Top Romance Movies

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1. Casablanca (1942)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
3. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
4. Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
5. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
6. The Big Parade (1925)
7. Vertigo (1958)
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
9. Modern Times (1936)
10. Ballada o soldate (1959)

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IMDb Recommends...

With little studio marketing support and a limited theatrical release, Keith Gordon's Waking the Dead was DOA. That's a shame -- the film is a subtle and powerful romance, almost entirely devoid of the sugary sentimentality that made, say, You've Got Mail at once so popular and so utterly forgettable. Billy Crudup is teetering on the edge of stardom (okay, he's Almost Famous), and it's easy to see why. His portrayal of an aspiring politician haunted by a dead lover carries the film, conveying burning ambition, consuming love, crushing sorrow, and near-insanity without lapsing into histrionics. At times Waking the Dead moves into Sixth Sense, communicating-with-the-dead territory, but it sails between the Scylla of gimmickry (a la Stir of Echoes) and the Charybdis of self-righteousness (a la Meet Joe Black) without succumbing to either. There's no gnashing of teeth or shaking of fists at heavens, just seething intensity, barely contained. The movie falters at points, and the ending is a bit too tidy, but it is well worth watching (preferably with your significant other) if for no other reason than to witness Crudup's rising star. (more)