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Subgenre Sampler
Green Ice (1981)- Dir. Ernest Day
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Anne Archer, Omar Sharif - Cheesy, outlandish heist romance finds Ryan O'Neal embroiled in the high–stakes world of emerald smuggling. Omar Sharif is good value as an…
Hoodwink (1981)- Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. John Hargreaves, Judy Davis, Geoffrey Rush… - Devious bank robber Hargreaves eludes the law by pretending to be blind in this low–key Aussie caper–romance. Geoffrey Rush’s first…
Lonely Hearts (1981)
- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Jon Finlayson - An off–beat gem about an awkward agency–linked romance between a middle–aged piano tuner and a shy office clerk.
Sense and Sensibility (1981)- Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Irene Richards, Tracey Childs, Diana Fairfax… - Two sisters search for love, happiness and a way out of financial strife. From Jane Austen's novel, this was filmed by the BBC on location in Dorset…
Woman Next Door, The (1981)- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant - Emotional chaos ensues for a happily married man when his old flame, now also married, becomes his immediate neighbour. Taut, intimate melodrama…
Last Metro, The (1980)- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu - Elegant war story in occupied France, Catherine Deneuve struggles to keep her Jewish husband's theatre operating while concealing his whereabouts.
Somewhere in Time (1980)- Dir. Jeannot Szwarc
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer… - Fantastical love story stars Reeve as a successful playwright who becomes obsessed with a woman he believes he is destined to be with, even if it…
10 (1979)- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews - The cuddly charms of Dudley Moore lift this light comedy out of the saccharine. Moore plays a successful composer falling in love with gorgeous Bo…
Chapter Two (1979)- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. James Caan, Marsha Mason, Valerie Harper - Neil SImon's hit play is competently adapted for the big screen. James Caan in a rare romantic role plays a man recently widowed who falls for a…
Chilly Scenes of Winter (Head Over Heels) (1979)- Dir. Joan Micklin Silver
Feat. John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert… - A celebrated early rom–com from writer–director Joan Micklin Silver (CROSSING DELANCEY) with a likable John Heard playing a hopeless…
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