Having been remade twice earlier, and once in Bollywood ( Aashiqui 2), the film’s premise has been twisted and distorted into many other films. While he is fighting his personal demons, she could use some extra help on the professional front. Staying true to the book, it paints its complexities with ease.Īnother film about the inevitable link between romance and dreams, this film is about a successful musician coming to the rescue of a talented singer who is too distraught with life to invest in her dream. Much like Titanic, this film confronts its inevitable tragedy upfront, which is what embeds it with honesty. The poignancy of the film lies in the solace both provide each other, far removed from the painful world of cancer and its many treatments. Knowing the limitations of one’s time, the bravehearts still let their hearts be, and fall in love with sheer awareness of the entire affair seething into oblivion. It follows the journey of two teens who suffer from cancer, but still choose to fall in love, knowing very-well how it’s going to end for them. This film is an adaptation of John Green’s best-selling book of the same name. Although the protagonists don’t meet for a major chunk of the film, much like director’s earlier film When Harry Met Sally, the film stays true to its inherent romance. The characters in the film hold their measuring scale to films like An Affair to Remember, rewatching it in attempt to live their romances much like the film’s characters. It revolves around two people who fall in love over a radio show, despite being situated miles apart. With hope, it explores the possibilities inherent in people meeting through the medium. While they serve as pathways for people residing miles away to come together, the heartwarming love story unfolds. The Nora Ephron film Sleepless in Seattle is based on the modern possibilities of love via modern communication mediums. Be wary, for it will smash your heart into smithereens, with its narrative centering around loss, separation and tragedy. Winning a whopping 11 Academy Awards across categories, it still remains a timeless classic. But, what is unique to Titanic from all other films on the list is how it fuses the disaster genre with romantic. Starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in lead roles, the film relies on the performances of its cast heavily. Besides, the film holds the record for being one of the highest grossing films of all time. Titanic struck a chord with an audience across ages. Directed by James Cameron, the film is a part-real, part-fictionalised tale. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in lead roles, the film proves to be an intricate choreography of emotions that go above and beyond binaries. Well, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that melancholy is nothing but a phase in the romantic journey, and La La Land proves it. The film is unabashedly melancholic, so much so, that it immerses you in the melancholia enough to make you forget the romance. Written and directed by Damien Chazelle, the film follows the love story of a pianist and an actress who are trying to pave a path for themselves professionally too. Revolving around dreams and aspirations, the film hinges upon the crucial nature of the choice made by the characters in the film’s narrative. A romantic film which isn’t just about romance, it merges genres, styles and themes to serve a potpourri of emotions. La La Land is musical, miraculous and magical, all at the same time.
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