Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Wedding Date, The (2005)
- Dir. Claire Kilner
Feat. Dermot Mulroney, Debra Messing, Jack Davenport…
- Lightweight romcom sees a successful single woman (Messing, from TV's "Will and Grace") travel to her sister's wedding in London with a paid male…
Wendell Baker Story, The (2005)
- Dir. Luke Wilson, Andrew Wilson
Feat. Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Eva Mendes…
- Typical Wilson brother comedy fare about a scheming ex con who finds work at a retirement hotel and helps the residents get revenge on their nasty…
White Countess, The (2005)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave…
- Set in the tumult of 1930s Shanghai, when China was threatened with Japanese invasion, this final Merchant–Ivory production (producer Ismail…
13 Going on 30 (2004)
- Dir. Gary Winick
Feat. Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Andy Serkis…
- A winning variation on the "body swaparoo", with an unhappy teenager waking from her 13th birthday to find time fast–forwarded and herself a…
3-Iron (Bin-jip) (2004)
- Dir. Kim Ki-Duk
Feat. Seung-yeon Lee, Hee Song Jae
- Odd, elliptical love story from the dir. SPRING, SUMMER concerns the blossoming romance between a domestic abuse victim and her savior, a…
50 First Dates (2004)
- Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider…
- A curious Hawaiian–set romcom with marine biologist Sandler wooing Barrymore – trouble is she has short–term amnesia (because of an…
A Lot Like Love (2004)
- Dir. Nigel Cole
Feat. Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Taryn Manning…
- Cutely delivered riff on WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, this pairs Kutcher with Peet for a long–stalling love affair over the years as both gradually…
Ae Fond Kiss (A Fond Kiss) (2004)
- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Eva Birthistle, Atta Taqub
- This cross–cultural Glaswegian drama finds dir. Ken Loach in a more romantic mood than usual, portraying a Scots–Asian man and Catholic…
Alfie (2004)
- Dir. Charles Shyer
Feat. Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Omar Epps…
- Slicked back remake of the Michael Caine original, here translated to contemporary Manhattan, with Jude Law playing the Cockney skirt–chaser on…
Along Came Polly (2004)
- Dir. John Hamburg
Feat. Ben Stiller, Jennifer Anniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- A control–freak meets chaos–personified in a NYC comedy that, while utterly familiar, cannot fail due to its stars and overall…