Candid Melodramas: 5 Captivating Movies About Love, Passion, and Attraction since 2000

Love, passion, and attraction excite people of all ages and on all continents. And such films are always in demand - they make the audience cry, empathize and suffer while watching what is happening on the screen.

5 PHOTOS

1. Frame from the movie "Temptation" (taken from open sources)

"Temptation" ("Benedetta"), 2021

• Director: Paul Verhoeven Cast: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia
• genre: history, drama, melodrama, biography
• rating: IMDb - 6.8, limit: 18+

Costume drama with erotic overtones. The main character Benedetta Carlini, a girl from an aristocratic family, decided to devote herself to God. And she devoted so much that she began to have visions with religious themes, where she sees Jesus in the role of her fiance. All this continued until the commoner Bartolomea turned to the monastery for help, and Jesus from dreams gives way to the love of two girls in reality. The film is based on real events. He was not issued a rental certificate in Russia.

2. Frame from the film "Golden Youth" (taken from open sources)

"Golden Youth" ("Une jeunesse dorée"), 2019

• Dir.: Eva Ionesco, Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Melville Pupo, Galatea Bellugi, Lucas Ionesco, and others.
• genre: drama
• rating: IMDb - 4.8, limit: 18+

A provocative film about life in the early 80s. last century. A young couple - confectioner Rose and aspiring artist Michelle are free and ready to exchange love for entertainment. All their free time they hang out at the Palace club. Suddenly, Michel is lucky - his work is bought by an elderly lady. She introduces the couple to her husband, a writer. And they drag the youth into the world of temptations and passions, where there are no taboos.

3. Frame from the movie "My King" (taken from open sources)

"My King" ("Mon roi"), 2015

• Directed by Maiwenn Le Besco Cast: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel
• genre: drama, melodrama
• rating: IMDb - 7.1, limit: 18+

Many women dream of love, but not always love and passion bring happiness. This is exactly the idea that the film conveys. For ten years, Tony and Giorgio's romance has lasted, starting with a light flirtation at a party, but it has not led to anything but a devastating passion that destroys the soul. Sometimes you need to go to the hospital so that you have time to sort yourself out and make the right decision. This happened to Tony, who injured her knee while skiing and is now in a rehabilitation clinic.

4. Frame from the movie "Beloved Sisters" (taken from open sources)

"Beloved Sisters" ("Die geliebten Schwestern"), 2014

• Dir.: Dominik Graf, Cast: Hanna Hertzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henrietta Confurius, Claudia Messner and others.
• Genre: Drama, Romance, History
• rating: IMDb - 6.2, limit: 18+

Two sisters - Charlotte and Carolina from an impoverished aristocratic family have no secrets from each other. They are ready to share everything, even their beloved. Carolina is already married, but her husband does not cause her any feelings. But Charlotte was lucky. She met the young Friedrich Schiller and they developed an attraction. As the sisters agreed, she introduced her lover to her sister. Three young people, contrary to customs and morality, decide to live together. But the love triangle is not destined to last long.

5. Frame from the film "The Reader" (taken from open sources)

The Reader, 2008

• Dir.: Stephen Daldry Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Cross, Bruno Ganzi
• genre: drama, melodrama
• rating: IMDb - 7.8, cap: 16+

For this film, Kate Winslet received an Oscar for Best Actress. Mature woman Hanna hires 15-year-old teenager Michael as a reader. The guy falls in love with her. After a while, Michael's passion finds a response in a woman. They become close, but soon Hanna disappears from his life. The guy remains inconsolable and lives in the hope of a future meeting. After 8 years, during the trial of the Nazis, Michael sees Hannah in the dock, as a former warden in Auschwitz.

Kate Winslet had to wait for the filming of erotic scenes when the performer in the role of young Michael, David Cross, turns 18 years old.