# What is your favorite love story movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554 "2016-01-09T03:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/1 "2016-01-09T03:16:38Z")
It may seem strange to you, but my favorite love story movie is As Good as it Gets (1997) > **[As Good as It Gets (1997) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119822/)** > > As Good as It Gets: Directed by James L. Brooks. With Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr.. A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a... It stars Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear and starts out with both Nicholson and Hunt living miserable lives for different reasons. Eventually, it dawns on them that in order to be happy, what they need most is each other. I know there are much more popular films and maybe even films with better stories. But no other film has ever gotten to me like this one did. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/2 "2016-01-09T05:53:28Z")
The Secret In Their Eyes. (original 2009 film) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/3 "2016-01-09T07:55:27Z")
[It could happen to you](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110167/). Where stand up guy cop promises waitress half his lotto winnings as a tip. And he wins. They get rich, problems follow, they get screwed out of the money, then fall in love and wind up with everything! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/4 "2016-01-09T08:09:44Z")
The only ones I can remember seeing more than once are _When Harry Met Sally_, _Annie Hall_, and _Forgetting Sarah Marshall_. So one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/5 "2016-01-09T09:25:48Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [It could happen to you](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110167/). Where stand up guy cop promises waitress half his lotto winnings as a tip. And he wins. They get rich, problems follow, they get screwed out of the money, then fall in love and wind up with everything! God, I hated that movie. My choice would be _The Princess Bride_ ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/6 "2016-01-09T09:32:07Z")
Four Weddings and a Funeral. (or) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/7 "2016-01-09T09:35:49Z")
Not a fan of “happily ever after” love stories, so I’d choose Brokeback Mountain. ---
**Author:** ![townhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@townhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/townhill)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/8 "2016-01-09T09:42:25Z")
Aurther from the 80’s with Dudley Moore. I like comedy love stories. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/9 "2016-01-09T09:44:39Z")
Rouge…a very bittersweet love story from Hong Kong. The Anita Mui and Leslie Chung (both deceased way too young) star. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/10 "2016-01-09T10:28:45Z")
L.A. Story – Steve Martin and Victoria Tennant as the only two people in the world who get each other’s jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/11 "2016-01-09T12:05:01Z")
_Wings of Desire_. > **[Wings of Desire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_of_Desire)** > > Wings of Desire (German: Der Himmel über Berlin, pronounced \[deːɐ̯ ˈhɪml̩ ˈʔyːbɐ bɛʁˈliːn\] (listen); lit. 'The Heaven/Sky over Berlin') is a 1987 romantic fantasy film written by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger, and directed by Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. Even though the city is densely populated, many of the people are isolated or estranged from their lo... ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/12 "2016-01-09T12:58:49Z")
_Whisper of the Heart_ ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/13 "2016-01-09T13:36:30Z")
_Love Actually_ is one of my favorites. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/14 "2016-01-09T13:57:43Z")
Heaven Can Wait ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/15 "2016-01-09T14:10:42Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [It could happen to you](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110167/). Where stand up guy cop promises waitress half his lotto winnings as a tip. And he wins. They get rich, problems follow, they get screwed out of the money, then fall in love and wind up with everything! Astute choice. It was a charming film. I also like **Love Actually** a lot; the backlash against it is a sad commentary on how we no longer believe in romance. Favorite? Hard to say. The ones I think of offhand are those where the love story is not the main focus of the plot (e.g, **Casablanca, Singin’ in the Rain** ). **The Thin Man** is great for its portrayal of a long-term loving relationship, but that’s only a small part of it. I guess I’ll go with **Annie Hall**. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/16 "2016-01-09T14:54:48Z")
I always liked **Sense and Sendibility** (Ang Lee). I found Elinor to be quite relatable emotionally for me. Also, aside from that, it’s just a well put together movie. Great cast. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/17 "2016-01-09T15:01:42Z")
I only saw it one time, back when it came out on DVD but I recall really liking [Once.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/18 "2016-01-09T15:13:13Z")
I’m not romantic and I loathe rom-coms. But I love ‘Waterloo Bridge’, ‘La Belle et La Bete’, and ‘Pride and Prejudice’. These are the versions all made in the 40’s and are splendid movies I never get tired of. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/19 "2016-01-09T15:15:07Z")
I’ve never seen a good love story in a movie, and I’m not convinced it’s possible. A good love story takes a lot of time. In a two-hour movie, you have room for infatuation, or lust, or an already-established love, but you don’t have room for the whole messy complicated process. Now, a TV show, over the course of a few seasons, yeah, that’s doable. The best example that comes to mind is Adama and Roslin from _Battlestar Galactica_. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/20 "2016-01-09T15:24:39Z")
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