Posts Tagged ‘forbidden-love’

The Illusionist (2006)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | USA
Actors: Edward Norton | Paul Giamatti | Jessica Biel | Rufus Sewell | Eddie Marsan | Jake Wood | Tom Fisher | Aaron Johnson | Eleanor Tomlinson | Karl Johnson | Vincent Franklin | Nicholas Blane | Philip McGough | Erich Redman | Michael Carter
Directors: Neil Burger
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A magician in turn-of-the-last-century Vienna falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to the crown prince, the magician uses his powers to free her and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.

Anna and the King (1999)

Monday, July 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama | History | Romance
Countries: USA
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This is the story of Anna Leonowens, the English schoolteacher who came to Siam in the 1860s to teach the children of King Mongkut. She becomes involved in his affairs, from the tragic plight of a young concubine to trying to forge an alliance with Britain to a war with Burma that is orchestrated by Britain. In the meantime, a subtle romance develops between them.

The Age of Innocence (1993)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis | Michelle Pfeiffer | Winona Ryder | Alexis Smith | Geraldine Chaplin | Mary Beth Hurt | Alec McCowen | Richard E. Grant | Miriam Margolyes | Robert Sean Leonard | Siân Phillips | Jonathan Pryce | Michael Gough | Joanne Woodward | Stuart Wilson
Directors: Martin Scorsese
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Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May’s unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the Countess, whose separation from her abusive husband makes her a social outcast in the restrictive high society of late-19th Century New York, but he finds in her a companion spirit and they fall in love.

Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004)

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Kelly Sheridan | Melissa Lyons | Julie Stevens | Mark Hildreth | Mark Luna | Alessandro Juliani | Martin Short | Kathleen Barr | Ian James Corlett | Ellen Kennedy | Pam Hyatt | Brian Drummond
Directors: William Lau
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In her first animated musical featuring seven original songs, Barbie comes to life in this modern re-telling of a classic tale of mistaken identity and the power of friendship. Based on the story by Mark Twain, Barbie as The Princess and The Pauper features Barbie in an exciting dual role as a princess and a poor village girl - two girls who look amazingly alike. The girls’ paths are fated to cross when Princess Anneliese is captured and Erika, her look-alike, must try to save her. Can Erika pretend to be the Princess and foil her captor, the evil Preminger? And what of the handsome King Dominick, who falls in love with Erika, mistaking her for Princess Anneliese? In this magical musical performance, two beautiful, adventurous girls dare to follow their dreams and discover that destiny is written in a very special place: your heart.

Anna Karenina Movie (1948)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Sophie Marceau | Sean Bean | Alfred Molina | Mia Kirshner | James Fox | Fiona Shaw | Danny Huston | Phyllida Law | David Schofield | Saskia Wickham | Jennifer Hall | Anna Calder-Marshall | Petr Shelokhonov | Valerie Braddell | Niall Buggy
Directors: Bernard Rose
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Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a little spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna’s companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it’s love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet. Back in St. Petersburg they keep running into each other at parties. Since she has a husband and small son, they must be very discreet if they are going to see each other alone.

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Topol | Norma Crane | Leonard Frey | Molly Picon | Paul Mann | Rosalind Harris | Michele Marsh | Neva Small | Paul Michael Glaser | Ray Lovelock | Elaine Edwards | Candy Bonstein | Shimen Ruskin | Zvee Scooler | Louis Zorich
Directors: Norman Jewison
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Film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia, coping with the day-to-day problems of ’shtetl’ life, his Jewish traditions, his family (wife and daughters), and state-sanctioned pogroms.

The Bodyguard (1992)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Costner | Whitney Houston | Gary Kemp | Bill Cobbs | Ralph Waite | Tomas Arana | Michele Lamar Richards | Mike Starr | Christopher Birt | DeVaughn Nixon | Gerry Bamman | Joe Urla | Tony Pierce | Charles Keating | Robert Wuhl
Directors: Mick Jackson
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A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer’s feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan’s secret service staff but wasn’t there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home.

Armageddon (1998)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bruce Willis | Billy Bob Thornton | Ben Affleck | Liv Tyler | Will Patton | Steve Buscemi | William Fichtner | Owen Wilson | Michael Clarke Duncan | Peter Stormare | Ken Hudson Campbell | Jessica Steen | Keith David | Chris Ellis | Jason Isaacs
Directors: Michael Bay
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Due to a shuttle’s unfortunate demise in outer space, NASA becomes aware of a doomsday asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth. It seems that the only way to knock it off course is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear weapon. But as NASA’s under-funded yet resourceful team train the world’s best drillers for the job, the social order of the world begins to break down as the information reaches the public and hysteria results. As high-ranking officials play politics with the effort, the drilling team all faces deep personal issues which may jeopardize humanity’s last chance…

Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Drew Barrymore | Steve Zahn | Adam Garcia | Brittany Murphy | James Woods | Lorraine Bracco
Directors: Penny Marshall
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Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter’s problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she’s pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly’s marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin.

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Heath Ledger | Jake Gyllenhaal | Randy Quaid | Anne Hathaway | Michelle Williams | Valerie Planche | Graham Beckel | David Harbour | Kate Mara | Roberta Maxwell | Peter McRobbie | Anna Faris | Linda Cardellini | Scott Michael Campbell | David Trimble
Directors: Ang Lee
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A raw, powerful story of two young men, a Wyoming ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the harsh, high grasslands of contemporary Wyoming and form an unorthodox yet life-long bond—by turns ecstatic, bitter and conflicted.