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- Dirty Dancing (1987) Set in 1963 but oh-so-’80s in its idea of hairstyles and heartthrobs, this sexy summer-camp romance defied its critics to become a classic.
- Trouble in Paradise (1932) In this gold-standard screwball caper comedy, a gentleman thief, a lady pickpocket and a Parisian heiress form an elegant triangle, the preferred shape of Ernst Lubitsch — that sublime architect of romantic instability — who loved to test how seemingly solid couples might respond to a good romantic upset.
- Splash (1984) A man falls in love with a mermaid: What could be simpler, or sweeter, than that? Yet Tom Hanks, in the movie that made him a movie star, does not go lightly into his communion with a woman who’s half-fish.
- The Bridges of Madison County (1995) Amid a career of macho performances, Clint Eastwood tapped into his sensitive side to deliver one of his most indelible characters in Robert Kincaid, a National Geographic photographer on assignment in Iowa, who stops by a farmhouse to ask for directions.
Jun 24, 2024 · Rom-coms have their place, but if you're looking for a yearning, steamy, swoony love story, new or old, consult this list of the top romantic movies.
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Jan 29, 2024 · Indulge in heartwarming love stories with this guide to the best romantic movies of all time. From Casablanca to The Notebook, find the perfect romance film.
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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
The words “romance” and “Alfred Hitchcock” don’t tend to go together in the minds of most, given the director was best known for making thrillers, dark comedies, and crime movies. But Alfred Hitchcock's great films were often accessible and broadly appealing, and part of this sometimes meant including romance elements. With something like Notorious, those romance elements actually appear in a surprisingly prominent way, with the thriller/mystery stuff almost taking a backseat to the romance a...
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Ranking among the greatest movies of the 1930s, Trouble in Paradisemay well be more than 90 years old, but much of it feels pretty well timeless. It blends a crime-related storyline with romance and comedy in a way that still feels rather fresh and engaging, following a man and woman who are romantically involved and make their money through pickpocketing. Complications ensue when a love triangle ends up developing, since the man begins to fall in love with a wealthy woman the pair have set t...
Directed by David O. Russell
Silver Linings Playbookmight be fairly recent in the overall scheme of things, but it still feels good enough to label as something of a modern classic that future decades will hopefully be kind to (admittedly, it can be hard to know for sure how a film will age and be viewed in the years to come). It centers on a troubled man being released from a psychiatric hospital and moving back in with his parents, all the while trying to reconnect with his ex-wife, yet finds a connection between him a...
Directed by William A. Wellman
Serving as a bit of a genre-buster, Wings is a romance film, a melodrama, a World War I movie, and also something of an action movie, given how many dogfighting sequences are featured. It centers on two fighter pilots who are both in love with the same woman, and how this eventually threatens their friendship, all the while they also have to deal with the dangers of serving in World War I. It’s understandably old-fashioned, but that’s a word that can be thrown at most movies that are almost a...
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- 'West Side Story' (2021, 1961) Whether it's the 20th or 21st century versions of this classic "Romeo and Juliet" riff, "West Side Story" will make you want to dance in the streets — and then cry.
- 'Roman Holiday' (1953) Ann (Audrey Hepburn) feels like a normal girl — but she's not. Ann is a princess. And for one weekend, in Rome, with the help of a dashing reporter (Gregory Peck), she lives like a civilian.
- 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' (2002) Unlike many rom-coms, Toula (Nia Vardalos) and Ian (John Corbett) don't experience conflict with each other. Rather, their relationship is complicated by Toula's ever-intervening Greek family, who are surprised to find that their daughter found love with someone outside the community.
- 'Dan in Real Life' (2011) Can you fall in love in three days? Single dad Dan Burns (Steve Carrell) is an advice columnist and tends to be rational and careful.
Whether you prefer comedies or dramas, horror or sci-fi, we’re sure you’ll find the following list of the 100 greatest romantic movies ever speaks to your own heart as well.
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Sep 6, 2024 · Whether you're looking to escape to another decade or to engage with modern dating rituals, here are the 25 best romantic movies currently streaming on Netflix.
