CASPER (1995) DIR. BY BRAD SILBERLING

THE 90S CLASSIC WITH CHRISTINA RICHIE TELLS A FRIENDLY HOUSE-WITH-GHOSTS STORY.

WILD AT HEART (1990) DIR. BY DAVID LYNCH

A ROMCOM, A ROAD MOVIE AND LYNCH’S VERSION OF THE WIZARD OF OZ IN THE SOUTH STATES OF THE USA, WITH SHARYL LEE AS A GOOD WITCH AND WILLIAM DEFOE AS A WIZARD. SPOILER, THERE WILL BE A HAPPY END.

ÁTAME (1989) DIR. BY PEDRO ALMADOVAR

THIS IS A SLIGHTLY SINISTER STORY ABOUT A PORN ACTRESS, HER KIDNAPPER AND HER STOCKHOLM SYNDROME IN A COLOUR PALLETE THAT ONLY PEDRO ALMADOVAR CAN CREATE.

LISA FRANKENSTEIN (2024) DIR. BY ZELDA WILLIAMS AND WRITTEN BY DIABLO CODY

A BRAND NEW TWISTED HORROR COMEDY ABOUT A TEENAGE GIRL THAT MADE HERSELF A DREAM BOYFRIEND. 

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990)
DIR. BY TIM BURTON

A BOY WITH A VERY PECULIAR HANDS AND HAIR MOVES INTO AN AVERAGE AND BORING AMERCIAN SUBURB, WHERE HE FINDS A TRUE LOVE. 

FRENCH KISS (1995)
DIR. BY LAWRENCE KASDAN

ROMCOMS’ QUEEN MEG RYAN GETS MATCHED WITH A FRENCH THIEFT, PLAYED CHARMINGLY WITH SOME FAKE FRENCH ACCENT BY KEVIN KLINE.

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (2007)
DIR. BY CRAIG GILLESPIE

THIS FILM IS ACTUALLY ABOUT FAMILY AND SUPPORT, BUT IT STARTS OFF WITH LARS GETTING HIMSELF SHIPPED A TOY GIRLFRIEND NAMED BIANCA.

S1M0NE (2002) DIR. BY ANDREW NICCOL

A SLIGHTLY REALISTIC ADAPTATION OF ADAM CREATING EVE WITH AL PACINO AS A LEAD CHARACTER. A PRE SPIKE JONZE’S HER (2013) AND WITH A BIT MORE HORROR ELEMENTS.

CLOUD ATLAS (2012) DIR. BY THE WACHOWSKI SISTERS AND TOM TYKWER

THIS ADAPTATION OF A SAME-NAME NOVEL HAS TOO MANY LOVE STORIES THAT KEEP REPEATING THEMSELVES. PICK YOUR FIGHTER, SO TO SAY. I’D HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS LIST, A STORY OF A ROBOT WAITER AND HER RESCUER-SLASH-FREEDOM-FIGHTER.

FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994) DIR. BY MIKE NEWELL

AN UNUSUAL ROMCOM AS IT GIVES CARRIE AND CHARLES FIVE CHANCES TO FINALLY KICK IT OFF. BRITISH CLASSIC.

WHATEVER WORKS (2009)
DIR. BY WOODY ALLEN

PROBABLY, LEAST FAMOUS WOODY ALLEN’S FILM, FULL OF ODD AGE-GAP ROMANCES, STARTING WITH THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS.