Subgenre Sampler
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
- Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson - Some wonderful romantic angst from John Hughes' pen, with Mary Stuart Masterson in love with Eric Stoltz in love with Lea Thompson.
Someone to Love (1987)- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Orson Welles - Typically loose and naturalistic drama from independent stalwart Henry Jaglom, who pretty much plays himself – a jaded divorcee filmmaker in search…
Arriving Tuesday (1986)- Dir. Richard Riddiford
Feat. Judy McIntosh, Peter Hayden - An estranged couple try to rekindle their romance by taking a holiday which only seems to make matters worse. A poignant love story.
Man and A Woman: 20 Years Later, A (1986)- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Berry - Worthy follow–up to Lelouch's seminal 60's romantic drama benefits from appealing performances by it's two leads.
Mauvais Sang (The Night Is Young) (1986)- Dir. Leos Carax
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche - A street–punk joins a gang of hoods intent on stealing a top–secret serum, but complications prevail. Romantic thriller contains…
Among the Cinders (1984)- Dir. Rolf Haedrich
Feat. Paul O'Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley - A tender chronicle of a 16–year–old's rite–of–passage who finds first love with an older woman embittered by her experience…
Purple Hearts (1984)- Dir. Sidney J Furie
Feat. Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd, R. Lee Ermey… - Vietnam War set romance with Wahl and Ladd as love struck medics.
Independence Day (1983)- Dir. Robert Mandel
Feat. Kathleen Quinlan - Kathleen Quinlan yearns to leave her hometown and fulfil her dreams as a photographer, but is unable to come unstuck from her boyfriend.
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret - A Hollywood writer whose career is in freefall has his life made even more complicated when his estranged daughter turns up at his door demanding a…
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…
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