Top 25 Romantic Movies

[nmartin]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 7:31pm

There are some great movies on this list. I love that Harold and Maude is included. I would have included Camille myself.

top 25 romance movies Updated On: 2/9/08 at 07:31 PM

[DG]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 7:52pm

BROKEBACK?!?

If they were going to throw the gays a bone (ahem) they should have chosen MAURICE.

Posted: 2/9/08 at 7:55pm

Hmmm. Moonstruck is about the only one I really think makes love look like fun. Annie Hall is great, but don't you need a happy ending or a tragic one to make a movie romantic? I prefer Hannah & Her Sisters I think.

What about Ghost? It still works. Moulin Rouge. As far as Gay movies go, I liked My Beautiful Laundrette a lot more than Brokeback.

[nmartin]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 8:04pm

Joe, you are so right about Hannah and Her Sisters. I had not thought of that one. It's a wonderful movie.

[kooky]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 8:27pm

" Enchanted April "

[nmartin]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 8:37pm

Kooky, that is bizarre. I just got off the phone with a friend of mine and we were talking about Enchanted April.

[cturtle]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 9:15pm

yes, CAMILLE! absolutely CAMILLE! or just about ANY GARBO film. and a VALENTINO film PLEASE. a big problem with these lists is the compilers have very short memories, or aren't well-rounded movie fans. there's always a disproportionate number of films when it come to older movies versus recent ones.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 9:21pm

Updated On: 1/27/09 at 09:21 PM

[louisamayfoster]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 11:09pm

I doubt if these will be popular choices, but I really enjoyed "Dying Young" (LOVE Campbell Scott) and "Much Ado About Nothing" (LOVE anything with Kenneth Branagh). "Wuthering Heights" *sigh* "Jane Eyre" with Geo. C. Scott (everyone likes to feel needed) "What A Way To Go" for delightful fun (see avi) and for a gay love story I was really touched by "Nijinsky."

[nmartin]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 11:15pm

Louisa, was the Scott version of Jane Eyre made for tv back in the 70's? I think I remember that.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 11:23pm

I'm glad GHOST, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND and MOONSTRUCK made it into the list.
I disagree with ATONEMENT though, I liked the movie but I don't think it deserves to be in the top 25 most romantic movies.
I agree that MOULIN ROUGE should have made it in there.

[louisamayfoster]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 12:26am

Yes, nmartin. That's the one. It's on DVD now.

[AnnaK<3LMIP]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 12:42am

"RIP Heath. Oscars were in your future."
Annnnd I bet that's why they chose it.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 2:23am

Where is When Harry Met Sally? They didn't go as much for typical romantic comedies, but I still think it transcends the genre (and is waaaay better than Sleepless in Seattle).

A big yes to the Olivier/Oberon version of Wuthering Heights.

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:34am

I never like their lists. They left out way too many films.

Mine would have been (more or less) the following:

1. Gone With the Wind
2. The Sound of Music
3. It Happened One Night
4. West Side Story
5. Roman Holiday
6. Casablanca
7. Titanic
8. Wuthering Heights
9. Moonstruck
10. Beauty & the Beast (Cocteau)
11. Reds
12. My Man Godfrey
13. On Golden Pond
14. Beauty & the Beast (Disney)
15. Sense & Sensibility
16. When Harry Met Sally
17. Sleepless in Seattle
18. Shakespeare In Love
19. Lady and the Tramp
20. The King and I
21. Braveheart
22. Moulin Rouge!
23. While You Were Sleeping
24. The Age of Innocence
25. An Affair to Remember

[kec]

Posted: 2/11/08 at 1:36pm

I would have added SOMEWHERE IN TIME.

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 2/11/08 at 2:01pm

I would have added LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING

[Gothampc]

Posted: 2/11/08 at 2:17pm

Not one Doris Day movie?