Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1494 Films to Buy & Rent
- Greta (According to Greta) (2009)
- Dir. Nancy Bardawil
Feat. Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn, Melissa Leo…
- Hilary Duff, in a serious turn, delivers a commendable performance as a suicidal teen sent to her grandparents house for the summer. Ellen Burstyn…
- I Hate Valentine's Day (2009)
- Dir. Nia Vardalos
Feat. Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Zoe Kazan
- The co–stars of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING strike love again in this ill–fated reunion. Nia Vardalos plays commitment–phobic florist,…
- I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter
- Uneven high school comedy sees a nerd publicly profess his love for the hottest girl in school, only to have her turn up at his doorstep that night…
- It's Complicated (2009)
- Dir. Nancy Meyers
Feat. Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin…
- A divorcee romantic–comedy, and a pretty good one, sees Meryl Streep in comedic bloom as her unlikely affair with her brazen ex–husband…
- Leaving (Partir) (2009)
- Dir. Catherine Corsini
Feat. Kristin Scott Thomas, Sergi Lopez, Yvan Attal
- Doctor's wife and mother–of–two Kristin Scott Thomas falls unrelentingly for a blue–collar ex–con in this steamy, captivating…
- Look For A Star (Yau lung hei fung) (2009)
- Dir. Wai-keung Lau
Feat. Shu Qi, Andy Lau
- Andy Lau plays an eligible bachelor who can't seem to keep a wife in this captivating rom–com. Despite a convoluted third act, old romantics…
- Love Happens (2009)
- Dir. Brandon Camp
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Martin Sheen…
- Chintzy romance with Eckhart as a self help author struggling to cope with the death of his wife and a burgeoning romance with a floral designer.…
- Love Hurts (2009)
- Dir. Barra Grant
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jenna Elfman…
- Richard E. Grant plays a jilted single dad who must join forces with his teenage son in order to win back his awol wife (Carrie–Anne Moss).…
- Many Kisses Later (Ex) (2009)
- Dir. Fausto Brizzi
Feat. Claudia Gerini, Flavio Insinna, Silvio Orlando
- Breezy rom–com –a smash hit in Italy– follows six couples from Chistmas to Valetine's Day and their various entanglements.…
- Must Love Death (2009)
- Dir. Andreas Schaap
Feat. Jeff Burrell, Sami Loris, Manon Kahle…
- Perversely romantic torture porn with a suicidal man joining up with what he assumes to be a group of like–minded individuals; unluckily for…