Romance Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Zakhm (1998)	Absolutely stunning film	2000-08-07	Simon
Zakhm (1998)	Hide this wound deep in your heart	2021-05-08	Simon
Yesterday Once More (2004)	Formulaic	2007-04-24	Simon
Women Who Flirt (2014)	... or women who don't?	2023-08-30	Simon
Woman Of Water (2002)	Avoid	2012-05-22	Simon
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)	Trashy but demented fun	2020-09-19	Simon
Treasure Hunt (1994)	Worth watching for the good bits	2002-02-03	Simon
Trail Of The Broken Blade (1967)	One of the better swordplay films of its era	2003-07-27	Simon
Timeless Romance (1998)	Inventive and fun	2006-01-07	Simon
Time And Tide (2000)	Classic film	2003-05-13	Simon
Til Death Do Us Part (1998)	Bleak end-of-love story	2002-04-02	Simon
The Wheel of Life (1983)	Moderately interesting anthology film	2024-01-21	Simon
The Venus' Tear Diamond (1971)	May entertain some, but not my cup of tea	2005-07-06	Simon
The Scarlet Letter (2004)	Intense and painful, full of dark emotions	2012-05-25	Simon
The Lovers (1994)	A master at work	2006-01-07	Simon
The Love Eterne (1963)	Guess I don't like Huangmei Opera!	2004-01-19	Simon
The Killer's Love (1993)	Just awful	2020-08-13	Simon
The Grandmaster (2013)	Incoherent and overblown	2013-04-07	Simon
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)	Beautiful contemplation on the bittersweet years of adolescence	2013-02-02	Simon
The Fruit Is Ripe III (1999)	Pretty ladies take clothes off.	2001-12-24	Simon
The Bride With White Hair (1993)	One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films	2013-01-03	Simon
The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)	Weird anthology film	2024-04-29	Simon
Task Force (1997)	One of the best films of the 90's	2001-05-27	Simon
Taal (1999)	All-time great soundtrack	2022-05-11	Simon
Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)	Chor Yuen adapts Gu Long once again	2024-04-01	Simon
Suzhou River (2000)	Drifting along	2021-08-03	Simon
Summer Breeze Of Love (2002)	Utterly banal	2003-03-07	Simon
Stolen Love (2001)	Clever and unusual	2003-03-07	Simon
Sons Of Good Earth (1965)	Solid debut from one of cinema's masters	2006-04-24	Simon
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)	Well made but not that interesting	2001-12-19	Simon