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YesterdayYesterday (2019) Recommended
Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon
Another smash hit from writer Richard Curtis which, like ABOUT TIME, works a fantasy element into his patented brand of well–scrubbed English…
Book ClubBook Club (2018)
Dir. Bill Holderman
Feat. Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen
Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen play four life–long friends who read Fifty Shades of Grey as part of their…
Breaker Upperers, TheBreaker Upperers, The (2018) Aro Favourite
Dir. Madeleine Sami, Jackie Van Beek
Feat. Madeleine Sami, Jackie Van Beek, James Rolleston
Madeleine Sami and Jackie Van Beek write, direct and star in this frisky and flat–out hilarious Kiwi comedy as heart–burned pals who form…
Crazy Rich AsiansCrazy Rich Asians (2018) Recommended
Dir. Jon Chu
Feat. Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh
Highly effective hi–gloss American rom–com featuring an all Asian cast that follows a young native New Yorker and her longtime boyfriend…
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, TheGuernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The (2018)
Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glenn Powell
Warm and picturesque romantic comedy from the director of FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. Set in 1946, the charismatic and free–spirited writer…
Mamma Mia: Here We Go AgainMamma Mia: Here We Go Again (Mamma Mia 2) (2018)
Dir. Ol Parker
Feat. Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Christine Baranski
Everything you adored (or despised) about the first movie is here in spades in this sequel to the impossibly rowdy all–singing,…
Big Sick, TheBig Sick, The (2017) Recommended
Dir. Michael Showalter
Feat. Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter
Pakistan–born comedian Kumail Nanjiani (SILICON VALLEY) and Zoe Kazan find the right chemistry in this winning culture clash rom–com that…
Their FinestTheir Finest (2017) Recommended
Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy
Charming, rousing WWII romance starring Gemma Arterton as a greenhorn screenwriter who joins a makeshift cast and crew to make a film to lift British…
Bridget Jones's BabyBridget Jones's Baby (2016) Recommended
Dir. Sharon Maguire
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey
A belated and rather witty third screen outing for Helen Fielding's comic heroine, with Renee Zellweger returning as the beleaguered Bridget, now 43,…
La La LandLa La Land (2016) Aro Favourite
Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Rosemarie DeWitt
The wunderkind director of WHIPLASH fashions another bold, contemporary love letter to the Jazz age, this time as a widescreen, technicolor romantic…
5 Flights Up5 Flights Up (Five Flights Up) (2015)
Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon
Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton headline this amiable drama as a long–married couple endure a hectic weekend as they ponder the sale of the…
About TimeAbout Time (2013) Recommended
Dir. Richard Curtis
Feat. Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy
Writer–director Richard Curtis infuses time travel into his romantic comedy formula in which a lovelorn man's ability to relive the past…
Don JonDon Jon (2013) Recommended
Dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore
Joseph Gordon–Levitt wrote, directs and stars in this distinctly masculine rom–com as a New Jersey 'player' who must confront his nagging…
Enough SaidEnough Said (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener
Writer/director Nicole Holofcener moves into the first division with her fifth feature film, a savvy divorcee rom–com in perfect accord with…
Silver Linings PlaybookSilver Linings Playbook (2012) Aro Favourite
Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro
An institutionalized man attempts to readjust to life and love in this full–bodied comedy–drama that pairs two of the hottest stars of…
Love ActuallyLove Actually (2003)
Dir. Richard Curtis
Feat. Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson
Golden–boy comedy writer Richard Curtis assumes directing duties for the first time but mislays the Midas touch he gained from penning “Four…
Quiet Man, TheQuiet Man, The (1952)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
Ex–boxer John Wayne retires to his Irish homeland in search of tranquillity and maybe the hand of Maureen O'Hara. This romantic comedy was a…

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