To fill your heart with romance, while fueling your need for the marvelous, here are 4 movies streaming on Prime Video, which mix the two to perfection: Three Thousand Years Waiting for You, Palm Springs, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Big Fishas well as The Illusionist.
Yes, romantic comedies are fantastic. But if you add a real hint of magic in there, it still becomes even more interesting. And that’s good, since on SVOD platforms, love stories mixed with the supernatural are legion (hello Twilight).
On Prime Video, you have the choice between the three wishes of Three thousand years waiting for youthe time loop of Palm Springsthe painful memories ofEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mindthe epic life of a liar born (or not) with Big Fish or the sleight of hand of The Illusionist.
Three thousand years waiting for you on Prime Video, romance style Aladdin
What would you do if a genie suddenly appeared before you, offering to grant you your three dearest wishes? This is the question asked by Three thousand years waiting for youwhich happily reinvents the tales of yesterday and today, to question their origins, and the need for our societies to escape into fictional narratives.
In the two main roles, Tilda Swinton (Doctor Strange) and Idris Elba (Luther) shine brightly, complementing each other perfectly. A grandiose duo, chosen by the no less prestigious George Miller (Mad Max), which creates this ode to love and dreams, with an ultra colorful visual. Disturbing, but devilishly poetic.
- To see if you liked: Everything Everywhere All At Once ; Aladdin ; The thousand and One Nights ; Cloud Atlas ; The Fountain; The Shape of Water
- To see if you are looking for: fantastic ; romance; drama ; tale; psychological; supernatural; magical; poetry ; golden casting; cerebral; magic; mythology; time travel ; reflect on the power of fiction and love; see Idris Elba (literally) shine brightly
Palm Springs on Prime Video, romance style A Day Without End
Replace Groundhog Day with a happy marriage, put Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) in Bill Murray’s shoes, and you’ll get one of the best romantic comedies since A Day Without End. In Palm SpringsNyles is thus at the end of his tether, having to relive the same day over and over again: that of a wedding to which he is invited.
While he thinks he has already tried everything, even the most extreme solutions, Sarah, the bride’s sister, finds herself stuck with him in this temporal paradox… Just for the sparkling alchemy between Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti (How I Met Your Mother), Palm Springs definitely worth a look.
Far from romances filled with marshmallows, this darkly humorous comedy takes great pleasure in deconstructing all the clichés linked to love. And we must admit: we absolutely never tire of seeing this absurd and sunny summit again and again.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on Prime Video, romance style Inception
Joel and Clementine had a wonderful love story, until the latter wanted to erase their relationship from her memory. Devastated, Joel decides to benefit from the same innovative program, to make the love of his life disappear from all his memories. But as all their shared moments flash before his eyes, he tries to reverse the process, before it’s too late…
Considered one of the greatest romance films of all time, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a moving experience, which elevates melancholy to the rank of art and forever clouds our vision of the couple. Jim Carrey (The Truman Show) and Kate Winslet (Titanic) found the most beautiful roles of their career there, playing these broken but terribly beautiful lovers.
- To see if you liked: Inception ; The Truman Show ; Her ; Mr Nobody; Vanilla Sky; The Fountain; Her name is Ruby; happiness therapy ; (500) days together
- To see if you are looking for: drama ; romance; science fiction; golden casting; chills; love forever (or not); cerebral; psychological; relationship ; loneliness; sob out ; see Jim Carrey more melancholic than ever; want to change your hair color as often as Clementine
Big Fish on Prime Video, romance style Forrest Gump
Tim Burton generally rhymes with gothic and completely dark atmosphere, d’Edward Scissorhands to Funeral wedding. But one of his most successful films strangely strays from his usual aesthetic, venturing towards a softer and more romantic fairy tale universe.
In Big Fish, the whimsical Edward Bloom falls seriously ill. He then tries to reconcile with Will, his son, tired of hearing him recount his life by inventing every detail. For once, he would like to know the truth about his extravagant father…
Intimate film, but full of inventive discoveries, Big Fish is a little visual marvel, which allows Ewan McGregor (Star Wars) to reveal all his charming fantasy. This masterpiece by Tim Burton speaks to our child’s soul, while offering a magnificent love story. A true enchantment.
- To see if you liked: Forrest Gump ; The fabulous destiny of Amelie Poulain ; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ; Miss Peregrine and the Peculiar Children; Mr Nobody
- To see if you are looking for: fantastic ; drama ; romance; adventure ; humor ; father-son relationship; golden casting; moving; offset; imagination; disentangle the true from the false; see Obi-Wan Kenobi make a declaration of love in a field of flowers
The Illusionist on Prime Video, romance style Prestige
In Vienna in the 1900s, one name is on everyone’s lips: Eisenheim, a charismatic magician who amazes the city’s inhabitants with his illusions. But very quickly, he attracts the wrath of Crown Prince Leopold, mad with jealousy. Especially since his fiancée, Sophie von Teschen, begins to fall under the spell of Eisenheim…
Welcome in The Illusionist, a story of forbidden love sprinkled with a good dose of magic. Appearances are never what they seem in this little-known film, which nevertheless benefits from the impressive aura of Edward Norton (Fight Club), by Paul Giamatti (Downton Abbey) and Jessica Biel (The Sinner). Never let yourself be distracted by this complex story, otherwise you yourself will be dazzled by Eisenheim’s magic tricks…
- To see if you liked: Prestige ; Elusive ; Harry Potter ; The Pale Blue Eye ; Crimson Peak
- To see if you are looking for: fantastic ; drama ; mystery ; psychological thriller; golden casting; romance; chills; ghosts and magic; cerebral; murder; twists and turns; riddles; in costumes; denounce domestic violence; discover new magic tricks to amaze your loved ones (or not)
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