Favorite Romance Film of ALL TIME

[Emboldened Chimp]

Poll question: Favorite Romance Film of ALL TIME

This one's for the ladies of the board...

[ixion]

1. Harold and Maude

the greatest love story ever. ;-)

[ForrestGump]

2. How about "Somewhere In Time"? I can't pick one, but

that film's got more than few fans. Christopher Reeve and Jayne Seymour - great chemistry.

[zekeson]

4. Great eyes!

[Enraged_Ape]

13. I love this movie

Great music and cinematography. Reeve and Seymour at the peak of their powers.

Sappy? Yeah, well maybe. But when Reeve pulls that you-know-what out of his pocket, it kills me every time.

[4_Legs_Good]

15. I liked the incredibly low tech time travel

It was a cool twist to the generally sci-fi attempts at traveling through time.

Good film!

david

[MsChiff]

24. My favorite, too!

I have to watch it every time I see it on my channel guide.

[Pale Blue Dot]

3. Roman Holiday

Hands down. One of the greatest endings in the history of cinema.

[wryter2000]

5. Seeing as I write romance novels -- PEDNATRY ALERT

I guess I'm kind of an expert. To be a romance, as opposed to a romantic film, you need a happy ending.

The prototypical romance is Overboard with Goldie Hawn and her lover (blanking on his name). The Taming of the Shrew and Jane Eyre are also romances.

[ForrestGump]

9. I love "Overboard"

:D

[dolo amber]

39. OMG

Me too...*the shame, the shame*...;)


I'd have to vote for Amilie though, I literally skipped with joy out of the theater after seeing it! :D

[Emboldened Chimp]

12. I got these off AFI's top 100 Romance movies of all time

Who would know better than them?

Besides, happy endings don't necessarily mean it's not a romance. What about Romeo and Juliet? Greatest romantic story of all time and it's sad as can be.

[Neecy]

6. I'm shocked, I tell you

Why isn't "The SECRET Life of Christianne Amanpour" listed?

[maveric]

7. African Queen n/t

[lynndew2]

29. African Queen

Agree with you maveric

[Cheswick2.0]

47. yup African Queen was wonderfully romantic

And so brilliantily acted by two middle aged stars.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. A Room With a View

Helena Bonham-Carter and Julian Sands in one of the most *romantic* movies ever-takes place in Florence and England.

[TEXASYANKEE]

10. None of the above.

A Room With A View.

[Aristus]

11. None of the above;

L.A. Story fits the bill with a happy ending. It's as quirky as any Steve Martin film ever was, and blindingly romantic. Watch for the storm sequence near the end, and the helpful highway traffic alert sign.

[4_Legs_Good]

14. Annie Hall

Is the mother of all romantic comedies.

When Harry Met Sally is the best of those on the list, though.

What's the big deal about Casablanca. I didn't care for it much - highly overrated, just like Gone with the Wind.

david

Kucinich 2004

Arianna YES
Recall No

[HawkerHurricane]

16. The Princess Bride

Showing two love stories, one between a man who would do anything to get his true love, and between a grandfather and his grandson.

"As you wish"

[ForrestGump]

23. One of my all-time favorites, "The Princess Bride"

Speaking of all-time favorites... :-)

Forrest Gump featured multiple parallel love stories, of a sort: Forrest and Jenny (echoed perhaps most in his relationship with Bubba) and Forrest and his mother (perhaps echoed most in his relationship with Lieutenant Dan). And, finally, though not given time to develop much within the film, Forrest and Little Forrest.


I know that I'm deeply attached to my 'Little Forrest.' :o

[FloridaJudy]

17. None of the Above

I'm a sucker for those old romantic comedies starring Kate Hepburn and Rosalind Russell ("Back off, Dude! I'm writing a front page story here; quit nibbling my neck to distract me, and as soon I finish the last paragraph, I'll show you some really hot sex...").

[Rowdyboy]

18. A Beautiful Thing...

Okay, maybe not your basic boy-girl romantic film, but it is romantic as hell. The first kiss was incredible and, at the end, when they dance to "Make Your Own Kind of Music" I cried like a little girl.

[SPQR]

34. I'm getting emotional

just thinking about it. The scene in the woods, when they're running through the trees and kissing always gets me...(it sounds kinda hokey when you describe it, but gosh it's a beautiful moment). Thank god it's finally out on DVD!

[CBHagman]

46. That reminds me. "Maurice" was highly romantic.

James Wilby and Rupert Graves risk everything for love. "Now we'll never be parted."

[Raenelle]

19. Splendor in the Grass--Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty

I voted for The Way We Were, and it's always a toss-up between those two movies for best chick flick of all time.

Also, An Affair to Remember, either version actually, is just wonderful.

[alphafemale]

20. Write In Vote "An Affair to Remember"

That part at the end where pride started to get in the way of true love because she didn't want to be a burden or be pitied.

And he is just angry and hurt because he had put his heart on the line for perhaps the first time in his life. He feels deceived and betrayed. He doesn't realize that her supposed rejection comes from fear, and it is not how she really feels at all.

And through a dramatic, last second, graphic realization he suddenly realises what had happened and looks at her with acceptance and adoration.

They look at each other and a word doesn't have to be said.
This is true love after all. Beyond any physical limitations.

No...wait...

Maybe I'm thinking of "Shrek" :evilgrin:

[rainydaywoman]

21. That's a Great one!!!

Ahhhh...Cary Grant!

But I voted for Dr. Zhivago. It's probably my favorite movie.
I own it, and watch it, at the very least, once a year.

[alphafemale]

22. You only read the title...didn't you?

:evilgrin:

[Cocoa]

25. Marty! n/t

[StaggerLee]

37. Nice choice!

Wonderful movie.
;)

[populistmom]

26. Bridget Jones' Diary

If I hadn't gotten married so damned young(or bloody young as a British girl would say), I would have been that character. I've watched in several times and never get sick of it. Funny, romantic, and a bit dark at times.

On side side note, why did that make such a big deal about how "fat" Renee Zelwiger got for the role? She didn't look fat. She looked bloody normal.

[Crowdance]

27. An Affair to Remember

I still sob each time I see it. A glimpse of the Empire State Building can send me into paroxisms of delighted sadness.

[MissMillie]

36. gets my vote! (n/t)

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[Atlant]

44. I dunno. The scene in "The Dirty Dozen" where Trini López gets it...

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0108160/

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0050105/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061578/

[Ronnie]

55. Ah...Re "Sleepless...

in Seattle"...which is the first one I thought of.

[shimmergal]

28. The Sandpiper.

60s flick about an affair between a married Episcopal priest and an artist.
Lovely California coast settings.

Besides the poignant but doomed romance, there's the conflicted love between the priest and his God, the artist and her pre-teen son, and her ambivalence about fitting into "ordinary" society.

Burton & Taylor star; in spite of their overexposure during this period, they did OK in this movie.

And the novel's even better; an amazing feat for a movie "novelization".

[Shanty Oilish]

30. Her Pilgrim Soul

Not really a film, I think it was a neo-Twilight Zone piece. I only saw it once, that was enough. Overwhelming. (I hate that.)
Film...maybe The Rainmaker, with Lancaster and Hepburn.

[jonnyblitz]

31. Sid and Nancy n/t

[Bridget Burke]

32. Moonstruck

"Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess.

"We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and *die*.

"The storybooks are *bullshit*. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and *get* in my bed!"

More than one loving couple under a crazy moon.

And a happy ending.

[Unknown Known]

33. "Picnic"

William Holden and Kim Novak.

[kskiska]

38. Picnic is pretty much my all-time favorite

Even though Holden was too old for the part, he was great to watch. "Same old Hal!"

[arwalden]

35. Why Is Out Of Africa Listed Twice?

[ForrestGump]

41. Because it drags on so long it's like watching two movies back to back

Great acting, beautiful cinematography, but - lawdy - it made my bootie sore and my mind feel like it'd gone 20 rounds with a Henry Kissinger imitator.

[elcondor]

40. Other: Princess Bride

I also love Swing Time, Shop Around the Corner, and Sleepless in Seattle. FWIW, here's AFI (American Film Institute's) list of the 100 Greatest Romance movies of all time: (in order)

CASABLANCA 1942
GONE WITH THE WIND 1939
WEST SIDE STORY 1961
ROMAN HOLIDAY 1953
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER 1957
THE WAY WE WERE 1973
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 1965
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946
LOVE STORY 1970
CITY LIGHTS 1931
ANNIE HALL 1977
MY FAIR LADY 1964
OUT OF AFRICA 1985
THE AFRICAN QUEEN 1951
WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1939
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952
MOONSTRUCK 1987
VERTIGO 1958
GHOST 1990
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 1953
PRETTY WOMAN 1990
ON GOLDEN POND 1981
NOW, VOYAGER 1942
KING KONG 1933
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... 1989
THE LADY EVE 1941
THE SOUND OF MUSIC 1965
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER 1940
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN 1982
SWING TIME 1936
THE KING AND I 1956
DARK VICTORY 1939
CAMILLE 1937
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 1991
GIGI 1958
RANDOM HARVEST 1942
TITANIC 1997
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 1934
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 1951
NINOTCHKA 1939
FUNNY GIRL 1968
ANNA KARENINA 1935
A STAR IS BORN 1954
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 1940
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE 1993
TO CATCH A THIEF 1955
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS 1961
LAST TANGO IN PARIS 1972
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE 1946
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE 1998
BRINGING UP BABY 1938
THE GRADUATE 1967
A PLACE IN THE SUN 1951
SABRINA 1954
REDS 1981
THE ENGLISH PATIENT 1996
TWO FOR THE ROAD 1967
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER 1967
PICNIC 1955
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT 1944
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S 1961
THE APARTMENT 1960
SUNRISE 1927
MARTY 1955
BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967
MANHATTAN 1979
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951
WHAT'S UP, DOC? 1972
HAROLD AND MAUDE 1971
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY 1995
WAY DOWN EAST 1920
ROXANNE 1987
THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR 1947
WOMAN OF THE YEAR 1942
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT 1995
THE QUIET MAN 1952
THE AWFUL TRUTH 1937
COMING HOME 1978
JEZEBEL 1939
THE SHEIK 1921
THE GOODBYE GIRL 1977
WITNESS 1985
MOROCCO 1930
DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944
LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING 1955
NOTORIOUS 1946
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING 1988
THE PRINCESS BRIDE 1987
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 1966
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY 1995
WORKING GIRL 1988
PORGY AND BESS 1959
DIRTY DANCING 1987
BODY HEAT 1981
LADY AND THE TRAMP 1955
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK 1967
GREASE 1978
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME 1939
PILLOW TALK 1959
JERRY MAGUIRE 1996

http://afi.com/tv/passions.asp

[Atlant]

45. They apparently forgot Zeffirelli's 1968 "Romeo and Juliet"...

...cause if there was room on that list for "Lady and the
Tramp" and "Working Girl", there was sure room for this
movie that Roger Ebert describes as "the magical high point
of [Zeffirelli's] career."

http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/2000/09/091701.html

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0063518/maindetails

Then again, given that it's the "American Film Institute"
and Zeffirelli's film is "International", maybe it just
didn't count. In which case you can probably add about 99
more movies to this list beyond "R&J".

Atlant

[StaggerLee]

50. Someone explain to me how Body Heat can be considered a romance

Did I miss something?

[CBHagman]

42. Why is "Pretty Hooker" on that list?

I mean, jeez, when I'm looking for romance at the movies, the tale of a soulless corporate raider leasing the use of a young woman's body for a week does it for me!

But really, there ought to have been a "none of the above" category.

And my current favorite is "Sense and Sensibility," by the great Ang Lee and the wonderful Emma Thompson. So there!

On edit: Who says only women go for romance?

[ForrestGump]

43. Well,

the tale of a soulless corporate raider leasing the use of a young woman's body for a week

....it was an '80s kinda love.

[Section_43]

48. A Little Romance

gets this boy's vote!

Diane Lane
Laurence Olivier

[soleft]

49. 4 Weddings and a Funeral and Sense and Sensibility

And I don't have thing for Hugh Grant, really

[Bridget Burke]

51. Alan Rickman, maybe?

Hugh was really cute in Sense & Sensibility, but Alan has that certain something...

[ForrestGump]

52. "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

along with "Mickey Blue Eyes" and "Groundhog Day" are way up there on my list right now - I've watched all three several times in the last few weeks.

Not necessarily the most 'romantic' movies - certainly nothing like some of the others on this list - but the kind of romantically-tinged comedies that a dude can get way into. And only two car chases (both in "Groundhog Day") among them.

[soleft]

53. Perhaps you have a thing for Andie McDowell

Maybe you should rent Green Card.

[ForrestGump]

54. You might be on to something there.

:D

And I've heard that "Green Card" is a pretty enjoyable outing. Thanks for the recommendation!

P.S.: and Jeanne Tripplehorn, too - just please don't tell Salma (she gets so jealous, and she's got a mean left hook)