# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/61 "2016-01-10T08:11:27Z")
The Jerk. It is, not kidding, one of my favorite love stories. When Bernadette Peters pulls out her trumpet [during their lovely duet of Tonight You Belong To Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtConX8UNsk), you knew they were meant for each other. Already mentioned _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_. Really shows how terrible and wonderful love can be. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/62 "2016-01-10T17:14:18Z")
For enduring love stories: _Life Is Beautiful_ and _The Notebook_ I cried for days. ---
**Author:** ![Mattie\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mattie\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mattie_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/63 "2016-01-12T14:10:29Z")
**Truly Madly Deeply** Juliet Stephenson, Alan Rickman and Michael Maloney. Alan Rickman dies and comes back. This is no _Ghost_ clone. He’s back but he isn’t the perfect guardian angel. He’s always cold and complaining and spends his day with other deceased friends watching classic movies. The early scene in the psychiatrist’s office where she is sobbing out her grief, runny nose and all has me doing the same. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/64 "2016-01-12T14:27:40Z")
**An Affair to Remember** - Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr. Watch the final scene and tell me Grant can’t act. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/65 "2016-01-12T14:42:38Z")
_You’ve Got Mail_, a 1998 romcom written and directed by Nora Ephron and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. She runs a small children’s bookstore (called The Shop Around The Corner) and he runs a giant chain of bookstores (called Fox Books, but think Barnes & Noble) that is putting her out of business. They meet via America Online, and have a correspondence entirely by email/online messaging. It’s based, of course on _The Shop Around The Corner_ and the play by Miklós László on which that was based.) A big part of the story is about how small stores are dying, only to be replaced by giant chains. One bit I liked; at one point Hanks’ character introduces her to two kids with whom he’s spending the day. “Annabel is my grandfather’s daughter and Matt is my father’s son. We are an American family.” And that reminds me of _IQ_, a rom-com set in Princeton, New Jersey, starring Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins and Walter Matthau (as Albert Einstein). ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/66 "2016-01-12T14:51:41Z")
Notorious. > **[Notorious (1946) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038787/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2)** > > Notorious: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern. The daughter of a convicted Nazi spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of Nazi scientists in South America. How far will... ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/67 "2016-01-12T15:01:13Z")
Salaam-E-Ishq. (Love’s Sweet Salute) I actually don’t like Western love stories. IMO, they jump into bed too quickly, and spend time fucking that should be spent on building up their romance. Since they can’t do that in Indian movies, they instead burst into song and spend plenty of time on the romance. That’s not to say there aren’t a few. Up is good, as well as All of Me, and I’ve always had a soft spot for Grosse Pointe Blank. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/68 "2016-01-12T15:05:02Z")
Untamed Heart - Christian Slater & Marissa Tomei ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/69 "2016-01-12T16:20:56Z")
> [@Mattie\_Blue](#): > > **Truly Madly Deeply** Juliet Stephenson, Alan Rickman and Michael Maloney. Alan Rickman dies and comes back. This is no _Ghost_ clone. He’s back but he isn’t the perfect guardian angel. He’s always cold and complaining and spends his day with other deceased friends watching classic movies. The early scene in the psychiatrist’s office where she is sobbing out her grief, runny nose and all has me doing the same. Yes, yes, yes. “The sun ain’t gonna shine anymore (Jamie baby!)” I loved it from the beginning because it was so real with the snot running…no seriously. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/70 "2016-01-12T16:31:42Z")
I do not believe in love\* so I’ll go with “Double Indemnity.” \*other than to/from child/sibling/parent ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/71 "2016-01-12T16:35:09Z")
**Forget Paris** , with Billy Crystal and Debra Winger. Especially the scenes at the fertility clinic, and the waiter’s dialog in the restaurant scenes. I also like Neil Simon’s comedies **The Goodbye Girl** and **Chapter Two** ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/72 "2016-01-12T16:43:35Z")
The one I always come back to is **Ever After**. **Don Jon** was pretty refreshing for me, but it’s a movie you either love or hate. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/73 "2016-01-12T17:04:09Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > **An Affair to Remember** - Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr. Watch the final scene and tell me Grant can’t act. One of those movies that absolutely, positively \*\*could not \*\*be made today in the era of cell phones: \*"Hello, darling! Where are you? Are you coming? \* **[Pause]** \* What’s that? You’ve been in a street accident? Your legs were crushed … and you’re now crippled for life? \*\*\*[Long pause] \*\* _Sorry darling, you’re breaking up. I’ll call you tomorrow. What? Yes, yes, of course I love you. Sorry, gotta run! Bye!"_**[Click!]**☹ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/74 "2016-01-12T17:06:28Z")
Has no one yet mentioned _ **Roman Holiday** _ with Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, and Eddie Albert? Another romantic movie for people who don’t particularly care for romantic movies! :o ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/75 "2016-01-12T18:46:56Z")
There are three love stories on my top ten movie list: **Much Ado About Nothing** (1993) with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson (and Robert Sean Leonard and Kate Beckinsale). There is no romance like a Shakespeare romance… **Persuasion** (1995) with Ciaran Hinds and Amanda Root. …unless it’s a Jane Austen romance. **Big Eden**. An old-fashioned slow-build romance that could have been written by Shakespeare or Jane Austen if either of them could have written a gay love story. ---
**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 12, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/76 "2016-01-12T19:34:00Z")
> [@Mattie\_Blue](#): > > **Truly Madly Deeply** Excellent pick. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/77 "2016-01-12T19:54:59Z")
It’s usually listed as a horror, but I’ve always found **The Dead Zone** (1983) to be an incredibly moving love story. The scene where he’s tutoring the wee boy and Sarah appears unexpectedly at his door… Christopher Walken at his best, and tears me up every time. Big fan of **Brokeback Mountain** too, ever since reading the original short story back in 1998. I guess I don’t like happy endings either. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/78 "2016-01-12T20:54:16Z")
Not a big fan of RomComs, but I thought **It Happened One Night** was pretty good. Another vote for **Wings of Desire** - one of my favorite films, love story or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/79 "2016-01-12T21:17:06Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > Not a big fan of RomComs, but I thought **It Happened One Night** was pretty good. Excellent choice! Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert… :o _ **The Philadelphia Story** _ is another good one: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart … they don’t make 'em like that any more! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554/80 "2016-01-12T21:54:47Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > One of those movies that absolutely, positively \*\*could not \*\*be made today in the era of cell phones: > > \*"Hello, darling! Where are you? Are you coming? \* **[Pause]** \* What’s that? You’ve been in a street accident? Your legs were crushed … and you’re now crippled for life? \*\*\*[Long pause] \*\* _Sorry darling, you’re breaking up. I’ll call you tomorrow. What? Yes, yes, of course I love you. Sorry, gotta run! Bye!"_**[Click!]**☹ “I was looking [del]up[/del] at my phone” Ditto for **Ever After** and **Much Ado About Nothing**. How could I forget these! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-love-story-movie/742554.md?page=5)