6 Classic Romantic Movies that Touch your Heartstring
Roman Holiday
Directed by William Wyler
Produced by William Wyler
Story by Dalton Trumbo
Release date: August 27, 1953
Running time: 118 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English; Italian
Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Gregory Peck as a reporter and Audrey Hepburn as a royal princess out to see Rome on her own. One night, the princess Ann feels unbearable for the tight official duties that she is going to do the next day. So she secretly leaves the embassy to visit Rome. Before that, she has been injected a shot of sedative. Joe Bradley finds Ann lying on the bench; Ann follows Joe to his home and spends the night at Joe’s home without permission. Joe accidentally knows that Ann is the princess and design to meet Ann again. They spend a day traveling around Rome and visit many attractions.
Titanic
Directed by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron; Jon Landau
Story by James Cameron
Release date: November 1, 1997 (Tokyo
December 19, 1997 (United States)
Running time: 195 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron.It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
In 1996, treasure hunter Brock Lovett and his team aboard the research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh search the wreck of RMS Titanic for a necklace with a rare diamond, the Heart of the Ocean. They recover a safe containing a drawing of a young woman wearing only the necklace dated April 14, 1912, the day the ship struck the iceberg. Rose Dawson Calvert, the woman in the drawing, is brought aboard Keldysh and tells Lovett of her experiences aboard Titanic .
Pride and Prejudice
Directed by Joe Wright
Produced by Tim Bevan; Eric Fellner; Paul Webster
Based on Pride and Prejudice
Release date: 11 September 2005 (TIFF ); 16 September 2005 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 127 minutes
Country: United Kingdom; United States; France
Language: English
The film depicts five sisters from an English family of landed gentry as they deal with issues of marriage, morality, and misconceptions.Keira Knightley stars in the lead role of Elizabeth Bennet , while Matthew Macfadyen plays her romantic interest Mr. Darcy .
In the beginning, Mr. Darcy has a bad impression on Elizabethan because of the vulgar manners of her families; likewise, Elizabeth is biased against Mr. Darcy for his misbehavior and indifferent attitude to his families. Having a deeper acquaintance, Mr. Darcy finds that Elizabeth is different from her family members. She is energetic, knowledgeable and elegant. Elizabeth also found that Mr. Darcy was not so stunned.
Notting Hill
Directed by Roger Michell
Produced by Duncan Kenworthy
Written by Richard Curtis
Release date: 21 May 1999
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: United Kingdom; United States
Language: English
Just like the film’ name, this story happens in the Notting Hill. William Thacker (Hugh Grant
) owns an independent and bleak bookstore, The Travel Book Co. in Notting Hill. William encounters Hollywood actress Anna Scott when she enters his shop. Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) was captivated by his gentlemanly manner. So does William. They know each other and fall in love with each other in misunderstandings, eventually get married and have children.This kind of thing that falling love and marry with favorite superstar merely happens in the dream, isn’t it?
Flipped
Directed by Rob Reiner
Produced by Rob Reiner; Alan Greisman
Based on Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Release date: August 6, 2010
Running time: 90 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Flipped tells the story of a pure first love between a boy and a girl. Callan McAuliffe plays Bryce and Madeline Carroll plays Juli. Juli fell in love with Bryce as she saw him in the first time. Bryce is not sure whether he loves Juli, so he did some inconsistent things like inviting Juli to school but throwing away the eggs Juli gave or laughing at Juli with classmates. Bryce even tries to get rid of Juli by dating with Sherry Stalls, whom Juli despises. It really hurt Juli. Fortunately, Bryce realizes his mistakes, apologizes for his actions and finds that he falls in love with this independent and brave girl. Finally, Bryce obtains Juli’s forgiveness and then plants a fig tree together with Juli.
Flipped has received mixed reviews. the On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the film has garnered a 6.0/10 rating based on 73 reviews. On Metacritic, the film holds a 45/100 rating. However, the film got a higher rating of 7.7/10 on IMDb . Personally, this film is worth watching, as it revives the memories of the beautiful first love.
La La Land
Directed by Damien Chazelle
Produced by Fred Berger ; Jordan Horowitz; Gary Gilbert; Marc Platt
Written by Damien Chazelle
Release date: August 31, 2016 (Venice Film Festival)
December 9, 2016 (United States)
Running time: 128 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
La La Land is a 2016 American musical romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It tells a love story in Los Angeles, an aspiring actress Mia Dolan (Emma Stone ) and a struggling jazz pianist Sebastian Wilder (Ryan Gosling ) have been pursuing a seemingly impossible dream. Mia hopes to Mia hopes to complete an uninterrupted audition to become an actor; Sebastian has a special liking for traditional jazz and is eager to open a jazz restaurant. They meet in Los Angeles fulling of unknowns, attract by each other and fall in love with each other.
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