Best Romantic Comedy/Chic Flix for the Holidays. (1 Viewer)

[Oswald Pascual]

Hey I figure since Valentines day is around the corner, maybe we can add a little extra present to cuddle with the love one for the evening. What about a consensus on the top Romance or Romantic Comedies to enjoy?

In no particular order I will add;

Pillow Talk
What Women Want
When Harry Met Sally
Chocolat
Sleepless In Seatle
Down With Love
An Ideal Husband
Pretty Woman
Somethings Gotta Give
Lover Come Back

 

[Harold Wazzu]

You've got mail
Groundhog Day
While you were sleeping

 

[PaulaJ]

I just watched the new DVD of Random Harvest, and boy, if you want a romantic tearjerker, that's the top of the line Cadillac of romantic tearjerkers. I'm so glad one of my favorite romantic films is now out on DVD. This has nothing to do with the fact that Greer Garson's character and I share the same first name.

Personally, I can't stand:

What Women Want -- that is SO not what I want

Chocolat -- silly schmaltz

Sleepless In Seatle -- guess what, all women do NOT love An Affair to Remember. At least I don't. (I'll take the original Love Affair with Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne, thank you)

Pretty Woman -- prostitution is SO romantic. Not.

Somethings Gotta Give -- I'm sure Bill Bennett loves it that Jack gets "family values" at the end. But I didn't. I didn't like him as a wolf either. And when wealthy overprivileged people like Diane Keaton's character in this movie start whining about their lives -- I'm looking for the nearest exit

You've Got Mail -- Why would anyone watch You've Got Mail when the original, The Shop Around the Corner, is a zillion times better and more romantic?!

All IMHO (I do adore While You Were Sleeping, though!)

Movies I find romantic, in no particular order:

The Awful Truth
Seventh Heaven
Love is a Many Splendored Thing (warning: sad ending)
The Philadelphia Story
City Lights
Chungking Express (I was tempted to put down In the Mood for Love, another Wong Kar-wai film but it's too depressing for Valentine's Day)
The Kid Brother
Say Anything
North by Northwest
Chinese Odyssey 2002
Splash
Somewhere in Time
The Lady Eve
My Best Girl
He's a Woman, She's a Man
Comrades, a Love Story
Serendipity
Romancing the Stone
Ninotcha
Love on Delivery (with some rather extreme action at the end)
La Belle et la bete (Cocteau) or Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
The Contact (a 1997 Korean film)
Groundhog Day
Singin' in the Rain -- The Bandwagon -- An American in Paris -- any Fred & Ginger musical
Roman Holiday
A Matter of Life and Death
The Wedding Singer
An Autumn's Tale
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Needing You
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
The Last of the Mohicans
Young at Heart
The Scarlet Pimpernel (both the Leslie Howard version and the TV movie with Antony Andrews and Jane Seymour)
The Apartment

OK, the most romantic movie EVER:

I know Where I'm Going, with Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

 

[Ernest Rister]

The Accused
Irreversible
If These Walls Could Talk
The Sweet Hereafter
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
The Entity

 

[PaulaJ]

Naturally, I thought of a few more after I hit the "send" button

The Student Prince in Old Heidelburg and The Big Parade (the latter works for Veterans' Day too). Sadly, neither are available yet on DVD so I'm hanging on to my laser discs. I believe they both show up on TCM every now and then.

How to Steal a Million
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Born Yesterday
Pride and Prejudice (the TV version with Jennifer Ehly and Colin Firth)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

And my number one guilty pleasure:

Untamed Heart

 

[Ernest Rister]

The Sorrow and the Pity
Alive
Philadelphia
Midnight Express
Cries and Whispers
Grave of the Fireflies

 

[Romier S]

Love Actually and Notting Hill are two of my recent favorites.



Now that's romance.

 

[george kaplan]

I like a number of the ones mentioned, though some of them are more appropriate for other holidays besides Valentine's Day IMO.

When Harry Met Sally - New Year's Eve
Groundhog Day - Groundhog Day

For ourselves, my wife and I watch The Long, Long Trailer on Valentine's Day.

On our anniversary we watch Father of the Bride (1991)

We also enjoy a number of others, including many mentioned already, such as:

Pillow Talk
What Women Want
Chocolat
Pretty Woman
Lover Come Back
You've Got Mail
The Awful Truth
The Philadelphia Story
City Lights
North by Northwest (though this isn't really a comedy)
Somewhere in Time (ditto, not a comedy)
Serendipity
Romancing the Stone
Ninotcha
Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
Singin' in the Rain
Roman Holiday
The Apartment
How to Steal a Million
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Born Yesterday
Notting Hill

And a number not listed already:

Adam's Rib
The American President
City of Angels (romantic, but not a comedy)
Bell, Book & Candle
It Happened One Night
Pat & Mike
Sabrina (1954)
Back to School
The African Queen (not a comedy)
My Man Godfrey
An Officer & a Gentleman (definitely not a comedy)
Sullivan's Travels
Irma La Douce
Indiscreet
Grumpy Old Men
Body Heat (not a comedy)
The Great Race
Grumpier Old Men
Sorrowful Jones
Spellbound (not a comedy)
How to Murder Your Wife
To Catch a Thief
Houseboat
An Affair to Remember
Strange Bedfellows
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
West Side Story (has comic moments)
Send Me No Flowers
The Thrill of it All
Barefoot in the Park
You Can't Take It With You
The Talk of the Town
Designing Woman
Walk, Don't Run
What's Up, Doc?
Pay It Forward (not a comedy)
That Touch of Mink
The Wedding Planner
Donovan's Reef
Dark Passage (not a comedy)
Entrapment
The Shop Around the Corner
People Will Talk
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
There's Something About Mary
The Goodbye Girl
Kate & Leopold
Best Friends
Woman of the Year
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Postman Always Rings Twice (not a comedy)
Same Time, Next Year
The Bachelor & the Bobby-Soxer
My Favorite Wife
Suspicion (not a comedy)
America's Sweethearts
Play It Again, Sam
Ella Enchanted
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Out to Sea
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

and others

 

[george kaplan]

Except for Sleepless in Seattle I think of those are far better than:

Love is a Many Splendored Thing (I shudder at the thought of having to watch that overblown soap opera again)

La Belle et la bete (Cocteau) (about as overrated as films come)

The Bandwagon (the only reason this isn't the single most overrated musical in history is because of...)

An American in Paris (the single most overrated musical in history)

The Wedding Singer (I guess this qualifies as a romance, but it sure doesn't qualify as a comedy)

The Last of the Mohicans (more overrated celluloid)

Just my opinion.

 

[Brook K]

A Scene At The Sea
Stolen Kisses
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (titled Boyfriends & Girlfriends in the US)
The Lady Eve
Some Like It Hot
Singin' In The Rain
Minnie & Moskowitz
Smiles Of A Summer Night
I Know Where I'm Going!
The Girl On The Bridge
Chunyhang

 

[Jeff Whitford]

Let's not forget Titanic.

 

[george kaplan]

If only I could [shudder]

 

[Brenda M]

"Shakespeare in Love"

 

[Nate Anderson]

A few that haven't been mentioned yet:

Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
The Notebook
Out of Sight
The Thomas Crown Affair


And because there are different kinds of love:

Beautiful Thing
Get Real

 

[Jeff Whitford]

Thanks for thread crapping me.:rolleyes

 

[george kaplan]

You're welcome. :rolleyes

Look, this is a thread to discuss and debate these films. That includes people both agreeing and disagreeing with other's choices. This isn't some "Titanic Appreciation Thread", and so having a contrary opinion about that film and stating it is definitely not thread crapping. Sheesh.

 

[Jeff Whitford]

The original poster said to post top romance/romantic comedys we enjoy. I like the film. You dont and that's fine but when someone posts something negative in response to someones opinion in a thread thats supposed to be about what we like/enjoy it's considered thread crapping. Happy Valentines day

 

[Brook K]

George is just grumpy because the Lakers suck.

adding a few more:

Grease
Anchors Aweigh
Guys & Dolls
On The Town
Shaun of the Dead
Lola (Jacques Demy version)
Under The Roofs Of Paris

Under NO circumstances watch Sunrise. Great film, but my wife concentrated on all the little bits about the husband trying to kill his wife rather than the grand romantic elements. I just about wrecked last Valentine's Day with that selection. Who knew?!

 

[Scott Shanks]

A few more that have not been mentioned:

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Cousins
A Little Romance

 

[Charlie Campisi]

Jerry Maguire.

Definitely a chick flick. Debateable whether it's also a sports movie. Perhaps the only movie that qualifies as both. It's tops on my list because I can watch this ahead of any Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan or similar flick any day of the week and twice on Sunday.