25 All-Time Favorite Romantic Movies Part:4


16.The Way We Were
Starring - Barbara Steisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lous Chiles, Patrick O'Neil, Viveca Lindfors, Murray Hamilton, Sally Kirkland, Susan Blakely.
Release Date - October 17th, 1973.
Synopsis - The story begins on a college campus where Hubbell Gardiner (Redford) is the popular star athlete while Katie Morosky (Streisand) is the abrasive defender of radical causes. It is only by chance that eight years later they meet in a bar and fall in love. Their marriage is strained by their inevitable conflicts and reaches a painful end when Hubbell, now a screenwriter in Hollywood, is threatened by McCarthy's communist hunters and takes the easy way out, while Katie is determined to fight them. Nominated for six Academy Awards, The Way We Were is a love story of rare poignancy.
17Love Story
Starring - Ray Milland, Ali MacGraw, Arthur Hiller, Ryan O'Neal, Howard G. Minsky, John Marley.
Release Date - December 17th, 1970.
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Synopsis - "Love means never having to say you're sorry...Love Story". Everyone loves Love Story! One of the most romantic movies ever made also remains one of the most enduringly popular. This heartfelt 1970 tale of the love of a lifetime - the most successful Paramount movie up to that time - received seven Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and won one for Francis Lai's magnificent score. As filming was underway on Love Story, the filmmakers knew they had something special - so special that Erich Segal was simultaneously shaping his best-selling novel from his own screenplay. Stars Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw each received Academy Award nominations and became overnight movie sensations for their poignant portrayals of a young couple who cross social barriers, marry and ultimately face the greatest crisis of all.
 18.Wuthering Heights
Starring - Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Janet McTeer, Sophie Ward, Simon Shepherd, Jeremy Northam, Jason Riddington, Simon Ward, Dick Sullivan, Robert Demeger, Paul Geoffrey, Sinead O' Connor, John Woodvine, Jennifer Daniel.
Release Date - 1992.
Synopsis - A sweeping, epic production of Emily Bronte's classic tale of star-crossed lovers Cathy (Juliette Binoche) and Heathcliff (Ralph Fiennes), whose passionate love and tragic separation plays out against the verdant Yorkshire moors. Whereas most film adaptations of WUTHERING HEIGHTS end with the death of Cathy, this version presents the complete novel and continues the fateful consequences of the doomed love affair as it resonates throughout two generations of the Earnshaw and Linton families.

19.Moonstruck
Starring - Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, Danny Aiello, Julie Bovasso.
Release Date - December 16th, 1987.
Synopsis - Fall under the delightful spell of Moonstruck, the mesmerizing romantic comedy from director Norman Jewison (Fiddler on the Roof) and Oscar winner John Patrick Shanley. Academy Award winners Cher, Nicolas Cage and Olympia Dukakis excel in this explosively funny tale which also features flawless performances by Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia and "Frasier's" John Mahoney. Cher is "devastatingly funny, sinuous and beautiful" (Pauline Kael) as Loretta, an "unlucky in love" Italian widow who finds romance through the intervention of the Manhattan moon. With her wedding to a close friend just weeks away, she meets - and falls hopelessly in love with - his vounger brother (Cage)! Her dilemma - and her equally passionate and hilariously eccentric family - make for an unforgettable film you'll find "beguiling" (Time) "enchanting" (Newsweek) and "irresistible" ("Today Show").

20.Ghost

Starring - Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Stanley Lawrence, Vincent Schiavelli, Christopher J. Keene, Susan Breslau, Martina Degnan, Richard Kleber, Macka Foley, Rick Aviles.
Release Date - July 13, 1990.
Synopsis - Shortly after moving into a new Manhattan apartment, a pair of lovers are separated by a street thug's bullet. Communicating through a frazzled false medium, the man's ghost tries to avenge his death and protect his girlfriend.

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