The Painted Veil

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 9 Dec 2006 · English

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

Not Easily Broken

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 9 Jan 2009 · English

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

Doctor Zhivago

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 22 Dec 1965 · English

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

The Way We Were

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 17 Oct 1973 · English

Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 25 Dec 2008 · English

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

The Last Letter from Your Lover

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 23 Jul 2021 · English

A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.

The Sleeping Dictionary

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 31 Jan 2003 · English

In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition, Selima is assigned to sleep with Truscott and teach him the native language and customs. But when they fall in love, both colonists and natives object to their plans to marry.

Blind

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 14 Jul 2017 · English

A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

The Bridges of Madison County

Movie · 7.7 / 10 · 2 Jun 1995 · English

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

Jane Eyre

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 11 Mar 2011 · English

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Iris

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 14 Dec 2001 · English

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Top Gun

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 16 May 1986 · English

For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.