Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Romance: 842 Films to Buy & Rent
Miracle, The (1990)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Beverly D'Angelo, Donal McCann, Lorraine Pilkington
- Pre–CRYING GAME labour of love for Neil Jordan is a romantic Irish yarn about a teenager who unwittingly falls in love with his estranged…
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Denzel Washington
- This male flipside to Lee's SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT sees talented musician caught between two women and his passion for jazz. A cinematic feast for the…
Stanley and Iris (1990)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz…
- Adapted from the novel 'Union Street' by Pat Barker, and transposed to the USA, this concerns a grieving widow (Fonda) who teaches a…
Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990)
- Dir. Anthony Minghella
Feat. Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Bill Paterson
- Charming story of a grief–stricken widow who discovers the ghost of old luvvy resurrected in her living room. Many have fallen truly, madly and…
White Palace (1990)
- Dir. Luis Mandoki
Feat. James Spader, Susan Sarandon
- An uptight yuppie unwittingly falls in love with a 43–year–old hamburger waitress. James Spader and Susan Sarandon are perfectly…
Always (1989)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, Holly Hunter
- Heartwarming fantasy about a deceased pilot whose spirit returns to help his best friend pursue the same career and lady.
Delinquents, The (1989)
- Dir. Chris Thomson
Feat. Kylie Minogue, Charlie Schlatter, Bruno Lawrence…
- Minogue graduated from her TV soap–opera days with this attempt at a serious period drama, with her and Schlatter playing lovestruck teen…
Eversmile, New Jersey (1989)
- Dir. Carlos Sorin
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Mirjana Jokovic
- Oddball dramedy with Daniel Day–Lewis taking on the role of a dentist travelling by motorbike through South America to provide locals with free…
Metropolitan (1989)
- Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman
- Sundance–winning arthouse hit focuses on the disappearing Manhattan debutante scene. An unknown ensemble play upper–class adolescents who…
Valmont (1989)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly…
- Baroque Milos Forman variation on the classic tale of ‘Dangerous Liaisons’, with Annette Bening and Colin Firth tangling tonsils, and more, as…