Top Romance Movies 2006
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The Holiday
In writer/director Nancy Meyers' "The Holiday", two women on opposite sides of the globe, Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) find themselves in a similar predicament. Desperate for a change of scenery, the two women meet on the internet and swap houses for the Christmas holiday discovering that a change of address really can change your life. In addition to Diaz and Winslet, "The Holiday" also stars Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns and Rufus Sewell.
Jack Black, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Nancy Meyers, Shannyn Sossamon, Jon Prescott
The Good German
A U.S. journalist returns to Berlin after the second World War to find his mistress, only to become embroiled in a murder.
George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Paul Attanasio
A Good Year
Based on the novel by Peter Mayle, the film is about failed London banker Max Skinner (Crowe) who moves to Provence to tend a vineyard he inherited from his uncle, played by Albert Finney. There he encounters Cotillard's character, a beautiful California woman who says she is a long-lost cousin and lays claim to the property.
Ridley Scott, Marion Cotillard, Marc Klein, Aaron Eckhart, Russell Crowe, Lisa Ellzey, Albert Finney, Julie Payne
Deja Vu
A ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families was blown up in New Orleans on Mardi Gras. BATF Doug Carlin is brought in to assist in the massive investigation, and gets attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit, one that uses spacefolding technology to directly look back a little over four days into the past. While tracking down the bomber, Carlin gets an idea in his head: could they use the device to actually travel back in time and not only prevent the bombing but also the murder of a local woman whose truck was used in the bombing? .
Denzel Washington, Jim Caviezel, Val Kilmer, Chad Oman, Tony Scott, Bill Marsilii, Terry Rossio, Adam Goldberg
Little Children
A suburban town is full of perfect parents who are fully devoted to rearing their children for Harvard futures and keeping them safe from predators. The adults escape the excruciatingly bore-fests their lives have become via Internet porn and extramarital affairs. A stay-at-home mom has an affair with an ex-jock stay-at-home dad who rebels against his wife's wishes that he become a big-bucks lawyer.
Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Ron Yerxa, Todd Field, Ty Simpkins, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Phyllis Somerville
The Last Kiss
A remake of the 2001 Italian film "L'Ultimo bacio", the story concerns a couple who live together and could be undone by questions of whether they are meant to be together.
Lauren Lee Smith, Zach Braff, Michael Weston, Eric Christian Olsen, Tom Rosenberg, Rachel Bilson, Tony Goldwyn, Gary Lucchesi
Trust the Man
Set in New York City, our story finds two disillusioned couples facing the collapse of their relationships. Things seem to go from bad to worse as they encounter and explore adultery, separation, the single's scene and even stalking.
James LeGros, Billy Crudup, Sidney Kimmel, Bart Freundlich, Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, David Duchovny, Ellen Barkin
Neo Ned
They say opposites attract. What about a misguided racist who falls for a Black woman in a mental institution? What starts out as an impossible connection of opposites slowly turns into a wild, emotional story of love, romance, and disillusionment revolving around two people who shouldn't be together, but after meeting them you'll know they should never be apart.
Gabrielle Union, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Ethan Suplee, Rickey Medlocke, Van Fischer, Jeffrey Renner, Robert Peters
The Illusionist
A magician (Edward Norton) in turn-of-the-century Vienna falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to a prince, the magician uses his powers to win her back and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.
Rufus Sewell, Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Eddie Marsan, Bob Yari, Brian Koppelman, David Levien
The OH in Ohio
Priscilla Chase seemed to have everything going for her with one small private exception... She never thought much of sex. When her husband unexpectedly leaves her to regain his manhood she embarks on a wild journey that leads her to satisfaction and love in the most unlikely place.
Danny DeVito, Parker Posey, Mischa Barton, Adam Wierzbianski, David Arquette, Billy Kent
The Break-Up
Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston star in "The Break-Up", which starts where most romantic comedies end: after boy and girl have met, fallen in love, moved in to start their happily-ever-after...and right when they wind up driving each other crazy.
Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest "why can't you do this one little thing for me?" argument, art dealer Brooke (Aniston) calls it quits with her boyfriend, Gary (Vaughn), who hosts bus tours of Chicago. What follows is a series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and underminings suggested by the former couple's friends, confidantes and the occasional total stranger. When neither ex is willing to move out of the condo they used to share, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until somebody caves.
But somewhere between protesting the pool table in the living room, the dirty clothes stacked in the kitchen cupboards and the sports played at sleep-killing volume in the middle of night, Brooke begins to realize that what she may be really fighting for isn't so much the place but the person.
Jennifer Aniston, Jon Favreau, Cole Hauser, Peyton Reed, Justin Long, Joey Lauren Adams, Scott Stuber, Mary Parent
Shadowboxer
"Shadowboxer" centers on the unusual relationship between a mother and her stepson. The duo, who have a romantic relationship, work as contract killers. Bentley will play the lead villain on the hunt for the killer couple.
Cuba Gooding Jr., Lee Daniels, Helen Mirren, Wes Bentley, Vanessa Ferlito, Will Rokos
Only Human
Leni (Marián Aguilera) arrives home to introduce her fiancé Rafi (Guillermo Toledo) to her Jewish family for the first time. Her mother Gloria (Norma Aleandro), her promiscuous sister Tania (Maria Botto), Tania's contrary 8 year old daughter Paula, her recently orthodox brother David and her blind grandfather Dudu. Everything goes wonderfully until the lovers reveal that Rafi is Palestinian. With his future mother-in-law Gloria unhinged by the news, Rafi tries to ingratiate himself by helping in the kitchen. To make matters worse he accidentally drops the soup he was meant to defrost out the seventh floor window, hitting a pedestrian below. Rafi sneaks downstairs to check on the body and retrieve the soup. Having seen the victim, Rafi rushes upstairs not knowing what to do! As he returns to the kitchen he notices a family portrait of Leni's father, which bears a very close resemblance to the corpse lying outside.
Maria Botto, Guillermo Toledo, Dominic Harari, Teresa Pelegri, Marián Aguilera, Alba Molinero, Marion Martin
The Lake House
A doctor (Sandra Bullock) and an architect (Keanu Reeves) living in the same house two years apart develop a letter-based romance using a mailbox that serves as a time portal.
Keanu Reeves, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer, David Auburn, John Corbett, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Willeke van Ammelrooy
The Alibi
A man (Steve Coogan) runs an "alibi service," which provides cheating spouses with excuses to keep their significant others in the dark about their extra-marital activities. When one of his clients gets into a jam, the man hires a woman (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) to help, but he soon falls for her.
Selma Blair, Steve Coogan, James Marsden, Sam Elliott, John Leguizamo, James Brolin, Jaime King, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
The Promise
A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.
Hiroyuki Sanada, Chen Kaige, Jang Dong-kun, Cecilia Cheung, Etchie Stroh, Chen Hong, Han San Ping, Zhang Tan
Just My Luck
In this comedy, Lindsay Lohan plays Ashley, a young professional just out of college. She also happens to be the luckiest woman in the world, who has lived a super-charmed life and has always taken her good luck for granted. When she kisses a handsome stranger (played by Chris Pine) at a costume party, Ashley accidentally swaps her good fortune for his horribly bad luck, and her charmed life turns into a living hell.
Donald Petrie, Jonathan Bernstein, Lindsay Lohan, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner, Chris Carmack, Arnold Rifkin, Ellen H. Swhwartz
Lower City
Deco and Naldinho have been buddies since childhood. Now they own a motorboat, which they use for their illicit dealings and their career as petty criminals. One day, they meet the stripper Karinna, and, of course, both fall in love with her.
Walter Salles, Alice Braga, José Dumont, Ricardo Luedy, Sergio Machado, Harildo Deda, Olga Machado
Coastlines
An ex-con returns to his hometown after a three year prison stint and becomes embroiled in an affair with a woman who is married to his best friend, the local sheriff.
Caroline Kaplan, Timothy Olyphant, William Forsythe, Josh Brolin, Jonathan Sehring, Angela Bettis, Victor Nunez, Sarah Wynter
Friends With Money
A tale which centers around four best friends and their relationships with one another, the men in their lives, and their checkbooks. However one of them, who is unsettled and unattached, decides to clean houses to make ends meet.
Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Keener, Jason Isaacs, Ted Hope, Bobby Coleman, Greg Germann, Terry Stacey, Anne Carey
Mozart and the Whale
A young couple who have Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, fall in love, but their talents are offset by an inability to relate to one another, which threatens to undermine their relationship.
John Carroll Lynch, Gary Cole, Christa Campbell, Ron Bass, Josh Hartnett, Sheila Kelley, Nate Mooney, Robert Wisdom
Ask the Dust
Set in 1930s Los Angeles, the story follows Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a first generation Italian hoping to become a writer, and Camilla (Eva Mendes), a Mexican woman who hopes to marry an American.
Salma Hayek, Tom Cruise, Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell, Idina Menzel, Robert Towne, Paula Wagner, Justin Kirk
The Shaggy Dog
The story of a lawyer who occasionally transforms into, well, a large, shaggy sheepdog. Needless to say, the spontaneous changes don't help his legal career, but they do help him learn how to be a better family man.
Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Danny Glover, Kristin Davis, Spencer Breslin, Brian Robbins, David Hoberman, Michael Begler
Romance and Cigarettes
"Romance and Cigarettes" is a down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick (James Gandolfini) is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He's married to Kitty (Susan Sarandon), a dressmaker, a strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters. He is carrying on a torrid affair with a redheaded woman named Tula (Kate Winslet). Nick is basically a good, hardworking man driven forward by will and blinded by his urges. Like Oedipus at Colonus, he is sent into exile and searches to find his way back through the damage he has done. In an imaginative, humorous, and touching way, "Romance and Cigarettes" explores the cost and value of a relationship through life and death. When the characters can no longer express themselves with language, they break into song, lip-synching the tunes lodged in their —to dream, to remember, and to connect to another human being.
Christopher Walken, John Turturro, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Eddie Izzard, Mary-Louise Parker, Amedeo Turturro, Bobby Cannavale
Basic Instinct 2
Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) relocates from San Francisco to London and quickly finds herself on the wrong side of the law. David Morrissey plays a criminal psychologist assigned the task of evaluating her by Scotland Yard. She may finally have met her match in the shrink.
David Thewlis, Sharon Stone, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Caton-Jones, Mario Kassar, Henry Bean, David Morrissey, Moritz Borman
Something New
If love is an adventure, it's one yet to be embarked upon by Kenya Denise McQueen. A beautiful L.A. career woman, Kenya works as senior manager at a prestigious accounting firm, and is on the verge of making partner. But she has yet to find her own partner and a fulfilling personal life. It's not that she's stopped looking; her (mental) checklist is at the ready. After another Valentine's Day spent working late, Kenya agrees to a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscape architect who turns out to be not exactly what she'd pictured for herself. Then again, she does need the yard of her new house fixed up. Her girlfriends Cheryl, Suzzette, and Nedra are there for her with advice, while Cheryl's new beau Walter shares a male perspective with Brian. Kenya's socially prominent parents Joyce and Edmond and womanizing younger brother Nelsen also voice their own opinions. But it's when her perfect match, Mark, enters the picture that Kenya is truly thrown into confusion. Ultimately, Kenya has to decide for herself and follow her heart--no matter where it takes her.
Taraji P. Henson, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, Stephanie Allain, Mike Epps, Sanaa Hamri, Kasi Lemmons, Simon Baker
Imagine Me & You
"Imagine Me & You" is about a girl who falls in love on her wedding day...but not with the man of honor. Heck (Matthew Goode) and Rachel (Piper Perabo) are a happy young couple about to embark on life together. But at the church, Rachel catches the eye of an unexpected guest. In that moment, she realizes that maybe Heck isn't the one for her. Of course, they will never know for sure unless they give it a shot. What follows is the romantic, humorous and sometimes poignant journey familiar to anyone who's ever been lucky (or unlucky) enough to be under love's spell.
Lena Headey, Barnaby Thompson, Piper Perabo, Matthew Goode, Celia Imrie, Sophie Balhetchet, Ol Parker, Anthony Head
Date Movie
The twisted minds behind "Scary Movie" - screenwriters Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg - this time skewer the romantic comedy genre. The new film tells the story of a hopeless romantic Julia Jones (Alyson Hannigan), who has finally met the man of her dreams, the very British Grant Fockyerdoder (Adam Campbell). But before they can have their big "Big Fat Greek Wedding", they'll have to "Meet The Parents", hook-up with "The Wedding Planner", and contended with Grant's friend Andy - a spectacularly beautiful woman who wants to put an end to her "Best Friend's Wedding".
Alyson Hannigan, Jennifer Coolidge, Paul Schiff, Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg, Fred Willard, Eddie Griffin, Adam Campbell
Dirty
In a city ravaged by violent crime, the police department's anti-gang task force uses any means at its disposal to get the bad guys off the streets, with cops often acting as judge, jury and executioner. As the unit's self-justifying brutality and corruption spiral further out of control, gang member-turned-cop Armando Sancho (Clifton Collins Jr.) begins to question the life he and his partner Salim Adel (Cuba Gooding Jr.) have chosen. So when Internal Affairs agents investigating the division's abuses offer him a deal to come clean about the unit's misdeeds, Sancho must decide whether to heed his conscience or his loyalty to his fellow officers. On the hot, smoggy day Salim and Sancho are scheduled to testify to IA, the two rogue cops agree to run a lucrative, illegal operation for the station's top brass (Keith David and Cole Hauser). As their increasingly bloody mission takes them from one end to the other of the sprawling city they've sworn to protect and serve, Salim and Sancho learn that getting clean isn't nearly as easy as being "Dirty".
Cuba Gooding Jr., Cole Hauser, Aimee Garcia, Chris Fisher, Clifton Collins Jr., Wood Harris, Ash Shah, Eric Saks
Tristan + Isolde
This is the epic tale of a pair of doomed lovers from warring nations, Tristan (James Franco) of Britain and Isolde (Sophia Myles) of Ireland, set during the time soon after the fall of the Roman Empire. Orphaned as a child, Tristan is raised by Lord Marke (Rufus Sewell), a friend of his family, and as he matures, Tristan becomes a brave knight who leads successful attacks against the forces of the Irish King Donnchadh (David O'Hara). When he is poisoned during one of these battles, however, Tristan is placed upon a funeral boat which eventually washes up on the Irish shores, where it is found by the Irish king's daughter, Isolde, who cures Tristan's ailment, as the two fall in love, unaware of who the other one really is. Tristan eventually returns to Britain, where he learns that the Irish king has offered up his daughter's hand in marriage under the guise of bringing the two countries together. Tristan eagerly volunteers to be Lord Marke's champion in the competition, and he wins, but his heart is soon crushed when he discovers that the woman he loves is actually the Irish princess whose hand in marriage he just handed to the man who has been his best friend his whole life...
Henry Cavill, Ridley Scott, James Franco, Rufus Sewell, Dexter Fletcher, Tony Scott, Jim Lemley, Dean Georgaris
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My Sunshine
Stranger Eyes
Relay
The Sparrow in the Chimney
Magic Farm
Sister Mignight
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