Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Angele and Tony (2010)
- Dir. Alix Delaporte
Feat. Clotilde Hesme, Gregory Gadebois, Evelyne Didi
- This quality, character–driven courtship between a prostitute with a past and a plainspoken fisherman successfully plays down obvious emotion…
Beautiful Lies (2010)
- Dir. Pierre Salvadori
Feat. Audrey Tautou, Nathalie Baye, Sami Bouajila
- Sweet and scenic Audrey Tautou confection, about a mother and daughter competing for the same secret admirer.
Bounty Hunter, The (2010)
- Dir. Andy Tennant
Feat. Jennifer Anniston, Gerard Butler, Jason Sudeikis
- Screwball romantic comedy sees Gerard Butler play a bounty hunter tasked with tracking down his crim ex–wife (Jennifer Aniston).
Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
- Dir. Burr Steers
Feat. Zac Efron, Amanda Crew, Charlie Tahan…
- Mawkish Zac Efron vehicle finds the former teen heartthrob overreaching for emotion and pathos in this story of a young man’s devastation after his…
Coach (2010)
- Dir. Will Frears
Feat. Hugh Dancy, Liane Balaban, Gillian Jacobs…
- Affable romantic comedy with a heartbroken slacker seeking to motivate himself by coaching a kids soccer team. Undemanding entertainment coasts on…
Cyrus (2010)
- Dir. Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Feat. John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei…
- This placid yet sophisticated comedy of male rivalry sees a middle–aged divorcee (Reilly) stumble upon the woman of his dreams (Tomei), only to…
Date Night (2010)
- Dir. Shawn Levy
Feat. Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg…
- Steve Carell and Tina Fey play a bored married couple who are mistaken for a pair of international thieves in this crime–caper cum…
Dear John (2010)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins…
- Another two–hankie tearjerker from the pages of Nicholas Sparks tells of the everlasting romance between an Iraq–bound solider (Tatum)…
Eat Pray Love (2010)
- Dir. Ryan Murphy
Feat. Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup…
- Julia Roberts plays the divorced globetrotter of Elizabeth Gilbert's best–selling memoir in this gastro tiki tour of Italy, India, and Bali.…
Elena Undone (2010)
- Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Necar Zadegan, Traci Dinwiddie, Gary Weeks
- Lesbian drama about a pastor's wife who falls in love with a well–known writer. The ensuing secret relationship upends her marriage just as she…