Top Favorite Romantic Movies
In honor of Valentine's Day, I decided to list my top ten favorite romantic movies. Here they are:
TOP FAVORITE ROMANTIC MOVIES
1. "Casablanca" (1942) - Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman starred in this Oscar-winning adaptation of the unpublished 1940 stage play, "Everybody Comes to Rick", which is about an expatriate American who is reunited with a former lover that happened to be married to a Resistance leader. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains co-starred.
2. "Lover Come Back" (1961) - Rock Hudson and Doris Day co-starred in their second movie about rival advertising executives on Madison Avenue who clash over a product that does not exist. Directed by Delbert Mann, Tony Randall and Edie Adams co-starred.
3. "It Happened One Night" (1934) - Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert starred in this Oscar-winning adaptation of the Samuel Adams Hopkins short story, "Night Bus". In it, an out-of-work journalist keeps tabs on a socialite running from her father to marry a playboy aviator. Frank Capra directed.
4. "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) - Ang Lee directed this Oscar winning adaptation of Annie Proulx's short story about two mid 20th century cowboys who engage in a 20-year forbidden affair. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal starred.
5. "The Lady Eve" (1941) - Preston Sturges wrote and directed this comedy about a female cardsharp who falls for the heir of a brewery fortune. When he dumps her after discovering her profession, she turns on him in revenge. Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda starred.
6. "When Harry Met Sally" (1989) - Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan starred in this romantic comedy about two people who become friends during a cross-country trip and decide to abstain from sex to maintain their friendship over a period of twelve years. The movie was directed by Rob Reiner and written by Nora Ephron.
7. "Hitch" (2005) - Will Smith and Eva Mendes starred in this romantic comedy about a professional dating consultant who falls for a gossip columnist determined to ruin the reputation of the unmasked so-called "date doctor". Directed by Andy Tennant, the movie co-starred Kevin James.
8. "The Notebook" (2004) - Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams starred in this adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' 1996 novel about a young couple in 1940s South Carolina, who struggle to overcome class differences. Nick Cassavetes directed.
9. "Random Harvest" (1942) - Ronald Coman and Greer Garson starred in this adaptation of James Hilton's 1941 novel about an amnesiac World War I veteran woh falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories, but erases his post-War life. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, the movie co-starred Susan Peters and Philip Dorn.
10. "Wimbledon" (2004) - Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst starred in this romantic comedy about a British washed-up tennis player and an American up-and-coming star who meet and romance during the Wimbledon Championships. Directed by Richard Loncraine, the movie co-starred Sam Neill and Jon Favreau.