Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Romance: 844 Films to Buy & Rent
Mill on the Floss, The (1978)
- Dir. Ronald Wilson
Feat. Pippa Guard, Christopher Blake, Anton Lessor
- Loosely based on George Eliot's own childhood, this bleak tale of fueding families and thwarted love is adequately told in this eight part BBC…
Oliver's Story (1978)
- Dir. John Korty
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett…
- Ryan O'Neal returns as Oliver Barrett IV in this tender sequel to LOVE STORY.
Same Time Next Year (1978)
- Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn
- Genteel yet immensely likeable two–hander based on Bernard Slade's Broadway play with Alda and Burstyn as an adulterous couple who share one…
Annie Hall (1977)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
- The 'hall'mark of Woody Allen's career – it won him an Oscar for Best Picture and made him a household name. It's a hilarious send–up of…
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey…
- Solid, if overlong and overly sincere, drama about an American racing car driver (Pacino) who falls in love with a dying heiress. Not exactly…
Love For Lydia (TV Series) (1977)
- Dir. Tony Wharmby, Christopher Hodson
Feat. Mel Martin, Jeremy Irons, Christopher Blake…
- Adapted from the H.E. Bates' book, this scrumptious Masterpiece Theatre series details the exploits of the beautiful but vapid Lydia and the four men…
Man Who Loved Women, The (1977)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Charles Denner, Leslie Caron, Brigitte Fossey…
- Charles Denner plays a dedicated skirt–chaser, who falls in love with women so constantly he is brought to the point of…
New York, New York (1977)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli
- This imaginative yet famously abrasive tribute to the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s focuses on the tumultuous relationship between a saxophonist…
Roseland (1977)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Geraldine Chaplin…
- Three separate but interlocking stories set in New York's famed dance palace, about people trying to essentially, 'find the right dance partner'.…
Break Of Day (1976)
- Dir. Ken Hannam
Feat. Andrew MacFarlane
- Quiet Australian drama focused on a young soldier's struggle to adjust to his previous life after returning home post–WW1, and his pursuit of…