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The Most Romantic Movies

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Movies of passionate love relationships between men and women have always held a special place in our cultural heritage. Movies about great love affairs have been made from the classic stories of Lancelot and Guinevere, Heloise and Abelard, and Romeo and Juliet. These classics are remembered as symbols of physical passion and spiritual devotion. Although they are most often regarded as love stories, the literary foundation of these stories is that of tragedies - and tragedies of a most telling kind.



In these stories, the heroes and heroines are remembered not because they are average members of their societies, but because they rebel against society. The lovers are most memorable because they are unusual, different from what we might imagine should be the correct, or proper form of behavior for members of their society. Their love affairs challenge both the moral and social codes of their culture, and their stories are inevitably tragic because their passion alone fails to sustain them. They are eventually defeated by the social and cultural norms of their time.

The underlying theme of the tragic nature of these fascinating love stories and their commitment to each other is a defiant response, a rebellion if you will, to anyone and everyone. The contest between culturally accepted behavior and the passionate commitment between the lovers begins when each realize that their love is not regarded as a normal way of life or an acceptable cultural ideal.

Thus, the ideal of romantic love always stands in opposition to much of history and is frequently the subject of great novels and movies. In today's popular theatre, the characters and themes may change and challenge our sensibility, but the tragedy remains. Movies such as Brokeback Mountain challenges our view of the value of gay men in what has been presumed to be a stereo-typical masculine role. Although the masculine roles in this instance could be exchanged with any other, such as a soldier, lineman, longshoreman, you name it.

The point is that movies about romantic love in today's world portray it as something that doesn't exist exclusively between male and female. Movies recognize and indeed, celebrate the individualism of the characters, with their strengths and weaknesses. They reject the ideas of human beings as bland, mindless creatures without vision or spiritual aspirations. They place in the forefront of our consciousness the ideal that romantic love is egoistic - a philosophical doctrine that holds that self-realization and personal happiness are the moral goals of life. Romantic love is inherently egoistic in that it is motivated by the overwhelming desire for personal happiness.

Romantic love has been defined as a passionate, spiritual-emotional-sexual attachment between a man and a woman that reflects a high regard for the value of each other's person (Brandon, 1980). With the awakening and liberation of gay rights in our society, that definition is clearly flawed. It would be more appropriate to redefine this aptly as a passionate, spiritual-emotional-sexual attachment between two humans with equal regard for the value of each other. However romantic love is defined, tragedy remains as a constant reminder of the perpetual clash between society and lovers, of any sexual orientation.

In the end, however, the passion that inspires the souls of lovers exists exclusively within themselves and the private spiritual universe they occupy. True romantic lovers share their private universe with each other exclusive of those that would destroy them for their belief in an archaic construct of cultural norms. Romantic lovers do not share their treasure with the outside world, although far too often the outside world attempts to pry apart their relationship to satisfy their own self-serving egoism.

Romantic lover in the movies and in real life exhibit a special and remarkable courage to honor and respect each other for whom they are. This form of courage is a prerequisite for true romantic love and the stuff that the most memorable movies are made of.
The Most Romantic Movies
Ten Things I Hate About You

A teenage romantic comedy, 10 Things I Hate About You is a modern day Taming of the Shrew. Set in a modern high school setting. Bianca Stratford is forbidden to date until her older sister, Katarina begins dating. Unfortunately for Bianca, Katarina has no interest in dating, until she finds a not so perfect guy.

Sweet Home Alabama

Beautiful, ambitious Melanie flees rural Alabama and her highschool sweetheart in favor of Manhattan's glamorous fashion and social circles. When her Park Avenue boyfriend proposes, it's time to head South and finalize her divorce. Melanie learns that somethings can not be left behind.

How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days

To help land a big ad account, philandering Ben, makes a wager with his co-worker that he can mend his womanizing ways and date a woman for more than 10 days. Ben bets on the wrong girl. Andie is running her own scam and writing an article on how to dump a guy in 10 days and determined that Ben dump her.

When Harry Met Sally

Can men and women remain friends without the sex part getting in the way? Womanizing, neurotic Harry and ambitious, equally neurotic Sally are friends who resist sexual attraction to maintain their friendship. As the two draw closer, they ask if they can they stay just pals, or will sex get in the way?

Sabrina Industrious tycoon Linus Larrabee has no room for love in his appointment book. Sabrina Fairchild the chauffeur's daughter has spent her whole life worshipping the wealthy Larrabee family from afar. Heartbroken to learn that David doesn't share her feelings, she spends a year in Paris, then returns home more confident and poised. But when a burgeoning romance between his libertine brother David and Sabrina, jeopardizes Linus' pending business merger, the workaholic CEO clears his calendar to derail the relationship.

Some Kind of Wonderful

Watts is a young tomboy who has a crush on her best friend, Keith. but her feelings go unrequited as he falls for Amanda, a rich girl with snobby friends. Unfortunately for Keith, Amanda's wealthy ex-boyfriend wants her back and is willing to do anything to get her. This coming of age movie reminds viewers what really matters.

Pretty Woman

Looking for directions to his Beverly Hills hotel, millionaire corporate raider Edward Lewis crosses paths with Hollywood hooker Vivian Ward and hires her as his "date" for a week. Vivian gets swept into a fantasy realm of room service and boutique shopping on Rodeo Drive, and what starts as a business contract turns into much more. Can the poor prostitute and rich industrialist live happily ever after?

Cutting Edge

Spoiled but accomplished figure skater Kate Moseley is on her way to the Olympics, and so is egotistical hockey player Doug Dorsey. When an eye injury puts Doug out of hockey, he reluctantly agrees to try figure skating as Kate's partner. The duo gets off to a rough start but learns to perform as a team, and they soon become a force to be reckoned with.

Jerry Maguire

In one of the best date-night movies of all time, a sports agent grows a conscience, promptly gets fired and attempts to turn his life around. With one loyal football client. A starry-eyed co-worker and her irresistible son tag along, the sports agent discovers that loving well while playing fair is the best revenge.

The Princess Bride

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Wesley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness. Giants, swordsmen, six-fingered counts, murderous princes, Sicilians, pirates, rodents of unusual size and even death can not stop true love from triumphing.

Sleepless in Seatle

Soul mates who come perilously close to never meeting. Although separated by thousands of miles, rueful widower Sam Baldwin and soon-to-be married Annie Reed connect through a radio call-in show encounter engineered by Sam's son, Jonah.

Dirty Dancing

Expecting the usual ennui that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Baby Houseman instead finds herself in love. The object of her affection, is none other than the resort's free-spirited dance instructor, Johnny Castle. But Baby's disapproving dad soon steps in to keep Johnny from putting the moves on his artless daughter.

Clueless

Bored with high school boys, best friends Cher and Dionne instead set their sights on college men. But the meddlesome Cher gets more than she bargained for when she gives a fashion-challenged student a makeover in hopes that her new friend will find love and happiness.

She is All That

Laney Boggs, a geeky highschool student, becomes a challenge, when she spills her books in front of class superstar Zach Siler. Zach's buddies bet that he can not turn Laney from an ugly duckling into a prom queen. With help from his sister, Zach gives Laney a makeover that turns heads and makes him think twice.

Copyright 2006 Francesca Black
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