Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Romance: 844 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Crossing Delancey (1988)
- Dir. Joan Micklin Silver
Feat. Amy Irving, Peter Riegert
- Liberal New Yorker Amy Irving juggles her passion for literature around two (in)eligible bachelors – a handsome academic and a humble pickle…
Echoes (TV Mini-series) (1988)
- Dir. Barbara Rennie
Feat. Siobhan Garahy, Robert Hines, Geraldine James…
- Set in Ireland in the 1950's, this picturesque romance traces the life of a small town girl whose dreams of escape come true when she wins a…
Fresh Horses (1988)
- Dir. David Anspaugh
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald
- Blue–blood collegian Andrew McCarthy falls for the wrong–side–of–the–tracks and underage Molly Ringwald. Earnest love…
Stealing Home (1988)
- Dir. Steven Kampmann
Feat. Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jonathan Silverman…
- Coming–of–age romantic drama about a washed up baseball player (Mark Harmon) who finds out his childhood love (Jodie Foster) has…
Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Stellan Skarsgard
- In war–torn Czechoslovakia 1968, a young doctor is caught between two lovers and the political struggle of his homeland. Daniel Day–Lewis…
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins
- Book–loving New Yorker Anne Bancroft corresponds with London bookseller Anthony Hopkins in the decades following WWII, leading to some platonic…
Dark Eyes (1987)
- Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni
- The Soviet director ventures to Italy for this exquisite Chekhovian romantic tragedy in which Marcello Mastroianni abandons rationale for the allure…
Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
- Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins
- An anguished spinster pins romantic hopes on a sweet–talking business man who has other intentions. Melancholy fare, remarkably acted by Maggie…