Top 50 Favorite Romantic Films
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I am presently in discussions for marketing the screenplay of my novel. As the visual representation of my story becomes eminent I have begun to consider what I find appealing in films that feature romance.
My definition of " romantic" is : a passionate longing. As with reality, the more thwarted the physical longing, dangerous, and evocative the setting, the more intense the romantic experience. With this in mind, I hope to create a visually lush, sensuous, and dangerous romantic love story.
My favorites are in no particular order, although Casablanca, Gone with the Wind and Dr. Zhivago are universally accepted as the top romantic films of all time. I have tried to pick films of different times and genres to give a broad overview.
1. Casablanca
2. Dr. Zhivago
3. Ryan's Daughter
4. Mrs. Soffel
5. Bonnie and Clyde
6. A Summer Place
7. A Walk on the Moon
8. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
9. Reds
10. The Postman Always Rings Twice
11. The Last of the Mohicans
12. Titanic
13. The Graduate
14. From Here to Eternity
15. Queen Margot
16. An Officer and a Gentleman
17. Urban Cowboy
18. Out of Africa
19. Brokeback Mountain
20. The Big Easy
21. Pride and Prejudice
22. Romeo and Juliet
23. Shakespeare in Love
24. Mountains of the Moon
25. The Age of Innocence
26. The Summer of '42
27. The Way We Were
28. Unfaithful
29. A Room with a View
30. Chocolat
31. Legends of the Fall
32. Gone with the Wind
33. Dirty Dancing
34. Dangerous Beauty
35. The Year of Living Dangerously
36. Love Story
37. The English Patient
38. Tristan and Isolde
39. Persuasion
40. Wuthering Heights
41. Swept From the Sea
42. The Phantom of the Opera
43. Dances with Wolves
44. Against All Odds
45. Body Heat
46. Splendor in the Grass
47. The Notebook
48. Revenge
49. The French Lieutenant's Woman
50. Atonement
