Recommend a Romantic Movie

Those are some strange recommendations for "romantic" movies, folks. Except for Casablanca. Casablanca is awesomely romantic.

The most romantic movie ever made is In The Mood For Love, by Wong Kar-Wai. DRIPPING with romantic longing, unspoken need, achingly beautiful from start to finish.
 

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Thornir Alekeg said:
Oh, and a recomendation...Moulin Rouge comes close to your setup.

I, uhmm...uh, saw this movie *cough* six times in the theater. What can I say? I really liked it.

Do I have to turn in my man card now?
 


Whenever someone needs a romantic movie recommendation, I have to bring up "Love Actually...". It covers several couples, and a few don't quite have a happy ending.

As for something closer to the theme proposed, there's "City of Angels".
 

Starman said:
I, uhmm...uh, saw this movie *cough* six times in the theater. What can I say? I really liked it.

Do I have to turn in my man card now?

Depends, did you go see it with a women?
 



the part in spoiler text is the plot as it relates to what you're asking about

Shakespeare in Love
lovers find they can't stay together due to the woman's duty so they part ways at the end even though they continue to love one another

The City of Stone 4 part episode of Gargoyles,
a side story of McBeth and the choices he has to make for the sake of his love (who he has to leave twice - once prior to marriage to let her wed someone else and later after they get married for the sake of what his destiny is becoming). :)
 
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I dunno. Princess Bride? Tho even death can't keep them apart.

I believe Bride With White Hair had a similar 'star crossed lovers' bit. Quick synopsis (IIRC): main characters are from rival clans and both want to leave behind their lives to be with each other. Naturally too good to be true as they end up at each other's throats.

The Killer - hitman blinds girl on accident. takes care of her out of guilt and continues to do hits to gather money to pay for surgery. massive gunfight. hitman dies and his gf remains blind (with a final twist). Ok, not much of a love story.

That flick with a young Natalie Portman as an apprentice hitman with Gary Oldman as a bad cop. Natalie's character loses everything - first her family then her new father figure. Again, not much of a love story.

Forrest Gump to some extent. His buddy Bubba was a shrimp-lovin' man, his friend with no legs he called Lieutenant Dan, his girlfriend Jenny was kind of a slut, went to the White House, showed LBJ his butt (had to put in a Weird Al reference).

Farscape? Everybody dies, even the series! :\ Til the miniseries anyways.

Big. They're only separated by a couple of decades.

Jackie and May in any of the Police Story movies. Naturally he's the loveable oaf that ends up with her again at the end but not til either or both are thrown through things, over things, exploded, set on fire, etc.

Alien. After everything that happened with the rest of the crew, what does Sigorney Weaver do? Opens the airlock and spaces her "one true love".

There's another movie where the main characters get "youthen-ized" and end up meeting each other as kids at a park pond when their toy boats collide.
 

Nuclear Platypus said:
That flick with a young Natalie Portman as an apprentice hitman with Gary Oldman as a bad cop. Natalie's character loses everything - first her family then her new father figure. Again, not much of a love story.
LEON, known here in the US as THE PROFESSIONAL. The hitman in question was played by Jean Reno.
 

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