Following a selection by critics of love stories in cinema that often go unnoticed, readers have shared their alternatives – lesser-known, but deeply human romances.
Love Me If You Dare
A dangerous game between two characters who push the boundaries of challenge further and further. A film that for many works better as a strong memory than as a review.
Maurice
A delicate love story in Edwardian England, touching audiences regardless of sexual orientation – sensitive and elegant.
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
A 90s rom-com inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac, with gentle humor and memorable characters. A film for those who don't usually like rom-coms.
Two for the Road
A bitter and honest look at a 12-year marriage, moving through times and emotions. A realistic depiction of love and its consumption.
Palm Springs
A love story within a time loop à la Groundhog Day, but with contemporary awareness and wit.
What If
A simple, romantic, and genuinely funny rom-com that achieves what many films in the genre don't.
Lonely Hearts
A tender and nostalgic film, keeping alive a lost Melbourne and a rare sense of empathy.
white palace
A romance between two opposites, with a simple and touching ending that lingers in the mind.
The Russia House
A mature and down-to-earth love, where the characters bear the weight of life on their shoulders. A calm, human and melancholic romance.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
A film by Frank Capra, as sweet as it is bitter, that talks about prejudice and impossible feelings.
Rabbi Ne Bana Di Jodi
An Indian story about forced marriage and love that is born slowly, through understanding and patience.
Only You
An Italian romance with classic Hollywood charm, warm and light, with natural chemistry between the protagonists.
Nelly and Mr Arnaud
A delicate and unfulfilled relationship, built on suggestion, social class, and unspoken feelings – in a spirit reminiscent of Jane Austen.
These films, far from spectacle and clichés, offer calmer and more truthful portraits of love - precisely where its greatest strength often lies. /GazetaExpress/
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