# Favorite Romantic movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525 "2008-02-14T00:19:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/1 "2008-02-14T00:19:33Z")
OK, in honor of Valentines day, what is your favorite movie to watch with a person from the gender of your preference? Mine is kind of odd, but I like \*Creator \*with Peter O’Toole. Also of course, The Princess Bride. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/2 "2008-02-14T00:32:17Z")
_Before Sunrise_ …saw it with my first love. Every time I see that movie, I get all cheesy and gushy inside, remembering what it was like to be 19 and in love. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/3 "2008-02-14T00:34:02Z")
_Beauty and the Beast_ _Moulin Rouge!_ _Groundhog Day_ (it’s also seasonal. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/4 "2008-02-14T00:37:59Z")
Before Sunset ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/5 "2008-02-14T01:11:42Z")
Crossing Delancey ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/6 "2008-02-14T02:07:46Z")
Terminator ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/7 "2008-02-14T02:18:30Z")
_Sense and Sensibility_ - I love this movie. _Juno_ - sure, it’s a comedy but I think it’s romantic enough for this thread. The third time I went to see it I took the girl I’m seeing, worked out well. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/8 "2008-02-14T02:19:41Z")
Persuasion ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/9 "2008-02-14T02:21:24Z")
Dark Victory and Now, Voyager, even though they’re not traditional romance movies. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/10 "2008-02-14T02:47:52Z")
“The Quiet Man” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/11 "2008-02-14T02:57:20Z")
Another vote for _Groundhog Day._ Although \*It’s a Wonderful Life \* could conceivably fit the criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/12 "2008-02-14T02:59:25Z")
_Shakespeare in Love_. ---
**Author:** ![MizTina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/13 "2008-02-14T03:12:30Z")
Love Actually. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/14 "2008-02-14T03:14:27Z")
Another _Love, Actually_ Also _Grosse Pointe Blank_ And having just re-watched the last parts tonight, _Jekyll_, with James Nesbitt ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/15 "2008-02-14T03:30:43Z")
[QUOTE=Musky Moon] _Before Sunrise_ …saw it with my first love. Every time I see that movie, I get all cheesy and gushy inside, remembering what it was like to be 19 and in love. [/QUOTE] This, and its companion **Before Sunset**. The most naturally flowing film romances I’ve ever seen. Not the best movies to watch when you’re single, though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/16 "2008-02-14T03:40:39Z")
I enjoyed \*Before Sunrise \* much more than _Before Sunset_. Maybe that’s because Julie Delpy looked so much hotter in the first one and a bit old and tired in the second one, shallow pig that I am. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/17 "2008-02-14T03:52:01Z")
**Casablanca Shakespeare in Love Love Actually** ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/18 "2008-02-14T03:55:42Z")
Another vote for _Love, Actually._ Also _Chocolat_ and _A Life Less Ordinary._ Two of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![ThirdCultureKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@ThirdCultureKid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThirdCultureKid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/19 "2008-02-14T03:56:34Z")
Yet another vote for _Before Sunrise_ and _Before Sunset_. They’re romantic and intelligent at the same time, and strike the right balance of whimsical and realistic for me. Just to clarify: by realistic I mean the situations are familiar to me. I grew up in Europe and took intercity trains a few times every month, so chatting to strangers about life and such feels normal. And I loved the scene in the car in the second movie where they realize each of their lives is far from perfect, or where they even thought they’d be. They’re deeply flawed people, for all the idealism and romanticism of both movies. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/20 "2008-02-14T03:59:50Z")
I’m fond of _Somewhere in Time_, and my hubby is willing to watch it occasionally because of the time-travel premise. It isn’t really science fiction, of course, but my husband can pretend it is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525.md?page=2)