10 Romantic Movies about Valentine’s Day
by Rakhi Abraham
Valentine’s Day is all about romance-falling in love or falling out of love. There are number of romantic comedies you can watch on Valentine’s Day. Some are about Valentine’s Day; others are a treat reserved for that day.
Top ten movies for a perfect Valentine’s Day are:
- Valentine’s Day
The story follows more than a dozen persons in Los Angeles as they navigate their love lives on Valentine’s Day from morning till midnight. A florist gets ready to propose to his girlfriend, a baby sitter plans to lose her virginity, her grandparents struggle with their marriage, a TV sports writer gets an assignment to find love in LA, two strangers meet on a plane, an elementary school teacher unknowingly falls in love with a married man and the owner of an Indian restaurant struggles with her task of organizing a Punjabi wedding as well as a private,” I hate Valentine’ day “party.
- I Hate Valentine’s Day
Genevieve Gernier (Nia Vardalos) lives in Manhattan, runs a flower shop and has set a personal dating rule: never to date a man for more than five days to avoid the chance of a long term relationship. But when she starts dating Greg Gatlin who buys a restaurant near her shop, she finds herself reluctant to keep up to her rule. She longs to be with him even after five dates. But will she?
- Barefoot in the Park
In this Neil Simon classic , Jane Fond and Robert Redford play newlyweds deeply in love and trying to adjust with their married life in New York City. Fonda is the giggly new married woman who wants to keep her apartment perfect and make her husband happy at any cost. He is the buttoned up, over busy lawyer who cannot give adequate attention to his new wife. Neil Simon takes us through the ups and downs of the romance between these two.
- Tootsie
Best remembered for the drag costume donned by Dustin Hoffman who is an out of work actor and who dresses up as a woman to land a leading role in T.V. soap. He becomes Dorothy-a T.V. superstar who is the embodiment of female power inspiring scores of woman including co actress Jessica Lange who has to deal with sour studio bosses. Now Hoffman secretly falls in love with co-actor Jessica Lange. But things get complicated when Lange’s father falls in love with Dorothy. Finally when the truth is exposed there is a nice ending o the story without any aspersions on the two love lives of Dorothy
- P.S. I Love you
Hillary Swank stars as the heroine who is grieving the loss of her dead husband. She soon finds a series of letters addressed to her written by her husband all ending with the line-P.S.-I Love You. Her husband (Gerald Butler) who knew her intimately wanted her to start her life over again with a new love. The film takes off to a surprising ending but not compromising on the love between Swank and Butler. Hilary Swank is an unusual lead for a romantic story but she carries the story well on her shoulders.
- Leap Year
An unorthodox romance-a woman expects her boyfriend to propose to her but instead he gives her a present. Then she decides that she will propose to him but it has to be on a leap day. However the boy friend is planning to go to Dublin here he will be stationed during Leap Day. So now she has to go to Ireland and find her boyfriend. During her trip she has to encounter more than what she bargained for. This movie has an unexpected ending.
- Sweet home Alabama
Melanie Carmichael is a sophisticated, young woman in New York whose career as a designer is on the rise. Her personal life is also on the upswing, having gotten engaged to one of New York’s most eligible bachelors. But Melanie has a past to deal with- down South in Alabama is her husband and high school beau Jake who has not released her with divorce papers since the last seven years. So Melanie decides to travel down to Alabama to coax her husband to release her divorce papers. But things take a turn when Melanie rediscovers love with Jake and finds what is missing in her oh-so rich life in New York. Reese Witherspoon stars as the feisty Melanie.
- Twilight
Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), a clumsy, misfit of a teenager moves to the town of Forks, Washington with her family. Here in high school she meets and falls for a handsome loner, Edward Cullen. Cullen has a deep secret- he is actually a vampire. Any normal person would be terrified of him, but Bella even after uncovering his secret, begins a passionate love affair with him. And thus begins a forbidden relationship between a human and a vampire. But the young lovers find that their troubles are only about to begin. For one, a new Vampire wants to hunt down Bella.
- The Wedding Planner
Mary Fiore (Jennifer Lopez) is a successful wedding planner. She is hardworking, organized and ambitious and she knows how to stage the perfect wedding. In a chance encounter she lands in the arms of a handsome doctor, with whom she falls in love. Her world turns upside down when she discovers that the doctor is set to marry her customer, an internet tycoon in the wedding of the decade which she has to plan. So who will marry the doctor and can Mary walk down the aisle herself? Find out.
- Ever After - A Cinderella story
This is a refreshing new version of the classic fairy tale. Drew Barrymore stars as Danielle whose father dies suddenly and is made a servant by her step mother. Danielle has two step-sisters. One is kind hearted but the other is incorrigible. But Danielle grows to be a beautiful, strong young woman. One day she encounters the handsome Prince Henry who also has his share of troubles at home. How the two are united forms the rest of the story.
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