Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Romance: 694 Films to Buy & Rent
Bollywood Hollywood (2002)
- Dir. Deepa Mehta
Feat. Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray
- The dir. of the 'elements trilogy' (FIRE, EARTH, WATER) conceived this less artful, but rather clever insider's take on the Bollywood musical…
Down With Love (2002)
- Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Renee Zellweger, Tony Randall
- Entertaining homage to the early 1960s comedies of Doris Day and Rock Hudson, where a 'love advice' columnist is slyly seduced by a playboy…
Hope Springs (2002)
- Dir. Mark Herman
Feat. Colin Firth, Minnie Driver, Heather Graham…
- Smoothly enjoyable though indistinguishable romance that sees a British illustrator (Firth) 'start again' in a small New England town after being…
Housekeeper, The (Une Femme de Menage) (2002)
- Dir. Claude Berri
Feat. Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emilie Dequenne, Catherine Breillat
- Charming "French souffle" about a forlorn divorcee who hires a housekeeper to clean up his slovenly act.
However, it turns out she's never done a…
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2002)
- Dir. Donald Petrie
Feat. Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey
- Two sharp–witted yuppies spar away in this enjoyably far–fetched romantic comedy.
Hudson plays a journalist who, for the premise of a…
Jet Lag (2002)
- Dir. Daniele Thompson
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Jean Reno, Sergi Lopez
- Euro–comedy with supermodel Binoche and insomniac Reno forced into each's others' company by an airline strike and soon, opposites begin to…
Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
- Dir. Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Feat. Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Jurgensen
- After a series of ‘straight’ failures, straight–laced Jessica Stein dabbles with same–sex romance and finds a twisted kind of…
Life Or Something Like It (2002)
- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub…
- An egotistical TV reporter learns to appreciate the good things in life thanks to a homeless clairvoyant (!) in this contrived romantic comedy.
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins…
- A middling contemporary ‘Cinderella’ romance, based around the dubious onscreen chemistry of Ralph Fiennes and J–Lo.
When…
Mostly Martha (Bella Martha) (2002)
- Dir. Sandra Nettelbeck
Feat. Martina Gedeck, Sergio Castellitto
- Light and satisfying dish, concerning the frissions in a Hamburg restaurant between a chef, her eight year old neice and a talented…