Favorite/Best Romantic-Comedy, Epic Romance, and Romance Films

[quirkmanly]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Romantic Comedy: I'll go contemporary on this one. The Proposal.

At first I read this as "The Proposition" and sat for a while pondering just how harsh you like your romantic comedies to be........

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by quirkmanly

At first I read this as "The Proposition" and sat for a while pondering just how harsh you like your romantic comedies to be........

Dark and Brutal, like in real life.

[Atreyu]

Not too big on romantic comedies, but of the ones I've seen it has to be hands down, When Harry Met Sally.

[Rob71]

1. Groundhog Day

2. True Romance

3. -----

[P@t_Mtl]

Does Doctor Zhivago fall into an EPIC romance?

What about Bonnie & Clyde?

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Does Doctor Zhivago fall into an EPIC romance?

What about Bonnie & Clyde?

Bonnie and Cylde was a great romance!

But he wasn't no lover boy!

[J. J. Hunsecker]

I don't know how to categorize these, so I'll just list my favorites:

Casablanca
The Lady Eve
The Apartment
Annie Hall
Bull Durham


Over all, I'm not a big fan of the genre.

[zombie63]

The ones I can think of off the top of my head ........

It Happened One Night.
When Harry Met Sally.
Casablanca.
The Apartment.
Manon de Source.
Cinema Paradiso.
Notting Hill.
Random Harvest.
Atonement.
Gone With the Wind.
As Good as it Gets.
Always.
Summer of '42.
Vertigo.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Bonnie and Cylde was a great romance!

But he wasn't no lover boy!

It's what you could call a rough romance

[surfdude12]

Last Year at Marienbad
Wings of Desire
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Notebook

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Does Doctor Zhivago fall into an EPIC romance?

What about Bonnie & Clyde?

Zhivago absolutely does! I haven't seen it in such a long time that I couldn't list it. Can't wait for it to be released on blu this year though!

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

Last Year at Marienbad
Wings of Desire
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Notebook

I guessed three of your four!


I debated about putting the Notebook on my list, and honestly probably should have. Personally, I think the book is a little bit better, but I love the scenery of the movie version. Def not a film that I think a guy should be "embarassed to like."

Wings of Desire is on my immediate to do list, and Marienbad I will be watching this weekend.


Great choice with Eternal Sunshine--one of the most unique love stories ever.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Yo Jhiggy, can we list romantic drama's? Im not sure if these movies fit under your categories but here are some romantic drama's I liked:

An Officer and a Gentleman
Jason's Lyric - (great urban romantic drama)
Not Easily Broken - (just watched lastnight and very powerful)
Wicker Park

I edited my original list also! Got Em!!

Sure, go right ahead!

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

Sure, go right ahead!

Appreciated! Hey I see u have Atonement on your wishlist! Is that a good film? I seen it come on and wasnt sure about it! Let me know! Thanks! Got Em!!

[SquidPuppet]

Its meant to be non-romantic, yet it is... Lost in Translation.

[Blu Titan]

Best Romantic comedy: Bringing Up Baby

Best Epic Romance: Casablanca

Romance: Ghost

[Briscogun]

The Notebook (almost had to turn my man-card in after watching this one)
Serendipity (Cusak, Beckinsdale, Piven... 'nough said)
Titanic (Epic. Staricase scene. Wife crying. Any questions?)

Here's one from the vault: Somewhere in Time with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. One of the best romances ever!

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

I guessed three of your four!

I debated about putting the Notebook on my list, and honestly probably should have. Personally, I think the book is a little bit better, but I love the scenery of the movie version. Def not a film that I think a guy should be "embarassed to like."

Wings of Desire is on my immediate to do list, and Marienbad I will be watching this weekend.


Great choice with Eternal Sunshine--one of the most unique love stories ever.

that's hilarious! good guessin!

really?? i'll have to check out the book, just snagged a kindle recently.

i think you'll like Marienbad. check out Ebert's review. its particularly badass, and shed a lot of light on it for me. make sure you post your review on both Marienbad and Wings.

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by Briscogun

The Notebook (almost had to turn my man-card in after watching this one)
Serendipity (Cusak, Beckinsdale, Piven... 'nough said)
Titanic (Epic. Staricase scene. Wife crying. Any questions?)

Here's one from the vault: [I]Somewhere in Time[/I] with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. One of the best romances ever!

Yes it is...its in my top 100 films of all time. Somewhere in Time also has one of the greatest soundtracks.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Appreciated! Hey I see u have Atonement on your wishlist! Is that a good film? I seen it come on and wasnt sure about it! Let me know! Thanks! Got Em!!

The first time I watched it, for no real reason, I did not like it too much. But then I couldn't stop thinking about it for days. I have since watched it 5-6 more times in its entirety, and I have no doubt that it will be considered one of the classic romances in the decades to come, as it far exceeds many of the films in the genre from the past 30 years.

The acting is top-notch, the music quite rightly won the Oscar, the cinematography is incredible, and the directing is one of the best of the decade. I consider the snub (a word I absolutely hate and generally refuse to use) of Joe Wright for best director nomination at the Oscars (he had gotten one at the Golden Globes), to be an absolutely travesty. His directing was so far beyond any other directing of the year, that it is quite honestly embarassing to me that he wasn't nominated and didn't win. His tracking shot (a long, uninterrupted shot without edits) on the beach of Dunkirk alone should have gotten him nominated (you should read up about that shot--Ebert and others called it one of the best and most effective tracking shots in history).

So yes, highly recommended.