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Nov 7, 2022 · Featuring some classics, plus some lesser-known gems from around the globe, these films give an honest portrait of love, heartbreak, and longing.
- Marta Djordjevic
Apr 28, 2024 · Unrequited love movies aren't just about romantic feelings that aren't reciprocated. Often, love is one-sided because it isn't openly acknowledged or labeled as such. This often makes for a very entertaining movie, because conflict is the very essence of drama and romance stories.
- Amanda Bruce
Oct 3, 2024 · The movies featured on this list feature a theme of heartbreaking, gut wrenching unrequited love. Most of these films would fall under a romance category; however, there are a few other genres included on this list as well, such as tragic or terminal romances.
Dec 18, 2015 · Lost causes, broken hearts, one-side love, and misunderstandings are occurrences that are sadly familiar for most anyone, and this may be at the crux for their attraction to the silver screen as well. The following list looks at some of the crowning examples of unrequited love in film, though it’s not nor does it try to be definitive.
- Les Misérables
- The Great Gatsby
- Love, Actually
- Flipped
- He’S Just Not That Into You
- Far from The Madding Crowd
- The Holiday
- The Perks of Being A Wallflower
- Like Crazy
- Her
With a stellar ensemble that includes Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, and Eddie Redmayne, ‘Les Misérables’ is a period musical directed by Tom Hooper. Based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo, the story is set in 19th-century France and juggles unrequited love, sacrifice, and absolution. If you are lookin...
Directed by Baz Luhrmann, ‘The Great Gatsby’ is a historical romance based on the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The movie has a stellar cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, and Elizabeth Debicki. Set during the Jazz Age, it tells the story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby as revealed by ...
Directed by Richard Curtis, ‘Love Actually’ is a Christmas rom-com movie that meticulously incorporates nine different plots. Each of them explores a love story of a different kind, including that of one-sided love. There is one in particular that involves a guy named Mark who falls for his newly-wed best friend’s wife, Juliet. Considered a classic...
‘Flipped’ is a teenage rom-com directed by Rob Reiner and stars Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Morgan Lily, and Ryan Ketzner. It is based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Wendelin Van Draanen. It tells the story of two second-graders, namely Bryce Loski and Julianna “Juli” Baker. While Juli has feelings for Bryce, he doesn’t reciprocate t...
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Connelly, and Justin Long, among others, ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ is a rom-com directed by Ken Wapis and is based on the 2004 self-help book of the same name by Liz Tuccillo and Greg Behrendt. Similar to ‘Love Actually,’ this movie tells the story of nine peop...
‘Far From the Madding Crowd’ is a period drama directed by Thomas Vinterberg based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Hardy. It stars Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, and Tom Sturridge. The story is set in Victorian England and revolves around independent woman Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, namely Gabriel Oak, w...
Directed by Nancy Meyers, ‘The Holiday’ stars Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Jack Black, and Rufus Sewell, among others. It shows how two women, each with her own emotional struggle, swap their houses, thanks to a house exchange website, and meet new guys whom they fall for. As simple as it sounds, there are a lot of complex emotions involve...
Directed by Stephen Chbosky, the movie is based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Chbosky himself. Starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller, it tells the story of 15-year-old introverted kid Charlie, who befriends Sam and her stepbrother Patrick. What follows is Charlie trying to maneuver his life through teenage angst and his feelin...
Sometimes, conversations are unnecessary. Sometimes, all you need is the company of the person you like, and that’s it. In ‘Like Crazy,’ Anna is a British exchange student who is deported from America, and her love, Jacob, spends most of his time away from her. But when they do meet a wordless slow dance is enough to rekindle the memories of all th...
Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’ is a groundbreaking romance film for more reasons than one. Its concept of intimacy with a sentient OS is futuristic and yet doesn’t seem so far-fetched given that technology is developing by leaps and bounds. A particularly poignant scene shows our protagonist on a beach trip with “Her,” where she plays him melodies, and he exp...
Jun 2, 2024 · Centered on the Bohemian ideals of truth, beauty, freedom, and love, Moulin Rouge! follows the story of two lovers, Christian and Satine, who above all, believe in preserving their secret love in the midst of an environment hostile to such an affair. Directed by Baz Luhrmann.
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Aug 11, 2014 · 77 Sad Romantic Movies You Need to Watch. 1. The Fountain. A medical researcher (Hugh Jackman), looks for a cure that’ll save his dying wife (Rachel Weisz). This movie is a beautiful testament to love and the cycle of life. ‘The Fountain’ is the movie that needs to be seen more than once. “Death frees every soul.”.
