Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1512 Films to Buy & Rent
L'Important c'est d'aimer (That Most Important Thing: Love) (1975)
- Dir. Andrzej Zulawski
Feat. Romy Schneider, Jacques Dutronc, Fabio Testi…
- Andrzej Zulawski's third film is a French–language romance, but as one would expect from the director of POSSESSION, it's a relatively dark and…
Love Among the Ruins (1975)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Katharine Hepburn, Colin Blakely…
- Nicely polished period TV–movie, with barrister Olivier defending aging beauty Hepburn, who is being sued by a gigolo for 'abandonment'. Of…
Romantic Englishwoman, The (1975)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Glenda Jackson, Michael Caine
- The marriage of Glenda Jackson and Michael Caine becomes threatened by the presence of another man. Low–key cocktail of satire, intrigue and…
Story Of Adele H.,The (1975)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott
- A towering performance by Isabelle Adjani anchors this moody, but somewhat turgid romance. Based on the diaries of Victor Hugo's daughter that…
Brief Encounter (1974)
- Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Jack Hedley…
- The BBC revisit David Lean's classic unrequited romance, with Richard Burton and Sophia Loren excellent as would–be lovers who meet on a train…
Love in the Rain (Un amour de pluie) (1974)
- Dir. Jean-Claude Brialy
Feat. Romy Schneider, Nino Castelnuovo, Suzanne Flon
- More pomp and circumstance from Romy Schneider, here playing a well–to–do French woman indulging in various love affairs while holidaying…
Romance With a Double Bass (1974)
- Dir. Robert Young
Feat. John Cleese, Connie Booth, Graham Crowden
- Real–life couple John Cleese and Connie Booth are at their best in this charming comic romance based on the short story by Anton Chekov.…
Tamarind Seed, The (1974)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle…
- Languid romantic thriller plays out against the backdrop of the Cold War looming. Andrews plays a British civil servant on holiday in the Caribbean…
Breezy (1973)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. William Holden, Kay Lenz
- Early, overlooked love affair from screen hard man Clint Eastwood, directing elder statesman William Holden as an aging recent divorcee who strikes…
Fear Eats the Soul (1973)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem
- A sort of remake of Douglas Sirk's older woman–younger man melodrama "All That Heaven Allows", with added plot weirds countered by typical…