Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema > Romance: 280 Films to Buy & Rent
Silent Youth (2012)
- Dir. Diemo Kemmesies
Feat. Martin Bruchmann, Josef Mattes, Linda Schule
- Low key German indie drama offering a story of gay first love, replete with palpable sexual tension and interesting, honest performances. Like so…
Teddy Bear (10 Timer til Paradis) (2012)
- Dir. Mads Matthiesen
Feat. Kim Kold
- Real life body–builder Kim Kold stars as a shy and awkward 38 year–old Danish bodybuilder who still lives with his mum, but decides to…
Art of Love, The (2011)
- Dir. Emmanuel Mouret
Feat. Emmanuel Mouret, Pascale Arbillot, Ariane Ascaride…
- The French try their hand at the ensemble romantic comedy with this episodic insight into the dramas, dilemmas, and delights of love between a cast…
Café de Flore (2011)
- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent
- Two parallel stories of love and hope transcend their time difference in this fantastical juggling act from French–Canadian filmmaker…
Delicacy (2011)
- Dir. David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos
Feat. Audrey Tautou, François Damiens
- Audrey Tautou breezes through yet another whimsical French souffle, here playing a widowed gamine beauty who rediscovers love in the form of a…
Goodbye, First Love (2011)
- Dir. Mia Hansen-Love
Feat. Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky
- The director of FATHER OF MY CHILDREN turns her nuanced lens on the passionate but slow–maturing romance between a couple who break up in their…
Harvest (Stadt Land Fluss) (2011)
- Dir. Benjamin Cantu
Feat. Lukas Steltner, Kai Michael Müller
- Muted romance set against a documentary esque background, that tracks the tentative relationship between two young apprentices training on a farm…
Kiss Me (Kyss mig, aka With Every Heartbeat) (2011)
- Dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining
Feat. Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Krister Henriksson
- Heartfelt romantic drama about a woman who is engaged to be married when she finds herself falling for her soon–to–be stepmother's…
Medianeras (Sidewalls) (2011)
- Dir. Gustavo Taretto
Feat. Javier Drolas, Pilar López de Ayala
- Two mournful souls destined for each other conspire to never cross paths despite living directly across from one another in this inventive modern…
My Piece of the Pie (2011)
- Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Feat. Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche
- A Capra–esque satire shot in the mode of a French romantic comedy, replete with clunky political statements and glossy Euro visuals. Karin…