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- DirectorJonathan KasdanStarsDylan O'BrienBritt RobertsonVictoria JusticeA shy senior and a down-to-earth junior fall in love over one weekend.
- DirectorSteven ShainbergStarsJames SpaderMaggie GyllenhaalJeremy DaviesA young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiThomas Haden ChurchVirginia MadsenTwo men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
- DirectorLee Toland KriegerStarsRashida JonesAndy SambergElijah WoodA divorcing couple tries to maintain their friendship while they both pursue other people.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsTaye DiggsWilson Jermaine HerediaRosario DawsonIn New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJohn CusackIben HjejleTodd LouisoRob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.
- DirectorMassy TadjedinStarsKeira KnightleySam WorthingtonEva MendesThe story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love.
- DirectorLee KirkStarsJenna FischerChris MessinaTopher GraceAn offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.
- DirectorBen StillerStarsWinona RyderEthan HawkeJaneane GarofaloA documentary filmmaker and her fellow Generation X graduates face life after college, looking for work and love in Houston.
- DirectorMiguel ArtetaStarsJennifer AnistonJake GyllenhaalDeborah RushA discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsRobin WilliamsEmbeth DavidtzSam NeillAn android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsBen StillerGreta GerwigJennifer Jason LeighA man from Los Angeles, who moved to New York years ago, returns to L.A. to figure out his life while he house-sits for his brother. He soon sparks with his brother's assistant.
- DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligottAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
- DirectorPeter HowittStarsGwyneth PaltrowJohn HannahJohn LynchAfter personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.
- DirectorTom FordStarsColin FirthJulianne MooreMatthew GoodeAn English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.
- DirectorAnand TuckerStarsSteve MartinClaire DanesJason SchwartzmanA film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel about a complex love triangle between a bored salesgirl, a wealthy businessman and an aimless young man.
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsRyan GoslingEmily MortimerPaul SchneiderA delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.
- DirectorJoel HopkinsStarsDustin HoffmanEmma ThompsonKathy BakerIn London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.
- DirectorJoan Carr-WigginStarsJuliet StevensonTchéky KaryoDaniel SternWhen Julia Reynolds talks her husband into a family vacation in Malta she has a secret agenda: a date made twenty-five years earlier with her first love.
- DirectorNimród AntalStarsSándor CsányiEszter BallaZoltán MucsiA tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, the fellow inspectors on his team, all without exception likable characters, a rival ticket inspection team and racing along the tracks - and a tale about love.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsJérémie RenierDéborah FrançoisJérémie SegardBruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsJuliette BinocheWilliam ShimellJean-Claude CarrièreIn Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged British writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper.
- DirectorGavin WiesenStarsFreddie HighmoreEmma RobertsMichael AngaranoGeorge, a lonely and fatalistic teen who has made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
- DirectorAlexander HoltLance RoehrigStarsLuke de WoolfsonCharlie CovellSusie HarrietLove Happens. When you least expect it. Forget Me Not is a moving, modern day love story set over twenty four hours against a stunning London backdrop.
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsVince VaughnHeather GrahamJon FavreauA wannabe actor has a hard time moving on from a break-up, but he is lucky to have supportive friends.
- DirectorDavid SchwimmerStarsSimon PeggThandiwe NewtonHank AzariaFive years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsEmily WatsonStellan SkarsgårdKatrin CartlidgeOilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsNorah JonesJude LawNatalie PortmanA young lonely woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of off-beat characters along the way.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsKirsten DunstJay HernandezBruce DavisonAt Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsBridget FondaCampbell ScottKyra SedgwickA group of twenty-something friends search for love and success in grunge-era Seattle.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteBenno FürmannJoachim KrólTwo enamoured strangers look for a warm place in a cold world.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsZiyi ZhangHonglei SunHao ZhengPrompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsPaul MercurioTara MoriceBill HunterA maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.
- DirectorEdward BurnsStarsEdward BurnsHeather GrahamPenny BalfourThe interlocking lives and loves of six New Yorkers.
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsKeira KnightleyCarey MulliganAndrew GarfieldThe lives of three friends, from their early school days into young adulthood, when the reality of the world they live in comes knocking.
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsJulie ChristieMichael MurphyGordon PinsentA man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsGiovanna MezzogiornoMassimo GirottiRaoul BovaOverburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for the Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her ...
- DirectorJosh RadnorStarsJosh RadnorElizabeth OlsenZac EfronWhen 30-something Jesse returns to his alma mater for a professor's retirement party, he falls for Zibby, a college student, and is faced with a powerful attraction that springs up between them.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsSaeed JaffreyRoshan SethDaniel Day-LewisAn ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
- DirectorRebecca MillerStarsDaniel Day-LewisCatherine KeenerCamilla BelleA father and daughter isolated on an island off the East Coast and living on a once-thriving commune grapple with the limits of family and sexuality.
- DirectorPetter NæssStarsJosh HartnettRadha MitchellGary ColeA love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsKevin SpaceyJulianne MooreJudi DenchAn emotionally beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
- DirectorSue BrooksStarsToni ColletteGotaro TsunashimaLynette CurranAgainst the background of an Australian desert, Sandy, a geologist, and Hiromitsu, a Japanese businessman, play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe. The end of the journey leaves no one capable of going back to where they started from.
- DirectorJeremy PodeswaStarsMolly ParkerGabrielle RoseElize Frances StolkInterconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's pre-school daughter in the park. The older daughter meets a voyeur (vision), a professional house-cleaner has an acute sense of smell, a cake maker has lost her sense of taste, and an older man is losing his hearing.
- DirectorAlejandro MonteverdeStarsEduardo VerásteguiTammy BlanchardManny PerezA chef with a mysterious past spends the day with a waitress who needs a friend.
- DirectorSheree FolksonStarsKelly MacdonaldDavid TennantAlice EveWhen the world's media descend on the remote Scottish island where a Hollywood actress is attempting to get married, a local girl is hired as a decoy bride to put the paparazzi off the scent.
- DirectorJay DiPietroStarsJason RitterJess WeixlerJesse L. Martin'Peter and Vandy' is a love story told out of order. Set in Manhattan, the story shifts back and forth in time, juxtaposing Peter and Vandy's romantic beginnings with the twisted, manipulative, regular couple they become. The film explores the question most couples ask themselves... 'How the hell did we get this way?'
- DirectorLee Toland KriegerStarsAdam ScottBrittany SnowAlex FrostA man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.
- DirectorSam JaegerStarsSam JaegerAmber JaegerVictor GarberSoon after Thom starts operating as an illegal taxi driver in New York City, Claire hires him to drive her to California after her estranged father suffers a heart attack.
- DirectorTodd LouisoStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanAnnie MorganKathy BatesA depressed widower spends his time huffing gasoline fumes, buying toy planes and acting reckless in public while avoiding reading his wife's suicide note.
- DirectorPascale BaillyStarsAudrey TautouEdouard BaerJulie DepardieuMichèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boyfriend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and Jewish. Michèle decides to convert to Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.
- DirectorClaude BerriStarsAudrey TautouGuillaume CanetLaurent StockerWhen Camille (Audrey Tautou) falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck (Guillaume Canet). A moving trio story.
- DirectorDavid MackenzieStarsJamie BellRuth MilneJohn Paul LawlerHallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.
- DirectorShainee GabelStarsScarlett JohanssonJohn TravoltaGabriel MachtA headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
- DirectorRuba NaddaStarsPatricia ClarksonAlexander SiddigElena AnayaA romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love affair that catches two people completely off-guard.
- DirectorShirley BarrettStarsMiranda OttoMarton CsokasEssie DavisSet in 1928, Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island with her uncle, the new head keeper.
- DirectorMatthew Ryan HogeStarsRyan GoslingDon CheadleKevin SpaceyA young man's experience in a juvenile detention center that touches on the tumultuous changes that befall his family and the community in which he lives.
- DirectorRamin BahraniStarsAhmad RazviLeticia DoleraCharles Daniel SandovalA night in the life of a former Pakistani rock star who now sells coffee from his push cart on the streets of Manhattan.
- DirectorJustin TherouxStarsBilly CrudupMandy MooreTom WilkinsonThe romantic comedy follows a misogynistic children's book author who is forced to work closely with a female illustrator instead of his long-time collaborator and only friend.
- DirectorKirsten SheridanStarsElaine CassidyCillian MurphySarah GallagherPig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood.
- DirectorCecilia MiniucchiStarsSamantha MortonAnthony John CraneGina St. JohnA turbulent and intriguing love story between two parking officers in the city of Los Angeles.
- DirectorRodrigo GarcíaStarsKathy BakerAmy BrennemanGlenn CloseCaptives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
- DirectorNik FacklerStarsMartin LandauEllen BurstynElizabeth BanksA holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
- DirectorSandra NettelbeckStarsMartina GedeckMaxime FoersteSergio CastellittoWhen a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn 8-year-old niece, the tensions between them mount... until an Italian sous-chef arrives to lighten the mood.
- DirectorRichard GrayStarsRachael TaylorAlex DimitriadesDaniel FrederiksenHitchhiking home to a family she's never known, Heidi meets Michael. In the stunning orange groves of country Australia, they embark on an adventure, discovering their secrets and lives may be better shared.
- DirectorRegina CrosbyStarsScott Michael FosterNoa HegeshChris EllisBased on a true story, this high school drama centers on the unlikely friendship between a cheerleader and a bad boy.
- DirectorAndrew ErwinJon ErwinStarsRachel HendrixJason BurkeyJohn SchneiderA college freshman's world is rocked when she learns she is the adopted survivor of a failed abortion.
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTilda SwintonFlavio ParentiEdoardo GabbrielliniEmma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
- DirectorMark MilgardStarsVincent KartheiserTaryn ManningArliss HowardIn a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason meets Danny, a sensitive and troubled girl, and their tender bond is soon tested after a fatal accident and a series of complications takes Mason away for something he didn't do. Upon his return, the two find what they're looking for - but with tragic consequences.
- DirectorNoah BuschelStarsMarin IrelandPaul SparksNiesha ButlerA story centered on an actress who has become agoraphobic who reluctantly allows a plumber into her apartment after her toilet overflows.
- DirectorJonathan SegalStarsDan ByrdEmily VanCampRichard JenkinsA troubled high-school kid pretending to be dying of cancer confronts problems with his new girlfriend and terminally ill father as he struggles with his daily existence.
- DirectorBrady KiernanStarsSam RosenZoe Lister-JonesMichael ImperioliFormer high school classmates reunite by chance during a chaotic party-filled evening.
- DirectorNancy SavocaStarsRiver PhoenixLili TaylorRichard PanebiancoBefore leaving to fight in Vietnam, a group of teenagers play a game where they try to seduce the ugliest girl they can find.
- DirectorMatt RossStarsMarin IrelandChris MessinaRobert DeamerA novelist and an accountant meet while they are traveling for work, and though they both are in relationships, their one-night stand could become something more.
- DirectorRégis RoinsardStarsRomain DurisFéodor AtkineDéborah François1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.
- DirectorPeter TemplemanStarsRyan KwantenSarah SnookRyan CorrA young playboy who learns he has one month until he becomes infertile sets out to procreate as much as possible.
- DirectorLeon FordStarsRyan KwantenMaeve DermodyMarshall NapierGriff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsRooney MaraCasey AffleckBen FosterThe tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
- DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsMiles TellerShailene WoodleyKyle ChandlerA hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJoaquin PhoenixAmy AdamsScarlett JohanssonIn a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
- DirectorLisa James LarssonStarsMartin WallströmMylaine HedreulSissela KyleFor 25-year-old Sebastian it is all about surface and appearance. Life is full of party, money and one-night stands. He has never challenged himself, whether it be his dream of a music career or maybe, especially true love. When everything is at its best in his superficial life he has an accident that leads to him becoming blind. A whole world closes, or rather opens up. When he sees everything in black, he meets Mia, a personal assistant. A girl he normally would not pay any attention to. She becomes the first to successfully open his eyes to what is important in life. But when Sebastian discovers that Mia is not who he expected superficiality gets an entirely different meaning. EGO is a romantic comedy drama about vanity, love, sex, and that things are not always as they seems.
- DirectorBradley Rust GrayStarsZoe KazanMark RendallMaryann UrbanoOn a summer break from college, a young epileptic woman struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashes with her for the season.
- DirectorBrin HillStarsMichael Stahl-DavidZoe KazanMark FeuersteinTwo seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's experiences, creating a bond that apparently can't be broken.
- DirectorJohn ForteStarsWilliam AshMaclean StewartTim LoaneA Catholic high-school student trying to perfect his soccer timing by practicing dance falls in love with his dance partner.
- DirectorJohn BurgessStarsShane McRaeAubrey DollarDaniel J. TravantiJosh's girlfriend wants to get married. Molly's boyfriend is married. Josh and Molly fly to the wedding in Chicago together and pretend to be engaged to make their parents happy. Comedy follows...does romance?
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsMüsfik KenterSema ÖzcanSüleyman TekcanA poor painter falls in love with a photograph of a woman while at work in one of the massive villas on Istanbul's Princes' Islands.
- DirectorAdam RodgersStarsAndy GarciaVera FarmigaTaissa FarmigaTwo parents fall in love over the course of a single day while playing hooky from their children's college tour.
- DirectorJosh BooneStarsShailene WoodleyAnsel ElgortNat WolffHazel and Gus are teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially "An Imperial Affliction", so they embark on a journey to visit an author in Amsterdam.
- DirectorMichael DowseStarsDaniel RadcliffeZoe KazanMegan ParkWallace, who is burned out from a string of failed relationships, forms an instant bond with Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend. Together, they puzzle out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life.
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsKate WinsletJosh BrolinGattlin GriffithDepressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
- DirectorLiz TuccilloStarsLeslie BibbThomas SadoskiBetty GilpinAfter being hit by a car, a woman comes home to realize that her friends don't really want to take care of her. Desperate for help, she turns to an unlikely source.
- DirectorChristian DitterStarsLily CollinsSam ClaflinChristian CookeRosie and Alex have been best friends since they were 5, so they couldn't possibly be right for one another...or could they? When it comes to love, life and making the right choices, these two are their own worst enemies.
- DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsJames MarsdenMichelle MonaghanLuke BraceyA pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsSarah PolleyTim RobbinsSverre Anker OusdalA hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsNatalie WoodSteve McQueenEdie AdamsA salesclerk at Macy's department store finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand with a musician who does not even remember her.
- DirectorJean-Pierre AmérisStarsBenoît PoelvoordeIsabelle CarréLorella CravottaJean-René, owner of a chocolate factory, and Angélique, a talented chocolate maker, are too shy to admit their love for each other. Will they come together thanks to their common passion?
- DirectorKate Barker-FroylandStarsAnne HathawayJohnny FlynnBen RosenfieldA young woman strikes up a relationship with her ailing brother's favorite musician.
- DirectorAndrew FlemingStarsEvan Rachel WoodScott SpeedmanJ.K. SimmonsThe "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life; he takes this naive young woman home for his brother's wedding.
- DirectorTrevor NunnStarsHelena Bonham CarterCary ElwesJohn WoodThe story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.
- DirectorMatt ThompsonStarsAlexia RasmussenKent MoranCybill ShepherdA singer/songwriter falls in love with a girl who can't hear the music she inspires him to write.