Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1494 Films to Buy & Rent
- Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (Coco & Igor) (2009)
- Dir. Jan Kounen
Feat. Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen
- Fashion icon Coco Chanel and composer Igor Stravinsky share a passionate, illicit love affair in this lavish period romance, which more or less takes…
- Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
- Dir. P.J. Hogan
Feat. Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter…
- Charmingly indulgent chick flick centered on a 'shopaholic' journalist who is forced to support her addiction by writing for a financial advice…
- Cougar Town (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Courteney Cox, Busy Phillips, Christa Miller
- Tragicomic adventures of a forty–something woman who decides to throw herself back into the dating pool.
- Dating Guy, The (TV Series) (2009)
- Chucklesome observational comedy with four friends on a largely hopeless quest for love. Merciless in its send up of the loveless foursome this is…
- Duplicity (2009)
- Dir. Tony Gilroy
Feat. Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson…
- Power–dressed by Clive Owen and Julia Roberts, this is a smart, playful conundrum of a spy thriller that proves great fun to unravel, as…
- Every Jack Has a Jill (Jusqu'à toi) (2009)
- Dir. Jennifer Devoldere
Feat. Justin Bartha, Mélanie Laurent, Valerie Benguigui…
- Fizzy romantic comedy of coincidence with a brokenhearted American's suitcase ending up in the hands of Parisian dreamer Laurent who sets out to find…
- From Beginning to End (Do Começo ao Fim) (2009)
- Dir. Aluizio Abranches
Feat. João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Rafael Cardoso, Júlia Lemmertz
- Controversial Brazilian ode to incestuous half–brothers that's evocatively shot and titillatingly steamy but strangely coy on the consequences.
- Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past (2009)
- Dir. Mark Waters
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas…
- Rom–com interpretation of 'A Christmas Carol' sees a womanizing bachelor (McConaughey) visited by the ghosts of three ex–girlfriends, who…
- Giulia Doesn't Go Out at Night (2009)
- Dir. Giuseppe Piccioni
Feat. Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Golino, Sonia Bergamasco
- Understated romantic drama with an enigmatic Golina as the titular character, a swimming instructor with a dark secret who embarks on a romance with…
- Good Guy, The (2009)
- Dir. Julio DePietro
Feat. Alexis Bledel, Scott Porter, Bryan Greenberg…
- Unusually stringent romantic comedy set against the back drop of Wall Street where an offbeat love triangle develops. Dir. De Pietro – a former…