Romance Movies 2018 List

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Cold War R

The film takes place across Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia, and Paris, and is set in the 1950s.
Paweł Pawlikowski, Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczyńska, Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot
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Time Freak

If you could turn back time…could you win back the love of your life? That’s the problem puzzling Stillman (Asa Butterfield), a physics genius recently dumped by his stunning girlfriend Debbie (Sophie Turner). So after creating a timeline of their romance and a machine to rewind the past, he grabs his wingman, Evan (Skyler Gisondo), and sets off to right every wrong he made with Debbie.
Skyler Gisondo, Andrew Bowler, Asa Butterfield, Sophie Turner, Will Peltz, Aubrey Reynolds

Postcards From London NR

Essex boy Jim (British rising star Harris Dickinson) who, having traveled from the suburbs, finds himself in Soho searching for fame, fortune and cultural stimulation. Down on his luck, he meets with a gang of unusual high class male escorts – The Raconteurs – who specialize in post-coital conversation. What follows is Jim’s comic descent from unsuccessful escort, to artist’s muse and art authenticator – a journey complicated by a rare psychosomatic condition called ‘Stendhal Syndrome’. Rendering him painfully oversensitive to art, the condition threatens to bring about his downfall whilst opening him up to new opportunities – but is Jim willing to grab them?
Raphael Desprez, Steve McLean, Harris Dickinson, Leonardo Salerni, Jonah Hauer-King, Leemore Marrett Jr.

The New Romantic NR

Frustrated with the lack of chivalrous guys her own age, a college senior gives up on dating for love to date an older man in exchange for gifts instead.
Carly Stone, Jessica Barden, Camila Mendes, Brett Dier, Hayley Law, Avan Jogia

Jonathan

Ansel Elgort will portray Jonathan and his twin brother John, who have agreed to not have girlfriends. Jonathan is a successful architect while John sleeps all day and spends the night socializing and starting to fall in love with a woman. Jonathan forces John to end the relationship, and then starts a new relationship with the woman himself.
Ansel Elgort, Bill Oliver, Peter Nickowitz, Suki Waterhouse, Patricia Clarkson, Matthew Bomer
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After Everything

Elliot lives carefree in NYC, meets the sensible Mia, and receives a damning diagnosis all in the same week. Their love blossoms amidst the chaos and they learn that the real test of their relationship is not in the illness, but in everything else.
Hannah Marks, Jeremy Allen White, Sasha Lane, Gina Gershon, Joey Power, Maika Monroe, DeRon Horton, Dean Winters

Kinky

Story follows Dr. Joyce Richardson, a beautiful African American surgeon who begins a sexual journey with a billionaire investor.
Vivica A. Fox, Jean-Claude La Marre, Dawn Richard, Robert Ri'chard, Gary Dourdan, Marklen Kennedy, Darrin DeWitt Henson, Willie Taylor
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Brampton's Own NR

After 12 years of withstanding the rigors of minor league baseball in hopes of making it to the big leagues, Dustin Kimmel has decided to call it a career and return to his small hometown where he was once a celebrated athlete. Dustin discovers much has changed since he’s last been back as he struggles to fit in. His old friends have started families, his ex-girlfriend is now engaged, his mom is selling his childhood home and moving in with her new boyfriend, and the only person who wants to hang out with Dustin is Gavin, a 40-year-old Brampton lifer who still wears his varsity football letterman jacket around town. Having neglected to prepare for life after baseball, Dustin’s trip home forces him to confront the very decisions that led to his current purposeless state.
Alex Russell, Rose McIver, Scott Porter, John Getz, Jean Smart, Spencer Grammer

Border R

Story of a border guard (Eva Melander) who has the ability to smell human emotions and catch smugglers. When she comes across a mysterious man with a smell that confounds her detection, she is forced to confront hugely disturbing insights about herself and humankind.
Ali Abbasi, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Eero Milonoff, Isabella Eklöf, Eva Melander

Another Time

Justin Hartley stars in a romance about a man who travels back in time for a chance at love. Along the way, he meets Ally (Arielle Kebbel) who might be the love he's been searching for.
Thomas Hennessy, Justin Hartley, Arielle Kebbel, James Kyson, Chrishell Stause, Jake McLaughlin, Alan Pietruszewski, Tucker Smallwood

Where Hands Touch NR

Set in World War II, a biracial German teen (Amandla Stenberg) begins a friendship with a member of the Hitler youth (George MacKay).
Charlie Hanson, Amandla Stenberg, Abbie Cornish, Amma Asante, George MacKay

The Song of Sway Lake R

A young man’s plot to steal a valuable jazz record from his grandmother’s lake house is derailed when his accomplice falls for the matriarch.
Rory Culkin, Ari Gold, Robert Sheehan, Mary Beth Peil, Elizabeth Pena

Life Itself

Centers around a couple (Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde) which leads a multi-generational love story spanning both decades and continents, from the streets of New York to the Spanish countryside, and are all connected by a single event.
Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Laia Costa, Antonio Banderas, Dan Fogelman, Aaron Ryder

Cruise

It’s the Summer of ’87, and Gio (Spencer Boldman), an Italian kid from Queens, has little on his mind but cars and girls. Gio thinks he’s got it all figured out until he meets Jessica (Emily Ratajkowski), a nice Jewish girl from Long Island who likes to go undercover for illicit thrills on the wrong side of the tracks.
Robert Siegel, Emily Ratajkowski, Spencer Boldman, Sebastian Maniscalco

All About Nina R

Nina Geld (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is an up-and-coming comedian in New York City. She’s funny, smart and has worked hard to build a career for herself in the male-dominated world of stand-up. But when it comes to romantic relationships, Nina’s life is a mess. Random guys in bars, abusive married men (Chace Crawford), and an inability to stand up for herself finally convince Nina it’s time for a change. She packs up and moves to Los Angeles, for a once in a lifetime opportunity to audition for Comedy Prime — the end all, be all of late night comedy. After killing it in Los Angeles, she meets chill contractor Rafe Hines (Common), who tempts the brash New Yorker into considering commitment. Sublimating her own desire to self-destruct, Nina has to answer the question, once and for all, of whether women can indeed have it all.
Common, Eva Vives, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chace Crawford, Clea DuVall, Kate Del Castillo, Beau Bridges

At First Light

Sean (Théodore Pellerin) and Alex (Stefanie Scott, Insidious: The Last Key) go on the run after Alex has a close encounter with mysterious orbs of light that leave her with extraordinary powers. As they flee from their families, the police and a covert government agency, Alex and Sean find themselves at the center of an unprecedented event in human history. First contact. As her powers grow stronger and more dangerous, Sean must decide whether staying with Alex and discovering the truth behind her transformation is worth dying for.
Stefanie Scott, Théodore Pellerin, Said Taghmaoui, Percy Hynes White, Kate Burton

The Wife R

Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is a highly intelligent and still-striking beauty – the perfect devoted wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his "art" with grace and humor. Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises and Joan's reached her breaking point. On the eve of Joe's Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel in a spectacular body of work, Joan's coup de grace is to confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and secret of his career. THE WIFE is a poignant, funny and emotional journey; a celebration of womanhood, self-discovery and liberation.
Glenn Close, Christian Slater, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Bjorn Runge, Jane Anderson, Meg Wolitzer, Jonathan Pryce
New York / Los Angeles
3 / 5
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Dog Days PG

An ensemble comedy that follows the lives of multiple dog owners and their beloved fluffy pals around sunny Los Angeles. When these human and canine's paths start to intertwine, their lives begin changing in ways they never expected.
Vanessa Hudgens, Nina Dobrev, Lauren Lapkus, David Wain, Finn Wolfhard, Tig Notaro, Ryan Hansen, Jessica Lowe

To All The Boys I've Loved Before

What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them...all at once? Lara Jean Song Covey's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when the love letters for every boy she's ever loved-five in all-are mysteriously mailed out.
Will Smith, Andrew Bachelor, Lana Condor, Susan Johnson, James Lassiter, Sofia Alvarez, John Corbett, Noah Centino

Juliet, Naked

Annie (Rose Byrne) is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan (Chris O'Dowd) - an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself.
Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Barry Mendel, Jesse Peretz, Judd Apatow, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Jeffrey Soros

Running For Grace

An orphan boy of mixed race finds family with the newly arrived white village doctor in Hawaii. The boy can run like the wind, and begins bringing Doc's medicine to coffee pickers throughout the mountainous region. On an errand, the medicine runner meets the daughter of the plantation owner and a forbidden, young love blossoms like the white "Kona Snow" of the surrounding coffee trees.
Ryan Potter, Matt Dillon, Jim Caviezel, David L. Cunningham, Christian Parkes, Olivia Ritchie, Juliet Mills, Nick Boraine

Destination Wedding

Follows Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder, as the socially awkward Frank and Lindsay. When they meet on their way to a destination wedding, they soon discover they have a lot in common: they both hate the bride, the groom, the wedding, themselves, and most especially each other. As the weekend's events continually force them together - and their cheerlessness immediately isolates them from the other guests - Frank and Lindsay find that if you verbally spar with someone long enough, anything can happen. When debate gives way to desire they must decide which is stronger: their hearts or their common sense.
Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Jean Wyman, Gail Lyon, Mark Lane, Victor Levin, Cassian Elwes
New York / Los Angeles
2 / 5
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Juliet, Naked

Annie (Rose Byrne) is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan (Chris O'Dowd) - an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself.
Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Barry Mendel, Jesse Peretz, Judd Apatow, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Jeffrey Soros

Siberia R

An American diamond merchant travels to Russia to sell rare blue diamonds of questionable origin. As the deal begins to collapse he falls into an obsessive relationship with a Russian cafe owner in a small Siberian town. As their passion builds, so does the treacherous world of the diamond trade from which he is unable to extricate himself. Both collide as the American man desperately looks for escape in a world with no exit.
Keanu Reeves, Ana Ularu, Molly Ringwald, Scott B. Smith, Pasha Lychnikoff

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! PG-13

The film goes back and forth in time to show how relationships forged in the past resonate in the present. Lily James plays Young Donna, Donna is played by Meryl Streep.
Dominic Cooper, Tom Hanks, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Andy Garcia, Phyllida Lloyd

Set It Up

Two young assistants in New York City realize they can make their lives easier by setting up their workaholics bosses to date. While trying to perpetuate this romantic ruse between their nightmare bosses, the assistants realize they might be right for each other.
Lucy Liu, Claire Scanlon, Justin Nappi, Katie Silberman, Glenn Powell, Zoey Deutch, Taye Diggs

Overboard PG-13

Overboard focuses on "Leonardo" (Eugenio Derbez), a selfish, spoiled, rich playboy from Mexico's richest family and "Kate" (Anna Faris), a working class single mom of three hired to clean Leonardo's luxury yacht. After unjustly firing Kate and refusing to pay her, Leonardo falls overboard when partying too hard and wakes up on the Oregon coast with amnesia. Kate shows up at the hospital and, to get payback, convinces Leonardo he is her husband and puts him to work - for the first time in his life. At first miserable and inept, Leonardo slowly settles in. Eventually he earns the respect of his new "family" and co-workers. But, with Leonardo's billionaire family hot on their trail and the possibility of his memory returning at any moment, will their new family last or will Leonardo finally put the clues together and leave them for good?
Anna Faris, Eugenio Derbez, Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg, Eva Longoria, John Hannah, Brendan Ferguson

Andover

A genetics professor (Jonathan Silverman) clones his dead wife (Jennifer Finnigan) but the woman he creates is different than the woman he loved, so he tries over and over in a desperate attempt to get her back, exactly as she was.
Beth Grant, Scott Perlman, Jonathan Silverman, Jennifer Finnigan, Bai Ling, Steven Bauer, Richard Kind

Beast R

An emotionally isolated woman comes under the spotlight of an island community when she falls in love with a man who is suspected of a series of brutal murders.
Jessie Buckley, Geraldine James, Michael Pearce, Johnny Flynn, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Trystan Gravelle

Book Club PG-13

DIANE (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage. VIVIAN (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached. SHARON (Candice Bergen) is still working through decades-old divorce. CAROL’s (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. The lives of these four lifelong friends are turned upside down after reading the infamous 50 Shades of Grey catapults them into a series of outrageous life choices. From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they’re each inspired by the scandalous text to hilarious ends.
Diane Keaton, Erin Simms, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Ed Begley, Bill Holderman, Andrew Duncan

Mary Shelley PG-13

The torrid true-life tale of how a passionate love affair fueled the creation of trailblazing writer Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterwork, Frankenstein.
Bel Powley, Haifaa Al-Mansour, Amy Baer, Alan Moloney, Elle Fanning, Joanne Froggatt, Tom Sturridge, Ruth Coady
New York / Los Angeles
5 / 5
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How Long Will I Love You

A man and a woman living in the same apartment nearly twenty years apart wake one day to find their timelines have merged. Now they’re stuck with one another, unless they can work together long enough to find a way back to their normal lives... if destiny will allow it.
Lun Xu, Jia Ying Lei, Li Ya Tong

Submergence

James (James McAvoy) is a British agent under the cover of a water engineer, while Danny (Alicia Vikander) is a bio-mathematician working on a deep-sea diving project to explore the origin of life on our planet. On a chance encounter in a remote resort in Normandy where they both prepare for their respective missions, they fall rapidly, and unexpectedly, into each other's arms and a deliriously wild love affair develops, even though their jobs are destined to separate them. Danny sets off on a perilous quest to dive to the bottom of the ocean. James’s assignment takes him to Somalia, where he is sucked into a geopolitical vortex that puts him in grave danger. Both characters are subject to different kinds of isolation as they pine for each other; their determination to reconnect becomes as much an existential journey as a love story.
James McAvoy, Celyn Jones, Wim Wenders, Cameron Lamb, Erin Dignam, Alicia Vikander

Let the Sunshine In

A romantic comedy about a woman looking for love in all the wrong places.
Xavier Beauvois, Juliette Binoche, Gérard Depardieu, Claire Denis, Philippe Katerine, Josiane Balasko

Disobedience R

The film follows a woman (Rachel Weisz) as she returns to the community that shunned her decades earlier for an attraction to a childhood friend (Rachel McAdams). Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.
Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Sebastian Lelio, Ed Guiney, Frida Torresblanco, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Rachel Weisz

The Matchmaker’s Playbook NR

A former NFL recruit forms Wingmen, Inc., as a secretive word-of-mouth dating service for women. But he’s stymied by a particularly hopeless female client.
Tosca Musk, Joany Kane, Caitlin Carver, Nick Bateman

The Happys

Twenty-one year old Tracy thinks she has it all – great boyfriend, new city and a bright future, but then she walks in on her boyfriend Mark having sex with a man! As their relationship deteriorates, Tracy’s world opens up when she befriends the quirky residents in her Los Feliz neighborhood: Sebastian, a troubled recluse; Luann, a true free spirit; Krista, Mark’s hard-charging talent manager; Jonathan, a gay magazine reporter; and Ricky, a hot Mexican with a failing food truck. As Tracy discovers her sense of self and true passion for cooking, she is a catalyst that forces them all to grow and connect in unforeseen ways.
Tom Gould, John Serpe, Melissa McBride, Janeane Garofalo, Stephen Guarino, Rhys Ward, Tim Abell, Jack DePew

Midnight Sun PG-13

The film follows 17-year-old Katie Price (Bella Thorne), sheltered since childhood with a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight. Katie’s world opens up after dark when she ventures out to play her guitar for travelers. One night, she meets Charlie (Patrick Schwarzenegger) whom she has secretly admired for years. She hides her condition from him, and the two embark on a uniquely powerful romance. Rob Riggle plays Katie’s loving and compassionate father, Jack, who endeavors to give his daughter a good life.
Bella Thorne, Scott Speer, Eric Kirsten, Patrick Schwarzenegger, John Rickard, Zack Schiller, Jen Gatien, Tiera Skovbye

Permission

Focuses on a couple, Anna (Rebecca Hall) and Will (Dan Stevens), who were each other’s first every-things: first kiss, first love, first relationship. Now years on, at Anna’s thirtieth birthday party as Will is about to propose, the couple’s best friend stands up and makes a drunken toast, suggesting that as their relationship is so functional, equitable and stable, it’s threatening to their friends and perhaps they should sleep around before their inevitable marriage. The joke lingers and eventually Anna proposes that they try it, as a sexual experiment. As a couple, with complicity, they venture out of the purely monogamous boundaries of their relationship and in so doing are forced to evolve and grow up.
Brian Crano, Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Gina Gershon, Francois Arnaud, Morgan Spector, Bridget Everett, David Joseph Craig

When We First Met NR

A guy (Adam Devine) spends the perfect first night with the girl of his dreams only to get stuck in the friend zone for the next three years – until he gets the chance to travel back in time to change that night, and his fate, over and over again.
Alexandra Daddario, Andrew Bachelor, Ari Sandel, Adam Devine, John Whittington, Robbie Amell, Shelley Hennig

Fifty Shades Freed R

Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardize their happy ending before it even begins.
Michael De Luca, Dakota Johnson, Luke Grimes, Dana Brunetti, Niall Leonard, Jamie Dornan, James Foley, E.L. James

La Boda de Valentina

Marco Polo Constandse

Entanglement

While searching for the meaning of his existence, Ben Layten (Thomas Middleditch) uncovers a family secret that leads him to a woman named Hanna (Jess Weixler)... But when he and Hanna inadvertently fall in love, his life becomes increasingly and strangely complicated. Ben starts to realize that everything is amazingly and incredibly connected - and that the world might just be more inexplicable than he ever imagined.
Thomas Middleditch, Jess Weixler, Jason James, Nicole LaPlaca, Diana Bang, Johannah Newmarch

Irreplaceable You

Follows Abbie (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and Sam (Michiel Huisman), best friends since childhood who are engaged to be married, and whose tranquil New York lives come crashing down when Abbie receives an unexpected diagnosis. Faced with the prospect of an uncertain timeline, Abbie begins a touching and often humorous search for a new love to take care of Sam. Along the way, Abbie makes unlikely friendships with Myron (Christopher Walken), Kate (Kate McKinnon) and Mitch (Steve Coogan) whose one thing in common is that they focus on living, while they are dying.
Jacki Weaver, Christopher Walken, Steve Coogan, Tim Simons, Brian Tyree Henry, Merritt Wever, Stephanie Laing, Bess Wohl

Every Day PG-13

Every Day tells the story of Rhiannon (Angourie Rice), a 16-year old girl who falls in love with a mysterious spirit named "A" who inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and A work each day to find each other, not knowing what or who the next day will bring. The more the two fall in love, the more the realities of loving someone who is a different person every 24 hours takes a toll, leaving Rhiannon and "A" to face the hardest decision either has ever had to make.
Justice Smith, Michael Suscy, Anthony Bregman, Owen Teague, Maria Bello, Christian Grass, Paul Trijbits, Peter Cron

Forever My Girl PG

Tells the story of country music super-star Liam Page (Alex Roe) who left his bride, Josie (Jessica Rothe), at the altar choosing fame and fortune instead. However, Liam never got over Josie, his one true love, nor did he ever forget his Southern roots in the small community where he was born and raised. When he unexpectedly returns to his hometown for the funeral of his high school best friend, Liam is suddenly faced with the consequences of all that he left behind.
Bethany Ashton Wolf, Mickey Liddell, Alex Roe, Judith Hoag, Pete Shilaimon, Jennifer Monroe, Jessica Rothe, John Benjamin Hickey

Call Me by Your Name R

It's the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family's 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel). Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows wit h natural delights. While Elio's sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart. One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
Luca Guadagnino, Rodrigo Teixeira, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Marco Morabito, Emilie Georges, Peter Spears, Timothee Chalamet

The Competition

Lauren (Birch) becomes the voice of a generation when, after one too many bad boyfriends, she launches a blog promoting “The PIG Theory.” The PIG Theory insists you can enjoy all that romance has to offer, but only for six months. At this “Point of Infidelity and Guilt,” you must break up before your mate becomes unfaithful. Lauren rises as a guru and beacon of light for her followers, but Lauren’s sister, Gena (Coffee), is concerned. She introduces Lauren to the perfect man, Calvin (Klein), and they hit it off so an idea strikes to prove Lauren’s theory wrong: A competition! Calvin will pick five friends who have been in a relationship for longer than six months, and Lauren will pick the enchantress to be their downfall. If three out of five cheat, Calvin must walk away. But if three out of five resist temptation, Lauren must shut down her blog and open her heart to Calvin.
Harvey Lowry, Kelsey Tucker, Thora Birch, Chris Klein, Claire Coffee, David Blue