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I sure am. And I even watched it again not too long ago…
What about “Deliverance”. Unless you call that love?? ha!
But at the end, doesn’t Jon Voigt wake up from a bad dream next to his wife?
** Midnight Cowboy **. Lots of sex, no real love.
** To Kill a Mockingbird ** is also a good choice.
Canadian Bacon?
I believe the scene you are thinking of is Voight visiting the wife of the guy who died (Ronny Cox? it’s been a while). Deliverance is definitely not an it-was-all-a-dream movie.
The Replacement Killers. Sure, there’s a pesky gun runner/drug dealer trying to get into Mira Sorvino’s pants, but that doesn’t really count as “romance.” Well, for most people, anyway.
The Neverending Story comes to mind. Right up there with End of Days. Predator also lacked romance, but not Predator 2, so not all sci-fi is completely romance free. To be honest, I kinda got the impression there was a little bit in Alien between Ripply and the captain. I could be wrong, or it could just be the fact he was the first victim of the fully grown beast, so it never really developed.
I didn’t make myself clear, and I certainly didn’t mean to imply that Deliverance was an it-was-all-a-dream movie.
Anyhow, after everyone’s gone home (“I don’t think I’ll be seeing you for a while, Ed”), there’s a scene of the calm waters of the lake created by the dammed up river, and a arm comes floating to the surface. Ed (Jon Voight) then awakes with a start. He’s in bed with someone who comforts him and he rolls back over. I always thought it was his wife (but it could be Drew’s (Ronny Cox) widow. That never occurred to me.) Checking IMDB, it shows Belinda Beatty as Martha Gentry, and Ed’s last name is Gentry, so I think it’s his wife.
Mind you, that’s very little man/woman relationship - maybe fifteen seconds of a 109 minute movie. But under the terms of the OP, I think it disqualifies Deliverance.
Scifi/fantasy? romance-free? huh? Han & Leia, Lois & Clark, Arwen & Aragorn, Captain Kirk & anything vaguely feminine…
There are a few, maybe. Neverending story is close, but I always saw a bit of a spark between the empress and Bastian. Maybe it’s just me.
Kid’s movies in general tend to have lots of clean romance. Pinocchio is maybe the only disney movie that doesn’t. I was going to say Toy Story, but there’s Bo Peep.
hmmm… tough one…
Gotcha, Labdad. I did misunderstand what you were saying. Now that you explicate a bit, I think I remember that scene, too. Sorry for the confusion.
Watership Down and Duel.
Supposedly, that’s Ray Bradbury’s favorite Valentine’s Day movie. Since it does deal with God’s love for His creation…
Only in the original, made-for-TV version. In the theatrical release, he calls his wife when he pulls over for gas and, IIRC, tries to make up for the argument they had.
No, Elisha Cook, Jr. is a henpecked husband whose wife is humping someone else, possibly Sterling Hayden, IIRC
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Watership Down has a touch of rabbit-romance implied, as I recall it.
I haven’t seen it since it first came out, but I don’t recall Schindler’s List having any romantic sub-plot.
Full Metal Jacket?
Ralph Fiennes character was in love or had a relationship with the Jewish maid in Schindler’s List.
How about Stand by Me?
Jodie Foster’s character in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ had no boyfriend or any other hint of a romantic social life.
Although, I suppose some could argue that her character’s relationship with Dr. Lecter COULD be somewhat construed as “romantic,” I think the film made it fairly clear that Hannibal was more of a ‘father figure’ for her.
I was going to say Silence of the Lambs, but I think the subtext between Clarice and Hannibal kill it, and then of course there’s the twisted sexuality of the killer. Not love, but still…