The Bridges of Madison County

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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

Drama, Romance

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2001 ★ 6.4

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Train Dreams

Train Dreams

2025 ★ 7.3

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

Persuasion

Persuasion

1995 ★ 7.2

In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening to their hearts.

Love at First Sight

Love at First Sight

2023 ★ 7.2

Hadley and Oliver begin falling in love on a flight from New York to London, but when they lose each other at customs, can they defy all odds to reunite?

Out of Africa

Out of Africa

1985 ★ 7.2

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

The Choice

The Choice

2016 ★ 7.2

Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.

The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife

2009 ★ 6.9

Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.

Blind

Blind

2017 ★ 6.2

A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

Albatross

Albatross

2011 ★ 6.0

Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993 ★ 7.7

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.

One Day

One Day

2011 ★ 7.4

A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

Tess

Tess

1979 ★ 7.1

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.

It Ends with Us

It Ends with Us

2024 ★ 6.9

When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended, and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

The Notebook

The Notebook

2004 ★ 7.9

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover

2015 ★ 6.3

An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.

Last Night

Last Night

2010 ★ 6.1

Michael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great love of her life, each is thrust into an evening of temptation.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946 ★ 7.1

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

Safe Haven

Safe Haven

2013 ★ 7.2

A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009 ★ 6.3

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

Unrelated

Unrelated

2008 ★ 5.9

A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany.

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