Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Romance: 694 Films to Buy & Rent
Her Alibi (1989)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William (actor) Daniels…
- Clunky rom–com about a novelist who falls in love with a beautiful murder suspect that lazily rests on the charms of its moustachioed leading…
Metropolitan (1989)
- Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman
- Sundance–winning arthouse hit focuses on the disappearing Manhattan debutante scene. An unknown ensemble play upper–class adolescents who…
Romuald et Juliette (1989)
- Dir. Coline Serreau
Feat. Daniel Auteuil, Firmine Richard, Pierre Vernier
- French comedy at its very best contrasts the lives of a yoghurt company director and a black mother–of–five cleaning lady who through…
Say Anything (1989)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney
- Fresh light is cast on the East–end boy meets West–end girl scenario. Satisfying teen fare.
Tall Guy, The (1989)
- Dir. Mel Smith
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson
- Jeff Goldblum plays an American actor in England who faces successive crises with obnoxious employer Rowan Atkinson and love interest Emma Thompson.
True Love (1989)
- Dir. Nancy Savoca
Feat. Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard
- A raw yet keenly observed slice–of–Italian–life in the Bronx. Annabella Sciorra plays a bride–to–be whose plans to tie…
Biloxi Blues (1988)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken
- Famed scriptwriter Neil Simon (THE GOODBYE GIRL) here gives a semi–autobiographical account of his experiences in boot–camp during WW2,…
Bull Durham (1988)
- Dir. Ron Shelton
Feat. Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
- Costner and Sarandon star in this much–admired romantic baseball comedy.
Buster (1988)
- Dir. David Green
Feat. Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb
- Based on the Great Train Robbery of 1963 and starring Phil Collins as Buster Edwards, one of the real perpetrators, and Julie Walters as his wife…
Mystic Pizza (1988)
- Dir. Donald Petrie
Feat. Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Annabeth Gish
- Julia Roberts' star quality shines in this, her debut film, contrasting the love–lives of three pizza waitresses in a town called Mystic.…