Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Countess from Hong Kong, The (1967)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Syd Chaplin…
- None too distinguished final film for dir. Chaplin is set aboard a cruise ship, on which US diplomat Brando finds a stowaway Russian countess…
Elvira Madigan (1967)
- Dir. Bo Widerberg
Feat. Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer…
- Ultra–romantic story of an army officer and a tightrope dancer who sacrifice everything for each other. Filmed like a shampoo commercial, it…
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp…
- Pastoral, moody epic set in 18th Century England follows the romantic intrigues of an independent woman farmer with three men. Photography by Nic…
Wuthering Heights (1967)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Ian McShane, Angela Scoular
- This BBC adaptation of Emily Bronte's gothic romance was one of only a handful that were able to cover the entire novel by virtue of the miniseries…
Young Girls of Rochefort, The (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) (1967)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Francois Dorleac, Gene Kelly
- The carrot of love is dangled in Jacques Demy's positively radiant follow–up to UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG: an unbridled, colour–saturated…
Glass Bottom Boat, The (1966)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Dom DeLuise…
- Completely transparent comedy of the fluffy 60s variety, with Doris Day, pursued by Rod Taylor and mistaken for a Soviet spy.
How to Steal a Million (1966)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach…
- A top cast lifts this romantically–inclined suspense caper, wherein Hepburn must steal a forged sculpture belonging to her own family before it…
Man and a Woman, A (1966)
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh
- Classic love story is one of the most popular foreign films of all time. Intelligent, sensitive script is ignited with exotic locations and Francis…
They're a Weird Mob (1966)
- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. Walter Chiari, Chips Rafferty, Clare Dunne
- Classic, even nostalgic Aussie text of nationhood, from the bestselling (hoax) novel 'Down Under' by John O'Grady, in which the fair dinkum 'lucky…
Two for the Road (1966)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney
- Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney play a married couple who reflect on their twelve year marriage while driving through France in a sports car with…