Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Dogfight (1991)
- Dir. Nancy Savoca
Feat. River Phoenix, Lili Taylor
- Satisfying romantic comedy about a U.S. marine who surrenders his machismo for one night to have an unlikely and sensitive affair with an 'ugly…
Dying Young (1991)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio…
- Chuckle as stilettoed ignoramus Julia Roberts nurtures a rich and handsome cancer patient with whom she falls in lurve.
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Humble fairy tale about a rocky relationship between hamburger cook and waitress. A dolled down Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this…
Hairdresser's Husband, The (1991)
- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena
- Everything you may love or loathe about French movies is taken to an (intentional?) extreme in this whimsical venture into the one–track mind…
He Said, She Said (1991)
- Dir. Ken Kwapis, Marisa Silver
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Nathan Lane…
- Romantic comedy that plays out the relationship between rival journalists twice – once from each perspective. The conservative male and liberal…
L.A. Story (1991)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Steve Martin, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker
- On form Steve Martin vehicle from his own script, a witty and romantic satire of life in L.A. He unashamedly pokes fun at the city's obsession with…
Lunatics: A Love Story (1991)
- Dir. Josh Becker
Feat. Ted Raimi, Deborah Foreman, Bruce Campbell
- A Sam Raimi–produced twisted rom–com with brother Ted Raimi as a paranoid, aspiring poet who, after an accidental phone conversation with…
Mediterraneo (1991)
- Dir. Gabriele Salvatores
Feat. Claudio Bigagli, Diego Abatanthono, Giuseppe Cederna
- Oscar–winning tale of eight Italian soldiers who find themselves stranded on a remote Greek isle during WW2. An affecting and surprising…
Only the Lonely (1991)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy…
- John Candy's nice guy 38–year–old cop has his romantic life hampered by his outspoken mother. Maureen O'Hara's first screen role in 20…
Prince of Tides, The (1991)
- Dir. Barbra Streisand
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte
- Babs directs herself in self–adoring but skillful fashion as the genteel psychiatrist of Pat Conroy's classy novel. Nick Nolte plays her…