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The story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart. Director Shana Feste Stars Gabriella Wilde Alex Pettyfer Bruce Greenwood
Mar 23, 2024 · From the thought-provoking Her to the heart-wrenching Portrait of a Lady on Fire, these are the best movies about forbidden love.
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- The English Patient (1996) Michael Ondaatje’s 1992 Can-Lit classic The English Patient makes for an epic, Academy Award-sweeping adaptation courtesy of director/screenwriter Anthony Minghella.
- Lars and the Real Girl (2007) Screenwriter Nancy Oliver was nominated for an Academy Award for this subversive comedic drama about titular social outcast Lars (Ryan Gosling) and his platonic yet deeply romantic relationship with Bianca.
- The Name of the Rose (1986) From the debut novel by Umberto Eco comes French director Jean-Jacque Annaud’s moving medieval mystery set in a puritanical Benedictine abbey.
- Tess (1979) Using Thomas Hardy’s classic 1892 novel of doomed love, Tess of the d’Ubervilles, director Roman Polanski offers up a precise and perceptive adaptation.
- Titanic. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane. 360 votes. Set against the backdrop of the ill-fated RMS Titanic, this epic romantic drama chronicles the passionate and clandestine affair between a wealthy socialite, Rose, and a penniless artist, Jack.
- Beauty and the Beast. Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White. 262 votes. In this enchanting adaptation of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's daughter, Belle, becomes the prisoner of a cursed prince who has taken the form of a fearsome beast.
- Romeo + Juliet. Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy. 267 votes. This modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic play maintains the original text while transforming the setting to a contemporary urban environment, where two feuding families continue their bitter rivalry.
- Edward Scissorhands. Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest. 223 votes. Tim Burton's darkly whimsical fantasy stars Johnny Depp as the titular character, an artificial man with scissors for hands, whose creator passes away before completing him.
- Time of Wickedness
- Tehran Taboo
- From Beginning to End
- Notes on A Scandal
- Fish Tank
- The Reader
- La Luna
- Harold and Maude
- The Graduate
- Lolita
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata, ‘Time of Wickedness’ deals with a taboo relationship that is as taboo as it can get. It explores the affair between a son and his mother, one that thankfully doesn’t end in either of the two killing himself/herself. For the son, guilt is primary, a feeling that makes him run away but is in conflict with his desire for he...
This Ali Soozandeh-directed Persian-language animated romantic flick revolves around four characters (3 women and a man) in an Iranian society that is underscored by hypocritical aspects of sex, patriarchy, and religion, among others. How the lives of these four people intersect is showcased in a brilliant manner while addressing the aforementioned...
This Brazilian film has been directed by Aluizio Abranches and explores incest and homosexuality through the eyes of two guys who are step-brothers who have the same mother but different fathers. As expected, intolerance and prejudice are everywhere, and the question, as always, is whether love will survive because, more often than not, it doesn’t....
Starring Dame Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Andrew Simpson, and Bill Nighy and directed by Richard Eyre, this psychological drama is based on Zoë Heller’s 2003 novel of the same name. It revolves around veteran teacher Barbara Covett, who diverts her attention to new art teacher Sheba Hart, a wife and a mother of two, and gets a much-needed escape fr...
Directed by Andrea Arnold, ‘Fish Tank’ won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival as well as the Best British Film BAFTA. It tells the story of solitary teenager Mia, who finds herself attracted to her skanky mom’s new boyfriend Connor. After all, he is the only one who cares for what she likes, something that’s not the case with either he...
Most people dismiss ‘The Reader’ as a mediocre, Oscar-bait drama that’s nothing more than a skin show. But I, for one, love the film. It’s deeply flawed and may come off as a bit of a drag at times, but just too beautiful and humane to dismiss. The film depicts the complex sexual relationship between a teenage kid and a woman in her mid-30s. Kate W...
Bernardo Bertolucci’s controversial drama ‘La Luna’ aka ‘Luna’ explores the disturbing relationship between a mother and her son. Joe, a teenager, has a troubled relationship with his parents, and after his mother’s husband commits suicide, he moves along with her to Rome. However, the boy’s emotional troubles begin to take a toll on him, and he be...
How, in our world, could the love story of a 20-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman not be a case of forbidden love? Hal Ashby’s black comedy romantic drama centers around a young man obsessed with death who frequently attends funerals, stages fake suicides, and grows increasingly detached from his mother. While romance might not seem to be the f...
It’s quite difficult to relate to a coming-of-drama that’s more than 50 years old. But there are some amazing moments in ‘The Graduate’ that still hold up well and manage to move me tremendously. It was a trendsetting phenomenon that changed the way coming-of-dramas were made. The feeling of angst and sexual tension felt by Benjamin is palpable. He...
Arguably, one of Stanley Kubrick’s more underrated works, ‘Lolita’ tells the story of a middle-aged man deeply infatuated with a gorgeous teenage girl. Adapted from Vladimir Nokobov’s novel of the same title, ‘Lolita’ generated controversy due to its bold subject and was panned by critics. Kubrick infuses a dark, perverse sense of humor that works ...
Jan 1, 2024 · Whether it's race, gender, class, or ancestry, society is always getting in the way of romance, as seen in these great movies about forbidden love.
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A Member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his son's girlfriend despite the obvious dangers. Director Louis Malle Stars Jeremy Irons Juliette Binoche Miranda Richardson 5.
