1. Casablanca - 1942 (Michael Curtiz)"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine..."
we'll always have bogey and bergman light up every best "romantic" movies list today and for posterity,. this masterpiece only gets better as time goes by...
2. The Shop Around The Corner - 1940 (Ernst Lubitsch)
Klara Novak and Alfred Kralik are loving pen-pals, they're so into each other's letters and plan to "meet up" at a restaurant. What they do not know is they actually work side by side in a local retail shop and THEY HATE EACH other's guts. Their meeting in the finale is one of the sweetest "romantic" scenes tinseltown has ever seen.
3. The Apartment - 1960 (Billy Wilder)
The quintessential underdog love story that never fails to
uplift a sagging feeling.
C.C. Baxter is just another Joe in a large insurance company. He's been secretly in love with Fran Kubelik, a pretty elevator woman in their building. The problem is Fran Kubelik is in love with C.C. Baxter's boss Mr. Sheldrake who is both lecherous, and married, in that order.
4. Roman Holiday - 1953 (William Wyler)A princess bored with her fairy-tale life and an erstwhile scheming newspaper man spend a day amidst the beauty of Rome. Audrey Hepburn dazzled in here, winning a best actress trophy in her very first major role. And Gregory Peck was never more charming.
Princess Ann: "I've never been alone with a man before, even with my dress on. With my dress off, it's MOST unusual."
5. Cyrano de Bergerac - 1990 (Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
The classic tale of unrequited love. What can be more romantic than that?
Gerard Depardieu plays Cyrano, a famed poet whose scathing poems about the hypocrisies of France's Elite make him a romantic figure of courage and truth. But this courage that is so admired is non-existent when it comes to the object of his affections- Roxanne. Afraid that she might find his hideous nose too appalling, cyrano is reduced to a secret admirer. He consoles himself by helping another suitor of Roxanne, Christian, by writing beautful poems and passing them off as christian's own.
6. It's A Wonderful Life - 1946 (Frank Capra)
George Bailey is a likable man who has spent his life putting the interest of others ahead of his own. He had a great career ahead of him but chose to stay in his little town to continue helping other people. Whhen he encounters problems after problems and contemplates on committing suicide, an angel descends from heaven.
This is more of a Christmas movie than a love story but what the heck! it's my list anyway.. =)
7. Only Angels Have Wings - 1939 (Howard Hawks)
What's a "Romance" list without Cary Grant??? "Only Angels have Wings" may not be his most recognized "Romantic Movie" but for some reason this movie is my favorite of all his movies, maybe because it features how camaraderie among men is often mistaken by women for insensitivity and outright machismo. In reality men, has a radically different attitude towards friendship and love.
This movie is under appreciated, really a gem worth seeing.
8. In The Mood For Love - 2000 (Wong Kar Wai)Wong Kar Wai's hypnotic movie will burn itself into memory for a long long time...
Two neighbors, Mr Chow and Mrs Chan, suspect their respective partners of having an illicit affair. The two neightbors spend some time with each other and gradually fall in love themselves. While their partners indulge themselves, they realize the wrongness of their feelings and try "very" hard "not to be like them"...
9. Sunrise - 1927 (F.W. Murnau)
Probably the greatest silent movie about love ever made. If you think a silent film cannot make you cry. This is the proof it can.
A farmer is tempted and cajoled by a prostitute to murder his loving wife. The farmer then led his wife to believe they're going on a boat trip to the city to see the sights but truly his nefarious plan is to kill his wife in the boat. But just as he is ready to do his wife in, he realizes the evil of it and realizes the great love he still has for his wife.
10. City Lights - 1931 (Charles Chaplin)
In my opinion Charles Chaplin's greatest and most memorable work.
The Tramp falls in love with a blind flower girl. A friendship the tramp had with an eccentric millionaire presents the only chance he has to give the "light" back to the girl. Memorable for a lot of hilarious slapstick, but most incomparable with its endearing ending...
The Next 40 films on my list:
11. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - 1964
12. The African Queen - 1951
13. West Side Story 1961
14. Annie Hall - 1977
15. Children Of Paradise - 1945
16. Now, Voyager - 1942
17. Atonement - 2007
18. The Ghost And Mrs. Muir - 1947
19. My Fair Lady - 1964
20. Pride And Prejudice - 2005
21. The Princess Bride - 1987
22. An Affair to Remember - 1957
23. Groundhod Day - 1993
24. Love Actually - 2003
25. His Girl Friday - 1940
26. How To Steal A Million - 1966
27. It Happened One Night - 1934
28. Say Anything - 1989
29. My Favorite Wife - 1940
30. Play It again, Sam - 1972
31. Breakfast At Tiffany's - 1961
32. Waitress - 2007
33. Before Sunrise - 1995
34. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 2004
35. Amelie - 2001
36. When Harry Met Sally - 1989
37. The Goodbye Girl - 1977
38. Harold And Maude - 1971
39. My Man Godfrey - 1936
40. The Notebook - 2004
41. The Bridges of Madison County - 1995
42. True Romance - 1993
43. Serendipity - 2001
44. Win A Date With Tad Hamilton - 2004
45. Il Postino - 1994
46. Brief Encounter - 1945
47. Sideways - 2004
48. Hiroshima Mon Amour - 1959
49. Frankie And Johnny - 1991
50. It Could Happen To You - 1994
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