Favourite Romances
Hollywood's Best of Old and New Romantic Movies!!! I've selected a mixture of what I consider the best romantic movies ever made, I choose from all genres and my only rule is that romance is extremely vital to the film!
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- DirectorNora EphronStarsTom HanksMeg RyanRoss MalingerA recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.Newly engaged journalist Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) becomes infatuated with a Seattle widower Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks), after his young son Jonah announces via radio that his dad needs a new wife, which results in Annie, and many other women, reaching out to the still mourning single dad hoping to fill the void in his heart.
- DirectorJon TurteltaubStarsSandra BullockBill PullmanPeter GallagherA hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.Lucy (Sandra Bullock) a lonely, single token collector, is enamored with an attractive man named Peter. After saving his life Peter's loving family accidentally believe they are engaged and Lucy falls in love with them, and Peter's handsome brother Jack (Bill Pullman), who is suspicious of Lucy but falls for her as well.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsAudrey HepburnGeorge PeppardPatricia NealA young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.The classic story of Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) who roams New York City searching for an eligible, wealthy man to marry, and dreaming of jewelry from Tiffany's. When she meets her new neighbor, a "writer" named Paul (George Peppard) all her ideas on love are tested.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsHarrison FordJulia OrmondGreg KinnearAn ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.A remake of the 1950s classic, Sabrina Fairchild (Julia Ormond), the shy chauffeur's daughter is hopelessly in love with younger, playboy son David (Greg Kinnear). Departing for Paris, she returns a mature and elegant lady, which turns David's head, which makes older, more serious brother Linus (Harrison Ford) step in and court her himself in order to save a merger, but loses his heart in the process.
- DirectorNora EphronStarsTom HanksMeg RyanGreg KinnearBook superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) runs a charming children's bookstore, while Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) owns a large chain of bookstores and his latest is creating competition with Kathleen's little store. While the two detest each other in real life, they have no idea that they have fallen in love online.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsDoris DayJames GarnerPolly BergenAfter being lost at sea for several years, a missing wife thought long dead returns just after her husband has remarried.Five years after a plane crash separated lawyer Nick Arden (James Garner) from his wife Ellen (Doris Day) he is ready to move on with his new girlfriend Bianca (Polly Bergen) and have her declared legally dead. But on the same day he remarries, Ellen turns up alive and is determined to win back her husband.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsRock HudsonDoris DayTony RandallAn interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.A classic battle of the sexes romance, single interior decorator Jan Morrow (Doris Day) must share a party line with playboy composer Brad Allen (Rock Hudson) who romances different women on the phone which disgusts Jan. After a chance meeting the two begin a relationship and genuinely fall in love, with Jan not knowing she's actually dating her worst nightmare.
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsRichard GereDebra WingerDavid KeithA young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) dreams of becoming a Navy officer and flying jets, but years of discouragement from his cynical father has made it difficult for him to get close to people and during his training he remains detached from his fellow candidates. His views change after making a true friend and meeting a local girl, Paula (Debra Winger), who dreams of leaving her small town and marrying a naval aviator. With their support and the "support" of his training commander, Mayo might just achieve his dreams.
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyMatthew MacfadyenBrenda BlethynSparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?Jane Austen's timeless tale of Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley), a young women who would rather marry for love than wealth and finds her heart's desire with the "last possible man she could ever marry", wealthy, arrogant Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen).
- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Hollywood's masterpiece film about the Civil War and the fiery, iron willed southern beauty, Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), who sees her girlish dreams shattered during the war and the harsh realities she must face and overcome once the war is over. In doing so she is torn by her infatuation with Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) an honorable man married to the compassionate and selfless Melanie (Olivia de Havilland). Ashley is attracted to Scarlett, but can never truly return her feelings due to his devotion to his wife. Meanwhile the devilish Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), the only man who can understand and love Scarlett the way she deserves, continually enters her life, challenges and understands her better than anyone else ever could.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) a penniless artist and Rose Bukater (Kate Winslet) an innocent and engaged society girl find genuine love and heartache aboard the doomed luxury liner, Titanic.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJuliette BinocheJohnny DeppJudi DenchA French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.A non-traditionalist chocolatier named Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) and her young daughter, Anouk, arrive in a quiet French town and stirs up mischief and magic with her chocolate delicacies, just in time for Lent. Vianne's chocolate helps change the residents lives for the better, while finding a passionate romance with a sexy river gypsy named Roux (Johnny Depp).
- DirectorJohn MaddenStarsGwyneth PaltrowJoseph FiennesGeoffrey RushThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.A fictional account of how young William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) was inspired to write the classic play "Romeo and Juliet" by the lovely Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow), the unhappily engaged daughter of a wealthy merchant.
- DirectorSharon MaguireStarsRenée ZellwegerColin FirthHugh GrantBridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a single career woman, who keeps a record in her diary about her weight, job and romances. After a painful breakup with her womanizing boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), she takes notice of Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), a decent but snooty man who keeps popping up in her life and may just be her true love.
- DirectorMarc LawrenceStarsSandra BullockHugh GrantAlicia WittA lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.Hard-working lawyer/activist Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock) begins working for wealthy and sarcastic George Wade (Hugh Grant). When Lucy finally can't take his selfish, non-work demands any longer she gives her two weeks notice and their feelings for each other soon become undeniable.
- DirectorNancy MeyersStarsMeryl StreepSteve MartinAlec BaldwinWhen attending their son's college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship. But the complicated fact is they're divorced and he's remarried.Divorced bakery owner Jane (Meryl Streep) and her ex-husband Jake (Alec Baldwin) begin an affair years after their divorce and things become more complicated when Jane begins dating her architect Adam (Steve Martin) and they try and keep the affair from their kids.
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsMeg RyanHugh JackmanLiev SchreiberAn English Duke from 1876 is inadvertently dragged to modern day New York where he falls for a plucky advertising executive.Leopold, Duke of Albany (Hugh Jackman), accidentally follows Stuart, a scientist, through a time portal, bringing him to modern day Manhattan. With time to kill before the portal opens again and he can return home, he begins romancing Stuart's ex-girlfriend Kate (Meg Ryan), a cynical workaholic who is aiming for a promotion and charmed by Leopold's old fashioned chivalry and attentive behaviour.
- DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsPaige O'HaraRobby BensonJesse CortiA prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.Disney's most beautiful love story tells the tale of Belle (Paige O'Hara), a young girl feeling trapped in her quaint French village and dreams of a life of adventure. When her eccentric father goes missing she finds him held captive in a spooky, enchanted castle by a brutal beast (Robbie Benson) who is under a spell that can only be broken by true love.
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsRalph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem DafoeAt the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsEwan McGregorEmily BluntAmr WakedA fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.A sheikh wishes to bring the sport of salmon fishing to Yemen and contracts a fisheries expert named Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) and a financial consultant named Harriet (Emily Blunt) to make his dream a reality. At first Alfred does not believe in the project but soon forms a romantic bond with Harriet and works even harder to bring the sheikhs dream a reality.
- DirectorNicholas StollerStarsJason SegelEmily BluntChris PrattOne year after meeting, Tom proposes to his girlfriend, Violet, but unexpected events keep tripping them up as they look to walk down the aisle together.Tom (Jason Segel) is a sous chef in a loving and committed relationship with Violet (Emily Blunt) a British psychology graduate, and the two become engaged early in the film. However many obstacles interfere with their impending wedding, including career opportunities and family issues, leading to a five-year engagement.
- DirectorNancy MeyersStarsKate WinsletCameron DiazJude LawTwo women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.Amanda (Cameron Diaz) and Iris (Kate Winslet) have both recently been burned by love and are looking to get away for the holidays and agree to swap houses. While Amanda finds a passionate romance with Iris' brother Graham (Jude Law) a widowed father of two girls, Iris slowly opens her heart to Miles (Jack Black), a sweet composer, with some help from Arthur, a screenwriter from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJohn TravoltaOlivia Newton-JohnStockard ChanningGood girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?In this movie musical favorite set in the 1950s, Sandy, (Olivia Newton-John) a goody two shoes from Australia falls in love with local boy Danny (John Travolta), who unbeknownst to her is the leader of a group of greasers.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsAudrey HepburnRex HarrisonStanley HollowayIn 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.In this award winning musical, cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) wants to learn to speak like a lady so she can advance in life. After hearing the cold and arrogant Prof. Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) boast he can teach anybody how to speak properly Eliza decides to apply for lessons and becomes a bet between Higgins and a colleague that he can't turn her into a true lady.
- DirectorAri SandelStarsMae WhitmanBella ThorneRobbie AmellA high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF - Designated Ugly Fat Friend - by her prettier, more popular counterparts.Bianca Piper (Mae Whitman) is a high school senior who marches to the beat of her own drum and is supported by her two more popular friends and divorced mother. When her former childhood friend and neighbor, who is now a popular football player, Wesley (Robbie Amell) informs her she is considered a "Duff": Designated Ugly Fat Friend or the "approachable" one in her group she becomes determined to lose the title, while still remaining true to herself.