52 Romantic Movies You Either Love or Hate Marriage Families.com

Dale’s blogs about some of her favorite romantic movies (see “Favorite Romance Movies” and “Favorite Romance Movies-Part 2”) has inspired this next one from me.

The idea took hold because I sympathized with a comment one reader, deedee1231, left on both blogs regarding the movie Casablanca. She wasn’t a fan. (Though she didn’t begrudge Dale for including it on her fave list.) Deedee1231 thought Casablanca was overhyped. (Though she also admitted she’d seen it so many times she was just plum over it.)

I chuckled with sympathy when I read her comment. Though it wasn’t Casablanca I had in mind, but The English Patient. I’ve never been able to understand what all the fuss was about. (And loved the Seinfeld episode where Elaine felt the same.)

Another movie that my friends all adored but which I thought sucked was Sleepless in Seattle. But I’ve loved certain movies, take for instance Titanic, that they thought weren’t worthy of all the hoopla.

So I thought it would be fun to compile a list (to the best of my ability) of other romantic movies you might either love or hate. I came up with 52 of them. (Hey, everyone else does 50. I decided to be bold and not have it be a nice even number.)

As you’re perusing the list, think about which ones you love. Or love to hate. And which ones you’ve seen with your significant other, and which ones you haven’t that maybe you should.

The 52 Romantic Movies

1. The American President

2. Atonement

3. Beauty and the Beast

4. Breakfast at Tiffany’s

5. The Bridges of Madison County

6. Casablanca

7. Charade

8. Cold Mountain

9. Dirty Dancing

10. Doctor Zhivago

11. The English Patient