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The True Story Behind Richard Linklater’s ‘Before’ Trilogy

Posted on August 24, 2017
/Under Behind The Scenes, Film History, Romantic
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The Before trilogy of films by Richard Linklater are perhaps some of the most touching cinematic representations of romance, love, fate, and attraction – themes which are certainly among the most difficult...Read more

Summer With Monika (1953) dir. Ingmar Bergman

Posted on August 5, 2017
/Under 1950's, Drama, Romantic, Sweden
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Sommaren med Monika: Youths Monika and Harry meet and fall in love, escaping from their troubled families and jobs, and spend a dreamy summer sailing around the Stockholm archipelago. Reality hits...Read more

The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) dir. Woody Allen

Posted on August 1, 2017
/Under 1980's, Comedy, Romantic, USA
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In a New Jersey town in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen into the real life of a pretty young waitress, down on her luck and life during...Read more

Chungking Express (1994) dir. Wong Kar-Wai

Posted on April 11, 2017
/Under 1990's, Drama, Hong Kong, Romantic
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Two stories of lonely and lovesick Hong Kong policemen, told in sequence. In the first, a Taiwan-born policeman falls in love with a beautiful and enigmatic femme fatale from the underworld. In...Read more

Last Year at Marienbad (1961) dir. Alain Resnais

Posted on March 31, 2017
/Under 1960's, France, Must See Cinema, Psychological, Romantic, Surrealist
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L’année dernière à Marienbad: In a strange, dreamlike chateau setting, a man tries to persuade a married woman that they have met previously and to run away with him. Experimental and...Read more

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Posted on September 30, 2016
/Under 1970's, Drama, Germany, Romantic
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Angst essen Seele auf, lit.”Fear eat soul up”: An elderly German widow and a younger Moroccan gastarbeiter start a romantic relationship, against societal norms and much to the appall of ...Read more

In the Mood for Love (2000) dir. Wong Kar-Wai

Posted on September 14, 2016
/Under 2000's, China, Drama, Hong Kong, Romantic
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花樣年華: In 1960’s Hong Kong, two neighbors – a woman and a man – form a deep, platonic bond after suspecting that their spouses are having an affair with each...Read more

Short Film: La Jetée (1962) dir. Chris Marker

Posted on July 29, 2016
/Under 1960's, France, Must See Cinema, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Short, Surrealist
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Welcome to MustSeeCinema’s short film corner. You can WATCH the full short at your leisure below, in the embedded video player. All films are eclectically chosen, based on their historic...Read more

Ashes and Diamonds (1958) dir. Andrzej Wajda

Posted on July 11, 2016
/Under 1950's, Drama, Must See Cinema, Poland, Romantic, War
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Popiól i diament: On May 8, 1945, after the surrender of Nazi Germany, a Polish resistance fighter is given an order to assassinate a Communist official, after his first failed...Read more

Mud (2012) dir. Jeff Nichols

Posted on June 30, 2016
/Under 2010's, Adventure, Drama, Romantic, USA
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In a small riverside town in rural Arkansas, two young boys encounter a fugitive on the run and decide to help him reconcile with his lost love. A touching coming-of-age...Read more