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A Brief Affair (film)
A Brief Affair (Breve storia d'amore) is a 2025 Italian romantic comedy, Ludovica Rampoldi's directorial debut, starring Pilar Fogliati, Adriano Giannini, and Valeria Golino; released 27 November 2025 by 01 Distribution.
Boy (2025 film)
Boy is a 2025 South Korean romantic crime drama directed by Lee Sang-deok, starring Seo In-guk, about two brothers running a Texas hot spring in Pogu City.
Bubble & Squeak (film)
Bubble & Squeak (2025) is Evan Twohy's absurdist comedy debut, based on his play, starring Himesh Patel and Sarah Goldberg as newlyweds accused of smuggling 39 cabbages into a fictional country where they are banned; premiered in Sundance's U.S. Dramatic Competition, filmed in Estonia, Metascore 38.
Dreams (2025 film)
Dreams (2025 film), also released as Dreams: Sueños, is Michel Franco's erotic drama starring Jessica Chastain and ballet dancer Isaac Hernández, about a San Francisco socialite's affair with an undocumented Mexican dancer; it competed at the 2025 Berlinale and earned $264,950 worldwide.
Erupcja
Erupcja (Polish for "eruption") is a 2025 romantic drama directed by Pete Ohs, starring Charli XCX as Bethany and Lena Góra as Nel, whose Warsaw reunion coincides with volcanic eruptions; written improvisationally during the shoot, it premiered at TIFF 2025.
I'm Beginning to See the Light (film)
I'm Beginning to See the Light (Я начинаю видеть свет) is a 2025 American drama directed by Konstantin Khudyakov, starring Jack Huston as a grieving jazz trumpeter who becomes a lighthouse keeper; unrelated to the 1944 song.
Islands (2025 German film)
Islands is a 2025 German thriller directed by Jan-Ole Gerster, starring Sam Riley as a washed-up tennis coach on Fuerteventura; premiered at Berlinale Special 2025 and won the German Film Award for Best Film Music. Not the Spanish film Islas by Marina Seresesky.
Love, Brooklyn
Love, Brooklyn is a 2025 American romantic comedy-drama, the feature debut of director Rachael Abigail Holder, starring André Holland, Nicole Beharie, and DeWanda Wise. Premiered at Sundance 2025; released by Greenwich Entertainment August 29, 2025; about love and gentrification in Brooklyn.
Magic Hour (2025 film)
Magic Hour is a 2025 American drama film directed by Katie Aselton, starring Aselton and Daveed Diggs. It premiered at SXSW on March 11, 2025, and was released theatrically in 2026.
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw is a 2025 American romantic drama directed by Nick Cassavetes, adapted from Jay Crownover's novel Rule; it stars Chase Stokes and Sydney Taylor, released January 22, 2025, streaming on Hulu in the US.
On Swift Horses
On Swift Horses is a 2024 queer romantic drama directed by Daniel Minahan, adapted from Shannon Pufahl's 2019 novel, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle; released by Sony Pictures Classics April 25, 2025.
On the Sea (film)
On the Sea (2025) is a British queer drama by Helen Walsh, her second feature after The Violators. Barry Ward plays Jack, a married North Wales mussel farmer drawn to deckhand Daniel (Lorne MacFadyen); premiered at Edinburgh 2025, UK release July 2026.
Once We Were Us
Once We Were Us (만약에 우리) is a 2025 South Korean romantic drama starring Koo Kyo-hwan and Moon Ga-young as former lovers who reunite a decade after separating.
Preparation for the Next Life (film)
Preparation for the Next Life is Bing Liu's 2025 romantic drama debut, adapted from Atticus Lish's PEN/Faulkner-winning novel, starring Sebiye Behtiyar and Fred Hechinger as an undocumented Uyghur immigrant and a PTSD-suffering US veteran in New York.
Satisfaction (2025 film)
Satisfaction (2025) is Alex Burunova's feature debut, a psychological drama starring Emma Laird, Fionn Whitehead, and Zar Amir Ebrahimi about composers Lola and Philip on a Greek island; SXSW 2025 premiere, Evolution Mallorca debut award.
The History of Sound
The History of Sound is a 2025 romantic drama directed by Oliver Hermanus, adapted by Ben Shattuck from his short story, starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor as 1917 Boston Conservatory musicians who record Maine folk songs; Cannes 2025 competition, MUBI release, Metascore 64.
The Love That Remains
The Love That Remains (Ástin Sem Eftir Er) is a 2025 Icelandic drama directed by Hlynur Pálmason, following a separated couple co-parenting their three children on the Icelandic coast.
Unmarry
UnMarry is a 2025 Filipino drama film about annulment, directed by Jeffrey Jeturian and starring Angelica Panganiban, Zanjoe Marudo, Eugene Domingo, Tom Rodriguez, and Solenn Heussaff. A Quantum Films–Cineko MMFF 2025 Second-Best Picture winner released on Netflix in July 2026.