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1.
True Romance
(1993)
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it. (120 mins.)
Director: Tony Scott
2.
Wild at Heart
(1990)
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor. (125 mins.)
Director: David Lynch
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High Fidelity
(2000)
Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress. (113 mins.)
Director: Stephen Frears
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In the Mood for Love
(2000)
A man and a woman move in to neighboring Hong Kong apartments and form a bond when they both suspect their spouses of extramarital activities. (98 mins.)
Director: Kar Wai Wong
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Across the Universe
(2007)
The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist. (133 mins.)
Director: Julie Taymor
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Fallen Angels
(1995)
A disillusioned killer embarks on his last hit but first he has to overcome his affections for his cool... (96 mins.)
Director: Kar Wai Wong
7.
Chungking Express
(1994)
Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color... (98 mins.)
Director: Kar Wai Wong
8.
(500) Days of Summer
(2009)
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her. (95 mins.)
Director: Marc Webb
9.
Amélie
(2001)
Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. (122 mins.)
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
10.
Groundhog Day
(1993)
A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again. (101 mins.)
Director: Harold Ramis
11.
Edward Scissorhands
(1990)
An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl. (105 mins.)
Director: Tim Burton
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The Graduate
(1967)
Recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, who happens to be the wife of his father's business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her daughter, Elaine. (106 mins.)
Director: Mike Nichols
13.
Love Me If You Dare
(2003)
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless... (93 mins.)
Director: Yann Samuell
14.
When Harry Met Sally...
(1989)
Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship. (96 mins.)
Director: Rob Reiner
15.
Moonrise Kingdom
(2012)
A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them. (94 mins.)
Director: Wes Anderson
16.
Bonnie and Clyde
(1967)
A somewhat romanticized account of the career of the notoriously violent bank robbing couple and their gang. (112 mins.)
Director: Arthur Penn
17.
Chasing Amy
(1997)
Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian. (113 mins.)
Director: Kevin Smith
18.
Blue Valentine
(2010)
The film centers on a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods. (112 mins.)
Director: Derek Cianfrance
19.
Natural Born Killers
(1994)
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. (118 mins.)
Director: Oliver Stone
20.
Lolita
(1962)
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old nymphet. (152 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
21.
Kontroll
(2003)
A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, the fellow inspectors on his team, all without exception likeable characters, a rival ticket inspection team, and racing along the tracks... And a tale about love. (105 mins.)
Director: Nimród Antal
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