Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1510 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
3 is a Crowd (I'm Staying) (2003)
- Dir. Diane Kurys
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, Charles Berling
- Farcical French romantic comedy about a wife, fed up with her stubborn husband's cycling obsession, who invites another man to move in. Unfortunately…
A Foreign Affair (2 Brothers and a Bride) (2003)
- Dir. Helmut Schleppi
Feat. David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Emily Mortimer
- An underrated dramatic satire in which two American farmboys enrol in a 'romance tour' of Russia when their mother dies.
As they tour the clubs…
A Heart Elsewhere (Il Cuore Altrove) (2003)
- Dir. Pupi Avati
Feat. Giancarlo Giannini, Neri Marcore, Vanessa Incontrada
- Seemingly a soft–centred drama set in 1930s Italy, this curious tale of blind love carries its own insinuating mood of melancholy. Marcore…
All the Real Girls (2003)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Patricia Clarkson, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider
- Wistful, nuanced tale set in a tiny North Carolina town, where the town stud must prove himself in a romance with his best friend's…
Anything Else (2003)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci…
- Woody Allen returns to his home turf tracking the urban mores of various Manhattan–ites, in a fairly slight comic venture which follows the…
Apres Vous (After You) (2003)
- Dir. Pierre Salvadori
Feat. Daniel Auteuil, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jose Garcia…
- A well–meaning French maitre d' (Auteuil) saves a lovelorn Parisian (Garcia) from topping himself in a midnight park, before becoming…
April's Shower (2003)
- Dir. Trish Doolan
Feat. Maria Cina, Trish Doolan, Randall Batinkoff
- A closeted lesbian attempts to reconcile her relationship with her to–be–married best friend during a bridal shower in this madcap comedy…