Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Bon Voyage (2003)
- Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen…
- A plushly–mounted, grander–than–life romantic farce from director of "Cyrano De Bergerac".
It's June 1940, when a group of…
Carolina (2003)
- Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. Julia Stiles, Shirley Maclaine, Randy Quaid…
- Slightly off–kilter romantic comedy, with the dir. of MRS DALLOWAY injecting a little originality into the normal recipe.
Stiles, projecting…
Chalte Chalte (2003)
- Dir. Aziz Mirza
Feat. Shahrukh Khan
- Glossy Bollywood comic–romance that runs a typical gamut of emotions about a chalk–and–cheese yet glamourous couple, who against…
Code 46 (2003)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton
- A cerebral, provocative 'future shock' thriller in which Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton try to conduct a forbidden affair in a politically…
Dot The I (El Punto sobre la I) (2003)
- Dir. Matthew Parkhill
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, James D'Arcy, Natalia Verbeke
- A skillfully moody London romance, in which the relationship of an engaged couple is disturbed by a pre–wedding ritual in which Verbeke must…
Easy (2003)
- Dir. Jane Weinstock
Feat. Marguerite Moreau, Brian F O'Byrne, Naveen Andrews…
- A nicely–judged indie riff on some of the perennial dilemmas of modern romance, as experienced by two sisters on the quest to find their…
Gigli (2003)
- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Al Pacino…
- Famously derided as one of the worst films ever made, this cinematic failure finally proved to Hollywood that audiences don't care about $75 million…
Human Stain, The (2003)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Gary Sinise…
- An astute adaptation of a modern American classic, with a distinguished Anthony Hopkins and a blazing Nicole Kidman striking a surprising…
I Capture the Castle (2003)
- Dir. Tim Fywell
Feat. Rose Byrne, Henry Thomas, Tara Fitzgerald…
- Sleepy and amiable drama set in the 1930s England where a family living in genteel poverty in a dilapidated castle are 'beseiged' by visiting…
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Bob Thornton…
- Another sophisticated comedy from the Coen Brothers, here certifying George Clooney as a leading man with dab comic timing, opposite a smouldering,…