Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1507 Films to Buy & Rent
Very Good Girls (2013)
- Dir. Naomi Foner
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Ellen Barkin…
- Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen play best friends determined to lose their virginity over one long hot summer. A pseudo–serious treatment of…
Warm Bodies (2013)
- Dir. Jonathan Levine
Feat. Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry…
- A young, sensitive zombie falls for a human girl in this savvy romantic comedy which turns the walking dead genre on its head.
What If (2013)
- Dir. Michael Dowse
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park…
- A medical–school dropout tries to hide his attraction to his new friend, a bubbly artist who already has a boyfriend.
Words and Pictures (2013)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Bruce Davison…
- Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche play passionate arts teachers with opposing worldviews in this romantic comedy of the mind.
2 Days in New York (2012)
- Dir. Julie Delpy
Feat. Julie Delpy, Chris Rock
- The sequel to 2 DAYS IN PARIS, written, directed and starring Julie Delpy, who is Marian, a Parisian woman now living in New York and exploring a new…
A Perfect Ending (2012)
- Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Barbara Niven, Jessica Clark, John Heard…
- Romantic drama about a terminally ill women in a loveless marriage who turns to an escort service seeking seeking sexual fulfillment, and meets a sex…
And While We Were Here (2012)
- Dir. Kat Coiro
Feat. Kate Bosworth, Jamie Blackley
- Kate Bosworth shines in this hushed, understated romance between a married woman and a younger man on an island off the coast of Naples.
Anna Karenina (2012)
- Dir. Joe Wright
Feat. Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Kelly MacDonald…
- Costume drama artisan Joe Wright boldly directs this Tom Stoppard scripted adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic tale of Russian aristocracy.
Another Woman's Life (2012)
- Dir. Sylvie Testud
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Kassovitz, Aure Atika…
- Juliette Binoche is typically radiant in this otherwise slight variation on the time–leap genre. She plays a well–to–do woman who…
Any Questions for Ben? (2012)
- Dir. Rob Sitch
Feat. Josh Lawson, Rachael Taylor, Daniel Henshall
- Witty Gen–X comedy from Aussie writer–director Rob Sitch (THE CASTLE, THE DISH), centred on the perfect, but soulless life of an upwardly…