The best kind of love stories, my personal belief, is the one that contains a good amount of angst and my selection below contains just that. Check them out!
SABRINA (1954)
My favorite movie of all time and cannot stop re-watching; about a love triangle between two wealthy brothers and Sabrina, the beautiful and very sweet daughter of their chauffeur. There's a 1995 remake and that's one worth watching too. (Humphrey Bogart & Audrey Hepburn) (1995: Harrison Ford & Julia Ormond)
Memorable line:
Sabrina:
It's so strange to think of you being touched by a woman. I always thought you walked alone.
Linus:
No man walks alone by choice.
(remake)
Linus to Sabrina:
I think you know I love you
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER(1957)
I first heard of this film while watching Sleepless in Seattle and after seeing it on TCM, I understood why! Two people meet and fall in love on a cruise, promising to meet each other on top of the Empire State building in 6 months but alas... only one of them made it to the rendevous... (Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr)
Memorable line:
Nicky to Terry:
There must be something between us; even if it's only an ocean
JANE EYRE (1983)
Charlotte Bronte's story about a governess who falls in love with her employer and vice versa is a popular watch and read on Val's day. It has many adaptations but I recommend the 1983 version starring Timothy Dalton & Zelah Clarke
Memorable line:
Edward to Jane:
Jane, you strange, almost unearthly thing... I love you!
THE NOTEBOOK (2004)
The very moving story of two people of different classes who fall in love in the 1940's is definitely a must watch! (Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams)
Memorable Line:
Allie: Do you think our love can take us away together?
Duke/Noah: I think our love can do anything we want it to do.
THE PROMISE(1979)
Another story about a couple of different classes; the main antagonist being a snobbish and evil mother who succeeds in separating the couple after a car accident that ruins the heroine's face. I'm not talking about the Bollywood remake Yeh Vaada Raha starring Rishi Kappor & Poonam Dhillon but the original starring Stephen Collins & Kathleen Quilan and later novelized by Danielle Steel.
Memorable line:
Michael: How can I believe such a thing as beauty could die?
Nancy/Marie: Michael... (they kiss)
HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK(2001)
A business woman in her 40s meets a 20 something young man while on holiday. A fling or is he the one??? (Angela Bassett & Taye Diggs)
Memorable line:
Stella to Winston, in reply to his earlier marriage proposal: Yes... Yes!
(They hug and kiss)
GHOST(1990)
Keep the tissues handy for this moving story. A man is murdered during a robbery but his ghost keeps watch over his beloved girlfriend as the man responsible for his death is still very much around.
(Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore)
Memorable line:
Sam to Molly (as he's about to go to heaven):
It's amazing Molly... the love inside, you take it with you.
SOMETHING NEW(2006)
An interracial couple meet on a blind date and fall in love afterwards but the heroine has to listen to her heart and decide what she really wants; not listen to the opinions of her friends and society. (Saan Lathan & Simon Baker)
Memorable Line:
Kenya:
You're the one I want Brian, I love you.
Brian:
I love you too Kenya, I never stopped loving you. (kisses her)
TIM (1979)
Starring Mel Gibson in one of his earliest roles and Piper Laurie, it's the story about a 20 something rather mentally challenged young man who falls in love with his employer/mother figure; a businesswoman in her 40s; much to the dismay of his older sister.
Memorable moment: Tim and Mary walking along the beach after affirming their love.
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Jane's Austen's tale of a spirited young woman who falls for a rich snob after an initial dislike for him is always a must watch for Val's day. I recommend the 1995 version starring Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle.
Memorable Line:
Liz:
Perhaps I didn't always love him as well as I do now but in such cases as these a good memory is unpardonable.
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE(1999)
A columnist finds a message in a bottle and tracks down the writer, a widower. They fall in love but he still has trouble letting go of the memory of his late wife. (Kevin Costner & Robin Wright Penn). Adapted from the best selling novel of the same name, written by Nicholas Sparks
Memorable Line:
Garret:
Teresa, I don't want to lose you.
Teresa:
Then don't.
YOU'VE GOT MAIL(1998)
Two business rivals reluctantly and gradually fall in love with each other, at the same time unaware they are each other's online penpal. (Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan)
Memorable Line:
Joe:
Don't cry ShopGirl, Don't cry...
Kathleen:
I wanted it to be you, I wanted it to be you so badly! (They kiss)
NOTTING HILL(1999)
A simple, unassuming travel bookstore owner falls in love with a movie actress. Will their love overcome the obstacles between them? (Hugh Grant & Julia Roberts)
Memorable Line:
Anna to William:
I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy... asking him to love her.
THE THORN BIRDS(1983)
A forbidden but long lasting love between the only daughter of a sheep station manager and the parish priest who later became a cardinal. (Richard Chamberlain & Rachel Ward)
Memorable Line:
Meggie:
Do you know how terrifying it is, that power you have over me?
Ralph:
How could I fail to know? (kisses her)
50 FIRST DATES(2004)
An aquarium vet falls for a lovely girl who has short term memory so he goes out of his way to make her fall in love with him and remind her of their past encounters... every day. (Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore)
Memorable Line:
Henry to Lucy:
You're the girl of my dreams and apparently, I'm the man of yours.
SWAN PRINCESS(1994)
A prince goes in search of his fiancee- believed dead- not knowing she is under a spell.
Memorable Line:
Odette:
Will you love me Derek, till the day I die?
Derek:
No, much longer than that Odette, much longer. (they kiss)
PRETTY WOMAN(1990)
A hooker and a cynical business man unexpectedly find love with each other (Richard Gere & Julia Roberts)
Memorable Line:
Edward:
So what happens after he climbs up and rescues her?
Vivian:
She rescues him right back (They kiss)
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