Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Romance: 844 Films to Buy & Rent
Bodies Rest and Motion (1993)
- Dir. Michael Steinberg
Feat. Tim Roth, Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates…
- Suburban aimlessness underlies this entertaining, stylish 'gen–X' romancer with an appealing twentysomething quartet.
Especially On a Sunday (1993)
- Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Marco Tul
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Patricia Arquette, Nicoletta Braschi…
- Three stories of love and loss from the pen of Tonino Guerra brought to screen life by three directing talents. Sublime fare in the finest European…
Ethan Frome (1993)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette
- Liam Neeson and Patricia Arquette are master and housekeeper who fall in love after he suffers years of emotional estrangement from his wife.…
Like Water for Chocolate (1993)
- Dir. Alfonso Arau
Feat. Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne
- Certifiable foreign–language block–buster blends the irresisistible ingrediants of primal female desire with old–fashioned…
Mr. Jones (1993)
- Dir. Mike Figgis
Feat. Richard Gere, Lena Olin
- Richard Gere earnestly acts the method as an impulsive–depressive who gets keen on spunky therapist Lena Olin. Its whimsical flourishes work…
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves…
- Kenneth Branagh plunders the Bard again and pulls off a rare breed of romantic escapism. Here he somehow modifies the traditional text for an…
Ocean Waves (1993)
- Dir. Tomomi Mochizuki
- A sweet, sentimental tale of unrequited teen romance as seen in flashback through the eyes of a man attending his high school reunion forms the basis…
Piano, The (1993)
- Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin…
- A romantic masterpiece set in pioneering New Zealand worthy of its reputation and phenomenal success. Worth a second glance for the cast's impeccable…
Salt On Our Skin (1993)
- Dir. Andrew Birkin
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Vincent D'Onofrio
- Greta Scacchi and Vincent D'Onofrio duet in this lush, erotically charged (Eu)romance as lovers who are wrong for each other, but happen to sizzle in…
Thing Called Love, The (1993)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney…
- River Phoenix's final film in which, sadly, his fatal affliction is plainly evident. Set in Nashville, he aspires to country–rock stardom but…