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Films
The Graduate by Mike Nichols (director)
A recent college graduate from an affluent family is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, then subsequently falls in love with her daughter.
Publication Date: 1967
Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee (director)
Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, two young men meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the power of love.
Publication Date: 2005
Dirty Dancing by Emile Ardolino (director)
In the summer of 1963, Baby and her family take their summer vacation in the Catskills. While at the hotel, Baby falls in love with the young dance instructor. She must earn his trust, friendship, and heart by helping to fill in for his dance partner.
Publication Date: 1987
The Princess Bride by Rob Reiner (director)
Heartbroken over the death of her beloved Westley, beautiful Buttercup finally succumbs to the advances of the wicked Prince Humperdinck. Yet, when she's suddenly kidnapped by a motley band of deviants, what gallant hero comes to the rescue? None other than Westley, alive, well and as wonderful as ever. But before these two can live happily ever after, they must first overcome formidable odds.
Publication Date: 1987
Belle et la Bete (Beauty and the Beast) by Jean Cocteau (director)
Tells the fable of the kindly beast and the self-sacrificing beauty whose love releases the prince in him. Contains such visual displays as tears that become real diamonds and walls that grow arms to light Beauty's path through the castle of the Beast.
Publication Date: 1946
Love and Basketball by Gina Prince-Bythewood (director)
From the playground to the pro leagues, Monica and Quincy taught each other how to play the game. Now, their commitment to the sport will force them to make a choice between each other and the game...between family and team...between love and basketball.
Publication Date: 2000
Say Anything... by Cameron Crowe (director)
Lloyd Dobler recently graduated from high school and wants only one thing, to date Diane Court. She's beautiful, brilliant, and headed to England to study, and all his friends and her father tell him she's way out of his league. When they fall in love anyway, the result is a funny, poignant and joyous celebration of first love.
Publication Date: 1989
Like Water for Chocolate by Alfonso Arau (director)
In early 20th century Mexico, a young couple is blocked from marrying by the demands of the young woman's cold and traditional mother. To be near his love, the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.
Publication Date: 1992
Sleepless in Seattle by Nora Ephron (director)
After hearing a man confess his love for his dearly departed wife on a call-in radio show, a woman falls deeply, inexplicably in love with him. Deciding he is her destiny, she treks across country on a wildly romantic impulse to meet him.
Publication Date: 1993
My Big Fat Greek Wedding by Joel Zwick
Toula is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, crazy Greek family in Chicago. Working in her father's restaurant, she hides behind her family and keeps the world at a distance. One day at the restaurant she finds herself pouring coffee for a man who inspires her to change her life, and the way she sees the world ... forever.
Publication Date: 2002
The Doris Day and Rock Hudson Collection (three films)
Pillow Talk: Two single professionals find themselves sharing a party line and a whole lot more when they get their lines crossed.
Lover Come Back: Business gets mixed with pleasure when two advertising executives go after the same account. Send Me No Flowers: A hypochondriac gets the wrong diagnosis and decides to arrange for a future husband for his very confused wife.
Carol by Todd Haynes (director)
Two women from very different backgrounds find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her twenties, Therese is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage.
Publication Date: 2015
A Star Is Born by Bradley Cooper (director, actor)
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers and falls in love with struggling artist Ally. She has given up on her dream to become a successful singer, until she meets Jack, who immediately sees her natural talent. This is the raw and passionate tale of Jack and Ally, two artistic souls coming together, on stage and in life. Theirs is a complex journey through the beauty and the heartbreak of a relationship struggling to survive.
Publication Date: 2018
Television series
I Love Lucy, season 1 by Desi Arnaz (executive producer)
Centers on Lucy Ricardo and her singer/bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo, and their friends and landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz. Lucy has a knack for getting herself into hilarious but troublesome situations, which she often pulls Fred and Ethel into, all the while exasperating her husband Ricky.
Publication Date: 1951
Grey's Anatomy, season 1 by Shonda Rhimes (creator)
Centers around the lives and loves of five young surgical interns at Seattle Grace Hospital. Placed in the most competitive and grueling internship a hospital has, these young interns learn how to become surgeons from some of the best in the business.
Publication Date: 2005
True Blood: Season 1 by Alan Ball (creator)
The small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana boasts a wide array of colorful locals. Sookie Stackhouse is a sweet and innocent waitress who hides her powerful ability to read minds. Bill Compton is a 173 year-old vampire who's just moved back to town. Sookie's brother Jason is a ladies' man who can't seem to stay out of trouble. Tough-as-nails Tara is Sookie's loyal best friend and Sam is the owner of Merlotte's who tries to keep his feelings for Sookie to himself. Lafayette is a man about town who's always cooking up something illicit.
Publication Date: 2008
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner by
A young white woman brings home her black fiance, an act which truly tests the open-mindedness of her parents.
Publication Date: 1967
Love Story by
A young Ivy League couple cross social barriers to marry, then must cope with untimely illness and death.
Publication Date: 1970
Grease by
It's love when a greaser falls for a good girl in this classic musical depicting young life in the fifties.
Publication Date: 1978
Lady and the Tramp by
A pedigreed cocker spaniel falls for the romance of a carefree mongrel, who helps her in her time of need.
Publication Date: 1955
Moonlighting, seasons 1 and 2 by
The quirky cases of an ex-model and a wiseguy detective who co-run a private detective agency.
Publication Date: 1985
Bewitched, season 1 by
Samantha Stephens is a pretty, typical American housewife who just happens to be a witch with a mortal husband.
Publication Date: 1964
Friends, season 1 by
Situation comedy revolving around Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and Ross--six friends living in New York City.
Publication Date: 1994
The L Word by
Television series about the lives and loves of a group of lesbian friends living in Los Angeles.
Publication Date: 2004
