Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts

Thursday, September 3, 2009

100 Favorite Romantic Films of All-Time

The films are in no particular order of importance.
1. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
2. THE END OF THE AFFAIR (1999)
3. SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
4. BOYS ON THE SIDE
5. THE PIANO
6. DEAD CALM
7. BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
8. SIDEWAYS
9. THE ENGLISH PATIENT
10. THE INCREDICLY TRUR ADVENTURE OF TWO GIRLS IN LOVE
11. THE FOUNTAIN
12. THE BEST OF YOUTH
13. SIXTEEN CANDLES
14. ELECTRIC DREAMS
15. SEX & THE CITY: THE MOVIE
16. BRINGING UP BABY
17. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
18. SABRINA (1995)
19. NATURAL BORN KILLERS
20. BONNIE & CLYDE
21. WEEKEND AT BERNIES
22. BOUND
23. HITCH
24. SAVING FACE
25. SHALL WE DANCE? (1997)
26. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
27. MOULIN ROUGE! (2001)
28. PRETTY WOMAN
29. AS GOOD AS IT GETS
30. SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
31. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
32. LOVE JONES
33. LOVE & BASKETBALL
34. SEX, LIES & VIDEOTAPE
35. BOOMERANG
36. THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS
37. WORKING GIRL
38. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
39. LOVE ACTUALLY
40. DOC HOLLYWOOD
41. BULL DURHAM
42. LEGAL EAGLES
43. MANNEQUIN
44. ROXANNE
45. THE PREACHERS WIFE (1996)
46. A LIFE LESS ORDINARY
47. GHOST
48. JERRY MAQUIRE
49. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
50. LEGENDS OF THE FALL
51. UP CLOSE & PERSONAL
52. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULIET
53. THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
54. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
55. CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
56. SAY ANYTHING
57. BED OF ROSES
58. SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
59. 3-IRON
60. NANA
61. BEFORE SUNRISE
62. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
63. ALWAYS
64. LADYHAWKE
65. DATE WITH AN ANGEL
66. THE FIFTH ELEMENT
67. DUMMY
68. ROCKY
69. THE ROAD HOME
70. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
71. AMELIE
72. CINEMA PARADISO
73. RUN LOLA RUN
74. A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
75. MALENA (2000)
76. SINGLE WHITE FEMALE
77. THE PRINCESS & THE WARRIOR
78. OLDBOY
79. THE SYRIAN BRIDE
80. BASIC INSTINCT
81. THE LAST SEDUCTION
82. OUT OF SIGHT
83. TRUE ROMANCE
84. CONSENTING ADULTS
85. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
86. THE CRYING GAME
87. MONSTER
88. THREESOME
89. CHASING AMY
90. KISSING JESSICA STEIN
91. THE DREAMERS
92. BUT I’m A CHEERLEADER
93. CLUELESS
94. HIGH ART
95. MY SUMMER OF LOVE
96. REVENGE
97. SHE’S ALL THAT
98. EYES WIDE SHUT
99.CRASH (1996)
100. LOLITA (1962)

What are your 100 Favorite All-Time Romantic Films?

Sunday, March 15, 2009

FRIDAY THE 13TH - Not So Bad Afterall!

Many people don't look forward to Friday the 13th as the date has negative connotations due to the hugely popular and successful film series (which released its latest film last month on...Friday the 13th). For those that aren't fans of the horror genre and are not supersticious then the date holds no negative effect.

I, on the other had, am a huge horror film fan and always looking for something "evil" or "bad" to happen to me when a Friday the 13th rounds the bend. This year I thought I'd try and change my luck (because true to form something bad has always happened to me on a Friday the 13th), so, I decided to have a late date that night with an old flame of mine. We hadn't really seen each other for several months and a few years back we dated and in the passing time we still remained very good friends.

When she suggested that we have a late diner (more like after diner since we got together after 10pm) I accepted as she has always been one of the few women I'd ever truly gotten close to. We ended up going to this restaurant called the Krog Street Bar (so named because of it's location). It was a place she had read good reviews about and I was more or less up for anything. I was happy just to have her company.

Over the course of the evening we each had four glasses of wine and a large variety of the speciety dishes offered by the restaurant (enough so that the bill was just at $100.00). It was an evening like many that we had shared long ago (...in a galaxy far, far away) and even though there were no romantic intanglements, we had a great evening that ended just after the place was trying to close at 2:00am the next morning.

Having been single for most the second half of 2008, it was good to be out again with someone whose company I truly enjoyed (its better then having been on any blind/first date where anything could have happens - Good and Bad). It was a great way to end the evening and start the next day. The best thing being that I ended up with a Friday the 13th that did not bring upon the Apocalypse on try to destroy me. Instaed, I had an elegant evening with a lot of great food and drink with someone whom I truly wanted to be with.

Maybe this is the start of a change for Friday the 13th for me. Maybe my luck is finally changing! (Then again there is still one more Friday the 13th this year so anything's possible)