Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Romance: 694 Films to Buy & Rent
Alfie (2004)
- Dir. Charles Shyer
Feat. Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Omar Epps…
- Slicked back remake of the Michael Caine original, here translated to contemporary Manhattan, with Jude Law playing the Cockney skirt–chaser on…
Along Came Polly (2004)
- Dir. John Hamburg
Feat. Ben Stiller, Jennifer Anniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- A control–freak meets chaos–personified in a NYC comedy that, while utterly familiar, cannot fail due to its stars and overall…
Bride and Prejudice (2004)
- Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Martin Henderson, Naveen Andrews, Aishwarya Rai
- Bollywood meets Hollywood in this rather original Jane Austen adaptation, with ex–pat Kiwi Henderson playing a blueblood American who falls…
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
- Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
- Again playing the English everygirl betrayed by her genius for the 'faux pas', Rene Zellweger runs a gamut of embarassing situations as she…
Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
- Dir. Joel Zwick
Feat. John Corbett, Kim Basinger, Denise Richards…
- A goofy roadtrip from the dir. of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, in which a depressed advertising executive (Corbett) hooks up with a cosmetics saleswoman…
Futile Attraction (2004)
- Dir. Mark Prebble
Feat. Michelle Ang, Alistair Browning
- Set around a 'Reality TV' show, whose attempt to follow a couple from arranged date through to consummation is frustrated when the selected twosome…
Garden State (2004)
- Dir. Zach Braff
Feat. Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm…
- Sitcom actor Zach Braff compliments his career in "Scrubs" as the ambitious writer, director and star of this personal, melancholy comedy that became…
In Good Company (2004)
- Dir. Paul Weitz
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson…
- Grappling with the personal dynamics and conflicts of corporate culture in a marketing department, this has a youthful upstart (Grace) promoted over…
Jersey Girl (2004)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Jason Biggs…
- Surprising schmaltz from the dir. of CLERKS and CHASING AMY, who supresses (almost) the dick and movie jokes that are his stock–in–trade…
Laws of Attraction (2004)
- Dir. Peter Howitt
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Parker Posey
- Two divorce lawyers (Brasnan and Moore) feud in court, reconcile, schmooze and get drunkenly hitched, in this screwball comedy of average…