Comments on: Movie Poll – What’s the Best Romantic Film of all Time

By: Sam Fletcher

Sam Fletcher — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:24:59 +0000

I suggest Ernest Borgnine's Academy Award winning performance in "Marty," which proves even fat ugly guys can find romance. You see something of the same thing in "Daddy's Dying, Who's Got the Will?" when a skinny guy and the fat girl arrive with different partners but discover love and run off together. That film touches several areas of love and the abuse of love within families. And romance doesn't get any better than in "Love With the Proper Stranger." Best film either McQueen or Wood ever made. Another great film about all aspects of love, including heterosexual, homosexual, the love of a little person for her normal size husband and baby, and the twisted love of a serial killer in "Unconditional Love." I like the love of older couples expressed in "Calendar Girls." But the best overall feel-good love movie I think is "Love Actually." It just wallows proudly in all sorts of love of all ages and conditions.

By: ted

ted — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:38:23 +0000

I liked Forest Gump but I will rent Casablanca since everyone seems to like it.

By: Scott Nessa

Scott Nessa — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:55:19 +0000

I thought Carl's response to Casablanca was hilarious. The alternative (that he was serious) is a dismal one. There are several other titles not yet mentioned that I would nominate for a best-of list, some old, some more recent, and some that use humor instead of pathos to tell the story. You Can't Take it With You, It Happened one Night and Trouble in Paradise all lent to the template that made The Shop around the Corner possible, and they are surely as good. Pygmallion (or My Fair Lady if you like the identical George Bernard Shaw screenplay set to music) is another template creator with its silk purse from a sow's ear plot device. Immortal Beloved if you prefer classical music and can suspend disbelief at the fanciful though compelling story. Two of my favorite, more recent films in the genre are Ever After and As Good as it Gets. That I watch them repeatedly without losing interest causes me to rank them well above several of the movies in the poll that I have not been interested in seeing since I first viewed them. Not that it matters, but one of the movies in the poll is my favorite, but I might disappoint Carl if I say more.

By: Cynthia LaRochelle

Cynthia LaRochelle — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:58:33 +0000

Anyone remember The Sandpebbles , Hanover Street, Splendor in the Grass?????

By: cindy

cindy — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:57:28 +0000

What? No Brokeback mountain???

By: Jeff C

Jeff C — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:37:24 +0000

How about "Roman Holiday" or "Sabrina"? Another favorite of mine is the 1933 version of "State Fair" with Janet Gaynor.

By: Kylee

Kylee — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:45:02 +0000

A few more forgotten films that to me have that "lost love" romance are : WEST SIDE STORY, MAYTIME (with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy) and the 1931 James Whale version of WATERLOO BRIDGE.

By: Name Shane

Name Shane — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:57:55 +0000

The best romantic film of all time came completely out of the blue.......BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN! The romantic connection established in that film is unforgettable!

By: John

John — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:06:57 +0000

I agree that "Return To Me" should be on the list. I also think think that "Notting Hill" with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts should be on the list. Two terrific movies!!

By: Jerry Wood

Jerry Wood — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:24:11 +0000

These are my three: 1. The Eddy Duchin Story 2. Somewhere In Time and 3. The Notebook.