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What Do You Think is the Most Romantic Movie Ever?

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February 16, 2015
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I know it's the day after Valentines but what the heck. What movie do you feel is the perfect romance and why? I would have to say "Gone With the Wind". Funny because it was my mother's favorite too. I remember as a teen she took me to see it for the first time. Of course it didn't really do too much for me then. She also passed the book on to me. That was much better and after a few years I saw the movie again and now I understood the characters.

Pity crushing on Leslie Howard and Clark Gable when they've been gone for so long. But Clark Gable stood the test of time. Even compared to sex symbols of the present day...Clark as Rhett Butler, MWWWRRRROWWR. The thing I love about this movie besides the stars is it was the way great movies used to be. No shades of gray or people being crazed weasels. They left things to the audiences imagination.

Like when Rhett hauls Scarlett up that staircase, you just know the house was a rockin', they didn't have to be graphic. Scarlett all happy the next morning said it all. Yes the portrayal of blacks in this movie is an abomination...But just concentrating on Rhett and Scarlett...Oh and IMHO he does ultimately go back to her. They knew each other too well. He probably goes to town and Belle Watling talks him into going home.

So whats your favorite romance?

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Dwood44

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There are two. THE LAKE HOUSE and THE NOTEBOOK. I cry every time I watch them.

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TerriW255385

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Serendipity, absolutely.

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m814261n

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Many excellent and truly romantic movies have been suggested here. Probably very few of the posters are old enough to have seen the 1937 MGM film "Maytime." I'm not quite old enough myself to have seen it in a theater. But I have seen it, and to me it is far and away the most romantic movie of all time. It can be seen on YouTube. It stars Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, and John Barrymore. It is a musical. It's black and white, which is too bad because Jeanette in color is incredibly beautiful.

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schuhplattler

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I'll have to see "Maytime", since my vote, "Rose Marie", also starred Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald.

WebWiseWoman

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For me, any of the "A Star is Born" movies.

Having watched all 4 versions, my favorite is the 1954 Judy Garland and James Mason version (thanks TCM).

All are wonderful, and I think the Barbra Striesand and Kris Kristofferson soundtrack is tops, Lady Gaga's acting and lyrics are amazing in the most recent version! (I'm sorry the on screen romance evolved into gossip fodder, and sad for relationships lost to that.)

I did post offended by Producer/Directtor Bradley Cooper's ending to his version; I completely disapprove of his inference the star committed suicide by hanging, in light of losing so many talented people in the last few years reported using that method.

But, back to the subject, these are the most romantic movies in my experience; all seem to delve into the human condition artfully and truthfully.

#VegasStrong

gm5271

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My choices were made b4 I was born(1958 I'm 61)

I love the classics

"An affair to remember"

Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr

I've seen 100's of times & that moment he realizes & walks into room to find his painting I still cry & my heart aches

"Portrait of Jenny"

Jennifer Jones & Joseph Cotton

Read this book in school loved it so much finally found movie(black&white)to watch My mom purchased a VCR tape of it for $50 one Christmas she knew how much I loved it.... Though the story would lead you to believe was a story I've always chosen to believe it really happened

I love many more lots of favs these 2 will always stand out for me

Check em out if haven't seen

Ginger : )

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PatriciaG154924

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Love these films, too.

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PatriciaG154924

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I think any movie could be thought of as "romantic," if you are with the right person!

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ElizabethE70325

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An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr!

ralmon

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One that comes up from the dusty archives of my memories: Griffin and Phoenix, the 1976 version.

Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh made a great couple with a love that endured to the grave. I've never seen the 2006 remake with Amanda Peet and Dermot Mulroney, so can't speak for it.

MariaE

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movie names ?

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kl15925124

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It woiuld seem that some individuals confused the word "romantic" with "favorite". I looked at the subject feeling of the film. to define a film as romantic. Which for is why An Affair to Remember topped my list. The subject matter and focus of the film was romance between 2 people. As I've read through some of the responses they have a romantic element ( some don't even pass that test) but their focus is not the romance. Some introduce sexual attraction which seems to me to be a more animal connection where romance is purely human. I'm not trying to criticize anyone's selection...just trying to justify my own choice.....ken.

LydiaN586309

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I just remembered a movie I saw many, many years ago. It starred Sally Field and James Garner in a May-December type love story entitled

Murphy's Romance.

Even though I haven't seen the movie in years (over thirty to be exact), I remember it fondly as a good, well-acted, tug-at-the-heartstrings love story.

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m814261n

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There have been many films with exceptionally romantic scenes, such as Picnic, which was recently posted and which I like very much. But for start-to-finish romanticism, I don't think the 1937 MacDonald-Eddy film Maytime can be beaten.

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debh2oman

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I really enjoyed Somewhere in Time