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7.5

♡ 35

94%

83%

based on novel or book

Stephen Frears Director

Uma Thurman as Cécile de Volanges

Keanu Reeves as Chevalier Danceny

Michelle Pfeiffer as Madame de Tourvel

John Malkovich as Vicomte de Valmont

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.

Story of a Love Affair

1950

Italian

7.1

♡ 9

93%

Michelangelo Antonioni Director

Anita Farra as

Carlo Gazzabini as (as Carlo Gazzapini)

Massimo Girotti as Guido

Lucia Bosé as Paola Molon Fontana

A wealthy, possessive husband's investigation reignites his young wife's past love, leading them to plot against him. As obstacles fall away, their passion faces a new test.

Filmworker

2017

7.4

♡ 17

95%

Tony Zierra Director

Marisa Berenson as Herself

John Lennon as Himself

Tom Cruise as Himself

Arliss Howard as Himself

The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

Racer and the Jailbird

2017

6.3

♡ 12

37%

Michaël R. Roskam Director

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Bibi Delhany

Matthias Schoenaerts as Gigi Vanoirbeek

Dimitry Loubry as Maton

Sam Louwyck as Prison manager

When Gino meets racing driver Bénédicte, it's love at first sight. But Gino has a secret. The kind of secret that can endanger their lives.

Stockholm East

2011

Swedish

6.2

♡ 4

56%

Simon Kaijser Director

Nathalie Söderqvist as Granne på julfesten

Mikael Persbrandt as Johan / Kattis's husband

Rebecka Teper as Nybliven mamma

Ulf Friberg as Nybliven pappa

Stockholm East is the love story between two strangers, bound together by a tragedy that has taken its toll on both their lives and relationships. When Johan and Anna meet at the railway station connecting Stockholm with the idyllic suburbs where they both live, they embark on a dangerous journey of passion and lies.

Ask the Dust

2006

5.7

♡ 9

36%

41%

alcohol

based on novel or book

Robert Towne Director

Colin Farrell as Arturo Bandini

Salma Hayek as Camilla

Tessa Jubber as Flaxen blonde

Idina Menzel as Vera Rivkin

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

Heavenly Creatures

1994

7.2

♡ 58

95%

83%

based on a true story

Peter Jackson Director

Peter Jackson as Bum Outside Theater

Clive Merrison as Dr. Henry Hulme

Kate Winslet as Juliet Hulme

Melanie Lynskey as Pauline Parker

Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.

The End of the Affair

1999

7.0

♡ 16

66%

Neil Jordan Director

Jack McKenzie as Chief Engineer

Jason Isaacs as Father Richard Smythe

Ralph Fiennes as Maurice Bendrix

Julianne Moore as Sarah Miles

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.

The Red Squirrel

1993

Spanish

7.1

♡ 5

85%

Julio Medem Director

María Barranco as Carmen

Nancho Novo as Jota

Emma Suárez as Lisa

Gustavo Salmerón as Luis Alfonso

Jota's suicide attempt is interrupted when a motorcyclist crashes off a bridge. After he rescues her, he decides to invent a life story for her — one of love and shared memories — creating a fragile web of deception that intertwines their fates.

The Girl King

2015

5.9

♡ 36

42%

45%

based on a true story

Mika Kaurismäki Director

Sarah Gadon as Countess Ebba Sparre

Laura Birn as Countess Erika Erksein

Jannis Niewöhner as Count Jakob de la Gardie

François Arnaud as Karl Gustav Kasimir

A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

El

1953

Spanish

7.9

♡ 16

Luis Buñuel Director

Arturo de Córdova as Francisco Galván de Montemayor

Roberto Meyer as Licenciado

Manuel Dondé as Pablo

Leonor Gómez as Portera

Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.

Homecoming

2009

5.3

♡ 15

Morgan J. Freeman Director

Allen Williamson as Adams

Michael Landes as Billy Fletcher

Jessica Stroup as Elizabeth Mitchum

Matt Long as Mike Donaldson

A jilted ex-girlfriend plots revenge after her former beau comes back to their hometown with a new lover.

Bay of Angels

1963

7.2

♡ 6

Jacques Demy Director

André Canter as

Jeanne Moreau as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre

Conchita Parodi as L'hôtelière

Henri Nassiet as M. Fournier - le père de Jean

A bank clerk is drawn into the risky world of a gorgeous gambling addict.

Curse of the Golden Flower

2006

Chinese

7.0

♡ 31

65%

Yimou Zhang Director Li Gong

Li Gong as Empress Phoenix

Wen Zhang as Performer

Jay Chou as Prince Jai

Liam O'Brien as Prince Jai

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

The Princess of Montpensier

2010

6.5

♡ 8

85%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Lambert Wilson as François de Chabannes

Mélanie Thierry as Marie de Montpensier

César Domboy as Mayenne

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as Philippe de Montpensier

Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.

The Secret in Their Eyes

2009

Spanish

8.2

♡ 111

89%

Juan José Campanella Director

Ricardo Darín as Benjamín Esposito

Javier Godino as Isidoro Gómez

Carla Quevedo as Liliana Coloto

Guillermo Francella as Pablo Sandoval

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

.45

2006

5.5

♡ 15

38%

Gary Lennon Director

Vincent Laresca as Jose

Milla Jovovich as Kat

Stephen Dorff as Reilly

Robin Brûlé as Waitress

Kate and her brutish boyfriend Big Al sell handguns on the streets of New York. She's smart, stylish, and self-confident, but all that leaves her when Al, in a jealous and self-indulgent rage, beats her. Three friends encourage her recovery: Vic, a woman who would like to be Kate's lover; Reilly, who runs with Al but also is attracted to Kate and repulsed by Al's violence; and, Liz, the counselor assigned to Kate from a battered-women's program. Vic and Reilly talk about killing Al, Liz gives pep talks; Kate remains frightened. Will Al's menace and Kate's dependency hold sway?

Ecstasy

1933

Czech

6.6

♡ 11

54%

Gustav Machatý Director

Aribert Mog as Adam

Karel Macha-Kuca as Der Rechtsanwalt

Hedy Lamarr as Eva Hermann

André Nox as Le père

Eva has just gotten married to an older gentleman, but discovers that he is obsessed with order in his life and doesn't have much room for passion. She becomes despondent and leaves him, returning to her father's house. One day while bathing in the lake, she meets a young man and they fall in love. The husband has become grief stricken at the loss of his young bride, and fate brings him together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.

Death in a French Garden

1985