Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006)
- Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Geoff Pierson
- A disturbing dalliance with her pet pooch comes back to bite a newly engaged woman in this disarmingly frank indie rom–com that is certain to…
Speed Dating (2006)
- Dir. Tony Herbert
Feat. Hugh O'Conor
- Farcical rom–com follows the tribulations of 30–year–old O'Conor, a hapless heir who bungles his way into a sorry state of…
Starter for 10 (Starter for Ten) (2006)
- Dir. Tom Vaughan
Feat. James McAvoy, Rebecca Hall, Alice Eve…
- Cute but formulaic youthful rom–com set in Thatcher's Britain, with the boyishly handsome James McAvoy as a working–class (yeah, right)…
Tiger and the Snow, The (2006)
- Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi…
- Italian jester Roberto Benigni unites comedy and tragedy within the throws of the Iraq war, playing a poet who follows his true love (real life…
Trust the Man (2006)
- Dir. Bart Freundlich
Feat. Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Billy Crudup…
- A light New York relationship drama about two couples and the speed–bumps they run into when temptation comes–a–knocking.
While…
Venus (2006)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips…
- The writer and dir. of THE MOTHER reteam for a companion piece to that film, this time inverting its premise to detail a relationship between a…
Adam and Steve (2005)
- Dir. Craig Chester
Feat. Parker Posey, Chris Kattan, Malcolm Gets…
- Romantic farce, with the odd song–and–dance number, follows the second–chance love between two men, and the ups and downs in the…
Allegro (2005)
- Dir. Christoffer Boe
Feat. Ulrich Thomsen, Helena Christensen
- Conceptually intriguing Danish sci–fi drama concerns a gifted concert pianist whose lack of intimacy leads to amnesia, forcing him to enter…
Angel-A (2005)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen
- This sleek, stylized departure for dir. Luc Besson dabbles in an unlikely romance between a statuesque blonde (Rassmusen), and a nebbish, diminutive…
Are We There Yet? (2005)
- Dir. Brian Levant
Feat. Ice-Cube, Nia Long, Jay Mohr
- Broad, but essentially successful comedy has a determined Ice–Cube proving to his girlfriend that he is 'child friendly' by transporting her…