451. Music from Another Room
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Charlie Peters
Actors: Jude Law, Jennifer Tilly, Gretchen Mol, Martha Plimpton, Brenda Blethyn, Jon Tenney
452. 42nd Street
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Actors: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Guy Kibbee
453. The French Lieutenant's Woman
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Karel Reisz
Actors: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan, Charlotte Mitchell, Lynsey Baxter
Plot: The lives and loves of an actor and actress echo that of a movie being filmed.
454. Absence of Malice
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Wilford Brimley
Plot: Michael Colin Gallagher is the son of a long dead Mafia boss who is a
simple liquor warehouse owner. Frustrated in his attempt to solve a
murder of a union head, a prosecutor leaks a false story that Gallagher
is a target of the investigation, hoping that he will tell them
something for protection. As his life begins to unravel, others are hurt
by the story. Megan Carter, the reporter, is in the clear under the
Absence of Malice rule in slander and libel cases. Knowing nothing to
trade to the prosecutors, Gallagher must regain control of his life on
different ground.
455. The Jane Austen Book Club
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robin Swicord
Actors: Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Hugh Dancy, Amy Brenneman, Kathy Baker, Maggie Grace
Plot: A group of people start-up a book club based on Jane Austen the author, only to discover that they closely resemble characters from some of her books.
456. The End of the Affair
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Rea, Julianne Moore, Heather-Jay Jones, Jason Isaacs, James Bolam
457. My Life Without Me
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Isabel Coixet
Actors: Sarah Polley, Amanda Plummer, Scott Speedman, Leonor Watling, Deborah Harry, Mark Ruffalo
458. Hamlet
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Almereyda
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Sam Shepard, Bill Murray, Liev Schreiber
Plot: The Gen X adaptation of Hamlet stars Ethan Hawke has the brooding Prince of Denmark -- "Denmark" being a big corporation in contemporary NYC and Hawke the slacker son of the dead CEO.
459. Hold Back the Dawn
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Actors: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Curt Bois
Plot: Georges Iscovescu is a Romanian gigalo looking to make his way into the
U.S. but in order to get by immigration, he will have to marry an
American. Complications arise when he finds himself actually falling in
love with his chosen "bride".
460. Vanilla Sky
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Cameron Crowe
Actors: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Penélope Cruz, Kurt Russell, Ivana Milicevic
Plot: A spoiled inheritor finds his life is turned upside down after a mutilating car crash with is friend. He struggles to adjust to the imperfect life.
