This list gives you the top 10 Hollywood Romantic Movies of the '90s. They are some of the finest and I am sure all of you have seen it...
10. Sabrina (1995)
It is a remake of 1954 film with Julia Ormond, Harrison Ford and Greg Kinnear featured as Sabrina, Linus and David Larrabee. It is an entertaining story of a girl, Sabrina, who is the daughter of the chauffeur of the Larrabee family.
She falls in love with David, especially his style and charm; but is not noticed, till she remodels herself as a smart and beautiful Paris-return dame. This is where Linus comes into the picture and it becomes a perfect triangle.
Classic movies remade have always done quite well. Ormond and Ford have done a great job of being Hepburn and Bogart of 1995.
9. A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
An American soldier, Paul Sutton, returns from war with dreams of settling down with his wife, but sees her in a tangent world. He gets disturbed when he realizes that most of his letters, sent to her, were not even opened. He still wants his marriage to succeed and leaves for Sacramento to sell chocolates as wanted by his wife.
On the way he meets a beautiful, but needy Mexican-American woman, Victoria Aragon. Her family is traditional and owns a vineyard in Napa Valley. She worries, as she is pregnant without a husband.
Its about how a soldier helps a stranger and fights again, but this time for the Love he's always yearned for. Keanu Reeves plays the soldier and the Italian Aitana Sánchez-Gijón is the Mexican-American dame.
8. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Jonah Baldwin (Ross Malinger), an 8 year old boy misses his mother as she died 18 months ago. But he feels more for his father, Sam (Tom Hanks), who has still not got over his wife's death. Hence, on Christmas Eve, Jonah calls a radio station and forces his father to speak. He is identified as "Sleepless in Seattle". He, eventually, opens up, and speaks about how his wife was, how he felt for her, and how much he loved her.
It so happens that in Baltimore, Annie Reed (Meg Ryan), is listening to the same programme and it brings tears to her eyes. Though she is engaged to Walter (Bill Pullman), she desires to meet Sam and is one of the thousands who write letters to him.
Its a very good fairy-tale, so whether they meet or not is anybody's guess. The craziest part in this movie is when Annie and Sam stare at each other in Seattle, but Annie assumes that Sam has a girlfriend and hence there is no conversation between them. Well, its a beautiful and interesting romantic fairy-tale.
7. Pretty Woman (1990)
Pretty Woman is where Julia Roberts is featured as Vivian, a hooker and Richard Gere in Edward, a multi-billionaire who sees everything from the business angle. One evening while driving on the streets of Hollywood, he stops in front of Vivian and asks her help for directions. She drives him all the way to the hotel and stays with him for the night.
He offers her a job of being an escort, but treats her like a princess and she in turn teaches him a few lessons of life. And yes, no doubt they fall in love. Roberts did a fantastic job and no doubt it paid off and is an absolute entertainer.
6. Bed of Roses (1996)
Lewis Farrell (Christian Slater) is a down to earth man who enjoys life in its simplest form. He finds happiness by just seeing others smile. Hence he prefers to be a florist and deliver flowers. On the contrary Lisa Walker (Mary Stuart Masterson) is a go-getter investment banker with a tragic past.
They meet, fall in love and have relationship complications. The complications are more to do with their past and hence acceptance of the fact that 'someone could really love you' becomes an issue.
The movie is fairly emotional and sentimental but has a lovely end to it.
5. Before Sunrise (1995)
In the movie Jesse (Ethan Hawke) is on his way to Vienna in a train, from where he would take a flight to his homeland the US. In the same train he happens to meet a woman Celina (Julie Delpy), who is going to Paris. They sit across in the lounge and have some snacks. This is when they share some good conversation and where he convinces her to get off at Vienna, as he wanted to have company.
The movie is a Trilogy; Before Sunset and Before Midnight were released in the years 2004 ans 2013 respectively. The whole movie is filled with tiny instances that are in general sliced off in most of the movies. But that is what makes it so special. The conversations are so natural and effortless that you could actually place yourself in the shoes of one of the actors and have a chat with the other. It is filled with romantic dialogues and memorable scenes. If you are a sucker for romantic movies, you've definitely seen this.
4. Ghost (1990)
Ghost is a story where Sam (Patrick Swayze) gets killed by a mugger and he gets stuck between Heaven and Earth as a Ghost; a person with an unfinished job. He tries meeting and communicating to his girlfriend Molly (Demi Moore), but in vain. He meets Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) who could hear him and with her help, he tries to find his killer.
This movie states that love is all you need in your life. Whether you are dead or alive, you will reach your destination if you have Love by your side.
3. French Kiss (1995)
Kate (Meg Ryan) plays a woman whose fiancé, Charlie (Timothy Hutton) has left her for a french damsel. She decides to get him back and is helped by Luc Teyssier (Kevin Kline), who teaches her the tricks of the trade. Luc is a french thief and had robbed a necklace, which when sold could get his life back on track.
Ryan's job in this movie was sensational and Kline with his french accent, made us feel that he was one of the natives.
2. Titanic (1997)
To show a tragedy with a romantic angle is quite a task and Titanic has been one of the best to succeed. No other than Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio could have done the roles of Rose and Jack respectively.
Rose is engaged to be married to Cal Hockley (Billy Zane) without her consent. She tries to commit suicide when Jack saves her and the love story begins. Cal is the typical unforgivable villain who, even when the ship is drowning, goes in search of the two lovers to shoot them.
This is one movie that has romance written all over it.
1. Notting Hill (1999)
William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is the owner of a travel bookstore in Notting Hill, London. This is where Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), a well known American film star comes to purchase a book. Their meeting is followed by an accident. William offers to help her in changing her clothes as he stayed just a few yards away, "in a non-prostitute sense". She agrees and while leaving the house, she kisses him and that's where the story begins.
It has humour, love, and William was really very confused as to what to do and what not to; it suited the character. According to me it should take the 1st place as it is quite Surreal... but nice ;)
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