Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Touch of Pink (2004)
- Dir. Ian Iqbal Rashid
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Jimi Mistry
- A gay Indo–Canadian man (Mistry) living happily in London with his boyfriend faces a crisis when his straight–laced Muslim mother flies…
Twenty Thirty Forty (20 30 40) (2004)
- Dir. Sylvia Chang
Feat. Sylvia Chang, Rene Liu, Lee Sinji
- The destinies of three women in contemporary urban Taiwan – aged 20, 30 and 40 – evolve in parallel as each feels their way through the…
Unconscious (Inconscientes) (2004)
- Dir. Joaquin Oristrell
- Boisterous 'Freudian farce' set amidst the extravagent architecture of Barcelona in 1913, where a disturbed psychiatrist suddenly adandons his…
Unreal (2004)
- Dir. Sloan Copeland
Feat. Michael Giese, Brad Schmidt, Jessica Morales…
- Patchy but likeable reality–TV spoof takes six cameras to follow three recently separated couples as they are re–released into the wild…
Upside of Anger, The (2004)
- Dir. Mike Binder
Feat. Kevin Costner, Joan Allen, Erika Christensen…
- After being deserted by her husband, a resentful suburban Mom (Allen) turns to the bottle and the arms of her neighbour (Costner), an…
Very Long Engagement, A (Long dimanche de fiançailles, Un) (2004)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Clovis Cornillac…
- Another crowd–pleasing favourite from the dir. of AMELIE, which uses the Great War as setting for the fairytale search by Audrey Tatou for her…
Wicker Park (2004)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Rose Byrne…
- A flashily–filmed, functional Hollywood remake of L'APPARTEMENT, with Hartnett playing a Chicago artist who falls for a beautiful dancer…
Wimbledon (2004)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Paul Bettany, Kirsten Dunst, Robert Lindsay…
- The producers of FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL et al replay the Anglo–American romance formula, appealingly set in the world of professional…
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
- Dir. Robert Luketic
Feat. Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace…
- Quality fluff, with Bosworth playing a smalltown girl who wins the titular date, expecting a one–off evening, but gaining an ardent…
Yes (2004)
- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill…
- Love and politics are brilliantly and inextricably entwined in this daringly original drama that sees a middle–aged American woman fall out of…