Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1494 Films to Buy & Rent
- Adjustment Bureau, The (2011)
- Dir. George Nolfi
Feat. Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Slattery…
- Matt Damon finds that his attraction to a woman (Blunt) may have altered his fate, as set out by a mysterious government agency, in this intriguing,…
- Another Earth (2011)
- Dir. Mike Cahill
Feat. Brit Marling, William Mapother
- The appearance of a parallel Earth hidden behind the Sun poses deep personal and philosophical questions for a troubled student in this superlative…
- Art of Getting By, The (2011)
- Dir. Gavin Wiesen
Feat. Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano…
- A sensitive and even–handed coming–of–age tale about a teenage fatalist and his blooming friendship with the popular…
- Art of Love, The (2011)
- Dir. Emmanuel Mouret
Feat. Emmanuel Mouret, Pascale Arbillot, Ariane Ascaride…
- The French try their hand at the ensemble romantic comedy with this episodic insight into the dramas, dilemmas, and delights of love between a cast…
- Beginners (2011)
- Dir. Mike Mills
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent…
- Semi–autobiographical tale from the dir. of THUMBSUCKER reconciles two relationships in the life of a 38–year–old graphic artist…
- Café de Flore (2011)
- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent
- Two parallel stories of love and hope transcend their time difference in this fantastical juggling act from French–Canadian filmmaker…
- Celeste and Jesse Forever (2011)
- Dir. Lee Toland Krieger
Feat. Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Ari Graynor…
- Two best friends struggle to reconcile lingering feelings despite being divorced from one another in this smart, unexpected romantic comedy.
- Coming & Going (2011)
- Dir. Edoardo Ponti
Feat. Rhys Darby, Sasha Alexander, Fionnula Flanagan
- Rhys Darby plays a luckless gynecologist who ends up temporarily in a wheelchair, only to attract the sympathy of a red hot lawyer looking to change…
- Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
- Dir. Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Feat. Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling…
- Steve Carell plays a hapless recent divorcee co–piloted by a handsome wingman (Ryan Gosling) back into the dating game in this fresh scented…
- Deep Blue Sea, The (2011)
- Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell-Beale…
- Post–war romantic drama in which Rachel Weisz plays the wife of a British Judge caught in a self–destructive love affair with a Royal Air…