Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1494 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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…
- Definitely, Maybe (2008)
- Dir. Adam Brooks
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz…
- Ryan Reynolds explains his 'complicated' romantic history to his young daughter (Breslin) in this agreeable romantic comedy set against a backdrop of…
- 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…
- Edge of Love, The (2008)
- Dir. John Maybury
Feat. Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy…
- Atmospheric wartime romance based on the life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Rhys) and his love for two free–spirited women who become firm…
- Elegy (2008)
- Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper…
- Following THE HUMAN STAIN comes another effort to translate revered American writer Phillip Roth to the screen. This time it's his novel "The Dying…
- Fool's Gold (2008)
- Dir. Andy Tennant
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland…
- Combustable rom–com coupling McConaughey and Hudson reunite for this high seas adventure; he plays a bum treasure hunter obsessed with finding…
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
- Dir. Nicholas Stoller
Feat. Jason Segel, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand…
- A heartbroken musician takes a Hawaiian holiday in an attempt to get over his TV star ex–girlfriend, only to have her show up at the same…
- French Film (2008)
- Dir. Jackie Oudney
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Victoria Hamilton, Douglas Henshall…
- Affable British rom–com about a jaded journalist who is forced to reassess his views on romance after interviewing a French…
- Gigantic (2008)
- Dir. Matt Aselton
Feat. Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, Edward Asner…
- Whimsical, self–conscious indie comedy about a mattress salesman (Paul Dano) whose plan to adopt a baby from China is interrupted when a women…