Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Romance: 840 Films to Buy & Rent
- Secretary (2002)
- Dir. Steven Shainberg
Feat. James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies…
- A spanking good black comedy detailing the bizarre relationship between a peculiar, ill–tempered lawyer and the meek secretary he…
- Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez) (2002)
- Dir. Michel Blanc
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet…
- Rom–com with an ensemble cast led by Charlotte Rampling as an unhappily married woman who is off to stay at a seaside resort, where she…
- Walk to Remember, A (2002)
- Dir. Adam Shankman
Feat. Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah…
- Based on the Nicholas Sparks novel (who also wrote THE NOTEBOOK) this romantic drama tells the classic story of two teens from different worlds who…
- Affair of the Necklace, The (2001)
- Dir. Charles Shyer
Feat. Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Joely Richardson…
- Hilary Swank (BOYS DON’T CRY) wigs up as a penniless French aristocrat in pre–revolution times who conspires to defraud Cardinal Jonathon…
- Bob and Rose (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Julian Farino, Joe Wright
Feat. Alan Davies, Lesley Sharp
- Smart, open–minded relationship drama contemplates the possibility of a gay man and a straight woman falling in love. Devoid of stereotypes,…
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Christian Bale, Nicolas Cage…
- A melodiously played costume–drama, that unfolds on the Greek island of Cephalonia during WWII.
Occupation by Italian and later German…
- Crush (2001)
- Dir. John McKay
Feat. Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor
- Uninhibited, yet ultimately wishful, this drama concerns the sex–starved lives of three middle–aged women, mainly teacher Andie…
- Festival in Cannes (2001)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell…
- Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…
- House of Mirth (2001)
- Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Laura Linney…
- With its icy view of human affairs, Edith Wharton’s novel proves a good marriage for the discrete, subtle instincts of dir. Davies (DISTANT VOICES,…
- In Praise of Love (Eloge de L'amour) (2001)
- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Bruno Putzulu, Cecile Camp, Jean Davy…
- Dir. Godard’s first major film in over a decade presents intellect and filmmaking in full–flight, while stubbornly refusing to provide a…