Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Way We Were, The (1973)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand
- A rich–kid aspiring novelist and a political activist go through the pleasure and pain of courtship and marriage through three decades.…
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
- Dir. Milton Katselas
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Edward Jr. Albert, Eileen Heckart
- Early Goldie Hawn vehicle adapts Leonard Gershe's Broadway play, in which Hawn's blind neighbour falls in love with her.
Cesar & Rosalie (1972)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey…
- French romantic drama with Yves Montand and Sami Frey playing contrasting romantic rivals to divorced single mum Romy Schneider. Montand is a coarse…
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
- Probably Woody Allen's funniest film is this tale of a nerdish film critic who is aided by the ghost of Bogart to find love after his wife divorces…