5. Falling Inn Love (2019) |
When a San Francisco executive wins a New Zealand inn, she leaves city life behind to renovate and sell the rustic property with the help of a handsome contractor.
Starring:Christina Milian, Adam Demos, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
4. The Notebook (2004) |
"The Notebook" is a classic tearjerker about a poor boy and a rich heiress who fall in love despite different social backgrounds. Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel McAdams) are unjustly separated for many years, making their reunion a triumphant event. The final scenes in the present make the film so special and make the viewer reach for the handkerchief every time.
3. Love and Basketball (2000) |
"Love & Basketball" is a film about two people who share a passion for basketball and the close bond they develop over many years as they compete against each other for entertainment and in a highly competitive real-life world. "Love & Basketball" reaches its climax when Monica (Sanaa Lathan) decides to win Quincy (Omar Epps) back by proposing him another match when they finally end up with other romantic partners.
Beautifully adapted into a film by Barry Jenkins, James Baldwin's book is a lyrical hymn to love viewed through the lens of the African American experience in 1970s New York. The loving looks Tish (Kiki Layne) and Fonny (Stephan James) give each other are palpable throughout the film, and the flashbacks to their first relationship make us empathize with Tish as she later fights to get Fonny out of jail after he is wrongfully imprisoned. Regina King won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Fonny's brave mother.
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were a perfect pair in Damien Chazelle's stunning musical about fools dreaming in Los Angeles. Whether they are soaring through the skies in a planetarium or exchanging a longing look at Seb's, Stone and Gosling proved that even doomed love can be wonderful. Yes, the film lost the Best Picture award to "Moonlight" in a shocking Oscar mishap, but "La La Land" still prevailed with six awards.
2. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) |
Beautifully adapted into a film by Barry Jenkins, James Baldwin's book is a lyrical hymn to love viewed through the lens of the African American experience in 1970s New York. The loving looks Tish (Kiki Layne) and Fonny (Stephan James) give each other are palpable throughout the film, and the flashbacks to their first relationship make us empathize with Tish as she later fights to get Fonny out of jail after he is wrongfully imprisoned. Regina King won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Fonny's brave mother.
1. La La Land (2016) |
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were a perfect pair in Damien Chazelle's stunning musical about fools dreaming in Los Angeles. Whether they are soaring through the skies in a planetarium or exchanging a longing look at Seb's, Stone and Gosling proved that even doomed love can be wonderful. Yes, the film lost the Best Picture award to "Moonlight" in a shocking Oscar mishap, but "La La Land" still prevailed with six awards.