Yes, this was supposed to be a book blog, but I love
romantic movies just as much as I love romance novels (lists of favorite
historical and contemporaries, however, coming soon!). I was so disappointed in
Vertigo (and its rank at #18 on the
AFI’s list of greatest love stories—gag) that I compiled my own list of favorite
movie love stories. (The fact that there are 11 of them them is an homage to A Kiss for Midwinter. Because I'm a fangirl.) You may have seen many of them—in fact, I hope you have!
You’ll note that most of them are screwball comedies, and almost all of them
have delicious banter. I have a type, what can I say?
I tried to be brief, in case I ever want to review them in
more detail. Leave a comment if you want to offer another recommendation or if you want
to see a longer review of anything!
And I couldn’t decide how to rank them so I put them in
alphabetical order. Yep.
Amélie
Premiered April 25,
2001
Starring Audrey Tatou
as Amélie Poulain and Mathieu Kassovitz as Nino Quincampoix
Quirky, painfully shy girl decides to go about courting
quirky, shy guy in her own carefully controlled, distant way. Can she let down
her barriers and actually pursue a relationship with him? Oui, ce film est en français, but it’s so adorable you shouldn’t
care. The cuteness mixes a little weirdly with lots of sexual elements, because
French comedy? But it makes the movie a (quite) grown-up fairy tale.
(English-language films after the jump!)
(English-language films after the jump!)
