# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/41 "2008-02-14T18:51:58Z")
> [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > Audrey Tatou is scrumptious. Have you seen her in _Dirty Pretty Things_? (Not a Valentine’s Day movie, but Tautou and Chiwetel Ejiofor turn in incredible performances.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/42 "2008-02-14T19:02:06Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Have you seen her in _Dirty Pretty Things_? (Not a Valentine’s Day movie, but Tautou and Chiwetel Ejiofor turn in incredible performances.) [/QUOTE] No, but I heard good things about it. She was very good in _A Very Long Engagement_, too (as was Jodie Foster, almost unrecognizable but speaking idiomatic French!). ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/43 "2008-02-14T19:10:17Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] L.A. Story [/QUOTE] I came in here to say _L.A. Story_ which to me is a fairy tale set in the real world. I’ll add _Always_, a fabulous movie and, coincidently, Audrey Hepburn’s last film. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/44 "2008-02-14T19:42:34Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] 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. [/QUOTE] Yeah my wife loves that one and _Kiss Me Goodbye_. :rolleyes: There are no romantic movies that I love, just some that I think are OK. I’ll sit through them with my wife, though, just to make her happy. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/45 "2008-02-14T19:59:07Z")
_Moulin Rouge!_ _Breakfast at Tiffanys_ _Down with Love_ _Little Voice_ _Sense and Sensibility_ _A Life Less Ordinary_ _Nora_ _Titanic_ _Charade_ _Victoria and Albert_ (made for TV) (Yes, I know most of them feature Ewan McGregor. Shut up) ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/46 "2008-02-14T20:03:10Z")
Notting Hill The Sleep triology (The Big Sleep, While you Were Sleeping, Sleepless in Seattle. Yeah two of these are lighthearted romantic comedies, and one is a classic noir, but you need three to have a trilogy - and I do own all three of them) The Emma Thompson Sense and Sensability, the BBC Pride and Prejudice. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/47 "2008-02-14T20:04:33Z")
Shakespeare-lovers and DiCaprio-haters (my brother falls into the latter category) might want to lynch me for this, but I really dug the 1996 [_Romeo + Juliet._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_%2B_Juliet) ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/48 "2008-02-14T20:17:07Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Shakespeare-lovers and DiCaprio-haters (my brother falls into the latter category) might want to lynch me for this, but I really dug the 1996 [_Romeo + Juliet._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_%2B_Juliet) [/QUOTE] I much prefer [this version.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063518/) My son said that his HS class watched both versions and while the girls all oohed and ahhed over Leo everyone agreed that the 1968 Zeffirelli version was a much better production. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/49 "2008-02-14T20:19:59Z")
Bridget Jones (the first one only) My Beautiful Laundrette Shakespeare in Love ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/50 "2008-02-14T21:09:06Z")
_A Room with a View_. I’ve had a screen-capture of Lucy Honeychurch being kissed by George Emerson in the barley-field on my desktop all day today… and “O mio babbino caro” going through my head. Also, along the same lines, _Maurice_. (but I don’t think I could get away with a screen-capture of Maurice kissing either Clive or Alec on my work computer. :)) ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/51 "2008-02-14T21:15:08Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Mapp] _A Room with a View_. I’ve had a screen-capture of Lucy Honeychurch being kissed by George Emerson in the barley-field on my desktop all day today… and “O mio babbino caro” going through my head. [/QUOTE] Ah, I forgot about this one… [QUOTE=George Emerson] He’s the sort who can’t know anyone intimately, least of all a woman. He doesn’t know what a woman is. He wants you for a possession, something to look at, like a painting or an ivory box. Something to own and to display. He doesn’t want you to be real, and to think and to live. He doesn’t love you. But I love you. I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and feelings, even when I hold you in my arms. It’s our last chance… [/QUOTE] Did you know a remake is scheduled to be released this year? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/52 "2008-02-14T21:28:07Z")
[QUOTE=Skara\_Brae] Did you know a remake is scheduled to be released this year? [/QUOTE] No, I hadn’t heard. (Goes looking on IMDB…) You mean this? [http://imdb.com/title/tt1025103/](http://imdb.com/title/tt1025103/) I see the screenplay is by Andrew Davies and it’s got several actors I like, so I will have to check it out when available. ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/53 "2008-02-14T22:33:38Z")
I loved Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Either that or Princess Bride. I’m not one for the mushy-mush usually, but those two get me. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/54 "2008-02-14T22:48:13Z")
Those who liked _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_ should check out [The Science of Sleep](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354899/), his next non-music movie after that. ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/55 "2008-02-14T22:49:36Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Those who liked _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_ should check out [The Science of Sleep](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354899/), his next non-music movie after that. [/QUOTE] It’s in my Netflix queue, but I’m a little apprehensive because I read some less-than-stellar reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/56 "2008-02-14T23:33:33Z")
Those less-than-stellar reviews were written by people with no taste in movies.\* _The Science of Sleep_ happens to be the star of my DVD collection. - 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/57 "2008-02-15T00:10:54Z")
Ooooh, how could I have forgotten _Edward Scissorhands_? Oooh, I love that movie. (I read Andrew Morton’s bio of Tom Cruise, and apparently, Cruise was up for the title role. Apparently though, he wanted a happy ending. Bleh) ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/58 "2008-02-15T01:42:25Z")
**Il Postino Witness** and I second **Moonstruck** , **The Big Easy** , **Crossing Delancy** and several others mentioned previously. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/59 "2008-02-15T02:09:46Z")
Most of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I’ll add **Stranger Than Fiction**. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525/60 "2008-02-15T03:23:51Z")
Notting Hill Love Actually Four Weddings and a Funeral (_tho the “American Girl” being such a bit^H^H^H err… unsympathetic character undermines some of that for me_). 🙂 On review… I’m noticing something of a Hugh Grant theme… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-romantic-movie/437525.md?page=4)