Category Archives: Romance
Collateral Beauty
Release 2016
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Director: David Frankel
Writers: Allan Loeb
Stars: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Michael Peña, Helen Mirren
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4682786/
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Rules Don't Apply
Release 2016
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Director: Warren Beatty
Writers: Warren Beatty, Bo Goldman
Stars: Steve Tom, Paul Sorvino, Peter Mackenzie, Ivar Brogger, Dan Desmond
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1974420/
An unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her determined driver, and the eccentric billionaire who they work for.
Paterson
Release 2016
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Director: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Nellie, Rizwan Manji, Dominic Liriano
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5247022/
A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
The Edge of Seventeen
Release 2016
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Director: Kelly Fremon Craig
Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1878870/
High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.
Allied
Release 2016
Genre Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
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Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Steven Knight
Stars: Brad Pitt, Vincent Ebrahim, Xavier De Guillebon, Marion Cotillard, Camille Cottin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3640424/
In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
La La Land
Release 2016
Genre Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
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Director: Damien Chazelle
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Amiée Conn, Terry Walters, Thom Shelton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3783958/
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.
Baked in Brooklyn
Release 2016
Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
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Director: Rory Rooney
Writers: David Shapiro
Stars: Todd Bartels, Evangelo Bousis, Josh Brener, Harold Bridgeforth, Lindsey Broad
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3138344/
A guy decides to sell weed after losing his job, but things soon go out of hand as demand of business and paranoia starts taking over.
Frank & Lola
Release 2016
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Matthew Ross
Stars: Michael Shannon, Imogen Poots, Justin Long, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Nyqvist
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1290138/
A psychosexual noir love story, set in Las Vegas and Paris, about love, obsession, sex, betrayal, revenge and, ultimately, the search for redemption.
The Light Between Oceans
Release 2016
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Director: Derek Cianfrance
Writers: Derek Cianfrance, M.L. Stedman
Stars: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Florence Clery, Jack Thompson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2547584/
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.
The Matchbreaker
Release 2016
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Director: Caleb Vetter
Writers: Caleb Vetter, Wesley Elder, Torry Martin, Marshal Younger
Stars: Wesley Elder, Christina Grimmie, Osric Chau, Olan Rogers, Shawna Howson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4269746/
When an idealistic romantic gets fired from his day job, he is offered a "one-time gig" to break up a girl's relationship for her disapproving parents. This "one-time" gig spreads through word-of-mouth and he ends up becoming a professional match-breaker. However, he ends up falling for one of his clients and must figure out how to balance his secret job with his love-life.