Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Lorna Doone (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Mike Barker
Feat. Rebecca Callard, Martin Clunes, Richard Coyle
- R.D. Blackmore’s classic romantic swashbuckler, set amid the dynastic squabbles of a murderous Scottish clan – the Doones. Made by the BBC.
Love in a Cold Climate (TV Mini-Series) (2001)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Rosamund Pike, Megan Dodds, Alan Bates…
- This witty romantic comedy of manners revolves around three upper–class girls who are launched into society with the goal of landing suitable…
My Wife is an Actress (Ma Femme est une Actrice) (2001)
- Dir. Yvan Attal
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Terence Stamp
- Obviously modelled on his own life, first time writer/director Yvan Attal tailors a project for his real–life wife, Charlotte Gainsbourg, who…
Rare Birds (2001)
- Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. William Hurt, Molly Parker
- A nice comic blend of romance, light farce and Canadian eccentricity, set around the efforts of two restaurateurs to lure customers to their sleepy…
Secret Life of Us, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Claudia Karvan, Deborah Mailman
- Surprisingly consistent dramedy set in funky, downtown Melbourne amongst a group of romantically ambitious young people. Maintains a quirky lightness…
Serendipity (2001)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale
- Light romance–by–fate comedy, where, on their first meeting John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, decide to test their ‘rightness’…
Sidewalks of New York (2001)
- Dir. Edward Burns
Feat. Edward Burns, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina…
- Ed Burns of THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN hits the byways of his usual home turf – cynical flirtation, adultery, longing to meet the right lover…
Station Jim (2001)
- Feat. George Cole, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laura Fraser
- Old–fashioned family frolic set in Victorian England that especially entertains through the wily antics of a Jack Russell terrier, and its…
Sweet November (2001)
- Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Charlize Theron, Keanu Reeves
- Charlize Theron takes on a new ‘man–project’ each month to see if romantic sparks will be struck, eventually coming across a…
The Way We Live Now (2001)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. David Suchet, Matthew MacFadyen, Shirley Henderson…
- The rise and fall of a Jewish financer is laid bare by the masterful pen of Anthony Trollope. David Suchet broadly, if unlikeably encompasses the…