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Favorite Romantic Movie. What's yours?

posted 7 years ago by MissMargoChanning (6630)
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There are many types of romantic movies. Some are funny. Some can be sexy.
Some have happy endings and some are bittersweet.
I'd say that my favorite is charming with a bittersweet ending...

Somewhere in Time (1980) (movie): A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.

Cast: Christopher Reeve (Richard Collier), Jane Seymour (Elise McKenna), Christopher Plummer (William Fawcett Robinson), Teresa Wright (Laura Roberts), Bill Erwin (Arthur Biehl)

[–] Renovatio (2990) 7 years ago

A couple of favourites...

Shutter Island... Leonardo DiCaprio plays a man who goes crazy after losing his wife and family... Tragic love story... 😉

Inception... Leonardo DiCaprio plays a man who goes crazy after losing his wife and being separated from his family... Tragic love story... 😎

[–] coloradotex (769) 7 years ago

SIT is a favorite romantic movie of mine along with The Goodbye Girl

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Loved The Goodbye Girl! Good movie! Good play!

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Brief Encounter (1945) - a classic

Also:
Brooklyn
Four Weddings and a Funeral
When Harry Met Sally
Dirty Dancing
Jane Eyre
About Time - very bittersweet ending

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Four Weddings and a Funeral is another favorite. I'm not a big Andi MacDowell fan, but with the great cast and the sweet stories, I put up with her.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

I enjoyed Somewhere in Time.

Personally though I'm going to have to go with So I Married an Axe Murderer.

Four Weddings is a close runner-up.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

I like time travel stuff. 11/22/63 by Stephen King is another time travel story with a beautiful love story. It was made into a minie series on Hulu a couple of years ago. My husband found the dvd set at WalMart last year and got it for me. Good movie adaptation!

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

I saw that one too Margo. James Defranco was in it.

I wasn't super chuffed with how it ended but it was an enjoyable enough watch.

Have you read The Time Traveller's Wife?

The film wasn't so good but the book was amazing.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

No. I still haven't read it yet, but I will. Someone here recommended it not long ago.

[–] db20db (17756) 7 years ago

Come to think of it, I remember enjoying Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet which was followed two years later by Love Story. Both were about star-crossed lovers.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet was a beautiful movie. I went with my older sisters several times to see it. At the time, it was the biggest thing, and the song was a hit too.
I recently watched it again. Olivia Hussy was sort of a disappointment all these years later. Back then, every guy wanted her and all of us girls wanted to be her.
Years later, I personally get annoyed with her whining. It's probably just me, but I cringe while watching her now. She has gotten better at acting over the years.

[–] db20db (17756) 7 years ago

It was pretty much of a perfect date night movie for me. Went to Pizza Hut before the flick and smooched in the back seat of the cab on the way home afterward.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

😁 Sweet memories!

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

I do have another favorite. Breakfast at Tiffanys. I can't believe I forgot that one!

I confess that given a choice, I would much rather sit down and watch a thriller or a horror movie. I just thought I'd find out what movies pull at everyone's heartstrings.

[–] db20db (17756) 7 years ago

Which just made me think of Message in a Bottle.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

That's the one with Kevin Costner, right? I haven't seen that in quite some time. Good movie!

[–] db20db (17756) 7 years ago

Yes, it just suddenly came to mind after reading your post.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Brief Encounter.

[–] slimone (7996) 7 years ago

It Happened One Night
Gone with the Wind
The African Queen

and just for a funny romance, Some Like It Hot

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

The African Queen is one that I could watch over and over. I have, since Netflix added it.😁