Top 10 Romantic Movies

The top 10 romantic movies will add the perfect dash of romance to your life. Great filmmakers have done their best bit by creating romantic classic films. These films are easily available in the local stores and can be watched on any occasion. If you want to get into the perfect mushy mood with your partner, then romantic films would act as the best catalyst.


Here is a list of top 10 most watched romantic films from all over the world. these movies would surely touch your emotional chord and make your eyes moist.

• 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961)

The plot of this film revolves round Paul Varjak, played by George Peppard. Paul is a gigolo and a struggling writer. He shifts to an apartment in Manhattan where he meets Holly Golightly, played by Audrey Hepburn. Holly, who is a charming lady and lives all by herself is Paul’s neighbor. The two gets along well and develops a romantic bonding. Hepburn as Holly Golightly, is someone any girl can relate to. This is such an unforgettable movie.

• 'Casablanca' (1942)

Talk of a classic book turned into a movie that created history and Casablanca comes to mind first. The performance by Humphrey Bogart as Rick and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa will steal your heart away. The plot of the movie and the story telling capacity of the director would move you.

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine," said Rick to Ilsa, his old love affair. She walks into a nightclub to floor Rick. With World War II take a toll of everyone, the two love birds are forced to make agonizing choices. The band plays “Marseillaise” as the German patrons join their voices together. You would end in moist eyes with every scene.

• 'Doctor Zhivago' (1965)

The plot of Doctor Zhivago revolves around the Russian Revolution. It shows the grief, pain and suffering of Yuri Zhivago, who is a physician and poet, played by Omar Sharif. The tragic events engulf the mind of every viewer. Zhivago falls in love with Lara, a very beautiful lady, played by Julie Christie. The poet finds some tinge of happiness in life. Their love saga will sweep your feet away. Every problem would seem insignificant as you watch on this classic flick.

• Pretty Woman (1990)

This is a personal favorite. Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman looked a couple only made for each other. Watching them getting romantically involved is like a dream talking forms of reality in front of the eyes. The film speaks the story of a girl who goes from rags to riches. Gere finds Roberts, who is a hooker, to accompany him on his trip. Gradually the both fall in love at a moment when you would feel, he would just not choose her. He trains her to get along with the richest class of the society. Then they depart only to reunite forever. This 90s flick has not aged a bit. It still feels fresh to watch this movie over and over again. You can focus on any aspect of the film, its plot, actors, the romance and the lovely music will keep you glued to your seat. How can you not hum with the tune of “Pretty Woman”?

• City of Angels (1998)

City of Angels tells you how to be romantic in your personal life. It gives you an answer to some of the most complex situations faced in a romantic relationship. Love and care are free of troubles and the movie will tell you how. Starring Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage, you would want to have this movie in your collection once you watch it. It is beautifully filmed to make you engrossed in the story line. Cage plays the role of angel Seth. He discovers himself in a difficult situation as he falls in love with Meg. Both the actors look stunning and angelic throughout the movie. How they meet and go through turmoil to never leave each other is a story that would tug to your heart. Cage arrives from grace to unite with a girl from the earth and never leave her. the drama rises until the final moment,

• An Affair to Remember (1957)

This is a glorious story of love. The main essence of the storyline is romance. Cary Grant would fill your heart with emotions as he plays the role of an eligible bachelor. He is all set to get wed to an heiress. Before their wedding, Grant accidentally meets Deborah Kerr, and realizes that he is getting married to a woman who is not of his kind. The complication of life begins from there. Like Grant, Kerr also realizes that she is engaged to a wrong man.

• Autumn in New York (2000)

Autumn in New York is a tragic story of romance. The film opens in the summer month of May. A 48 year old man, very well to do, plays the prime character. He is an upscale restaurateur, is there on the New York magazine’s cover story and he has anti ideas when it comes to love. The lady, on the other hand, is just 22. Young, lively, very artistic and living with her grandmother. She has a life threatening tumor. They happen to meet and eng up getting cozy on bed. The next morning the girl unwraps her story to him and tell him she would die soon. The experience of love, struggling for life to remain together as long as they live, engulfs the mind of every viewer.

• Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont became the most romantic pair onscreen in 1927. For Lina, the onscreen affair takes the turn to a real one as she falls in love with Don. However, Don, who is still with his former girlfriend, Cosmo, has earned his fame and success after a lot of hard work. In the meanwhile, Don and Lina's latest film is planned to turn into a musical flick, for which Doc gives his voice for all his songs. Lina struggles a lot. She keeps diction coach to get her pronunciations correct but the director finally decided to get her voice dubbed by Kathy Selden. During the shoot of the film, Don falls in love with Kathy and the story moves on with complexities of relationships.

• Twilight (I) (2008)

Twilight is the one of the biggest box office hits of 2008. This love saga of a normal girl with a vampire will make you fall in love again. Bella Swan, a high school girl, is a lot different from the rest of the crowd. She had a stand-alone attitude and never tried to be a part of the plastic girlish gang. Her clothing style would also be different from those trendy and fitting and clothes. She moved from Phoenix, Arizona to rainy little town of Forks, Washington to stay with her father. Things changed for her after she met Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson. This mysterious looking guy is a vampire who has not aged since 1918, which Bella realizes after long.

• Roman Holiday (1953)

This is the love story of a princess with a common man. Princess Anne goes on board on a exceedingly publicized European capitals’ tour. When they reach Rome, she starts feeling suffocated of all the disciplines and mannerisms she is forced to follow. One night she decides to run away. She happens to meet a young journalist, with whom she falls in love and ends up experiencing the life of a common man. You would fall in love with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in the film.

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