Romance

Gloria Bell

By Ella Kemp

Julianne Moore plays a divorcé stepping to her own beat in Sebastián Lelio’s remake of his 2013 drama.

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Destination Wedding

By Hannah Strong

Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder make a compelling pairing in this misanthropic romantic comedy.

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Little

By Charles Bramesco

Regina Hall is transformed into a younger version of herself in this derivative age-swap comedy.

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The Keeper

By Ella Kemp

Famed German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann is the subject of this delightful romantic biopic.

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Sorry Angel

By David Jenkins

This beautifully scripted drama of blithe romantic connections in ’90s France is a real keeper.

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Five Feet Apart

By Charles Bramesco

Two terminally-ill teens fall in love in this all-the-feels ‘rom-traum’ from director Justin Baldoni.

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Border

By Anton Bitel

A customs officer falls in love with a strange traveller in Ali Abbasi’s twisted modern romance.

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The Aftermath

By Elena Lazic

Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård experience forbidden love in postwar Germany.

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Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno

By David Jenkins

Nothing happens for a very long time in Abdellatif Kechiche’s follow-up to Blue is the Warmest Colour.

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Isn’t It Romantic

By Patrick Sproull

Rebel Wilson stars in a fun meta rom-com that attempts to have its cake and eat it.

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If Beale Street Could Talk

By Tayler Montague

Intense melancholy and blissful romance mask an undercurrent of political outrage in Barry Jenkins’ rhapsodic take on James Baldwin.

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An Impossible Love

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Catherine Corsini adapts Christine Angot to captivating effect in this Châteauroux-set romantic drama.

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Disobedience

By David Jenkins

Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams are unable to lift this hackneyed tale of forbidden love.

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A Star is Born

By Adam Woodward

Bradley Cooper scores his first major hit as a director with this tender romance about the price of fame and addiction.

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Crazy Rich Asians

By Patrick Sproull

Jon M Chu’s sparkling Singapore-set romantic comedy is a watershed moment for diversity in mainstream cinema.

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

By Manuela Lazic

This triumphant sequel to 2008’s ABBA musical is the most purely enjoyable big screen experience of the summer.

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The Boy Downstairs

By David Jenkins

Zosia Mamet stars as a wayward writer forced to confront a past romance in this underwhelming quirk-com.

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