“A terrible cliche - all these films are about passion and love,” cynics will say. However, this does not apply to all paintings. All-consuming and saving, sensual and passionate, beautiful, bold, alluring ... About love filmed today many films that will satisfy any, even the most demanding taste. The most famous films about passion and love, including European, Russian and American paintings, are offered to your attention.
"Madness"
The movie Madness was shot in the UK in 2005. The director is David Mackenzie. Roles in it were played by Ian McKellen, Natasha Richardson, Hugh Bonneville, Marton Chokash and others.
The plot takes us to England of the fifties of the last century. It seems that a conservative society can stifle any passions that are born in the head of an exemplary mother of the family. Nevertheless, she succumbs to temptation and converges with one of the patients in the mental hospital, the main doctor of which is her husband. Where will the lovers lead passion? The film "Madness" by the described events is just beginning. What will happen next, you will learn by looking at the picture.
"Don't go away"
The film was shot with the participation of Great Britain, Spain and Italy in 2004. The director of the picture is Sergio Castellito. The roles were performed by Sergio Castellito, Penelope Cruz, Natalia Barcelo, Claudia Jerini, Flavio Brunetti, Lina Bernardi and others.
The plot is as follows. The meeting, which happened by chance in one godforsaken place, determined the fate of the main characters. A family man, a successful doctor Timoteo is preparing for the birth of his second child. The heroine is not too beautiful, impoverished, but loving and caring. It seems that destructive passion leaves no choice, but it will be made anyway.
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This picture was shot with the participation of the United States, France and Germany in 2002. Its director is Adrian Line. The roles were performed by Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Zeljko Ivanek, Olivier Martinez, Michelle Monaghan and others.
Edward and Connie are a happy family who have an eight-year-old son. However, one day changed the life of this couple forever. Connie turned his head to a young man with a French accent. She cooled down in marital feelings for her respectable husband, as well as for a stable life in the suburbs of New York. But the secret becomes obvious sooner or later ...
"The color of night"
The director of the film is Richard Rush. The picture was shot in the USA in 1994. The roles were played by Jane March, Bruce Willis, Leslie Ann Warren, Ruben Blades, Brad Durif, Scott Bakula and others.
The plot of this picture, which many include in the list of "Best Movies about Passion," is as follows. Bill Capa, a psychotherapist, lost his patient. She jumped right in front of his eyes from the office window. In order to recover, he goes to Los Angeles to his friend, where he becomes himself a patient of one psychotherapeutic group. The beautiful and young Rose, about whom the protagonist does not even know anything, helps him regain the meaning of life.
"Bitter Moon"
This film was shot with the participation of the United States, Britain and France. It was released in 1992. Roman Polanski is the director of The Bitter Moon. The film was shot with the participation of such actors as Emmanuelle Seigner, Peter Coyote, Victor Banerjee, Hugh Grant and others.
Mimi and Oscar met by chance on a bus in Paris. From that moment on, a destructive passion arose between them. The protagonist was not embarrassed by the sadomasochistic inclinations of the heroine. He was blinded by desire and passion. Oscar tells the story of this love during a cruise to a casual acquaintance, while sitting in a wheelchair ...
We will continue to present you the best films about passion and love. Your attention is invited to the following.
"Damage"
The picture was shot in 1992 with the participation of Great Britain and France. The director is Louis Mal. Roles were performed by Juliette Binoche, Jeremy Irons, Rupert Graves, Miranda Richardson, Iain Bennett, Gemma Clark and others.
Stephen Fleming is an exemplary family man, a respectable diplomat from England. He is the father of an already adult son, who plans to connect his life with a beautiful and young Anna. Unusual and reserved, it attracts the attention of the father no less than his son. A passion flares up that knows no moral obligations and boundaries. Where will the father’s painful affection for the bride of his own son lead? You will learn about this by watching a movie.
"The disease of love"
In 1987, a film was shot in France under the title “Disease of Love”. Its director is Jacques Deret. The roles were performed by Jean-South Anglad, Nastasya Kinsky, Jean-Claude Brialie, Michel Piccoli and others.
Many French love films have an interesting plot, and this one is no exception. Juliet arrives in Paris from the province for a better life. Raul Bergeron, a middle-aged doctor, falls in love with her. The direct hairdresser is not at all against a wealthy elderly boyfriend. But soon she falls in love with another person - Clement Portel. This is a handsome and young doctor. Feelings of lovers are ardent and mutual. Juliette, following the circumstances, returns to Bergeron, abandoning her lover. It can help Portal's career advancement. Soon, the main character found a disease that was incurable. It is impossible to save Juliet, but love can brighten up the time allotted to her.
"Body heat"
Many films were shot in the United States about love. American films about this feeling include the 1981 film Body Heat. Its director is Lawrence Casdan. The roles were played by Kathleen Turner, William Hurt, Ted Danson, Richard Cren, Mickey Rourke and others.
Ned Racine never imagined what he was capable of until he met the woman of his life. This is a married lady Matty Walker, dreaming of becoming free again. She believes that the end justifies any means. The heat of the body so attracts a respectable humble lawyer that he has no choice.
Carmen
With the joint participation of Spain, the UK and Italy, this film was released in 2003. The director of the picture is Vicente Aranda. The roles were played by Leonardo Sbarralgia, Paz Vega, Antonio Decent, Jay Benedict, Joan Crosas and others.
The plot is a Spanish film adaptation of a classic novel about the beautiful Carmen Prosper Merim. She was born in order to dizzy and break hearts. Mysterious and passionate, attractive and seductive, this girl skillfully manipulates one young sergeant. He is ready to put the whole world at her feet. However, Carmen cannot give him anything in return.
"Kill me Softly"
Describing the best films about passion, it is impossible not to mention the following picture, which appeared in 2002 with the participation of Great Britain and the USA. Chen Kaige - director of the picture. The roles were performed by Joseph Fiennes, Heather Graham, Ulrich Thomsen, Natasha McElhone, Ian Hart and others.
Leaving a quiet life in the past, Alice throws herself into a whirlpool with a head into a new relationship. Passion for Adam drives her crazy, and in a short time she connects her life with him. However, only after the wedding, the main character notices that all the other qualities of her husband were eclipsed by passion. And the girl actually does not know anything about him.
"The Last Tango in Paris"
With the participation of Italy and France in 1972, this film appeared. Roles in it were played by Maria Schneider, Marlon Brando, Giovanna Galletti, Maria Mickey, Catherine Allegre, Jeet Magrini and others.
The state of severe depression caused by the death of his wife, almost completely broke Paul, an elderly American. A chance acquaintance with Jeanne, a young Parisian woman, leads the main characters into a pool of intoxicating love, where real feelings coexist with humiliation.
"Temptation"
The rating of films with the participation of Angelina Jolie is always very high. The following picture is no exception. In 2001, with the participation of the United States and France, the film "Temptation" was released. It should be noted that many films and series about love were shot in these two countries. France and love are classics. Well, the United States is, of course, Hollywood. Michael Christopher is the director of Temptation. The roles were played by Angelina Jolie, Antonio Banderas, Jack Thompson, Thomas Jane, Gregory Itzin and others.
Vargas Luis Antonio, a wealthy Cuban, decides it is time to find a family nest. To do this, he wants to find an American by correspondence in order to marry her. Expecting to find a modest girl in her face, he sees that his wife is not at all like that. This is a fatal seducer, mysterious and passionate. And not all the secrets of the wife will lead a respectable gentleman to delight.
"9 1/2 weeks"
In 1985, this film was shot in the United States. Adrian Line - director of the film. Starring Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton, Christine Baransky, David Margulis and others. This is another Hollywood movie about love. American films on this subject are very popular, which can be said about this. The plot is his next.
Obsession, not love, forced John and Elizabeth to explore desires that reached unimaginable fantasies. However, the higher the passions were, the sooner the relationship could end. Nine and a half weeks is not so little for the all-consuming madness of the main characters.
"Reconstruction"
We continue to describe films about love and passion. The following picture was shot in 2003 in Denmark by Kristoffer Boe. Cast - Nikolai Lee Kaas, Klaus Mulberg, Christer Henriksson, Maria Bonnevie, Peter Stan, Nicholas Bro and others.
A beautiful and strange picture, a masterpiece of Danish cinema, will undoubtedly attract the attention of fans of the Scandinavian arthouse. The plot is developing in different directions. In the center are David and Aime, who spend the night together, accidentally colliding in a cafe.
"Neighbor"
French love films are some of the best in the world. In 1981, the movie "Neighbor" was released in this country. Its director is Francois Truffaut. The roles in this picture were played by Fanny Ardant, Gerard Depardieu (films and TV shows with which are very popular), Michelle Bomgartner, Henri Garsen and others.
Together with his son and wife, Bernard lives in a suburb of Grenoble. He enjoys nature and the measured course of life. However, the calmness of the protagonist ends when Philip Boshard enters a neighboring house with Matilda, a young wife with whom Bernard survived a stormy romance seven years ago. With renewed vigor, the feelings of former lovers flare up, despite the fact that each of them has found a family.
"Open Hearts"
The film appeared in Denmark in 2002. The director is Suzanne Beer. Starred in it Sonya Richter, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen, Nikolai Lee Kaas and others.
Cecile and Joachim are young lovers who make joint plans for the future. They want to get married. Everything collapses in an instant: Joachim is hit by a car, as a result of which he is bedridden. Cecile, visiting him in the hospital, meets with Nielson, a doctor whose wife knocked down her fiancé. First, the doctor’s sympathy develops into friendship, and then into passion. In it, both forget what happened a few weeks ago.
"Red Pearl of Love"
If you are interested in Russian films about passion, we offer the following picture. This is a Russian-Ukrainian tape that was shot in 2008. Andres Puustusmaa - director of the picture. Roles in it were played by Igor Yatsko, Oksana Fandera, Natalya Surkova, Evgeny Tsyganov, Irina Rakhmanova, Yuri Stepanov and others.
As usual among the rich, the beautiful wife of one successful businessman feels emptiness, feels unhappy. She turns in search of happiness to the shaman, who chooses a talisman that promises great love, made of supposedly red pearls. The heroine meets the next day, Gregory, a young racer, a conqueror of female hearts. She is losing her head.
"Swing"
In 2008, another Russian film appeared - "Swing". Its director is Anton Sivers. The main roles were played by Andrei Merzlikin and Maria Mironova.
He does not know when going to work whether he will return home. To risk life is the profession of the protagonist. Love can sometimes cause a mortal wound, because it, like a bullet, hits the heart. Swing - this is the whole life of the heroes of the film. They fly up to heaven, choking with love, then fall down into the void and dirt. The swing is swinging more and more, the main characters will stop trying only when it is practically impossible to do this.
"Attraction"
The movie "Attraction" is a French film that was released in 2009. Its director is Catherine Corsini. Starring Sergi Lopez, Christine Scott Thomas, Bernard Blancan, Ivan Attal, Alexander Vidal and others.
The main character, Suzanne, misses home without work. She feels more burdened by children and husband than a happy mother and wife. A respected surgeon, her husband, hires a worker whose task is to equip his wife’s new office so that she can return to work. Suzanne instead falls into a whirlpool of passion with this master, Ivan. She is ready for his crazy deeds.
Lolita
Another collaboration between France and the United States is the film Lolita, released in 1997. Adrian Line is its director. The main roles were played by Dominic Swain and Jeremy Irons.
This is perhaps the most scandalous of other adaptations of the novel of the same name by Nabokov. She caused a lot of gossip, but gained thousands of fans. The story of unhappy passion and crazy love for a twelve-year-old girl, a middle-aged teacher of French literature, will not leave anyone indifferent. Lolita is his seducer, his stepdaughter, beloved and inaccessible.
This is not all movies about passion. There are a great many of them. The rating of films is of interest to many viewers. We can say therefore that our selection includes only the most interesting and famous paintings, in which he is the highest. Films about love and passion, we have listed only the main ones. We hope you can choose from them a picture that will appeal to you.