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22. Love that movie!

Fri Sep 21, 2018, 09:56 PM

Sep 2018

Maybe Amellie was schmaltzy, but I'd never thought of it as such. Just charming, funny, sweet, and lovely, as you said.

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Name a schmaltzy (excessively sentimental) movie/film you like anyway [View all] RockRaven Sep 2018 OP

While You Were Sleeping MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #1

It's a Wonderful Life smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #2

My favorite Schmaltz movie. dchill Sep 2018 #7

Mine too! redwitch Sep 2018 #27

That's the first one I thought of n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2018 #13

Yes! RLC1 Sep 2018 #45

"Kate & Leopold" NanceGreggs Sep 2018 #3

A friend of mine made me watch that, and I enjoyed it TlalocW Sep 2018 #30

I've watched it ... NanceGreggs Sep 2018 #33

When Wolverine and Sabertooth Met Sally Tree-Hugger Sep 2018 #80

Same Tree-Hugger Sep 2018 #81

Beaches WhiteTara Sep 2018 #4

The Natural Yavin4 Sep 2018 #5

The Princess Bride RGinNJ Sep 2018 #6

Groundhog Day RainCaster Sep 2018 #8

Love Seabiscuit! Control-Z Sep 2018 #9

Love Story LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2018 #10

Heart and Souls iwillalwayswonderwhy Sep 2018 #11

LOVE that move! n/t NanceGreggs Sep 2018 #35

That was my choice mainstreetonce Sep 2018 #78

Summer of '42 (n/t) PJMcK Sep 2018 #12

That was a great movie! zanana1 Sep 2018 #49

I saw it when I was 15 PJMcK Sep 2018 #50

I think it was called... WiffenPoof Sep 2018 #88

Right you are! PJMcK Sep 2018 #90

Family Man. NNadir Sep 2018 #14

The Natural MissMillie Sep 2018 #15

The Sound of Music Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #16

I love that one too! smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #18

Yes! Don't ever need to see the stage production again, tanyev Sep 2018 #25

Even Christopher Plummer thought the movie was schmaltzy. Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #64

Somewhere in Time TuxedoKat Sep 2018 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Sep 2018 #19

I own the movie and watch it once a year. Tikki Sep 2018 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Sep 2018 #85

Amelie! PennyK Sep 2018 #20

Love that movie! frogmarch Sep 2018 #22

Cinema Paradiso wishstar Sep 2018 #21

yes empedocles Sep 2018 #77

I'll add another -- The Majestic (w/ Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden, et al) RockRaven Sep 2018 #23

Love Actually and Sense and Sensibility TexasBushwhacker Sep 2018 #24

Me too. Zoonart Sep 2018 #28

I love that film as well! smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #46

Sleepless in Seattle - I love that movie Glorfindel Sep 2018 #26

Bridget Jones' Diary FM123 Sep 2018 #29

Love that! Bluepinky Sep 2018 #38

I actually love that movie as well. smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #47

My very favorite. dewsgirl Sep 2018 #60

Random Harvest (1942) HeiressofBickworth Sep 2018 #31

Pixar's, "Coco" TlalocW Sep 2018 #32

It is a remarkably touching movie Zorro Sep 2018 #42

Another one, and it is extremely schmaltzy with wonderful overacting TlalocW Sep 2018 #34

IIRC, it also had Denzel as an Italian count... Wounded Bear Sep 2018 #55

Dead Poet's Society Tucker08087 Sep 2018 #36

Serendipity, Jerry Maguire and Top Gun Bluepinky Sep 2018 #37

The original Rocky, it's a great love story. Bluepinky Sep 2018 #39

Meet Joe Black....my favorite Pachamama Sep 2018 #41

The Bishop's Wife- Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven- I can't pass Christmas without it. NBachers Sep 2018 #43

I have a few that have already been mentioned here: Upthevibe Sep 2018 #44

Persuasion smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #48

Big Fish blur256 Sep 2018 #51

Great, unusual movie - and I love Ewan McGregor (sp). patricia92243 Sep 2018 #58

Me too blur256 Sep 2018 #61

I love that movie but have a really sad connection. nolabear Sep 2018 #67

Oh my blur256 Sep 2018 #69

Sleepless In Seattle. MontanaMama Sep 2018 #52

13 Going on 30, You've Got Mail, High Fidelity, Pump Up the Volume AJT Sep 2018 #53

Ghost lark Sep 2018 #54

Oh yes, Ghost. Excellent film and love story. Bluepinky Sep 2018 #56

The English Patient. patricia92243 Sep 2018 #57

I LOOOOOVE this movie! pnwest Sep 2018 #62

What Dreams May Come Atman Sep 2018 #59

When Harry Met Sally. pnwest Sep 2018 #63

Never Cry Wolf Submariner Sep 2018 #65

Forrest Gump Zorro Sep 2018 #66

Steel Magnolias. nolabear Sep 2018 #68

Oh so good blur256 Sep 2018 #70

"Malin! Not Malin!" nolabear Sep 2018 #71

Titanic. n/t MicaelS Sep 2018 #72

An Affair to Remember Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 #73

Marty (1955) jrandom421 Sep 2018 #74

+ 1 red dog 1 Sep 2018 #75

Hey Marty jrandom421 Sep 2018 #87

More noteworthy... WiffenPoof Sep 2018 #89

As Good As It Gets red dog 1 Sep 2018 #76

You've Got Mail Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2018 #79

Pretty Woman ghostsinthemachine Sep 2018 #82

Ever After...and more... Tree-Hugger Sep 2018 #83

My Girl. miyazaki Sep 2018 #84

My Dog Skip and Under the Tuscan Sun wishstar Sep 2018 #86