Sometimes you just want to stay at home and watch a classic romantic movie, whether you’re snuggling up on the couch with your loved one – or just need some comfort viewing on your own, here’s a list of movies to try.
Casablanca (1942)
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
Plot: Set in Africa during the 1940s, Humphrey Bogart stars as a man with a past trying to hide it. He meets his former lover at his own bar and things begin to get complicated.
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, George Reeves
Plot: An epic civil war tale of a strong woman, Scarlett, who loves the man she didn’t marry. It is a simple tale of selfishness and love.
The Notebook (2004)
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner
Plot: A man tells the story of a young couple who fell in love some 50 or 60 years ago.
Titanic (1997)
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
Plot: The maiden voyage of the Titanic sets the stage for a love affair between a young socialite and a poor artist.
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA rating: PG
Director: George Cukor
Actors: Cary Grant, James Stewart, John Howard
Plot: A woman who is about to remarry encounters her rich ex-husband and a reporter who try and woo her as she finds out her true self.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Language: English
Genre: Romance
MPAA rating: R
Director: Michel Gondry
Actors: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood
Plot: Two people who meet by chance decide that they have had enough of each other and try to erase one another from their minds with a new procedure.
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: David Lean
Actors: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger
Plot: During the Russian revolution a Russian Doctor falls for a political activist’s wife even though he himself is married. They are separated and reunited many times while they suffer hardships.
Harold and Maude (1971)
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles
Plot: A dying old woman obsessed with living and a living young boy obsessed with dying meet to form a bond that can’t be broken.
Roman Holiday (1953)
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
Plot: A princess escapes her boring family life when she meets an American newsman and falls in love.
Amélie ( Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le ) (2001)
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA rating: R
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actors: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus
Plot: A Paris woman, in search of helping others, finds love in mysterious ways.
A list of the best romantic movies is always subjective, but this is as good a place as any to start!
This article was originally featured on Film Crave
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