Subgenre Sampler
Aviator's Wife, The (La femme de l'aviateur) (1981)- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Philippe Marlaud, Marie Riviere - A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and…
Endless Love (1981)- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Brooke Shields - Brooke Shields is the saving grace of this fiasco made of Scott Spencer's acclaimed novel about an obsessive teenage romance.
French Lieutenant's Woman, The (1981)- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons - Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons star in an elegant portrayal of secretive affairs and social strictures. Screenplay by Harold Pinter.
Lonely Hearts (1981)
- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Jon Finlayson - An off–beat gem about an awkward agency–linked romance between a middle–aged piano tuner and a shy office clerk.
Sense and Sensibility (1981)- Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Irene Richards, Tracey Childs, Diana Fairfax… - Two sisters search for love, happiness and a way out of financial strife. From Jane Austen's novel, this was filmed by the BBC on location in Dorset…
Woman Next Door, The (1981)- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant - Emotional chaos ensues for a happily married man when his old flame, now also married, becomes his immediate neighbour. Taut, intimate melodrama…
Last Metro, The (1980)- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu - Elegant war story in occupied France, Catherine Deneuve struggles to keep her Jewish husband's theatre operating while concealing his whereabouts.
Somewhere in Time (1980)- Dir. Jeannot Szwarc
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer… - Fantastical love story stars Reeve as a successful playwright who becomes obsessed with a woman he believes he is destined to be with, even if it…
Chapter Two (1979)- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. James Caan, Marsha Mason, Valerie Harper - Neil SImon's hit play is competently adapted for the big screen. James Caan in a rare romantic role plays a man recently widowed who falls for a…
Chilly Scenes of Winter (Head Over Heels) (1979)- Dir. Joan Micklin Silver
Feat. John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert… - A celebrated early rom–com from writer–director Joan Micklin Silver (CROSSING DELANCEY) with a likable John Heard playing a hopeless…
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