'Like Dandelion Dust' is amazing.
It's not necessarily romantic but it is a beautiful movie & it will probably make you cry.
I never cry during movies but I did during this one.
Also, the movie 'Keith' is fantastic.
It has Jesse McCartney in it. . . I really can't say more because I would give away the whole plot.
But you should definitely think about watching those two.
Fall (1997)
Cab driver Michael and supermodel Sarah fall in love while her gorgeous husband Phillippe is in Madrid for two months. A devilishly good love story with a devastatingly good ending. Excellent.
Cab driver Michael and supermodel Sarah fall in love while her gorgeous husband Phillippe is in Madrid for two months. A devilishly good love story with a devastatingly good ending. Excellent.
Once (2006)
100% will touch your feelings and maybe you will cry also.
100% will touch your feelings and maybe you will cry also.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657/
The trouble with most “Greatest Movies” lists is that they have to
include boring old stuff from the 50′s that nobody actually wants to
watch anymore.
Sure, there’s still plenty of decent old flicks, but if I’m going to be devoting 90 minutes of my night I want something a bit more recent. With that in mind, I present the 100 greatest movies since the year 2000:
Sure, there’s still plenty of decent old flicks, but if I’m going to be devoting 90 minutes of my night I want something a bit more recent. With that in mind, I present the 100 greatest movies since the year 2000:
28 Days Later (2002)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
300 (2006)
American Gangster (2007)
American Splendor (2003)
Amores Perros (2000)
Amelie (2001)
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007)
Aviator, The (2004)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Before Sunset (2004)
Believer, The (2001)
Big Fish (2003)
Black Snake Moan (2006)
Blow (2001)
Boiler Room (2000)
Borat (2006)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Capote (2005)
Children of Men (2006)
Chocolat (2000)
Cinderella Man (2005)
City of God (2002)
Closer (2004)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Departed, The (2006)
Descent, The (2005)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Downfall (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Frozen River (2008)
Girlfight (2000)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
Host, The (2007)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Incredibles, The (2004)
Into the Wild (2007)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Ju-on: The Grudge (2003)
Juno (2007)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Kite Runner, The (2007)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Little Otik (2000)
Lives of Others, The (2006)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Memento (2000)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Milk (2008)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Munich (2005)
Mystic River (2003)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
300 (2006)
American Gangster (2007)
American Splendor (2003)
Amores Perros (2000)
Amelie (2001)
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007)
Aviator, The (2004)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Before Sunset (2004)
Believer, The (2001)
Big Fish (2003)
Black Snake Moan (2006)
Blow (2001)
Boiler Room (2000)
Borat (2006)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Capote (2005)
Children of Men (2006)
Chocolat (2000)
Cinderella Man (2005)
City of God (2002)
Closer (2004)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Departed, The (2006)
Descent, The (2005)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Downfall (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Frozen River (2008)
Girlfight (2000)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
Host, The (2007)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Incredibles, The (2004)
Into the Wild (2007)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Ju-on: The Grudge (2003)
Juno (2007)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Kite Runner, The (2007)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Little Otik (2000)
Lives of Others, The (2006)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Memento (2000)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Milk (2008)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Munich (2005)
Mystic River (2003)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Old School (2003)
Oldboy (2003)
Orphanage, The (2007)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Pianist, The (2002)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Prestige, The (2006)
Pursuit of Happyness, The (2006)
Ratatouille (2007)
Ray (2004)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Return, The (2003)
Serenity (2005)
Sexy Beast (2000)
Sideways (2004)
Sin City (2005)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Snatch. (2000)
Spirited Away (2001)
Sunshine (2007)
Superbad (2007)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Syriana (2005)
Talk to Her (2002)
Talk to Me (2007)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Thirteen (2003)
Traffic (2000)
United 93 (2006)
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Wall-E (2008)
Old School (2003)
Oldboy (2003)
Orphanage, The (2007)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Pianist, The (2002)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Prestige, The (2006)
Pursuit of Happyness, The (2006)
Ratatouille (2007)
Ray (2004)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Return, The (2003)
Serenity (2005)
Sexy Beast (2000)
Sideways (2004)
Sin City (2005)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Snatch. (2000)
Spirited Away (2001)
Sunshine (2007)
Superbad (2007)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Syriana (2005)
Talk to Her (2002)
Talk to Me (2007)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Thirteen (2003)
Traffic (2000)
United 93 (2006)
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Wall-E (2008)
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Here is Entertainment Weekly’s list of the top 25 romantic movies for
the last 25 years. I’ve copied word for word their blurb of the movie
and why they think it’s romantic. I then added my own viewpoint. What
do you think?
25. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Perhaps Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Oscar-winning lyrics say it best: ”Tale as old as time/Song as old as rhyme/Beauty and the Beast.” Walt Disney turned animated films on their ears with this vibrant and swoony retelling of the timeless fairy tale about a pretty girl who shuns outward appearances in favor of inner substance (found within her brutish captor). Still the first, and only, animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award.
Maria says: Terrific soundtrack, beautiful animation, and a wonderful story. Yes, this one would make my list too.
24. THE PIANO (1993)
The closing five minutes — when Holly Hunter’s mute pianist takes two trips to the bottom of the ocean, one real and one imaginary — are enough on their own to earn Jane Campion’s bleak yet beautiful feminist parable a slot on our list.
Maria says: I think the word ‘bleak’ captures the spirit of this film.Ada (Holly Hunter) a mute is forced into an arranged marriage and must leave her native Scotland accompanied by her daughter and her beloved piano to live with her new husband in the forests of New Zealand’s South Island. Her new husband is not a kind man and sells her beloved piano to his neighbour George. Ada’s piano is her one means of communication and solace. George decides that she may earn back her piano by giving him piano lessons. Ada and George begin a torrid affair, to which her husband responds by cutting off her hand.
Personally, I didn’t feel she was redeemed at the end of the film. Yes, she held her ground, but the price was high. I’m not sure I would have done the same in the name of love. This film would never make it on my top 25.
23. THE WEDDING SINGER (1998)
The airhead-pop-filled ’80s provides the perfect backdrop for this bubbly, super-sweet romantic comedy about a once successful, now heartbroken singer, Robbie (Adam Sandler), and an engaged banquet-hall waitress, Julia (Drew Barrymore). After tragically misreading each other’s cues — he thinks she can be wooed by money, she’s angered by his presumption and thinks he’s interested in her friend — the two realize they’re in love. And the icing on the cake? New Wave pop icon Billy Idol chips in to help Robbie keep Julia from flying off with her cheating fiancé.
Maria says: I’m not big on misunderstandings in books or movies. Makes me want to fast forward to the end. This film is not on my top 25, not even in a rental
22. SID AND NANCY (1986)
Boasting live-wire performances by Gary Oldman as Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and Chloe Webb as his American wife Nancy Spungen, this unhinged love story captures the events of their sordid, drug-fueled romance.
Maria says: A film about a punk rocker and a groupie who get together for sex and a serious amount of drug taking. Does this sound like a romantic film to you? I’m just asking. Definitely not on my list. In fact, not on any list I would ever create.
21. THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996)
Forget ”Nothing says ”I love you” like a Hallmark card.” Nothing says ‘I love you’ like carrying your wounded lover (Kristin Scott Thomas) through the mountains after her jealousy-enraged, suicidal husband crashes his plane, with her by his side, into the desert in an attempt to kill you (Ralph Fiennes) too. Then, after leaving her in a cave as you go for help, you return some time later for her remains in a mission that leaves you amnesiac, burned beyond all recognition, and carrying a torch the rest of your life. Throw in a devoted nurse (Juliette Binoche), a strapping Sikh combat engineer (Naveen Andrews), a revenge-seeking spy (Willem Dafoe), and the exotic locales of WWII Italy and North Africa, and you have one helluva epic romance (and an Oscar winner for Best Picture).
Maria says: I think they aptly described this movie, which is why I DO NOT find it romantic. For me, this film was one long moment of saying to myself, “Seriously?” I didn’t like this one – and it doesn’t go on my list. Okay – I’m shallow, I’ve earned the right to be.
20. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2001)
Living in adjoining apartments in 1960s Hong Kong, a newspaperman (Tony Leung) and a secretary (Maggie Cheung) discover that their respective spouses are having an affair. Their friendship grows, and deepens, but writer-director Wong Kar Wai keeps things languorous rather than torrid, making his camera as much a player in the unconsummated heat between these two lost souls as they are.
Maria says: I haven’t seen this one, and from the description I’m not likely to put it on my schedule.
19. Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (2002)
Young men get horny and like to have sex. Co-writer-director Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men) doesn’t flinch from this simple fact in his lush travelogue through modern Mexico following two school chums (Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna) and the mysterious woman they befriend (Maribel Verdu). But the film is too mature for mere titillation; instead, it presents an uncommonly honest portrait of modern youth and, in Mercado’s cancer-riddled character, the bittersweet embrace of life just as it’s slipping away.
Maria says: “Young men get horny and like to have sex.” This is not a new concept.
18. MOONSTRUCK (1987)
Cher won an Oscar on the strength of her big-hearted performance as an Italian-American widow who falls for an opera-loving outcast (Nicolas Cage) in this hopelessly romantic dramedy from director Norman Jewison.
Maria says: Yes! Cher gave a surprising performance in this one. “Snap out of it!” On the other hand, how did Nicholas Cage become leading man material? He’s not sexy, he’s got a dour looking face, and he always seems to be depressed. However, I would most certainly put this on my top 25 – it’s very romantic.
17. SAY ANYTHING… (1989)
It’s an iconic image that defines an era and the film: John Cusack’s lovestruck aspiring kick-boxer, Lloyd Dobler, making a stand for love, with boombox overhead blaring Peter Gabriel’s ”In Your Eyes,” as he tries to win the heart of out-of-his-league valedictorian, Diane Court (Ione Skye).
Maria Says: John Cusack – not your typical leading man material, but he sells it, and that’s why I see his films. He’s got an honesty that leaps off the screen and makes you want to watch.
16. AMÉLIE (2001)
In this bright, whimsical French romance set amid the hustle and bustle of dreamy Paris, a shy and lonely young waitress (Audrey Tautou) with a fanciful imagination aspires for happiness by surreptitiously helping others. Her adventures lead her to pick up a photo album dropped by an intriguing young stranger (Mathieu Kassovitz) who may hold the true key to her lifelong quest.
Maria says: What was all the fuss about? This film was praised left and right, but it didn’t live up to the expectations. Personally, I felt Amelie was self absorbed. Nothing worse than a self absorbed female. Just doesn’t make my top 25 and I don’t think it is romantic.
25. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Perhaps Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Oscar-winning lyrics say it best: ”Tale as old as time/Song as old as rhyme/Beauty and the Beast.” Walt Disney turned animated films on their ears with this vibrant and swoony retelling of the timeless fairy tale about a pretty girl who shuns outward appearances in favor of inner substance (found within her brutish captor). Still the first, and only, animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award.
Maria says: Terrific soundtrack, beautiful animation, and a wonderful story. Yes, this one would make my list too.
24. THE PIANO (1993)The closing five minutes — when Holly Hunter’s mute pianist takes two trips to the bottom of the ocean, one real and one imaginary — are enough on their own to earn Jane Campion’s bleak yet beautiful feminist parable a slot on our list.
Maria says: I think the word ‘bleak’ captures the spirit of this film.Ada (Holly Hunter) a mute is forced into an arranged marriage and must leave her native Scotland accompanied by her daughter and her beloved piano to live with her new husband in the forests of New Zealand’s South Island. Her new husband is not a kind man and sells her beloved piano to his neighbour George. Ada’s piano is her one means of communication and solace. George decides that she may earn back her piano by giving him piano lessons. Ada and George begin a torrid affair, to which her husband responds by cutting off her hand.
Personally, I didn’t feel she was redeemed at the end of the film. Yes, she held her ground, but the price was high. I’m not sure I would have done the same in the name of love. This film would never make it on my top 25.
23. THE WEDDING SINGER (1998)The airhead-pop-filled ’80s provides the perfect backdrop for this bubbly, super-sweet romantic comedy about a once successful, now heartbroken singer, Robbie (Adam Sandler), and an engaged banquet-hall waitress, Julia (Drew Barrymore). After tragically misreading each other’s cues — he thinks she can be wooed by money, she’s angered by his presumption and thinks he’s interested in her friend — the two realize they’re in love. And the icing on the cake? New Wave pop icon Billy Idol chips in to help Robbie keep Julia from flying off with her cheating fiancé.
Maria says: I’m not big on misunderstandings in books or movies. Makes me want to fast forward to the end. This film is not on my top 25, not even in a rental
22. SID AND NANCY (1986)Boasting live-wire performances by Gary Oldman as Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and Chloe Webb as his American wife Nancy Spungen, this unhinged love story captures the events of their sordid, drug-fueled romance.
Maria says: A film about a punk rocker and a groupie who get together for sex and a serious amount of drug taking. Does this sound like a romantic film to you? I’m just asking. Definitely not on my list. In fact, not on any list I would ever create.
21. THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996)Forget ”Nothing says ”I love you” like a Hallmark card.” Nothing says ‘I love you’ like carrying your wounded lover (Kristin Scott Thomas) through the mountains after her jealousy-enraged, suicidal husband crashes his plane, with her by his side, into the desert in an attempt to kill you (Ralph Fiennes) too. Then, after leaving her in a cave as you go for help, you return some time later for her remains in a mission that leaves you amnesiac, burned beyond all recognition, and carrying a torch the rest of your life. Throw in a devoted nurse (Juliette Binoche), a strapping Sikh combat engineer (Naveen Andrews), a revenge-seeking spy (Willem Dafoe), and the exotic locales of WWII Italy and North Africa, and you have one helluva epic romance (and an Oscar winner for Best Picture).
Maria says: I think they aptly described this movie, which is why I DO NOT find it romantic. For me, this film was one long moment of saying to myself, “Seriously?” I didn’t like this one – and it doesn’t go on my list. Okay – I’m shallow, I’ve earned the right to be.
20. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2001)Living in adjoining apartments in 1960s Hong Kong, a newspaperman (Tony Leung) and a secretary (Maggie Cheung) discover that their respective spouses are having an affair. Their friendship grows, and deepens, but writer-director Wong Kar Wai keeps things languorous rather than torrid, making his camera as much a player in the unconsummated heat between these two lost souls as they are.
Maria says: I haven’t seen this one, and from the description I’m not likely to put it on my schedule.
19. Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (2002)Young men get horny and like to have sex. Co-writer-director Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men) doesn’t flinch from this simple fact in his lush travelogue through modern Mexico following two school chums (Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna) and the mysterious woman they befriend (Maribel Verdu). But the film is too mature for mere titillation; instead, it presents an uncommonly honest portrait of modern youth and, in Mercado’s cancer-riddled character, the bittersweet embrace of life just as it’s slipping away.
Maria says: “Young men get horny and like to have sex.” This is not a new concept.
18. MOONSTRUCK (1987)Cher won an Oscar on the strength of her big-hearted performance as an Italian-American widow who falls for an opera-loving outcast (Nicolas Cage) in this hopelessly romantic dramedy from director Norman Jewison.
Maria says: Yes! Cher gave a surprising performance in this one. “Snap out of it!” On the other hand, how did Nicholas Cage become leading man material? He’s not sexy, he’s got a dour looking face, and he always seems to be depressed. However, I would most certainly put this on my top 25 – it’s very romantic.
17. SAY ANYTHING… (1989)It’s an iconic image that defines an era and the film: John Cusack’s lovestruck aspiring kick-boxer, Lloyd Dobler, making a stand for love, with boombox overhead blaring Peter Gabriel’s ”In Your Eyes,” as he tries to win the heart of out-of-his-league valedictorian, Diane Court (Ione Skye).
Maria Says: John Cusack – not your typical leading man material, but he sells it, and that’s why I see his films. He’s got an honesty that leaps off the screen and makes you want to watch.
16. AMÉLIE (2001)In this bright, whimsical French romance set amid the hustle and bustle of dreamy Paris, a shy and lonely young waitress (Audrey Tautou) with a fanciful imagination aspires for happiness by surreptitiously helping others. Her adventures lead her to pick up a photo album dropped by an intriguing young stranger (Mathieu Kassovitz) who may hold the true key to her lifelong quest.
Maria says: What was all the fuss about? This film was praised left and right, but it didn’t live up to the expectations. Personally, I felt Amelie was self absorbed. Nothing worse than a self absorbed female. Just doesn’t make my top 25 and I don’t think it is romantic.
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