Soulmate Movies

Movies with the theme of Soulmates
	Michael [1996] PG It's an average day in the life of three sorry tabloid reporters: Go check out the old kook who claims to have an angel living with her. Sure enough, the guy's got wings, but what's with the smoking, drinking and womanizing? During a cross-country trip with angel Michael (John Travolta), his unconventional methods work their heavenly magic on the reporters. Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle) wrote the script.
	Sweet Home Alabama [2002] PG-13 Abandoning her rural Alabama background and high school-sweetheart husband (Josh Lucas) in favor of Manhattan's glamorous social circles, Melanie Smooter-Perry (Reese Witherspoon) adopts a chicer surname to go with her new life. As career woman Melanie Carmichael, she attracts a handsome Park Avenue boyfriend (Patrick Dempsey) … but then he pops the question, forcing Melanie to go down South and finally get her divorce papers signed.
	Portrait of Jennie [1948] NR Artist Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) has never been able to impress influential art dealer Henry Matthews with his work ... until he meets a schoolgirl in Central Park named Jennie (Jennifer Jones). There is a mystical quality about Jennie, and she intrigues him with the way she chats on about things that happened years ago. When Eben sketches Jennie, it shows more expression and emotion than anything else he has ever done.
	Titanic [1997] PG Winner of 11 Oscars, director James Cameron's effects-filled blockbuster weds the historical tale of the doomed ocean liner with a fictional romance between two of the ship's ill-fated passengers putting a human face on a tragedy of epic proportions. Society girl Rose Dewitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) and penniless artist Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) struggle to survive both the sinking ship and the wrath of Rose's wealthy fiancé (Billy Zane).
	Romeo and Juliet [1968] PG Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language, Romeo Montague (Leonard Whiting) and Juliet Capulet (Olivia Hussey) fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy. The film won two Oscars, for cinematography and costume design.
	August Rush [2007] PG After cellist Lyla (Keri Russell) and guitarist Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) share an enchanted night together, circumstances rip them apart, and the child (Freddie Highmore) produced by the union is raised by an opportunistic stranger (Robin Williams) who nurtures the boy's musical talent. Determined to find his parents, the boy -- known as August Rush -- relies on music to draw his mother and father to him. Terrence Howard co-stars.
	Only You [1994] PG As a child, Faith (Marisa Tomei) was told she'd marry a man named Damon Bradley. When, years later and engaged, she receives a call from her fiancé's friend -- named Damon Bradley -- Faith and her sister-in-law (Bonnie Hunt) take off for Italy to hunt down her soul mate. There, she falls head over heels for the man (Robert Downey Jr.) who claims to be the companion she seeks ... only to find that a force stronger than destiny is at work.
	Timer [2009] R In this comedic fantasy, science has facilitated the search for a soul mate via biotechnological implants that count down to the moment one is supposed to meet his or her match. But Oona (Emma Caulfield) is worried: She's nearly 30, and her TiMER isn't ticking yet. Will her dream guy get snatched up by someone else? John Patrick Amedori co-stars in this film from first-time writer and director Jac Schaeffer.
	Just Like Heaven [2005] PG-13 Shortly after David Abbott (Mark Ruffalo) moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson (Reese Witherspoon), who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive. Their quest for the truth ultimately leads to love in this spectral romantic comedy.
	P.S. I Love You [2007] PG-13 When she loses her beloved husband Gerry (Gerard Butler) to a brain tumor, grieving widow Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is surprised to learn that he left a series of letters behind to help her cope with the pain of being without him. As the months drag on, Holly finds messages from Gerry that encourage her to go on living. But will the letters mire her deeper into the past, or will they give her the strength she needs to face the future?
	My First Mister [2001] R Against all odds, a 49-year-old store owner (Albert Brooks) and his teenage clerk (Leelee Sobieski) become close friends. He's neurotic, and she's from a dysfunctional family -- but together, they heal emotional wounds and form an unbreakable bond. Christine Lahti directs this underappreciated comedy about two introverts who find a way to open up their hearts and minds. John Goodman and Carol Kane co-star.
	Innocence [2000] R After more than 40 years, widowed musician Andreas (Charles "Bud" Tingwell) decides to get back in touch with his one great love, Claire (Julia Blake), who is still married. The former lovers discover that their connection is as strong as it ever was, and they soon become involved in a reckless, intense love affair. But this time around, things are more complicated -- can their love overcome the obstacles life has put in its way?
	Deja Vu [1997] PG-13 Dana, an L.A. shop owner (Victoria Foyt) and Sean, a London painter (Stephen Dillane) meet by happenstance, and it's love at first sight. Complicating that, of course is the fact that Sean is already married and Dana is about to marry her business partner, Alex (Michael Brandon). If this is really love, is it strong enough to tear them away from their already-established lives?
	Forever Young [1992] PG In 1939, the love of Daniel's (Mel Gibson) life, Helen (Isabel Glasser), falls comatose after an accident. Grief-stricken, he agrees to be frozen alive in scientist Harry's (George Wendt) cryogenics experiment in the hopes that when he's thawed, Helen will be recovered. Some 50 years later, two kids revive Daniel, leaving him to cope with society's developments -- and having to find Harry and Helen. Jamie Lee Curtis co-stars.
	Late For Dinner [1991] PG On the lam in 1962 for a crime he thinks he committed, family guy Willie Husband (Brian Wimmer) flees his picture-perfect Santa Fe wife, Joy (Marcia Gay Harden), and child, lands in a cryogenic deep sleep with dim bulb buddy Frank (Peter Berg), and wakes up 29 years later yet only one day older. In this sci-fi romantic comedy, Willie tries to go home again, but discovers on arrival that even if his feelings haven't changed, Joy's life has.
	Ghost [1990] PG-13 Gothamites Sam (Patrick Swayze) and Molly (Demi Moore) see their romance shattered when a street thug kills Sam during a mugging. But love endures beyond the grave when a spectral Sam learns that Molly is in danger and he must find a way to warn her before she suffers his fate. Whoopi Goldberg (in an Oscar-winning role) co-stars as sassy pseudopsychic Oda Mae, who serves as Sam's liaison with the living.
	Butchers Wife [1991] PG-13 Greenwich Village butcher Leo Lemke (George Dzundza) returns from a North Carolina fishing trip with his clairvoyant new wife, Marina (Demi Moore). Soon, she's inspiring hardened Gothamites with her prophecies -- and scaring her hubby, who sends her to the neighborhood shrink (Jeff Daniels). But Leo's plan may backfire when Marina starts to suspect she wed the wrong guy in this whimsical comedy co-starring Mary Steenburgen.
	Return to Me [2000] PG In this engaging tale, a Chicago architect donates his wife's heart after she's tragically killed in an accident. A year later, he falls in love with a plucky waitress -- only to learn that she's the woman who received the heart.
	Dream Lovers [1986] UR A 1986 Hong Kong variation on Somewhere in Time. Chow Yun Fat is a conductor of classical music named Sung, who wants to settle down in Hong Kong with her fiancee (Cher Yeung, winner of Miss Hong Kong 1983). All of a sudden, he becomes possessed by visions of a beautiful lady dancing in ancient costume. Another young woman in Hong Kong dreams of an ancient soldier who looks exactly like Sung. The two are actually reincarnated lovers in the Qin Dynasty (2nd Century B.C.).
	Always [1989] PG Directed by Steven Spielberg, this affecting remake of A Guy Named Joe stars Richard Dreyfuss as brash Pete Sandich, a firefighting pilot who dies in the line of duty but returns as a guardian angel to fledgling aviator Ted Baker (Brad Johnson). Pete's task takes an unexpected twist, however, when Ted begins falling for Dorinda Durston (Holly Hunter) -- the girl Pete left behind. Audrey Hepburn plays a seraph in her final big-screen appearance.