# Recommend Romantic Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650 "2011-06-07T19:35:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frau\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@Frau\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frau_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/21 "2011-06-08T08:54:32Z")
I second _Murphy’s Romance_ _Autumn Tale (Conte d’automne) Roxanne Victor Victoria Chocolat Mississippi Masala (has some steam) Sabrina (both) An Affair to Remember Random Harvest The Talk of the Town Remember the Night Ball of Fire Some Like It Hot_ ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/22 "2011-06-08T09:40:03Z")
_The Goodbye Girl_ ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/23 "2011-06-08T10:01:03Z")
_Moonstruck._ ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/24 "2011-06-08T12:10:18Z")
Truly Madly Deeply. A lovely film starring Alan Rickman. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/25 "2011-06-08T13:42:57Z")
[The Road Home](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235060/) ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/26 "2011-06-08T15:23:57Z")
Oh this is so funny. SO MANY of the movies y’all have listed so far I’ve already seen, or are even particular favorites. I won’t bore you by listing them … but, obviously we’re on the right track here. There are some I haven’t seen and some I haven’t even heard of, so this is definitely helpful. Keep 'em coming … ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/27 "2011-06-08T16:16:24Z")
I’m not sure if it fits, but I’ll throw it out there anyway… **Heaven Can Wait** ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/28 "2011-06-08T16:24:18Z")
Second **Before Sunrise/Before Sunset**. I don’t even like romantic movies, and these 2 together are in my top 10. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/29 "2011-06-08T17:33:12Z")
> [@Superbia-acedia](#): > > Truly Madly Deeply. A lovely film starring Alan Rickman. That has a really important message, actually. Loved that film. Cried like a fool…the ultimate dream come true. That punches you in the face. ---
**Author:** ![pakalolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@pakalolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pakalolo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/30 "2011-06-08T18:01:22Z")
[True Romance](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108399/combined) ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/31 "2011-06-08T22:20:29Z")
[Doc Hollywood](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101745/combined). It is tagged on the imdb as comedy but I reckon it’s more lighthearted than comedy. You can pretty much write the story from moment one but it carries it off with gentleness and non-cloying sweetness. One of my feel-good films. Some great support actors as well including [David Ogden Stiers](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001773/). ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/32 "2011-06-08T22:38:55Z")
- 500 days of summer - Groundhog Day - Good Will Hunting ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/33 "2011-06-08T23:20:37Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > A big, gorgeous, sexy, smart movie about real human beings (both literally and in terms of performance) that turned out to be way better than I expected and is high on my all-time list, since I will always stop and watch it when I run across it and delivers everything: thrills, romance, beauty, humor, heat and tears: [_Out of Africa_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089755/). Great film. And, similarly, _The Piano_. I’m not a film geek, but I really appreciate the craftsmanship of that film. Marvelous. Am I a sap for liking _Falling in Love_, with De Niro and Streep? I really liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Dietrich\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@Dietrich\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dietrich_K)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/34 "2011-06-08T23:24:17Z")
> [@Frau\_Blucher](#): > > I second _Murphy’s Romance_ > \*Autumn Tale (Conte d’automne) > Roxanne > \* I second this and _Annie Hall_, and would add _Broadcast News_ and _Heaven Help Us_. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/35 "2011-06-09T00:02:17Z")
I’ll recommend _A Life Less Ordinary_. Sorta dark, sorta quirky, sorta silly, but definitely a good romantic story. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/36 "2011-06-09T02:31:21Z")
_It Could Happen To You_ - Bridget Fonda is charming and Nic Cage is quite likeable in this feel-good romance. _Penelope_ - A modern/urban fairy tale, somewhat like _Beauty & The Beast_ with the gender roles reversed. Starring Christina Ricci and James McAvoy. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/37 "2011-06-09T03:10:40Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Actually most things with Audrey Hepburn ping my romance-o-meter. > > “Holiday” with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. I see the name Hepburn and the word Holiday and I can’t believe that the film mentioned is not _[Roman Holiday](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046250/)_ with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. One of my favourite movies. Funny and romantic, and you get to see Rome. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/38 "2011-06-09T03:20:35Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > I see the name Hepburn and the word Holiday and I can’t believe that the film mentioned is not _[Roman Holiday](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046250/)_ with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. One of my favourite movies. Funny and romantic, and you get to see Rome. I almost listed it, but I thought the end was so sad. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/39 "2011-06-09T03:31:57Z")
**Grosse Point Blank**. Best Romantic Assassin Comedy Movie starring John Cusack ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650/40 "2011-06-09T03:50:41Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > **Grosse Point Blank**. Best Romantic Assassin Comedy Movie starring John Cusack ever made. Followed closely by _War, Inc._, in which John Cusack plays a burned out assassin who falls in love. But it’s totally different because he falls in love with Marisa Tomei instead of Minnie Driver. And Dan Ackroyd plays his boss in this one instead of his competitor like in the other. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-romantic-movies/584650.md?page=3)