Category Archives: Romance
After Everything
Release 2023
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Director: Castille Landon
Writers: Castille Landon, Anna Todd, Anna Todd
Stars: Mimi Keene, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Josephine Langford, Stephen Moyer, Louise Lombard
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15334488/
After breaking up with his true love, best-selling author Hardin Scott travels to Portugal in an attempt to make amends for his past behavior.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Release 2023
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Director: Nia Vardalos
Writer:Nia Vardalos
Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Louis Mandylor, Elena Kampouris, Lainie Kazan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21103300/
After travelling to Greece for a family reunion, a woman attempts to locate her deceased father's childhood friends.
The End of Sex
Release 2022
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Director: Sean Garrity
Writers: Jonas Chernick
Stars: Emily Hampshire, Jonas Chernick, Gray Powell, Lily Gao, Melanie Scrofano
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18081000/
A couple feeling the pressures of parenting and adulthood, send their kids to winter camp for the first time and embark on a series of sexual adventures to reinvigorate their relationship.
Love at First Sight
Release 2023
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Director: Vanessa Caswill
Writers: Katie Lovejoy, Jennifer E. Smith
Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Rob Delaney, Katrina Nare, Jameela Jamil
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13444014/
Hadley and Oliver begin to fall for each other on their flight from New York to London. The probability of ever finding each other again seems impossible, but love - and London - may have a way of defying the odds.
My Animal
Release 2023
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Director: Jacqueline Castel
Writers: Jae Matthews
Stars: Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg, Heidi von Palleske, Stephen McHattie, Cory Lipman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23572542/
Heather, an outcast teenage goalie, falls for newcomer Jonny, an alluring but tormented figure skater. As their relationship deepens, Heather's growing desires clash with her darkest secret, forcing her to control the animal within.
Shortcomings
Release 2023
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Director: Randall Park
Writers: Adrian Tomine, Adrian Tomine
Stars: Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Tavi Gevinson, Debby Ryan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14483774/
Follows a trio of young, Bay Area urbanites--Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi and Alice Kim--as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships while traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.
Sitting in Bars with Cake
Release 2023
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Director: Trish Sie
Writers: Audrey Shulman
Stars: Yara Shahidi, Odessa A’zion, Bette Midler, Ron Livingston, Martha Kelly
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8452344/
Based on the cookbook Sitting in Bars with Cake by Audrey Shulman.
The Pod Generation
Release 2023
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Director: Sophie Barthes
Writer: Sophie Barthes
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig ,Vinette Robinson, Veerle Dejaeger, Lamara Strijdhaftig
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15768848/
In a not-so-distant future, tech giant Pegazus offers couples the opportunity to share their pregnancies via detachable artificial wombs or pods. And so begins Rachel and Alvy's wild ride to parenthood in this brave new world.
Past Lives
Release 2023
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Director: Celine Song
Writer: Celine Song
Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Leem Seung-min
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13238346/
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Red, White & Royal Blue
Release 2023
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Director: Matthew López
Writers: Casey McQuiston, Matthew López, Ted Malawer
Stars: Jemma Redgrave, Thomas Flynn, Bridget Benstead, Nicholas Galitzine, Ellie Bamber
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10172266/
When the feud between the son of the American President and Britain's prince threatens to drive a wedge in U.S./British relations, the two are forced into a staged truce that sparks something deeper.