes a wish, the results are regrettable... |
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A gigantic asteroid is on a direct collision course with Earth. There is little time left before the fatal crash. Only a miracle can save life on Earth. In order to make a miracle, NASA Administrator Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) sends the world's foremost deep core driller, Harry S. Stamper (Bruce Willis), and his courageous crew to land on the asteroid, drill into its center and drop a nuclear explosive device. The detonation of the bomb will crack the asteroid into two halves which will pass Earth on both sides. The drilling team must complete their highly important mission before the deadline; otherwise the halves will not fly by but slam into the planet. |
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The comedy focuses on Eddie Cantrow (Ben Stiller), a 40-year-old sporting goods store owner who, after years of bachelorhood, finally meets a seemingly perfect woman named Lila (Malon Akerman) and hastily proposes to her after only 6 weeks. While on their honeymoon in Cabo, Eddie gets shocked to realize that he has married the woman from hell. Things get even worse for him when he unexpectedly falls for a fellow vacationer, Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), a smart, beautiful and cheerful woman - a rose without a thorn. Now he has to find a way to break off his marriage to the sociopathic Lila. |
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New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past, only to discover that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl. |
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Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan) and Audrey Miller (Julianne Moore) are two rival divorce attorneys in NY, they pleads the cases of two quarreling spouses and follows two opposite ways of life as it seems. They feel a kind of sympathy to each other but almost don't give it a way until the moment they are to visit the castle which is a subject-matter of case. While Daniel and Audrey try to come to terms with their own relations, their heavily-publicized clients, a rock star and his wife, carry out their own. Battle of the sexes rages on! |
| Angel
[2007,
UK, Belgium, France]
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| A dreary city tenement provides backdrop to this tale of exclusion and the magic it takes to become accepted. |
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Set at the beginning of the XX century in England, the romantic drama focuses on the life of Angel Deverell (Romola Garai), a poor but charming precocious youngster with an incredible talent for writing. She dreams of fame, success and love. The publication of her first opus enables her to escape from the clutches of poverty and settle in an ancient mansion where she begins to lead a social life. Dreaming of becoming a well-known novelist and socialite, she takes harp lessons and decorates her house with fanciful sculptures and pictures. But her attempts at climbing the social ladder are accompanied by the silliest mistakes and adventures... |
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This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an invitation to go to some middle eastern country as a guest of the sheik, but there she is abducted and finds her- self involved with the "jewel". Jack decides to rescue her with his new partner Ralph. They all go from one adventure to another... What is the story of this "jewel"? |
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Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) is a pubescent man in the prime of his life. But he is an infantile dependant and slacker to the backbone who prefers living with his parents. One day Tripp declares that he will leave the nest after meeting the girl of his dreams. Fed up with their overgrown son, Al (Terry Bradshaw) and Sue (Kathy Bates) hire a gorgeous woman, Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker), who is supposed to disembarrass them of the albatross around their necks. But things don't go as planned... |
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The charming romantic comedy tells the story of a young Indian woman named Shalini Singh (Namrata Singh Gujral) who arrives in the United States only to discover that her fiancé is far from the man of her dreams. Shalini sets out to find her perfect match and crosses paths with wannabe Hollywood movie producer Rob Shorwell (Brad Raider) who does his best to teach her all about the American way of life in order to make her a celebrity. The two eventually fall in love develop cultural understanding. |
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Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore¹s tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day making it out of there. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore¹s ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts — and the only thing standing in the way of her obviously brilliant future is finding a great dance partner for her senior showcase. When trouble with the law lands Tyler with a community service gig at Maryland School of the Arts, he arrives as an angry outsider, until his skills as a gifted street dancer draw Nora¹s attention. Now, as sparks fly between them, both on and off stage, Tyler realizes he has just one performance to prove that he can step up to a life far larger than he ever imagined. |
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