Star-Crossed
By: Acerk21
“Star-crossed” is a phrase that describes a pair of lovers whose relationship is often thwarted by outside forces and doomed from the start. The term is astrological in origin, stemming from the belief that the position of the stars ruled over people’s fates, and is best known from the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet.
Here are some examples of “star-crossed lovers” in film: (Romeo & Juliet titles not included)
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01Douglas Sirk
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02Albert Lewin
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03Michael Curtiz
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04Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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05Tay Garnett
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06Jeannot Szwarc
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07William Wyler
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08Wong Kar-wai
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09Deepa Mehta
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10Michael Powell
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11Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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12Jack Clayton
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13Satoshi Kon
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14Michael Curtiz
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15George Stevens
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16Jacques Demy
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17Vittorio De Sica
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18Terrence Malick
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19Mikio Naruse
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20Lou Ye
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21Marcel Camus
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22Joe Wright
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23William Wyler
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24David Lean
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25Elia Kazan
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26Richard Linklater
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27Richard Linklater
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28Charles Vidor
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29George Cukor
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30Sofia Coppola
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31Nicholas Ray
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32Makoto Shinkai
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33Lou Ye
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34Todd Haynes
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35John Cromwell
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36Tay Garnett
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37George Sidney
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38Edmund Goulding
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39John Cromwell
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40Jane Campion
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41King Vidor
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42Henry Hathaway
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43Vincente Minnelli
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44Woody Allen
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45Ang Lee
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46James Cameron
