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My Blueberry Nights
My Blueberry Nights (藍莓之夜) is Wong Kar-wai's 2007 first English-language film, a road-trip romance starring Norah Jones and Jude Law; it opened Cannes 2007 in competition but earned mixed reviews (Metascore 51, RT 46%).
Perfect Strangers (2016 film)
Perfect Strangers (Perfetti sconosciuti) is a 2016 Italian comedy-drama by Paolo Genovese in which dinner guests share their phone contents aloud. It won two David di Donatello awards and holds the Guinness record as the most remade film, with 24 remakes and no English version.
Red Dog (film)
Red Dog is a 2011 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Kriv Stenders and based on Louis de Bernières' book. It follows a kelpie in the Pilbara, winning critical acclaim.
Rich and Strange
Rich and Strange (aka East of Shanghai) is Alfred Hitchcock's 1931 British International Pictures romantic comedy about a London couple whose inheritance-funded world cruise nearly wrecks their marriage; a box-office failure he later defended.
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Rita, Sue and Bob Too is a 1987 British comedy directed by Alan Clarke from Andrea Dunbar's play, about two Bradford teenage babysitters in an affair with a married man, released 29 May 1987.
Rose Island (film)
Rose Island (L'incredibile storia dell'isola delle Rose) is a 2020 Netflix comedy-drama directed by Sydney Sibilia, starring Elio Germano as engineer Giorgio Rosa, who built a micronation off Rimini in 1968.
Seven Sundays (2017 film)
Seven Sundays is a 2017 Star Cinema Filipino family comedy-drama directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina, starring Aga Muhlach, Dingdong Dantes, Cristine Reyes, Enrique Gil, and Ronaldo Valdez, about estranged Bonifacio siblings reuniting for their dying father's last seven Sundays; it earned ₱180 million in 18 days.
Shall We Dance? (Shall we ダンス?) (1996 film)
Shall We Dance? (Shall we ダンス?) is a 1996 Japanese romantic comedy-drama directed by Masayuki Suo, in which a middle-aged salaryman secretly takes up ballroom dancing and reconsiders his life.
Sirens (1994 film)
Sirens (1994 film), John Duigan's Australian-British comedy-drama starring Sam Neill, Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, and Elle Macpherson, about a clergyman and his wife visiting painter Norman Lindsay; released March 1994, rated R/MA 15+.
SLC Punk!
SLC Punk! (1998/1999) is James Merendino's semi-autobiographical comedy-drama about Stevo (Matthew Lillard) and Heroin Bob (Michael Goorjian), punks in 1985 Salt Lake City, distinguishing it from other punk films by its Mormon-state setting and cult following.
Spicy Love Soup (爱情麻辣烫)
Spicy Love Soup (爱情麻辣烫, Aiqing mala tang) is a 1997 Chinese romantic ensemble film, Zhang Yang's directorial debut, produced by Peter Loehr's Imar Film with Xi'an Film Studio; five love vignettes framed by a couple's wedding earned 30 million yuan, second only to Titanic that year.
Sunny (써니) (2011 film)
Sunny (써니) is a 2011 South Korean comedy-drama directed by Kang Hyeong-chul, in which seven high school friends reunite 25 years later when one is dying.
Sylvia Scarlett
Sylvia Scarlett is a 1935 RKO comedy-drama directed by George Cukor, the first of four Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant pairings, in which Hepburn disguises herself as a boy; a notorious flop later embraced as a queer cult classic.
The Big Kahuna
The Big Kahuna (1999) is a comedy-drama directed by John Swanbeck, adapted by Roger Rueff from his play Hospitality Suite, starring Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Peter Facinelli as lubricant salesmen in a Wichita hotel suite.
The Bird People in China (中国の鳥人)
The Bird People in China (中国の鳥人) is a 1998 Takashi Miike comedy-drama, adapted from Makoto Shiina's novel, in which a salaryman and a yakuza travel to a remote Yunnan village with a school that teaches children to fly.
The Boat That Rocked
The Boat That Rocked (also released as Pirate Radio) is a 2009 Richard Curtis comedy about a fictional British offshore pirate radio station in the 1960s.
The Dressmaker (2015 film)
The Dressmaker (2015 film): Jocelyn Moorhouse's Australian comedy-drama adapting Rosalie Ham's novel, starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, and Hugo Weaving; 1950s revenge tale that grossed about A$20 million in Australia.
The Duke (2020 film)
The Duke is a 2020 British comedy-drama directed by Roger Michell, starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren as Kempton and Dorothy Bunton in the true 1961 National Gallery theft of Goya's Duke of Wellington portrait; released 2022 after COVID delays.
The Intouchables
The Intouchables (French: Intouchables) is a 2011 French comedy-drama by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, starring François Cluzet as a wealthy quadriplegic aristocrat and Omar Sy as his caretaker.
The Letter (편지) (1997 film)
The Letter (편지, Pyeonji) is a 1997 South Korean melodrama directed by Lee Jung-guk, starring Choi Jin-sil and Park Shin-yang; it was the top Korean film at the 1997 box office.
The Personals
The Personals (徵婚啟事) is a 1998 Taiwanese romantic drama directed by Chen Kuo-fu, starring Rene Liu as an ophthalmologist who places a marriage ad; adapted from Chen Yuhui's 1992 novel, it won Golden Horse and Asia-Pacific awards and screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 1999.
The Worst Person in the World (film)
The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske) is a 2021 Norwegian romantic comedy-drama by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, starring Renate Reinsve as Julie in 12 chapters; it won Cannes Best Actress and earned two Oscar nominations.
This Must Be the Place (film)
This Must Be the Place: 2011 English-language debut of Paolo Sorrentino, a Cannes In Competition road film with Sean Penn as retired goth rocker Cheyenne hunting his father's Auschwitz tormentor; David Byrne scored it and cameos; Ecumenical Jury Prize winner.
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann is Maren Ade's 2016 German comedy-drama, 162 minutes, in which prankster father Winfried poses as alter ego Toni Erdmann to reach his consultant daughter Ines in Bucharest; Cannes FIPRESCI winner and 2017 Oscar nominee.
Trick (1999 film)
Trick (1999) is an American gay romantic comedy directed by Jim Fall, written by Jason Schafer, starring Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, and Tori Spelling; a Sundance premiere about two men seeking a place to spend one night in New York.
Volver
Volver (2006) is a Spanish comedy-drama by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by El Deseo, starring Penélope Cruz and Carmen Maura. It won Cannes Best Screenplay and a shared ensemble Best Actress, five European Film Awards, and five Goyas, with Cruz earning her first Oscar nomination.
What Did the Lady Forget? (淑女は何を忘れたか)
What Did the Lady Forget? (淑女は何を忘れたか, Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka) is Yasujiro Ozu's 1937 Shochiku comedy, his second talkie, about a henpecked Tokyo professor, his wife, and a modern niece from Osaka.
What's Up with Love?
What's Up with Love? (Ada Apa Dengan Cinta?, AADC) is a 2002 Indonesian teen romance-drama directed by Rudy Soedjarwo, starring Dian Sastrowardoyo and Nicholas Saputra, credited with reviving Indonesian cinema and followed by a 2016 sequel.