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Romance Movies For When You Feel Sharp With A Partner

Romance movies for when you feel sharp with a partner. Includes The Apartment, The Handmaiden, The Art of Racing in the Rain and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Brain is on. Make use of it.

The Apartment movie poster
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1960 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.

The Handmaiden movie poster
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2016 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.

The Art of Racing in the Rain movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

A family dog – with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind – evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.

20th Century Girl movie poster
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2022 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.

Vertigo movie poster
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1958 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.

A good night for a demanding film. These reward the extra engagement.

Subtext and performance become visible on sharp nights.

Good paired viewing. Worth discussing afterward.

Casablanca movie poster
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1943 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.

Singin' in the Rain movie poster
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1952 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.

Better Days movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.

It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.

Call Me by Your Name movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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