Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Romance: 844 Films to Buy & Rent
Young Victoria, The (2009)
- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany…
- Emily Blunt radiates in this elegant if corseted biopic of Queen Victoria's early years as she deals with royal power struggles while being wooed by…
5 Centimetres Per Second (Five Centimetres Per Second) (2008)
- Dir. Makoto Shinkai
- Sublimely romantic animated feature divided into three separate episodes tracing the emotional journey of a teenage boy through to manhood, and the…
Australia (2008)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham…
- Aussie golden boy Baz Luhrmann's larger–than–life epic sees an English aristocrat and cattle driver attempt to save an inherited outback…
Bride Flight (2008)
- Dir. Ben Sombogaart
Feat. Karina Smulders, Waldemar Torenstra, Anna Drijver…
- New Zealand in the 1950's from a Dutch perspective makes this melodrama an intriguing, unique experience for Kiwi audiences, which also has the…
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
- Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell…
- Sound adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel of illicit love in the realms of High Society, set against the backdrop of pre–WWII Britain.…
Butterfly Lovers (2008)
- Dir. Jingle Ma
Feat. Charlene Choi, Chun Wu, Ge Hu…
- Martial arts 'M Butterfly' charts the afflictions that befall two lovers destined to always be parted. Gaudy, gender–bending romance from Hong…
Cloud 9 (Wolke 9) (2008)
- Dir. Andreas Dresen
Feat. Ursula Werner, Horst Rehberg, Horst Westphal
- A frank yet sensitive depiction of a passionate love affair between a man and a married woman in their autumn years.
Using a methodology similar…
Consuming Passion: 100 Years Of Mills And Boon (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Feat. Jodie Whittaker, Daniel Mays, Patrick Kennedy
- One–off 'docudrama' made to celebrate the centenary of romance publishing house Mills & Boon focuses on interweaving stories of three women…
Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The (2008)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton…
- The screenwriter of FORREST GUMP expands upon F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story to tell the curious case of a man born on Armistice day as decrepit…
Duchess, The (2008)
- Dir. Saul Dibb
Feat. Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling…
- Costume connoisseurs will rejoice in the splendour of Keira Knightley’s dazzling dresses and eye–catching cranial plumage in this depiction…