Brokeback Mountain

A snub can mean a missing nomination or a nominee losing the award. These are argued preferences, with that distinction and the relevant ceremony made explicit in every entry. Most films date from...

For adult viewers who want romance to do more than deliver a reassuring ending, this ranking values chemistry, emotional precision and the ways filmmaking makes desire visible. It ranges across...

A ranking led by films that make private relationships reveal much larger pressures, with rewarding detours into animation, documentary and comedy. The descriptions offer reasons to choose each...

An unhappy ending can preserve an irrecoverable love, a moral consequence or grief that has not become convenient. It can also contain hope. These films make sadness matter through character and...