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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:23 PM
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Young and old, please respond. BEST romantic film ever.
My choice Dr. Zhivago.
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boneygrey Donating Member (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:25 PM
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1. Maybe Casablanca n/t
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 07:43 PM
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25. Seconded.
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:53 PM
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48. thirded.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:27 PM
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2. Breaking the Waves
Spiderman II
Casablanca

and some damned others that, though I sit here and think, my mind simply will not bring up for me.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:47 PM
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44. Breaking the Waves is one of my all-time favorite films.
It introduced me to Emily Watson, who is now my favorite actor.

Have you seen Hillary and Jackie? Do it now!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:54 PM
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50. No, I haven't!
Breaking the Waves is one of the most heart-wrenchingly awful films to watch. My partner was really freaking out by the end of it, and was sad for days. I don't think there's a chance in hell she'll ever watch it again.

Really hit her on a personal note - she was terrified and sad to think of that happening to me. It also affected me on a deeply emotional level, too, but not quite as bad.

I think it's a movie that everyone should see. It's brilliant.

I have not seen Hillary and Jackie, but I'm going to amazon now!
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:27 PM
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3. The Notebook or Sense and Sensibility
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NewHampshireDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:28 PM
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4. Dirty Dancing
Hey, it worked for me. :evilgrin:
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:29 PM
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5. Betty Blue!
Awesome film..

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slor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:59 PM
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17. I agree!
The first 10 minutes are quite hot too!
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:35 PM
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6. Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Southsideirish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:36 PM
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7. "Sexy Beast."
The love between "Gel" and "Dee Dee" was so powerful. No "I love you's" no passionate embraces yet that time he phoned her and ask her "just say my name" I felt a chill down my spine. She would kill to protect him and he, well, we know what he did for her. I could watch it 100 times and still want to see it again.
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toddzilla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:53 PM
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38. that was one of the wierdest movies i've ever seen..
when he peed all over the bathroom, i quit watching.. just couldn't get into it.
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toddzilla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:54 PM
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40. cousins
i know, i know, ted danson.

but a great movie, and i don't like movies like that at all.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:38 PM
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8. There are too many good ones to just pick one . . from Roman Holiday
to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I couldn't just pick one :).
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:39 PM
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9. "A Man and a Woman" (Un Homme et une Femme)
Saw it in Paris when it came out. I was a student.

One of the few movies I love that doesn't have a lot of kick boxing.

--IMM
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:58 PM
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15. that is a winner, I haven't seen it in years but when I did see it
I was just overwhelmed

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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:39 PM
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10. I think we can at least all agree - it sure as hell ain't "Love Story"
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boneygrey Donating Member (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:41 PM
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11. You got that right n/t
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mohinoaklawnillinois Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:54 PM
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12. I can't name just one, but I could watch these over and over..
Doctor Zhivago
The Way We Were
An Officer and a Gentleman
Out of Africa
Casablanca
Gone With the Wind
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:53 PM
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49. All of them are wonderful.
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:55 PM
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13. Terminator
Although the love scene was abbreviated, very romantic.
Woman of the Year
Jeffrey-Michael T. Weiss should have gotten a nomination.
The Goodbye Girl
The Kid
The love story between two kids on an old mini series on either showtime or hbo called Grand Avenue. The girl was named Justine. I don't recall the boy's name, but it was heartbreaking. I always thought that John Sayles got some ideas for Lone Star from this story.
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kariatari Donating Member (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:56 PM
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14. When Harry Met Sally...
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:58 PM
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16. Pyromaniac's Love Story
Though its closely followed by The Road Home.



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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 06:59 PM
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18. Elvira Madigan
Edited on Sat Feb-26-05 07:56 PM by Hardrada
Except they don't survive. Same with movie versions of Romeo and Juliet.








On edit: Oops, same with ALL versions of Romeo and Juliet.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 07:26 PM
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22. Mozart's Piano Concerto #21....Elvira Madigan
I LOVED this film.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 07:03 PM
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19. Victor, Victoria is a wonderful romantic comedy
I am trying to think of others not previously mentioned


OH
Roxanne w/Steve Martin
Splash

Joe vs the Volcano

Philadelphia Story
Bringing Up Baby

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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 07:14 PM
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20. Jackie Brown.
Edited on Sat Feb-26-05 07:16 PM by KCabotDullesMarxIII
Understated, but that's the magic for me. Both actors could speak eloquently just by their demeanour and facial expressions.

I also saw a film on the box about a governess and a young man whose wife was insane (medically). It might have been "Jane Ayre". I thought that was pretty good.
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 07:15 PM
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21. TITANIC
Edited on Sat Feb-26-05 07:17 PM by Jack_Dawson
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Goldmund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:10 PM
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53. That's a conflict of interest if I've ever seen one.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 07:30 PM
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23. An Affair to Remember
ranks up there.

"Somewhere in Time" is really romanitic, too. Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymore. Made me cry.

Mz Pip
:dem:
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biscodawg Donating Member (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 07:40 PM
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24. Harold and Maude nt
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charlyvi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 07:51 PM
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26. The Way We Were
Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 08:38 PM
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27. One of my favorites! nt
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 08:45 PM
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28. 50 First Dates
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 08:58 PM
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29. Leaving Las Vegas
My type of a romantic movie.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:50 PM
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45. I LOVED this film. Bought the CD.
I kinda liked Nick Cage...but after this film, I fell in love w/ him. And Eliz. Shue....the best!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:52 PM
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46. That film reminded me of a past relationship
My ex-b/f was a drunk and I did all I coudl to help him but he was a lost cause. He's still living but I haven't heard from him in awhile.

I just that it was so romantic that these two people who just met could have the relationship that they had, fucked up and all, but it was a realtionship and I believe a loving one.
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Ronnie Donating Member (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:15 PM
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30. Sleepless in Seattle
...
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erinlough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:19 PM
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31. How Green Was My Valley
Romantic in every sense. A great Oscar winner to re-watch.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:21 PM
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32. A Room With a View. An Affair to Remember. Notorious. Casablanca.
there are so many, it would take me all night to make a list! :-)
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:23 PM
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33. The Crow.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:43 PM
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34. Last of the Mohicans
:9
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Zorro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:52 PM
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36. Second that
A modern classic.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:54 PM
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39. That movie is sexy as all hell!
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:46 PM
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35. Tron.
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flaminbats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:09 PM
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52. those racing scenes were sooo romantic
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DawgHouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:53 PM
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37. Somewhere in Time
I know, lame.. but I still love it.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 09:54 PM
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41. Cold Mountain
:cry:
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:04 PM
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42. A Little Romance. Young love, but very sweet.
Edited on Sat Feb-26-05 10:06 PM by tanyev
Ooh, ooh, ooh! Edit to add Wings of Desire. The original German. The Nicolas Cage/Meg Ryan doesn't come close.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:04 PM
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43. In no particular order...
Sense and Sensibility

The African Queen

To Have and Have Not

Amelie

Random Harvest

Marty

Wings of Desire

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

I'm sure I'll think of more.
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ignatius 2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:53 PM
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47. I love Dr. Zhivago. I can still hear the words from Laura's note to
him.".what joy,you are alive." A romantic story,well acted and a nice sense of history as well..my kind of movie.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:55 PM
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51. How about Love Story?
Sappy, predictable, but still makes you cry-everything a romantic movie should be.
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