# Greatest Romantic Scenes in Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644 "2012-02-03T13:00:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/21 "2012-02-03T23:00:26Z")
Love scene with Bert Lancaster and Debra Kerr in From Here To Eternity, making out on the beach with the waves coming up over them. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/22 "2012-02-03T23:06:02Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > The rendezvous in the tunnel in _Irreversible_ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/23 "2012-02-03T23:26:12Z")
_The Quiet Man_, when Sean Thorton comes home to find Kate Danaher in his cottage, tidying it up for his arrival, and grabs her by the wrist and kisses her. And again, later on in the graveyard, in the pouring rain. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/24 "2012-02-03T23:53:32Z")
Frankie & Johnny. It’s kind of a dreary, gray movie. But when they finally kiss, it’s in front of a flower truck, with the door thrown dramatically open in a glorious burst of color. It’s a [great visual](http://www.pacinoworldwide.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newfj05.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![missinformation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@missinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missinformation)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/25 "2012-02-04T04:27:15Z")
The scene in Phenomenon where Kyra Sedgwick is shaving John Travolta’s face and cutting his hair…and then she asks him if the shave was close enough, and he says, “you tell me…” The final scene in Bull Durham…beginning with the kitchen table… ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/26 "2012-02-04T13:56:32Z")
Some great scenes. I had forgotten Ghost. Quite a few of the movies I haven’t seen (sadly, I seem to watch movies from before 1950). I’ll add one more- Intermezzo. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/27 "2012-02-04T14:23:03Z")
Of all the Hughsian '80s teen movies, my favorite is _Some Kind of Wonderful._ The scene where Keith give Watts the earrings she helped him pick out for Amanda Jones…_le sigh_. And the kissing “lesson” is still one of the hottest kisses ever caught on film! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/28 "2012-02-04T14:32:16Z")
Another vote for \*Ghost. \*Way ahead of whatever’s in second place. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/29 "2012-02-04T18:29:05Z")
a two-parter. Rhett grabs Scarlett and carries her struggling up the stairs, into the darkness. Then, the next morning, when she’s singing to herself and stretching luxuriously in the bed. I don’t have to name the movie in this one!😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/30 "2012-02-04T18:34:47Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > _The Quiet Man_, when Sean Thorton comes home to find Kate Danaher in his cottage, tidying it up for his arrival, and grabs her by the wrist and kisses her. Oh, hell yes. 😃 A great, great scene. Parodied in E.T., of all places. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/31 "2012-02-04T18:38:58Z")
The swimming pool scene from _Showgirls_. The backstage scene with the violinist from _The Red Violin_. … What? Oh, this isn’t, pointless and unbelievable sex scenes in movies? Ok, then. Uh, I nominate _Rear Window_, the scene where Grace Kelly finds Jimmy Stewart asleep. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/32 "2012-02-04T18:49:03Z")
In _Pleasantville_ when Margaret explains to Bud that she baked the oatmeal cookies for _him_. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/33 "2012-02-04T20:27:12Z")
I loved the scene in V For Vendetta, when Evey is reading Valerie’s letter. Valerie says, “For three years, I had roses and apologized to no one.” ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/34 "2012-02-04T20:58:50Z")
The scene in It’s a Wonderful Life where George is at Mary’s house and he’s just walked out in a huff because he’s upset and then their friend calls and they both get on the phone with their faces practically touching and he’s just so annoyed and angry but then his passion gets the better of him and he’s kissing her and she’s crying. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/35 "2012-02-04T21:56:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > a two-parter. Rhett grabs Scarlett and carries her struggling up the stairs, into the darkness. > > Then, the next morning, when she’s singing to herself and stretching luxuriously in the bed. > > I don’t have to name the movie in this one!😛 Sounds like a porno I saw called\* Boned with the Wind\*. In that light, \*Deep Throat \*and \*Behind the Green Door \*both had romantic endings. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/36 "2012-02-04T22:01:04Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > _The Quiet Man_, when Sean Thorton comes home to find Kate Danaher in his cottage, tidying it up for his arrival, and grabs her by the wrist and kisses her. > > And again, later on in the graveyard, in the pouring rain. I kinda prefer the honeymoon. “There’ll be no locks or bolts between us, Mary Kate.” Open Range, at the doorway and then, especially, in the garden. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gS4AYblLkj0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&start=135 https://www.youtube.com/embed/En7fxpAxi-c?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/37 "2012-02-04T23:31:48Z")
> [@stanger](#): > > For me, the scene from “Ladyhawke” where the sun is beginning to rise and, for a few moments, Rutger Hauer is no longer wolf and Michelle Pfeiffer is not yet hawk, and they see each other as they once were, human and in love. For a fleeting wisp of time, they see and touch as human before the rising sun turns Michelle into a hawk and the moment is gone. Ditto this. The whole premise is incredibly heartbreaking. > [@](#): > > Ahh, I am an old man who loves such silly fantasy too much, but these two scenes do pull at my heart every time I see them. Nah… none of that! Love is not silly, my friend. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/38 "2012-02-05T00:28:42Z")
Lone Star. The conversation in front of the jukebox. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/39 "2012-02-05T00:47:27Z")
“It’s beyond my control.” “It’s beyond my control.” “It’s beyond my control.” It’s romantic but simultaneously completely tragic and fucked up. ---
**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 5, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644/40 "2012-02-05T00:54:03Z")
It must be 20 years since I saw that movie, **jjimm**. About time I get it again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-romantic-scenes-in-movies/611644.md?page=3)