| Sometimes, Cupid has a sense of humor. Just a few weeks before her wedding, Loretta (Cher) falls in love with her fiancé's estranged brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage), who lost his hand in a tragic bread-making accident. As goofy as it sounds, the comedy in this Oscar-winning contemporary classic is as organic as the attraction between Loretta and Ronny is undeniable. You'll feel just as caught up in the lunar lunacy (and love) by the end. |
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Elise (Jane Seymour) and Richard (Christopher Reeve) are the perfect couple — he's a successful playwright and she's a spunky stage actress...from 1912. But physics won't stand in the way of true love, as Reeve travels back in time 70 years to woo Seymour with a passion that will make even the most critical viewers root for this star-crossed duo. |
In secret, two employees of a Hungarian leathergoods store exchange anonymous letters and fall deeply in love...completely unaware that they are each actually corresponding with a coworker they loathe. The Shop Around the Corner was the first version of this now-familiar story to hit the silver screen, and it shines above all the others thanks to the witty, heartfelt performances of its two leads, James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan.
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Moira Kelly plays Kate, a pairs figure skater who can’t keep a partner, and D.B. Sweeney is Doug, a has-been hockey player in an unexpected love story about a seemingly mismatched pair. |
Omar Sharif plays the title role and Julie
Christie his true love, Lara, in this epic set against
the Russian Revolution, where love proves stronger than
Communism.
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Young English actors Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey play
Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in this opulent
film. Sweep your loved one off his or her feet by leafing
through the play beforehand, and then reciting the key verses
of the famous balcony scene. |
Billy “Harry” Crystal and Meg “Sally”
Ryan meet, hate each other, and then learn to love each
other. Romance tip for women: Practice Ryan’s famous
deli scene—you know, the one that ultimately causes
a character played by director Rob Reiner’s mom
to say the memorable, “I’ll have what she’s
having.”
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Steerage passenger Leonardo DiCaprio and
first-class voyager Kate Winslet find true love just before
the great ocean liner sinks into the Atlantic. Romantic
warning: Whatever you do on Valentine’s evening, don’t
utter the words, “I’m king of the world!” |
A
kaleidoscope of romances merrily intertwine in modern
London, in this film starring Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney,
Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Keira Knightly, and many others.
Romantic tip for either sex: After the movie, plan on
delivering a romantic declaration in a pidgin version
of your native tongue, echoing Colin Firth’s proposal
in a climactic scene.
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