Romance

The Age of Innocence
This romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer andWinona Ryder.

Anchoress
Story of a 14th cent. visionary girl whose passions have attracted the attention of the two most powerful men in the village.

Another Time, Another Place
In 1944 in the far north east of Scotland, a cattleman's young wife becomes entranced with a passionate Italian prisoner of war. She is instantly assailed by guilt, but their compulsive mutual attraction and need leads to other tragic events.

Anthony & Cleopatra
Details the passionate love affair of Mark Antony and Cleopatra of Egypt against a background of political intrigue, and land and sea battles. Shows the final death of the lovers.

Arch of Triumph
An Austrian surgeon living illegally in underground Paris, searching for the Gestapo agent who tortured him years before, finds brief happiness with a troubled woman. Later he returns searching for her, with tragic consequences.

Back Street
A fashion designer falls in love with a department store owner. Several years later they meet and resume their love affair.

Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et La B^ete)
Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast. Starring Susan Sarandon.

Belle Epoque (The Age of Beauty)
Fernando, a handsome, young Spanish Civil War deserter who befriends a free-thinking artist, finds himself in a romantic dilemma when the artist's four beautiful daughters return to their country home. Which woman should he romance?

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
A sheriff and a proprietess join together not only in romance, but to fight a big city TV crusader in his efforts to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal, and thus close it down. Starring Dolly Parton.

Brief Encounter
Unhappily married to others, a housewife and a doctor meet first by chance, then deliberately as the attraction between them grows, until their guilt destroys the relationship.

Bye Bye Birdie
When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show.

Caesar and Cleopatra
Cleopatra was the willful child who became a determined monarch and guided Egypt's fortunes. Caesar was her confidante and lover and the man who helped Cleopatra through her transformation. It was a union that was destined to produce one of history's greatest duos.

Camille
"Tragic heroine who must sacrifice her own happiness in order to prove her love"--Leonard Maltin's TV movies and video guide. Starring Greta Garbo.

Camille Claudel
A historically accurate depiction of one of the most important collaborations in the history of art, that of legendary sculptor Rodin, and the creative prodigy Camille Claudel.

Carmen
A leading lady is needed to complete a production of "Carmen". An untried dancer named Carmen with fire and passion is discovered in a flamenco dance school. As time goes on, she and the director-choreographer find themselves living the "Carmen" story of love and treachery.

Carrington
The story of Dora Carrington, the Victorian Era painter whose passionate life created one of England's greatest scandals. Carrington is unable to possess the one man she loves, Lytton Strachey. Rebuffed, she embarks on a long string of loveless sexual encounters. Her heart remains true to him, but she refuses to curtail the sexual pursuits which erupt again and again in angry passion. Starring Emma Thompson.

The Cat and the Fiddle
Jeanette MacDonald and Ramon Novarro portray struggling composers and live-in companions. Her "The night was made for love": becomes a huge hit but his career flounders. To escape the bubbub surrounding her, he packs up his suitcase and departs. But when the debut of his operetta is threatened, MacDonald shows up to save the show and rekindle their love.

Chasing Amy
Follows the complications of love and friendship among three New Jersey comic book artists, Holden, Banky his partner, and Alyssa, the woman of Holden's dreams who at times prefers other women.

Children of a Lesser God
Love story about a headstrong deaf student and her idealistic special education teacher. Starring Marlee Martin.

The Chocolate Soldier
Maria and Karl Lang are famous opera stars in Vienna, with looks and talent - and very jealous natures. Maria's fidelity is tested when Karl masquerades as a Russian nobleman. She responds, knowing that it's really her husband - or does she?

Claire of the Moon
Two women meet and share a cabin at a women's writer retreat. One is the author of a controversial study on sexual behavior and the other is a satirist, and while they maintain their philosophical differences they can't deny their attraction to each other.

Un Coeur en Hiver
In this story of music, seduction and unrequited love, a beautiful, passionate concert violinist is betrayed by a man whose heart is hopelessly locked in a winter of its own creation.

The Crying Game
A haunting, humorous and shocking romantic thriller about Irish terrorists, their hostage and the hostage's exotic girlfriend.

Danzon
A surprising love story about a woman who finally discovers the passion that has been missing from her life.

Eat Drink Man Woman
Three unmarried daughters are skeptical about marriage until their father, a retired master chef and widower surprises them with his secret love affair with a young woman many years his junior.

Enchanted April
Two proper, middle-class English women, bored with their lives and their passionless husbands, spend a month on vacation in a medieval villa on the Italian Riviera. The idyllic hideaway holds a special magic and hopes reawaken and they find ways to live and love that have long eluded them.

Flirting
A kindred spirit, and the only black student at a girls boarding school is recognized by a boy having trouble fitting in at a posh all-boys school across the lake, and the flirtation begins. Starring Nicole Kidman.

Forget Paris
An NBA referee and an airline rep think they've found happiness together, until they meet each other's family and friends. Starring Deborah Winger.

Four Weddings and a Funeral
Romantic comedy about a young woman who meets a man she becomes interested in at a friend's wedding. He thinks she's the woman of his dreams, but she slips through his fingers when the timing seems wrong, and they meet again at three more weddings and a funeral before the two finally connect. Starring Andie MacDowell.

French Twist

Go Fish
A lesbian romantic comedy about a band of young Chicago dykes in a funny, sophisticated, and real modern-day romance.

Henry and June
Sensual June, her husband, anunconventional American author named Henry Miller, and a young Parisian writer, Anais Nin, forge an unforgettable journey into the uncharted territory of human relationhips.

Impromptu
Two lovers could never be more different than the brazenly forward George Sand and frail romantic Frederic Chopin. Yet they are drawn together by an unnerving bond. A bond that can't be broken despite the best efforts of those around them to keep them apart. the great minds of Europe get together for one wild fortnight, not even the mischieveous Marie d'Agoult nor the boisterous Alfred de Musset can come between them. Love triumphs in this outrageous sex farce of historic proportions.

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
A story of two teenagers who unexpectedly experience the excitement, surprise and romantic fantasy of first love.

Jamon Jamon
Hilarious, sexy, and complex story of two young lovers, the pregnant Sylvia and her lover Jose Luis. When they announce their plan to wed, his mother hires the town's sexiest man to break up the marriage. Naturally, nothing goes as planned.

Jefferson in Paris
A beautiful woman who lives in France meets Thomas Jefferson while he is visiting. Although she is a worldly and mysterious woman, Jefferson must resist her due to a promise he made to his dead wife: he wouldn't marry again. Soon enough, however, another woman causes him to fall for her.

Ju Dou
Set in China, this is the story of a doomed love. The abused wife of a sadistic mill owner and his overworked nephew fall in love. Only murder could free the lovers from the mill owner's tyranny- or could it?

The Last Days of Chez Nous
The arrival of Beth's younger sister Vicki disrupts her household and transforms her shaky marriage. A story of strong relationships falling apart and coming back together.

Leaving Las Vegas
Two people meet in Las Vegas and form a bond based on unconditional acceptance and mutual respect that will change each of them forever. Starring Elizabeth Shue.

Like Water for Chocolate
Romantic fantasy set in the early 20th century about a young couple blocked from marrying by the demands of her cold and selfish mother. Her lover marries her sister to be closer to her. She ends up expressesing her passion for him through her cooking.

9 1/2 Weeks
9 1/2 weeks is the length of the affair between beautiful art dealer Elizabeth and financial whiz John. Their erotic journey encompasses violent encounters, humiliation, sexual obsession, and breaks most of the conventional sexual taboos.

The Summer House
Pushed into an unwilling engagement to her dotish next-door neighbor Syl, the sensitive, tradition-bound Margaret has resigned herself to her unhapyy fate. To maintain her sanity, she daydreams of her recent interlude in exotic Egypt and the dark-eyed youth with whom she shared a passionate and mysterious affair. Meanwhile, back home, enter the free-spirited, convention-be-damned family friend, Lil.