
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(2004)A fragmented, non-linear look at the elusive and peculiar nature of memory, this gorgeous and romantic, high-concept yet lo-fi/sci-fi cult classic could only come from the genius mind of Charlie Kaufman. Aching and ambitious filmmaking, of a kind rarely replicated.

Some Like It Hot
(1959)After witnessing a shooting, two Chicago musicians head south disguised as female jazz artists. Their cover seems perfect...until love comes along.

The Graduate
(1967)Hollywood darlings Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katharine Ross create one outrageous love triangle in this groundbreaking American film classic.

The Apartment
(1960)A corporate drone hatches a scheme for success: Let the execs use his apartment for “dates.” It goes beautifully, until his love interest gets hurt.

The Worst Person in the World
(2021)A young woman battles indecision, navigating turbulent waters of love and career to discover her true path and find where her heart belongs.

When Harry Met Sally...
(1989)Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal became rom-com icons for their irresistible turns as modern lovers on the eve of the 1990s in this swooning classic, directed by the late Rob Reiner. Received wisdom about relationships comes loose as the two characters do some more growing up in the scenic Big Apple.

Three Colors: Red
(1994)An accident creates a relationship between a model and a retired judge who spies on his neighbors.

A Single Man
(2009)The first film from famed designer Tom Ford, A Single Man is a highly stylized tale of love and loss in the tradition of Wong Kar Wai’s sumptuous melodramas. With deeply felt performances from Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, and direction to match, the film established Ford as a talent to watch.

Phantom Thread
(2017)In this lustrous drama, master craftsman Paul Thomas Anderson handles the sumptuous fabric of a passionate courtship between headstrong lovers. Hand in glove with that feverish romance, Jonny Greenwood’s rippling piano melodies climb to the heavens and sigh at the triumph of tenderness over regimen.

Fallen Leaves
(2023)Moviegoing dreamers, there is hope for us still in this timeless, tender romance from living legend Aki Kaurismäki. Imbued with the filmmaker’s idiosyncratic playfulness and deadpan humor, this bittersweet comedy charmed even the most dour of critics and, delightfully, won the Jury Prize at Cannes.

Paterson
(2016)Following an everyman observer as he transfigures his low-key daily routine into verse, Jarmusch’s film depicts moments of epiphany and inspiration, finding the rhymes and rhythms of everyday life. A disarming, imperfectly symmetrical relationship drama, starring Adam Driver and Golshifteh Farahani.

Belle de Jour
(1967)The bored wife of a wealthy doctor spends her afternoons exploring exciting escapades as a call-girl in a chic Paris brothel.

The Dreamers
(2003)Infatuated with cinema, revolution, and youth, The Dreamers smolders with the sense of possibility that suffused the city of love in 1968. Recently restored, this seductive homage to the French New Wave stars Louis Garrel and Eva Green as the smoking-hot instigators of a tempting ménage à trois.

Babyteeth
(2020)A seriously ill teenager falls in love with a drug dealer and shows everyone around her how to live life like you have nothing to lose.

Certified Copy
(2010)Abbas Kiarostami’s first feature made outside his native Iran is this sumptuous, brain-teasing romance, in which a deceptively simple relationship morphs into something more complex—and keeps the audience guessing. Cannes winner Juliette Binoche is enigmatic, vulnerable and perfect in the lead role.

Licorice Pizza
(2021)It was 1973 in the San Fernando Valley, and 15-year-old child actor Gary Valentine found himself falling hard for the free-spirited, 10-years-older Alana Kane. As he looks to impress her with entrepreneurial hustle and innate chutzpah, her bemused interest may give way to something more.

The Watermelon Woman
(1997)Cheryl, an aspiring black lesbian filmmaker working in a video store, is making a documentary about a black actress from the 1930s who was typecast, credited only as “the watermelon woman.” While uncovering the meaning of her life, Cheryl simultaneously experiences an upheaval in her own.

45 Years
(2015)Kate Mercer is planning a party to celebrate her 45th wedding anniversary. One week before the celebration a letter arrives for her husband, Geoff, containing news that the body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. Kate continues to prepare for the party, but she becomes increasingly concerned by Geoff's preoccupation with the letter an

Irma la Douce
(1963)A policeman is reassigned to Paris’s Red Light district, where he discovers that the cops ignore the rampant prostitution in exchange for bribes.

Matthias & Maxime
(2019)Xavier Dolan’s sparkling drama features the beloved director before the camera in a touching role. Dolan co-stars in this tender, heartfelt story of a friendship between men from different classes that is challenged by the possibility of separation—and attraction.