So, what's your favorite romantic movie? (re: American Film Institute (AFI) )

American Blue ^ | November 16, 2001

[Stand Watch Listen]

Will it be Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara? The dying young woman who claims love "means never having to say you're sorry'? Or the star-crossed Italian lovers from Verona?

The search for America's 100 greatest love movies was launched on Wednesday by the American Film Institute (AFI) as part of series celebrating 100 years of cinema.

The AFI sent out ballots to 1,800 actors, screenwriters, critics and historians for its "100 Years...100 passions" feature, linked to a CBS television special to be aired in June 2002.

The event follows searches over the last four years by the AFI for the top movies of the past century, the most beloved stars, the best comedies, and the scariest thrillers.

AFI director Jean Picker Firstenberg said the theme of romance was chosen for the cinema centennial series before the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

But she added "As we move forward we are now -- more than ever-- reminded that the movies tell stories that move us and bring us together; and though the lovers on screen may end up apart when the lights come up, we, the movie lovers, remain bound by their emotional journey."

Jurors are asked to choose their top 100 romantic movies from a list of 400 provided by the AFI and return their ballots by December 14.

[Fair Paul]

Animal House. Hey, Belushi did get the girl at the end.

[Republic]

Recent ones:

While you were Sleeping

A Walk in the Clouds

Return to me

Roxanne

Pretty Woman

An Officer and a Gentleman

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I am so happy to find a Jane Austen fan on this thread! She is my favorite author of all time on any subject. Now that I have read all of her books, the juvenilia, and incomplete work, I circle around and start reading them again. That woman packed more worthwhile meaning into any sentence than any prose writer I can think of.

I have read ALMOST everything Jane Austen. Our local library has a good collection of unabridged JA books on tape, which helps me pass the time on the road. I wish she had lived longer.

[hobbes1]

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine..."

Obviously GMTA...Bogie is my favorite....Thats a Great movie...

[CathyRyan]

Love with a Perfect Stranger

The Ghost and Mrs. Muire (b/w version)

[BlueAngel]

Somewhere in Time has to be one of my favorites, along with The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison.

[Maven]

Bad Ronald
(And I being the only other FReeper who (A) knows that movie, because (B) I saw it ? what does that say about ME??)

I'm ashamed to admit it, but I know that movie, too!

IMDB on "Bad Ronald."

Maven

[BibChr]

Do you know what's vastly more terrifying than the movie "Bad Ronald" itself?

The "User comments" at IMDB!

Those people probably thought Clinton was a great President! And probably still do! (AHHHHH! I scared myself!)

Dan

[Walkingfeather]

What's a little boy like you doing with big boy smut like this???

[Dakota gal in Seattle]

Robin and Marion. An "older" Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn. Need I say more?

[Yaelle]

"Against All Odds," with Jeff Bridges as the injured football player, Rachel Ward as the oppressed rich girl, and James Woods playing the most soulful bad guy ever. It's Romeo and Juliet, kept apart by politics (you have to ignore that the bad guys are the capitalist developers/team owners) but still alive...

[DreamWeaver]

Wuthering Heights.

Letter To An Unknown Woman.

[blackbart1]

Crazy from the Heart.

[contessa machiaveli]

i was just about to post against all odds!!!! i can't believe someone else thought of this film. the love scene with jeff bridges and rachel ward was incredible, it was so real. i kept wishing i was the one with jeff, i've been crazy about him for such a long time.

[Yaelle]

When younger I saw "Harold and Maude" only about 15 times! Loved it! I may have outgrown it. By the way, it took at least 4 or 5 times of seeing the movie before I saw the split-second scene of Maude's arm with her concentration camp tattoo on it. That one tiny flash provides great motivation into her character's fascination with death. Maybe the director should have lingered longer.

[68 grunt]

Camelot.

[Yaelle]

The only problem with Richard Chamberlain is that he seems to grimace before he has to kiss a girl.

[Yaelle]

have you seen "K-Pax" yet? Not the greatest film in the world but he is a pleasure to watch, as always. So is Mr. Spacey, as always, though his talent is not stretched as much in that character. The scenes with the two actors together are the most interesting.

[contessa machiaveli]

chamberlain is the most asexual man i've ever seen. his romantic hero persona is a joke and never believable.

[DreamWeaver]

Oh, how could I forget Green Dolphin Street. Yep, one of my many favorites to add to:

Wuthering Heights
Letter To An Unknown Woman
Sentimental Journey

Many more when I come to think of it. I notice when "romantic movies" comes to mind I find the older movies are the ones that truly portray what "Romance "is.