Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Romance: 694 Films to Buy & Rent
That Old Feeling (1997)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Bette Midler, Dennis Farina
- Divorced parents Bette Midler and Dennis Farina get it on at their daughter's wedding after 15 years of hating each other. Romantic farce borrows…
Trojan War (1997)
- Dir. George Huang
Feat. Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Comic misadventures beset a young turk who scours the town in search of a condom in order to consummate with the ready–and–willing girl…
'Til There Was You (1996)
- Dir. Scott Winant
Feat. Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker…
- Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott and Sarah Jessica Parker add zip to the pretty–faces–find–true–love genre. Jennifer…
Autumn Sun (Sol de otoƱo) (1996)
- Dir. Eduardo Mignogna
Feat. Frederico Luppi, Norma Aleandro
- Argentine drama following a Jewish woman who pretends to be in a relationship with a Jewish man from Uruguay (Frederico Luppi, CRONOS) to appease her…
Bed of Roses (1996)
- Dir. Michael Goldberg
Feat. Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson
- Christian Slater treads a fine line between perfect partner and stalker in obsessive pursuit of the heart of Mary Stuart Masterson. If you swoon at…
Couch in New York, A (1996)
- Dir. Chantal Akerman
Feat. Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins…
- Belgian auteur Chantal Akerman directs this Stateside curiosity, with Juliette Binoche as a Parisian dancer who swaps apartments with a New York…
Emma (Jane Austen's Emma) (1996)
- Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Dominic Rowan, Mark Strong…
- Released the same year as the fanfared Gwyneth Paltrow version, this modest made–for–TV version of Jane Austen's matchmaker rom–com…
Guantanamera (1996)
- Dir. Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio
Feat. Carlos Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorria…
- A quirky mix of low–speed road movie and romantic comedy following the unsteady progress of a funeral procession across the length of Cuba…
Hotel De Love (1996)
- Dir. Craig Rosenberg
Feat. Simon Bossell, Aden Young, Saffron Burrows
- Two brothers vying for the same woman are among the farcical romantic complications that entangle at a kitsch honeymoon resort. The first–time…
If Lucy Fell (1996)
- Dir. Eric Schaeffer
Feat. Eric Schaeffer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elle MacPherson…
- Room–mates Eric Schaeffer and Sarah Jessica Parker vow to find true love before they turn 30 or end it all off the side of the Brooklyn Bridge.…