Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1495 Films to Buy & Rent
- Life After Beth (2014)
- Dir. Jeff Baena
Feat. Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly…
- Grieving over the death of his girlfriend, a young man gets a second chance when she returns from the dead in this zany and inventive…
- Longest Week, The (2014)
- Dir. Peter Glanz
Feat. Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup…
- This modest rom–com pleasure with Wes Anderson undertones centres on a rich Manhattanite whose life is upended by several chance encounters…
- Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden…
- Colin Firth plays a magician recruited to expose a fraudulent spiritualist (Emma Stone) in Woody Allen's latest period charmer.
- Maleficent (2014)
- Dir. Robert Stromberg
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley…
- Angelina Jolie plays Sleeping Beauty's iconic villain in this visually striking update of the Disney animated classic.
- One I Love, The (2014)
- Dir. Charlie McDowell
Feat. Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, Ted Danson
- Beguiling indie comedy about a couple struggling with a marriage on the brink of falling apart; after escaping for a weekend in pursuit of their…
- Other Woman, The (2014)
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau…
- Cameron Diaz and cohorts bond over their shared betrayal at the hands of a two–timing jerk, plotting to exact their revenge, in this uneasy…
- Playing It Cool (A Many Splintered Thing) (2014)
- Dir. Justin Reardon
Feat. Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Aubrey Plaza…
- Romantic comedy with a lovestruck author entering into a platonic relationship with a woman who's already engaged to someone else.
- Spring (2014)
- Dir. Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Feat. Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Vanessa Bednar
- A captivating hybrid of "tourist romance" and "body horror" (yes, Linklater meets Cronenberg) in which a recently orphaned young man flees the US for…
- Step Dave (TV Series) (2014)
- Feat. Sia Trokenheim, Jono Kenyon, Tania Nolan…
- Bright, punchy Kiwi sitcom about the up–and–down relationship between a 20–something slacker and the woman of his dreams – a…
- They Came Together (2014)
- Dir. David Wain
Feat. Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Cobie Smulders…
- Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd (in his fifth consecutive film for writer–director David Wain) send–up every trope and cliche of the Hollywood…