Like other film genres, love movies are the backbones of the industry. This is because they manage to attract many people, of any age and any genre, like few other films can do.

But this does not mean that we cannot speak of a love film of excellent workmanship, of real masterpieces. Sometimes there are those who exclude regardless of the vision of this type of film for taking a position, but this is wrong: there are many romantic films that deserve to be watched.

Here, then, that we have decided to offer you some love movies that must absolutely be seen in the following lines, in the new post dedicated to curiosities about cinema.

Summary

  • Gone With the Wind
  • Dirty Dancing – Forbidden dances
  • Pretty Woman
  • Ghost
  • Before sunrise
  • Love & Other Remedies
  • The pages of our life
  • If you leave me I delete you
  • Notting Hill
  • Titanic

Gone With the Wind

Info

Anno: 1939

Country: USA  

Regia: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood

Attori: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Thomas Mitchell, Hattie McDaniel, Laura Hope Crews, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, Butterfly McQueen, Harry Davenport, Leona Roberts, Jane Darwell, Ward Bond, Yakima Canutt, Ona Munson, Victor Jory, Barbara O’Neil

Duration: 217 min

Curiosity: This timeless work could not be missing. Ben 10 Academy Awards for a great classic of cinema, considered by many to be the first real love film. Stellar cast. 

Plot

Set during the American Civil War, it deals with the story of Rossella who decides to declare herself to the man she loves, who is about to marry another woman. It will only be the beginning of a series of vicissitudes that the woman will have to face …

Dirty Dancing – Forbidden dances

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Anno: 1987

Country: USA  

Director: Emile Ardolino

Attori: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Cynthia Rhodes, Jerry Orbach, Jack Weston, Jane Brucker.

Duration: 100 min

Curiosity: a real generational anthem for a film that you will hardly have seen. Won an Oscar for best song. In this period, a sequel was announced (this is the third, after that of 2004). 

PLOT

We are in the sixties. A sixteen year old meets on vacation a young man whom she falls in love with and who will make her discover a passion for dance… forbidden.

Pretty Woman

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Anno: 1990

Country: USA  

Regia: Garry Marshall

Attori: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Ralph Bellamy, Laura San Giacomo, Jason Alexander. 

Duration: 117 min

Fun fact: record takings for a film that was considered relatively low-budget. As many as 463 million dollars grossed all over the world, and for this reason it is recognized as one of the most sensational commercial successes in history. I launch the beautiful Julia Roberts who wins an Oscar nomination. 

PLOT

A distinguished businessman and a prostitute fall in love after some comical happenings. 

Ghost

Info

Anno: 1990

Country: USA  

Regia: Jerry Zucker 

Attori: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Susan Breslau, Martina Deignan, Rick Aviles, Vincent Schiavelli, Angelina Estrada, Armelia McQueen, Gail Boggs, Vivian Bonnell, Christopher J. Keene, Stanley Lawrence, Phil Leeds. 

Duration: 116 min

Curiosity: a real cult. He grossed over $ 500 million worldwide and earned five Oscar nominations, taking two home (Best Supporting Actress, with Whoopi Goldberg and Best Original Screenplay). 

PLOT

Sam and Molly happily live their love story, until he is murdered. His soul, however, is not ready to leave the earthly world …

Before sunrise

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Anno: 1995

Country: USA  

Regia: Richard Linklater 

Attori: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Poschl, Karl Bruckschwaiger.

Duration: 105 min

Fun fact: the first film of a successful trilogy. A very special love film, considering that it focuses mainly on dialogues: obsessive care for the script. It has become a cult.

PLOT

An American boy and a French girl meet by chance on a train that will take them to Vienna. Here they will confide and get to know each other better …

Love & Other Remedies

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Anno: 2010

Country: USA  

Regia: Edward Zwick 

Attori: Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Josh Gad, Gabriel Macht, Judy Greer, George Segal, Jill Clayburgh, Kate Jennings Grant, Katheryn Winnick.

Duration: 112 min

Curiosity: another film considered by many to be a real hymn to romanticism. Very different from the others, the comedy is intertwined with the drama of some events, always in the name of love …

PLOT

A womanizer falls in love with a girl who later reveals to him that she has Parkinson’s disease.

The pages of our life

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Anno: 2004

Country: USA  

Regia: Nick Cassavetes 

Attori: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden, Sam Shepard, David Thornton, Joan Allen, Kevin Connolly, Tim Ivey, Starletta DuPois, Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas, Ed Grady, Jennifer Echols.

Duration: 121 min

Curiosity: based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, it is a film of pure romanticism and amorous passion, at times moving …

PLOT

The story deals with the love story between two boys who come from completely different families and realities. 

If you leave me I delete you

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Anno: 2004

Country: USA  

Regia: Michel Gondry 

Attori: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, David Cross, Thomas J. Ryan, Jane Adams (II), Ryan Whitney, Debbon Ayer.

Duration: 108 min

Curiosity: the Italian title of this film has already been said about each, so let’s fly over. A visionary film, the result above all of the screenplay work of the great Charlie Kaufman, who won the Oscar for best original screenplay. Perhaps not easy to fully understand even after the first viewing, but truly a small masterpiece. Winslet was nominated for Best Lead Actress. 

PLOT

Joel tries to have his ex’s memories removed after the relationship breaks up. Will he succeed completely? 

Notting Hill

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Anno: 1999

Country: USA-Great Britain  

Regia: Roger Michell 

Attori: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, Alec Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Gina McKee, James Dreyfuss, Tim McInnerny.

Duration: 124 min

Curiosity: a film that managed to win a lot of prizes. I grossed over $ 300 million worldwide. Even today, tourists travel to Notting Hill just to see the famous house where the film was shot.

PLOT

The love story between Will, a bookstore owner and a famous actress that starts in London by chance. 

Titanic

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Anno: 1997

Country: USA  

Ruler: James Cameron 

Attori: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart.

Duration: 194 min

Curiosity: record after record for this film that revolves around a love story, with a real tragedy in the background. Record of Academy Awards (11, like Ben Hur) and record of nominations (14, like La La Land and Eva against Eva). It grossed $ 1,850,000,000, making it the third highest grossing film in history.

PLOT

Jack and Rose, from different social backgrounds, find themselves on the famous transatlantic Titanic and will bond indissolubly.