Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1507 Films to Buy & Rent
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
- Dir. Sharon Maguire
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
- The anti–heroine of Helen Fielding’s novel makes the transition to the screen with her shrinking romantic options, stalled career and talent…
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Christian Bale, Nicolas Cage…
- A melodiously played costume–drama, that unfolds on the Greek island of Cephalonia during WWII.
Occupation by Italian and later German…
Crush (2001)
- Dir. John McKay
Feat. Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor
- Uninhibited, yet ultimately wishful, this drama concerns the sex–starved lives of three middle–aged women, mainly teacher Andie…
Festival in Cannes (2001)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell…
- Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…
Get Over It (2001)
- Dir. Tommy O’Haver
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller…
- Although helped by the charisma of Kirsten Dunst, this teen–movie retreads many of the usual formulas, with hero Ben Foster losing his…
God is Great, I'm Not (Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite) (2001)
- Dir. Pascale Bailly
Feat. Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu
- Slim Audrey Tautou vehicle has the AMELIE–ingénue unable to settle on a religion, eventually converting to Judaism in order to win over a…
House of Mirth (2001)
- Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Laura Linney…
- With its icy view of human affairs, Edith Wharton’s novel proves a good marriage for the discrete, subtle instincts of dir. Davies (DISTANT VOICES,…
In Praise of Love (Eloge de L'amour) (2001)
- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Bruno Putzulu, Cecile Camp, Jean Davy…
- Dir. Godard’s first major film in over a decade presents intellect and filmmaking in full–flight, while stubbornly refusing to provide a…
Italian For Beginners (2001)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Anders W Berthelsen
- A likeable ensemble comedy in which six vulnerable characters orbit a drab Copenhagen suburb, each seeking some form of solace, romance or…
Kate and Leopold (2001)
- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Meg Ryan, Liev Schreiber
- Romantic time–travel whimsy spirits a buttoned–up Hugh Jackman from 1876 New York into modernday NYC and the sceptical embraces of Meg…