Passionate Romance movies

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Realistic Tense Deliberate Stylish Sun-drenched

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The passionate relationship between two men with unusual consequences. The film is divided in two parts. The first half charts the modest attraction between two men in the sunny, relaxing countryside and the second half charts the confusion and terror of an unknown menace lurking deep within the jungle shadows.

Themes

Gay theme romance, Shaman ritual power, Tiger presence fear, Gender norms and desire, Rural area constraint, Mythic transformation tension

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Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Bleak

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Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a relationship with him and tries to find something resembling a normal home life. Heidi makes small strides by getting a job and finding a place to stay, but her relationship with Joe must overcome more than its share of hurdles.

Themes

Economic precarity, Trust under pressure, Runaway teen, Woman director, Housing instability, Romantic vulnerability

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Realistic Tense Intimate Measured Reflective

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Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.

Themes

Enduring longing across years, Memory shaping relationships, Private longing in public life, Commitments vs possibilities, Life-path divergence, Past encounters influence present

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Realistic Intimate Claustrophobic Bleak Restrained

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While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia, a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia chases him in his memories.

Themes

Power dynamics in relationships, Economic disparity, Marital strain, Memory and longing, Consequences of infidelity, Pregnancy and choice

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Realistic Steady Intimate Deliberate Energetic

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Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.

Themes

Work life balance, Mentorship under scrutiny, Career ambition under pressure, Injury and resilience, Creative collaboration under strain, Romance and ambition conflict

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Realistic Tense Intimate Dry Deliberate

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Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.

Themes

Gendered expectations, Tradition vs modernity, Women's independence, Education as emancipation, Professional ambitions of women, Institutional conformity pressure

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Realistic Steady Relentless Oppressive Gritty

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Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.

Themes

Duty versus desire, Romance amid conflict, Aid ethics under pressure, Risk and resilience, Bureaucracy and access, Displacement and care

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Realistic Tense Intimate Bleak Deliberate

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Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Themes

Public vs private life, Creativity under pressure, Infidelity and accusation, Female writing under shadow, Posthumous literary legacy, Domestic life and ambition

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Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Stylish

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When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.

Themes

Risk and consequence, Desire and boundaries, Family and privacy, Consent and pressure, Art and rebellion, Identity and belonging

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Realistic Tense Intimate Raw Claustrophobic

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When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

Themes

Family boundary tensions, Romance vs ambition, Monogamy under pressure, Generational freedom, Class mobility pressure, Creative life intrusion

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