Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Pride and Prejudice (TV Series) (1995)
- Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle
- Jane Austen connoisseurs shan't be disappointed with this terrifically popular BBC version of her consummate novel about romantic intrigues between…
Rendezvous in Paris (1995)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Clara Bellar, Mathias Mégard, Antoine Basler
- A delicately poised triptych framed around three lighthearted tales of philandering men and women. Minor, though quintessential Rohmer dalliance…
Run of the Country, The (1995)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Albert Finney, Matt Keeslar, Victoria Smurfit
- Stirring Irish drama in the tradition of 'My Left Foot', aided by the magnetic presence of Albert Finney. Finney's son breaks out of the confines of…
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman…
- It all started here – The Jane Austen Revival, in a witty and engaging take on this classic tale of two sisters, one practical (Emma Thompson),…
Stealing Beauty (1995)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Liv Tyler, Jeremy Irons
- Bertolucci is at home on the range of rural Tuscany for his most accessible and fanciful outing.
Much like every character in the film, its hard…
Sugartime (1995)
- Dir. John N. Smith
Feat. John Turturro, Mary-Louise Parker, Elias Koteas…
- Charts the infamous, real–life romance between Chicago mobster Sam Giancana (John Turturro) and whitebread songstress Phyllis McGuire…
Truth About Cats and Dogs (1995)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Janeane Garofalo, Ben Chaplin, Uma Thurman
- Cyrano De Bergerac is reworked for the girls in this highly digestible romantic fable.
Fresh faces Janeanne Garofalo and Brit hunk Ben Chaplin…
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- Dir. Jon Turteltaub
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher…
- Lonely girl Sandra Bullock comes to the aid of a romanticised stranger after he is mugged, murmurs that she was going to 'marry him', and so is taken…
Angie (1994)
- Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Geena Davis, Stephen Rea
- Geena Davis brings real authenticity to her role as an expectant mother who, after meeting flamboyant Irishman Stephen Rea, discovers there's is more…
Belle Epoque (1994)
- Dir. Fernando Trueba
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Jorge Sanz
- Oscar–winning comedy set in thirties Spain will have you grinning from ear to ear as its young army deserter finds the ultimate sanctuary at…