241. Oasis
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Actors: Kyung-gu Sol, So-ri Moon, Nae-sang Ahn, Seung-wan Ryoo, Kwi-Jung Chu, Jin-gu Kim
Plot: A man with no social mores is released from prison. He none-the-less tries
to contact the family of the victim only to be rebuffed, but not before he
sees Gong-ju - a young woman with cerebral palsy. Both of these outcasts
are mistreated by their families and they connect on a personal level. Can
the two find a connection in world that has dealt them such misery?
242. Love & Basketball
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Actors: Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Dennis Haysbert, Alfre Woodard, Regina Hall, Harry J. Lennix
Plot: In 1981 Monica moves next door to Quincy and thus begins a rivalry, as both are very competitive when it comes to basketball - but as they grow from high school to college, respect for each other and something more - romance.
243. Better Off Dead
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Actors: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Diane Franklin
Plot: Layne Meyer (John Cusack) has just lost his beautiful girlfriend Beth
(Amanda Wyss) to the most popular and best looking guy in school...who
just happens to drive a really nice car also. Well, Layne has decided he's
going to get Beth back by getting a job, getting a nice car, and winning
the ski race down the feared K-12!
244. Gentleman's Agreement
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Gregory Peck, John Garfield, Dorothy McGuire, Anne Revere, Albert Dekker, Celeste Holm
Plot: Hatred and bigots populates the world while a reporter pretends to be
jewish in order to get a cover story.
245. All the Real Girls
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Gordon Green
Actors: Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Shea Whigham, Patricia Clarkson, Danny R. McBride, Maurice Compte
246. Trouble in Paradise
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Actors: Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig, Herbert Marshall
Plot: A high class thief meets his match in a professional pickpocket - and their romance is matched only by their talent. They target the owner of a perfume company but romance and jealousy make get in the way of the job at hand.
247. Passages
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ira Sachs
Actors: Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Arcadi Radeff, Léa Boublil
248. 50 First Dates
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Segal
Actors: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Schneider, Lusia Strus, Sean Astin
Plot: A some what of a playboy meets the women of his dreams until he realizes that she has short term memory loss and he must reintroduce himself each time he meets her - even though she never remembers who he is.
249. Woman of the Year
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Stevens
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Minor Watson, William Bendix
Plot: A pair of rival reporters find themselves drawn together - and eventually
marry - but things aren't perfect - especially as Tess, one of the most
recognizable feminists in the country - begins to neglect the
relationship.
250. Barefoot in the Park
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Gene Saks
Actors: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick, Herb Edelman, Mabel Albertson
Plot: Based on a play of the same title by Neil Simon, "Barefoot in the Park" tells the story of a newlywed couple moving into their first apartment below an eccentric and well-traveled neighbor. Sparks fly when Corrie Bratter (Jane Fonda) tries to bring Victor Velesco (Charles Boyer) and her mother together. Meanwhile, Corrie and Paul (Robert Redford) begin to see the horrors of being a married couple.
